17-Across. Last words of the Parable of the Marriage Feast : BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.
28-Across. Nocturnal bird with a harsh cry : SCREECH OWL. Listen here.
43-Across. Dojo move : KARATE CHOP. HAI-yah!
56-Across. Add one's voice : JOIN IN THE CHORUS. Let's hear your comments!
And the reveal:
34. Radio studio feature, and what each of this puzzle's four other longest answers literally is : ECHO CHAMBER. Each answer is a container for the word ECHO. Pretty clever!
Another fun puzzle from our fearless leader. I found the fill in this one to be especially smooth for a Thursday, and almost finished in my typical Monday time. But I got hung up in the SW by entering a wrong answer at 34-Down. Oh well, that's the way the HO HO crumbles!
Across
1. Condo coolers : ACs.
4. Link between God and you? : BLESS. Gesundheit!
9. Hostess snack cakes : HO HOs.
14. Clog part : TOE. The only other parts of a clog are the heel and the sole. I can count. Both of those were too long.
15. Hair-raising : EERIE.
16. Like bighorns : OVINE. Sheep:ovine.
20. Introductory studio class : ART I. Art thou?
21. Rebecca's firstborn : ESAU. If you don't know your biblical genealogy by now, you'r better get cracking!
22. Braying beast : ASS. Donkey:Asinine.
23. Woodstock style : TIE DYE. John Sebastian comes to mind. 3:23
26. Triceps locale : ARM.
27. "Am __ believe ..." : I TO.
31. Banned orchard spray : ALAR. I never know how to pronounce it. I just found out it sounds like EY-lahr.
32. On the job : AT IT. Parse it however you like.
33. Not for the squeamish : GORY. I just can't watch movies like "Saw." Heck, I can't even watch the trailers!!
39. Ruler deposed in 1979 : SHAH.
41. Eternally : EVER.
42. It may be sticky : NOTE. This seems to be popping up a lot lately.
49. MD workplaces : ORs.
50. Zip : PEP. Hands up for thinking "nil"??
51. Goddess who turned Medusa's hair to snakes : ATHENA. So that's the goddess who gives me bad hair days!
52. Subj. of a '90s CIA search : WMD. Weapons of Mass Destruction (Iraq.)
53. Behind : REAR.
55. Some govt. prosecutors : ADAs. Assistant District Attorneys.
61. When rights may not be denied? : ON RED. Is "right turn on red" allowed in your state?
62. King of Judea : HEROD.
63. Dijon season : ETE. French summer.
64. Self-titled 2000 pop album : BETTE. The Divine Miss M.
65. Links measures : YARDS. What's your longest drive, HG?
66. Go-ahead : NOD. "He gave us the nod."
Down
1. Plate appearances : AT BATS. Bat:pteropine. Baseball:C.C.
2. "Katie" host : COURIC.
3. Volleyball position : SETTER. It's like the QB in football.
4. Drone, e.g. : BEE. Bee:apian.
5. Treasury Secretary Jack : LEW.
6. Chunk of history : ERA.
7. Stable stud : SIRE. Horse:equine
8. Vacillate : SEESAW.
9. Dull : HO-HUM.
10. Ab __: from the start : OVO. Literally. Latin for "from the egg."
11. Alluring dockside greeting : HI SAILOR. Loved this fill!
12. Poor Yelp rating : ONE STAR. Beware of fake reviews on their site.
13. Kind of overload : SENSORY.
18. Bona __ : FIDE. Gen-you-ine.
19. Baseball's Yastrzemski : CARL. My late father's favorite Red Sox player.
24. Word accompanying a fist pump : YEAH. I hear Tiger is returning this weekend after back surgery in March.
25. Outer: Pref. : ECTO.
29. Poppin' Pink Lemonade brand : HI C.
30. Questionnaire catchall : OTHER.
31. Sit in a barrel, maybe : AGE. Because "go over Niagara Falls" wouldn't fit.
34. Dines on humble pie : EATS DIRT. I had EATS "crow" at first. Slowed down my time until I got it all sorted out.
35. 2008 Benicio del Toro title role : CHE. Guevara.
36. Co-star of Burt in "The Killers" : AVA. Lancaster (thanks, Lemony!) and Gardner in a classic 1946 film noir.
37. Data lead-in : META.
38. Author Harte : BRET.
39. Calculated flattery : SNOW JOB. More great fill!
40. Insulin, e.g. : HORMONE. "How do you make a hormone? (Tell her a bad joke!)"
43. Sharp : KEEN.
44. "Why bother?" attitude : APATHY.
45. Secretary of Labor under Bush : CHAO.
46. "Marnie" star : HEDREN. Tippie. I remember her from "The Birds."
47. Working by itself : ON AUTO. Some mornings I feel like I'm ON AUTO pilot.
48. Avoided flunking : PASSED.
50. It's hard to swallow : PRIDE. Lion:leonine.
54. Ostrich kin : RHEA. Ostrich:ratite.
57. Monarch catcher : NET. Butterfly:pierine. I always leave a few milkweed plants in my garden to attract them.
*From C.C.: Here is Marti's milkweed pod arrangement we put on the blog last year. She said:
"This is one of my favorite flower arrangements, I make at least one every year, when the milkweed pods are ripe. Doesn't it look like a bunch of parakeets sitting around a garden?"
58. Go amiss : ERR.
59. Dried fish in lutefisk : COD. Fish:piscine. This was a staple on Christmas Eve in our house.
60. Most TVs, now : HDs. High Definitions.
And that wraps it up for this week. Thanks, C.C., for all the fun!
Marti
Notes from C.C.
Happy 49th wedding anniversary to Spitzboov and his lovely wife Betty! I've never heard Al complain about anything, despite what he and Betty went through the past few years. He's always there sharing with us his knowledge on word etymology (esp German & any nautical-related terms) & fun video clips. Do you see Max regularly, Al?
US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT,
August 2012
August 2012
