Theme: Noshes - Common two-word phrases in which the second word is a SNACK FOOD. (35A: With 63-Across, this puzzle's theme: and 63A: See 35-Across).
20A: Microprocessors: COMPUTER CHIPS.
27A: Shipping thingies used as a filler: PACKING PEANUTS.
43A: Bits of user information created by Web sites: BROWSER COOKIES.
51.A: Contortionists: HUMAN PRETZELS.
All the snacks are in plural forms and are contained in a non-snack context.
Argyle here with a Barry Silk puzzle just one pesky 'J' away from a pangram.
I think we may have a wide range of opinions on this one but I'm a little under the weather so I could be wrong. Well, it's getting late, I better get to it.
Across:
1A: Caesar's reproach: ET TU.
5A: Plays a trump card, in bridge: RUFFS. New to me. The word comes from an old card game.
10A: #2: VEEP. (Vice President)
14A:. Caution: WARN.
15A: 1946 high-tech unveiling at the Univ. of Pennsylvania: ENIAC. Electronic Numeral Integrator and Computer
16A: On Hollywood Blvd., say: IN LA. (in Los Angeles)
17A: Way out: EXIT.
18A: Mizuno Corporation headquarters: OSAKA. Mizuno Corporation is a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company.
19A: Sty resident?: SLOB.
23A: Poet Lowell: AMY. Amy Lowell (1874—1925) was an American poet of the imagist school who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926 for her collection, "What's O'Clock".
25A:. Tennyson's twilight: EEN. Echo. Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign.
26A: Beginning: ONSET.
32A: Persian Gulf ship: OILER. I see they are still being hijacked.
34A: Court response: PLEA.
37A: Water color: AQUA. Misleading clue?
41A: Grammy winner Braxton: TONI. Pic and 29D: "Why Can't I?" singer Liz: PHAIR. Pic
42A: Subjects for searching or saving: SOULS.
48A: "Me, too!": SO AM I.
49A:. Buddy List co.: AOL. Formerly known as America Online, they reinvent themselves every few years and this is one of their gimmicks, like CBS Radio online.
50A: Eastern discipline: ZEN.
56A: "Back __ hour": store sign: IN AN.
57A: Budapest-born conductor: SOLTI. I haven't made him a gimme yet but I am able to fill him in with perp help.
58A: "Good heavens!": OH MY.
61A: 15th century date: MCDI. 1401
62A: Place for a bracelet: ANKLE.
64A:. Wet expanses: SEAS.
65A: Shocking weapon: TASER. Taser "shocks".
66A:. Rare bills : TWOS.
Down:
1D: Farm mom: EWE.
2D: It's based on purchase price: TAX. Okay, if you have a local sales tax, what is it? Mine is 7%.
3D: Scooter kin: TRICYCLE.
5D: Get back in business: REOPEN. Where is Dennis going this time?
6D: Like heroes who deserve more credit: UNSUNG. Nice clue.
7D: Italian automaker: FIAT.
8D: Counterfeit: FAKE.
9D: Fight memento: SCAR.
10D: Hindu god incarnated as Krishna: VISHNU.
12D: Runs off to wed: ELOPES.
13D: Beer with a blue ribbon logo: PABST.
21D: Subject of the play "Golda's Balcony": MEIR. Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister ('69-'740 of the State of Israel.
23D: Per unit: A POP. I had EACH; shoulda known better.
24D: E or G follower: MAIL.
28D: Mauna __: KEA. (An inactive volcano in Hawaii.)
30D: Common Market letters: EEC. (European Economic Community)
31D: Biblical refuge: ARK.
35D: "Mayday!": SOS.
36D: D.C.-to-Albany dir.: NNE. Okay so long as you didn't think Albany, GA.
37D: Just fine: A-OK.
38D: '50s TV scandal genre: QUIZ SHOW.
39D: Title beekeeper played by Peter Fonda: ULEE. Ulee's Gold
40D: Part of PGA: Abbr.: ASSN..
41D: Mattress size: TWIN.
42D: Step on it: SOLE. Awkward clue.
43D: Dribble: BOUNCE.
44D: Holiday Inn rival: RAMADA.
45D: Muscat residents: OMANIS. Muscat is the capital and largest city of Oman.
46D: Ranch roamers: CATTLE. with 59D: 46-Down call: MOO.
47D: More slime-like: OOZIER.
48D: Leveling wedges: SHIMS.
52D: Jr.'s exam: PSAT.
53D: First name in gossip: RONA. (Rona Barret)
54D: Fraternal group: ELKS.
55D: Room at the top: LOFT.
60D: Gridiron gains: Abbr.: YDS.
Answer grid.
Argyle
20A: Microprocessors: COMPUTER CHIPS.
27A: Shipping thingies used as a filler: PACKING PEANUTS.
43A: Bits of user information created by Web sites: BROWSER COOKIES.
51.A: Contortionists: HUMAN PRETZELS.
All the snacks are in plural forms and are contained in a non-snack context.
Argyle here with a Barry Silk puzzle just one pesky 'J' away from a pangram.
I think we may have a wide range of opinions on this one but I'm a little under the weather so I could be wrong. Well, it's getting late, I better get to it.
Across:
1A: Caesar's reproach: ET TU.
5A: Plays a trump card, in bridge: RUFFS. New to me. The word comes from an old card game.
10A: #2: VEEP. (Vice President)
14A:. Caution: WARN.
15A: 1946 high-tech unveiling at the Univ. of Pennsylvania: ENIAC. Electronic Numeral Integrator and Computer
16A: On Hollywood Blvd., say: IN LA. (in Los Angeles)
17A: Way out: EXIT.
18A: Mizuno Corporation headquarters: OSAKA. Mizuno Corporation is a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company.
19A: Sty resident?: SLOB.
23A: Poet Lowell: AMY. Amy Lowell (1874—1925) was an American poet of the imagist school who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926 for her collection, "What's O'Clock".
25A:. Tennyson's twilight: EEN. Echo. Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign.
26A: Beginning: ONSET.
32A: Persian Gulf ship: OILER. I see they are still being hijacked.
34A: Court response: PLEA.
37A: Water color: AQUA. Misleading clue?
41A: Grammy winner Braxton: TONI. Pic and 29D: "Why Can't I?" singer Liz: PHAIR. Pic
42A: Subjects for searching or saving: SOULS.
48A: "Me, too!": SO AM I.
49A:. Buddy List co.: AOL. Formerly known as America Online, they reinvent themselves every few years and this is one of their gimmicks, like CBS Radio online.
50A: Eastern discipline: ZEN.
56A: "Back __ hour": store sign: IN AN.
57A: Budapest-born conductor: SOLTI. I haven't made him a gimme yet but I am able to fill him in with perp help.
58A: "Good heavens!": OH MY.
61A: 15th century date: MCDI. 1401
62A: Place for a bracelet: ANKLE.
64A:. Wet expanses: SEAS.
65A: Shocking weapon: TASER. Taser "shocks".
66A:. Rare bills : TWOS.
Down:
1D: Farm mom: EWE.
2D: It's based on purchase price: TAX. Okay, if you have a local sales tax, what is it? Mine is 7%.
3D: Scooter kin: TRICYCLE.
5D: Get back in business: REOPEN. Where is Dennis going this time?
6D: Like heroes who deserve more credit: UNSUNG. Nice clue.
7D: Italian automaker: FIAT.
8D: Counterfeit: FAKE.
9D: Fight memento: SCAR.
10D: Hindu god incarnated as Krishna: VISHNU.
12D: Runs off to wed: ELOPES.
13D: Beer with a blue ribbon logo: PABST.
21D: Subject of the play "Golda's Balcony": MEIR. Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister ('69-'740 of the State of Israel.
23D: Per unit: A POP. I had EACH; shoulda known better.
24D: E or G follower: MAIL.
28D: Mauna __: KEA. (An inactive volcano in Hawaii.)
30D: Common Market letters: EEC. (European Economic Community)
31D: Biblical refuge: ARK.
35D: "Mayday!": SOS.
36D: D.C.-to-Albany dir.: NNE. Okay so long as you didn't think Albany, GA.
37D: Just fine: A-OK.
38D: '50s TV scandal genre: QUIZ SHOW.
39D: Title beekeeper played by Peter Fonda: ULEE. Ulee's Gold
40D: Part of PGA: Abbr.: ASSN..
41D: Mattress size: TWIN.
42D: Step on it: SOLE. Awkward clue.
43D: Dribble: BOUNCE.
44D: Holiday Inn rival: RAMADA.
45D: Muscat residents: OMANIS. Muscat is the capital and largest city of Oman.
46D: Ranch roamers: CATTLE. with 59D: 46-Down call: MOO.
47D: More slime-like: OOZIER.
48D: Leveling wedges: SHIMS.
52D: Jr.'s exam: PSAT.
53D: First name in gossip: RONA. (Rona Barret)
54D: Fraternal group: ELKS.
55D: Room at the top: LOFT.
60D: Gridiron gains: Abbr.: YDS.
Answer grid.
Argyle
