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Theme: DF families
I will give the reveal first:
59A. Show since 12/17/1989 whose five main family members are hidden in this puzzle's other long across answers : THE SIMPSONS
...and then I'll introduce the leading characters:
17A. Tomato-based concoctions : CHILI SAUCES. Lisa, a precocious 8-year old activist.
20A. Do-it-yourselfers' projects : HOME RENOVATIONS. Homer, the father, who works as a safety inspector at a nuclear power plant (God help us!).
29A. Birthplace of the Bauhaus movement : WEIMAR GERMANY. Marge, the stereotypical housewife and mother.
41A. Mughal emporer, 1556-1605 : AKBAR THE GREAT. Bart, the 10-year-old troublemaker.
52A. Lone Star State collegiate athlete : TEXAS A AND M AGGIE. Maggie, the pacifier-sucking baby who never speaks.
Homer would say, "MEH"...This puzzle is packed with theme entries -nice! I have never watched the Simpsons, and only know their names from doing crosswords!
Marti here, so it must be Thursday already?
Across:
1. Goes on : LASTS
6. "Dude!" : MY MAN
11. Jamboree gp. : BSA. Boy Scouts of America.
14. Wise youngster? : OWLET
15. Dumas's Edmond Dantes, e.g. : COMTE. French count.
16. PC-to-PC system : LAN. Local Area Network.
19. Not safe : OUT. "Y'errrrrr out!!"
22. Lee org. : CSA. Confederate States of America, General Robert E. Lee.
23. Word after mess or media : KIT
24. End of the war : V-DAY. "Victory" Day
25. Lowdown : INFO
28. They may be tipped in acknowledgement : HATS
36. Totally dominate : OWN
37. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" actress : MIA SARA. A.K.A. Sloane Peterson in the movie.
38. High deg. : PH.D
44. Race invented about 800,000 years before its time : ELOI. From H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine"
45. Schools of thought : ISMS
46. Field workers : OXEN
47. End of many a riddle : AM I.
(I have an eye but cannot see. I am stronger and faster than any man alive but have no limbs. Who am I?)
50. Range part: Abbr. : MTN. Mountain.
58. Greek vowel : ETA
60. Dreamer's acronym : REM
61. Coastal safety measure : LEVEE. ..Not so safe in New Orleans in 2005, though.
62. Lincoln and Ford : AUTOS
63. Return adressee, briefly? : IRS. Internal revenue Service, where we must send all of our tax RETURNS
64. "Waiting for Lefty" playwright : ODETS
65. Sudden burst : SPATE
Down:
1. Ness, for one : LOCH
2. "Horton Hears ___" : A WHO
3. Not good, chance-wise : SLIM...to none!
4. BellSouth, for one : TELECOM
5. Moves a muscle : STIRS
6. Thom ___: Shoe brand : MCAN
7. Concerned query : YOU OK?
8. XCV years from now : MMCVI...do the math!
9. Troubled a lot : ATE AT
10. Leaves home? : NEST...OK, this one stymied me. Help?
11. A and B, e.g. : BLOOD TYPES. We had A NEG yesterday...
12. Hot spots : SAUNAS. When we were children, my father had a sauna every Saturday for his Finnish friends...us kids would have to wait until they were done, before we got to go into the sauna.
13. Not sitting well? : ANTSY
18. Noted septet member : SEA
21. Russian John : IVAN
25. ___ Jima : IWO
26. Mint : NEW. I bet Dennis and C.C. both have mint baseball cards in their colletions...
27. Reason for cramming : FINAL EXAMS
28. Den ___. Nederland : HAAG
30. Prefix with dexterity : AMBI
31. River inlet : RIA
32. Spearlike fish : GAR. Yes, they are spear-like!
33. Recordholder's suffix : EST
34. Word of support : RAH
35. G.I. chow : MRE. Meal, Ready to Eat.
39. One acting badly : HAM
40. Boozer's syndrome : DTS. Delirium tremens...not a nice thing to go through.
42. ___Coast, Hawaiian coffee district : KONA
43. Calls, in Chelsea : RINGS UP. One of my 'Brit friends used to say "I'll knock you up in the morning..." Nice Cuppa, is that a familiar phrase for you?
44. English cathedral city : EXETER
46. Former "SNL" regular : OTERI
47. Sounded content : AAHED
48. Novelist Binchy : MAEVE
49. Atlas enlargement : INSET
50. "Delicious!" : MMM
51. Spanish bar snacks : TAPAS. MMM!!
Theme: DF families
I will give the reveal first:
59A. Show since 12/17/1989 whose five main family members are hidden in this puzzle's other long across answers : THE SIMPSONS
...and then I'll introduce the leading characters:
17A. Tomato-based concoctions : CHILI SAUCES. Lisa, a precocious 8-year old activist.
