Theme: None
Words: 70
Blocks: 34
A new constructor for me, Steve Salitan, and this is his first LAT Saturday, though we last had a Thursday puzzle from him with "Rounds" as the theme. One grid spanner crossing a climber with-
35A. Strategy-change declaration : NO MORE MR. NICE GUY - which makes me think of this song; and, at first, with MRN _ _ EGU _, looking hard to parse.
8D. "No clue" : IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME - anyone remember this song?
Triple stacks of tens with a sort of smiley-face in the center - gotta keep it friendly, because this one looked like it could beat me early on....
ACROSS:
1. R&B singer whose given name is Antoine : FATS DOMINO - I have two music links in, you can supply the rest, my fellow bloggers ~!
11. Repose : CALM
15. 1984 Robert Urich sci-fi comedy, with "The" : ICE PIRATES - I saw this flick, and liked it, although it was a bit tasteless, and Mr. Urich did not have much work after it - "oh no, Space Herpes" - "ALIEN" spoof scene
16. Not right : AWRY - I did try LEFT to start, being LEFT-handed
17. Daring swingers : AERIALISTS
18. They follow pis : RHOS - GREEK letters, and no, they're not GREEK to me
19. Rolling set : TIRES
20. Mariner gp. : NASA - Mariner went to Venus and Mars, here's NASA on it
21. Pub serving : PINT - BEER was not going to work
22. Dutch burg : STAD - an early WAG
23. St. with an arc-shaped northern border : DEL - Delaware; though it could be W.Va, Wis., and others; take a look here
24. Longtime Yankee announcer Allen : MEL - I may be in New York, but I despise the Yankees - not much of a baseball fan ( sorry, C.C.) - big "Broadway Blueshirts" fan
25. Hurt amount? : WORLD - "oh, you're about to be in a WORLD of hurt...." - Chuck Norris; see below
27. Not able : INEPT
30. Belgian leadership group, to some residents : SENAT
33. Age badly, as jokes : GET STALE - are these stale? (some language)
37. Binging : ON A SPREE - Too early in the morning, I was looking for the sound of a "BING"
38. Iberian bread : EUROS - Iberian :: bread = European :: money
39. Charity, e.g. : DONEE - that which gets your donation
40. "Moll Flanders" author : DEFOE
42. Drunk's end : ARD - I was a drunkARD, once
43. Awareness : KEN - was Ken "aware" of Barbie's indiscretions in the mobile home?
44. Calf warmer : SOCK - I tried SOCK, and it stayed
48. Source of low-alcohol wines : ASTI
50. Small red crawlers : EFTS - hand up for ANTS to start?
52. Soprano role in Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" : LEILA
53. Game interruption : RAIN - mostly baseball
54. Vegetable storage area : ROOT CELLAR
56. Block : CLOG
57. 1951 play that inspired "Cabaret" : "I AM A CAMERA" - the short Wiki
58. Lobster moms : HENS - thought it might be COWS; learning moment
59. Knows something is rotten in Denmark : SMELLS A RAT - a 'Pied Piper' reference???
DOWN:
1. Royal orders : FIATs - not the new craze in "mini" car, but this
2. Play a par-3 perfectly : ACE IT - and eagle (2-under) on a par three golf hole is a hole-in-one
3. Earth : TERRA - Latin, as in Terra Firma - solid ground
4. Looked through a knothole, say : SPIED
5. Semana parts : DIAS
6. Florida NBA team, on scoreboards : ORLando, the Magic
7. Augusta native : MAINER - from the state of Maine, meh
9. Fishing gear : NETS
10. Tasmania's highest peak : OSSA
11. One working on a board : CARPENTER - one working WITH a board - hey ~! That's me~!
12. Some time back : A WHILE AGO - I think this is a good song/band/album name...smooooth
13. "Fear" author Hubbard : L. RON - Mr. Scientology
14. Riven is its sequel : MYST - great thinking computer game, where you have to unlock codes, secrets, clues and hints - I found them to be very difficult
23. Indulgent sort : DOTER
24. Error : MISCUE - especially shooting pool
25. Crooked : WARPED - like my sense of humor, and personality
26. Home room : DEN - the only other one I could think of was "MUD"
28. And : PLUS - too, also, hence, therefore, ergo, etc....
29. "Brat Farrar" novelist : TEY (Josephine)
30. Prefix with gram : SONO - sonogram, the image from a sound pulse device in hospitals and such
31. Outflow : EMANATION
32. Unsubtle jewelry : NOSE-RINGS - yes, unsubtle, and not very attractive, IMHO - the nose stud is not so bad....
34. Attach, in a way : TIE-ON
35. Choice indicator : NOD
36. __ school : MEDical
41. Celebratory : FESTAL
44. Name on a southern National Historic Trail sign : SELMA
45. Crude carrier : OILER
46. Santa __: Intel headquarters : CLARA
47. Measure of rock fineness? : KARAT - my measure is how good are you compared to Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Mötley Crüe, etc. - did anyone else celebrate "National Metal Day" for 11-11-11 ???
48. Crafty : ARCH - as in one's ARCH enemy
49. Pitcher's success : SALE - oh, a salesman's pitch, not baseball - OK, so maybe I do know a little bit about baseball; I went with "SAVE"
50. Goddess of discord : ERIS
51. Head of a bar? : FOAM - a 42A likes to see the foamy head on a 21A - but not for long....
52. Open stretches : LEAS - fields
55. A quarter of M : CCL - Roman M = 1000 ÷ 4 =250, C+C+L - a shout out to our blog host?
Answer grid.
