Theme: "On a Roll" - Progressively better bowling scores.
20A: Panhandler's request: "SPARE CHANGE?". Knocking all the pins down with two tries.
27A: Hit the mother lode: STRIKE IT RICH. All the pins fall with one try.
48A: Certain tour bus: DOUBLE DECKER. Two strikes in a row.
58A: Easy job, in slang: TURKEY SHOOT. Three strikes in a row.
Argyle here. This puzzle must be right up Boomer's alley. A good step up in difficulty from Monday. A new constructor for us, too. One problem: 35A: Object of a doctor's office phobia: NEEDLE. so close to 41A: Demur: OBJECT.
Turkey shoot: (This is the best description I found and I believe it is true. They use paper targets these days.) "In the old days they would put a live turkey (with a foot tied to the ground) behind a large log. They would scatter corn on the ground and as the turkey pecked at the corn his head would appear and disappear behind the log. Each participant(for a fee) would be given a shot (with a rifle). If you hit the turkey you claimed the bird."
Across:
1A: Tibetan capital: LHASA. Lhasa Apso
6A: Winged stinger: WASP.
10A: Tool in a wood shop: ADZE. A tool used to square-up beams, not often inside a shop.
15A: "At last it's clear!": "I SEE!". "D'oh!"
17A: Kiri Te Kanawa specialties: ARIAS. Born: March 6, 1944 - Gisborne, on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. The Maori soprano, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, is the adopted daughter of an Irish mother and Maori father and had a highly successful international opera career between 1968–2004. Not an aria, I believe.
18A: "Beautiful Girls" singer Kingston: SEAN. Sean Kingston (born 1990) is a Jamaican-American reggae fusion singer and rapper. He is best known for his debut single and #1 hit Beautiful Girls.
23A: New Orleans-to-Detroit dir.: NNE.
24A: Anacin Aspirin Free competitor: TYLENOL.
25A: Parking places: CURBS. Who started "kicked to the curb"?
31A: Third deg.?: PHD. After your B.A. and your Master's, you get your Doctorate.
34A: Invitation encl.: SASE. Self-Addressed,Stamped Envelope.
36A: Cathedral cross: ROOD. The rood from the website of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Reading, England
38A: Coll. helpers: TAS. Teaching Assistants
40A: Gradually disappear, with "off": WEAR.
51A: Oliver who directed "W.": STONE. Also directed...Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Talk Radio (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989),The Doors (1991), JFK (1991)...to name a few.
52A: They may be tossed in an Easter contest: RAW EGGS.
62. Not at all bored: RAPT.
63. Piglet's creator: MILNE.
65. List-ending abbr.: ET AL..
66. Former forest near the River Avon: ARDEN. The Forest of Arden is stated by Shakespeare to be the setting for As You Like It.
68. Voluptuous: SEXY. Big can be beautiful .
Down:
1D: Minimum: LEAST.
2D: Shrew: HARPY. In classical mythology, harpies are a lot worse than just a shrew. Harpies
3D: Sans serif font: ARIAL. No curlicues.
4D: Catches: SNARES.
5D: Green lights: ASSENTS. Give the "go ahead".
6D: Letter to Santa, e.g.: WISH LIST. Done for another year.
8D: Medium session?: SEANCE.
9D: Umbrella-toting "Batman" villain: PENGUIN. Danny DeVito as "The PENGUIN"
11D: Drawbacks: DOWNSIDES.
12D: Utah national park: ZION.
13D: Alternatively: ELSE.
21D: Julius Dithers's wife, in "Blondie": CORA. Mr. Dithers is Dagwood's boss.
22D: Art Deco designer: ERTE.
28D: "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil: KEANE.
30D: Rescuer, often: HERO. As in the movie with Dustin Hoffman. Good film.
31D: Cajole: PROD.
32D: Vagabond: HOBO. The HOBO does get around lately.
33D: Appreciate properly: DO JUSTICE.
37D: Borrowing consequence: DEBT. But if you're big enough, you don't have to pay the consequences. What a country!
39D: How plots are planned: SECRETLY.
43D: Lengths of service: TENURES.
45D: "Sounds good!": "OKAY!".
46D: One working on columns: NEWSMAN.
49D: Lower the assessed electrical capability of: DERATE. The clue is almost word for word from the dictionary.
50D: Bring back to the firm: REHIRE.
53D: Meir of Israel: GOLDA. Elected Prime Minister of Israel, 1969 until 1974.
54D: One surrounded by the enemy, maybe: GONER. But only maybe, if he is the star of the film.
55D: Old British guns: STENS.
57D: Word with sign or strategy: EXIT.
59D: 2001 Spacey film: K-PAX.
61D: Work on a seam: SEW.
There won't be Answer Grid until C.C.'s computer is fixed. Should you have any question, please feel free to go to the Comments section and ask.
