Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 28
Good doomsday to all ~! Personally, I am waiting on December 21st, 2012 - as our constructor notes in 37D. -
Dark clouds, to some : ILL OMENS
Another Saturday Silk - the man is a monster - I have about 10 puzzles I am trying to complete for submission for publishing, and I am struggling with the more complex grids - and Mr. Silk just pounds them out, in my opinion.
ACROSS:
1. Unhappy fans, in slang : BOO BIRDS - Good NHL semi-finals, the fans in Tampa Bay were not happy with their Bolts, shut-out at home last game - lots of Boos
9. Dinar spenders : IRAQIs - I had Iranis to start; see 9D.
15. Encroachment : INVASION
16. Scraps : REFUSE - the noun; REH - fuse
17. Cruel woman : SHE-DEVIL - Blue Öyster Cult's "Sinful Love"; it's in the chorus
18. Cheerios' cousins : ADIEUX - French, plural, and I nailed it - HA~!
19. Poitier title role : SIR - "To SIR, with love", 1967
20. Sargasso Sea spawner : EEL - I did not know this, but the perps did
21. Hunter, at times : SNARER
22. "The Little Mermaid" prince : ERIC - Loved the movie, couldn't remember him
24. Clancy hero : RYAN - and our first reference to a Harrison Ford role, along with Alec Baldwin, playing Jack Ryan, from Tom Clancy's "spy/CIA" novels
26. Principle : TENET
28. Four-note chord : TETRAD - shoulda known this; as a guitarist, I play a lot of diads and triads (much of Van Halen); actually, four notes on a guitar is a bit hard - it means skipping strings, and it's not that easy; here's the major chord standard patterns; B and D are tetrads, the X's are strings you don't strum, O's you do
30. Investment company T. __ Price : ROWE - was stuck on "BONE" for a bit
32. Dating letters : BCE - Dating, as history - Before Common Era; more here
33. 160 square rods : ONE ACRE - a rod is 5.5 yards
35. Ugly : MEAN
36. Centennial debut of 1909 : LINCOLN HEAD CENT- seed entry?
40. Downwind : ALEE
41. Sunbeam product : TOASTER
42. Nth: Abbr. : ULTimate
43. Bird suborder that includes gulls and terns : LARI - perps again for me
44. Prom queen's concern : HAIRDO - and; 53. High-profile 44-Across : MOHAWK; image
48. Divine, in a way : DOWSE - as in divining rods, fooled me at first; for finding a water source.
50. Summit : ACME - image
52. Shade of red : BEET
55. Title object of a 1981 film quest : ARK - Harrison Ford #2 - this might be my all-time favorite movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - great scene
57. Rubble creator : TNT - I wonder if Mr. Silk was going for a Flintstones misdirection - Barney Rubble?
58. Fine wool : MERINO
59. Polish : SIMONIZE - both my vehicles desperately need to be washed and waxed
61. Observation while passing the buck : ANTLER - oh, very good, sir ~! "HEY!, nice rack~!"
62. Jason, for one : SEAFARER - Jason and the Argonauts, pursuing the Golden Fleece
63. On the beach : ASHORE
64. One of only three golfers who briefly kept Tiger Woods out of the World #1 spot between 1/11/1998 and 10/30/2010 : ERNIE ELS - Mr. Els makes a lot of puzzles - he's got a good arrangement of letters there
DOWN:
1. "The Deep" co-star : BISSET - and in respect to 61A, here's Jacqueline~!
2. Available, in a way : ON HIRE - meh, FOR sounds better
3. Ready to move on : OVER IT - ah, I was looking for an "INVASION"-type answer, 'MOVE on', instead of 'move ON'
4. Sinister : BAD
5. "Of course" : I SEE
6. Mouth formation : RIVER DELTA - nailed it; started with the downs, too - image
7. Decoration under a bowl : DOILY - that lacy circle
8. Oct. 1975 TV debut : SNL - Saturday Night Live - if it's 1975 and TV, it's probably something related to this comedy sketch show
9. Modern-day theocracy : IRAN - and the "other" I-R-A_ answer
10. Make an archaeological adjustment to : RE-DATE - sort of a clecho to 32A
11. Hot : AFIRE - "A" answer
12. Colonial leader : QUEEN BEE - in the hive; a colony of bees; thought it was ants
13. "Glad to do it!" : I SURE CAN - can I blog this Saturday? "I sure CAN~!"
14. Word with appeal or change : SEX sex appeal, sex change - yes on one, no on the other....
21. They may wake you up : SNORES
23. "I Got a Name" singer : CROCE - Jim
25. Very old : ARCHAIC - Ancient fit at first....
27. Big top, e.g. : TENT
29. Year in Mexico : ANO
31. One concerned with clemency : WEATHERMAN - I had a high school buddy who wanted to be the TV weatherman since he was a kid - on the tube in VA today.
34. Arctic jacket : ANORAK - the Wiki
35. Fast-food pork sandwich : McRIB - for all the hype surrounding it's limited release, I have nver had one
36. Glorify : LAUD
38. Financial planning yardstick : NET WORTH
39. Traffic controller, briefly : DEA - Drug Enforcement Agent - that kind of traffic
43. One resting against a stake : LEANER - a horseshoe game reference, and I love to play - worth two points; the other winning shot is the ringer, worth three
45. Turn in : RETIRE
46. Washington of "Glory" : DENZEL
47. River rompers : OTTERS
49. 1970 Neil Diamond hit : SHILO
51. Gold medalist skier Hermann : MAIER - all perps on this one
54. Passed slowly, with "on" : WORE
56. First name in diplomacy : KOFI - Annan, United Nations
58. Barnyard bleat : MAA - also my house growing up..."Maaaa, where's my sneakers?"
59. Vane dir. : SSE
60. Clydebank contradiction : NAE - Clydebank, in Scotland - only geography for the day, up next to Glasgow, and the birthplace of some famous ships, including the QEII
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
I'm pleased to announce that Splynter (Richie) will blog all Saturday puzzles from now on. As you can see, he loves guitar and hockey. He is also an aspiring constructor and I can't wait to see his debut. I bet it'll be French free.
Note from C.C.:
I'm pleased to announce that Splynter (Richie) will blog all Saturday puzzles from now on. As you can see, he loves guitar and hockey. He is also an aspiring constructor and I can't wait to see his debut. I bet it'll be French free.
