Theme: A Horse is a horse, of course, Of course - An anniversary tribute puzzle.
17A. 63-Across, for one : PALOMINO. Everyone knows Palominos cannot talk.
18A. Start of a quote : TIME TO
27A. More of the quote : HIT THE HAY
46A. More of the quote : OH, I FORGOT
61A. End of the quote : I ATE IT
63A. Speaker of the quote, whose show premiered in syndication 1/5/1961 : Unless of course the name of the horse is the famous MISTER ED. But why would he only talk to Wilbur?
Welcome all. Boomer here.
The sixties had talking cars, talking bears, and a Huckleberry Hound that sang "Clementine", and a famous old nag whose show debuted fifty years ago today.
Across:
1. "Truth in Engineering" automaker : AUDI - If they say so.
5. Low-risk fin. investments : CDS - As far as I know Certificates of Deposit have no risk, and very little return these days.
8. "Casablanca" star : BOGART - A little before my time - his nickname is one over par.
14. Kirk's Enterprise, for one : STARSHIP - There are still many Trekkies out there. Star Trek left a large footprint on the TV World. Larger than the hoof print left by our subject of today.
16. 2009 sci-fi movie that is the highest-grossing film in history : AVATAR - intensely different.
19. Biblical queen's land : SHEBA - Must be in Australia.
20. Enthuse : GUSH
22. Red root veggie : BEET - Best when pickled.
23. __Kosh B'Gosh : OSH - Oshkosh is located in East Central Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Famous for manufacturing the best farm overalls ever made.
25. Swipe : STEAL - Odd how swipe can also mean running a credit card at a gas pump, and oil companies can "swipe" a few bucks from your pocket on every fill-up.
31. More than salty : LEWD
34. Game with Skip cards : UNO - A famous card game I have never played.
35. Actor Gibson : MEL - I liked him best in "Maverick". James Garner starred first in a TV show in the sixties that included a few horses from time to time. None were named Ed.
36. Workman's wheeled cart : BARROW - sounds funny without Wheel in front.
38. Make damp : MOISTEN
41. "William Tell" composer : ROSSINI - Theme song of the "Lone Ranger", starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. Their horses were Silver and Scout. No Eds there either.
42. Load up with, as work : PILE ON
43. Coppertone letters : SPF - I'm not sure what the letters stand for, but the higher the number, the more it costs, and the less burn you receive.
44. Org. with Ducks and Penguins : NHL - Hockey teams of course, but wait commissioner, could they also be Batman enemies?
45. Bit of foliage : LEAF
49. Sip slowly : NURSE - I've nursed a Manhattan now and then, but maybe a better clue would be medical professional.
51. Vein find : ORE - Could also be state south of Wash.
52. Trade : SWAP - Favorite pastime among Baseball card collectors, and MLB team owners.
55. Luminous glow : AURA
57. Dispatch boat : AVISO
65. Bucking beasts : BRONCS - Rodeo favorites. I don't think any are named Ed though.
66. Intimate confidante : ALTER EGO
67. Three sheets to the wind : STINKO
68. Super-secret intelligence gp. : NSA
69. Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof" : TSAR - Now I'll be humming "If I were a Rich Man" for the rest of the day.
Down:
1. Nile slitherers : ASPS - These snakes sure show up in a lot of puzzles. I think they eat Oreos by Lake Erie.
2. Six-sided state : UTAH - Actually, Utah has only four sides, North, East, West, and South. But Wyoming took a little bite out of it.
3. Chip's buddy : DALE - Famous Chipmunks of years past.
4. Asimov classic : I, ROBOT - This sounds like a future Apple product.
5. Scoreboard letters for "Da Bears" : CHI - NFC Central Champs this year. But I always think of Mr. Buttermaker's baseball waifs.
6. Parking lot mishap : DING - I had DENT at first. Had to open the Liquid Paper bottle.
7. __ support: alimony : SPOUSAL
8. Enjoy a soak : BATHE
9. Prefix with duct : OVI
10. Risk takers : GAMBLERS - Not the same people who buy the CDs.
11. Fits to __ : A TEE - I've heard this for years, but I still don't get it. Must be some tailor thing.
12. Distance ÷ time : RATE
13. Harness race pace : TROT - I've been there. I think the horse needs to have a left and right foot on the ground at all times or be disqualified. They go at a very fast trot. None of the trotters are named Ed.
