Theme: None
Words: 68 (missing Q,X)
Blocks: 30
First Saturday LA Times crossword for Mr. Stowe, as far as I can tell;
his other constructions have made it on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Three more for the "complete set". I did quite well with this one, just
one cheat for a proper name in the NE so I could get started up
in that corner. Lots of "nailed it" answers for me today, and they're
especially pleasing when the crossings jibe. Triple 10-letter Across
corners, two 11-letter climbers and a 13-letter spanner;
10. Rectangular Manhattan attraction : CENTRAL PARK - I really
need to see more of this place; all I really know about the spot is what
I have seen in TV shows ( Law & Order, e.g. ), and this great scene
from the movie "Die Hard with a Vengeance"
23. Conversational softener : JUST KIDDING
Raymond was "just kidding"
33. Its Gold Medal features a profile of Franklin : PULITZER PRIZE - learning moment for me
Game-ON-WARD~!
ACROSS:
1. Neutral : ACHROMATIC
- with regard to color; in music, a 'chromatic' scale includes all
twelve notes of a scale - which reminds me of this 'song'; if you grew
up with "Headbanger's Ball", you might recognize it
And here's a clip on how to play the song
11. Farm animals : EWES - I tried SOWS first
15. Reacts to staying up, perhaps : SLEEPS LATE - I gotta sleep late Sunday, have a semi-overnight at the restaurant to prep for fireproofing the ceiling
16. "St. Matthew and the Angel" painter Guido : RENI - my cheat
17. The Hugo Awards are presented at one : CONVENTION
- I am in New York City today - my buddy Mike with the games company
has a booth at the Javits Center for the Toy/Games Convention, and I am
going to bring two of the three board games I 'invented'
18. What hearts may do : RACE - 2017 is off to a good start - someone new makes my heart race
19. Queen __ Revenge: Blackbeard's ship : ANNE'S - good WAG
20. Reams : A LOT
21. Mil. addresses : APOs
22. Tree in a carol : PEAR - you'll find the Partridge there
23. Some subordinates: Abbr. : JRs
24. Turn in : RAT OUT - ah. Not RETIRE
26. __-chef : SOUS - I know the guys who fill this role at the restaurants
28. Home to many warthogs : SAVANNA - that's the area of Africa, not the state of Georgia (OK, different spelling, but I thought it was funny )
29. Eastern servants : AMAHs - couldn't remember this at first
31. Store accessibly : FILE
32. With 37-Across, "No problem" : IT'S - circumreferential to; 37. See 32-Across : OKAY
36. Vintage tape format : VHS
38. Moore co-star : ASNER - another WAG
39. Like thou, say : ARCHAIC - nailed it, and spelled it correctly
41. Three-time Tour de France champion LeMond : GREG
42. See 48-Across : POLAND - partial referential clue to; 48. __-Neisse Line, western border of 42-Across : ODER
43. Albanian currency : LEK
44. Traipse : ROAM
49. Two-point contest? : DUEL - har-har
51. 122-square-mile republic : MALTA
52. "Green Mansions" heroine played by Audrey Hepburn : RIMA - I tried riTa, did not get my ta-DA~!; checked the crossing, and oops
53. Plus : IN ADDITION - nailed it
55. 1860s-'70s Black Hawk War combatants : UTES
56. Digital emergency signal : NINE-ONE-ONE
57. Uncle __ : BEN'S - another shot in the dark that was correct
58. Become decent? : GET DRESSED - nailed it - hah~!
DOWN:
1. Songwriters' org. : ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
2. Knockoff : CLONE - makes me think of the street vendors in NYC - wow, that's a good price for a Rolex~!
3. Salon coloring : HENNA
4. U-turn : REVERSAL
5. "... the morning __ her golden gates": Shakespeare : OPES
6. Yahoo! alternative : MSN - dah, not AOL
7. Rite sites : ALTARS
8. Apes' lack : TAILS - humans, too
9. "__, Sing America": Hughes : I, TOO
11. Improved book list? : ERRATA
12. Adapt in a dangerous way : WEAPONIZE
13. Come across : ENCOUNTER
14. Naps : SIESTAS
25. Not inclined : AVERSE
27. Toledo native : OHIOAN - I was an Ohioan for two and a half years - worked on a made-for-TV movie there
28. Military address : SIR
29. Venus counterpart : APHRODITE - nailed it from --RH--E
30. Goons : MUSCLEMEN - "goon" is the affectionate name for the fighters in hockey games, too
31. "Bossypants" memoirist : FEY - Tina, of SNL fame
34. Efron who voiced Ted in "The Lorax" : ZAC
35. Thankless bunch : INGRATES
36. Product originally called Croup and Pneumonia Salve : VAPO-RUB - this reminds me of SNL, too
40. Give a hard time : HARASS
41. Fixed, in a way : GELDED - oh, that kind of fix
43. Rested (against) : LEANT
45. Hodgepodges : OLIOs - making a return on Saturdays recently
46. Fix things : ATONE - oh, that kind of fix
47. Shaggy : MANED - I was "maned" back in my Headbanger's Ball days
50. Together, in Toulouse : UNIE - Frawnche
51. Vein locale : MINE
54. "L'Âge __": Buñuel-Dalí surrealist film : DOR - perps
18. What hearts may do : RACE - 2017 is off to a good start - someone new makes my heart race
19. Queen __ Revenge: Blackbeard's ship : ANNE'S - good WAG
20. Reams : A LOT
21. Mil. addresses : APOs
22. Tree in a carol : PEAR - you'll find the Partridge there
23. Some subordinates: Abbr. : JRs
24. Turn in : RAT OUT - ah. Not RETIRE
26. __-chef : SOUS - I know the guys who fill this role at the restaurants
28. Home to many warthogs : SAVANNA - that's the area of Africa, not the state of Georgia (OK, different spelling, but I thought it was funny )
29. Eastern servants : AMAHs - couldn't remember this at first
31. Store accessibly : FILE
32. With 37-Across, "No problem" : IT'S - circumreferential to; 37. See 32-Across : OKAY
36. Vintage tape format : VHS
38. Moore co-star : ASNER - another WAG
39. Like thou, say : ARCHAIC - nailed it, and spelled it correctly
41. Three-time Tour de France champion LeMond : GREG
42. See 48-Across : POLAND - partial referential clue to; 48. __-Neisse Line, western border of 42-Across : ODER
43. Albanian currency : LEK
44. Traipse : ROAM
49. Two-point contest? : DUEL - har-har
51. 122-square-mile republic : MALTA
52. "Green Mansions" heroine played by Audrey Hepburn : RIMA - I tried riTa, did not get my ta-DA~!; checked the crossing, and oops
53. Plus : IN ADDITION - nailed it
55. 1860s-'70s Black Hawk War combatants : UTES
56. Digital emergency signal : NINE-ONE-ONE
57. Uncle __ : BEN'S - another shot in the dark that was correct
58. Become decent? : GET DRESSED - nailed it - hah~!
1. Songwriters' org. : ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
2. Knockoff : CLONE - makes me think of the street vendors in NYC - wow, that's a good price for a Rolex~!
3. Salon coloring : HENNA
4. U-turn : REVERSAL
5. "... the morning __ her golden gates": Shakespeare : OPES
6. Yahoo! alternative : MSN - dah, not AOL
7. Rite sites : ALTARS
8. Apes' lack : TAILS - humans, too
9. "__, Sing America": Hughes : I, TOO
11. Improved book list? : ERRATA
12. Adapt in a dangerous way : WEAPONIZE
13. Come across : ENCOUNTER
14. Naps : SIESTAS
25. Not inclined : AVERSE
27. Toledo native : OHIOAN - I was an Ohioan for two and a half years - worked on a made-for-TV movie there
28. Military address : SIR
29. Venus counterpart : APHRODITE - nailed it from --RH--E
30. Goons : MUSCLEMEN - "goon" is the affectionate name for the fighters in hockey games, too
31. "Bossypants" memoirist : FEY - Tina, of SNL fame
34. Efron who voiced Ted in "The Lorax" : ZAC
35. Thankless bunch : INGRATES
36. Product originally called Croup and Pneumonia Salve : VAPO-RUB - this reminds me of SNL, too
40. Give a hard time : HARASS
41. Fixed, in a way : GELDED - oh, that kind of fix
43. Rested (against) : LEANT
45. Hodgepodges : OLIOs - making a return on Saturdays recently
46. Fix things : ATONE - oh, that kind of fix
47. Shaggy : MANED - I was "maned" back in my Headbanger's Ball days
50. Together, in Toulouse : UNIE - Frawnche
51. Vein locale : MINE
54. "L'Âge __": Buñuel-Dalí surrealist film : DOR - perps
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