Theme: seven seas (cees)
whether by design or not, this is a lovely tribute to our c.c., how can you not love the c.c. rider right in the middle?
melissa here.
17a. Perspective-bending artist : MC ESCHER. Maurits Cornelis Escher.
19a. "Beau Geste" novelist : PC WREN. i knew the book/movie, but not the author. Percival Christopher Wren.
30a. Sears rival : JC PENNEY. department stores. James Cash Penney.
39a. Blues standard first recorded by Ma Rainey : CC RIDER. by elvis, too. from wikipedia: the song uses mostly traditional blues lyrics to tell the story of an unfaithful lover, commonly called easy riders: "see see rider, see what you have done," making a play on the word see and the sound of easy.
46a. "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" star : WC FIELDS. William Claude Dukenfield.
61a. Pepsi alternative : RC COLA. Royal Crown Cola.
63a. Justice League publisher : DC COMICS. wikipedia says the initials DC came from the company's popular series Detective Comics.
and more C initials:
29d. One of three in Coca-Cola : HARD C
35a. Final Four initials : NCAA. National Collegiate Athletic Association
39d. Online tech news site : C|NET. Computer Network or Communication Network?
41a. KGB counterpart : CIA. Central Intelligence Agency.
55a. CNBC interviewees : CEO'S. Chief Executive Officers.
across
1. "Rumble in the Jungle" champ : ALI. october 30, 1974, george foreman vs. ali.
4. Hanging on every word : RAPT
8. Crumb bum : BAD EGG
14. Actor Chaney : LON. lon chaney, sr., known for the hunchback of notre dame, and phantom of the opera. lon chaney, jr. known for the wolf man, the mummy, frankenstein's monster, and lennie small in of mice and men.
15. Dot on a map : ISLE
16. Delphi's claim to fame : ORACLE. wow.
20. Grade for a tween : SIXTH
21. Scottish hillside : BRAE
23. Convent residents : NUNS. i admit it, i own a nunzilla.
24. Runner Sebastian et al. : COES. british athlete, won four olympic medals.
26. Second and third in a sequence : RE MI. do re me fa so la ti.
28. Port relative : SHERRY.
34. Subdue with a stun gun : TASE. don't subdue me, bro.
37. "Mercy!" : I GIVE
38. Penn Sta. users : RR'S. railroad station.
42. Prettify : ADORN
44. "Roots" author Haley : ALEX
45. Game with a 32-card deck : SKAT
48. How some beer is sold : IN CANS. ew.
50. Mil. plane for small runways : STOL. short takeoff and landing.
51. Civil wrong : TORT
52. Barbershop member : BASS. quartet singer.
58. Reverend's residence : MANSE
65. Charm : AMULET
66. Entry point : DOOR
67. Kite on the links : TOM. tom kite. pro golfer.
68. "Who wants ice cream?" reply : ME ME ME
69. Lid malady : STYE. eyelid.
70. Lamb mom : EWE. ewe never stay away for long.
down
1. Poor box donations : ALMS
2. Focal points : LOCI
3. More than : IN EXCESS OF
4. Having deeper pockets : RICHER
5. Hibachi residue : ASH
6. Roman commoner : PLEB. i thought it was always spelled plebe.
7. Okla. or Dak., once : TERR. territory.
8. Inept sheep keeper : BO PEEP. little bo peep, nursery rhyme.
9. Circle part : ARC
10. Beginning : DAWNING in the forest.
11. Color of raw silk : ECRU
12. Narrow valley : GLEN
13. Mil. bigwigs : GENS. generals.
18. Five-and-dime, e.g. : STORE
22. Game player's haunts : ARCADE
25. iPad-to-iMac activity : SYNC. not always simple to do.
27. Fourth prime minister of Israel : MEIR. golda.
28. It may be bendy : STRAW. or phoebe buffay.
30. Locks up : JAILS
31. Cable venue for vintage sitcoms : NICK AT NITE
32. Poland Spring competitor : EVIAN. bottled water. eye opening documentary tapped.
33. Dublin-born poet : YEATS
36. Pacifier site : CRADLE. aw.
40. Parkway off-ramp : EXIT
43. Meat- or fish-filled pastry : RISSOLE. don't think i've ever had one.
45. "Vamoose!" : SCRAM
47. Pin down : LOCATE. that' i've had.
49. "Mercy!" : NO MORE.
52. "Dracula" novelist Stoker : BRAM
53. Peak : ACME
54. Fountain build-up : SCUM
56. Track numbers : ODDS
57. St. Andrew's Day celebrant : SCOT
59. Garbage barge : SCOW
60. Salinger heroine : ESME. with love and squalor.
62. Apollo lander, briefly : LEM. lunar excursion model.
64. Affectedly shy : COY
Answer grid.
melissa
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to our serious foodie Steve, who's been busy traveling. Found anything exotic in Amsterdam?
Answer grid.
melissa
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to our serious foodie Steve, who's been busy traveling. Found anything exotic in Amsterdam?
