Words: 72
Blocks: 29
Coming to you LIVE from Philadelphia, PA, it's the Saturday solving duo
of Splynter and Mike (we're out here doing a kitchen remodel). Fun
solve today, with a lot of "hot" clechos "*". Tricky & chunky 7-letter corners, with two 14-letter spanners, and two 11-letter climbers.
33. 2010 film about George VI : THE KING'S SPEECH - I didn't see the movie, but my mother enjoyed it. IMDb
39. Not related : BESIDE THE POINT - usually in conversations
10. Tots' coolers : KIDDIE POOLS - sometimes, adults, too; and I needed its related clue to get it: 3. Filler of 10-Down : GARDEN HOSE
24. Took an informal survey : ASKED AROUND
!~DRAW-NO
ACROSS:
1. Style associated with Prince Valiant : PAGEBOY - the haircut
8. It may hold old records : JUKEBOX - I said to Mike "seven-letter word, "K" in the third...and he just says "jukebox". I was of a "File-a-fax" mentality
15. Oakland's county : ALAMEDA
16. Duds on a field : UNIFORM - not firecracker duds
17. Layered German dessert : STRUDEL - who's got the best recipe~!?
18. Bouquet item : RED ROSE
19. Covers, as a bare spot : SODS
20. Substantial, sumwise : TIDY
22. Overly possessive type? : DEMON - Anyone else like the movie 'Constantine'~?
23. Get on : AGE
24. Not berthed : ASEA
25. Point : AIM
26. Long runs : TEN-Ks - Ah. Thought it was TEARS first, then TREKS
28. Fabric ridge : WALE - not SEAM
30. "Listen, ewe!" : BAA - Har-Har~!!
37. "If all goes well" : I HOPE SO
38. Tops with tops : HOODIES
41. Field fare, briefly : MRE - Meals, Ready-to-Eat
42. Surface statistic : AREA
43. Sanctioned : LEGIT
45. Heat source? : IRE
46. Shiloh battlers : REBS - Civil War soldiers
49. One of two teams to join the NCAA Big 12 in 2012 : TCU - Texas Christian University, and their "Horned Frogs"
50. Dance popularized by Perez Prado : MAMBO - Love this song, featured on Ocean's Eleven soundtrack
53*. Emanating heat : SEXY - Oh yeah, this is emanating heat; and one for the ladies
54*. Result of excessive heat : CHAR
55. Jungle movie costume : APE SUIT - LOIN CLOTH didn't fit; and they both make you hot; one's too much fabric, one's too little....
57. "Argo" director : AFFLECK - Ben
59. Strength : POTENCY
60*. Heat measure : CALORIE
61. Singlet synthetic : SPANDEX
62. Work that ends badly : TRAGEDY
DOWN:
1. Jetta relative : PASSAT - Volkswagen cars
2. Utterly : ALTOGETHER
4. Runners with striped chicks : EMUS
5. Dream world? : BED
6. "Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
7. New Haven matriculator : YALIE - students at the Connecticut college
8. Dozen in a box : JURY - good clue/answer
9. Sorbonne one : UNE - French
11. First name in violinists : EFREM - Zimbalist; bio here; his granddaughter is more in my wheelhouse, and I love her name - Stephanie
12. Good time : BOOM
13. Not quite on the dot : OR SO....
14. Group that battles Magneto : X-MEN - I have sideburns; occasionally, I am asked why I am going with the "Wolverine" look
21. Dippy __: original name of Disney's Goofy : DAWG
25. Journalist Stewart or Joseph : ALSOP - I linked these guys a couple of weeks ago
27*. Soldier's chapeau : KEPI - I linked a pic of this not too long ago, too; it had some heat, too
29. Court legend : ASHE - Arthur of the tennis courts
30. Showing one's support : BEING THERE
31. Main component of vinegar : ACETIC ACID
32. Patient replies : AHs - "open wide"
34. France's Grenoble-__ Airport : ISERE
35. Eminence : NOTE
36. Sedgwick portrayed in "Factory Girl" : EDIE
37. Company with an Extreme Blue internship program : IBM - International Business Machines, also known as "Big Blue" - gave it away for me
40. March __ : HARE
44. Flop : TURKEY
45. "When We Dead Awaken" was his last play : IBSEN
47. Better than close : EXACT
48. Without a doubt : BY FAR
50. Boundary showers : MAPS - "Show me the boundary~!"
51. Not collectively : A POP
52. Prefix with fiction : META - "Don Quixote" is considered an example; more here
53. "Paradise Lost" river : STYX
54. Tub trouble : CLOG - ick
56. Rocks : ICE - Easy, Tin, easy, it's just a clue....
58. Hollywood's st. : FLA - the "other" Hollywood - map
On the drive over the Verrazano Bridge, you can see the Freedom Tower progress
Splynter
