TITLE: WORD LOVERS
Our two good friends here at this little literary outpost, C.C. and Irish Miss, have produced a lovely exercise for us today.
Husker Gary reporting on their effort to take a word (foreign to me) and use it as a delightful pattern.These word-loving ladies used the word LOGOPHILE, from the Greek - LOGOS meaning word and PHILE meaning lover, to give us four fills where the first word starts with LO and the second with GO.
What word could be more apropos?
The reveal tells all. I could see the pattern but had no idea what these two LOGOPHILES were doing.
64. Word lover who'd especially enjoy the four longest answers in this puzzle? : LOGOPHILE
THEME FILLS:
17. Ambitious aspiration : LOFTY GOAL - After 108 long years, the Chicago Cubs reached their LOFTY GOAL of a World Championship last fall
17. Ambitious aspiration : LOFTY GOAL - After 108 long years, the Chicago Cubs reached their LOFTY GOAL of a World Championship last fall
25. "We're off to a strong start" : LOOKING GOOD - Forest Gump's 1970's investment in "some kind of fruit company" would have him LOOKING GOOD and worth $6B today.
39. A city council is part of it : LOCAL GOVERNMENT - My town's LOCAL GOVERNMENT has been besieged by debate on both sides concerning the building of a $300,000,000 Costco Chicken Plant two miles south of our house. A former Nebraska governor with whom I golf told me, "Gary, what kind of industry did people think we would attract?"
50. Aphrodite or Venus : LOVE GODDESS - Hilarious Judy Tenuta billed herself as a "LOVE GODDESS - It could happen!"
Now that you've LOGged On, let's see what else Agnes and C.C. have for us
Across
1. __-pedi : MANI
5. Like many snowbirds: Abbr. : RET'D - I subbed five of the last eight days. I've got to look up the word RETIRED
9. Golden Arches pork sandwich : MCRIB
14. __ jacket : ETON - May we clear that for you?
15. Part of a plot : ACRE
15. Part of a plot : ACRE
16. Muse for Millay : ERATO
19. Industry bigwig : TITAN
20. Hotel breakfast buffet offering : OMELET - Your attendants might be wearing ETON jackets
21. "Evita" role : CHE
23. River near the Sphinx : NILE
24. Hush-hush govt. org. : NSA
28. Lauren of fashion : RALPH - His company made an entire line of ads for sponsoring Downton Abbey.
30. Mystery man John : DOE - He seems to show up in a lot of morgues
30. Mystery man John : DOE - He seems to show up in a lot of morgues
31. Uninteresting : BLAH
33. "Yippee!" : WAHOO - Twenty minutes from here
36. Flapper's accessory : BOA - The kind that's safe around your neck
36. Flapper's accessory : BOA - The kind that's safe around your neck
43. Typical "Blue's Clues" watcher : TOT
44. Davenport resident : IOWAN
45. Gossip column twosome : ITEM - These things are like our savings account - they generate no appreciable interest!
46. Stop : END
47. Stop : CEASE - Didn't I just see this clue recently?
55. __ King Cole : NAT
58. "Not sure yet" : I MAY
59. Road cover : TAR - This road TAR job was in one of my favorite movies
60. Sole role in the play "Tru" : CAPOTE
60. Sole role in the play "Tru" : CAPOTE
62. Place for short cuts : SALON
66. Pointed remark? : THERE
67. Always : EVER
68. Persia, today : IRAN - The mullahs don't like it but some American knockoffs like this and "Mash Donalds" are showing up.
69. Totally filled : SATED
69. Totally filled : SATED
70. Email status : SENT - Oh my! Did I hit SEND?
71. What a successful dieter weighs : LESS
Down
1. Fruit served in balls : MELON - Oh, now I get it!
2. Matter makeup : ATOMS
2. Matter makeup : ATOMS
3. 2002 legislation that protects whistleblowers, familiarly : NO FEAR ACT
4. Like some waters: Abbr. : INT'L
5. Convertible, in slang : RAG TOP - Guy Fieri's RAG TOP and his show - Diners, Drive-In and Dives - are both cool!
6. Prefix with friendly : ECO
7. Song on a CD : TRACK -I haven't bought music on a record, tape or CD since Moby Dick was a guppy.
8. Indian metropolis : DELHI - The Ploof Gourmet Kitchen in Deli has been proclaimed the best Deli in, uh, DELHI. Call +91 22 2463 4666 for take out!
9. Got together : MET
10. Shrink in fear : CRINGE
11. Probability expression : RATIO - The odds for my FB Huskers winning the National Championship this year are 100:1. VB odds are much better!
12. Author Calvino : ITALO - Classics always wear well and offer lessons to all generations. To Kill A Mockingbird is one that comes to my mind! You?
13. Like fillets : BONED
13. Like fillets : BONED
18. Cry out : YELL
22. Home of the Ewoks : ENDOR - The home of our crossword buddies. Now where do those ELOI hale from?
26. "I'm impressed!" : OH WOW
27. Hired hood : GOON - Some don't make it to Social Security age
29. Puzzle solver's cry : AHA - AHA, now I get it! It's two word phrases where the first word starts with LO and the second with GO!
31. Lunchtime fave : BLT - You had me at bacon!
32. John of the U.K. : LOO
34. Gardner of the silver screen : AVA - No one was afraid of her boyfriend/husband, just his GOONS!
35. Start of a conclusion : HENCE
36. Bane : BETE NOIRE - That which is hated or a rasslin' stage name
37. Cardinal Ozzie Smith's retired uniform number : ONE - Now there's a guy who knew how to take his position
38. Spot to check your balance : ATM
40. Lisa who hosts CNN's "This Is Life" : LING
41. Beckett no-show : GODOT
42. Leading lead-in : MIS - It's MISLEADING if you think GODOT is going to show up
46. Friend of Pooh and Roo : EEYORE - What a sad outlook on life. I've known a few.
48. Go along with : ESCORT
49. PDQ : ASAP
50. Leans while sailing : LISTS
51. D-Day beach : OMAHA - C.C and Agnes, you couldn't throw Nebraska a crumb here? :-)
52. Lot attendant : VALET - A dfferent pronunciation if you are handing Lord Grantham his riding clothes
53. Lowlands : DALES
54. Used the car : DROVE
54. Used the car : DROVE
57. After-school jobholders : TEENS - Like any honest labor, McJobs have dignity
61. One of the Everly Brothers : PHIL - The Beatles were huge fans of Don and PHIL
63. Actor Beatty : NED -This t-shirt was inspired by what may be Ned's most remembered role
65. High-ranking off. : GEN
I am LOng GOne but look forward to your comments:
