Theme: None
Words: 68 (Pangram~!)
Blocks: 39
There
is one other LA Times puzzle from Matthew, from Thursday March 23rd of
this year. Today's offering was a really pleasant solve, with very few
proper names or abbreviations and plenty of clever clues to make it
tough, but do-able. I admit to not getting my "ta-DA~!" because of one
cel, and I just switched to red-letter to find it; more below, and it's
quite funny in retrospect. Big block count today, a friendly grid, and
just a pair of 11-letter spanners in the across and few 8-letter answers
throughout;
33. Look for business? : WORK CLOTHES
Or how 'bout her~?
She definitely does not work at my terminal....
brOwNWARD~!
ACROSS:
1. Bass-baritone role in an 1885 Savoy Theatre premiere : MIKADO - never a good start when you have no clue - or is that answer~?
7. King Features Syndicate parent : HEARST
13. Brown world? : ACADEME - Funny, I wonder if Mr. Sewell knew I would be doing the blog, because half my world IS Brown - UPS brown, that is. Since UPS did not fit, I wondered if it was a reference to Charlie [Brown], but no, it's about an ivy league school
15. "I have a bad feeling about this" : "OH DEAR...." - and a line from Han Solo - four times
16. Strike a chord : RESONATE - my first thought was guitar related
18. There's one right in front of you : PUZZLE - ah. Yes. I had Muzzle, which is technically correct, and hoMe before 'against' made sense, but not after as well
19. MSN, for one : ISP - Internet Service Provider
20. Wore with jaunty confidence : ROCKED - I like rocking my plus-fours on the golf course. Not.
22. Scuttle : NIX
23. Most of a pool cue : SHAFT - like 99.5%
26. 11, at times: Abbr. : NOVember - I always get duped by this, especially since "11" to me is usually a guitar amplifier reference
27. Cooked : DONE
28. Vital vessels : AORTAS
30. W-9 filers : NEW HIRES
35. Panasonic flat-screen : VIERA
36. Welsh herder : CORGI
41. Majesty : SPLENDOR
44. Four-time WWE World Champion Brock __ : LESNAR - all perps
46. Wharf : QUAY - dah~! not DOCK
47. Dressy accessory : TIE - I went with BOA - 100% wrong
49. Curling piece : STONE
50. Audible pauses : UMs - I had UHs to start
51. How cherries jubilee is served : FLAMBÉ
54. Dungeons & Dragons bird : ROC - I'm such a nerd. I got this. But hey~! I think I might have a cool name for my board game~!
55. Shout on arrival : I'M HERE
57. 1984 Winter Olympics city : SARAJEVO - didn't come to me right away - I got it after I had the "S" and "O"
60. Strongly suggest : REEK OF - the word 'reek' always reminds me of a band that played the night club I managed; they called themselves REEKING HAVOC - not WREAKING
61. Alito and Thomas : YALE MEN - I thought we were looking for two guys named the same, so I threw an "S" in at the end. Bzzzt.
62. Danny, vis-à-vis the "Bloodline" siblings : ELDEST - no clue, via perps
63. Sharp weapons : SABERS - Dah~! not SPEARS - that's 83.3% at 50% correct
DOWN:
1. Best Supporting Actress two years after Whoopi : MARISA - Ms. Tomei, for My Cousin Vinny, and Ms. Goldberg for Ghost
2. Exhibition with blades : ICE SHOW - Good clue. Hockey games, too
3. '90s loser to Deep Blue : KASPAROV - I didn't know this. More chess, too~! The Wiki
4. Flap : ADO - so what's a MIK ADO~? (nyuk nyuk nyuk)
5. Forest digs : DEN
6. "Rubáiyát" poet : OMAR
7. Word before and after against : HOPE - hope against hope - ah, that makes sense
8. Israel's Olmert : EHUD - perps and a WAG
9. Sharp-edged tool : ADZ
10. Nine Inch Nails founder Trent : REZNOR - the one proper name I did know - I'd link a song, but most of the popular stuff is a bit raunchy - if you must, check out "Closer". On the flip side, Hurt was covered by Johnny Cash
11. Briny : SALINE - ah. SALTY was too short
12. Natural history museum attractions, briefly : T-REXES
14. School with trimesters called halves : ETON
17. Cheap opening : ECONO-
21. Bellyache : KVETCH
24. Kan. Army installation : Ft. RILEY - I was pretty confident of my ACROSS answers, so the FTR--- to start helped a lot
25. Go up against : TAKE ON
27. Turn off and then some : DISGUST
29. Cape Cod catch : SCROD
31. Forensics ridge : WHORL - fingerprints
32. Stallone roles, e.g. : HEROES
34. Sitting Bull's people : LAKOTA
37. "Forget I said anything" : "IGNORE ME."
