Words: 70 (missing J,Q,X)
Blocks: 31
July 13, 2013, and a Silkie~!
Lots of two-word answers, and a whole bunch of person & place names today from
our Mr. Silk. I did really well with this one, but I had "help" on
clues like 38A. Triple 9's & 5's, and 8's & 6's in the downs,
reminds me of these ancient patterns. Two climbers, 12 letters long;
21D. Chain reaction metaphor : DOMINO EFFECT - nailed it, with little in the way of perps
and some others of note;
17A. Lock-related nickname : CARROT TOP - Red heads, that kind of lock; you would not catch me calling HER 'carrot-top'
38A. Seat of New York's Nassau County : MINEOLA - HEY~! A Lawn
Guyland shout-out~! All I know of Mineola is that it's a stop on the
LIRR on the way to the Garden for Ranger games
34D. Home to the Big 12's Cyclones : AMES, IOWA - I had amesio-a, and it just looked wrong, especially in the "down" position
ON
WARD~!ACROSS:
1. Free-of-charge transactions? : CASH SALES - no credit card needed
10. Summers of old? : ABACI - F&X%R$PHT@TH ~! Got me again; sum-mers....
15. Meet : INTERSECT
16. Shrimplike critters : KRILL - anyone remember this movie?
18. Jellyfish kin : CORAL
19. Aftershave additive : ALOE
20. Hot : RILED
22. Squat : ZERO - as in Diddly-squat
23. It determines 28-Across: Abbr. : D.O.B. - Date of Birth; with 28A. Number based on 23-Across : AGE - one of those circular clue pairs that irks BarryG
24. Become compost : ROT
25. Alley roamer : TOM - ah, not CAT
27. Reduce in intensity : DIM - ah, not EBB, not DIE
29. Flow out : EBB - oh, there it is~!....and a clecho follows;
30. Flow out : EMANATE
32. Comics patient of Dr. Liz Wilson : ODIE - Garfield comic strip
33. ADHD drug : RITALIN
34. Immortal college coach Amos __ Stagg : ALONZO - all perps
37. Sue Ann __, Betty White's role on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" : NIVENS
40. Sanctified : HOLY
41. "The Lion in Winter" queen : ELEANOR
42. Ref. with about 600,000 word-forms : OED - Oxford English Dictionary
43. "Speak up" reactions : EHs?
46. Actor Mineo : SAL - Crossword staple
47. Massage target : EGO - oooh, very good
48. Deg. requiring workshops : MFA - Master of Fine Arts
- I wanted to go to college for Film Making; lots of workshops;
writing, lighting, camera work, editing, and a movie as a final project;
I have not given up yet, and I have some screen credit to my name -
worked on a movie in Cincinnati OH in 1997, and then again for the 48-hr
film project 6 years later
49. Intend : AIM
50. Endnote abbr. : IBID
52. Jazz musician __ Lateef : YUSEF
54. "It was nothing" : I TRY
55. Ready to draw : ON TAP - not "ITCHY" ( as in trigger finger )
57. "You got lucky" mutterer : SORE LOSER
59. Eloi girl saved from drowning by the Time Traveller : WEENA - I saw "The Time Machine" on TV a few months ago; 60's science fiction
60. Cabinet department : EDUCATION
61. Deck out : ARRAY
62. General at the Alamo : SANTA ANNA
DOWN:
1. Shrill insect : CICADA - L.I. did not get hit this cycle; I think we were too far north this time
2. Like slide rules : ANALOG
3. Flash producer : STROBE
4. Present : HERE
5. Sign of an overflow : SRO - Standing Room Only
7. "That's enough" : LET IT BE
8. EPA science : ECOLogy
9. Brother of the Apostle Andrew : ST. PETER
10. Lab org.? : AKC - Another crossword fooler - LABrador, that is, and the American Kennel Club
11. Tito's real name : BROZ - The Wiki
12. Large terrier : AIREDALE - This puzzle is going to the dogs....
13. Allergy-treating brand : CLARITIN
14. Broken mirrors, to some : ILL OMENS
24. Defensive team's goal line to 20 yard line, in football lingo : RED ZONE
26. Dahl's precocious title girl : MATILDA
31. Sub group : NAVY
32. Top status : ONE A
35. Comic strip set in Arkansas : LI'L ABNER
36. 53-Down size : ONE LITER and; 53D. It makes a fizz fizz : SODA
39. Gets excited : AROUSES
40. Dramatic game winner : HOME RUN - ah, some baseball for C.C.
43. Doesn't go out, maybe : EATS IN
44. Employ : HIRE ON
45. Atlanta suburb : SMYRNA
51. Bill who created José Jiménez : DANA - WAY before my time; The Steve Allen Show
54. Smidge : IOTA - ioWa and ioTa
56. Visit the cashier : PAY - with Discover this time?
58. MLB's Halos, on scoreboards : L.A.Angels - More Baseball
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