Theme: None
Words: 68
Blocks: 32
I'm DEAF ~!!! Just came back from a live show, great bands, including my buddy's original tunes group, "Evil Eye", which I think played out for the first time tonight. Came home, jumped right into this puzzle, and it was a "BEHEMOTH"....Lots of really obscure names and concepts, some I had to drag up from the depths of my brain. Looked bleak, but in the end, I finished under my personal time, but not without red-letter help in the SE corner - I just did not know three foreign words and a fictional (?) city. Oh well, every now and then I need to be 'sacked' by a Saturday constructor.
Two spanners, one climber;
17A. Blue chip, e.g. : SOUND INVESTMENT - A list of some; and speaking of --- BLUE --- Sorry, BarryG....Brady needs to get sacked, too ~!
55A. Fitness ideal : PICTURE OF HEALTH - Here's my guys playing tonight - such a picture of health, right???
8D. "You look familiar ..." : HAVE WE MET BEFORE? Didn't try this line with any of the "metal chicks" that were there tonight - they all seemed to be "taken"
Onward ~!
ACROSS:
1. Monster : BEHEMOTH - I like MONSTER, the drink; it's what I have when I go out instead of anything alcoholic
9. "Doesn't anyone else see this?" : IS IT ME ?
15. Ivory tower milieu : ACADEMIA
16. Ottoman officials : PASHAs
19. It's south of Vesuvius : ETNA
20. Vermont ski resort : OKEMO - trail map....how's the skiing, HeartRx ?
21. Bar choice : SODA - these days, it's my choice if I don't smuggle in a Monster
22. URL part : DOT - Had "COM" first
23. Lamb kin : EWE
24. Flushed : RED
25. Small change, maybe : ONES - Had "CENT" first
27. Réunion attendee : FRERE - Had "ONCLE" first; the é implies French, so I went with Uncle, turned out to be Brother
29. Job transfer consequence, for short : RELOcation
30. Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Music : NED ROREM - One of those "seen it in crosswords before" answers
32. Incan herd members : LLAMAS - I think they look cool, but I like their camel cousins better
34. Artisan : TRADESMAN - I consider myself a tradesman; actually have some work to post to my other blog
36. Horn of Africa native : SOMALI
39. Disney character voiced by Robby Benson : THE BEAST - Er, this guy
43. Spacewalks, for short : EVAs - Extra Vehicular Activities
44. Bargaining side : LABOR - Right now, I am on "THIS" side of the bargaining table; I am still waiting to hear about the "DARK SIDE" (management) position....
46. Uruguay's Punta del __ : ESTE
47. Pump choice: Abbr. : REGular - Gasoline, octane
48. Augsburger's article : DER - Not "EIN"
49. Neapolitan crowd? : TRE - Italian 'three'
50. Spring bloomer : IRIS - Not "LILY"
52. Soft bunches : TUFTS - tough clue to understand until you get it; 'soft bunches' of what?
54. Foot massage expert? : POET - Anyone else think of Pulp Fiction here ? Poetry is usually written in "feet", a basic metrical unit in Western verse
58. 17th/18th-century division of New France : ACADIA
59. Motel posting : ROOM RATE
60. Grammer with Emmys : KELSEY - This guy, who won for Frasier, the show and the character; he's not a Grammy with an Emmer....
61. Intern, often : E.R. DOCTOR
DOWN:
1. Adaptation words : BASED ON - like the film was a adapted from the book; "Bladerunner" was BASED ON Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
2. Transition zone between plant communities : ECOTONE - Straight up definition
3. Obsessed : HAUNTED
4. Poet __ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA - another name from the depths of my crossword knowledge
5. NSAID, e.g. : MED - Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drug
6. "__ babbino caro": "Oh my beloved father" (Puccini) : O MIO - Tough to parse in the vertical
7. Monkeyed (with) : TINKERED
9. __ fatso: bit of Archie Bunker language-mangling : IPSO
10. Didn't play : SAT
11. Creeds : -ISMs
12. Euclidean proposal : THEOREM
13. Honoree of a six-meter-high Johannesburg statue : MANDELA
14. Oaxaca y Veracruz : ESTADOS
18. Part of FEMA: Abbr. : EMER
26. Guayaquil girls: Abbr. : SRTAs
27. Delicate : FRAIL
28. Iconic bull : ELMER - El Tor? El Cid? Oh, DUH....
29. Indian princess : RANEE
31. Team that plays in Fla.'s Amway Center : ORLando
33. Chocolate companion? : LABrador - the dogs, my friends
35. An abbreviation of : SHORT FOR
36. LPGA star who is the youngest living World Golf Hall of Fame inductee : SE RI PAK - total unknown, but a great CW fill; more HERE
37. Not neat : OVER ICE - Hell, NO, right Tin???
38. Mysteriously enchanting : MAGICAL
40. Elaine's home, in Arthurian legend : ASTOLAT - CAMELOT fit, which didn't help; here's the WIKI
41. Close overlap of fugue voices : STRETTO - New musical term for me; again, the WIKI
42. Ring around a crib? : TEETHER - cute, the baby's mouthpiece
45. Score words for a pair : ADUE
51. Criteria: Abbr. : STDs
52. Caterer's delivery : TRAY
53. Like many horses : SHOD - not "SHOW"
54. Seurat's Seine scene : PARC - DAH ~!! F'n French got me again; I tried BANC, thought I was all clever....
56. Road reversal, familiarly : UIE - seen it as "UEY", too, but essentially, a U-TURN
57. Punk rock offshoot : EMO
Also wanted to add that the other bands that played tonight were an Iron Maiden cover band, "Live After Death", and a Zeppelin cover band, "Black Dog" - check them out, too ~!!
Answer grid.
