B.C.
16. *Privates' training site: BOOT CAMP.
5. *Unlimited budget, figuratively: BLANK CHECK.
10. *Uris WWII novel: BATTLE CRY.
29. *System with only ones and zeros: BINARY CODE.
35. *Picture-taking Brownie: BOX CAMERA.
63. Apparent setting for a two-letter comic strip suggested by the answers to starred clues: STONE AGE.
Across:
1. Part of an urban fleet: CAB.
4. Recipe amt.: TBSP. More or less, to (your personal) taste. Except in most baking, where measurements should be precise.
8. Eva of "Green Acres": GABOR.
13. Tire filler: AIR.
14. Part of a Basque ball game name: ALAI. We saw Basque last Thursday with 20A clue/answer: San Sebastián beachgoer?: BASQUE IN THE SUN, followed in the comments by:
Haiku Harry said...
Tall Jai Alai guy sucked.
Teammates suggested, he play
BASQUEtball, instead ...
As OKL would say, "The prescience of the blog..."
15. Deli counter staple: SALAMI.
18. Very cold: ARCTIC.
19. Soothing succulent: ALOE.
20. Forever, it seems: NO END.
22. Aptly named autopilot in "Airplane!": OTTO. Crossword Shout Out !
23. Similar to: LIKE. Akin.
24. Oscar winner Winslet of "The Reader": KATE. Saw Winslet and 4 letters, entered Kate.
25. Chum: PAL.
26. Fourth quarter mo.: DEC. December. diciembre in Spanish. décembre in French.
28. Big brass: TUBA. High ranking military officers would not fit.
30. MPG-testing org.: EPA. Standard MPG disclaimer: "Your actual mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle."
33. Surprise attack: AMBUSH.
36. "__ Brockovich": ERIN.
37. Swindle: CON. Cheat.
38. Framed in the darkroom for artistic effect: CROPPED. Crossword constructor, pianist, composer, naturalist and photog extraordinaire John Lampkin has contributed over 1000 images to BugGuide.Net. He caught this Fungus Beetle crawling over another one:
40. Nearly obsolete golf club: ONE IRON. It's really tough to hit this club consistently. The one iron, along with the two iron, three iron, four iron and sometimes even the five iron, are increasingly being replaced by hybrid golf clubs, especially among amateur players. It's becoming increasingly rare for even the best players in the world to carry a one iron in the bag.
42. Word after trail or party: MIX.
43. On the rocks: ICED. "What is, How Tinbeni never orders his drinks ?" said James Holzhauer to Alex Trebek.
45. Diamond-shaped pattern: ARGYLE. Scott, you are dearly missed.
46. "Outta here!" PC key: ESC.
47. Kitchen gadget brand: EKCO. Kitchamagigs. Founded in Chicago in 1880, the Edward Katzinger Co was one of the earliest manufacturers of kitchen utensils and products. The name change to EKCO Products Co. was in 1945, and by the 1950's was producing every conceivable pan, gadget and utensil. - WIKICONIC and The Encyclopedia of Chicago.
48. Campaigned: RAN.
49. Throw in: ADD.
51. Courtroom fig.: ATTY. Figure / Attorney.
53. Santa Anita data: ODDS.
57. Prefix for half of Earth: HEMI. Northern and Southern, as determined by the Equator, or Eastern and Western, defined by the Prime Meridian. I guess it depends on how you want to divide it. So much divisiveness in the world today.
59. Acid used in cooking oil: OLEIC.
60. Hilarious routine: RIOT.
61. Removed the pull tab from: OPENED.
65. Calm: SERENE. 25 minutes outside of Lake Tahoe is a place called Serene Lakes
66. Ye __ Shoppe: OLDE.
67. Hoops net holder: RIM.
68. Mail-order pioneer: SEARS. Sears was a mail-order watch business starting in 1886, but Montgomery Ward was the mail-order pioneer 14 years earlier in 1872, offering a varied 163 items in his first mail-order catalog.
69. Have to have: NEED.
70. "I did it!": YES. Yes, I mowed the wet lawn between rainstorms last Wednesday. It had to be done. Then had to mow again Sunday afternoon.
Down:
1. Conspiratorial group: CABAL.
2. Garlicky sauce: AIOLI.
3. Trout's home: BROOK.
4. Tic-__-toe: TAC.
6. Popular Girl Scout cookie: SAMOA. According to girlscouts.org:
- Thin Mints. ®
- Caramel deLites®/Samoas. ®
- Peanut Butter Patties®/Tagalongs. ®
- Girl Scout S'mores. ®
- Do-si-dos®/Peanut Butter Sandwich.
8. Narrow, bony fish: GAR.
9. Metal industry giant: ALCOA.
11. Drop from a list: OMIT.
12. Puerto __: RICO.
15. Down in the dumps: SAD.
17. Prepared to drive, in golf: TEED UP. Better to be teed up than teed off.
21. Prefix with surgery: NEURO.
25. Bakery-café chain: PANERA. Pane (Italian for bread) and era (time). Panera = Bread time.
27. Spotted: ESPIED.
31. Health club amenity: POOL.
32. Green Gables lass: ANNE. The classic children's novel.
33. Wile E. Coyote vendor: ACME.
34. Open __: scans for the claustrophobic: MRIs.
39. Window sticker: DECAL. I'd pay the full MRSP shown on this sticker for a Gran Turismo Omologoto.
41. Pay no heed to: IGNORE.
44. Loves to a fault: DOTES ON.
50. Informal eatery: DINER.
52. Book cover info: TITLE.
54. Personal journal: DIARY.
55. Wayward calf: DOGIE.
56. Flower supporters: STEMS.
57. Hefty Cartwright brother: HOSS. Played by Dan Blocker. At 6'4" and weighing 300 pounds, hefty seems an apt physical description. 14 pounds at birth.
58. Olympic weapon: EPEE.
59. Tribute in verse: ODE.
62. Nav. rank: ENS. Naval / Ensign. I learned that a naval flag is also known as an ensign.
64. Actor Beatty: NED.
Note from C.C.:
Say hello to Melissa's granddaughter Harper Rose! Look how excited her bigger sister Jaelyn is!
Melissa's brother Rick is also coming home this coming Friday. What an ordeal for him and his family, esp Melissa.
