Words: 70 (missing X)
Blocks: 27
OH,
the deception~! I had so many good answers that were wrong, and at one
point, I thought for sure I was going to have to go Googling, but just a
few minor tweaks and I was almost perfect; one bad cell - at two
crossing names - a WAG that ZAGged and did not ZIG. Oh well. We
did not have any spanners or climbers, but a pretty pinwheel gave us two
9's and fourteen 8's:
1D. Monument on the Yamuna River : TAJ MAHAL - beautiful - a visit is on my 'to-do' list
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18A. The Joker or The Penguin : EVIL-DOER - I know who they are - BAT FOES? nah.
35D. Hwange National Park setting : ZIMBABWE - I did have ----BWE, which pretty much narrowed my choices down
54. How World Series winners celebrate : ELATEDLY - don't ALL winners celebrate in such a fashion? I think Mr. Silk put this one in just for C.C.~!
ACROSS:
1. Home to Iran's Iron Age Museum : TABRIZ - Early on, I tried TEHRAN, TIGRIS, and finally TABRIJ - because JOE sounded like a Muppet - maybe not a ballet Muppet....
7. Like some closet findings? : SKELETAL - nice twist; SKELETON was just not going to work
15. Time's 1986 Woman of the Year : AQUINO - the only news I could recall from 1986 was the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - now a TV movie; Corazon Aquino was the first woman president of The Philippines
16. Float, in a way : LEVITATE - had to wait on perps
17. Mix up : JUMBLE - jOSTle was not getting me closer to done; does your paper carry the "JUMBLE" puzzle?
19. Steep-angle shot : MASSE - my first fill; a billiards shot struck down on the cue ball
20. Kuala Lumpur native : MALAYSIAN - DAH~! Not TAIWANESE
21. Sailor's direction : AFT
22. Hero who first appeared in 1912 : TARZAN - oh, right
24. Needle point? : SSE - C.C. got me with this one in her puzzle - the needle of a compass, that is
25. Hustles : HIES
27. Card, e.g. : NLer - Ugh, more deception; a Cardinal, in the N.L. Central division - apparently, they are still playing in October - sorry, C.C., hockey is on....
28. Shorten, maybe : ALTER
30. Jellyfish relatives : ANEMONES
32. Year in Nero's reign : LVI - 56 in Roman times
33. University of Wyoming city : LARAMIE - Argh~! Not Cheyene ( OK, so I was missing an N )
34. Guatemalan currency, or the colorful bird it's named for : QUETZAL
7. Like some closet findings? : SKELETAL - nice twist; SKELETON was just not going to work
15. Time's 1986 Woman of the Year : AQUINO - the only news I could recall from 1986 was the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - now a TV movie; Corazon Aquino was the first woman president of The Philippines
16. Float, in a way : LEVITATE - had to wait on perps
17. Mix up : JUMBLE - jOSTle was not getting me closer to done; does your paper carry the "JUMBLE" puzzle?
19. Steep-angle shot : MASSE - my first fill; a billiards shot struck down on the cue ball
20. Kuala Lumpur native : MALAYSIAN - DAH~! Not TAIWANESE
21. Sailor's direction : AFT
22. Hero who first appeared in 1912 : TARZAN - oh, right
24. Needle point? : SSE - C.C. got me with this one in her puzzle - the needle of a compass, that is
25. Hustles : HIES
27. Card, e.g. : NLer - Ugh, more deception; a Cardinal, in the N.L. Central division - apparently, they are still playing in October - sorry, C.C., hockey is on....
28. Shorten, maybe : ALTER
30. Jellyfish relatives : ANEMONES
32. Year in Nero's reign : LVI - 56 in Roman times
33. University of Wyoming city : LARAMIE - Argh~! Not Cheyene ( OK, so I was missing an N )
34. Guatemalan currency, or the colorful bird it's named for : QUETZAL
38. Capital of 35-Down : ZEE - D'oh~! I was so sure that this was money 'capital' that I never looked twice. The Capital letter in ZIMBABWE.
39. Ratatouille ingredient : ZUCCHINI - #$%^~! Not RED BEETS - I don't cook, OK?
40. Quaker in the woods : ASPEN - the tree, because PENN did not fit
43. Next in line : HEIR - I had to send up a V-8 can alert....England now has the top three; Charles, William, and now George - hey, I'm 100% English, so I might be on this list somewhere....
