Theme: THE OUTER LIMITS (54A: Eerie sci-fi series, and this puzzle's title) - The first word of each two-word phrases indicate "edge".
20A:. Herding dogs: BORDER TERRIERS
25A: Brokerage services for buying stocks on credit: MARGIN ACCOUNTS
48A: Perks on the job: FRINGE BENEFITS
All of the theme answers are in plural form, very consistent.
Argyle, again.
Major malfunction: BORDER TERRIERS are not herding dogs; they are hunting dogs. BORDER COLLIES are herding dogs.
I won't even try to explain MARGIN ACCOUNTS.
A FRINGE BENEFIT of doing this blog, C.C. lets me comment all I want to on the ones I do.
Note the crosses in three of the corners: NW, TITO & TIVO; NE, OPER & OPIE; SW, TOTO & OTTO. Although, the SE has IRMA & TART. ;-)
Across:
1A: RBI or ERA, e.g.: STAT. Go Phillies!
5A: Use up, as money: SPEND.
10A: Shock: JOLT. JOLT Cola
14A: TV show recorder: TIVO. In case you were wondering what TIVO stood for: TV + io (television input/output). Not fond of this clue due to TV repetition.
15A: Pal of Kukla and Fran: OLLIE. A kid's program from long before TiVo.
17A: School near the Mex. border: UTEP. The University of Texas at El Paso. Got gobs of worms for those still missing this. And over at San Antonio, 43A: Memorable mission: ALAMO.
34A: Take it easy: LOLL.
35A: Coastal cities: PORTS.
37A: Day spa garb: ROBE. Remember the deep massage ROLF?
39A: Emulated Bond: SPIED. And EYING (69A: Observing).
42A: Bank takeback, for short: REPO.
45A: Vegan no-no: MEAT. Any vegan in our blog?
52A: Choral syllable: TRA. Part of the chorus: TRA, la, la
53A: Univ. sr.'s exam: GRE. The GRE (Graduate Record Examination) measures verbal reasoning, quantitative and analytical writing skills required for graduate. GMAT is exam for MBA.
62A: Sign up for: JOIN.
64A: French cheese: BRIE. Alas, WM is still waiting for her cheese puzzle. Brie is named after the region Brie in Northern France.
65A: "Beetle Bailey" dog: OTTO. OTTO belongs to Sgt. Snorkel and dresses in uniform.
66A: Area below the abdomen: GROIN.
67A: Eclipse, in olden days: OMEN. Not that the words mean the same, but an eclipse was seen as an OMEN.
68A: Head honcho: BOSS. And 4D: Head honcho: TOP DOG. Nice pair.
70A: Small fruit pie: TART. Can you use frozen blueberries for blueberry tart?
Down:
1D: Theater souvenir: STUB. Ticket STUB.
2D: Jackson 5 brother: TITO.
8D: __ acid: explosive compound: NITRIC.
9D: Cherished by: DEAR TO.
10D: Comedian's bit: JOKE. One J in NE, one J in SW.
11D: Abbr. on a phone's "0" button: OPER.
13D: X, numerically: TEN.
22D: "The jig __!": IS UP.
25D: Former New Orleans Saints coach Jim: MORA. 1986-1996 won 93, lost 74 in regular season; 0-4 in the play-offs. Son is also a coach.
26D: War criminal Eichmann: ADOLF.
27D: Rod used to strengthen concrete: REBAR. Re(inforcing) Bar. "Waiting for the cement truck."
28D: Swiss peak: ALP.
29D: Scale, as a 28-Down: CLIMB. Scale here is a verb, meaning CLIMB, not your map feature.
30D: Snow-rain-heat-gloom connector: NOR. Post office motto.
31D: Roman fountain: TREVI. Literally "three roads" in Italian.
32D: Mar. 17th honoree: ST PAT. Erin Go Bragh. Great to see you back, Irish Jim.
38D: U.K. record label: EMI. Electric & Musical Industries.
41D: Kind of participle found in the sentence "While working on my computer, the dog pestered me for dinner": DANGLING. I bet Dennis/Melissa Be/Lois/Carol all have vivid memories of dangling participle discussions.
46D: Actress Hatcher: TERI. Push-up bra?
49D: Resentment over a prior wrong: GRUDGE.
50D: Diner, for one: EATERY.
51D: Sexy automaton in "Austin Powers": FEMBOT. FEM(ale) (ro)BOT. Designed to seduce and kill Austin Powers.
56D: Slaughter of baseball: ENOS.
57D: Weena's people, in "The Time Machine": ELOI. Weena was portrayed by Yvette Mimieux.
58D: Major German river, to a Frenchman: RHIN. Also, RHIEN. The Rhine (German: Rhein; Dutch: Rijn; French: Rhin; Romansh: Rain; Italian: Reno; Latin: Rhenus)
59D: "__ la Douce": IRMA. Billy Wilder's movie.
62D: Employment agency listing: JOB.
Answer grid.
Here is a great interview of our fellow LA Times solver Deepak Gopinath and his blog "The Hindu Crossword Corner". Thanks for the mentioning of our blog, Col G.
