Theme: SILENCE IS GOLDEN (65A. Proverb for overwrought parents, and a hint to both ends of 17-, 23-, 47- and 56-Across) - Each answer begins with a N sound, preceded by a different silent consonant, and ends with a silent vowel (E).
17A. Rustic furniture material: KNOTTY PINE. Walls, too.
23A. Jogging technique? MNEMONIC DEVICE. A memory or learning aid to jog the memory. Example: The Great Lakes, from west to east: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior = HOMES.
47A. Pressure-sensitive control mechanism: PNEUMATIC VALVE. Pneumatics is the use of pressurized gas to affect mechanical motion. (I just learned that the iron lung is a pneumatic device.)
56A. "Totally tubular, man!": GNARLY, DUDE. Gnarly sunrise in the Grand Canyon.
Beautifully constructed with grid-spanning theme answer perfectly placed in the center. What an honor to blog another Dan Naddor construction. He did have a knack for designing subtly brilliant puzzles.
melissa bee here.
Across:
1. It may be scrutinized on a carousel: ID TAG. Luggage - clever.
6. Raison d'__: ETRE
10. Skeptic's grain? SALT. Take it with a grain of salt.
14. Old Indian leader: NEHRU
15. Picture of health? X-RAY. Great clue.
16. Simple rhyme scheme: A-B-A-B
19. Mother of Artemis: LETO. Also mother of Apollo, goddess of motherhood, and bride of Zeus.
20. Elton John, e.g.: SIR. Gay activist wedding singer performs at Rush Limbaugh's wedding to his fourth wife this past Wednesday for $1 million. Can't make this stuff up.
21. Mil. leader: GEN(eral)
22. Split apart: RIVEN. Past tense of rive. who knew?
28. Hardly Mr. Cool: NERD
29. Tried, with "at": HAD A GO
30. Lake Volta's country: GHANA. New to me, Volta is the largest reservoir by surface area in the world.
33. Coal holders: BINS
34. 'Umble place: 'OME. No extra charge for this bonus clue/answer. Cockney accent makes the H's silent, with silent E on the end. Genius. Famous lyrics by John Howard Payne: 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.'
40. Braves' home: Abbr.: ATL(anta)
41. Little hopper: TOAD.
42. Closes in on: NEARS
43. Salad jellies: ASPICS
45. Already, in Arles: DEJA. French.
51. Fred's first partner: ADELE. Fred Astaire's sister.
52. Skater Babilonia: TAI. Engaged to comedian David Brenner.
53. Include: ADD
55. Hindu titles: SRIS
60. Sushi staple: TUNA
61. Accomplished: ABLE
62. Where to see Leonardo's "The Last Supper": MILAN
63. Caltech sr.'s goal, often: ENGR
64. Honduras native: MAYA
65. Fidgeting: ANTSY
Down:
1. Writing supplies: INKS
2. Casual fabric: DENIM
3. Sticker: THORN. I was picturing a bumper sticker.
4. Emerson's "jealous mistress": ART. Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he makes a bad husband, and an ill provider."
5. Instinctive, as a feeling: GUT
6. Shell out: EXPEND
7. Singer Lopez: TRINI
8. Campaigned: RAN. Timely entry.
9. Check out: EYE
10. Digestive aid: SALIVA
11. He played Fish on "Barney Miller": ABE VIGODA
12. Theater annoyance, perhaps: LATECOMER
13. Strip steak alternative: T-BONE. I prefer rib-eye.
18. Bela's "Son of Frankenstein" role: YGOR
22. 1985 Schwarzenegger film about a sword-and-sorcery heroine: RED SONJA
24. Feminine suffix: ENNE. As in comedienne.
25. Interim: MEANTIME
26. Phi followers: CHI'S
27. "Shoot!": DANG
30. Fed. property overseer: GSA. General Services Administration.
31. Baseball strategy: HIT AND RUN. Play designed to advance base runners and prevent the double play.
32. Like Big Brother in "1984": ALL SEEING
33. Auction action: BID
35. Canned twosome?: ENS. Two n's in canned.
37. Caesar's sidekick: COCA. Sid and Imogene. Before my time.
38. "It is the __, and Juliet is the sun": EAST
39. Sharon of "Boston Public": LEAL. Unknown to me.
44. Seiko brand: PULSAR
45. Silver Spring, Md., is part of it: DC AREA. Tricky answer.
46. Bad: EVIL
47. Cheap jewelry: PASTE
48. Birthplace of the Renaissance: ITALY
49. Event with a horse: VAULT
50. Icelandic sagas: EDDAS. From Wikipedia: "collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic medieval manuscript Codex Regius." Alrighty then.
