Words: 72 (missing Q,X,Z)
Blocks: 32
Oh, I was so close on this one - but I had to cheat, just once, and
then I peeked at the red-letters to see where I was wrong - silly
mistake on my part. Great puzzle, had my brain going, and a decent mix
of clues both obscure/vague and "oh, I know this". This is Gareth's third Saturday offering! We just had him on
Thursday, May 7th with his anagram
puzzle. A climber crossing a spanner today, with clever pairings of
11-letter answers in the Down, and 9-letter ones in the Across, plus two
12-letter names rounding out our long fills;
19. "Let Sleeping Vets Lie" author : JAMES HERRIOT - this should
have been a gimme, but instead I got the V-8 can; growing up, my mother
always loved the PBS presentation of the "All Creatures Great an Small"
TV show Such a "feel good" theme song - I still love it
"Piano Parchment" - J Pearson
47. Subject of the biopic "I Saw the Light" : HANK WILLIAMS - biography clue #2 - I did not know this was a Hank Williams song
George Thorogood
Move it ON-oh-waRD~!
ACROSS:
1. Crowd in Berlin? : DREI - always good to start off with an "I know this~!" - German for three, as in "Three's a Crowd"
5. Baptizes, say : WETS
9. Ever so slightly : A TAD
13. "Handsomest of all the women," in an 1855 epic : MINNEHAHA - From this poem; there's a Minnehaha Blvd in one of my Southold trucks, off Hiawatha's Path - I always think "little laugh"; get it~? Also a very popular name in MN
15. What a "B" may mean : BORON - didn't come to me immediately; was thinking "C Flat"
17. Modern mining targets : DATABASES
18. U Nu's country : BURMA - My one cheat. Forgot about this man
21. Like the ruins of Chichén Itzá : MAYAN
5. Baptizes, say : WETS
9. Ever so slightly : A TAD
13. "Handsomest of all the women," in an 1855 epic : MINNEHAHA - From this poem; there's a Minnehaha Blvd in one of my Southold trucks, off Hiawatha's Path - I always think "little laugh"; get it~? Also a very popular name in MN
15. What a "B" may mean : BORON - didn't come to me immediately; was thinking "C Flat"
17. Modern mining targets : DATABASES
18. U Nu's country : BURMA - My one cheat. Forgot about this man
21. Like the ruins of Chichén Itzá : MAYAN
24. Back-to-back contests? : DUELS - har-har
25. Large vessel : VAT
26. Bibliography note : IDEM - Latin for "the same" in citation
27. 410-year-old Siberian city : TOMSK - um, OK. perps.
28. Ever so : VERY - I went with MERE, then NARY. Drat.
29. __ de canard: duck feathers used to tie fishing flies : CUL
30. Fertilization target : OVUM
31. "__ but known ... " : HAD I - this borders on 'fun sponge'
32. Ready signal : ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO
37. Level, e.g. : TOOL - I hesitated to put this in, but it was my first thought
38. Life-of-the-party type : RIOT
39. More than cool : RAD - ah. Not ICY
40. Stitches : SEWS
41. 1990 film that featured "Unchained Melody" on its soundtrack : GHOST
43. Four times duo : OCTO
44. Genesis 6 creation : ARK - The boat Ark, not the Covenant one
25. Large vessel : VAT
26. Bibliography note : IDEM - Latin for "the same" in citation
27. 410-year-old Siberian city : TOMSK - um, OK. perps.
28. Ever so : VERY - I went with MERE, then NARY. Drat.
29. __ de canard: duck feathers used to tie fishing flies : CUL
30. Fertilization target : OVUM
31. "__ but known ... " : HAD I - this borders on 'fun sponge'
32. Ready signal : ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO
37. Level, e.g. : TOOL - I hesitated to put this in, but it was my first thought
38. Life-of-the-party type : RIOT
39. More than cool : RAD - ah. Not ICY
40. Stitches : SEWS
41. 1990 film that featured "Unchained Melody" on its soundtrack : GHOST
43. Four times duo : OCTO
44. Genesis 6 creation : ARK - The boat Ark, not the Covenant one
45. Psalm 23 comforter : STAFF - I did not get this until I looked it up afterwards. When I typed "psalm" into Google, it suggested "23" right away
46. __ ring : ONION
50. Autobiography whose first chapter is "Nut Bush" : I, TINA
51. Rent : TORE APART - I had a feeling this did not have to do with "leases"
55. Suit : BEFIT
56. Always prepared : EVER READY
57. Film crew locales : SETS
58. Edit menu option : REDO
59. Blackened surface : CHAR
DOWN:
1. Drill user, briefly : DMD - ah, Doctor of Medical Dentistry, not DDS - Doctor of Dental Sciences
2. River inlet : RIA - knew this, but spelled it rYa first
3. Endoscope user, briefly : ENT - Ear, Nose, Throat
4. Stuck : IN A JAM
5. '80s pop duo with an exclamation point in its name : WHAM!
