Words: 70 (missing Q,X,Z)
Blocks: 28
PHEW~!
This one was a workout, and my brain is 23D. Alas, the
crossing of two proper names got me, so I must admit to a DNF. In fact,
a lot of names, and quite a bit of baseball for our C.C. One grid
climber today:
8. Breakfast choice : WHOLE WHEAT BAGEL - I prefer an everything with cream cheese
And some of the 10-letter answers; 4 in the across, and 4 in the downs:
23. Record holder for most games played at shortstop for one team : DEREK JETER - This guy, from the NY Yankees; I always thought his name was great for crosswords; all "E"s
32. Double : TWO-BASE HIT
13. Singer covering "Purple Haze," probably : ACID ROCKER - Despite being a left-handed guitar player, I could never get in to Jimi Hendrix; I do however, like ACID jazz, like this; not for the faint-hearted
27. Aces : HOLES IN ONE - Cards? Tennis? Ah - golf; Mike has tickets to see the LPGA US Open, played here on L.I. next week
onwARD~!
ACROSS:
1. Miller Park team nickname : BREW CREW - The Milwaukee Brewers of MLB
9. Manifesto fodder : DOGMAS
15. Prickly growth : ROSE BUSH
16. Flying star : AIR ACE - I got the chance to do this when I worked for the architect near MacArthur Airport
17. Certify : ATTEST TO
18. Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus : GLORIA - I have linked some music; someone else can grab this one
19. Computer __ : GEEK
- I had such a scare this week; Monday my laptop went haywire, and I
was really bummed out for half the week; I managed to get in and ditched
the corrupted software, ran an error check, and then did a system
restore....blessings
20. Sets : GELS
22. Dusters, perhaps : MAIDS - ah - not the Dodge - actually, theirs was the Demon
25. More pallid : ASHIER
29. Capital of Österreich : WIEN - Vienna, Austria, if I am not mistaken; map
30. Modern address ending : COM - take your pick - GOV, EDU, NET....
34. She married during her father's presidency : LUCI - Lyndon Baines Johnson's daughter, who married in 1966
35. Like soft carpets : PILED - ah, not PLUSH
36. "Friends" actress, familiarly : JEN - Jennifer Aniston; I will refrain this week....
37. They may be warnings : BARKS
38. "Without __": Grateful Dead album : A NET - My friend Fred is a Dead Head; I prefer Van Halen's "Live Without A NET"
39. Lenten fare, say : MEAGER DIET
41. QB protectors : RGs - Right Guards in football
42. Alliance : PACT
43. Parfait features : LAYERS
44. Former Crayola color that's still one when its name is reversed : VIOLET BLUE - I am guessing the current crayon is "Blue Violet"....
47. Squeaky sound? : LONG E - eeeee....
48. Mideast's House of __ : SAUD
49. Feudal estate : FIEF - WAGed it
53. Clashing : AT ODDS - Nailed it
55. Vivaldi opera based on "The Decameron" : GRISELDA - one that did me in, crossing 46D
57. Rome's Via __ : VENETO
58. Time's Person of the Century, 1999 : EINSTEIN - Well, with the revelation of E=mc², and the theory of relativity, seemed like a good choice
59. Childish retort : ARE NOT
60. Barbershop chair features : LEG RESTS - I was thinking FOOT rests, and it wouldn't fit
DOWN:
1. Name-drop, say : BRAG - I was going to go with Wild Side from Mötley Crüe, but instead I will offer this one
2. Mechanical method : ROTE
3. Cádiz-to-Málaga dirección : ESTE
4. Quarter segment : WEEK - 13 weeks to a quarter in a fiscal year
5. "The Big Bang Theory" airer : CBS - TBS worked, too
6. "Jersey Roots, Global Reach" university : RUTGERS
7. Methyl bisulfate, e.g. : ESTER
9. The U.N.'s Hammarskjöld : DAG - Crossword experience got me this one
10. Crude guys? : OILMEN - HA~! I did have OILERS to start
11. Old fourpence coin : GROAT - The Wiki
12. First female professor at the University of Paris : MARIE CURIE
14. Vast expanses : SEAS
21. Squaw Valley sport : SKIING
23. Needing a charge : DEAD
24. Fly, in a way : JET
25. How some bonds are bought : AT PAR
26. Candidate's concern : SWING VOTER
28. Sarcastic retort : I BET
31. Visibility impediments : MISTS - HAZES, VEILS, SMOGS all worked
33. Throws out : EJECTS
34. Fictional cocker spaniel : LADY - I'm hoping MY lady is at Home Depot today
37. Scottish countryside sight : BRAE
39. Sally __ : MAE
40. Getting around : ELUDING
42. Admitted guilt for : PLED TO
45. Utah city : OGDEN
46. Pulitzer author Alison : LURIE - total unknown; here's her website bio
47. Soap containing ground pumice : LAVA
49. Bash : FETE
50. Dots on cartes : ILES - Islands on French maps
51. Work on a proof : EDIT
52. Ballpark figures : FANS - not EST(imate)S
54. Inebriate : SOT
56. Uzbekistan, once: Abbr. : SSR
Splynter
P.S. - Does anyone have a "Sleep Number" bed~??
