Theme: None
Words: 70
Blocks: 26
Phew ~! Mr. Wilber's offering this time was another brain twister, one I was not going to give up on - but needed a little red-letter help, I must admit. There's usually a movie I know referenced in Brad's Saturday puzzles that I have done - today it's "My Cousin Vinny";
61. Mona Lisa Vito in "My Cousin Vinny," for one : STAR WITNESS - because "hostile" didn't fit; clip - @1:17
A grid of stacked 11's pinwheeled with triple 9's - daunting, and it's a good thing I didn't notice at first.
Onward ~!
ACROSS:
1. Esther Williams number : WATER BALLET - I have heard of her, but this took a while to figure out
12. One who "must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES": Eliot : CAT
15. Stage manager's exhortation : IT'S SHOWTIME~!~
16. Opposite of hence : AGO - did not know this; adverb, meaning "from now"
17. 1870s period costume named for a Dickens lass : DOLLY VARDEN - complete unknown, all perps to get it - this dress
18. Grille cover : BRA - automobile grille, and the ugly black thing used to protect the car from being chipped by road debris
19. Composer of "The Lovely Bones" music : ENO -
20. 1986-to-2001 orbiter : MIR - MIR is peace in Russian, and its space station
21. In sequence : ORDERED
23. Mason's fee : RETAINER - Perry Mason, lawyer, and his payment - not his Invisalign orthodontics - we have some who collect retainers on the blog - the fees, that is
26. Ones waiting for bottle openers? : GENIES - very cute, liked it
27. Storm's dir. : NNE - WAG or Wait
28. Ulster, for one : OVERCOAT - new to me, and a WAG from OVER_ _ _ _ - image
30. Indicate indifference : SHRUG
33. Printers' primary colors : CYANS - CYMK printers use Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and blacK
34. Debt-laden fin. deal : LBO - Leveraged Buy-Out
35. Derisive call : HOOT - I envision construction workers HOOTing at the hotties walking by - "heyyyy, babyyyy"
36. Pep rally climax, perhaps : CHANT
37. Transfer consequence, familiarly : RE-LO cation
38. Wood used in bows : ELM - YUP, I started with YEW - we all did, right?
39. Grinds : TOILS
40. Auto club recommendation : MOTEL - Had ROUTE to start
41. It's for the dogs : LEASH LAW
43. Trig. function : COSine - Again, WAG or Wait
44. Like some prescription lenses : TINTED
45. Took after : EMULATED
50. Establish firmly : ENGRAFT - new word for me; more of a horticulture-type meaning, and surgery, too
52. __ Zion Church : A.M.E. - here's the church website, for those curious
53. Soprano Marton : EVA
54. Milne tyke : ROO - A.A. Milne, and Winnie the Pooh - Roo was the young Kangaroo
55. Hippie era swinger? : BEAD CURTAIN - yeah, I get it, cute
58. Heel in a bakery : END - as a loaf of bread - image
59. Life-support system? : CEREAL AISLE - oh, so awesome - I had _AISLE, and the "?" told me Life meant something unusual - this cereal, and Mikey
60. Paris's Pont __ Arts : DES
DOWN:
1. Improved, perhaps, as a road : WIDER
2. Mark Yom Kippur : ATONE
3. Letter-shaped workbench groove : T-SLOT - image
4. School subj. for an au pair : ESL - English (as a) Second Language
5. Seuss hallmark : RHYMING - Dr. Seuss, and "Sam I am" for example
6. Big ox, say : BOVINE - Because "FAT HEAD" wouldn't fit
7. Au courant : AWARE - French for "in the current"
8. Copier tray size: Abbr. : LTR - letter
9. Adriatic vacation destination : LIDO
10. Coming into view : EMERGENT
11. Chicken option : TENDERS - McDonald's has the "McNuggets", had them last night; every one else has "tenders", Burger King, Wendy's, etc..
12. Two-wheeled carriage with a folding hood : CABRIOLET
13. Easy : AGREEABLE
14. Forest dweller with a cap : TOADSTOOL - and ROBIN HOOD fit so well with the "-OO-"
22. Ref. work : ENCyclopaedia
24. "Everybody Loves __": Johnny Cash album : A NUT - Wiki
25. Sovereign euphemism : ROYAL WE
29. 37-Across rentals : VANS
30. Like a prime candidate for disillusionment : SHELTERED - He led a "sheltered life"
31. Duffer's dream : HOLE IN ONE - Duffer is slang for non-pro golfers; any one not too good at a sport - we have quite a few "duffers" on the blog
32. Mars and Mercury : ROMAN GODS - one of those clues that helped break open the SW
33. Mint family plant : CHIA
36. Eleventh-hour panic : COLD FEET
37. "The Horse Fair" artist Bonheur : ROSA - the painting
39. String in a preschool class? : THE ABCs - I like it
40. Subterranean rodent : MOLERAT
42. Narrow waterway: Abbr. : STRait
43. Fluffy clouds : CUMULI - cumulus plural
46. Colorful talker : MACAW - parrot
47. Style, as hair into a bouffant : TEASE - these guys
48. Crusader's targets : EVILS - I thought it was the "Holy Grail"
49. Kierkegaard et al. : DANES - This guy, who is frequently cited in the "Enneagram Personality Types" - I am a Type 5 w 4 wing - I love to study people, and I have some guesses at some of the folks who visit our blog
51. Butler's estate, for a time : TARA - Rhett Butler, and the estate in "Gone With the Wind" - so I guess Brad referenced TWO movies today....
56. __ Bund: Swiss newspaper : DER - Der, das, dag, go for a WAG
57. Pewter component : TIN - this was just about the only "gimme" today - a three-letter metal? Hmmm....
Answer grid.
