Theme: What's in a Name? - A humorous take on the first "earthy" name of some famous people.
17A. Jazz bandleader and lover of forests?: WOODY HERMAN. Woodrow Herman (1913–1987), neat twist, The Woodchopper's Ball. Woody played the clarinet and the saxophone.
36A. Former heavyweight champ and lover of mountains?: ROCKY MARCIANO. Born Rocco Marchegiano (1923 – 1969), Rocky was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956, when he retired as the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career.
60A. Ex-Dodger pitcher and lover of beaches?: SANDY KOUFAX. Sanford Koufax was a lefty who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Arthritis ended his career at age 30.
Argyle again. I believe this is our first offering from this constructor. He has several NYT submissions and is very scrabbly (just short a 'B' from a pangram today). (Update: There is a 'B' in the SE corner. Thanks, Hahtool.)
17A. Jazz bandleader and lover of forests?: WOODY HERMAN. Woodrow Herman (1913–1987), neat twist, The Woodchopper's Ball. Woody played the clarinet and the saxophone.
36A. Former heavyweight champ and lover of mountains?: ROCKY MARCIANO. Born Rocco Marchegiano (1923 – 1969), Rocky was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956, when he retired as the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career.
60A. Ex-Dodger pitcher and lover of beaches?: SANDY KOUFAX. Sanford Koufax was a lefty who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Arthritis ended his career at age 30.
Argyle again. I believe this is our first offering from this constructor. He has several NYT submissions and is very scrabbly (just short a 'B' from a pangram today). (Update: There is a 'B' in the SE corner. Thanks, Hahtool.)
A nicely interconnected grid today, also. I did spot a sub theme...or I imagined it.
Across:
1A. Jack's partner: JILL (from the nursery rhyme.)
5A. Not exactly lined up: OFFSET
11A. Stanford-Binet nos.: IQ'S. The Stanford Binet Intelligence Test is a standardized test that measures IQ and cognitive abilities in children and adults aged two to 23.
14A. On the less breezy side, at sea: ALEE
15A. Jacket part: SLEEVE
16A. Actor's signal: CUE
19A. Common Market inits.: EEC. European Economic Community.
20A. Dazzling celestial events: NOVAE
21A. Source of a hot tip: INSIDER
23A. 737, for example: PLANE. A twin-jet engine airliner, 737 has been continuously manufactured by Boeing since 1967.
25A. Singer Domino: FATS. His thrill, Blueberry Hill.
27A. Trig function: SINE
28A. Corn unit: EAR
29A. "No __!": emphatic denial: SIREE
31A. Is able to, biblically: CANST
32A. It may wash away castles: TIDE . Sand castles
34A. Postal motto word: NOR
35A. Yellowfin tuna: AHI
41A. Madhouse: ZOO
42A. Golfer's accessory: TEE
43A. Base runner's goal: HOME
45A. Divided Asian land: KOREA
48A. Give up amateur status: GO PRO
50A. Up to, briefly: 'TIL
51A. Express line unit: ITEM
52A. Lass: GIRL
53A. Spiteful: NASTY
55A. "Strangers in the Night" singer: SINATRA. His thrill.
57A.Prefix with physics: ASTRO
59A. Sault __ Marie: STE.
64A. Russian fighter: MIG
65A. Postwar British prime minister: ATTLEE. Clement Attlee, (1883 – 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951.
66A. Farm field unit: BALE. Bales come in so many different sizes now, I'm not sure there is a standard 'field unit'.
67A. Ending for Vietnam: ESE
68A. Dwell: RESIDE
69A. Like the Mojave: ARID
Down:
1D. Mandible site: JAW
2D. UN workers rights agcy.: ILO. International Labour Organization
3D. Kate's "Titanic" co-star: LEONARDO Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio
4D. Gave false hopes: LED ON
5D. Workplace watchdog org.: OSHA
6D. Try to escape, as pursuers: FLEE FROM
7D. __-de-lance: pit viper: FER. Fer-de-Lance is French for spearhead (literally "iron of the lance"), and may refer to several tropical snakes.
8D. Arab or Jew: SEMITE
9D. Cowgirl Dale: EVANS. Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans found their thrill on Happy Trails
10D. Change for a 20: TENS
11D. Stranded at the chalet, maybe: ICED IN
12D. Brooklyn neighbor: QUEENS. New York City boroughs
13D. Whispered thing: SECRET
18D. Actor Montand: YVES
22D. Old Testament prophet: ISAIAH
23D. Teacher's favorite: PET
24D. Home in the wild: LAIR
26D. Faucet attachment: AERATOR
30D. California county in which Mount Whitney is partly located: INYO Map. Inyo County is the home of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states and Death Valley National Park, the lowest point in the United States.
31D. Greek X: CHI
33D. Itchy rash cause: ECZEMA
35D. Expert server: ACER
37D. "Kampgrounds" company: KOA. Kampgrounds of America.