39. Downsizes : TRIMS
40. German royal house, 1714-1901 : HANOVER
41. Knight aide : SQUIRE
42. Buffet : PUMMEL - I didn't know if it was BUH-fet, or buh-FAY
43. Tied up : LASHED
45. Scouting ops : RECONS
51. Picked dos : 'FROS
52. Took off : LEFT
53. Noteworthy times : ERAS
56. Stretch (out) : EKE
58. Like : Á LA
59. Politico with a father, brother and son named George : JEB - the Bushes
7. King Features Syndicate parent : HEARST
13. Brown world? : ACADEME - Funny, I wonder if Mr. Sewell knew I would be doing the blog, because half my world IS Brown - UPS brown, that is. Since UPS did not fit, I wondered if it was a reference to Charlie [Brown], but no, it's about an ivy league school
15. "I have a bad feeling about this" : "OH DEAR...." - and a line from Han Solo - four times
16. Strike a chord : RESONATE - my first thought was guitar related
18. There's one right in front of you : PUZZLE - ah. Yes. I had Muzzle, which is technically correct, and hoMe before 'against' made sense, but not after as well
19. MSN, for one : ISP - Internet Service Provider
20. Wore with jaunty confidence : ROCKED - I like rocking my plus-fours on the golf course. Not.
and Argyle socks~!
23. Most of a pool cue : SHAFT - like 99.5%
27. Cooked : DONE
28. Vital vessels : AORTAS
30. W-9 filers : NEW HIRES
35. Panasonic flat-screen : VIERA
44. Four-time WWE World Champion Brock __ : LESNAR - all perps
46. Wharf : QUAY - dah~! not DOCK
47. Dressy accessory : TIE - I went with BOA - 100% wrong
49. Curling piece : STONE
50. Audible pauses : UMs - I had UHs to start
51. How cherries jubilee is served : FLAMBÉ
54. Dungeons & Dragons bird : ROC - I'm such a nerd. I got this. But hey~! I think I might have a cool name for my board game~!
55. Shout on arrival : I'M HERE
57. 1984 Winter Olympics city : SARAJEVO - didn't come to me right away - I got it after I had the "S" and "O"
61. Alito and Thomas : YALE MEN - I thought we were looking for two guys named the same, so I threw an "S" in at the end. Bzzzt.
62. Danny, vis-à-vis the "Bloodline" siblings : ELDEST - no clue, via perps
63. Sharp weapons : SABERS - Dah~! not SPEARS - that's 83.3% at 50% correct
DOWN:
1. Best Supporting Actress two years after Whoopi : MARISA - Ms. Tomei, for My Cousin Vinny, and Ms. Goldberg for Ghost
2. Exhibition with blades : ICE SHOW - Good clue. Hockey games, too
3. '90s loser to Deep Blue : KASPAROV - I didn't know this. More chess, too~! The Wiki
4. Flap : ADO - so what's a MIK ADO~? (nyuk nyuk nyuk)
5. Forest digs : DEN
6. "Rubáiyát" poet : OMAR
7. Word before and after against : HOPE - hope against hope - ah, that makes sense
8. Israel's Olmert : EHUD - perps and a WAG
9. Sharp-edged tool : ADZ
10. Nine Inch Nails founder Trent : REZNOR - the one proper name I did know - I'd link a song, but most of the popular stuff is a bit raunchy - if you must, check out "Closer". On the flip side, Hurt was covered by Johnny Cash
11. Briny : SALINE - ah. SALTY was too short
12. Natural history museum attractions, briefly : T-REXES
14. School with trimesters called halves : ETON
17. Cheap opening : ECONO-
21. Bellyache : KVETCH
24. Kan. Army installation : Ft. RILEY - I was pretty confident of my ACROSS answers, so the FTR--- to start helped a lot
25. Go up against : TAKE ON
27. Turn off and then some : DISGUST
29. Cape Cod catch : SCROD
31. Forensics ridge : WHORL - fingerprints
32. Stallone roles, e.g. : HEROES
34. Sitting Bull's people : LAKOTA
37. "Forget I said anything" : "IGNORE ME."
39. Downsizes : TRIMS
40. German royal house, 1714-1901 : HANOVER
41. Knight aide : SQUIRE
42. Buffet : PUMMEL - I didn't know if it was BUH-fet, or buh-FAY
43. Tied up : LASHED
45. Scouting ops : RECONS
48. Weird Al song that wonders, "Tell me why I bid on Shatner's old toupee" : eBAY - man that's funny; I DID buy a golf cart on eBay - and I found a rare Tom Jones CD, Rescue Me, sold by a guy in Russia....
The Wiki on the song
51. Picked dos : 'FROS
52. Took off : LEFT
53. Noteworthy times : ERAS
56. Stretch (out) : EKE
58. Like : Á LA
59. Politico with a father, brother and son named George : JEB - the Bushes
Splynter
P.S.> I was shocked to see that my name now appears in the "labels" settings~!
P.S.> I was shocked to see that my name now appears in the "labels" settings~!