Splynter
Words: 70
Blocks: 26
Phew ~! Mr. Wilber's offering this time was another brain twister, one I was not going to give up on - but needed a little red-letter help, I must admit. There's usually a movie I know referenced in Brad's Saturday puzzles that I have done - today it's "My Cousin Vinny";
61. Mona Lisa Vito in "My Cousin Vinny," for one : STAR WITNESS - because "hostile" didn't fit; clip - @1:17
A grid of stacked 11's pinwheeled with triple 9's - daunting, and it's a good thing I didn't notice at first.
Onward ~!
ACROSS:
1. Esther Williams number : WATER BALLET - I have heard of her, but this took a while to figure out
12. One who "must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES": Eliot : CAT
15. Stage manager's exhortation : IT'S SHOWTIME~!~
16. Opposite of hence : AGO - did not know this; adverb, meaning "from now"
17. 1870s period costume named for a Dickens lass : DOLLY VARDEN - complete unknown, all perps to get it - this dress
18. Grille cover : BRA - automobile grille, and the ugly black thing used to protect the car from being chipped by road debris
19. Composer of "The Lovely Bones" music : ENO -
20. 1986-to-2001 orbiter : MIR - MIR is peace in Russian, and its space station
21. In sequence : ORDERED
23. Mason's fee : RETAINER - Perry Mason, lawyer, and his payment - not his Invisalign orthodontics - we have some who collect retainers on the blog - the fees, that is
26. Ones waiting for bottle openers? : GENIES - very cute, liked it
27. Storm's dir. : NNE - WAG or Wait
28. Ulster, for one : OVERCOAT - new to me, and a WAG from OVER_ _ _ _ - image
30. Indicate indifference : SHRUG
33. Printers' primary colors : CYANS - CYMK printers use Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and blacK
34. Debt-laden fin. deal : LBO - Leveraged Buy-Out
35. Derisive call : HOOT - I envision construction workers HOOTing at the hotties walking by - "heyyyy, babyyyy"
36. Pep rally climax, perhaps : CHANT
37. Transfer consequence, familiarly : RE-LO cation
38. Wood used in bows : ELM - YUP, I started with YEW - we all did, right?
39. Grinds : TOILS
40. Auto club recommendation : MOTEL - Had ROUTE to start
41. It's for the dogs : LEASH LAW
43. Trig. function : COSine - Again, WAG or Wait
44. Like some prescription lenses : TINTED
45. Took after : EMULATED
50. Establish firmly : ENGRAFT - new word for me; more of a horticulture-type meaning, and surgery, too
52. __ Zion Church : A.M.E. - here's the church website, for those curious
53. Soprano Marton : EVA
54. Milne tyke : ROO - A.A. Milne, and Winnie the Pooh - Roo was the young Kangaroo
55. Hippie era swinger? : BEAD CURTAIN - yeah, I get it, cute
58. Heel in a bakery : END - as a loaf of bread - image
59. Life-support system? : CEREAL AISLE - oh, so awesome - I had _AISLE, and the "?" told me Life meant something unusual - this cereal, and Mikey
60. Paris's Pont __ Arts : DES
DOWN:
1. Improved, perhaps, as a road : WIDER
2. Mark Yom Kippur : ATONE
3. Letter-shaped workbench groove : T-SLOT - image
4. School subj. for an au pair : ESL - English (as a) Second Language
5. Seuss hallmark : RHYMING - Dr. Seuss, and "Sam I am" for example
6. Big ox, say : BOVINE - Because "FAT HEAD" wouldn't fit
7. Au courant : AWARE - French for "in the current"
8. Copier tray size: Abbr. : LTR - letter
9. Adriatic vacation destination : LIDO
10. Coming into view : EMERGENT
11. Chicken option : TENDERS - McDonald's has the "McNuggets", had them last night; every one else has "tenders", Burger King, Wendy's, etc..
12. Two-wheeled carriage with a folding hood : CABRIOLET
13. Easy : AGREEABLE
14. Forest dweller with a cap : TOADSTOOL - and ROBIN HOOD fit so well with the "-OO-"
22. Ref. work : ENCyclopaedia
24. "Everybody Loves __": Johnny Cash album : A NUT - Wiki
25. Sovereign euphemism : ROYAL WE
29. 37-Across rentals : VANS
30. Like a prime candidate for disillusionment : SHELTERED - He led a "sheltered life"
31. Duffer's dream : HOLE IN ONE - Duffer is slang for non-pro golfers; any one not too good at a sport - we have quite a few "duffers" on the blog
32. Mars and Mercury : ROMAN GODS - one of those clues that helped break open the SW
33. Mint family plant : CHIA
36. Eleventh-hour panic : COLD FEET
37. "The Horse Fair" artist Bonheur : ROSA - the painting
39. String in a preschool class? : THE ABCs - I like it
40. Subterranean rodent : MOLERAT
42. Narrow waterway: Abbr. : STRait
43. Fluffy clouds : CUMULI - cumulus plural
46. Colorful talker : MACAW - parrot
47. Style, as hair into a bouffant : TEASE - these guys
48. Crusader's targets : EVILS - I thought it was the "Holy Grail"
49. Kierkegaard et al. : DANES - This guy, who is frequently cited in the "Enneagram Personality Types" - I am a Type 5 w 4 wing - I love to study people, and I have some guesses at some of the folks who visit our blog
51. Butler's estate, for a time : TARA - Rhett Butler, and the estate in "Gone With the Wind" - so I guess Brad referenced TWO movies today....
56. __ Bund: Swiss newspaper : DER - Der, das, dag, go for a WAG
57. Pewter component : TIN - this was just about the only "gimme" today - a three-letter metal? Hmmm....
Answer grid.
Splynter
