Words: 68
Blocks: 23
Another
DP&BW duet - we saw their last collaboration Oct 13th, and.... this
one had me stumped to start, with WAY too many empty squares after the
first pass across and down. Lots of names and Dan Naddor-style* two-word
fills, but I WAGed a few spots, and took a gamble on some others, and
slowly the grid filled in, from the bottom up - which is appropriate,
since we have an "ascending" staircase pattern today (as I see it), with
some chunky corners and four double-stacked spanners;
15. Frankie Carle signature song that became a #1 hit : SUNRISE SERENADE - I defer to JazzB for the link
17. Cast off inhibitions : LET ONE'S HAIR DOWN - Wonderful fill
17. Cast off inhibitions : LET ONE'S HAIR DOWN - Wonderful fill
46. Popular household reference since the 1930s, as it's commonly known: THE JOY OF COOKING - who here at the blog is a regular "subscriber"~?
49. Helter-skelter : ALL OVER THE PLACE - and "Santa" can find a suitable musical clip for this one - you know me, I'll put up the Mötley Crüe cover
oN wArd ~!!!
ACROSS:
1. Got out of a shelter : ADOPTED - Aww, I want one~! (Mike, who collaborated on the solving of the last DP-BW puzzle has one of these)
8. Slender watercourse : RIVULET
18. Peppy : ALIVE
19. Ken Jenkins's "Scrubs" role : KELSO - Never watched it; this guy
20. __ Bo : TAE - the martial arts exercise, and our first "Bo" for the day (41A.)
21. Captain in an 1870 sci-fi classic : NEMO - Ah, not AHAB
22. "The Colossus" poet : PLATH - Ah, not PLATO
23. Unyielding : FIRM
24. Cube root of ventisette : TRE - no clue; foreign language math - Italian ³√27
25. Visibly touched : TEARY
26. Cyclist's challenge : GRADE - well, I knew we were talking about a hill, so I thought maybe CREST
27. Prison periods : TERMS - not YEARS
28*. Take part : JOIN IN
29. Genre that influenced Paul Simon's "Graceland" album : AFRO-POP - this was my favorite song from that album, and it's not "You Can Call Me Al" (may have to skip ad.)
32*. Flees : BEATS IT
33*. Redirecting sign : NO EXIT
34*. Irk : GET TO
35. Grandiose, as rhetoric : TUMID
36. Blanc and Pelat : MONTS - I was thinking colors, not that I know what French color is "Pelat", and the "N" was my last fill
37. Bring up the rear : LAG
40. Press : IRON
41. First dog walker, maybe : SASHA - did NOT fool me~! This isn't the first dog in Eden, it's Bo, the dog the Obamas received as a gift in 2009
42. Sidekick role for Bruce Lee : KATO - not the KATO of the Pink Panther
43. Itinerary fig. : ETD - to avoid confusion with the words used in 3D.
44. __ Agnew, singer with Celtic Woman : CHLOE - new to me
45. Lake named for a tribe : HURON - Healthy guess, since I remembered the puzzle from last week~!
50. Queen's genre : MYSTERY - Ellery, that is
51. Cared for : TREATED
DOWN:
1. Italicized : ASLANT - our "A" word for the week
2. One who needs a second helping? : DUELER - So, who was Darth Vader's "second"~? What about Inigo Montoya?
3*. Flight board status : ON TIME
4. City near Sundance : PROVO - Utarrrgggh~!!
5. Jabber at the table? : TINE - not FORK; from now on, I am only eating my steak with a "meat jabber"
6. Tip of one's tongue? : ESE - if I am not mistaken, this refers to one's language - as in Chinese.
Notice how the "tip" moves around the globe? Japanese, Vietnamese,
American, Canadian, Mexican...Irish, English, Swedish....Irani, Iraqi,
Hindi, and, um, French?
7. Dorm room buy : DESK LAMP
8. Land and buildings : REALTY - ugh, not ESTATE
9. Notre Dame squad, familiarly, with "the" : IRISH - DAR~!! My first thought, and I didn't fill it in
10. Florida's __ Beach : VERO - where is this on Husker Gary's map?
11. Coblenz conjunction : UND - My first thought, filled it in, and I took it out....
12. Countrymen who kick off their rainy season with a Rocket Festival : LAOTIANS - I had ---TIANS, and I was pretty sure it does not rain on Mars....
13. Foe of Robert the Bruce : EDWARD II - Oh, I thought I had a shout-out, but RICHARD did not fit
14. Film noir setting : TENEMENT - not BASEment - hey, it could have been....
16. Wool-gathering aid : SHEARS - Weed-whacker wouldn't fit ?
22. "Waiting for __": Time magazine cover of 5/25/1992 : PEROT - LaLaLinda....HAR HAR, a play on the play "Waiting for Godot"
23. __-Lay : FRITO - chips and dips, baby
25. Warmish : TEPID
26. Fall guys : GOATS
27. Lionfish's weapon : TOXIN
28. Volkswagen compact : JETTA
30. When Santa calls "Vixen," in poetry : FOURTHLY - so timely~! Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and fourthly, VIXEN, with one's hair let down?
31. Does over : REMODELS
32. Screenwriter called the "Shakespeare of Hollywood" : BEN HECHT - this guy
34*. Opposite of get tough : GO SOFT
36. Arthurian chronicler Sir Thomas __ : MALORY
37. Rustler's rope : LARIAT
38*. Opposite of whenever : AT ONCE
39. Kicked off the stage, in a game show : GONGED
41. Not as forward : SHYER
42. Friend of Oliver J. Dragon : KUKLA - before my time; more here
44. Pirate's recess : COVE
45. Optimism : HOPE
47. Scribble : JOT
48. "Now __ the one half-world / Nature seems dead": Macbeth : O'ER
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Jazzbumpa (Ron), the coolest economist (He blogs at the Angry Bear), trombonist, baseball nut (Tigers & Mud Hens) & grandpa. Below are two photos from his big family Thanksgiving gathering. Click here for more.)
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| Left to right, his son Eric, daughter Karen, Ron (with a nice IPA), granddaughter Rebekka, her dad Doug and aunt Beth. |
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Front: Rebekka, Emily, Lauren, Samantha, Josh, Nate, Abby. Alexa.
Behind are Ryan, Amanda and Danny.
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