Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Marti DuGuay-Carpenter

Theme: Noahs - It is a repeating of four 'oo' sound, but no 'ahs'.

20A. Dismiss an occult doll-making practice? : POOH-POOH VOO-DOO

32A. "What's that chocolate beverage you're drinking, Yogi?" answer : "YOO-HOO, BOO-BOO"

42A. Model train expert? : CHOO-CHOO GURU

56A. Frilly Hawaiian dress? : FROU-FROU MUU-MUU

Argyle here with our own HeartRX, and on Valentine's Day, too. A fun puzzle today.

Across:

1. Place for family game night : DEN

4. Book of poems partly by King David : PSALMS

10. Farm grazer : COW

13. Egg cells : OVA

14. Communicating regularly : IN TOUCH

16. Fat Tire product : ALE

17. Ballplayer's hat : CAP

18. Woos, minstrel-style : SINGS TO

19. N.J. neighbor : DELaware.

23. Hanukkah money : GELT

24. Govt.-issued ID : SSN

25. Donahue and Collins : PHILs. Talk show host/Singer

26. Double Stuf cookies : OREOs

28. With 57-Down, wealthy people : THE 57D. See 28-Across : RICH

31. Hair removal brand : NEET

36. Raggedy doll : ANN

37. Debate side : PRO

38. PC component : CRT. (cathode ray tube) A former component these days.

39. Studio whose films get off to a roaring start : MGM

45. Speed-of-sound name : MACH

48. Wee, like bairns : SMA. In Scotland, bairns means children.

49. Sarandon of "Bull Durham" : SUSAN. Here in a "Got Milk?" ad.

50. Snow-block home : IGLOO

52. Hippie's home : PAD. Now a hippie Eskimo is hard to imagine. But they'd be cool.

55. When Romeo meets Juliet : ACT I and 43D. Juliet's family name : CAPULET

60. Small amount : FEW

61. Temps : FILL INs

62. Fib, e.g. : LIE

64. Dark time for a poet : EEN

65. Kind of fiction : SCIENCE

66. Recreational transport, briefly : ATV. An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a quad, quad bike, three-wheeler, or four-wheeler. Three-wheelers were found to be unsafe and I don't think they are being made any more.

67. Driller's deg. : DDS. Doctor of Dental Surgery. (dentist)

68. More sexy : HOTTER and 39D. Powerfully built : MUSCULAR

69. Manhattan liquor : RYE

Down:

1. Bespectacled dwarf : DOC

2. Role for Patti LuPone or Madonna : EVA PERON. Patti LuPone is known for her Tony Award-winning performances as Eva Perón in the 1979 stage musical "Evita". Madonna portrayed her in the movie, "Evita"

3. Layered pastry : NAPOLEON. Yum!

4. "Hogwash!" : "PISH!"

5. Scissors cuts : SNIPS

6. Periodic table figs. : AT NOs. Atomic Numbers

7. Access with a password : LOG ON TO

8. "Faster, huskies!" : "MUSH!". Very versatile word. MUSH can be a verb, with or without an object, an interjection(as clued), or a noun; all relating to dog sleds and dog sledding.

9. John Candy skit show : SCTV. Second City Television (SCTV) is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

10. Golf bag carrier : CADDIE

11D. World Cup chant : OLE! OLE! and 12D. Runner-up's news : "WE LOST". Another interesting pairing.

15. Earring style : HOOP

21. Texter's "From a different aspect ..." : OTOH. "On The Other Hand ..."

22. "Say it isn't so!" : "OH NO!"

23. "La maja desnuda" painter : GOYA

27. Second-year student : SOPHomore.

29. High, in Hamburg : HOCH. German.

30. Spanish river : EBRO. In the north of Spain.

33. Top Olympic medals, in Madrid : OROs. In the center of Spain.

34. Rapid economic expansion : BOOM

35. Plains tribesmen : OTO

40. Tip on a table : GRATUITY

41. City bond, informally : MUNI. (Municipal bond)

42. Dynasty during Confucius' time : CHOU. Confucius' time was the Spring and Autumn Period, a period in Chinese history that roughly corresponds to the first half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty(Chou) between 722 and 479 BC.

44. American territory in the Pacific : GUAM. The commemorative quarter.

45. Offended : MIFFED

46. Signed a pact, say : AGREED

47. Circus performers : CLOWNS

51. Slays, mob-style : OFFs

53. "Care for __?": after-dinner offer : A MINT

54. Numbskull : DUNCE

58. Hodgepodge : OLIO

59. Mouse manipulator : USER

63. Night of anticipation : EVE

Answer grid.

Argyle

Note from C.C.:

1 Happy Birthday to dear Marti! Thanks for the fun puzzles & everyday wit and warmth. Hugs!

2 Happy 4-year blog anniversary to Dennis, the secret engine behind this blog. Thank you for being there, Dummy!