Theme: Round in Circles - things that revolve are nattily revealed by an appropriate agent - the circles.
Clockwise from the NE we have
WINDMILL
CAROUSEL
THE EARTH and
HULA HOOP (The P is missing its circle from the grid below, but not from the puzzle itself).
and the reveal:
40A. How the things in the circled letters go: AROUND AND AROUND. The wheels on the bus ....
Now I've got that ear worm stuck in your heads ... good effort from Mark. The eight-letter progressions all start at the same place in the "wheel", the fill is nice with some fresh entries: OLLIE and SICK BURN! are nods to the yutes ("What's a yute?" My Cousin Vinnie) and some trickery-pokery making a nice Thursday work-out.
Lets explore:
Across:
1. Disheveled: MUSSY. Many will have had MESSY. I like MUSSY, as in having your hair mussed.
6. __ 180: skateboarding trick: OLLIE. Of course, I do these every day. Not! I tried skateboarding way back when but I just didn't have the balance for it. I couldn't even stand still on one.
11. Piqued: IN A HUFF. The other meaning is "stimulated" as in "he piqued my interest".
14. Maximally moist: DEWIEST
16. Star name meaning "she-goat" in Latin: CAPELLA
17. Weather-changing currents: EL NIÑOS
18. Footless creature: APOD. Footless MP4 player: iPOD.
19. Snorkeling spots: ATOLLS
21. Letters after Sen. Schumer's name: D-NY Democrat - New York, naturally. Nice bit of trickery this, as the answer could have been, but wasn't, DEM.
22. Eponymous brewer Bernhard: STROH. There's a quite significant memorial to the gentleman in Detroit. He and his German compatriots revolutionized the brewing industry in the US.
24. Adjust one's sights: RE-AIM
26. Assurance on certain menus: NO MSG. As the great food writer Jeffrey Steingarten asked: "If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn't everyone in Asia have a headache?".
29. Uzbek neighbor: TAJIK. These are the languages of the people (Uzbekis, Tajiks) in the countries Uzbekistan and Tajikstan.
33. Name prefix for "son of": MAC
36. Settled: REPAID
39. U.N. chief after Boutros: KOFI. Kofi Annan who held the post from 1997 to 2006. He told stories about being mistaken for Morgan Freeman.
43. Withdraw gradually: WEAN
44. Actor Estevez: EMILIO
45. Hot __: ROD
46. Numerical relationship: RATIO
48. Citrus cuttings: ZESTS
50. Red pool ball: THREE. I don't play a lot of pool, but I knew it had to be the three or the seven. I'm pretty sure everyone knows that the eight ball is black.
53. Bay of Naples isle: CAPRI
57. [Shrug]: MEH. Oh, those kids of today, making up words and all. It's like English is a living language. *grumble*
60. Beer mug with a hinged lid: SEIDEL. I don't think I knew this. Mr. Stroh would have known.
63. Believability, briefly: CRED. Almost always with his buddy "street".
64. Device that builds six-packs?: AB TONER. Tried AB ROLLER and ran out of space.
66. Admonish: REPROVE
68. Like some sports contract clauses: NO-TRADE. Usually at the request of the player, a clause is inserted in the contract stipulating that the player cannot be traded without his or her consent.
69. Jumps to conclusions: ASSUMES
70. "Hop __": Dr. Seuss book: ON POP
71. Young salmon: SMOLT
Down:
1. Flaky minerals: MICAS. Not TALCS then?
2. Not suitable: UNAPT
3. Quality that affects taste: SAPOR. You'd be tempted by "SAVOR" when you had most of the letters in place. I was. I resisted.
4. Sprinkle with hair, cat-style: SHED ON. "Sprinkle" doesn't seem quite accurate in describing the process, but it'll do.
5. Brynner of "The Ten Commandments": YUL. He came a long way, literally. He was born in Vladivostok.
6. Takes full responsibility: OWNS IT
7. Full deck in old Rome?: LII. Fifty-two cards in a full deck of cards. Roman ones were carved out of marble and were very heavy. You had to train with the Roman army for two years before you were strong enough to play bridge.
