Words: 70 ( Pangram~!)
Blocks: 31
Another solo
effort in this year from one of our regular Saturday contributors, Brad
is keeping pace with Mr. Silk. This one made my brain hurt, mostly due
to the proper name references, but in terms of geographic obscurity, we
did get somewhat of a reprieve. A 'reverse' pinwheel, with the 11-letter triple stacks towards the right, and 9-letter triples to start the Downs. Some of the longer fill we have;
2d. A woodpile may be under it : TARPAULIN - I tried ---- TARP, and that wasn't working
4. Teddy Roosevelt sobriquet : TRUSTBUSTER - I tried "SPEAK SOFTLY", because I was thinking sobriquet was a catchphrase, not a nickname
33a. 19th-century bat-and-ball game : ONE OLD CAT - learned this from crosswords, altho I was looking to fit One O' Cat, and it wasn't working
57a. Delta Tau Chi, familiarly : ANIMAL HOUSE - ah, I did not recall their Greek name - it's up on the second floor railing, askew
onward - by skipping an hour tonight~!
ACROSS:
1. Leavenworth and McHenry: Abbr. : FTs - Forts
15. Medium evocation : RAP - "I see...." did not fit; this is the knock on the table while everyone is (supposedly) holding hands
16. Like evergreens : WINTER HARDY - this took too long for me to see, especially since I had "RENO" and not "RICE" in the downs
17. "... __ the hot sun count / His dewy rosary ...": Keats : ERE
18. "I Hope I Get It" musical : A CHORUS LINE
19. Clinking currency : SPECIE - straight up definition - money in coin
21. __ judicata: decided case : RES
22. "Sorry to say ..." : ALAS
23. Sported : HAD ON
24. Mineral in pumpkin seeds : ZINC - OK, so I threw in IRON to start - the garden (24d.) fixed that
25. __ Toy Barn: "Toy Story 2" setting : AL'S
26. Prepare for a poster tube : FURL - Dah~! not "ROLL"
27. London Philharmonic co-founder Sir Thomas __ : BEECHAM - nearly all perps, this was one of those proper name stumbling points
29. Sailor's direction : ALEE - I was fairly certain that on Saturday, it would not be EAST or WEST
30. Hidden : UNSEEN
31. Prefix with scope : OTO - an OTOscope is used to look very closely at the Indian tribes of the plains....no, actually, it's for an ENT - no, not the tree, the doctor who looks in your ears
34. KGB agent's foe : CIA SPY - Oddly, I threw in CIA MAN to start, then I figured it had to be wrong with the next clue/answer being --->
36. Beatles song with the line "There's one for you, nineteen for me" : TAXMAN - "yeah, I'm the taxman" - in 1966, the Beatles' tax bracket had them paying 95%, which makes this math correct - ouch. We're getting closer to April 15th; I was pleasantly surprised when my "taxman" got me some money back - I had not filed for 4 years, due to low income, but I did pay for Home Inspection school, and that was my big write-off
38. Wrap : END - Pretty sure BOA was not the answer; this is the verb, not the noun
39. Like many French Quarter streets : GAS-LIT
43. Goalie's undoing : DEKE - You can say that again~! (From C.C.: Great picture, Splynter!)
15. Medium evocation : RAP - "I see...." did not fit; this is the knock on the table while everyone is (supposedly) holding hands
16. Like evergreens : WINTER HARDY - this took too long for me to see, especially since I had "RENO" and not "RICE" in the downs
17. "... __ the hot sun count / His dewy rosary ...": Keats : ERE
18. "I Hope I Get It" musical : A CHORUS LINE
19. Clinking currency : SPECIE - straight up definition - money in coin
21. __ judicata: decided case : RES
22. "Sorry to say ..." : ALAS
23. Sported : HAD ON
24. Mineral in pumpkin seeds : ZINC - OK, so I threw in IRON to start - the garden (24d.) fixed that
25. __ Toy Barn: "Toy Story 2" setting : AL'S
26. Prepare for a poster tube : FURL - Dah~! not "ROLL"
27. London Philharmonic co-founder Sir Thomas __ : BEECHAM - nearly all perps, this was one of those proper name stumbling points
29. Sailor's direction : ALEE - I was fairly certain that on Saturday, it would not be EAST or WEST
30. Hidden : UNSEEN
31. Prefix with scope : OTO - an OTOscope is used to look very closely at the Indian tribes of the plains....no, actually, it's for an ENT - no, not the tree, the doctor who looks in your ears
34. KGB agent's foe : CIA SPY - Oddly, I threw in CIA MAN to start, then I figured it had to be wrong with the next clue/answer being --->
36. Beatles song with the line "There's one for you, nineteen for me" : TAXMAN - "yeah, I'm the taxman" - in 1966, the Beatles' tax bracket had them paying 95%, which makes this math correct - ouch. We're getting closer to April 15th; I was pleasantly surprised when my "taxman" got me some money back - I had not filed for 4 years, due to low income, but I did pay for Home Inspection school, and that was my big write-off