Splynter
Words: 70
Blocks: 34
A new constructor for me, Steve Salitan, and this is his first LAT Saturday, though we last had a Thursday puzzle from him with "Rounds" as the theme. One grid spanner crossing a climber with-
35A. Strategy-change declaration : NO MORE MR. NICE GUY - which makes me think of this song; and, at first, with MRN _ _ EGU _, looking hard to parse.
8D. "No clue" : IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME - anyone remember this song?
Triple stacks of tens with a sort of smiley-face in the center - gotta keep it friendly, because this one looked like it could beat me early on....
ACROSS:
1. R&B singer whose given name is Antoine : FATS DOMINO - I have two music links in, you can supply the rest, my fellow bloggers ~!
11. Repose : CALM
15. 1984 Robert Urich sci-fi comedy, with "The" : ICE PIRATES - I saw this flick, and liked it, although it was a bit tasteless, and Mr. Urich did not have much work after it - "oh no, Space Herpes" - "ALIEN" spoof scene
16. Not right : AWRY - I did try LEFT to start, being LEFT-handed
17. Daring swingers : AERIALISTS
18. They follow pis : RHOS - GREEK letters, and no, they're not GREEK to me
19. Rolling set : TIRES
20. Mariner gp. : NASA - Mariner went to Venus and Mars, here's NASA on it
21. Pub serving : PINT - BEER was not going to work
22. Dutch burg : STAD - an early WAG
23. St. with an arc-shaped northern border : DEL - Delaware; though it could be W.Va, Wis., and others; take a look here
24. Longtime Yankee announcer Allen : MEL - I may be in New York, but I despise the Yankees - not much of a baseball fan ( sorry, C.C.) - big "Broadway Blueshirts" fan
25. Hurt amount? : WORLD - "oh, you're about to be in a WORLD of hurt...." - Chuck Norris; see below
27. Not able : INEPT
30. Belgian leadership group, to some residents : SENAT
33. Age badly, as jokes : GET STALE - are these stale? (some language)
37. Binging : ON A SPREE - Too early in the morning, I was looking for the sound of a "BING"
38. Iberian bread : EUROS - Iberian :: bread = European :: money
39. Charity, e.g. : DONEE - that which gets your donation
40. "Moll Flanders" author : DEFOE
42. Drunk's end : ARD - I was a drunkARD, once
43. Awareness : KEN - was Ken "aware" of Barbie's indiscretions in the mobile home?
44. Calf warmer : SOCK - I tried SOCK, and it stayed
48. Source of low-alcohol wines : ASTI
50. Small red crawlers : EFTS - hand up for ANTS to start?
52. Soprano role in Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" : LEILA
53. Game interruption : RAIN - mostly baseball
54. Vegetable storage area : ROOT CELLAR
56. Block : CLOG
57. 1951 play that inspired "Cabaret" : "I AM A CAMERA" - the short Wiki
58. Lobster moms : HENS - thought it might be COWS; learning moment
59. Knows something is rotten in Denmark : SMELLS A RAT - a 'Pied Piper' reference???
DOWN:
1. Royal orders : FIATs - not the new craze in "mini" car, but this
2. Play a par-3 perfectly : ACE IT - and eagle (2-under) on a par three golf hole is a hole-in-one
3. Earth : TERRA - Latin, as in Terra Firma - solid ground
4. Looked through a knothole, say : SPIED
5. Semana parts : DIAS
6. Florida NBA team, on scoreboards : ORLando, the Magic
7. Augusta native : MAINER - from the state of Maine, meh
9. Fishing gear : NETS
10. Tasmania's highest peak : OSSA
11. One working on a board : CARPENTER - one working WITH a board - hey ~! That's me~!
12. Some time back : A WHILE AGO - I think this is a good song/band/album name...smooooth
13. "Fear" author Hubbard : L. RON - Mr. Scientology
14. Riven is its sequel : MYST - great thinking computer game, where you have to unlock codes, secrets, clues and hints - I found them to be very difficult
23. Indulgent sort : DOTER
24. Error : MISCUE - especially shooting pool
25. Crooked : WARPED - like my sense of humor, and personality
26. Home room : DEN - the only other one I could think of was "MUD"
28. And : PLUS - too, also, hence, therefore, ergo, etc....
29. "Brat Farrar" novelist : TEY (Josephine)
30. Prefix with gram : SONO - sonogram, the image from a sound pulse device in hospitals and such
31. Outflow : EMANATION
32. Unsubtle jewelry : NOSE-RINGS - yes, unsubtle, and not very attractive, IMHO - the nose stud is not so bad....
34. Attach, in a way : TIE-ON
35. Choice indicator : NOD
36. __ school : MEDical
41. Celebratory : FESTAL
44. Name on a southern National Historic Trail sign : SELMA
45. Crude carrier : OILER
46. Santa __: Intel headquarters : CLARA
47. Measure of rock fineness? : KARAT - my measure is how good are you compared to Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Mötley Crüe, etc. - did anyone else celebrate "National Metal Day" for 11-11-11 ???
48. Crafty : ARCH - as in one's ARCH enemy
49. Pitcher's success : SALE - oh, a salesman's pitch, not baseball - OK, so maybe I do know a little bit about baseball; I went with "SAVE"
50. Goddess of discord : ERIS
51. Head of a bar? : FOAM - a 42A likes to see the foamy head on a 21A - but not for long....
52. Open stretches : LEAS - fields
55. A quarter of M : CCL - Roman M = 1000 ÷ 4 =250, C+C+L - a shout out to our blog host?
Answer grid.
Splynter