54. Say it isn't so: DENY. Love this clue.
56. Looker's leg: GAM. Nice
57. Wizards' org.: NBA. Washington Wizards.
58. Peruvian singer Sumac: YMA: No idea.
59. Racket: DIN
Answer grid.
melissa
17A. Rustic furniture material: KNOTTY PINE. Walls, too.
23A. Jogging technique? MNEMONIC DEVICE. A memory or learning aid to jog the memory. Example: The Great Lakes, from west to east: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior = HOMES.
47A. Pressure-sensitive control mechanism: PNEUMATIC VALVE. Pneumatics is the use of pressurized gas to affect mechanical motion. (I just learned that the iron lung is a pneumatic device.)
56A. "Totally tubular, man!": GNARLY, DUDE. Gnarly sunrise in the Grand Canyon.
Beautifully constructed with grid-spanning theme answer perfectly placed in the center. What an honor to blog another Dan Naddor construction. He did have a knack for designing subtly brilliant puzzles.
melissa bee here.
Across:
1. It may be scrutinized on a carousel: ID TAG. Luggage - clever.
6. Raison d'__: ETRE
10. Skeptic's grain? SALT. Take it with a grain of salt.
14. Old Indian leader: NEHRU
15. Picture of health? X-RAY. Great clue.
16. Simple rhyme scheme: A-B-A-B
19. Mother of Artemis: LETO. Also mother of Apollo, goddess of motherhood, and bride of Zeus.
20. Elton John, e.g.: SIR. Gay activist wedding singer performs at Rush Limbaugh's wedding to his fourth wife this past Wednesday for $1 million. Can't make this stuff up.
21. Mil. leader: GEN(eral)
22. Split apart: RIVEN. Past tense of rive. who knew?
28. Hardly Mr. Cool: NERD
29. Tried, with "at": HAD A GO
30. Lake Volta's country: GHANA. New to me, Volta is the largest reservoir by surface area in the world.
33. Coal holders: BINS
34. 'Umble place: 'OME. No extra charge for this bonus clue/answer. Cockney accent makes the H's silent, with silent E on the end. Genius. Famous lyrics by John Howard Payne: 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.'
40. Braves' home: Abbr.: ATL(anta)
41. Little hopper: TOAD.
42. Closes in on: NEARS
43. Salad jellies: ASPICS
45. Already, in Arles: DEJA. French.
51. Fred's first partner: ADELE. Fred Astaire's sister.
52. Skater Babilonia: TAI. Engaged to comedian David Brenner.
53. Include: ADD
55. Hindu titles: SRIS
60. Sushi staple: TUNA
61. Accomplished: ABLE
62. Where to see Leonardo's "The Last Supper": MILAN
63. Caltech sr.'s goal, often: ENGR
64. Honduras native: MAYA
65. Fidgeting: ANTSY
Down:
1. Writing supplies: INKS
2. Casual fabric: DENIM
3. Sticker: THORN. I was picturing a bumper sticker.
4. Emerson's "jealous mistress": ART. Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he makes a bad husband, and an ill provider."
5. Instinctive, as a feeling: GUT
6. Shell out: EXPEND
7. Singer Lopez: TRINI
8. Campaigned: RAN. Timely entry.
9. Check out: EYE
10. Digestive aid: SALIVA
11. He played Fish on "Barney Miller": ABE VIGODA
12. Theater annoyance, perhaps: LATECOMER
13. Strip steak alternative: T-BONE. I prefer rib-eye.
18. Bela's "Son of Frankenstein" role: YGOR
22. 1985 Schwarzenegger film about a sword-and-sorcery heroine: RED SONJA
24. Feminine suffix: ENNE. As in comedienne.
25. Interim: MEANTIME
26. Phi followers: CHI'S
27. "Shoot!": DANG
30. Fed. property overseer: GSA. General Services Administration.
31. Baseball strategy: HIT AND RUN. Play designed to advance base runners and prevent the double play.
32. Like Big Brother in "1984": ALL SEEING
33. Auction action: BID
35. Canned twosome?: ENS. Two n's in canned.
37. Caesar's sidekick: COCA. Sid and Imogene. Before my time.
38. "It is the __, and Juliet is the sun": EAST
39. Sharon of "Boston Public": LEAL. Unknown to me.
44. Seiko brand: PULSAR
45. Silver Spring, Md., is part of it: DC AREA. Tricky answer.
46. Bad: EVIL
47. Cheap jewelry: PASTE
48. Birthplace of the Renaissance: ITALY
49. Event with a horse: VAULT
50. Icelandic sagas: EDDAS. From Wikipedia: "collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic medieval manuscript Codex Regius." Alrighty then.
54. Say it isn't so: DENY. Love this clue.
56. Looker's leg: GAM. Nice
57. Wizards' org.: NBA. Washington Wizards.
58. Peruvian singer Sumac: YMA: No idea.
59. Racket: DIN
Answer grid.
melissa