Argyle
20A: Panhandler's request: "SPARE CHANGE?". Knocking all the pins down with two tries.
27A: Hit the mother lode: STRIKE IT RICH. All the pins fall with one try.
48A: Certain tour bus: DOUBLE DECKER. Two strikes in a row.
58A: Easy job, in slang: TURKEY SHOOT. Three strikes in a row.
Argyle here. This puzzle must be right up Boomer's alley. A good step up in difficulty from Monday. A new constructor for us, too. One problem: 35A: Object of a doctor's office phobia: NEEDLE. so close to 41A: Demur: OBJECT.
Turkey shoot: (This is the best description I found and I believe it is true. They use paper targets these days.) "In the old days they would put a live turkey (with a foot tied to the ground) behind a large log. They would scatter corn on the ground and as the turkey pecked at the corn his head would appear and disappear behind the log. Each participant(for a fee) would be given a shot (with a rifle). If you hit the turkey you claimed the bird."
Across:
1A: Tibetan capital: LHASA. Lhasa Apso
6A: Winged stinger: WASP.
10A: Tool in a wood shop: ADZE. A tool used to square-up beams, not often inside a shop.
15A: "At last it's clear!": "I SEE!". "D'oh!"
17A: Kiri Te Kanawa specialties: ARIAS. Born: March 6, 1944 - Gisborne, on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. The Maori soprano, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, is the adopted daughter of an Irish mother and Maori father and had a highly successful international opera career between 1968–2004. Not an aria, I believe.
18A: "Beautiful Girls" singer Kingston: SEAN. Sean Kingston (born 1990) is a Jamaican-American reggae fusion singer and rapper. He is best known for his debut single and #1 hit Beautiful Girls.
23A: New Orleans-to-Detroit dir.: NNE.
24A: Anacin Aspirin Free competitor: TYLENOL.
25A: Parking places: CURBS. Who started "kicked to the curb"?
31A: Third deg.?: PHD. After your B.A. and your Master's, you get your Doctorate.
34A: Invitation encl.: SASE. Self-Addressed,Stamped Envelope.
36A: Cathedral cross: ROOD. The rood from the website of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Reading, England
38A: Coll. helpers: TAS. Teaching Assistants
40A: Gradually disappear, with "off": WEAR.
51A: Oliver who directed "W.": STONE. Also directed...Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Talk Radio (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989),The Doors (1991), JFK (1991)...to name a few.
52A: They may be tossed in an Easter contest: RAW EGGS.
62. Not at all bored: RAPT.
63. Piglet's creator: MILNE.
65. List-ending abbr.: ET AL..
66. Former forest near the River Avon: ARDEN. The Forest of Arden is stated by Shakespeare to be the setting for As You Like It.
68. Voluptuous: SEXY. Big can be beautiful .
Down:
1D: Minimum: LEAST.
2D: Shrew: HARPY. In classical mythology, harpies are a lot worse than just a shrew. Harpies
3D: Sans serif font: ARIAL. No curlicues.
4D: Catches: SNARES.
5D: Green lights: ASSENTS. Give the "go ahead".
6D: Letter to Santa, e.g.: WISH LIST. Done for another year.
8D: Medium session?: SEANCE.
9D: Umbrella-toting "Batman" villain: PENGUIN. Danny DeVito as "The PENGUIN"
11D: Drawbacks: DOWNSIDES.
12D: Utah national park: ZION.
13D: Alternatively: ELSE.
21D: Julius Dithers's wife, in "Blondie": CORA. Mr. Dithers is Dagwood's boss.
22D: Art Deco designer: ERTE.
28D: "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil: KEANE.
30D: Rescuer, often: HERO. As in the movie with Dustin Hoffman. Good film.
31D: Cajole: PROD.
32D: Vagabond: HOBO. The HOBO does get around lately.
33D: Appreciate properly: DO JUSTICE.
37D: Borrowing consequence: DEBT. But if you're big enough, you don't have to pay the consequences. What a country!
39D: How plots are planned: SECRETLY.
43D: Lengths of service: TENURES.
45D: "Sounds good!": "OKAY!".
46D: One working on columns: NEWSMAN.
49D: Lower the assessed electrical capability of: DERATE. The clue is almost word for word from the dictionary.
50D: Bring back to the firm: REHIRE.
53D: Meir of Israel: GOLDA. Elected Prime Minister of Israel, 1969 until 1974.
54D: One surrounded by the enemy, maybe: GONER. But only maybe, if he is the star of the film.
55D: Old British guns: STENS.
57D: Word with sign or strategy: EXIT.
59D: 2001 Spacey film: K-PAX.
61D: Work on a seam: SEW.
There won't be Answer Grid until C.C.'s computer is fixed. Should you have any question, please feel free to go to the Comments section and ask.
Argyle
