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Sep 3, 2011

Saturday, September 3, 2011 Barry C. Silk

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.


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