Theme: WINGSPANS (56. Plane
measures ... and, literally, what can be seen in the answers to starred
clues) - WING spans across and bookends each theme answer.
18. *Health and prosperity : WELL-BEING
29. *It might require treatment with an EpiPen : WASP STING
36. *Dramatic way to go out : WITH A BANG
46. *Fabergé item auctioned for $9.6 million in 2002 : WINTER EGG
Boomer
here. I have been busy bowling, with little time to complete
crosswords, although I occasionally expound cross words at those ten
pins. No 300 games this past season; only a 299 and 297 to brag about,
but I did qualify for the National Senior Games in the bowling division
coming to Minnesota in July. The National Senior Games is a multi-sport
competition for people over 50 years of age and is set up like the
Olympic games. I am having trouble buying in to all the hype but
looking forward to the competition.
On to the puzzle. I noticed wings in a few answers, but could not see the centerfielder of the Washington Nationals anywhere.
Across:
1. Pundit's piece : OP-ED
5. Schoolmarmish : PRIM - a PROPER response
9. Something to draw before bedtime : BATH. Does one need a paper and crayon to "DRAW" a bath?
13. Skedaddles : FLEES
15. Four-ring-logo company : AUDI - So, is a three ring car called a "CIRCUS"?
16. Mélange : OLIO
17. Many a Wilde play : FARCE - Not a nice thing to say about Oscar.
20. Sparkly accessory : TIARA - A crowning clue.
22. Toughens : INURES
23. Pour like crazy : TEEM. Rain hard.
24. Glimmers : SHINES - They have glimmering shoe stands in Las Vegas.
27. Miss identification : NEE - A miss does not need a "nee" until she is married.
31. Skinny swimmers : EELS - Also a great golfer Mr. E.Els
32. Loophole : OUT - My clue would have been a pop up or strike three.
33. Wolverine portrayer Jackman : HUGH
34. Most reasonable : SANEST
38. Novelist Graham : GREENE
41. Homer's son : BART - What would a puzzle be without a Simpson?
42. Route word : VIA
45. Realizes : NETS - Found at both ends of a basketball court.
48. Manipulate : USE
49. Serious depression : CRATER - I might have clued "A view of the moon"
51. Cubemaster Rubik : ERNO
52. Exploratory spacecraft : PROBES
54. Make rhapsodic : ELATE
59. Word before box or card : IDIOT - I guess you have to be one to figure out this clue.
61. List catchall : ET AL - "How much breakfast did you have this morning, Caesar?
62. Slender wind : OBOE
63. Seamless transition : SEGUE - How do you spell the one that Paul Blart rode?
64. Remove from a manuscript : DELE - My spell check says this is not a word.
65. Road runner : TIRE - How about a coyote nemesis? beep beep!
66. Parks on a bus : ROSA
Down:
1. Hiker's spray brand : OFF - I think Cutter works better but it didn't fit the grid.
2. Flat highland : PLATEAU
3. Most spine-tingling : EERIEST
4. Put out the fire, pack up the tent, etc. : DECAMP - Rosemary's surname
5. Offer from Rover : PAW
6. Line on a Québec map : RUE - Did not get this one. Why not Golden Girl McClanahan
7. Waiting at a light, perhaps : IDLING - I'll bet the U.S. wastes millions of gallons of gas per day doing this.
8. Eeyore creator : MILNE
9. Dutch South African : BOER
10. Property recipient, in law : ALIENEE
11. Adds holiday glitter to : TINSELS - Remember the old heavy stuff? Then you are probably as old as I am.
12. Hardly a sharer : HOG - Also a Washington NFL football player of old.
14. Msg. from the pulpit : SER - I don't care for abbreviations
19. Clear tables : BUS - Why not just call it a Greyhound and leave the clueing to us.
21. Quick on the uptake : ASTUTE
23. Tango need : TWO
25. __ school : HIGH - How about "result of marijuana?" Legal in several states.
26. Occupy : INHABIT
28. Ballpark fig. : EST - I don't care for abbrev.
30. Climb, in a way : SHIN - Come on, it's the front of an ankle!
31. Subj. including grammar : ENG - I don. care for ABB.
34. 1964 Nobel Prize decliner : SARTRE
35. Kitty starter : ANTE - It's a pot starter - cats have nothing to do with it.
36. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" director Anderson : WES
37. Destructive agent : BANE
38. Serengeti grazer : GNU - I never gnu that.
39. Time to catch one's breath : RESPITE
40. Neverending : ETERNAL
42. Reeling feeling : VERTIGO - I gnu this one
43. Like volcanic rock : IGNEOUS
44. Gone by : AGO
46. Sushi bar condiment : WASABI - This is strong stuff. You need it to kill the raw fish taste.
47. Study hall occupant, often : READER - Or the guy who checks your meter.
49. "Blue Bloods" network : CBS - Also frequently on WGN
50. Transplant to a new container : RE-POT
53. Look up and down : OGLE
55. Fleur-de-__ : LIS
56. Get hitched : WED
57. Neither partner : NOR
58. Understand : SEE
60. It may be iced : TEA
Boomer
Notes from C.C.:
1) Jazzbumpa (Ron) was scheduled to blog today, but his mom suffered a stroke on June 2. She's 94 years old, so Ron is quite worried about her future.
2) Spitzboov (Al) had an ambulatory surgery yesterday to repair an umbilical hernia.
Let's beam positive thoughts to them.
1) Jazzbumpa (Ron) was scheduled to blog today, but his mom suffered a stroke on June 2. She's 94 years old, so Ron is quite worried about her future.
2) Spitzboov (Al) had an ambulatory surgery yesterday to repair an umbilical hernia.
Let's beam positive thoughts to them.
