Theme: Go Ask Alice - The themes end with a word that can land behind WONDER.
17A. Dine : BREAK BREAD. Wonder Bread. What Diana Prince ate as a wonder child.
24A. Commonly controlled substance : ILLEGAL DRUG. Wonder drug.
35A. Roy Orbison classic : "OH, PRETTY WOMAN". Wonder Woman.
48A. 1967 Human Be-In attendee : FLOWER CHILD. Wonder child, a child prodigy; wunderkind (which strangely enough, is much more 'in the language').
58A. Awe-inspiring place where you might find the ends of 17-, 24-, 35- and 48-Across? : WONDERLAND
Argyle here with a puzzle from our fearless leader. Nice long vertical fill in all four corners.
Across:
1. Iraq's main port : BASRA. Map 54A. Country bordered by Niger and Nigeria : BENIN. Map 66A. English Derby site : EPSOM. Map 45D. Volga region natives : TATARS. Map
6. Nonspecific feeling : VIBE
10. Ukr. and Lith., once : SSR's. Ukraine and Lithuania were Soviet Socialist Republics.
14. Find repulsive : ABHOR
15. Waffle maker : IRON
16. Be on the mend : HEAL
19. Hathaway of "Les Misérables" : ANNE
20. Afrikaans speaker : BOER. Boer definition, a South African of Dutch extraction. Hence, Afrikaans is a West Germanic language.
21. Creator of Q and M : IAN. Fleming (James Bond)
22. Chicks together : BROOD
23. Back muscle, familiarly : LAT. Latissimus dorsi muscle.
27. '50s flop : EDSEL. It seems Edsel is popular in the crosswords.
29. His #4 was retired by the Giants in 1948 : OTT. (Mel) "Master Melvin" was a right fielder for the New York Giants.
30. Social suffix : ITE. (socialite)
31. Sink below the horizon : SET. Time for "Cheers!"
33. Public hanging : ART. Oh, that kind of hanging, not a necktie party.
34. Pontiac muscle cars : GTO's
39. __ even keel : ON AN
40. Glasgow veto : NAE
41. Shelley's "To a Skylark," e.g. : ODE. Did you know Buick produced the Skylark in these model years: 1953–1954, 1961–1972 and 1975–1998? "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" - Shelly
42. Reunion gp. : FAM. (family)
43. D.C. figure : POL
44. Inviting door sign : ENTER
53. Gardner of the silver screen : AVA
55. Binary digit : ONE
56. WWII British gun : STEN
57. __ Grey tea : EARL
61. "__ sow, so shall ..." : AS YE
62. Sword with a bell-shaped guard : EPEE
63. Upper body : TORSO
64. "So __ say" : THEY
65. River down under? : STYX. We're not talking Australia here.
Down:
1. Go on and on : BABBLE
2. Like an American in Paris : ABROAD
3. Some linens : SHEETS
4. Howl with laughter : ROAR
5. First animal shelter : ARK
6. Like super-popular YouTube clips : VIRAL
7. Goodnight girl of song : IRENE. The Weavers recorded version was a big hit.
8. Fluffy wrap : BOA
9. Terminate : END
10. Broken piece : SHARD
11. Title for Miss Mexico? : SENORITA
12. Deserted : RAN OUT ON
13. Big hammers : SLEDGES
18. Cartoonist Keane : BIL. The creator of “Family Circus” cartoons.
22. Lunch menu letters : BLT. or have 36D. Deli order : HAM ON RYE
24. Robert of "The Sopranos" : ILER
25. Like many gangster movies : GORY
26. When tots become terrible? : AT TWO
28. "Pardon the Interruption" channel : ESPN. "Pardon the Interruption" (abbreviated PTI, remember this, you may be tested later) is a sports show(duh!) that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels.
32. Opera hero, often : TENOR. Basso = bad guy.
33. Gobbled up : ATE
34. FBI guys : G-MEN
35. Being walked, say : ON A LEASH
37. After-shower powder : TALC
38. Pigged out (on) : OD'ed
39. Quirky : OFFBEAT
43. Ink holder : PEN
46. "Yeah, but ..." : "EVEN SO ..."
47. Hit-or-miss : RANDOM
49. __ Post, first pilot to fly solo around the world : WILEY
50. Sweetie pie : HONEY
51. Book end? : INDEX
52. "Life of Pi" director Ang : LEE
56. Sow's supper : SLOP
58. Four-time All-Pro Patriots receiver Welker : WES
59. Choose (to) : OPT
60. Numbered hwy. : RTE.
You didn't think I'd leave without a song, did you? Wonderland by Night(3:14) by Bert Kaempfert.
Argyle
Notes from C.C.:
1) Congratulations to our beautiful Melissa Bee for her new job! She started working for a tech firm last Monday.
2) Happy 20th Birthday to Melissa's handsome son!
Notes from C.C.:
1) Congratulations to our beautiful Melissa Bee for her new job! She started working for a tech firm last Monday.
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| Left to Right: Melissa's daughter, Melissa's mom Barbara B, Melissa |
2) Happy 20th Birthday to Melissa's handsome son!
He was two years old in this picture. So cute!
3) Trip Payne, who was featured in the movie "Wordplay", has a puzzle extravaganza coming up. Please click here for more information. Trip has over 4,000 puzzles published in various newspapers and magazines, including the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, etc. He's also an expert solver.
