Words: 70
Blocks: 30
Hey~!
Three weeks ago, we had the same constructor coupling, and the
numerical similarities are uncanny; words, blocks, avg. word length,
even the missing letters both number four - this time, we gained the X,
but lost the F. Triple 10-letter entries all around; here's one from
each section -
1A. Florida city with an I Dream of Jeannie Lane : COCOA BEACH - Hey, Dennis, does your "office" have a branch in this town, too?
12D. "Doctor Who" subject : TIME TRAVEL - Never watched it (more of a Hitchhiker's Guide fan); he got around time in his phone box
59A. Titular guys in a 1993 Spin Doctors hit : TWO PRINCES - I liked the song, but I could see which direction music was going, too - and it was away from HeAvY MeTaL - and that's "Titled" for the DF crowd....
26D. Devious General Mills spokescritter : TRIX RABBIT - This guy; broke open the SW when I figured it out. "Silly Splynter, 26 is for kids~!!!" (down, that is)
Onward~!
ACROSS:
11. Ado : STIR
15. An orator's may rise and fall : ADAM'S APPLE - Pondered such things as cadence, volume, enthusiasm, etc.; what if it's a woman speaking? Is she an oratress?? Let's not get too DF here....
16. Skid row denizen : WINO
17. Where a barrister's questions are answered : WITNESS BOX
18. Matadors of the '70s : AMCs - DAH~! Got me - I was thinking "TORI"?, but now I get it - this car; I had the Hornet wagon when I got my license
19. Alien-hunting org. : SETI - Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
20. Shade-loving plant : HOSTA - we have some green thumbs here on the blog
21. Pope before Hilarius : LEO I - A WAG, but there's a few choices, still; V, X, PIUS....
22. Game pieces : MEN
23. "The Sorrows of Young Werther" author : GOETHE
25. "Birdman of Alcatraz" Robert __ : STROUD - Another WAG
29. Diamond family name : ALOU - Getting to be as frequent as ALOE
31. One curl, say : REP - arm muscle builders, not hair locks
32. Some racing teams : CREWS - Rowers and oar locks
33. "No difference" : I DON'T CARE
35. Fix firmly : RIVET
- Funny this should be sitting on top of "WWII propaganda name" because
i was trying to squeeze in Rosie (q.v. 14D) the Riveter....
36. Thanksgiving serving : LEG - you know I'll have a "pair" - hi there, Stacey~!
37. Have doubts : WAVER - ah, not Worry
38. WWII propaganda nickname : AXIS SALLY - never heard of her
40. Castle on Broadway : IRENE - Heard of her
41. Eminent leader? : PRE - Almost put TOO much thought into this one; SHORT E?, oh, PRE-eminent
42. De bene __: provisionally : ESSE - Straight Latin
43. "Mask" actor : STOLTZ - I know him as this guy, [drug use & language] or the perverted father from "The Butterfly Effect", not this movie
44. Bow parts with anchor cable openings : HAWSES - I knew what this thing was, but can't remember its name, either - this thing, right Spitzboov??
46. Physical responses : AHs
47. Six-Day War statesman : EBAN
48. Say "cap'n," e.g. : ELIDE - by not saying "cap TEN"
51. "The boy you trained, gone he is" speaker : YODA
55. Chartres cleric : ABBE - Frawnche
56. First ballplayer to hit 50 home runs before the end of August : ROGER MARIS - as always, I defer to our lovely leader for baseball clues; we are getting to October now.... (From C.C.: You've got to watch "61", it's so, so good. There's an annual Roger Maris celebrity golf tournament in Fargo every June. I'll go to watch if Jeter shows up. )
58. Eye-popping profit : PILE
60. Poll closure? : STER - Pollster, again, too much thought; tried "ELLS" - hey, not a bad clue if I were constructing....
61. Part of a typical Western ending : SETTING SUN - also seen in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
DOWN:
1. Field calls : CAWS - so I guessed MOOS, BAAS, etc....
2. Veterinary patient of Dr. Liz Wilson : ODIE - Did not know comic strip Garfield's buddy had a vet with a name - I think Jon tired to date her, no?
3. League of Women Voters organizer : CATT - WAG; this lady
4. Magazine that excerpted Stephen King's "Firestarter" : OMNI - WAG again - lots of proper names this week
5. Enzyme ending : ASE - learned from doing crosswords
6. Denounced : BASHED
7. Scanner brand : EPSON
8. Manhunt initiators, briefly : APBs - ah, a thing, not a person; All Points Bulletin
9. Small, tight group : CLOT
10. Its internal angles total 720 degrees : HEXAGON
- had to do some math; triangles are 180°, squares 360 ( 4x90° ) -
confidently put in OCTAGON, which worked with ALOU; but then the math
was wrong; 8 x 45 = 360 again, so I went back and changed it
11. Marshland tract : SWALE
13. Hard to follow : INCOHERENT - just good long fill
14. She played Spike Lee's girlfriend in "Do the Right Thing" : ROSIE PEREZ
22. Thing not to miss : MUST SEE - not just NBC, either
24. Gets the jump on : OUTWITS
25. Dumps : SCRAPHEAPS
27. Like home runs nowadays : REVIEWABLE - hey, C.C., I did not
know this; once upon a time, there was a sport played with a frozen
rubber disc; some of the goals scored there were reviewable....
28. Is short : OWES
29. "Rolling in the Deep" singer : ADELE
30. Lacking pep : LOGY - another word learned doing crosswords
33. Reformers' targets : ILLS
34. "__ nome": "Rigoletto" aria : CARO
39. Maintains : ASSERTS
43. Shepherd of "The View" : SHERRI
45. Twisted look : SNEER
46. Crackerjack : ADEPT
49. Eponymous hardware store founder Lucius : LOWE
- Don't shop there unless forced to; I used to work at Home Depot, and
so did one of my Ex-GFs; she would say she "bleeds" orange
50. "__ Stripes": Cash song : I GOT - I will leave it to you to link the song....
51. Masculine principle : YANG
52. Middle-earth soldiers : ORCS
53. Almighty, to a 55-Across : DIEU
54. The Y, e.g.: Abbr. : ASSN - The YMCA, Young Men's Christian Association - no Village People earworms, please....
Hey~! We are getting close to finishing the church ramp - I figure two more weeks ~!
Splynter
