17A. High-jump style named for 1968 Olympic gold medalist Dick : FOSBURY FLOP. Revolutionary (!) technique introduced by this OSU student:
23A. Morning-after shot : HAIR OF THE DOG. I swear I've never felt like I've needed one, honestly. No, really. Oh well, maybe once.
36A. Last Martin/Lewis film : HOLLYWOOD OR BUST. Dean and Jerry road caper also starring Anita Ekberg. She gets the picture honors.
49A. Subject of 1950s testing : HYDROGEN BOMB.
58A. Lays it on the line : TALKS TURKEY. A curious expression, with no truly believable explanation as to it's origins (apostrophe uncertainty precedes).
Hi everyone - Steve here with Kurt's latest midweeker. I enjoyed the theme and, as convention allows, there's no reveal required as the link between the entries is reasonably obvious. Some nice long downs too. Although there were quite a few 3's, the grid was thankfully light on abbreviations. Nice job!
Let's see what else jumps out.
Across:
1. AARP concern : AGEISM
7. Other, in Oaxaca : OTRA
11. AOL chats : IM'S. Instant messages, IMHO.
14. Quick look : GLANCE
15. Need to retake in summer school, say : FAIL
16. Sylvester, to Tweety : TAT. More usually "Puddy Tat".
19. Andean vegetable : OCA. They call it a yam in New Zealand, for absolutely no good reason that I can see. Popeye in New Zealand says "I oca what I oca". No, I made that up. Food!
20. Adams of "American Hustle" : AMY. Thank you, crosses. 2013 comedy drama which never even blipped on my radar, I had to go look it up.
21. Sitter's handful : BRAT
22. Signal to stop, with "down" : FLAG
27. Spoke out against : OPPOSED
30. Zany : LOONY. Tweety's "Tunes" brand name is spelled with an additional "E".
31. Lobster part : CLAW. Not if you're a spiny lobster. Food!
32. "Wish you __ here!" : WERE
33. Expose, in verse : OPE. Romeo, on the subject of Juliet:
"She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide th' encounter of assailing eyes,
Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold."
She sounds like one tough cookie!
She sounds like one tough cookie!
41. Cold War missile prog. : S.D.I. Strategic Defense Initiative, or derisively "Star Wars".
42. Sound from a pen : OINK
43. Former VOA overseer : USIA. Unknown to me - thank you, crosses! I now know that the United States Information Agency was the overseer of the Voice of America broadcasts.
44. "Bye Bye Bye" boy band : 'N SYNC. No music links yet - I'll spare you this one.
46. Stumped : AT A LOSS
52. Big-grin borders : EARS. Fun clue. Grinning from ear to ear.
53. Flying prefix : AERO
54. Unlike a spring chicken : OLD
57. "Alice" waitress : FLO. 70's-80's CBS sitcom.
62. San Antonio NBA star Duncan : TIM. A very pleasant, self-effacing man if you've ever seen him interviewed.
63. Skin soother : ALOE
64. Daily special, e.g. : ENTRÉE. When I moved to the US I was confused by this being the main course - in England and France it means a course between the appetizer and the main. Marti would not bat an eyelid at three courses, but wonder why we don't all have aperitivo, antipasto, primo, secondo e contorno, insalata, formaggi et fruti, dolce, caffè and digestivo every Wednesday. And that doesn't even include the wine! Fooood! I'm moving to Italy.
65. "Comprende?" : SEE? The more I think about this, the more it seems odd - wouldn't we expect a Spanish answer here (except that the only one I can think of is "Entiende?" and that doesn't fit!)?
66. Remain up in the air : PEND
67. Swordfish servings : STEAKS. Food-fest today.
Down:
1. Former Belgian camera brand : AGFA. Knew the name, but didn't know it was a Belgian company.
2. Steal, slangily : GLOM. Crosses helped here - I thought GLOM meant "cling to, annoyingly".
3. Simple : EASY
4. Having five sharps, musically : IN 'B'
5. Dives with a tank : SCUBAS
6. Like olde England : MERRIE. Quite a lot of times not so much; plenty of wars, famine, pestilence and London catching fire to keep you on your toes.
7. __ a good start : OFF TO
8. 1960s chess champ Mikhail : TAL. Crosses again. This might be a little obscure, what do you think?
9. Ebro, por ejemplo : RIO. 578 miles long, it drains into the Mediterranean Sea. Pretty!
10. Swiss skyline sight : ALP
11. "Shoulda listened to me!" : I TOLD YOU SO
12. Region on the South China Sea : MACAO. A short ferry ride from Hong Kong and popular with gamblers.
13. Immortal college coach Amos Alonzo __ : STAGG
18. Farm attachment? : YARD
22. Bog : FEN. This seems to have cropped up a few times recently.
23. Lupine cry : HOWL
24. Took it on the lam : FLED
25. Deere competitor : TORO
26. Field worker : HOER. Hmmmm. I'll leave it at that.
27. Adolph of publishing : OCHS. Former "New York Times" owner. I never made the connection before, but when Ochs built a new headquarters in 1904 for the Times on what was then Longacre Square in Manhattan, the city renamed it "Times Square".
28. Walk with effort : PLOD
29. Mom or dad, e.g. : PALINDROME. Nice word, fun clue.
32. Bowl-shaped pan : WOK
34. Greek consonants : PSIS
35. Greek vowels : ETAS
37. Ma with a cello : YO-YO. Great stuff.
38. Annex : WING
39. "If I told you __ ..." : ONCE
40. Tulip-to-be : BULB
45. Soon-to-be alumni: Abbr. : SRS
46. Fivers : ABES. "Lady Godivas" in UK rhyming slang (she's not on the note, alas!)
47. Flourless cakes : TORTES. Food!
48. Invoice figure : AMOUNT
49. Lifts with effort : HEFTS
50. Connecticut collegian : YALIE. We had the plural on Monday.
51. In one's birthday suit : NAKED. Just like Lady Godiva.
54. Pickled or deep-fried veggie : OKRA. Food!
55. Onion relative : LEEK. Food!
56. Colorist's supplies : DYES
58. Bug on a wire : TAP
59. Microbrew choice : ALE. Comes out of a 58D!
60. Horror star Chaney : LON
61. Driver's decision: Abbr. : RTE. I let Google Maps make those decisions for me now, it does a much better job than I ever did.
And, in the words of Sylvester and Tweety: That's all, Folks!
Steve
Notes from C.C.:
1) Happy Birthday to our Jam Master Chickie! Chickie has a loving & tight-knit family. Her kids and grandkids will probably celebrate her birthday this weekend.
L to R: Chickie, Lucina, Garlic Gal, JD, and Dodo |
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& Betty at the reunion dinner held at the US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT, 2012 |