Theme: Take Your Medicine - Three phrases that end with a medicine delivery system followed by the provider of said systems.
18A. Historic cache for future millennia: TIME CAPSULE
25A. Investing largely in money markets, say: STAYING LIQUID
42A. Item for doodling or note-taking: WRITING TABLET
55A. Dispensers of the ends of 18-, 25- and 42-Across: PHARMACISTS
Argyle here.
Dan provided a test for a Tuesday. Interesting but not sparkling. We've been spoiled by Dan's heavy theme material. Three theme entries plus an unifier is pretty thin in his standard.
It's worth to note that the total word/square count are both quite low for an early week puzzle, and Dan gives us 16 entries of 6 letters or more non-theme fill.
Across:
1. Hydroelectric project : DAM
4. Makes improvements to : EMENDS. Although EMENDS and amends have similar meanings, EMENDS indicates improving text only.
10. California wine valley : NAPA
14. Ipanema's city : RIO. Ipanema is a neighborhood located in the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
15. "Anything you want" : "NAME IT"
16. Petri dish gel : AGAR
17. Geological span : EON
20. Take turns : ALTERNATE
22. Name of two presidents : ADAMS. The first father and son Presidents, number two and number six.
23. Fuel for big rigs : DIESEL
24. Geological span : ERA
32. Money market fund, e.g. : ASSET. A clecho of 25A.
34. Follows a recipe : COOKS
35. ___ Championship: August golf tournament : PGA. Martin Kaymer won the US PGA Championship in a play-off after Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson both suffered penalty strokes on the final hole, creating a three-way tie.
36. Jordanian queen dowager : NOOR. Such intrigue in her life! As a dowager(widow of a king), she remains royalty but isn't a ruler. Image.
37. Negative quality : MINUS
38. Beginning on : AS OF
39. Canal site : EAR
40. Ate sumptuously : DINED
41. Heads-up : ALERT
45. "Mighty" tree : OAK. "Mighty oaks from little acorns grow."
46. Power failure : OUTAGE
49. Really bad : AWFUL
52. "No way, José" : "NOT ON A BET!"
57. Lennon's widow : ONO
58. Emerald Isle : EIRE
59. Supplanter of the silent movie : TALKIE
60. Coffee holder : URN
61. Attracted a trooper, maybe : SPED
62. Mary Hartman portrayer Louise : LASSER. "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", was a soap opera parody that aired in syndication from 1976 to 77. Produced by Norman Lear, the show's title was the eponymous character's name stated twice, because Lear and the writers believed that everything that was said on a soap opera was said twice. Promo clip, Lasser is the one in pig-tails.
63. Your, in Tours : TES. Tours, France
Down:
1. Live in fear of : DREAD
2. Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
3. Education pioneer Maria : MONTESSORI. A gimme for a lot of you.
4. Ask on bended knee : ENTREAT. Propose just didn't work.
5. For the most part : MAINLY
6. John's partner in "The Avengers" : EMMA. John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel.
7. Nair competitor : NEET. Hair removers
8. Cubes that are rolled : DICE
9. Where many commuters wait: Abbr. : STA.
10. Tech-heavy stock exchange : NASDAQ
11. Contents of un lago : AGUA. A lake & water, in Spanish.
12. Arboreal Miami sight : PALM. Trees.
13. Greek god of war : ARES
19. Louvre location : PARIS. Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
21. Fragrant compound : ESTER
24. BPO __ : ELKS. The Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks.
26. Cupcake topper : ICING
27. Nine-piece combo : NONET
28. Mild Dutch cheese : GOUDA
29. Distraught over : UPSET ABOUT
30. Composer Stravinsky : IGOR. Tango for Piano.
31. Off one's rocker : DAFT
32. All over again : ANEW
33. Attract upward-looking onlookers : SOAR
37. Stole fur : MINK
38. Prince Valiant's wife : ALETA. From the comic strip; their son is Prince Arn. Note: While she is Queen of the Misty Isles, Valiant is only a prince.
40. Hitchcock's "__ for Murder" : DIAL "M"
41. Oldest driver to win the Indy 500 : AL UNSER. From the Unser family.
43. Went on the road : TOURED
44. Baby's footwear : BOOTIE
47. Country or folk : GENRE. Type of music or art, etc.
48. Preppy collars : ETONS
49. Mimics : APES
50. Lion tamer's handful : WHIP
51. Taxi rider or payment : FARE
52. March Madness org. : NCAA. College basketball.
53. Makes less squeaky, perhaps : OILS
54. Sounds of disapproval : TSKS
56. Part of NATO: Abbr. : ATL. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Answer grid.
Argyle
18A. Historic cache for future millennia: TIME CAPSULE
25A. Investing largely in money markets, say: STAYING LIQUID
42A. Item for doodling or note-taking: WRITING TABLET
55A. Dispensers of the ends of 18-, 25- and 42-Across: PHARMACISTS
Argyle here.