46. __ ring : ONION
50. Autobiography whose first chapter is "Nut Bush" : I, TINA
51. Rent : TORE APART - I had a feeling this did not have to do with "leases"
55. Suit : BEFIT
56. Always prepared : EVER READY
57. Film crew locales : SETS
58. Edit menu option : REDO
59. Blackened surface : CHAR
DOWN:
1. Drill user, briefly : DMD - ah, Doctor of Medical Dentistry, not DDS - Doctor of Dental Sciences
2. River inlet : RIA - knew this, but spelled it rYa first
3. Endoscope user, briefly : ENT - Ear, Nose, Throat
4. Stuck : IN A JAM
5. '80s pop duo with an exclamation point in its name : WHAM!
Everything She Wants
6. Removed with finesse : EASED OUT - you mean, like a Splynter~?
7. Hippie phenomenon : THE SUMMER OF LOVE
7. Hippie phenomenon : THE SUMMER OF LOVE
This AIN'T The Summer of Love
8. Scouts' accessories : SASHES
9. Some dict. entries : ABBRs
10. Overseas vacation, perhaps : TOUR - clecho #1
11. Overseas farewell : ARRIVEDERCI - clecho #2
12. Overseas thanks : DOMO ARIGATO - clecho #3
14. South African-born Middle East diplomat : EBAN - perps
16. Smart : NATTY
20. __ crossing: Canadian sign warning : ELK
21. Mineral whose name is Latin for "crumb" : MICA
22. Doctors : ADULTERATES
23. Canadian territorial capital : YELLOWKNIFE - Northwest Territories, to be specific
27. Sports bar array : TVs - the NY Rangers edged out the Capitals and start the Eastern Conference Finals vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning today....anyone in Fla a fan~? I know that half the Rangers from last year went to TB as free agents, including my guy Brian Boyle - should make for a cool series
28. Dict. spelling tag : VARiations
30. Thimble Theatre name : OYL
31. Job, metaphorically : HAT - I wear about three these days; pre-load at UPS, "property maintenance director" both at aMano and A Lure restaurants, and still doing side work
33. Desperate letters : S.O.S.
34. Didn't go off : MISFIRED
35. Barfly : SOT
36. Take to excess : O.D. ON
40. Indian title : SAHIB
41. Sporty Golf : GTI - Volkwagen, that is
42. Bikini option : HALTER - show me YOUR choice of pics; I prefer the "bottom half", if you know what I mean
43. How much freelance work is done : ON SPEC
45. Goes for flies : SWATS
46. Acting brother of Cuba Gooding Jr. : OMAR
48. Grow together : KNIT
49. Sol lead-in : AERO - Aerosol....D'oh~! I went with "mi fa", as in do re mi fa SOL la ti do
52. Patient remark? : AAH - Open wide, I have my endoscope
53. Nutritional stat. : RDA
54. One-handed Norse god : TYR
43. How much freelance work is done : ON SPEC
45. Goes for flies : SWATS
46. Acting brother of Cuba Gooding Jr. : OMAR
48. Grow together : KNIT
49. Sol lead-in : AERO - Aerosol....D'oh~! I went with "mi fa", as in do re mi fa SOL la ti do
52. Patient remark? : AAH - Open wide, I have my endoscope
53. Nutritional stat. : RDA
54. One-handed Norse god : TYR
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
Happy 94th birthday to Jazzbumpa's mother! Ron said that his mom and her twin sister are the only ones remaining from 9 siblings. Click here to read Ron's musing in 2013.
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