Theme: Who Can It Be Now? - Synonyms(4) for some of our blog commenters.
20A. Cop's often-unreliable lead: ANONYMOUS TIP
28A. Retailer's private label: NO-NAME BRAND
50A. Facetious name for a school cafeteria staple: MYSTERY MEAT
56A. "The Gong Show" regular with a paper bag on his head, with "the": UNKNOWN COMIC
Argyle here. I would think it hard to find something to complain about in Donna's offering today but I'm sure somebody will.
Across:
1. Rollicking good time : BLAST. "The party was a BLAST". It seems to have been a quiet year for Academy Awards parties.
6. "Pipe down!" : "HUSH!". Complaints from the neighbors of the party.
10. The man's partner, in a Shaw title : ARMS. Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid in Latin: "Arma virumque cano" (Of arms and the man I sing). (Wikipedia)
14. Western neckwear : BOLOs
15. Leer at : OGLE
16. "Très __!" : BIEN. Very good French.
17. Screw-up : SNAFU
18. Fuzzy image : BLUR
19. Jedi guru : YODA. Star Wars movie.
23. Apostropheless possessive : ITS
26. Start of a Latin I conjugation : AMO. AMAS, AMAT. (I love, you love, she/he loves.)
27. Snack for a gecko : INSECT
32. Milne hopper : ROO. Winnie-the-Pooh's friend.
33. Caroline Kennedy, to Maria Shriver : COUSIN. Image.
34. Three-layer snacks : OREOs
36. Clerical robes : ALBs
37. "The Bachelor" network : ABC
38. Laundry : WASH
42. Martial arts-influenced workout : TAE BO
45. Chewed like a beaver : GNAWED
47. RR stop : STA.
52. Checkers demand : "KING ME!"
54. Glutton : PIG
55. Lic.-issuing bureau : DMV
60. March Madness org. : NCAA. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
61. Passed with flying colors : ACED
62. Up front : AHEAD
66. Former U.N. leader Waldheim : KURT. Image.
67. Row of waiters : LINE. I got too tricky and stuck in CABS at first.
68. Dweebish : NERDY
69. Evian et al. : SPAs
70. WWII carriers : LSTs. Landing Ship, Tank Image.
71. Swap : TRADE
Down:
1. Air gun pellets : BBs. 43D. 1-Down, e.g. : AMMO
2. Chaney of horror : LON. "The Man of a Thousand Faces".
3. Chicken-king link : À LA
4. Davenport, e.g. : SOFA
5. West Coast ocean concern : TSUNAMI. Tidal wave.
6. Mingle (with) : HOBNOB
7. Like an extremely unpleasant situation : UGLY
8. Inner city blight : SLUM. Ugly.
9. Jane Eyre, e.g. : HEROINE
10. Deep fissure : ABYSS
11. Tear gas target : RIOTER. Can be linked to 7- and 8-Down.
12. Sawbones : MEDICO
13. Shape up : SNAP TO
21. Harbinger : OMEN. Desperately seeking harbingers of spring.
22. Reverse : UNDO. Reverse and UNDO all this snow.
23. Machu Picchu architect : INCA
24. Home Depot buy : TOOL
25. Cold shoulder : SNUB
29. Right hand: Abbr. : ASST.
30. Mechanical worker : ROBOT
31. Circumference part : ARC
35. Performed in an aquacade : SWAM
37. "Washboard" muscles : ABs
39. Astounded : AWED. Are you astounded I didn't provide a link to ABs?
40. Fabric joint : SEAM
41. Rec room centerpiece : HD TV
44. Cyclone's most dangerous part : EYEWALL. Diagram.
45. Harsh : GRIM
46. NFLer who used to play in Yankee Stadium : NY GIANT. The Giants played their first two games of the 1973 season at Yankee Stadium. Update: Those were the last games they played in Yankee Stadium. They started playing there in 1956. Thank you, thehondohurricane.
47. Striped stinkers : SKUNKS. OK, who said Refs?
48. Costner/Russo golf flick : TIN CUP
49. Anatolian Peninsula capital : ANKARA. Map.
51. Some Horace poems : EPODEs
53. Pesky fliers : GNATS
57. "JAG" spin-off : "NCIS". Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
58. Penny : CENT
59. "Moonstruck" Oscar winner : CHER
63. Memorable time : ERA
64. Total : ADD
65. Color, in a way : DYE
Answer grid.
Argyle
Who Can It Be Now(3:29) by Men At Work with lyrics in English AND Spanish.
