Wine provides us so many cwd fills like TUN, CRU, OENO, PORT, ASTI, SEC, ROSE', NAPA, etc.
It also can be employed as a welcome reward in solving or for drowning one's sorrows for not solving. Hmmm... what vintage goes best with a Saturday Themeless Puzzle?
Our constructor today is Daniel Nierenberg who is working on his PhD in molecular biology, Info on Daniel (Click on Read More). The empty cell you see below at 43 across/33 down shows you the location of my only error. DELORES seemed like a fine Cranberry to me and NAXES worked as well for an emery-rich Greek island. Buzz! Sorry, we were looking for an O. Thanks for playing Gary, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
43. The Cranberries vocalist O'Riordan: DOLORES - A now deceased lead singer for this group who was born in Ballybricken, Caherelly, Ireland in the east end of Limerick County
33. Greek island known for emery: NAXOS - The island of NAXOS is the red dot from where these emery rocks were taken
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| Island of NAXOS Emery rocks from this island |
Let's see what else Daniel has prepared for us in his puzzle lab today:
Across:
1. Golden __: RICE - Yeah right, I'm the only one who had _ _ _ E and put in RULE. Why this GMO rice is controversial
5. Soreness treatment: HEATING PAD - Ice first
15. Russian region rich in minerals: URAL - Nickel oxide, gold, platinum, chromite, coal , bauxite, talc, fireclay, etc. Probably no emery
16. Marketeer in the 2016 film "War Dogs": ARMS DEALER - Movie trailer
17. It's to be expected: NORM.
18. Baroque chamber work: TRIO SONATA - J.S. Bach and his son C.G.E. Bach wrote many of these for usually two violins and a bass
20. Solo on-screen: HAN - Wanna go trick or treating?
21. Epithet for Tim: TINY.
22. Attended to barking dogs?: SAT - How sore feet became known as barking dogs
23. Bump-related: NODAL - NODAL corn root development as a function of planting depth
27. "One Time 4 Your Mind" rapper: NAS
28. One may have its own tartan design: CLAN - Not just a SCOT
30. Adobe creation: ACROBAT.
32. Sitcom shoe salesman: AL BUNDY - Ed O'Neill as AL BUNDY and later as Jay Pritchett
34. Fauvism pioneer: MATISSE - Named for les FAUVES (French for wild beasts) Read all about it
38. Lively dances in duple time: POLKAS - 96-yr-old MIL can still POLKA!
39. Lusters: SHEENS.
40. Test involving reading letters: EYE EXAM - No kids, 20/200 is very bad vision! It means you need to be 20' away to see what a normal eye can see 200' away.
42. Considers closely: PEERS AT - See above
45. Trilogy, often: SAGA.
46. Super __: PAC
49. Meal involving charoseth, a symbolic fruit paste: SEDER - A good bet for a cwd meal with five letters
50. Silent welcomer?: MAT - Ours
51. Narrow shore point: SPIT - Here are several
55. Drought-stricken: SERE - An old cwd friend
56. Place with flexible classes: YOGA STUDIO
60. Get around?: COIL - The modus operandi for a Boa Constrictor
61. Prying aid: CLAW HAMMER - A right and wrong way62. "Radames' Letter" musical: AIDA - From Rice and Weber's broadway musical AIDA
63. Film genre named for a supporting performer: HORSE OPERA - Clever cluing for slang indicating Western Movies
64. Went like the wind?: BLEW.
Down:
1. Online role-playing game involving magical stones: RUNE SCAPE - Guiness recognizes it as the largest MMORPG (Massively Muliplayer Online Role Playing Game). I wonder if a player can 41. Change, briefly, as game software: MOD (modify) the game
2. Steel, for one: IRON ALLOY.
3. Bridge site: CARD TABLE - Also fun cluing
4. Saint in a Brat Pack title: ELMO - Meh...
5. Old ownership word: HATH - 30 days HATH September...
6. Misjudgment: ERRANCY
7. Key with all white notes: A MINOR - No sharps or flats in the key signature
8. Chicken general: TSO - All you need to know
9. Lab coat attachments: ID'S - Dr. Frankenstein probably didn't wear one
10. "The Matrix" hero: NEO - The producer wanted Sandra Bullock for the role but she declined and Keanu Reeves got the part
11. Thomas Wolfe alter ego Eugene: GANT - More
12. Bagel choice: PLAIN - ONION BAGEL was in our "OB-themed" Monday puzzle
13. Insurance giant: AETNA.
14. Horse-drawn wagons: DRAYS - Wagons for heavy loads usually without sides
24. Abbey title: DOM - On this Wine Day, what could be more appropriate than to mention the fine champagne developed by the Benedictine monk named Pierre Pérignon in the Champagne region of France who was a DOM in the Abbey of Hautvillers
42. Water in a green bottle: PERRIER - Another French drink but from the Gard region of France
25. Humiliates: ABASES.
26. Metal-working tool: LATHE.
29. Heated quickly: NUKED - My popcorn is NUKED in the microwave
30. Certain agency goal: AD SALE - Mad Men showed this so well
31. Levels: TIERS.
35. Cooking agent in some Indian cuisine: SESAME OIL - We would not have all the ingredients in our cupboard for this Chatpatta Channa and Potato Salad
36. Hitchhike successfully: SNAG A RIDE - Not from me I'm afraid
37. Attorney's specialty: ESTATE LAW - They are supposed to solve heir problems
44. Text file with instructions: READ ME - Uh, probably not gonna...
46. "Fooled you!": PSYCH.
47. Ohno on skates: APOLO - Most medals won by an American winter olympian
48. Relaxing smoke for some: CIGAR - Elaine and Jerry relax
52. Shooting marbles: TAWS - A shooter TAW among target marbles
54. __ song: FOR A
55. Sign of healing: SCAB.
57. Goose, e.g.: SHE - What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander
58. Asian path: TAO.
59. One making calls at home: UMP - There are those who want to use technology to take away some of those calls
On a personal note, celebrating with wine in late May is/was a tradition in my former profession. Some of the kids were even as excited as we teachers were to head out for summer. 😙