Splynter
Words: 68
Blocks: 32
I'm DEAF ~!!! Just came back from a live show, great bands, including my buddy's original tunes group, "Evil Eye", which I think played out for the first time tonight. Came home, jumped right into this puzzle, and it was a "BEHEMOTH"....Lots of really obscure names and concepts, some I had to drag up from the depths of my brain. Looked bleak, but in the end, I finished under my personal time, but not without red-letter help in the SE corner - I just did not know three foreign words and a fictional (?) city. Oh well, every now and then I need to be 'sacked' by a Saturday constructor.
Two spanners, one climber;
17A. Blue chip, e.g. : SOUND INVESTMENT - A list of some; and speaking of --- BLUE --- Sorry, BarryG....Brady needs to get sacked, too ~!
55A. Fitness ideal : PICTURE OF HEALTH - Here's my guys playing tonight - such a picture of health, right???
8D. "You look familiar ..." : HAVE WE MET BEFORE? Didn't try this line with any of the "metal chicks" that were there tonight - they all seemed to be "taken"
Onward ~!
ACROSS:
1. Monster : BEHEMOTH - I like MONSTER, the drink; it's what I have when I go out instead of anything alcoholic
9. "Doesn't anyone else see this?" : IS IT ME ?
15. Ivory tower milieu : ACADEMIA
16. Ottoman officials : PASHAs
19. It's south of Vesuvius : ETNA
20. Vermont ski resort : OKEMO - trail map....how's the skiing, HeartRx ?
21. Bar choice : SODA - these days, it's my choice if I don't smuggle in a Monster
22. URL part : DOT - Had "COM" first
23. Lamb kin : EWE
24. Flushed : RED
25. Small change, maybe : ONES - Had "CENT" first
27. Réunion attendee : FRERE - Had "ONCLE" first; the é implies French, so I went with Uncle, turned out to be Brother
29. Job transfer consequence, for short : RELOcation
30. Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Music : NED ROREM - One of those "seen it in crosswords before" answers
32. Incan herd members : LLAMAS - I think they look cool, but I like their camel cousins better
34. Artisan : TRADESMAN - I consider myself a tradesman; actually have some work to post to my other blog
36. Horn of Africa native : SOMALI
39. Disney character voiced by Robby Benson : THE BEAST - Er, this guy
43. Spacewalks, for short : EVAs - Extra Vehicular Activities
44. Bargaining side : LABOR - Right now, I am on "THIS" side of the bargaining table; I am still waiting to hear about the "DARK SIDE" (management) position....
46. Uruguay's Punta del __ : ESTE
47. Pump choice: Abbr. : REGular - Gasoline, octane
48. Augsburger's article : DER - Not "EIN"
49. Neapolitan crowd? : TRE - Italian 'three'
50. Spring bloomer : IRIS - Not "LILY"
52. Soft bunches : TUFTS - tough clue to understand until you get it; 'soft bunches' of what?
54. Foot massage expert? : POET - Anyone else think of Pulp Fiction here ? Poetry is usually written in "feet", a basic metrical unit in Western verse
58. 17th/18th-century division of New France : ACADIA
59. Motel posting : ROOM RATE
60. Grammer with Emmys : KELSEY - This guy, who won for Frasier, the show and the character; he's not a Grammy with an Emmer....
61. Intern, often : E.R. DOCTOR
DOWN:
1. Adaptation words : BASED ON - like the film was a adapted from the book; "Bladerunner" was BASED ON Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
2. Transition zone between plant communities : ECOTONE - Straight up definition
3. Obsessed : HAUNTED
4. Poet __ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA - another name from the depths of my crossword knowledge
5. NSAID, e.g. : MED - Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drug
6. "__ babbino caro": "Oh my beloved father" (Puccini) : O MIO - Tough to parse in the vertical
7. Monkeyed (with) : TINKERED
9. __ fatso: bit of Archie Bunker language-mangling : IPSO
10. Didn't play : SAT
11. Creeds : -ISMs
12. Euclidean proposal : THEOREM
13. Honoree of a six-meter-high Johannesburg statue : MANDELA
14. Oaxaca y Veracruz : ESTADOS
18. Part of FEMA: Abbr. : EMER
26. Guayaquil girls: Abbr. : SRTAs
27. Delicate : FRAIL
28. Iconic bull : ELMER - El Tor? El Cid? Oh, DUH....
29. Indian princess : RANEE
31. Team that plays in Fla.'s Amway Center : ORLando
33. Chocolate companion? : LABrador - the dogs, my friends
35. An abbreviation of : SHORT FOR
36. LPGA star who is the youngest living World Golf Hall of Fame inductee : SE RI PAK - total unknown, but a great CW fill; more HERE
37. Not neat : OVER ICE - Hell, NO, right Tin???
38. Mysteriously enchanting : MAGICAL
40. Elaine's home, in Arthurian legend : ASTOLAT - CAMELOT fit, which didn't help; here's the WIKI
41. Close overlap of fugue voices : STRETTO - New musical term for me; again, the WIKI
42. Ring around a crib? : TEETHER - cute, the baby's mouthpiece
45. Score words for a pair : ADUE
51. Criteria: Abbr. : STDs
52. Caterer's delivery : TRAY
53. Like many horses : SHOD - not "SHOW"
54. Seurat's Seine scene : PARC - DAH ~!! F'n French got me again; I tried BANC, thought I was all clever....
56. Road reversal, familiarly : UIE - seen it as "UEY", too, but essentially, a U-TURN
57. Punk rock offshoot : EMO
Also wanted to add that the other bands that played tonight were an Iron Maiden cover band, "Live After Death", and a Zeppelin cover band, "Black Dog" - check them out, too ~!!
Answer grid.
Splynter