20A. Cop's often-unreliable lead: ANONYMOUS TIP
28A. Retailer's private label: NO-NAME BRAND
50A. Facetious name for a school cafeteria staple: MYSTERY MEAT
56A. "The Gong Show" regular with a paper bag on his head, with "the": UNKNOWN COMIC
Argyle here. I would think it hard to find something to complain about in Donna's offering today but I'm sure somebody will.
Across:
1. Rollicking good time : BLAST. "The party was a BLAST". It seems to have been a quiet year for Academy Awards parties.
6. "Pipe down!" : "HUSH!". Complaints from the neighbors of the party.
10. The man's partner, in a Shaw title : ARMS. Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid in Latin: "Arma virumque cano" (Of arms and the man I sing). (Wikipedia)
14. Western neckwear : BOLOs
15. Leer at : OGLE
16. "Très __!" : BIEN. Very good French.
17. Screw-up : SNAFU
18. Fuzzy image : BLUR
19. Jedi guru : YODA. Star Wars movie.
23. Apostropheless possessive : ITS
26. Start of a Latin I conjugation : AMO. AMAS, AMAT. (I love, you love, she/he loves.)
27. Snack for a gecko : INSECT
32. Milne hopper : ROO. Winnie-the-Pooh's friend.
33. Caroline Kennedy, to Maria Shriver : COUSIN. Image.
34. Three-layer snacks : OREOs
36. Clerical robes : ALBs
37. "The Bachelor" network : ABC
38. Laundry : WASH
42. Martial arts-influenced workout : TAE BO
45. Chewed like a beaver : GNAWED
47. RR stop : STA.
52. Checkers demand : "KING ME!"
54. Glutton : PIG
55. Lic.-issuing bureau : DMV
60. March Madness org. : NCAA. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
61. Passed with flying colors : ACED
62. Up front : AHEAD
66. Former U.N. leader Waldheim : KURT. Image.
67. Row of waiters : LINE. I got too tricky and stuck in CABS at first.
68. Dweebish : NERDY
69. Evian et al. : SPAs
70. WWII carriers : LSTs. Landing Ship, Tank Image.
71. Swap : TRADE
Down:
1. Air gun pellets : BBs. 43D. 1-Down, e.g. : AMMO
2. Chaney of horror : LON. "The Man of a Thousand Faces".
3. Chicken-king link : À LA
4. Davenport, e.g. : SOFA
5. West Coast ocean concern : TSUNAMI. Tidal wave.
6. Mingle (with) : HOBNOB
7. Like an extremely unpleasant situation : UGLY
8. Inner city blight : SLUM. Ugly.
9. Jane Eyre, e.g. : HEROINE
10. Deep fissure : ABYSS
11. Tear gas target : RIOTER. Can be linked to 7- and 8-Down.
12. Sawbones : MEDICO
13. Shape up : SNAP TO
21. Harbinger : OMEN. Desperately seeking harbingers of spring.
22. Reverse : UNDO. Reverse and UNDO all this snow.
23. Machu Picchu architect : INCA
24. Home Depot buy : TOOL
25. Cold shoulder : SNUB
29. Right hand: Abbr. : ASST.
30. Mechanical worker : ROBOT
31. Circumference part : ARC
35. Performed in an aquacade : SWAM
37. "Washboard" muscles : ABs
39. Astounded : AWED. Are you astounded I didn't provide a link to ABs?
40. Fabric joint : SEAM
41. Rec room centerpiece : HD TV
44. Cyclone's most dangerous part : EYEWALL. Diagram.
45. Harsh : GRIM
46. NFLer who used to play in Yankee Stadium : NY GIANT. The Giants played their first two games of the 1973 season at Yankee Stadium. Update: Those were the last games they played in Yankee Stadium. They started playing there in 1956. Thank you, thehondohurricane.
47. Striped stinkers : SKUNKS. OK, who said Refs?
48. Costner/Russo golf flick : TIN CUP
49. Anatolian Peninsula capital : ANKARA. Map.
51. Some Horace poems : EPODEs
53. Pesky fliers : GNATS
57. "JAG" spin-off : "NCIS". Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
58. Penny : CENT
59. "Moonstruck" Oscar winner : CHER
63. Memorable time : ERA
64. Total : ADD
65. Color, in a way : DYE
Answer grid.
Argyle
Who Can It Be Now(3:29) by Men At Work with lyrics in English AND Spanish.
