Theme: American Girl Guides - Happy Anniversary, for today's theme. The first meeting was held 100 years ago today. Bio for Juliette Gordon Low.
17A. Motto of 50-Across : "BE PREPARED". Used by Boy and Girl Scouts around the world.
50A. Organization that held its first troop meeting 3/12/1912 : GIRL SCOUTS. The name was adopted a year later.
11D. Founder of 50-Across : JULIETTE LOW
25D. Popular funding source for 50-Across : COOKIE SALES.
Argyle here but it should be Dennis; he likes his Girl Scouts' cookies. What's your opinion of them?
Donna delivered a decent puzzle despite the constraints of the theme and a grid divided into three parts, or five parts, depending on how you view the one square connections between them.
Across:
1. Professional org. : ASSOC. I paused thinking it meant a particular org.
6. Like bachelor parties : STAG
10. Slightly open : AJAR
14. Gift from an oyster : PEARL. (apocryphal Dorothy Parker witticism) "The two ladies were trying to get out of a doorway at the same time. Clare drew back and cracked, “Age before beauty, Miss Parker.” As Dotty swept out, she turned to the other guests and said. “Pearls before swine.”"
15. Old El Paso product : TACO
16. General principle : RULE
19. Whodunit hint : CLUE
20. Org. for mature audiences only? : AARP
21. "Small" allegations : CLAIMS. Small claims court but the "small" varies greatly from state to state. Site.
23. Climbs : ASCENDS
27. Common takeout cuisine : CHINESE
28. Seats at the bar : STOOLS
29. Hot-platter stand : TRIVET
30. State flower of Indiana : PEONY
31. Argentina neighbor : CHILE
32. Sunbather's goal : TAN
35. Invisible or indelible fluids : INKs
36. Practiced, as a trade : PLIED
37. Video game giant : SEGA
38. Show with regional spinoffs : CSI
39. Epic : GRAND
40. Pastrami peddlers : DELIs
41. Donkey of kiddie lit : EEYORE
43. Giant among Giants : MEL OTT. Wow, full name. And 4D. Bobby of hockey : ORR. Full name between the clue and the answer.
44. Actor Armand : ASSANTE. This gentleman.
46. Clean up, as one's toys : PUT AWAY
47. Pure as the driven snow : CHASTE
48. Capitol topper : DOME. That's Capitol with an 'O'.
49. Easter bloom : LILY
56. Vicinity : AREA
57. Airline that serves only kosher meals : EL AL
58. Patty Hearst's nom de guerre : TANIA. (For desper-otto.)
59. Pigsty, so to speak : MESS
60. Hardwood trees : ELMS
61. Enjoyed Aspen : SKIED. (For Marti.)
Down:
1. Police dept.'s "Be on the lookout!" alert : APB. (All Points Bulletin)
2. Observe : SEE
3. Sticky trunk stuff : SAP. From what I hear, it's running good but the syrup is on dark side this year.
5. With no mistakes : CLEANLY
6. Red carpet interviewees : STARS
7. Rain delay roll-out : TARP
8. Expert : ACE
9. Baby sponsored at a baptism : GODCHILD
10. Mysterious : ARCANE. Can be confused with archaic.
12. Reunion attendees, for short : ALUMS
13. Witherspoon of "Walk the Line" : REESE. As June Carter.
18. Walks on little cat feet : PADS. "The fog comes on little cat feet."
22. In real time : LIVE
23. Fancy-shmancy jelly : ASPIC
24. British submachine guns : STENS. A crossword staple but the Bren is used sometimes.
26. Eternities, seemingly : EONS
27. Shed some tears : CRIED
29. Yours of yore : THINE
31. Saint of Assisi : CLARE. (Beware, sometimes spelled Clair, Claire, etc.)
33. High anxiety : AGITA. (Agitation)
34. Objectionable, as a habit : NASTY
36. Eliza Doolittle, to Henry Higgins : PROTÉGÉE
37. "The Fugitive" actress Ward : SELA
39. Ibsen's "Peer __" : GYNT
40. Picks up on : DETECTS
42. Courses taken to boost one's GPA : EASY A's
43. Many-petaled flowers, familiarly : MUMS
44. Happy as __ : A CLAM
45. British county : SHIRE
46. Surveys : POLLS
48. Wee bit o' Scotch, say : DRAM
51. Under the weather : ILL
52. Tree on the Connecticut quarter : OAK
53. Prefix with verse : UNI
54. Deadlock : TIE
55. Unhappy : SAD
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
1) Here is a picture of Husker Gary's wife (right) and her twin sister (Greek dad and Bohemian mother) at the Nebraska Boy's State Basketball Championship in Lincoln. He said "Many people say they look identical but I have never seen it."
2) To make the Preview button work, please click the Restore Down button (between Minimize & Close on the upper right corner of your computer). Thanks for figuring it out, Argyle. And D-otto for the reminder this morning.
1) Here is a picture of Husker Gary's wife (right) and her twin sister (Greek dad and Bohemian mother) at the Nebraska Boy's State Basketball Championship in Lincoln. He said "Many people say they look identical but I have never seen it."
2) To make the Preview button work, please click the Restore Down button (between Minimize & Close on the upper right corner of your computer). Thanks for figuring it out, Argyle. And D-otto for the reminder this morning.