8. Allow to use: LEND
9. Airs: IS ON. It took me a while to parse this one out.
10. Crafter's website: ETSY
12. Southernmost of the 48 sts.: FLA. Not really, not any more. This gets the (archaic) qualifier in my book.
13. Butter or lard: FAT
14. Editorial mark: DELE. Indicating deletion.
15. First name in scat: ELLA
20. Put in order: ORGANIZED
23. It may be heard on the street: HORN. Definitely heard around these parts.
25. Powerful shark: MAKO
27. Ancient Persian: MEDE. Usually seen in the plural as in "The Medes".
28. Email folder: SPAM
30. Day in Dijon: JOUR
31. "__ One Will Listen": Kelly Clarkson song: IF NO I was going to link the song as I'd not found a musical interlude today, so I went to listen to it on YouTube. I spared you the link.
32. Captain hanged for piracy: KIDD
33. Bryn __ College: MAWR
34. Vicinity: AREA
35. Nail polish layer: COAT
37. Not engaged: IDLE
38. Stand during a lecture: DAIS
41. Army outfit: UNIT
42. Campus mil. group: ROTC
47. "Sick burn!": OH SNAP! I've never heard anyone say "sick burn!" in my life. This is what Google came up with - I still don't understand it. I'm getting too old for this stuff :)
49. Bone at the base of the spine: SACRUM
51. Pond plant: REED
52. Cork locale: EIRE. Oh, begorrah, the Emerald Isle. It's green because it rains. A lot. Just so you know.
54. Teaser: PROMO
55. Glory (in): REVEL
56. Often-abbreviated Latin phrase: ID EST i.e. that is. I enjoyed writing that!
57. When repeated including "a," fighting term: MANO-a-mano
58. Black, in verse: EBON
59. URL intro: HTTP. All together now: "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol".
61. Notable time: ERA
62. Paris article: LES. Not the article you drop in the street.
65. Top medalla: ORO. Gold medal in Spain. I think they now give out medals in the World Cup, the quadrennial 2018 tournament is starting shortly in Russia. I watched every game in the last World Cup. If my blogs are short and littered with soccer references for the next month, please forgive me.
67. Ltr. addenda: P.S.'S. Postscripts. I had no idea how to punctuate this, so I guessed. I find it funny when I get an email with a PS - wouldn't it be easier to put in where it belongs in the text?
I think I'm done - I'll just check my internal temperature with my meat thermometer. I'm looking for medium-rare.
Steve
Clockwise from the NE we have
WINDMILL
CAROUSEL
THE EARTH and
HULA HOOP (The P is missing its circle from the grid below, but not from the puzzle itself).
and the reveal:
40A. How the things in the circled letters go: AROUND AND AROUND. The wheels on the bus ....
Now I've got that ear worm stuck in your heads ... good effort from Mark. The eight-letter progressions all start at the same place in the "wheel", the fill is nice with some fresh entries: OLLIE and SICK BURN! are nods to the yutes ("What's a yute?" My Cousin Vinnie) and some trickery-pokery making a nice Thursday work-out.
Lets explore:
Across:
1. Disheveled: MUSSY. Many will have had MESSY. I like MUSSY, as in having your hair mussed.
6. __ 180: skateboarding trick: OLLIE. Of course, I do these every day. Not! I tried skateboarding way back when but I just didn't have the balance for it. I couldn't even stand still on one.
11. Piqued: IN A HUFF. The other meaning is "stimulated" as in "he piqued my interest".
14. Maximally moist: DEWIEST
16. Star name meaning "she-goat" in Latin: CAPELLA
17. Weather-changing currents: EL NIÑOS
18. Footless creature: APOD. Footless MP4 player: iPOD.
19. Snorkeling spots: ATOLLS
21. Letters after Sen. Schumer's name: D-NY Democrat - New York, naturally. Nice bit of trickery this, as the answer could have been, but wasn't, DEM.
22. Eponymous brewer Bernhard: STROH. There's a quite significant memorial to the gentleman in Detroit. He and his German compatriots revolutionized the brewing industry in the US.
24. Adjust one's sights: RE-AIM
26. Assurance on certain menus: NO MSG. As the great food writer Jeffrey Steingarten asked: "If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn't everyone in Asia have a headache?".
29. Uzbek neighbor: TAJIK. These are the languages of the people (Uzbekis, Tajiks) in the countries Uzbekistan and Tajikstan.
33. Name prefix for "son of": MAC
36. Settled: REPAID
39. U.N. chief after Boutros: KOFI. Kofi Annan who held the post from 1997 to 2006. He told stories about being mistaken for Morgan Freeman.
