Theme: Body Parts - Four theme entries containing two parts of the body in a common idioms.
20A. Hopelessly, as in love: HEAD OVER HEELS
29A. Field sobriety test: FINGER TO NOSE
46A. Fierce way to fight: TOOTH AND NAIL
56A. Facetious: TONGUE IN CHEEK
And a single NAVEL (31D. Umbilicus).
Argyle here. Another serviceable Monday puzzle from Mr. Fisher. Doesn't need much explanation but still fun to do.
Across:
1A. Prefix with brewery: MICRO
6A. Quite a ways away: AFAR
10A. Field furrow maker: PLOW
14A. Like a specially formed committee: AD HOC. Latin, for this
15A. Infrequent: RARE
16A. Learn about aurally: HEAR
17A. Track shoe part: CLEAT. SPIKE would be better; CLEATS are for field games.
18A. Canon shots, briefly: PICS. Canon, the camera, not cannon, the big shooter.
19A. Dark and murky: INKY
23A. Meal remnant: ORT
24A. Cribbage piece: PEG
25A. Writer's coll. major, often: ENG.
26A. Piper in the air: CUB. In flight. Check out the leg stuck out the door and what is that; the wash drying on the line to the tail wheel?
32A. Fossil fuel: COAL
35A. Draw a bead: AIM
36A. Keeps for later: SAVES
37A. A single time: ONCE
38A. Theater chain founded in 1904: LOEWS
41A. __ Beach, Florida: VERO. On the Atlantic side, a little over midway down to Miami.
42A. Firestone products: TIRES
44A. Bit of a chill: NIP
45A. Formerly, previously: ERST
50A. Reply: Abbr.: ANS.
51A. __, dos, tres ...: UNO
52A. '50s car embellishment: FIN. Probably should have been plural; a rare sports car may have had a single fin.
53A. "Antiques Roadshow" airer: PBS
60A. Forte of a certain "doctor": SPIN
62A. Eye blatantly: OGLE
63A. Throw with effort: HEAVE. Caber Toss.
64A. Political alliance: PACT
65A. Mass transit option: RAIL
66A. Game show host: EMCEE
67A. "The Sun __ Rises": ALSO. The first major novel by Ernest Hemingway, 1926.
68A. Somewhat: A TAD
69A. Competed in a bee: SPELT. This will draw some comments.
Down"
1D. Virile: MACHO
2D. Work shirker: IDLER
3D. Copy from your classmate's paper, say: CHEAT
4D. Willie Nelson's "On the __ Again": ROAD. Clip.
5D. Squid cousins: OCTOPI
6D. Broken chord, in music: ARPEGGIO. I'll leave to our experts to discuss.
7D. Expo: FAIR
8D. Shooter with a quiver: ARCHER
9D. Bristle at: RESENT. William Tell bristled at being called an archer. He used a crossbow and was known as a bowman.
10D. Golfer Mickelson: PHIL
11D. Camera's protective cap: LENS COVER
12D. Cask material: OAK
13D. Droll: WRY
21D. Bribable: VENAL. VENAL bad; VENERABLE good.
22D. They're big in Hollywood: EGOS
27D. Online surfers, e.g.: USERS
28D. Stupefy with booze: BESOT
29D. Hertz inventory: FLEET
30D. Edit: EMEND
32D. Terra __: pottery clay: COTTA. The TERRA COTTA ARMY.
33D. Burger topper: ONION
34D. Puzzles involving quotes, usually: ACROSTICS
39D. Hall of Fame outfielder Dave or actor Paul: WINFIELD
40D. Madrid's country: SPAIN
43D. Steer clear of: SHUN
47D. Long-haired cat: ANGORA
48D. Chewy candy: NOUGAT
49D. Yard's 36: INCHES
53D. What a V-sign may mean: PEACE
54D. Slanted edge: BEVEL
55D. Trapshooting: SKEET
59D. Natural rope fiber: HEMP
60D. Place to be pampered: SPA
Answer grid.
Picture of the Day: Here is a sweet photo of our fellow LAT solver Barry G, his lovely wife from Tianjin, China and their adorable son.
Argyle
20A. Hopelessly, as in love: HEAD OVER HEELS
29A. Field sobriety test: FINGER TO NOSE
46A. Fierce way to fight: TOOTH AND NAIL
56A. Facetious: TONGUE IN CHEEK
And a single NAVEL (31D. Umbilicus).
Argyle here. Another serviceable Monday puzzle from Mr. Fisher. Doesn't need much explanation but still fun to do.
Across:
1A. Prefix with brewery: MICRO
6A. Quite a ways away: AFAR
10A. Field furrow maker: PLOW
14A. Like a specially formed committee: AD HOC. Latin, for this
15A. Infrequent: RARE
16A. Learn about aurally: HEAR
17A. Track shoe part: CLEAT. SPIKE would be better; CLEATS are for field games.
18A. Canon shots, briefly: PICS. Canon, the camera, not cannon, the big shooter.
19A. Dark and murky: INKY
23A. Meal remnant: ORT
24A. Cribbage piece: PEG
25A. Writer's coll. major, often: ENG.
26A. Piper in the air: CUB. In flight. Check out the leg stuck out the door and what is that; the wash drying on the line to the tail wheel?
32A. Fossil fuel: COAL
35A. Draw a bead: AIM
36A. Keeps for later: SAVES
37A. A single time: ONCE
38A. Theater chain founded in 1904: LOEWS
41A. __ Beach, Florida: VERO. On the Atlantic side, a little over midway down to Miami.
42A. Firestone products: TIRES
44A. Bit of a chill: NIP
45A. Formerly, previously: ERST
50A. Reply: Abbr.: ANS.
51A. __, dos, tres ...: UNO
52A. '50s car embellishment: FIN. Probably should have been plural; a rare sports car may have had a single fin.
53A. "Antiques Roadshow" airer: PBS
60A. Forte of a certain "doctor": SPIN
62A. Eye blatantly: OGLE
63A. Throw with effort: HEAVE. Caber Toss.
64A. Political alliance: PACT
65A. Mass transit option: RAIL
66A. Game show host: EMCEE
67A. "The Sun __ Rises": ALSO. The first major novel by Ernest Hemingway, 1926.
68A. Somewhat: A TAD
69A. Competed in a bee: SPELT. This will draw some comments.
Down"
1D. Virile: MACHO
2D. Work shirker: IDLER
3D. Copy from your classmate's paper, say: CHEAT
4D. Willie Nelson's "On the __ Again": ROAD. Clip.
5D. Squid cousins: OCTOPI
6D. Broken chord, in music: ARPEGGIO. I'll leave to our experts to discuss.
7D. Expo: FAIR
8D. Shooter with a quiver: ARCHER
9D. Bristle at: RESENT. William Tell bristled at being called an archer. He used a crossbow and was known as a bowman.
10D. Golfer Mickelson: PHIL
11D. Camera's protective cap: LENS COVER
12D. Cask material: OAK
13D. Droll: WRY
21D. Bribable: VENAL. VENAL bad; VENERABLE good.
22D. They're big in Hollywood: EGOS
27D. Online surfers, e.g.: USERS
28D. Stupefy with booze: BESOT
29D. Hertz inventory: FLEET
30D. Edit: EMEND
32D. Terra __: pottery clay: COTTA. The TERRA COTTA ARMY.
33D. Burger topper: ONION
34D. Puzzles involving quotes, usually: ACROSTICS
39D. Hall of Fame outfielder Dave or actor Paul: WINFIELD
40D. Madrid's country: SPAIN
43D. Steer clear of: SHUN
47D. Long-haired cat: ANGORA
48D. Chewy candy: NOUGAT
49D. Yard's 36: INCHES
53D. What a V-sign may mean: PEACE
54D. Slanted edge: BEVEL
55D. Trapshooting: SKEET
59D. Natural rope fiber: HEMP
60D. Place to be pampered: SPA
Answer grid.
Picture of the Day: Here is a sweet photo of our fellow LAT solver Barry G, his lovely wife from Tianjin, China and their adorable son.
Argyle
