Theme: None
Words: 70 (missing J,Q,Z)
Blocks: 27
We
are witness to Bruce Haight's hitting for the cycle - this is his first
Saturday construction for the LA Times, and has now been published
every day of the week. Congratulations to Bruce, but I gotta say, too
many proper names(*)
in this one made it a fun sponge - can't win them all. 10x6 in two
corners and triple 8-letter stacks in the others, with two more 8-letter
fills as well.
15. Fizzled : PETERED OUT - what do you call a guy who tires easily~? Peter; how about the guy who's creative~? Art; The guy who stirs up trouble~? Buck - or - Russell; The wealthy one~? Rich; The one who's brutally honest~? Frank. I can go on....
14. Displaying polish, perhaps : OPEN-TOED
52. Symbol of ancient Egypt : SACRED IBIS - dah~! I had ICON, IDOL, and knew it wasn't correct - took a moment to remember the sacred bird - and also the God Thoth
31. "Brava!" : ATTA GIRL - I had the "G", and the "a" at the end of the clue helped me nail this
atta girl~!
Spring ON forWARD~
ACROSS:
1. Participated in a movie gunfight, say : SHOT BLANKS
11. Symbol of purity : HALO - not DOVE
16. Junket : TRIP
17. Really hot : EXTRA SPICY
18. Bud : MATE
19. Passes : ENACTS
20. Getaway car driver : WHEELMAN
22. Comforter : DUVET - I have such a resentment for this word, only because my friend's wife used it in a Scrabble game, and I challenged - it's Frawnche - and yet it counted. Ugh, ugh, ugh.
23. Metered lines : POESY
24. Rudder location : AFT
25. "Now!" : STAT - not ASAP
26*. "Buddenbrooks" author : MANN
27. Farm follower? : E-I-E-I-O - not "STEAD"; this was almost funny....
29. Moolah : GELT - not CASH
30. Pop-up producer : ADWARE
31. How many games are won : AS A TEAM - the NY Rangers finally figured out their Power Play, and still managed to lose on Thursday
35. Cuddled : SPOONED - yeah, one of these days I'll get around to this again
36. Wine flavor component : TANNIN
37. Compact __ : DISC
38. Jerks : TWITS - my mother's affectionate name for the NY Rangers
39. "No __!" : DICE
40*. Inventing middle name : ALVA
44. Six-pack to be proud of : ABS - the 'other' six-pack produces the exact opposite
45*. Big name in '50s-'60s civil rights : EVERS
47. Take turns? : STEER - got it, but pondered DRIVE, too
48. Cuts to a roving reporter : GOES LIVE - Ha~! Nailed it
50. Introductory language class : LATIN I
51. Digging : INTO
54. Shipping hazard : REEF
55. Wary : ON THE ALERT
56. Exam for some college srs. : LSAT
57. Tourist attraction : RESORT AREA
DOWN:
1. Radar pickups : SPEEDS
2. Threaded fastener : HEX-NUT - this is the crenellated version
3. Interval for Rossini : OTTAVA - musical reference, octave
4. Three-line stanza : TERCET
5*. Benjamin of "Law & Order" : BRATT - was never a big fan of his character - I think cutting out Chris Noth's "Mike Logan" was not a good move for the show - tho he did return on "Criminal Intent"
6. Frequency modulation word? : LESS - filled via perps; not sure I "get it"
7. Payroll service initials : ADP - I see this on the UPS truck daily
8. "Forget it!" : "NO I WON'T~!" - I had YOU WISH to start, and it was working for a while
