Theme: None
Words: 70 (missing J,K,Q,Z)
Blocks: 28
Well, I thought I was not going to do so well with this puzzle when I
saw the constructors' names, but all in all, I came out on the other
side with just a few scratches - but I have to admit to some red-letter
cheating. I was done in by the proper names, again, and one entry that I
am ashamed to have missed, but it's been a long hot and humid week, so
that's my excuse....what's yours~? Triple 9- and 11-letter corners, with
a couple more nine-letter entries on the inside. One from each corner;
15. Some wealthy '70s British emigrants : TAX EXILES - The Beatles come to mind, and a lot of other musicians
12. Political nickname : "The GOVERNATOR" - Ahhnold Schwarzenegger
30. Liqueur in a monastic-looking bottle : FRANGELICO - back in the day, a friend of mine used to make an alcoholic drink that tasted like the milk of the cereal "Boo Berry", and this was one of the main ingredients
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ACROSS:
1. Parents concerned with play dates? : STAGE MOMS - har-har
10. Like kelp : ALGAL - I thought maybe LEAFY; this image is "ALL GAL"
16. Those who call New Zealand "Aotearoa" : MAORI - educated WAG
17. Yom Kippur theme : ATONEMENT
18. Buff : MAVEN - I was stuck on the verb for a while; this is more like Film ___
19. Default : RENEGE
20. "Penny Dreadful" network, briefly : SHOwtime - never heard of this show, but I don't get premium channels
22. Lea grazer : EWE
23. Changdeokgung Palace city : SEOUL
26. Like white tigers : INBRED
28. Left Bank eateries : CAFÉS
31. Temp in many pictures : MALL SANTA - At first I thought it was "MALE ---", but the last "-TA" was solid; I just could not see the connection to 'pictures' - had it been 'shopping centers'....but then, that's too easy
33. Water cooler newcomer : HIREE - every week there's newly hired kids at UPS, and very few last beyond a year
34. Cardiogram connection : LEAD
35. Nuclear fission pioneer Otto : HAHN
36. Educator LeShan : EDA
37. Defender at Thermopylae : SPARTAN
40. Noir hero : TEC
41. Group of pals : GANG
43. Bard's instrument : LUTE
44. "... with a muffler __ her eyes": "Henry V" : AFORE
46. Pigs and cows, e.g. : UNGULATES - "hoofed" - the Wiki
48. Mules' mothers : MARES - HORSE was not the correct pluralism
49. Ideal : EDENIC - ah, so that's how you get EDEN to fit 6 letters....
50. Branding target : STEER
52. He succeeded Michael as Batman : VAL - Kilmer, one of the few proper names, and I could spell it, too
53. Lincoln's st. : NEBraska - Shout Out to two of our regulars~!
55. Swear : ATTEST
59. Stomach : ABIDE
61. Way to get to Bora Bora : AIR TAHITI - D'oh~! I went with VIA, not AIR
64. Quest for intel : RECONnaissance
65. Immature : UNRIPENED
66. Tiny energy sources : ATOMS
DOWN:
1. Scrabble board symbol : STAR - smack in the middle
2. Turner Prize-awarding gallery : TATE
3. Impulse pathway : AXON - good WAG, but then again, a four-letter brain word....
4. River through Rochester, New York : GENESEE - I'm familiar with the answer because I drove down Genesee Street when I visited my buddy up at Utica
5. Interpretations of scripture : EXEGESES - all the consonant filled via perps; the rest was "E" WAGs; new word for me
6. Old copy : MIMEO
7. Fútbol cry : OLÉ
8. Chess pieces : MEN - I SO want a stone set for the back yard~!
9. Now-flightless "birds" : SSTs - great clue for a standard CW fill
10. Two-time National Book Award-winning poet A.R. __ : AMMONS - WAGed one "M", the rest was perps
11. A.L. West team, in crawl lines : LAA - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
13. Sleepy backseat query : "ARE WE THERE~?"
14. Performances in rows : LINE DANCES
21. "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" aunt : HILDA - again, a WAG
24. Häagen-Dazs ingredient? : UMLAUT - this is Blue Oyster Cult/Spinal Tap territory~!
25. To whom Polonius said, "To thine own self be true" : LAERTES - I WAGed the spelling
27. "Ridiculous!" : "BAH~!"