Dan provided a test for a Tuesday. Interesting but not sparkling. We've been spoiled by Dan's heavy theme material. Three theme entries plus an unifier is pretty thin in his standard.
It's worth to note that the total word/square count are both quite low for an early week puzzle, and Dan gives us 16 entries of 6 letters or more non-theme fill.
Across:
1. Hydroelectric project : DAM
4. Makes improvements to : EMENDS. Although EMENDS and amends have similar meanings, EMENDS indicates improving text only.
10. California wine valley : NAPA
14. Ipanema's city : RIO. Ipanema is a neighborhood located in the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
15. "Anything you want" : "NAME IT"
16. Petri dish gel : AGAR
17. Geological span : EON
20. Take turns : ALTERNATE
22. Name of two presidents : ADAMS. The first father and son Presidents, number two and number six.
23. Fuel for big rigs : DIESEL
24. Geological span : ERA
32. Money market fund, e.g. : ASSET. A clecho of 25A.
34. Follows a recipe : COOKS
35. ___ Championship: August golf tournament : PGA. Martin Kaymer won the US PGA Championship in a play-off after Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson both suffered penalty strokes on the final hole, creating a three-way tie.
36. Jordanian queen dowager : NOOR. Such intrigue in her life! As a dowager(widow of a king), she remains royalty but isn't a ruler. Image.
37. Negative quality : MINUS
38. Beginning on : AS OF
39. Canal site : EAR
40. Ate sumptuously : DINED
41. Heads-up : ALERT
45. "Mighty" tree : OAK. "Mighty oaks from little acorns grow."
46. Power failure : OUTAGE
49. Really bad : AWFUL
52. "No way, José" : "NOT ON A BET!"
57. Lennon's widow : ONO
58. Emerald Isle : EIRE
59. Supplanter of the silent movie : TALKIE
60. Coffee holder : URN
61. Attracted a trooper, maybe : SPED
62. Mary Hartman portrayer Louise : LASSER. "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", was a soap opera parody that aired in syndication from 1976 to 77. Produced by Norman Lear, the show's title was the eponymous character's name stated twice, because Lear and the writers believed that everything that was said on a soap opera was said twice. Promo clip, Lasser is the one in pig-tails.
63. Your, in Tours : TES. Tours, France
Down:
1. Live in fear of : DREAD
2. Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
3. Education pioneer Maria : MONTESSORI. A gimme for a lot of you.
4. Ask on bended knee : ENTREAT. Propose just didn't work.
5. For the most part : MAINLY
6. John's partner in "The Avengers" : EMMA. John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel.
7. Nair competitor : NEET. Hair removers
8. Cubes that are rolled : DICE
9. Where many commuters wait: Abbr. : STA.
10. Tech-heavy stock exchange : NASDAQ
11. Contents of un lago : AGUA. A lake & water, in Spanish.
12. Arboreal Miami sight : PALM. Trees.
13. Greek god of war : ARES
19. Louvre location : PARIS. Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
21. Fragrant compound : ESTER
24. BPO __ : ELKS. The Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks.
26. Cupcake topper : ICING
27. Nine-piece combo : NONET
28. Mild Dutch cheese : GOUDA
29. Distraught over : UPSET ABOUT
30. Composer Stravinsky : IGOR. Tango for Piano.
31. Off one's rocker : DAFT
32. All over again : ANEW
33. Attract upward-looking onlookers : SOAR
37. Stole fur : MINK
38. Prince Valiant's wife : ALETA. From the comic strip; their son is Prince Arn. Note: While she is Queen of the Misty Isles, Valiant is only a prince.
40. Hitchcock's "__ for Murder" : DIAL "M"
41. Oldest driver to win the Indy 500 : AL UNSER. From the Unser family.
43. Went on the road : TOURED
44. Baby's footwear : BOOTIE
47. Country or folk : GENRE. Type of music or art, etc.
48. Preppy collars : ETONS
49. Mimics : APES
50. Lion tamer's handful : WHIP
51. Taxi rider or payment : FARE
52. March Madness org. : NCAA. College basketball.
53. Makes less squeaky, perhaps : OILS
54. Sounds of disapproval : TSKS
56. Part of NATO: Abbr. : ATL. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Answer grid.
Argyle