15. Shatter : SMASH
21. Place to wallow : STY - Actually, I thought you needed mud to wallow.
24. Macho guys : HE MEN - Are Macho women then called SHE MEN?
26. "Sorry to say ..." : ALAS
27. A dromedary has one : HUMP - The Metrodome in Minneapolis also had a hump until last month. Now it's a big bowl.
28. Packed like sardines : IN OIL - Okay, but not much tuna, sardines, or anchovies are packed in oil anymore.
29. Patterned fabric : TOILE
30. Cooped-up layer : HEN - Producers of the incredibly edible egg.
32. Clasp tightly in distress, as one's hands : WRING - Hands, yes. No one wrings out laundry anymore.
33. Hawaiian crooner : DON HO - Okay, forget "If I were a Rich Man"; now I am humming "Tiny Bubbles" for the rest of the day.
36. Hugely successful, in Variety : BOFFO - Couldn't be that hugely successful. I've never heard of it. But I admit I don't read Variety.
37. Droop : WILT - Also the name of Mr. Chamberlin, who once scored 100 points in an NBA game.
39. 2008 Harvey Milk portrayer : SEAN PENN - I still liked him best as Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" way back in 1982.
40. Bean curd : TOFU
41. NY campus that's home to the Engineers : RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
43. Civil War general who captured Atlanta : SHERMAN - And left a large path of destruction.
46. Buckeyes' sch. : OSU - Ohio State, a respected power in the Big Ten.
47. Emulate Cicero : ORATE - Can also be obtained by Odistance ÷ Otime.
48. Go back : REVERT - Another Oops. I had RETURN. Had to use the Liquid Paper again.
50. Dustin's "Midnight Cowboy" role : RATSO. Still liked Sean Penn as Spicoli better.
52. A boy and his sis : SIBS
53. Witch blemish : WART - For some reason, they always seem to be on the nose.
54. Yours, in Tours : A TOI - I'm still trying to learn English.
56. Troubles : AILS
58. Infuriates : IRES
59. Super Monkey Ball publisher : SEGA - I have not left the PacMan and Final Fantasy era. Super Monkey Ball sounds like something Brunswick or Storm could manufacture for bowlers.
60. Olfactory stimulus : ODOR - This is near the end of the puzzle. maybe they could have just clued Bad Smell.
62. "Ugh" relative : ICK - Maybe I'm getting to Picky, but the clue is a bit Icky.
64. RR depot : STA
Answer grid.
Boomer
17A. 63-Across, for one : PALOMINO. Everyone knows Palominos cannot talk.
18A. Start of a quote : TIME TO
27A. More of the quote : HIT THE HAY
46A. More of the quote : OH, I FORGOT
61A. End of the quote : I ATE IT
63A. Speaker of the quote, whose show premiered in syndication 1/5/1961 : Unless of course the name of the horse is the famous MISTER ED. But why would he only talk to Wilbur?
Welcome all. Boomer here.
The sixties had talking cars, talking bears, and a Huckleberry Hound that sang "Clementine", and a famous old nag whose show debuted fifty years ago today.
Across:
1. "Truth in Engineering" automaker : AUDI - If they say so.
5. Low-risk fin. investments : CDS - As far as I know Certificates of Deposit have no risk, and very little return these days.
8. "Casablanca" star : BOGART - A little before my time - his nickname is one over par.
14. Kirk's Enterprise, for one : STARSHIP - There are still many Trekkies out there. Star Trek left a large footprint on the TV World. Larger than the hoof print left by our subject of today.
16. 2009 sci-fi movie that is the highest-grossing film in history : AVATAR - intensely different.
19. Biblical queen's land : SHEBA - Must be in Australia.
20. Enthuse : GUSH
22. Red root veggie : BEET - Best when pickled.
23. __Kosh B'Gosh : OSH - Oshkosh is located in East Central Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Famous for manufacturing the best farm overalls ever made.
25. Swipe : STEAL - Odd how swipe can also mean running a credit card at a gas pump, and oil companies can "swipe" a few bucks from your pocket on every fill-up.
31. More than salty : LEWD
34. Game with Skip cards : UNO - A famous card game I have never played.
35. Actor Gibson : MEL - I liked him best in "Maverick". James Garner starred first in a TV show in the sixties that included a few horses from time to time. None were named Ed.
36. Workman's wheeled cart : BARROW - sounds funny without Wheel in front.
38. Make damp : MOISTEN
41. "William Tell" composer : ROSSINI - Theme song of the "Lone Ranger", starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. Their horses were Silver and Scout. No Eds there either.
42. Load up with, as work : PILE ON
43. Coppertone letters : SPF - I'm not sure what the letters stand for, but the higher the number, the more it costs, and the less burn you receive.