38. Wrap : END - Pretty sure BOA was not the answer; this is the verb, not the noun
39. Like many French Quarter streets : GAS-LIT
43. Goalie's undoing : DEKE - You can say that again~! (From C.C.: Great picture, Splynter!)
44. Sextet at Woodstock : SANTANA - I liked his Supernatural album
45. Dairy aisle tub : OLEO
46. Start to amble? : PRE - Preamble, as in "WE, the People..."
48. Film villain in a Nehru jacket : DR. NO - Because Dr. Evil did not fit
49. Stifle : QUELL
50. Women : SHEs
51. Keep to oneself : HOG
52. Stuck (out) : JUTTED
53. Spaghetti sauce ingredient : TOMATO PUREE - I went with pASTe, and that was a whopping 72% correct
56. Lobbying gp. : PAC - Political Action Committee
45. Dairy aisle tub : OLEO
46. Start to amble? : PRE - Preamble, as in "WE, the People..."
48. Film villain in a Nehru jacket : DR. NO - Because Dr. Evil did not fit
49. Stifle : QUELL
50. Women : SHEs
51. Keep to oneself : HOG
52. Stuck (out) : JUTTED
53. Spaghetti sauce ingredient : TOMATO PUREE - I went with pASTe, and that was a whopping 72% correct
56. Lobbying gp. : PAC - Political Action Committee
58. Kate's role in "The Aviator" : AVA
59. Maple leaf eater : BOXELDER BUG
60. Make : NET - ah, as in the financial sense; I was trying "FIX", and "SET"
DOWN:
1. Talent scout discovery : FRESH FACE - I was looking for a high school/college sports player being found, not a singer/dancer/artist/movie star
3. Whiz through, in a way : SPEED-READ
4. He said, "Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to" : TWAIN
5. Powell's successor : RICE - oops, Condoleezza, not Janet; the Secretary of State, not the Attorney General
6. New England sch. with a wildcat mascot : UNH - University of New Hampshire, so we had some geography
7. They need connecting flights : STORIES - I knew this was a stairs reference, but I was stuck on FLOORS
8. Playwright Rattigan : TERENCE
9. Grilled-bread appetizer : BRUSCHETTA
10. Uncertain sounds : UHs - not UMs or ERs
11. Deep bow : SALAAM
12. Clarinetist's effect : TRILL - Guitar, too - and probably easier on the guitar
13. Author Ferber et al. : EDNAs
14. Distillery output : RYES
20. "Unforgettable" duet partners : COLES
24. __ garden : ZEN
27. Long-term investment strategy : BUY AND HOLD - great fill
28. The Ducks, on an ESPN ticker : ANAheim
31. Breakfast buffet utensil : OMELET PAN - is a pan a utensil? Not in my house - pots & pans are cookware; the implements used in preparation and consumption are the utensils
32. Depart : TAKE LEAVE - I had mAKE, which gave me an OMOscope - which is used to...oh, never mind
35. Org. that keeps driving stats : PGA - anyone go with AAA~?
37. Marked for deletion : X'D OUT - the 'meh' fill for the day
40. Greek poetic stanza : STROPHE - a rhythmic system composed of two or more lines repeated as a unit - online dictionary
41. Lassitude : LANGUOR - listless lack of liveliness
42. Italian diminutive suffix : INO
44. Bagel selection : SESAME
46. Button on some receivers : PHONO
47. Dance version of a pop hit, often : REMIX
49. Literary captain : QUEEG
50. Skewer : STAB
52. "__, meine Freude": Bach motet : JESU - I have a few Bach Pipe Organ CDs, so I have seen this
54. __ vez: maybe, in Pamplona : TAL - Spanish
55. Abrade : RUB - fixed my PASTE to PUREE
49. Literary captain : QUEEG
50. Skewer : STAB
52. "__, meine Freude": Bach motet : JESU - I have a few Bach Pipe Organ CDs, so I have seen this
54. __ vez: maybe, in Pamplona : TAL - Spanish
55. Abrade : RUB - fixed my PASTE to PUREE
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