theme: GET OVER IT!
17A. *(OVER)Saw : SUPERVISED
22A. *(OVER)Head : TENNIS SHOT
36A. *(OVER)Come : DEFEAT ADVERSITY
46A. *(OVER)Board : INTO THE SEA
56A. *(OVER)Do : EXAGGERATE
61A. Prefix missing from the starred clues : OVER
aside from the theme, which i needed the unifier to get, this was one of the fastest wednesday solves in a long time.
melissa here.
melissa here.
across:
1. Home to the Ibsen Museum : OSLO. didn't know this. any of our world travelers ever visited?
5. Online auction payment, say : E-CASH
10. Animation : LIFE
14. Part of a Clue guess : ROOM. the mystery board game clue. professor plum, in the conservatory, with a wrench.
15. Salsa holder : NACHO
16. Political pal : ALLY.
19. 1997 Peter Fonda role : ULEE. ulee's gold.
20. Like some stadiums : OPEN AIR. at&t park in san francisco is one, home of the giants.
21. Drove (on) : EGGED
26. Like prison windows : BARRED
30. Doesn't mention : OMITS
31. Toe the line : OBEY
32. Peach pit : STONE
33. Close, as a windbreaker : ZIP. or a mouth.
40. Glamour VIPs : ED'S. magazine editors.
41. Denmark's __ Islands : FAROE. part of denmark, in the north atlantic. beautiful.
42. Suffix with tip or trick : STER
43. Erin of "Happy Days" : MORAN. joanie cunningham, with the scarf.
44. Mathematician Pascal : BLAISE
49. Decree : EDICT
50. Tummy soother : ANTACID
55. One in a four-part harmony : ALTO
59. Gubernatorial turndown : VETO
60. Cassette half : SIDE A.
62. Composer Satie : ERIK
63. __ once in a while : EVERY
64. Like Broadway's Yankees : DAMN
down:
1. Inexact words : OR SO
2. Gazpacho, e.g. : SOUP
3. Easy run : LOPE. at my age, there are no easy runs anymore.
4. Hint of things to come : OMEN, and 26. Hint of things to come : BODE
5. Begrudged : ENVIED. never really thought of these as synonymous before.
6. Meaningful pile of stones : CAIRN. i have these all over my deck.
7. Bldg. coolers : AC'S. air conditioners.
8. "Steady as __ goes" : SHE
9. Mason's tray : HOD. so obscure, i had no idea. a hod is a container for carrying - so a mason's (or brick) hod is a three sided box to carry bricks:
and this is a garden hod.
10. Comic's rewards : LAUGHS. anyone listen to comedian marc maron's interview podcast?
11. "Any volunteers?" reply : I'LL GO
12. Sails force? : FLEET. cute.
13. Scrutinized : EYED
18. Award two stars to, say : RATE
21. Glyceride, for one : ESTER. dr. dad, are you out there?
23. Improper : NOT DONE
24. Start of a parliamentary proposal : I MOVE
25. Math ratio : SINE
27. Not yet stirring : ABED. not necessarily.
28. Game callers : REFS. referees.
29. Caraway-seeded bread, often : RYE
32. Comic Silverman : SARAH
33. Tubular pasta : ZITI
34. Urban addition : ITES
35. Ceremonial pile : PYRE
37. In progress, to Sherlock : AFOOT
38. Causing puckers : TART
39. Fed. benefits agency : SSA. social security administration.
43. N. Zealand's highest peak : MT. COOK. named after british explorer captain james cook. wow.
44. "Deep penetrating pain relief" brand : BENGAY
45. Subject to a penalty fee, maybe : LATE
46. Thumb twiddler : IDLER
47. Capone henchman : NITTI. frank. new to me.
48. More wise : SAGER. i guess.
49. Roof overhang : EAVE
51. 2007 A.L. MVP : A-ROD
52. Vena __ : CAVA. superior and inferior, veins in the heart.
53. Gossip column couple : ITEM
54. "Coming Home" actor : DERN. bruce.
56. Language suffix : ESE. i.e., chinese.
57. Letters for Louis Quatorze : XIV. quatorze is french for fourteen.
58. Lemony quencher : ADE
Answer grid.
melissa
Answer grid.
melissa
