Words: 70 (missing J,Q,X)
Blocks: 32
OK, is it just me, or was this one way too easy for a Julian Lim
puzzle~? Perhaps there were enough clues in my wheelhouse to have the
right number of crossings in the right places to cruise right on through
in less than half my personal allotted time - and that includes an
additional minute to find the one letter I had wrong before the ta-DA~!
was mine. All the proper names filled via perps and educated WAGs,
too. Hey, I'll take it~! Triple 10-letter corners in both across and
down, with two more 10's and two 9's;
25a. Sidecar ingredient : TRIPLE SEC - Yesterday marked 4,242 days for me - which in terms of "The Hitch-hiker's Guide the Galaxy" must have some significance....
44a. Dairy Queen offerings : BLIZZARDS
7d. Where Ulysses rests : GRANT'S TOMB - oh, I thought it was George Washington....Bugs Bunny humor
30d. Emulates a bad waiter? : CUTS IN LINE - I'm linking this song again, since this is one of the lines
Paul Simon The Afterlife @ 2:10
~!ACROSS:
1. "The Winds of War" actress : ALI MACGRAW
11. Bon __ : MOT - it was this or "AMI". And I went with the latter.
14. "Love in the First Degree" all-female group : BANANARAMA - I know of very few female groups, and not too many of them are 10 letters long; the song title made no difference to me
15. Emotion betrayer : TONE
16. Knocked out : ELIMINATED
17. Emergency op : EVACuation
18. Emblem : TOTEM - HA~! Anon-T and I had a small discussion about the "Cricket Bat" in Spinal Tap; the manager refers to it as "totemistic; a good solid piece of lumber in your hand....is useful"
11. Bon __ : MOT - it was this or "AMI". And I went with the latter.
14. "Love in the First Degree" all-female group : BANANARAMA - I know of very few female groups, and not too many of them are 10 letters long; the song title made no difference to me
15. Emotion betrayer : TONE
16. Knocked out : ELIMINATED
17. Emergency op : EVACuation
18. Emblem : TOTEM - HA~! Anon-T and I had a small discussion about the "Cricket Bat" in Spinal Tap; the manager refers to it as "totemistic; a good solid piece of lumber in your hand....is useful"
19. New Mexican? : NENE - not fooled, but I thought it was "BEBE"
20. Ho Chi __ City : MINH - gimme
21. Busts, e.g. : ART - too easy
23. "The Legend of Zelda" currency : RUPEES - don't know this, but I had half the letters from the Downs
31. Jump __ : START
32. Happy __: old snack brand mascot : HO HO
20. Ho Chi __ City : MINH - gimme
21. Busts, e.g. : ART - too easy
23. "The Legend of Zelda" currency : RUPEES - don't know this, but I had half the letters from the Downs
31. Jump __ : START
32. Happy __: old snack brand mascot : HO HO
33. Pulls some strings? : STRUMS
- I had a feeling it was on this wavelength, but for me, a strum is
striking the strings; to pull them usually gives you an artificial harmonic - or maybe it's a semi-reference to a PULL-off and hammer-on
technique....
35. Slovenia neighbor, to the IOC : CRO - via perps; not much into this Olympics, tho I did see Water Polo, Field Hockey (that's icing~!) and Men's Singles Badminton - love me some badminton~!
36. Singer Lambert with the album "Trespassing" : ADAM - perps
37. Angiography concern : AORTA - I WAGed this over "HEART"
38. Crisply and detached, to an orch. : STACcato
39. Talks acronym : TED - Nailed it; their site
40. Tops : AT MOST - "Tops" in this sense reminds me of "Die Hard" and the Feds on the gunship helicopters; scene 328, here
41. Driver's protest : HONK - this is what I figured, but by now, I was thinking it was way too easy
42. Mine finder : SONAR
46. Publisher Ochs : ADOLPH - I had ADO--H
48. "__ won't!" : "NO I..."
49. Quo warranto, e.g. : WRIT - this filled via ALL perps
50. Short-lived '80s sports org. : USFL - I tried MISL; we had the NY Arrows, right here on L.I., playing at the Nassau Coliseum; their goalie was Shep Messing, and he had a fitness club mere miles from my house
35. Slovenia neighbor, to the IOC : CRO - via perps; not much into this Olympics, tho I did see Water Polo, Field Hockey (that's icing~!) and Men's Singles Badminton - love me some badminton~!