20A. Do-it-yourselfers' projects : HOME RENOVATIONS. Homer, the father, who works as a safety inspector at a nuclear power plant (God help us!).
29A. Birthplace of the Bauhaus movement : WEIMAR GERMANY. Marge, the stereotypical housewife and mother.
41A. Mughal emporer, 1556-1605 : AKBAR THE GREAT. Bart, the 10-year-old troublemaker.
52A. Lone Star State collegiate athlete : TEXAS A AND M AGGIE. Maggie, the pacifier-sucking baby who never speaks.
Homer would say, "MEH"...This puzzle is packed with theme entries -nice! I have never watched the Simpsons, and only know their names from doing crosswords!
Marti here, so it must be Thursday already?
Across:
1. Goes on : LASTS
6. "Dude!" : MY MAN
11. Jamboree gp. : BSA. Boy Scouts of America.
14. Wise youngster? : OWLET
15. Dumas's Edmond Dantes, e.g. : COMTE. French count.
16. PC-to-PC system : LAN. Local Area Network.
19. Not safe : OUT. "Y'errrrrr out!!"
22. Lee org. : CSA. Confederate States of America, General Robert E. Lee.
23. Word after mess or media : KIT
24. End of the war : V-DAY. "Victory" Day
25. Lowdown : INFO
28. They may be tipped in acknowledgement : HATS
36. Totally dominate : OWN
37. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" actress : MIA SARA. A.K.A. Sloane Peterson in the movie.
38. High deg. : PH.D
44. Race invented about 800,000 years before its time : ELOI. From H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine"
45. Schools of thought : ISMS
46. Field workers : OXEN
47. End of many a riddle : AM I.
(I have an eye but cannot see. I am stronger and faster than any man alive but have no limbs. Who am I?)
50. Range part: Abbr. : MTN. Mountain.
58. Greek vowel : ETA
60. Dreamer's acronym : REM
61. Coastal safety measure : LEVEE. ..Not so safe in New Orleans in 2005, though.
62. Lincoln and Ford : AUTOS
63. Return adressee, briefly? : IRS. Internal revenue Service, where we must send all of our tax RETURNS
64. "Waiting for Lefty" playwright : ODETS
65. Sudden burst : SPATE
Down:
1. Ness, for one : LOCH
2. "Horton Hears ___" : A WHO
3. Not good, chance-wise : SLIM...to none!
4. BellSouth, for one : TELECOM
5. Moves a muscle : STIRS
6. Thom ___: Shoe brand : MCAN
7. Concerned query : YOU OK?
8. XCV years from now : MMCVI...do the math!
9. Troubled a lot : ATE AT
10. Leaves home? : NEST...OK, this one stymied me. Help?
11. A and B, e.g. : BLOOD TYPES. We had A NEG yesterday...
12. Hot spots : SAUNAS. When we were children, my father had a sauna every Saturday for his Finnish friends...us kids would have to wait until they were done, before we got to go into the sauna.
13. Not sitting well? : ANTSY
18. Noted septet member : SEA
21. Russian John : IVAN
25. ___ Jima : IWO
26. Mint : NEW. I bet Dennis and C.C. both have mint baseball cards in their colletions...
27. Reason for cramming : FINAL EXAMS
28. Den ___. Nederland : HAAG
30. Prefix with dexterity : AMBI
31. River inlet : RIA
32. Spearlike fish : GAR. Yes, they are spear-like!
33. Recordholder's suffix : EST
34. Word of support : RAH
35. G.I. chow : MRE. Meal, Ready to Eat.
39. One acting badly : HAM
40. Boozer's syndrome : DTS. Delirium tremens...not a nice thing to go through.
42. ___Coast, Hawaiian coffee district : KONA
43. Calls, in Chelsea : RINGS UP. One of my 'Brit friends used to say "I'll knock you up in the morning..." Nice Cuppa, is that a familiar phrase for you?
44. English cathedral city : EXETER
46. Former "SNL" regular : OTERI
47. Sounded content : AAHED
48. Novelist Binchy : MAEVE
49. Atlas enlargement : INSET
50. "Delicious!" : MMM
51. Spanish bar snacks : TAPAS. MMM!!
53. D-Day target city : ST LO
54. Fizzles out : DIES
55. "___ light?" : GOT A. First time I went to Germany, I needed a cigarette lighter and asked, "Haben sie ein licht?" The guy looked up at the ceiling light, quizzically wondering what I wanted! I think the correct way to say it would be "Haben sie feuer?" Maybe Kazie can correct me...
56. Trying to get untied, briefly? : IN OT. My favorite clue/ans of the day. In overtime, trying to break a tied score!
57. To be, to Brutus : ESSE
Answer grid.
Now it is time "to be" going.
Hugs,
Marti
