Theme: None
Total Words: 70
Total Blocks: 26
This is Barry Silk Saturday #2 - I figure C.C. knows this, and so I am here to "pinch hit". Lots of sports and foreign words, but no French ( OK, we had MER, but I know that one ). Daunting at first, but a few "A-ha's", and I was able to do it in the usual "allotted" [personal choice] time.
And away we GO ~!
ACROSS:
1. Site of many a wet bar : BACHELOR PAD - I thought maybe Mr. Silk was shooting for some gym apparatus, like a BAG _ _ _, as I had GRASPED, not CLASPED - something with a sweat covered bar...
12. Long-eared critter : ASS
15. 1962 Brenda Lee hit : ALL ALONE AM I - not familiar with this.
16. __ Fáil: Irish coronation stone : LIA - Did not know this, either
17. Protected company asset : TRADE SECRET
18. Pres. Obama received an honorary one from Notre Dame : LLD - Doctorate of Legal Letters - I think Lemonade could say more.
19. Sine's reciprocal, in trig : COSECant - forgive me for not remembering who added the trig link about a week ago....
20. Petitions : SUES
21. Observed : SEEN - several Clechos; 23A. Look : MIEN; 53A. View : EYE
22. Egyptian hazards : ASPS - venomous snakes
24. 2003 Cy Young Award-winning reliever Eric : GAGNE - Me, I am hockey ( F@#$%g NY Rangers), but here is what I found
25. Flight formation : VEE
26. It holds the line : ROD - Uh, I would think it's the REEL, actually - fishing reference
27. Vacation souvenirs : T-SHIRTS - I like them as souvenirs
29. There are 300 feet between them : END ZONES - nice semi-mis-direction; football field, typically referred to as 100 yards, + 10yards per END ZONE
32. Bike power sources : PEDALS
33. Novelist, e.g. : WORDSMITH - good word
35. Nunavut native, formerly : ESKIMO - Most of northern Northern Canada
38. Spanish for "little cake" : TORTILLA - ugh, shoulda got this
42. Cockapoo pop, perhaps : SPANIEL - Cocker Spaniel and Poodle mix, Awww
44. Asian "path" : TAO
45. 39-Down article : EIN - ACH ~! It is German today ~!
46. Early transport : TRIKE - maybe an abbr.?....
47. Riskily off base : AWOL - and again~? - Absent Without Leave
49. Hindu "Destroyer" : SIVA - I WAGed VEDA, not up on my Indian Gods/Goddesses
50. Like some breezes : EASY
51. Frost : HOAR - this, or RIME, and I had the latter to start, of course...
52. Wide zoot suit feature : LAPEL - had pants first, thought shoulders
54. Washington attraction : NATIONAL ZOO
56. Côte d'Azur view : MER - no comment....
57. Home of Spartan Stadium : EAST LANSING - Michigan
58. Old leftist gp. revived in 2006 : SDS - common in crosswords; here's the Wiki on it
59. Very long time : AGES AND AGES
DOWN:
1. It's under Wayne Manor : BATCAVE - nice, loved BATMAN BEGINS
2. 1953 A.L. MVP : AL ROSEN - baseball #2 today; funny, but the clue is abbr., and the answer is not
3. Held tight : CLASPED - yeah, I had GRasped to start
4. It's guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus : HADES - Just watched "Clash of the Titans", the re-release - not bad - I am a BACHELOR, and now a REDBOX junkie: here's Cerberus { also seen in Harry Potter as "Fluffy" }
5. Util. bill item : ELECtricity - out here, it's LIPA - the Long Island Power Authority
6. California's __ Gatos : LOS
7. Biased : ONE-SIDED
8. Give another memory jog to : RE-CUE
9. Rear : PARENT
10. Double agent Aldrich : AMES - Did not know this; very interesting
11. Code sound : DIT and DAH, we had not long ago
12. Hay fever treatment brand : ALLEGRA
13. Chalk feature? : SILENT 'L' - I saw "TL" at the end, and stayed with it - well done, Mr Silk. L is silent in Chalk.
14. Gloom : SADNESS
21. Greeted, with "to" : SAID HI
23. Last president to wear a powdered wig : MONROE
24. Renewal target : GHETTO
26. College cohort : ROOMIE - just had this, too would this be a "doopzle"? That is, a duplicate puzzle answer in the same week?
28. Nice pass : SPIRAL - football again
30. Customizable online avatar : ZWINKY - here's where you can make your OWN ~! ( might be harmful to your computer)
31. Bygone flier : SST Supersonic Transport
34. Droid maker : MOTOROLA - Droid, the cellular phone, which is associated with "Droid", the word George Lucas is credited with for "robot" - short for ANDROID
35. Treasures : ESTEEMS
36. Dealt with bugs, in a way : SPRAYED - this seemed to "EASY"
37. German leaders : KAISERS - Der German achgain
39. Home of the Bach-Archiv : LEIPZIG - drei German [ dont know 'third' ]
40. Con man's dream : LIVE ONE - sarcasm for a 'mark', the person about to be "taken"
41. Parallels : ANALOGS
43. Philosopher associated with 44-Across : LAO-TSE
48. Serves, with "on" : WAITS
49. Lively Cuban dance : SALSA
51. Den __, Nederland : HAAG - ich bi German achgain ( meh, Dutch?, same thing )
52. Touch down : LAND
54. PBS supporter : NEA not sure if this is the Nat'l endowment for the arts, or the education association....maybe both
55. Asian flatbread : NAN
Thanks to all ~!
Enjoy
Splynter