43. Withdraw gradually: WEAN
44. Actor Estevez: EMILIO
45. Hot __: ROD
46. Numerical relationship: RATIO
48. Citrus cuttings: ZESTS
50. Red pool ball: THREE. I don't play a lot of pool, but I knew it had to be the three or the seven. I'm pretty sure everyone knows that the eight ball is black.
53. Bay of Naples isle: CAPRI
57. [Shrug]: MEH. Oh, those kids of today, making up words and all. It's like English is a living language. *grumble*
60. Beer mug with a hinged lid: SEIDEL. I don't think I knew this. Mr. Stroh would have known.
63. Believability, briefly: CRED. Almost always with his buddy "street".
64. Device that builds six-packs?: AB TONER. Tried AB ROLLER and ran out of space.
66. Admonish: REPROVE
68. Like some sports contract clauses: NO-TRADE. Usually at the request of the player, a clause is inserted in the contract stipulating that the player cannot be traded without his or her consent.
69. Jumps to conclusions: ASSUMES
70. "Hop __": Dr. Seuss book: ON POP
71. Young salmon: SMOLT
Down:
1. Flaky minerals: MICAS. Not TALCS then?
2. Not suitable: UNAPT
3. Quality that affects taste: SAPOR. You'd be tempted by "SAVOR" when you had most of the letters in place. I was. I resisted.
4. Sprinkle with hair, cat-style: SHED ON. "Sprinkle" doesn't seem quite accurate in describing the process, but it'll do.
5. Brynner of "The Ten Commandments": YUL. He came a long way, literally. He was born in Vladivostok.
6. Takes full responsibility: OWNS IT
7. Full deck in old Rome?: LII. Fifty-two cards in a full deck of cards. Roman ones were carved out of marble and were very heavy. You had to train with the Roman army for two years before you were strong enough to play bridge.
8. Allow to use: LEND
9. Airs: IS ON. It took me a while to parse this one out.
10. Crafter's website: ETSY
12. Southernmost of the 48 sts.: FLA. Not really, not any more. This gets the (archaic) qualifier in my book.
13. Butter or lard: FAT
14. Editorial mark: DELE. Indicating deletion.
15. First name in scat: ELLA
20. Put in order: ORGANIZED
23. It may be heard on the street: HORN. Definitely heard around these parts.
25. Powerful shark: MAKO
27. Ancient Persian: MEDE. Usually seen in the plural as in "The Medes".
28. Email folder: SPAM
30. Day in Dijon: JOUR
31. "__ One Will Listen": Kelly Clarkson song: IF NO I was going to link the song as I'd not found a musical interlude today, so I went to listen to it on YouTube. I spared you the link.
32. Captain hanged for piracy: KIDD
33. Bryn __ College: MAWR
34. Vicinity: AREA
35. Nail polish layer: COAT
37. Not engaged: IDLE
38. Stand during a lecture: DAIS
41. Army outfit: UNIT
42. Campus mil. group: ROTC
47. "Sick burn!": OH SNAP! I've never heard anyone say "sick burn!" in my life. This is what Google came up with - I still don't understand it. I'm getting too old for this stuff :)
49. Bone at the base of the spine: SACRUM
51. Pond plant: REED
52. Cork locale: EIRE. Oh, begorrah, the Emerald Isle. It's green because it rains. A lot. Just so you know.
54. Teaser: PROMO
55. Glory (in): REVEL
56. Often-abbreviated Latin phrase: ID EST i.e. that is. I enjoyed writing that!
57. When repeated including "a," fighting term: MANO-a-mano
58. Black, in verse: EBON
59. URL intro: HTTP. All together now: "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol".
61. Notable time: ERA
62. Paris article: LES. Not the article you drop in the street.
65. Top medalla: ORO. Gold medal in Spain. I think they now give out medals in the World Cup, the quadrennial 2018 tournament is starting shortly in Russia. I watched every game in the last World Cup. If my blogs are short and littered with soccer references for the next month, please forgive me.
67. Ltr. addenda: P.S.'S. Postscripts. I had no idea how to punctuate this, so I guessed. I find it funny when I get an email with a PS - wouldn't it be easier to put in where it belongs in the text?
I think I'm done - I'll just check my internal temperature with my meat thermometer. I'm looking for medium-rare.
Steve