44. Org. with Ducks and Penguins : NHL - Hockey teams of course, but wait commissioner, could they also be Batman enemies?
45. Bit of foliage : LEAF
49. Sip slowly : NURSE - I've nursed a Manhattan now and then, but maybe a better clue would be medical professional.
51. Vein find : ORE - Could also be state south of Wash.
52. Trade : SWAP - Favorite pastime among Baseball card collectors, and MLB team owners.
55. Luminous glow : AURA
57. Dispatch boat : AVISO
65. Bucking beasts : BRONCS - Rodeo favorites. I don't think any are named Ed though.
66. Intimate confidante : ALTER EGO
67. Three sheets to the wind : STINKO
68. Super-secret intelligence gp. : NSA
69. Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof" : TSAR - Now I'll be humming "If I were a Rich Man" for the rest of the day.
Down:
1. Nile slitherers : ASPS - These snakes sure show up in a lot of puzzles. I think they eat Oreos by Lake Erie.
2. Six-sided state : UTAH - Actually, Utah has only four sides, North, East, West, and South. But Wyoming took a little bite out of it.
3. Chip's buddy : DALE - Famous Chipmunks of years past.
4. Asimov classic : I, ROBOT - This sounds like a future Apple product.
5. Scoreboard letters for "Da Bears" : CHI - NFC Central Champs this year. But I always think of Mr. Buttermaker's baseball waifs.
6. Parking lot mishap : DING - I had DENT at first. Had to open the Liquid Paper bottle.
7. __ support: alimony : SPOUSAL
8. Enjoy a soak : BATHE
9. Prefix with duct : OVI
10. Risk takers : GAMBLERS - Not the same people who buy the CDs.
11. Fits to __ : A TEE - I've heard this for years, but I still don't get it. Must be some tailor thing.
12. Distance ÷ time : RATE
13. Harness race pace : TROT - I've been there. I think the horse needs to have a left and right foot on the ground at all times or be disqualified. They go at a very fast trot. None of the trotters are named Ed.
15. Shatter : SMASH
21. Place to wallow : STY - Actually, I thought you needed mud to wallow.
24. Macho guys : HE MEN - Are Macho women then called SHE MEN?
26. "Sorry to say ..." : ALAS
27. A dromedary has one : HUMP - The Metrodome in Minneapolis also had a hump until last month. Now it's a big bowl.
28. Packed like sardines : IN OIL - Okay, but not much tuna, sardines, or anchovies are packed in oil anymore.
29. Patterned fabric : TOILE
30. Cooped-up layer : HEN - Producers of the incredibly edible egg.
32. Clasp tightly in distress, as one's hands : WRING - Hands, yes. No one wrings out laundry anymore.
33. Hawaiian crooner : DON HO - Okay, forget "If I were a Rich Man"; now I am humming "Tiny Bubbles" for the rest of the day.
36. Hugely successful, in Variety : BOFFO - Couldn't be that hugely successful. I've never heard of it. But I admit I don't read Variety.
37. Droop : WILT - Also the name of Mr. Chamberlin, who once scored 100 points in an NBA game.
39. 2008 Harvey Milk portrayer : SEAN PENN - I still liked him best as Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" way back in 1982.
40. Bean curd : TOFU
41. NY campus that's home to the Engineers : RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
43. Civil War general who captured Atlanta : SHERMAN - And left a large path of destruction.
46. Buckeyes' sch. : OSU - Ohio State, a respected power in the Big Ten.
47. Emulate Cicero : ORATE - Can also be obtained by Odistance ÷ Otime.
48. Go back : REVERT - Another Oops. I had RETURN. Had to use the Liquid Paper again.
50. Dustin's "Midnight Cowboy" role : RATSO. Still liked Sean Penn as Spicoli better.
52. A boy and his sis : SIBS
53. Witch blemish : WART - For some reason, they always seem to be on the nose.
54. Yours, in Tours : A TOI - I'm still trying to learn English.
56. Troubles : AILS
58. Infuriates : IRES
59. Super Monkey Ball publisher : SEGA - I have not left the PacMan and Final Fantasy era. Super Monkey Ball sounds like something Brunswick or Storm could manufacture for bowlers.
60. Olfactory stimulus : ODOR - This is near the end of the puzzle. maybe they could have just clued Bad Smell.
62. "Ugh" relative : ICK - Maybe I'm getting to Picky, but the clue is a bit Icky.
64. RR depot : STA
Answer grid.
Boomer
