Saturday Silk ~!
Theme: None
Words: 70
Blocks:27
A grid of triple sevens in each quadrant, and two 14-letter spanners, one of which may possibly be our constructor's seed entry;
19. 1966 Candlestick Park highlight : BEATLES CONCERT - their last live commercial concert; I knew the Giants of baseball played here; more from Wiki, very interesting
55. Subject of an annual contest held in Brooklyn : NATHANS HOT DOGS - a half-WAG for me, since I have heard of the contest at Coney Island; more Wiki
Onward~!
ACROSS:
1. Name thought to mean "father of many" : ABRAHAM - Took me a minute
8. Like Rubens : FLEMISH - was thinking cheesy, gooey, etc.
15. Song title words after "The future's not ours to see" : QUE SERA - "what will be, will be"
16. Novel genre : ROMANCE - nailed it
17. 20th-century Riyadh-born ruler : IBN SAUD - I had the _B_, so I WAGed the IBN part, and Riyadh is in SAUDia Arabia
18. Axes to grind : AGENDAS
21. Pier gp. : ILWU - I knew it was longshoremen, but the "W" part stumped me - the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
22. Correct : EDIT
23. "I give up!" : DUNNO - slang for "Don't know"
24. Inclement weather sounds : PEALS - of thunder
26. Early L.A. Times publisher Harrison Gray __ : OTIS - didn't know him; this little block did me in today, with 31A and 20D; had to switch to red-letter
28. Acronymous gun : STEN - just had this yesterday; acronymous means from the initial letters (acronym); the gun's designer's names
29. Old Turkish leader : SULTAN
31. "The Curse of Capistrano" hero : ZORRO - DAD GUM~!, shoulda know this one
33. Small missions? : OPS - Military OPerationS, small meaning abbr.
34. Baseball glove part : WEB - finger, thumb, heel, palm - AH - web
36. Theoretical extreme : Nth
37. Health facility : SPA
40. Not at all active : INERT - like atoms
42. Mainline? : AORTAL
44. Ride : SPIN - as in, "go for a _ "
47. Stiff : TAUT
49. Close call : SCARE
50. They're involved in joints : ULNAS - a break from "radius neighbor"; image
52. Old pol. divisions : SSRs - Soviet Socialist Republics
54. Emmy-winning NFL analyst Collinsworth : CRIS
58. Suppress : SQUELCH - great word, sounds suppressive
59. Ambushed : WAYLAID - I thought this was way-laYED, but I am wrong
61. "1984" superstate : EURASIA - I guessed OCEANIA, good enough to get started; 1984, the novel by George Orwell, and his "Big Brother" government - Wiki
62. Son of Aaron : ELEAZAR
63. Arrival time for the fashionably late? : TEN-PAST
64. Diminishes : LESSENS
DOWN:
1. EPA stat : AQI - just had this one, as well, last Friday - Air Quality Index
2. Aptly named soda brand : BUBBLE-UP - short history; and, 43D. Pops since 1905 : RC COLAs - Royal Crown
3. Circulation measure : RENEWALS - Not sure if this was referring to blood, or magazines before I got it
4. Charge : ASSAULT
5. Wave makeup : HEAT - I had "FANS" to start, like the stadium wave; HEAT WAVE, meh
6. "Any fool can make __": Thoreau : A RULE - it rhymes
7. Squeaked by : MADE DO - not EKED
8. Small part : FRACTION - thought this might be "walk-on" or cameo related, as in acting
9. Wikipedia's globe, e.g. : LOGO
10. Correct : EMEND
11. Nick of "Heartbreakers" : MANCUSO - seems a bit vague; more here
12. Move from the edge : INDENT - like paragraphs
13. "The Odds Against Me" autobiographer John : SCARNE - magician, and a card counting thing; the Wiki
14. 1956 Moses player : HESTON
20. __ bath : SITZ - got me; and I have not heard of these; uh, sounds like it makes sense
21. __ facto : IPSO - Latin
25. Shortened, in a way : SAWN - had MOWN to start
27. Certain Eur. miss : SRTA - ugh, had ELLE, ETTE, ETTA....
30. Old Nair alternative : NEET
32. Density symbols, in physics : RHOs
35. Military bigwig : BRASS HAT
37. Daydream : STARGAZE - a bit meh
38. Sartre, for one : PARISIAN
39. They may be brown or pale : ALES
40. Not stacked : IN A HEAP - I pictured pancakes "in a heap"
41. Rear : TUSH - backside, derriere, bum, bottom
44. Final stage, as of a career : SUNSET - SWAN SONG was too long
45. Memorial tablet : PLAQUE
46. How batters must bat : IN TURN - more baseball
48. Gardening gadget : TROWEL - masonry gadget, too
51. Hot stuff : SALSA
53. Old : STALE
56. CBS maritime drama : NCIS
57. Hair treatments : DYES
60. J et al. : DRs - Dr. J, Julius Erving, basketball fame
Answer grid.
