Theme: Play Time - Each of the words in the theme entries can proceed the word GAME.
17A. Miniature data storage device: MEMORY CARD. A device with many shapes and names(examples). A MEMORY GAME, in its simplest form, is recalling the position of a item to form a pair. CARD GAME doesn't need an explanation.
24A. Teen group sleepover: PAJAMA PARTY. Also known as a slumber party. PAJAMA GAME was a Broadway musical, based on the novel 7½ Cents and made into a film staring Doris Day in 1957. PARTY GAMES, I miss them.
38A. With 40-Across, in an advantageous position (and what both words in 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across can be): AHEAD OF.... And 40A. See 38-Across: ...THE GAME
47A. Like an actor who doesn't miss a line: WORD PERFECT. I wonder why the word processing application wasn't used as the clue. The meaning like 2D. To __: precisely : A TEE seems out-dated to me. WORD GAME: Fictionary comes to mind. PERFECT GAME is a baseball game in which no opposing player reaches base or a 300-point game in bowling. C.C.'s husband, Boomer, has several.
60A. Bobby Vee hit with the line "I come bouncing back to you": RUBBER BALL. The song. RUBBER GAME is needed to decide the winner if a series is tied at an even number of wins. The use of the word Rubber to describe a tiebreaker is believed to have originated in the English game bowls(lawn bowling). And that's the BALL GAME.
Argyle here. Gosh, I don't know if I got anything left in me to comment on the rest of this ambitious Monday puzzle but I'll try.
Across:
1. Things to make notes on : PADS
5. Gate clasp : LATCH
10. Woeful word : "ALAS!"
14. Home of the Osmonds : UTAH
15. Impressive display : ARRAY
16. Coke or Pepsi : COLA
19. Like many a movie twin : EVIL
20. Faraway friend who likes to write : PEN PAL
21. Traditional stories : LORE
23. New England hrs. : EST. Eastern Standard Time.
27. Bolivian high points : ANDES The South American mountain range.
31. Above-the-street trains : ELS
32. Second afterthought, in a ltr. : PPS
33. Heckle : JEER
34. Writer's deg. : MFA. Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
35. Itzhak Perlman's instrument : VIOLIN. A virtuoso; feel free to link your favorite piece.
41. Tears to shreds : RIPS UP
42. Seaman's call for assistance : SOS
43. Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS. During a 19-year baseball career, he played from 1938-1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the St. Louis Cardinals.
44. Not masc. : FEM.
45. Old Mideast org. : UAR. United Arab Republic.
46. Digs for : SEEKS
51. "Toto, __ a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" : I'VE
52. Encl. with a manuscript : SASE. Self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE).
53. Gap : HIATUS
58. Require : NEED
62. Ricelike pasta : ORZO
63. Judges hear them : PLEAs
64. Sicilian volcano : ETNA
65. Wine glass part : STEM
66. Occupied, as a desk : SAT AT
67. Hurdle (over) : LEAP
Down:
1. It gives you gas : PUMP. Good one.
3. Rhett's last word : DAMN
4. Hit the mall : SHOP
5. 1971 Clapton classic : "LAYLA"
6. Pop-up path : ARC
7. Song refrain : TRA, LA, LA. A great song with many lyrics. "Tra la la Boome de ay, I lost my mind today, won't miss it any way."
8. Pool shots : CAROMS. Sometimes called the "kiss" shot, the carom shot involves bouncing your ball off another to get it in the pocket.
9. Beast that grew two heads every time it lost one : HYDRA
10. King topper : ACE
11. Where romantic couples park : LOVERS' LANE
12. Crème de la crème : A-LIST
13. Like the sea : SALTY
18. Jay-Z performances : RAPS
22. "Silas Marner" foundling : EPPIE
25. Funny Foxworthy : JEFF
26. Orbital high point : APOGEE
27. Barely open : AJAR
28. Pop your pop might have liked : NEHI
29. Suspended animation : DEEP FREEZE
30. Took off the board : ERASED
34. Floor-washing aid : MOP
35. Videotape format : VHS. The Video Home System is better known by its abbreviation VHS and I was expecting something more technical.
36. Response to "You all right?" : "I'M OK"
37. Storied loch : NESS. In Scotland.
39. Down in the __ : DUMPS
40. Raced : TORE
42. Wager that isn't risky : SAFE BET
45. Bond girl Andress : URSULA. Image.
46. Hullabaloo : STIR
47. Indigent imbibers : WINOs. We haven't seen much alliteration lately.
48. In full view : OVERT. Covert - hidden from view. Whoopi, on the View.
49. Wild West brothers : EARPs. There were six brothers: Newton (from their father's first marriage), James, Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Warren. There were also three sisters: Martha, Virgina and Adelia. Web site.
50. Where the toys are : CHEST. How is the latest "Toy Story"?
54. One slain by Cain : ABEL
55. Westminster gallery : TATE
56. Forearm bone : ULNA
57. Open-handed blow : SLAP
59. __ Pérignon : DOM. Champagne.
61. Sheep sound : "BAA!"
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A. Miniature data storage device: MEMORY CARD. A device with many shapes and names(examples). A MEMORY GAME, in its simplest form, is recalling the position of a item to form a pair. CARD GAME doesn't need an explanation.
24A. Teen group sleepover: PAJAMA PARTY. Also known as a slumber party. PAJAMA GAME was a Broadway musical, based on the novel 7½ Cents and made into a film staring Doris Day in 1957. PARTY GAMES, I miss them.
38A. With 40-Across, in an advantageous position (and what both words in 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across can be): AHEAD OF.... And 40A. See 38-Across: ...THE GAME
47A. Like an actor who doesn't miss a line: WORD PERFECT. I wonder why the word processing application wasn't used as the clue. The meaning like 2D. To __: precisely : A TEE seems out-dated to me. WORD GAME: Fictionary comes to mind. PERFECT GAME is a baseball game in which no opposing player reaches base or a 300-point game in bowling. C.C.'s husband, Boomer, has several.
60A. Bobby Vee hit with the line "I come bouncing back to you": RUBBER BALL. The song. RUBBER GAME is needed to decide the winner if a series is tied at an even number of wins. The use of the word Rubber to describe a tiebreaker is believed to have originated in the English game bowls(lawn bowling). And that's the BALL GAME.
Argyle here. Gosh, I don't know if I got anything left in me to comment on the rest of this ambitious Monday puzzle but I'll try.
Across:
1. Things to make notes on : PADS
5. Gate clasp : LATCH
10. Woeful word : "ALAS!"
14. Home of the Osmonds : UTAH
15. Impressive display : ARRAY
16. Coke or Pepsi : COLA
19. Like many a movie twin : EVIL
20. Faraway friend who likes to write : PEN PAL
21. Traditional stories : LORE
23. New England hrs. : EST. Eastern Standard Time.
27. Bolivian high points : ANDES The South American mountain range.
31. Above-the-street trains : ELS
32. Second afterthought, in a ltr. : PPS
33. Heckle : JEER
34. Writer's deg. : MFA. Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
35. Itzhak Perlman's instrument : VIOLIN. A virtuoso; feel free to link your favorite piece.
41. Tears to shreds : RIPS UP
42. Seaman's call for assistance : SOS
43. Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS. During a 19-year baseball career, he played from 1938-1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the St. Louis Cardinals.
44. Not masc. : FEM.
45. Old Mideast org. : UAR. United Arab Republic.
46. Digs for : SEEKS
51. "Toto, __ a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" : I'VE
52. Encl. with a manuscript : SASE. Self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE).
53. Gap : HIATUS
58. Require : NEED
62. Ricelike pasta : ORZO
63. Judges hear them : PLEAs
64. Sicilian volcano : ETNA
65. Wine glass part : STEM
66. Occupied, as a desk : SAT AT
67. Hurdle (over) : LEAP
Down:
1. It gives you gas : PUMP. Good one.
3. Rhett's last word : DAMN
4. Hit the mall : SHOP
5. 1971 Clapton classic : "LAYLA"
6. Pop-up path : ARC
7. Song refrain : TRA, LA, LA. A great song with many lyrics. "Tra la la Boome de ay, I lost my mind today, won't miss it any way."
8. Pool shots : CAROMS. Sometimes called the "kiss" shot, the carom shot involves bouncing your ball off another to get it in the pocket.
9. Beast that grew two heads every time it lost one : HYDRA
10. King topper : ACE
11. Where romantic couples park : LOVERS' LANE
12. Crème de la crème : A-LIST
13. Like the sea : SALTY
18. Jay-Z performances : RAPS
22. "Silas Marner" foundling : EPPIE
25. Funny Foxworthy : JEFF
26. Orbital high point : APOGEE
27. Barely open : AJAR
28. Pop your pop might have liked : NEHI
29. Suspended animation : DEEP FREEZE
30. Took off the board : ERASED
34. Floor-washing aid : MOP
35. Videotape format : VHS. The Video Home System is better known by its abbreviation VHS and I was expecting something more technical.
36. Response to "You all right?" : "I'M OK"
37. Storied loch : NESS. In Scotland.
39. Down in the __ : DUMPS
40. Raced : TORE
42. Wager that isn't risky : SAFE BET
45. Bond girl Andress : URSULA. Image.
46. Hullabaloo : STIR
47. Indigent imbibers : WINOs. We haven't seen much alliteration lately.
48. In full view : OVERT. Covert - hidden from view. Whoopi, on the View.
49. Wild West brothers : EARPs. There were six brothers: Newton (from their father's first marriage), James, Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Warren. There were also three sisters: Martha, Virgina and Adelia. Web site.
50. Where the toys are : CHEST. How is the latest "Toy Story"?
54. One slain by Cain : ABEL
55. Westminster gallery : TATE
56. Forearm bone : ULNA
57. Open-handed blow : SLAP
59. __ Pérignon : DOM. Champagne.
61. Sheep sound : "BAA!"
Answer grid.
Argyle
