Theme: Are you ready to play? - All answers are related to the TV game show where to family groups try to match their answers to what a one hundred people said. For those unfamiliar with it, here is Part 1 of the 1976 ABC premiere of Family Feud. Clip(8:29) You can skip the intro's and start at 4:15.
18. Show hosted by 23-Across : "FAMILY FEUD"
23. Popular TV personality (11/20/1932-6/2/2012) : RICHARD DAWSON
39. 18-Across list topper : NUMBER ONE ANSWER
49. With "the," 23-Across's nickname on 18-Across : KISSING BANDIT
60. 23-Across's catchphrase on 18-Across : "SURVEY SAID!"
Argyle here. How's this for a theme? A piece of cake for fans and a bear if you've never seen it. The current host is Steve Harvey.
The puzzle is anchored in the middle by a grid spanner. The corners are substantial. The fill seems decent although a couple seem oddly clued. This is his fourth puzzle this year. He said he would be back soon in the comments on October 17.
Across:
1. Winter coaster : SLED
5. "Go __, Tigers!": 1968 Detroit baseball theme song : GET 'EM. Clip.(1:29)
10. Verb for thou : DOST
14. Vehicle at a stand : TAXI
15. Martini garnish : OLIVE
16. Empty room phenomenon : ECHO
17. Unattributed, as a quote: Abbr. : ANON
20. Uncommon, to Caesar : RARA
21. Taking care of the job : ON IT
22. Muse for poets : ERATO
26. Syr. neighbor : ISR. (Syria/Israel) 45A. Syr. neighbor : LEB. (Syria/Lebanon)
27. Royal Navy letters : HMS (Her or His Majesty's Ship)
28. Brightness nos. : IQ's
30. Put a match to : IGNITE
35. Vocal quality : TONE
42. Proboscis : NOSE
Ha cha cha!
43. Did, at some point : USED TO
44. Fish-fowl connector : NOR. "Neither fish nor fowl" - Cliché, not any recognizable thing.
47. Go toe-to-toe : VIE. Meh.
56. Healing plants : ALOEs
58. Lugosi of horror films : BELA
59. Flag Day month : JUNE
62. Area behind a high altar : APSE
63. "Aha!" : "I SEE!"
64. Blue Cross competitor : AETNA. Health insurance giants.
65. Part of an agenda : ITEM
66. Migratory herring : SHAD. The shad spends most of its life at sea, but swims up fresh rivers to spawn. Wiki
67. California berry farm founder : KNOTT
68. Used car sites : LOTS
Down:
1. Percussionist from Liverpool : STARR. (Ringo)
2. Hawaiian porch : LANAI. How is our Hawaiian contingent doing?
3. Ritualistic evictions : EXORCISMS
4. Singers Washington and Shore : DINAHs. Washington(2:09) and Shore(2:50)
5. Cost : GO FOR
6. Spiral-horned antelope : ELAND
7. Faint of heart : TIMID
8. Madonna title role : "EVITA"
9. B or C of the Spice Girls : MEL. Melanie B rown("Scary Spice") or Melanie C hisholm("Sporty Spice").
10. Sits on the kitchen counter until dinner, say : DEFROSTS. Not recommended.
11. Indian __ : OCEAN
12. Not even ajar : SHUT
13. Chore list heading : TO DO
19. Quaint country consent : "YES'M"
24. Grammy winner India.__ : ARIE. Clip(3:46)
25. Bread choice : WHEAT
28. Place to overnight : INN
29. Quid pro __ : QUO. ("this for that" in Latin)
31. Future beetles : GRUBS
32. Rejection on top of rejection : NOs
33. Opal finish? : INE
34. Brother of Jack and Bobby : TED. Kennedys
36. Admitted : OWNED UP TO
37. Opposite of paleo- : NEO. (old/new)
38. Act inappropriately : ERR
40. Accepted : BELIEVED
41. Bright star : NOVA
46. Latin 101 word : ESSE
48. Behind bars : IN JAIL
49. Where to get Seoul food : KOREA
50. "A Doll's House" playwright : IBSEN
51. "That's so cool!" : "NEATO!"
52. Quick flash : GLINT
53. Needing practice in : BAD AT
54. Smaller map, often : INSET
55. Rains cats and dogs : TEEMS. (meh)
56. Auction condition : AS IS
57. One who rarely has low spirits? : LUSH
61. Hog the phone : YAK
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Note from C.C.:
Here is a happy photo of the always cheerful Bill G and his
adorable 8-year-old grandson Jordan. The photo was taken on Nov 18 in
their backyard. So green.