38D. Showed over: REPLAYED
39D. "Up to this point, no": "NOT SO FAR"
40D. Fail to include: OMIT
44D. Bridge expert Culbertson: ELY
45D. Pecking order?: "KISS ME!". Great clue, though we've seen it in LA Times before.
46D. Ear inflammation: OTITIS
47D. Go back on a promise: RENEGE
48D. Meadowlands Stadium team: GIANTS
49D. Not tricked by: ON TO
52D. Fireplace feature: GRATE
54D. Resort island off Venezuela: ARUBA
56D. Ivan IV, for one: TSAR
58D. __-Ball: SKEE. The best way to explain it, is to show it. Video
61D. Mid sixth-century year: DLI
62D. Baba of fiction: ALI
63D. Deleted, with "out": X'ED
Answer grid.
Argyle
Across:
1A. Jack's partner: JILL (from the nursery rhyme.)
5A. Not exactly lined up: OFFSET
11A. Stanford-Binet nos.: IQ'S. The Stanford Binet Intelligence Test is a standardized test that measures IQ and cognitive abilities in children and adults aged two to 23.
14A. On the less breezy side, at sea: ALEE
15A. Jacket part: SLEEVE
16A. Actor's signal: CUE
19A. Common Market inits.: EEC. European Economic Community.
20A. Dazzling celestial events: NOVAE
21A. Source of a hot tip: INSIDER
23A. 737, for example: PLANE. A twin-jet engine airliner, 737 has been continuously manufactured by Boeing since 1967.
25A. Singer Domino: FATS. His thrill, Blueberry Hill.
27A. Trig function: SINE
28A. Corn unit: EAR
29A. "No __!": emphatic denial: SIREE
31A. Is able to, biblically: CANST
32A. It may wash away castles: TIDE . Sand castles
34A. Postal motto word: NOR
35A. Yellowfin tuna: AHI
41A. Madhouse: ZOO
42A. Golfer's accessory: TEE
43A. Base runner's goal: HOME
45A. Divided Asian land: KOREA
48A. Give up amateur status: GO PRO
50A. Up to, briefly: 'TIL
51A. Express line unit: ITEM
52A. Lass: GIRL
53A. Spiteful: NASTY
55A. "Strangers in the Night" singer: SINATRA. His thrill.
57A.Prefix with physics: ASTRO
59A. Sault __ Marie: STE.
64A. Russian fighter: MIG
65A. Postwar British prime minister: ATTLEE. Clement Attlee, (1883 – 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951.
66A. Farm field unit: BALE. Bales come in so many different sizes now, I'm not sure there is a standard 'field unit'.
67A. Ending for Vietnam: ESE
68A. Dwell: RESIDE
69A. Like the Mojave: ARID
Down:
1D. Mandible site: JAW
2D. UN workers rights agcy.: ILO. International Labour Organization
3D. Kate's "Titanic" co-star: LEONARDO Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio
4D. Gave false hopes: LED ON
5D. Workplace watchdog org.: OSHA
6D. Try to escape, as pursuers: FLEE FROM
7D. __-de-lance: pit viper: FER. Fer-de-Lance is French for spearhead (literally "iron of the lance"), and may refer to several tropical snakes.
8D. Arab or Jew: SEMITE
9D. Cowgirl Dale: EVANS. Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans found their thrill on Happy Trails
10D. Change for a 20: TENS
11D. Stranded at the chalet, maybe: ICED IN
12D. Brooklyn neighbor: QUEENS. New York City boroughs
13D. Whispered thing: SECRET
18D. Actor Montand: YVES
22D. Old Testament prophet: ISAIAH
23D. Teacher's favorite: PET
24D. Home in the wild: LAIR
26D. Faucet attachment: AERATOR
30D. California county in which Mount Whitney is partly located: INYO Map. Inyo County is the home of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states and Death Valley National Park, the lowest point in the United States.
31D. Greek X: CHI
33D. Itchy rash cause: ECZEMA
35D. Expert server: ACER
37D. "Kampgrounds" company: KOA. Kampgrounds of America.
38D. Showed over: REPLAYED
39D. "Up to this point, no": "NOT SO FAR"
40D. Fail to include: OMIT
44D. Bridge expert Culbertson: ELY
45D. Pecking order?: "KISS ME!". Great clue, though we've seen it in LA Times before.
46D. Ear inflammation: OTITIS
47D. Go back on a promise: RENEGE
48D. Meadowlands Stadium team: GIANTS
49D. Not tricked by: ON TO
52D. Fireplace feature: GRATE
54D. Resort island off Venezuela: ARUBA
56D. Ivan IV, for one: TSAR
58D. __-Ball: SKEE. The best way to explain it, is to show it. Video
61D. Mid sixth-century year: DLI
62D. Baba of fiction: ALI
63D. Deleted, with "out": X'ED
Answer grid.
Argyle
