Theme: TOSSED SALAD (62A. Light lunch (and a hint to this
puzzle's circled letters)) - Six different kinds of salads are anagrammed
(Or jumbled, to be exact) in the grid. TOSSED is an anagram indicator
in Cryptic puzzles.
17A. Scrooge's underpaid clerk : BOB CRATCHIT. Cobb salad.
23A. Frighten off : SCARE AWAY. Caesar salad.
37A. Reading in an unruly class? : RIOT ACT. Taco salad.
56A. Forest shade : DARK GREEN. Greek salad. I see a "Green salad" too.
11D. Divas have them : BIG EGOS. Egg salad.
42D. Beach acquisitions : SUN TANS. Tuna salad.
C.C.
here again. Cruciverb did not have the puzzle ready at their regular
time last night, so Marti could not blog the puzzle. She'll be back next
week. Please email her (HeartRx@me.com) if you want to join the Corner
New England gathering next Monday.
Peter Collins
never ceases to amaze me with his creativity & craftsmanship. Notice
all the salad words span across two words? And there are 7 theme
entries. I'd be happy with 5. That's why Peter is Peter, and there's
only one Peter Collins.
Across:
1. Meter site : CURB
5. After Chicago, the most populous Illinois city : AURORA. Gimme for our Chicago crowd. In case you missed, TTP posted this hilarious ad yesterday. Jordy Nelson is from Kansas. Wisconsin is indeed pretty in fall.
11. Cave dweller : BAT
14. Atlas section : ASIA
15. Adds excitement to, with "up" : SPICES
16. Syr. neighbor : ISR
19. Fed. property manager : GSA (General Services Administration). GSA, GSA, they need to have some kind of scandal for me to remember it.
20. Lotto-like game : KENO. Saw it at Treasure Island.
21. Take down a few pegs : DEMEAN
28. First host of "America's Got Talent" : REGIS. Look here, the box on the right. Another Simon Cowell creation.
29. __ the cloth : MAN OF
30. Senseless : NUMB
32. Piano concerto highlights : SOLI. Plural of Solo.
33. Not impressed : UNAWED. Never used this word in my life. Unimpressed, yes.
35. Lab subj. : SCI
36. Entry-level pos. : ASST
40. Morse's rank: Abbr. : INSP. Inspector Morse.
44. 30-day mo. : APR. Very general clue.
45. Combed (through) : SIFTED
50. Toi et moi : NOUS. In Chinese, Ni + Wo = Women (We). Strange, isn't it?
51. Time, in Germany : ZEIT. No idea, though I do know Zeitgeist, literally "spirit of the time"
53. North of Mexico : NORTE
54. Hit __: run into trouble : A SNAG
58. Shape of Michigan's Lower Peninsula : MITTEN. OK, please link in the Comments section. Let me see the MITTEN.
60. Reversals, slangily : UIEs. Or UEYs.
61. Memorable period : ERA
68. Hill VIP : SEN
68. Hill VIP : SEN
69. For hire to sire : AT STUD
70. Tibetan priest : LAMA. Tibetan's main dish is Tsampa, roasted barley flour. The accompanying drink is of course Yak butter tea. You won't survive there, D-Otto.
71. His, to Henri : SES
72. Bottom-of-the-line : CHEAPO
73. Learning experience? : EXAM. This is hard for me.
Down:
1. Part of a pickup line : CAB. Great clue.
2. Troupe for troops: Abbr. : USO
3. Bone in a cage : RIB
4. Auditorium late-comers' seating : BACK ROW
5. Yoga pose : ASANA. This refers to any pose, right, Marti, Lucina and J.D.?
6. Above Manhattan's 59th Street, say : UPTOWN
7. Ocasek of the Cars : RIC
8. Glaswegian's "Gee!" : OCH
9. Tim or Tara of Hollywood : REID. I only know Tara Reid.
10. Fall flower : ASTER
12. Goes after : ASSAILS
13. It may be rapid : TRANSIT
18. Illegal smoke, quaintly : REEFER
22. Southwest sight : MESA
23. Rice rival, briefly : SMU
24. Axe : CAN
25. Collection of literary odds and ends : ANA
26. "The Sound of Music" setting : AUSTRIA
27. Interactive party song : YMCA
31. Some lighters : BICs. Pens too.
34. "In Her Shoes" co-star : DIAZ (Cameron). In the movie, her workaholic sister has lots of expensive shoes in the closet. Shirley MacLaine is the grandma.
38. Page with views : OP-ED
39. Trace amounts : TINGES
40. Really botched up : IN A MESS. Speaking of mess, thanks for the link on "important" in CSS, TTP. I was just fiddling with various Advanced buttons in the new Template to make the blog color and layout more like the old Template. All was fine until I decided to mess with the Header. Boom! Everything cascaded and I couldn't see. All was just blank.
41. "Not on your life!" : NO SIREE!
43. Hurdle for a jr. : PSAT
46. Lawn sign : FOR SALE
47. Roman numeral? : TRE. OK, I know it has a ? mark, but TRE is a number, not a numeral.
48. Le Tour de France time : ETE
49. Kit's home : DEN
52. Make even, to a carpenter : TRUE UP. Marti is a Carpenter, of course.
55. Pass, but not with flying colors : GET A C. Crossing A SNAG. This is a tough area for Peter: stacked 6's connected with stacked 7's.
57. Buddy : KIDDO
59. Chris of "The Good Wife" : NOTH. The guy in black suits. Gimme for JD. She likes the show. NOTH is Jerry Orbach's first "Law & Order" partner, if I remember correctly.
63. Flint-to-Detroit dir. : SSE
64. Depot: Abbr. : STA
65. SoCal destination : LAX
66. Marcus Welby's gp. : AMA. Marcus Welby, M.D..
67. Block : DAM. Verb!
C.C.
1) There are still tickets left for "An Evening with the Puzzle Master" tonight. Click here for
details. Her is a Minnesota Daily interview with Will Shortz, editor of NY Times
crossword. Please come and join us. It'll be fun.
2)
Happy Birthday to dear Steve, our witty and efficient puzzle sherpa.
Steve is always ready to pinch-hit whenever one of our blogging member
needs help, despite his heavy traveling demands. Thanks for your time and commitment, Steve!
