Words: 68 (missing Q,X,Y,Z)
Blocks: 34
This is my third
Saturday LAT from Bruce, and I think it's a spectacular looking puzzle
with nearly perfect symmetry (From C.C.: This puzzle has the normal 180 symmetry. And the Left to Right symmetry. And the Top to Bottom symmetry.) and a very solvable puzzle at that~! Not
much to start with, but the solitary fill I had in each corner was just
enough to work out some of the common language spanners - we have six
today (and two 11-letter climbers);
17. Emergency strategies : EVACUATION PLANS
- there was a HazMat fire at the UPS terminal in Uniondale, NY, in Nassau
County; my center is in Suffolk; they had to call in FIVE fire
deparments, plus a spill team. That closed the operation for
most of the morning sort - not a pretty scene. No one hurt.
20. Mattered : MADE A DIFFERENCE
20. Mattered : MADE A DIFFERENCE
23. Post-election governmental meeting, perhaps : LAME DUCK SESSION - when the president knows he's not coming back in January - Wiki
42. Number? : LOCAL ANESTHESIA - Didn't fool me~! Numb-ers, so I was looking for Novocaine, etc
47. Takes an opposite position : CHANGES ONE'S TUNE
56. Alters some game parameters : RAISES THE STAKES
56. Alters some game parameters : RAISES THE STAKES
ACROSS:
1. Overseas county : SHIRE - anyone else read this as countRy? I had CHINA to start
6. Zurich highlight : ALP - was looking for the German word for song/solo, "ARIA"
9. Golden Gate element : CABLE - tried TOWER first
6. Zurich highlight : ALP - was looking for the German word for song/solo, "ARIA"
9. Golden Gate element : CABLE - tried TOWER first
14. Saved for later, in a way : TAPED - not much these days; everything I watch is digitally recorded on the cable company DVR
15. Architectural prefix : NEO - nice alternative to "Matrix" character and "opposite paleo-"
16. Providers of added light : ATRIA
15. Architectural prefix : NEO - nice alternative to "Matrix" character and "opposite paleo-"
16. Providers of added light : ATRIA
21. NBA great : Dr. J - Not a basketball fan, but I DID know it was not "OTT" nor "ORR"
22. Bush led it for about a yr. in the '70s : CIA
32. March middle : IDES
33. They may lead to risky moves : DARES
34. Many a reference book : TOME
35. Like some tempers : BAD - had it in, took it out; I had the wrong idea for the crossing "suit" (23D)
36. "Reversal of Fortune" Oscar winner : IRONS - Jeremy
37. Brimless hat : TAM - Took a gamble and tried FEZ; BZZ
38. Home of Phillips University : ENID - Oklahoma
40. Secretary of State after Colin, familiarly : CONDI - Condoleezza Rice
41. Candy __ : CANE - anyone try "GRAM" here?
45. Seinfeld specialty : WIT - meh
46. Electrical particle : ION
57. Great enthusiasm : ARDOR
58. Classified abbr. : EOE - Equal Opportunity Employer
59. Part of a meet : EVENT
60. Disengages, as from a habit : WEANS
61. High degree : Ph.D - not "Nth"
62. Comes up short : LOSES
DOWN:
1. Arise (from) : STEM
2. "__ Nagila" : HAVA
3. Jobs news of 2010 : iPAD - Steve Jobs, of Apple
4. Moves back : RECEDES
5. Former Georgian president Shevardnadze : EDUARD - mostly perps
6. Freeze beginning : ANTI - Antifreeze; my water pump went on the Dodge this past Wednesday - it's still sitting in the parking lot at UPS. The car owes me nothing - it's got 242,000 miles, and it's 14 yrs old - I am seriously considering the Dodge Dart come January