9. German coffeecake : KUCHEN - OK, I'll take das word for it....
10. Optical maladies : STYES
11. Webmaster's code : HTML
12. Ancient Syrian : ARAMAEAN
13. Got ready to grill : LIT A FIRE
21. Focus group member, casually? : EYE DOC - ah. Clever
23. Date provider : PALM - the tree, not the singles website
26. Average : MEAN
28. WWII battle site, for short : IWO - Jima
29*. Theodor whose middle name was Seuss : GEISEL -even guessing this was "Dr Seuss" did not help at all
30. It adjoins the altar : APSE
32. Surgeon, slangily : SAWBONES
33. Aromatic brew : ANISE TEA - been popular in crosswords lately
34. Blaster : TNT - oops, not GUN
35. Unleashes : SICS
37. Runs : DIRECTS
39*. William of "24" : DEVANE - I liked him as Carter in "Payback"
40*. Fifth-century invader : ATTILA - just read a true "science fiction" novel from Bradbury and Baxter where Genghis Khan meets Alexander the Great in battle
41*. Elvis Presley lyricist Jerry : LEIBER
42. __ facias: jury pool (from the Latin for "make come") : VENIRE - all my Law & Order watching did not get me this
43. Grain bristle : ARISTA - mostly perps
46. Sun block : VISOR
47*. '70s-'80s Egyptian president : SADAT - an another, but I knew this one
49. Permissive : SOFT
50. Suggestive gander : LEER
53. Letter after pi : RHO
11. Symbol of purity : HALO - not DOVE
16. Junket : TRIP
17. Really hot : EXTRA SPICY
18. Bud : MATE
19. Passes : ENACTS
20. Getaway car driver : WHEELMAN
22. Comforter : DUVET - I have such a resentment for this word, only because my friend's wife used it in a Scrabble game, and I challenged - it's Frawnche - and yet it counted. Ugh, ugh, ugh.
23. Metered lines : POESY
24. Rudder location : AFT
25. "Now!" : STAT - not ASAP
26*. "Buddenbrooks" author : MANN
27. Farm follower? : E-I-E-I-O - not "STEAD"; this was almost funny....
29. Moolah : GELT - not CASH
30. Pop-up producer : ADWARE
31. How many games are won : AS A TEAM - the NY Rangers finally figured out their Power Play, and still managed to lose on Thursday
35. Cuddled : SPOONED - yeah, one of these days I'll get around to this again
36. Wine flavor component : TANNIN
37. Compact __ : DISC
38. Jerks : TWITS - my mother's affectionate name for the NY Rangers
39. "No __!" : DICE
40*. Inventing middle name : ALVA
44. Six-pack to be proud of : ABS - the 'other' six-pack produces the exact opposite
45*. Big name in '50s-'60s civil rights : EVERS
47. Take turns? : STEER - got it, but pondered DRIVE, too
48. Cuts to a roving reporter : GOES LIVE - Ha~! Nailed it
50. Introductory language class : LATIN I
51. Digging : INTO
54. Shipping hazard : REEF
55. Wary : ON THE ALERT
56. Exam for some college srs. : LSAT
57. Tourist attraction : RESORT AREA
DOWN:
1. Radar pickups : SPEEDS
2. Threaded fastener : HEX-NUT - this is the crenellated version
4. Three-line stanza : TERCET
5*. Benjamin of "Law & Order" : BRATT - was never a big fan of his character - I think cutting out Chris Noth's "Mike Logan" was not a good move for the show - tho he did return on "Criminal Intent"
6. Frequency modulation word? : LESS - filled via perps; not sure I "get it"
7. Payroll service initials : ADP - I see this on the UPS truck daily
8. "Forget it!" : "NO I WON'T~!" - I had YOU WISH to start, and it was working for a while
9. German coffeecake : KUCHEN - OK, I'll take das word for it....
10. Optical maladies : STYES
11. Webmaster's code : HTML
12. Ancient Syrian : ARAMAEAN
21. Focus group member, casually? : EYE DOC - ah. Clever
23. Date provider : PALM - the tree, not the singles website
26. Average : MEAN
28. WWII battle site, for short : IWO - Jima
29*. Theodor whose middle name was Seuss : GEISEL -even guessing this was "Dr Seuss" did not help at all
30. It adjoins the altar : APSE
Awesome
33. Aromatic brew : ANISE TEA - been popular in crosswords lately
34. Blaster : TNT - oops, not GUN
35. Unleashes : SICS
37. Runs : DIRECTS
39*. William of "24" : DEVANE - I liked him as Carter in "Payback"
40*. Fifth-century invader : ATTILA - just read a true "science fiction" novel from Bradbury and Baxter where Genghis Khan meets Alexander the Great in battle
41*. Elvis Presley lyricist Jerry : LEIBER
42. __ facias: jury pool (from the Latin for "make come") : VENIRE - all my Law & Order watching did not get me this
43. Grain bristle : ARISTA - mostly perps
46. Sun block : VISOR
47*. '70s-'80s Egyptian president : SADAT - an another, but I knew this one
49. Permissive : SOFT
50. Suggestive gander : LEER
53. Letter after pi : RHO
Splynter