36. Singer Lambert with the album "Trespassing" : ADAM - perps
37. Angiography concern : AORTA - I WAGed this over "HEART"
38. Crisply and detached, to an orch. : STACcato
39. Talks acronym : TED - Nailed it; their site
40. Tops : AT MOST - "Tops" in this sense reminds me of "Die Hard" and the Feds on the gunship helicopters; scene 328, here
41. Driver's protest : HONK - this is what I figured, but by now, I was thinking it was way too easy
42. Mine finder : SONAR
46. Publisher Ochs : ADOLPH - I had ADO--H
48. "__ won't!" : "NO I..."
49. Quo warranto, e.g. : WRIT - this filled via ALL perps
50. Short-lived '80s sports org. : USFL - I tried MISL; we had the NY Arrows, right here on L.I., playing at the Nassau Coliseum; their goalie was Shep Messing, and he had a fitness club mere miles from my house
53. Whimpers : MEWLS
58. Lift : RIDE - ah. I was stuck in the verb sense of "to raise", not "drive"
59. Grammy-winning Santana song : MARIA MARIA
61. Maintain : AVER
62. Regardless : IN ANY EVENT
63. Podded plant : PEA - again, I said....really~?
64. Restraining order, say : DETERRENCE
DOWN:
1. Help with a job : ABET - had the whole phrase last week
2. "Mission: Impossible" theme composer Schifrin : LALO - again, perps
3. Still vying : IN IT
4. Jerry Herman musical : MAME - didn't know it, and "HAIR" didn't work
5. Kind of magnetism : ANIMAL - I like this kind of "attraction"
6. Preserve, in a way : CAN - dah~! Not JAR; that's 100% 33.3% correct
8. Word after going or before hike : RATE - going rate, rate hike
9. Hymn ender : AMEN
10. Bit of fishing attire : WADER
11. Penn, for one : MOVIE ACTOR - that would be Sean Penn; I pondered TRAIN DEPOT (Penn Station, NY)
12. At the store, perhaps : ON AN ERRAND
13. AAPL and GOOG : TECH STOCKS - nailed it
15. Entice : TEMPT
22. Came together again : RESAT
24. Letters before some state names : USS
25. Shout after the last shot : THAT'S A WRAP - I've been on two movie sets
26. Part of Beverly Hills' Golden Triangle : RODEO DRIVE
8. Word after going or before hike : RATE - going rate, rate hike
9. Hymn ender : AMEN
10. Bit of fishing attire : WADER
11. Penn, for one : MOVIE ACTOR - that would be Sean Penn; I pondered TRAIN DEPOT (Penn Station, NY)
12. At the store, perhaps : ON AN ERRAND
13. AAPL and GOOG : TECH STOCKS - nailed it
15. Entice : TEMPT
22. Came together again : RESAT
24. Letters before some state names : USS
25. Shout after the last shot : THAT'S A WRAP - I've been on two movie sets
26. Part of Beverly Hills' Golden Triangle : RODEO DRIVE
it's in the middle
27. "Honestly?!" : "I HAD NO IDEA~!?!"
28. Popular toy, for short : POMeranian
29. Documentarian Morris : ERROL - again, perps, and just the "E" to get
34. __ ball : MATZO
38. Oldies syllable : SHA-na-na, and I went with "TRA" first
40. "Leaves and Navels" artist : ARP - some other examples of the artist's work
38. Oldies syllable : SHA-na-na, and I went with "TRA" first
40. "Leaves and Navels" artist : ARP - some other examples of the artist's work
43. Modify : ALTER - I had EMEND first
45. "The Lion King" composer Hans : ZIMMER - only had to guess the first "M"
47. Sticky : HUMID - like it's been for two weeks here; this has been the worst summer at UPS since my first - and my first was only bad because I had never experienced it before
51. Sound : SANE
52. "Animal House" group : FRAT
54. Gable neighbor : EAVE - carpentry terms~? C'mon....too easy
55. Singer of complex songs : WREN - ah, clever
56. Michael's brother in "Prison Break" : LINC - I figured this show was short lived - I mean, once they got out, what's the point of watching...?
57. Make full : SATE
60. City on the Firth of Clyde : AYR - and yes, it was all perps
45. "The Lion King" composer Hans : ZIMMER - only had to guess the first "M"
47. Sticky : HUMID - like it's been for two weeks here; this has been the worst summer at UPS since my first - and my first was only bad because I had never experienced it before
51. Sound : SANE
52. "Animal House" group : FRAT
54. Gable neighbor : EAVE - carpentry terms~? C'mon....too easy
55. Singer of complex songs : WREN - ah, clever
56. Michael's brother in "Prison Break" : LINC - I figured this show was short lived - I mean, once they got out, what's the point of watching...?
57. Make full : SATE
60. City on the Firth of Clyde : AYR - and yes, it was all perps
Splynter