44. Revival figs. : EMTs - oh, for the love of....THAT kind of revival - the ones that don't end up as "skeletons" - Emergency Medical Technicians
45. STARZ competitor : SHO - premium TV channels; Google has just made internet viewing on your HDTV easier
46. Tapped trees : MAPLES - had it, then tossed it for "HONEY" (q.v. 34D.)
48. Risk : BET
49. Waits : SITS TIGHT - I heard this a lot growing up
52. Bit of wisdom : PEARL
55. Jazz pianist Hancock : HERBIE - I first heard him (and the art of record 'scratching') on this tune
56. Not anymore : NO LONGER
57. Like some biblical boarders : IN TWOS - Rrrr - I put in PAIRED
58. Play areas : THEATERS
59. Directs : STEERS - Wow - this and bum STEER in the same grid....
DOWN:
2. Maker of FlavorSplash beverages : AQUAFINA - Pepsi's bottled water
39. Ratatouille ingredient : ZUCCHINI - #$%^~! Not RED BEETS - I don't cook, OK?
40. Quaker in the woods : ASPEN - the tree, because PENN did not fit
43. Next in line : HEIR - I had to send up a V-8 can alert....England now has the top three; Charles, William, and now George - hey, I'm 100% English, so I might be on this list somewhere....
44. Revival figs. : EMTs - oh, for the love of....THAT kind of revival - the ones that don't end up as "skeletons" - Emergency Medical Technicians
45. STARZ competitor : SHO - premium TV channels; Google has just made internet viewing on your HDTV easier
46. Tapped trees : MAPLES - had it, then tossed it for "HONEY" (q.v. 34D.)
48. Risk : BET
49. Waits : SITS TIGHT - I heard this a lot growing up
52. Bit of wisdom : PEARL
55. Jazz pianist Hancock : HERBIE - I first heard him (and the art of record 'scratching') on this tune
56. Not anymore : NO LONGER
57. Like some biblical boarders : IN TWOS - Rrrr - I put in PAIRED
58. Play areas : THEATERS
59. Directs : STEERS - Wow - this and bum STEER in the same grid....
DOWN:
2. Maker of FlavorSplash beverages : AQUAFINA - Pepsi's bottled water
3. Piece of crummy advice : BUM STEER
4. Kids : RIBS - Nope, not TOTS
5. Sound, maybe : INLET - Aw, man, I live on a SOUND, so I don't think of it as an INLET - but it does have a lot if inlets in it
6. Ballet-dancing Muppet : ZOE - JOE, MOE, I took a guess
7. Lowlifes : SLEAZES
8. Defensive fiber : KEVLAR
9. 2-Down alternative : EVIAN
10. Water __ : LILY - Not gonna say a word
11. LAX listings : ETDs - departures, not arrivals this time
12. One seeking the way? : TAOIST
13. Not tense : AT EASE
14. "Camelot" lyricist : LERNER - filled in via perps
20. 1957 R&B chart-topper inspired by a schoolteacher : MR. LEE - The Bobbettes
23. Hall of fame : ANNIE - Annie Hall - movie from the same year as Star Wars; I tried Monty Hall, of Let's Make a Deal
26. Urban air problem : SMAZE - Smoke and Haze
28. Paris preposition : AVEC - "with" in Frawnch
29. Graceful : LITHE
31. It might be a warning : OMEN
32. Money : LUCRE
34. Bee output : QUILT - Geez, a quilting bee
36. Preceding : ANTERIOR - I hear this in a mostly in a medical sense, meaning "in front of"
37. Dragging : LISTLESS
39. Gentle breezes : ZEPHYRS
40. Agreement : ASSENT
41. 1862 battle site : SHILOH
42. Distillery waste : POT ALE - used for animal feed
43. 1980s middleweight champ : HAGLER - "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler - the Wiki
46. One in a humming swarm : MIDGE
47. Beat : SPENT
50. Column-lined walkway : STOA - it's all Greek to me
51. Fair sight : TENT
53. Deco pseudonym : ERTE - I like Art Deco, like the Chrysler Building; some other details of that era
55. Presley's "__ Latest Flame" : HIS - There's one guy who calls me "Elvis" at UPS - and I had to trim my sideburns down a LOT to become a driver.
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
For those who missed my write-up last Sunday, please check here to see our Saturday Stud Splynter in action. Can you identify him in the clip? 177.
Note from C.C.:
For those who missed my write-up last Sunday, please check here to see our Saturday Stud Splynter in action. Can you identify him in the clip? 177.