28. Cuban Revolution VIP : CHE GUEVARA - I am familiar with this iconic poster image
29. Help badly? : AID AND ABET
32. Grapevine product, with "the" : LATEST - there's also the A.A. Grapevine
38. Put : PLACE
39. Young camper's proof of ownership : NAME TAPE - I looked this up after the fact because I had never heard of such a thing
42. Try hard (for) : GUN
45. At a greater distance : FARTHER
47. Bedding : LINENS
51. Absorb the loss : EAT IT
54. "John Dough and the Cherub" author : BAUM - perps and a WAG
56. Zehn minus neun : EINS - das German 10 - 9 = 1
57. Bit of progress : STEP
58. Spruce (up) : TIDY
60. King's end? : DOM - kingdom
62. Like Schubert's "Trout Quintet" : IN A - filled in the "IN" and waited....
63. The 1906 Hepburn Act gave the ICC power to set rates for them : RRs
10. Like kelp : ALGAL - I thought maybe LEAFY; this image is "ALL GAL"
17. Yom Kippur theme : ATONEMENT
18. Buff : MAVEN - I was stuck on the verb for a while; this is more like Film ___
19. Default : RENEGE
20. "Penny Dreadful" network, briefly : SHOwtime - never heard of this show, but I don't get premium channels
22. Lea grazer : EWE
23. Changdeokgung Palace city : SEOUL
26. Like white tigers : INBRED
28. Left Bank eateries : CAFÉS
31. Temp in many pictures : MALL SANTA - At first I thought it was "MALE ---", but the last "-TA" was solid; I just could not see the connection to 'pictures' - had it been 'shopping centers'....but then, that's too easy
33. Water cooler newcomer : HIREE - every week there's newly hired kids at UPS, and very few last beyond a year
34. Cardiogram connection : LEAD
36. Educator LeShan : EDA
37. Defender at Thermopylae : SPARTAN
40. Noir hero : TEC
41. Group of pals : GANG
43. Bard's instrument : LUTE
44. "... with a muffler __ her eyes": "Henry V" : AFORE
46. Pigs and cows, e.g. : UNGULATES - "hoofed" - the Wiki
48. Mules' mothers : MARES - HORSE was not the correct pluralism
49. Ideal : EDENIC - ah, so that's how you get EDEN to fit 6 letters....
50. Branding target : STEER
53. Lincoln's st. : NEBraska - Shout Out to two of our regulars~!
55. Swear : ATTEST
59. Stomach : ABIDE
61. Way to get to Bora Bora : AIR TAHITI - D'oh~! I went with VIA, not AIR
64. Quest for intel : RECONnaissance
65. Immature : UNRIPENED
66. Tiny energy sources : ATOMS
DOWN:
1. Scrabble board symbol : STAR - smack in the middle
3. Impulse pathway : AXON - good WAG, but then again, a four-letter brain word....
4. River through Rochester, New York : GENESEE - I'm familiar with the answer because I drove down Genesee Street when I visited my buddy up at Utica
6. Old copy : MIMEO
7. Fútbol cry : OLÉ
8. Chess pieces : MEN - I SO want a stone set for the back yard~!
9. Now-flightless "birds" : SSTs - great clue for a standard CW fill
10. Two-time National Book Award-winning poet A.R. __ : AMMONS - WAGed one "M", the rest was perps
11. A.L. West team, in crawl lines : LAA - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
13. Sleepy backseat query : "ARE WE THERE~?"
14. Performances in rows : LINE DANCES
21. "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" aunt : HILDA - again, a WAG
24. Häagen-Dazs ingredient? : UMLAUT - this is Blue Oyster Cult/Spinal Tap territory~!
27. "Ridiculous!" : "BAH~!"
28. Cuban Revolution VIP : CHE GUEVARA - I am familiar with this iconic poster image
29. Help badly? : AID AND ABET
32. Grapevine product, with "the" : LATEST - there's also the A.A. Grapevine
38. Put : PLACE
39. Young camper's proof of ownership : NAME TAPE - I looked this up after the fact because I had never heard of such a thing
42. Try hard (for) : GUN
45. At a greater distance : FARTHER
47. Bedding : LINENS
51. Absorb the loss : EAT IT
54. "John Dough and the Cherub" author : BAUM - perps and a WAG
56. Zehn minus neun : EINS - das German 10 - 9 = 1
57. Bit of progress : STEP
58. Spruce (up) : TIDY
60. King's end? : DOM - kingdom
62. Like Schubert's "Trout Quintet" : IN A - filled in the "IN" and waited....
63. The 1906 Hepburn Act gave the ICC power to set rates for them : RRs
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
1) Happy Birthday to dear Chickie, who has been with our blog since 2008. Chickie and her husband Bill has been married for 62 years.
2) Happy Birthday to Spitzboov's wife Betty as well! They've been married for 51 years!
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| Spitzboov
& Betty at the reunion dinner held at the US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT, 2012 |
