Theme: PH SCALE (39. Acidity measurement range ... and where you'll find 17-, 23-, 50- and 60-Across?) - Each theme entry starts with P and H.
17. Simon & Schuster, for example: PUBLISHING HOUSE.
23. Jimi Hendrix classic: PURPLE HAZE.
50. Sort in compartments: PIGEON HOLE.
60. One's cleanliness habits: PERSONAL HYGIENE.
Boomer here.
Hello
all of you Mamas and Papas. Monday, Monday Can't trust that day.
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way. There I go
reliving my youth of the 60s. Speaking of the 60s, this puzzle reminded
me of my Dad's employer in the 60s. Physicians and Hospital Supplies.
Also known as P & H. However in those days, the drug industry was
acceptable with prescriptions mostly around $3.00, Not like it is today
with "Ask your Doctor" ads and Big Pharma was a term that had not yet
been coined.
Across:
1. Emulated Pinocchio: LIED. I enjoy it when the Washington Post awards Pinocchios.
5. Gas and oil: FUELS.
Where is it at where you live? In Minnesota, we are at around 2.85 per
gallon of regular. I heard in Manhattan it's around $5.00
10. Puppy sound: YIP.
13. Charitable gift: ALMS.
14. "How awful!": OH DEAR. Something Edith Bunker used to say.
16. Artist Yoko: ONO. Then I think Archie would say OH NO
20. Sch. in Charlottesville: UVA.
21. Leave speechless: STUN. Milwaukee police are facing questions regarding their use of a stun gun on Sterling Brown of the NBA.
22. Path around the sun: ORBIT. Also the path of an Aaron Judge home run.
27. Longtime senator Kennedy: TED. Maybe could have been President except for that night in July, 1969.
28. Poetic "above": O'ER. - O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave, and the NFL.
29. Like stretchy waistbands: ELASTIC.
32. Spot on the tube: TV AD. The number of ads I see for car insurance and prescription drugs, makes me think those two products might be over-priced?
35. Hitching post?: ALTAR. I get it, but it's a stretch.
37. Dove's call: COO.
38. Rolled-up bunch of money: WAD.
41. Sing with a closed mouth: HUM. That's not singing, that's humming.
42. Memorable boxer: ALI. He put boxing on the map! Everyone knew who the heavyweight champ was in the day.
43. Highways and byways: ROADS. Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong. West Virginia????
44. Stinging insect: WASP.
45. Solarium: SUN ROOM.
47. CIA relative: NSA.
49. Series-ending abbr.: ETC. Abbreviation for Latin et cetera."and so on". Also a gift shop in Hudson, Wisconsin.
56. Mascara mishap: SMEAR.
58. Westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: ATTU.
59. Chicken __: POX.
I thought of LEG and KFC. I had chicken pox once and that was enough.
Odd name for an illness. What did chickens ever do to deserve this ?
64. Young Skywalker's nickname: ANI.
65. Lighter filler: BUTANE. Yeah - these things are dangerous. Glad I don't smoke.
66. Uncle Remus rabbit's title: BR'ER. Born and raised in the briar patch
67. "Delish!": YUM.
68. Ply with alcohol: BESOT.
69. Shopping place: MART. Always seems to indicate lower price. K-Mart, Walmart etc. Any more?
Down:
1. Drink from a bowl: LAP UP. No, I just lift the bowl to my mouth and tip it.
2. Candy heart words: I LUV U.
3. Imprison: EMBAR.
4. ISP alternative: DSL. The computer age has smothered us with three letter acronyms.
5. Kind of child or parent: FOSTER. Half a pair of sunglasses.
6. "Yup": UH HUH.
7. Twin Cities suburb: EDINA.
Edina is known to host the first indoor shopping center I believe in
the US, circa 1957. C.C. and I were there last week. Southdale Mall
has expanded and added and changed tenants, and it seems to want to
compete with Mall of America.
8. Novelist Deighton: LEN.
9. Hollywood's __ Awards: SAG.
10. "Darn tootin'!": YOU BETCHA. - This phrase is tied to us Scandinavians Don'tcha know.
11. Treacherously sneaky: INSIDIOUS.
12. Frost or Browning: POET. He's a poet but don't know it, but his feet show it, They're Longfellows.
15. Pi follower: RHO. It's Greek to me.
18. Cruise stop: ISLE.
19. Disposal scraps: ORTS.
24. Sci-fi escape vehicle: POD. I would pick UFO. Not even peas can escape from a pod.
25. Greek Zs: ZETAS. Z is our last letter. I think Zeta comes early in the Greek lineup. Somewhere near Gamma Beta Epsilon.
26. Israeli airline: EL AL.
30. Exist: ARE.
31. Give a free pass: COMP.
32. First word in Moore's Christmas poem: 'TWAS. Contraction for "It was".
33. Eatery list including 99-cent items: VALUE MENU. Nothing anymore for less than a dollar. McDonald's has a $1, $2, $3 and others have two for $6.
34. For now, in Latin: AD INTERIM. Technically translates "In the meantime" but I will okay it for now.
35. "Me too": AS AM I.
36. PC monitor type: LCD.
I know this is an acronym for liquid crystal display, but I never
understood it. I know you get a clearer picture, but I'm not sure why.
39. Expert: PRO. Short for professional, also means pretty darn good. All of you are PRO crossword solvers.
40. Hula __: HOOP.
The hoop went public in 1958 and I think everyone in the US had at
least one. I believe they were originally sold for .99 each.
44. Sob syllable: WAH.
46. Early color TVs: RCAS. Before color TVs, RCA was a leading maker of "Victrola" sound equipment. Remember The mascot dog "Nipper" ?
47. "Wait a bit longer": NOT YET.
48. Like a bug in a rug: SNUG.
51. Fancy parties: GALAS. Do you pronounce this GAY LA or GALLA ?
52. Prefix with centric: ETHNO. My puzzle's better than your puzzle
53. Rossini work: OPERA. Or a noontime soap.
54. No social butterfly: LONER.
55. Apply, as pressure: EXERT.
56. Fix at the vet: SPAY.
57. Knock over, as a bank: ROB. I'm now thinking of Mary Tyler Moore's (Laura Petrie's) husband on the Dick Van Dyke show.
61. Pencil remnant: NUB.
62. Had lunch: ATE.
63. PC pioneer: IBM. I don't remember an IBM personal computer. Most of IBM's computers were the size of a cruise ship.
Boomer
Note from C.C.:
Here
is Boomer's 700 Club champion's plaque. The lights were knocked out due to the
severe storm last Thursday night when they had the banquet, so all the
bowlers enjoyed a candlelight dinner in hot hot weather.