Splynter
Theme: None
Words: 70
Blocks:27
A grid of triple sevens in each quadrant, and two 14-letter spanners, one of which may possibly be our constructor's seed entry;
19. 1966 Candlestick Park highlight : BEATLES CONCERT - their last live commercial concert; I knew the Giants of baseball played here; more from Wiki, very interesting
55. Subject of an annual contest held in Brooklyn : NATHANS HOT DOGS - a half-WAG for me, since I have heard of the contest at Coney Island; more Wiki
Onward~!
ACROSS:
1. Name thought to mean "father of many" : ABRAHAM - Took me a minute
8. Like Rubens : FLEMISH - was thinking cheesy, gooey, etc.
15. Song title words after "The future's not ours to see" : QUE SERA - "what will be, will be"
16. Novel genre : ROMANCE - nailed it
17. 20th-century Riyadh-born ruler : IBN SAUD - I had the _B_, so I WAGed the IBN part, and Riyadh is in SAUDia Arabia
18. Axes to grind : AGENDAS
21. Pier gp. : ILWU - I knew it was longshoremen, but the "W" part stumped me - the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
22. Correct : EDIT
23. "I give up!" : DUNNO - slang for "Don't know"
24. Inclement weather sounds : PEALS - of thunder
26. Early L.A. Times publisher Harrison Gray __ : OTIS - didn't know him; this little block did me in today, with 31A and 20D; had to switch to red-letter
28. Acronymous gun : STEN - just had this yesterday; acronymous means from the initial letters (acronym); the gun's designer's names
29. Old Turkish leader : SULTAN
31. "The Curse of Capistrano" hero : ZORRO - DAD GUM~!, shoulda know this one
33. Small missions? : OPS - Military OPerationS, small meaning abbr.
34. Baseball glove part : WEB - finger, thumb, heel, palm - AH - web
36. Theoretical extreme : Nth
37. Health facility : SPA
40. Not at all active : INERT - like atoms
42. Mainline? : AORTAL
44. Ride : SPIN - as in, "go for a _ "
47. Stiff : TAUT
49. Close call : SCARE
50. They're involved in joints : ULNAS - a break from "radius neighbor"; image
52. Old pol. divisions : SSRs - Soviet Socialist Republics
54. Emmy-winning NFL analyst Collinsworth : CRIS
58. Suppress : SQUELCH - great word, sounds suppressive
59. Ambushed : WAYLAID - I thought this was way-laYED, but I am wrong
61. "1984" superstate : EURASIA - I guessed OCEANIA, good enough to get started; 1984, the novel by George Orwell, and his "Big Brother" government - Wiki
62. Son of Aaron : ELEAZAR
63. Arrival time for the fashionably late? : TEN-PAST
64. Diminishes : LESSENS
DOWN:
1. EPA stat : AQI - just had this one, as well, last Friday - Air Quality Index
2. Aptly named soda brand : BUBBLE-UP - short history; and, 43D. Pops since 1905 : RC COLAs - Royal Crown
3. Circulation measure : RENEWALS - Not sure if this was referring to blood, or magazines before I got it
4. Charge : ASSAULT
5. Wave makeup : HEAT - I had "FANS" to start, like the stadium wave; HEAT WAVE, meh
6. "Any fool can make __": Thoreau : A RULE - it rhymes
7. Squeaked by : MADE DO - not EKED
8. Small part : FRACTION - thought this might be "walk-on" or cameo related, as in acting
9. Wikipedia's globe, e.g. : LOGO
10. Correct : EMEND
11. Nick of "Heartbreakers" : MANCUSO - seems a bit vague; more here
12. Move from the edge : INDENT - like paragraphs
13. "The Odds Against Me" autobiographer John : SCARNE - magician, and a card counting thing; the Wiki
14. 1956 Moses player : HESTON
20. __ bath : SITZ - got me; and I have not heard of these; uh, sounds like it makes sense
21. __ facto : IPSO - Latin
25. Shortened, in a way : SAWN - had MOWN to start
27. Certain Eur. miss : SRTA - ugh, had ELLE, ETTE, ETTA....
30. Old Nair alternative : NEET
32. Density symbols, in physics : RHOs
35. Military bigwig : BRASS HAT
37. Daydream : STARGAZE - a bit meh
38. Sartre, for one : PARISIAN
39. They may be brown or pale : ALES
40. Not stacked : IN A HEAP - I pictured pancakes "in a heap"
41. Rear : TUSH - backside, derriere, bum, bottom
44. Final stage, as of a career : SUNSET - SWAN SONG was too long
45. Memorial tablet : PLAQUE
46. How batters must bat : IN TURN - more baseball
48. Gardening gadget : TROWEL - masonry gadget, too
51. Hot stuff : SALSA
53. Old : STALE
56. CBS maritime drama : NCIS
57. Hair treatments : DYES
60. J et al. : DRs - Dr. J, Julius Erving, basketball fame
Answer grid.
Splynter