theme: let's play dress up - SUITs are split into three parts in three common phrases.
20A. Standard of comparison : MEASURING STICK
31A. Like some kitchen cabinets : CUSTOM BUILT
40A. Govt. workers concerned with returns : IRS AUDITORS
53A. It includes a vest ... and what can be found in each set of circles in the long answers : THREE PIECE SUIT
circles! uncommon and fun puzzle device. it must have been difficult to come up with three phrases containing the letters S U I T in that order. steve blais gave us the this little piggy themed puzzle in january.
melissa here, going to be a bit brief due to ongoing internet issues out here in the boonies.
across
1. Diamond-studded tooth caps, e.g. : BLING
also known as grillz. okay .. uh ... sorry .. but i don't really ... get ... ech.
6. "High Voltage" band : AC/DC
10. Valence lead-in : AMBI. that was a little tricky. ambivalence.
14. Smash over the infield, say : LINER. for all you baseball fans.
15. "The Big Sleep" genre : NOIR. iMdb best film noir titles.
16. Normandy city : CAEN. two hours northwest of paris - largely destroyed in WWII.
17. Arctic digs : IGLOO
18. Refuse to grant, as access : DENY
19. Big hike : TREK
23. Be a buttinsky : PRY
24. Corner opening? : CEE. i love this shout out, hope it was intentional.
25. Saved to watch later : TIVO'ED. so many people love their tivo - if i ever start watching tv again i may get it.
27. Oldies refrain syllable : SHA. sha na na ...
28. Do one's homework, so to speak : PLAN
30. Casserole morsel : PEA
35. Go (for) : OPT
36. __ close to schedule : ON OR. on or about march 14th.
37. 'Enry's 'ouse : 'OME. eliza doolittle accent.
38. Escape : FLEE
39. Bad check letters : NSF. non-sufficient funds.
44. Asian festival : TET
45. Hi-fi spinners: Abbr. : RECS. records, as in vinyl.
46. Convenient connections : INS
47. Fighting words : IT’S WAR
49. WWII USN carrier : LST
50. Common college degs. : BS'S. or how one gets by if he/she doesn't have one.
57. Nile queen, familiarly : CLEO.
58. PTA part: Abbr. : ASSN. parent teacher association.
59. Like a five-star hotel : RITZY
60. Hide from a trapper : PELT. like this clue.
61. Spanish surrealist : DALI. interesting character.
62. Big chip maker : INTEL
63. Not busy : IDLE
64. WWII British gun : STEN
65. "With Reagan" memoirist : MEESE. attorney general during the time of secret arms sales to iran.
down
1. Goodyear flier : BLIMP
2. Crossbred big cat : LIGER. offspring of a male lion and female tiger.
3. Parquetry design : INLAY. beautiful.
4. Modernists, informally : NEO'S. neo-conservative, neo-liberal, neo-modern, etc.
5. "I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it" speaker : GROUCHO.
6. Actress MacDowell : ANDIE. model turned actress.
7. Either "True Grit" (2010) director : COEN. one of the coen brothers' films.
8. "Correct answer!" sound : DING!
9. Formal glassware : CRYSTAL
10. When Juliet drinks the potion : ACT IV. romeo and juliet.
11. 13th-century globetrotter : MARCO POLO
12. One whose workplace is all abuzz : BEEKEEPER. cute.
13. Printer's purchase : INK
21. Printer's purchase : REAM
22. Add a little color to : TINT
26. Calendar entries : DATES
27. Cello sect. : STR
28. PowerCat soccer cleats, e.g. : PUMAS
29. In __ of: replacing : LIEU
31. "Reuben, Reuben" actor Tom : CONTI. 1983 academy award nominee.
32. Yet to be paid : UNSETTLED. great read, this ...
33. Crab variety : SOFT SHELL
34. Pear choice : BOSC
38. Mil. installations : FTS
40. Wrath, in a classic hymn : IRAE. dies irae, latin for 'day of wrath.'
41. Checks carefully, as a contract : RE-READS
42. Backup medium : DISC
43. Provisional : INTERIM
48. Put pen to paper : WROTE. mostly done now by putting fingers to keyboard.
49. Early Soviet leader : LENIN. vladimir lenin, russian marxist revolutionary and leader of the bolsheviks.
50. Former Montana copper-mining city : BUTTE
51. Clothing rack array : SIZES
52. Vogue : STYLE
54. Hurdle for a jr. : PSAT. preliminary SAT test.
55. Cruise stopover : ISLE
56. Trig ratio : SINE
57. Cost-of-living stat : CPI. consumer price index.
Answer grid.
melissa
Answer grid.
melissa