Now go vote!
Argyle
20A:. Herding dogs: BORDER TERRIERS
25A: Brokerage services for buying stocks on credit: MARGIN ACCOUNTS
48A: Perks on the job: FRINGE BENEFITS
All of the theme answers are in plural form, very consistent.
Argyle, again.
Major malfunction: BORDER TERRIERS are not herding dogs; they are hunting dogs. BORDER COLLIES are herding dogs.
I won't even try to explain MARGIN ACCOUNTS.
A FRINGE BENEFIT of doing this blog, C.C. lets me comment all I want to on the ones I do.
Note the crosses in three of the corners: NW, TITO & TIVO; NE, OPER & OPIE; SW, TOTO & OTTO. Although, the SE has IRMA & TART. ;-)
Across:
1A: RBI or ERA, e.g.: STAT. Go Phillies!
5A: Use up, as money: SPEND.
10A: Shock: JOLT. JOLT Cola
14A: TV show recorder: TIVO. In case you were wondering what TIVO stood for: TV + io (television input/output). Not fond of this clue due to TV repetition.
15A: Pal of Kukla and Fran: OLLIE. A kid's program from long before TiVo.
17A: School near the Mex. border: UTEP. The University of Texas at El Paso. Got gobs of worms for those still missing this. And over at San Antonio, 43A: Memorable mission: ALAMO.
34A: Take it easy: LOLL.
35A: Coastal cities: PORTS.
37A: Day spa garb: ROBE. Remember the deep massage ROLF?
39A: Emulated Bond: SPIED. And EYING (69A: Observing).
42A: Bank takeback, for short: REPO.
45A: Vegan no-no: MEAT. Any vegan in our blog?
52A: Choral syllable: TRA. Part of the chorus: TRA, la, la
53A: Univ. sr.'s exam: GRE. The GRE (Graduate Record Examination) measures verbal reasoning, quantitative and analytical writing skills required for graduate. GMAT is exam for MBA.
62A: Sign up for: JOIN.
64A: French cheese: BRIE. Alas, WM is still waiting for her cheese puzzle. Brie is named after the region Brie in Northern France.
65A: "Beetle Bailey" dog: OTTO. OTTO belongs to Sgt. Snorkel and dresses in uniform.
66A: Area below the abdomen: GROIN.
67A: Eclipse, in olden days: OMEN. Not that the words mean the same, but an eclipse was seen as an OMEN.
68A: Head honcho: BOSS. And 4D: Head honcho: TOP DOG. Nice pair.
70A: Small fruit pie: TART. Can you use frozen blueberries for blueberry tart?
Down:
1D: Theater souvenir: STUB. Ticket STUB.
2D: Jackson 5 brother: TITO.
8D: __ acid: explosive compound: NITRIC.
9D: Cherished by: DEAR TO.
10D: Comedian's bit: JOKE. One J in NE, one J in SW.
11D: Abbr. on a phone's "0" button: OPER.
13D: X, numerically: TEN.
22D: "The jig __!": IS UP.
25D: Former New Orleans Saints coach Jim: MORA. 1986-1996 won 93, lost 74 in regular season; 0-4 in the play-offs. Son is also a coach.
26D: War criminal Eichmann: ADOLF.
27D: Rod used to strengthen concrete: REBAR. Re(inforcing) Bar. "Waiting for the cement truck."
28D: Swiss peak: ALP.
29D: Scale, as a 28-Down: CLIMB. Scale here is a verb, meaning CLIMB, not your map feature.
30D: Snow-rain-heat-gloom connector: NOR. Post office motto.
31D: Roman fountain: TREVI. Literally "three roads" in Italian.
32D: Mar. 17th honoree: ST PAT. Erin Go Bragh. Great to see you back, Irish Jim.
38D: U.K. record label: EMI. Electric & Musical Industries.
41D: Kind of participle found in the sentence "While working on my computer, the dog pestered me for dinner": DANGLING. I bet Dennis/Melissa Be/Lois/Carol all have vivid memories of dangling participle discussions.
46D: Actress Hatcher: TERI. Push-up bra?
49D: Resentment over a prior wrong: GRUDGE.
50D: Diner, for one: EATERY.
51D: Sexy automaton in "Austin Powers": FEMBOT. FEM(ale) (ro)BOT. Designed to seduce and kill Austin Powers.
56D: Slaughter of baseball: ENOS.
57D: Weena's people, in "The Time Machine": ELOI. Weena was portrayed by Yvette Mimieux.
58D: Major German river, to a Frenchman: RHIN. Also, RHIEN. The Rhine (German: Rhein; Dutch: Rijn; French: Rhin; Romansh: Rain; Italian: Reno; Latin: Rhenus)
59D: "__ la Douce": IRMA. Billy Wilder's movie.
62D: Employment agency listing: JOB.
Answer grid.
Here is a great interview of our fellow LA Times solver Deepak Gopinath and his blog "The Hindu Crossword Corner". Thanks for the mentioning of our blog, Col G.
Now go vote!
Argyle