22. Bush led it for about a yr. in the '70s : CIA
32. March middle : IDES
33. They may lead to risky moves : DARES
34. Many a reference book : TOME
35. Like some tempers : BAD - had it in, took it out; I had the wrong idea for the crossing "suit" (23D)
36. "Reversal of Fortune" Oscar winner : IRONS - Jeremy
37. Brimless hat : TAM - Took a gamble and tried FEZ; BZZ
38. Home of Phillips University : ENID - Oklahoma
40. Secretary of State after Colin, familiarly : CONDI - Condoleezza Rice
41. Candy __ : CANE - anyone try "GRAM" here?
45. Seinfeld specialty : WIT - meh
46. Electrical particle : ION
57. Great enthusiasm : ARDOR
58. Classified abbr. : EOE - Equal Opportunity Employer
59. Part of a meet : EVENT
60. Disengages, as from a habit : WEANS
61. High degree : Ph.D - not "Nth"
62. Comes up short : LOSES
DOWN:
1. Arise (from) : STEM
2. "__ Nagila" : HAVA
3. Jobs news of 2010 : iPAD - Steve Jobs, of Apple
4. Moves back : RECEDES
5. Former Georgian president Shevardnadze : EDUARD - mostly perps
6. Freeze beginning : ANTI - Antifreeze; my water pump went on the Dodge this past Wednesday - it's still sitting in the parking lot at UPS. The car owes me nothing - it's got 242,000 miles, and it's 14 yrs old - I am seriously considering the Dodge Dart come January
7. Hero in Treece's "Vinland the Good" : LEIF - Henry Treece, who wrote this juvenile historical account of Leif Ericsson
8. Magic word : "POOF"
9. Mid-calf pants : CAPRIs
8. Magic word : "POOF"
9. Mid-calf pants : CAPRIs
10. That much or more : AT LEAST
11. Grain layer : BRAN
12. Omar's role in "The Mod Squad" : LINC
13. No effort : EASE
18. Settles : ADJUDICATES - healthy $2 word
19. Bare things : NECESSITIES - the 'bare necessities' - OR - Bear?
23. Suit material : LIBEL - ah, THAT kind of (law) suit
24. Hersey's bell town : ADANO
25. Front VIP : MEDIC - my first thought was front office, but this is the battlefield front
26. Leslie of "Fanny" : CARON - stuck on Nielsen
27. Danish capital : KRONE - capital as in money
28. Enthralls : SENDS
29. Whits : IOTAs - not a whit (iota) of truth
30. Arabian peninsula native : OMANI
31. Mythical lion's home : NEMEA - I tried ASLAN, but that's THE lion (and the wrong one)
39. Suddenly occurs to : DAWNS ON
41. 1/100 of a Brazilian real : CENTAVO - more money
43. Hybrid cats : LIGERS - LIons/tiGERs - oh MY~!
44. Low-cost stopover : HOSTEL
47. Sticking place : CRAW
48. Memorable napper : HARE - Aesop fable where the slow and steady tortoise wins - I did not know there was some 'controversy' over its interpretation
49. Radamès' love : AIDA
50. Flight feature : STEP - A flight of stairs
51. "We're in trouble!" : OH-OH
52. Call for : NEED
53. They usually have four strings : UKES
54. Birds seen by players of 53-Down : NE-NE
55. Body shop figs. : ESTimateS - I fiugre the water pump on the old Dodge is going to cost me $300-400, and that sounds like a new car payment to me....
11. Grain layer : BRAN
12. Omar's role in "The Mod Squad" : LINC
13. No effort : EASE
18. Settles : ADJUDICATES - healthy $2 word
19. Bare things : NECESSITIES - the 'bare necessities' - OR - Bear?
23. Suit material : LIBEL - ah, THAT kind of (law) suit
24. Hersey's bell town : ADANO
25. Front VIP : MEDIC - my first thought was front office, but this is the battlefield front
26. Leslie of "Fanny" : CARON - stuck on Nielsen
27. Danish capital : KRONE - capital as in money
28. Enthralls : SENDS
29. Whits : IOTAs - not a whit (iota) of truth
30. Arabian peninsula native : OMANI
31. Mythical lion's home : NEMEA - I tried ASLAN, but that's THE lion (and the wrong one)
39. Suddenly occurs to : DAWNS ON
41. 1/100 of a Brazilian real : CENTAVO - more money
43. Hybrid cats : LIGERS - LIons/tiGERs - oh MY~!
44. Low-cost stopover : HOSTEL
47. Sticking place : CRAW
48. Memorable napper : HARE - Aesop fable where the slow and steady tortoise wins - I did not know there was some 'controversy' over its interpretation
49. Radamès' love : AIDA
50. Flight feature : STEP - A flight of stairs
51. "We're in trouble!" : OH-OH
52. Call for : NEED
53. They usually have four strings : UKES
54. Birds seen by players of 53-Down : NE-NE
55. Body shop figs. : ESTimateS - I fiugre the water pump on the old Dodge is going to cost me $300-400, and that sounds like a new car payment to me....
Splynter
Another two-letter word game;
What are these lists which use one letter from the first pair to the next?
AL LA AR RI IN NM MN NY
GW WW WH HT TJ JB BO
NA AS SI IR RN NE
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Larry, our philosopher/farmer Windhover, who's been with the blog for a long time. Windhover met with Lucina last year too. Can you imagine life without TV or computers? That's how Windhover and his wife Irish live their life. Click here for a few pictures of young Larry.
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Larry, our philosopher/farmer Windhover, who's been with the blog for a long time. Windhover met with Lucina last year too. Can you imagine life without TV or computers? That's how Windhover and his wife Irish live their life. Click here for a few pictures of young Larry.
