Theme: THE BIGGEST WORD YOU EVER HEARD
1. See 62-Across: SUPER.
10. Colombian city: CALI.
18. Horrible: ATROCIOUS.
29. Like Ben Franklin's religious beliefs: DEISTIC.
42. Delicate: FRAGILE.
52. Atonement: EXPIATION.
60. Hats: LIDS.
62. After 1-Across, skilled childcare worker ... and a hint to putting
together this puzzle's circles: NANNY.
Move the circled sections around a bit, to get
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS, from Mary Poppins.
Seeing 1A SUPER and 10A CALI made this jump out pretty quickly.
SUPER NANNY was a reality show that lasted five seasons from 2004
to 2011.
Melissa here. This appears to be Mr. Dalal's debut on the corner, ambitious
to get all those pieces in the grid. Mary Poppins was the only of
Walt Disney's films to receive a Best Picture nomination (in 1965). Julie
Andrews received an Oscar for Best Actress. The 2013 film Saving Mr. Banks was based on the production of Mary Poppins, the author of the
book, P.L. Travers, and her meetings with Walt Disney. Great production,
IMO.
Across:
6. Spanish for "tar": BREA.
14. "Pokémon: The Series" genre: ANIME. Not sure if those cards are
still popular. My kids dabbled a little in the mid-90's. My late FIL
always pronounced it "Pokey-MAN."
15. "The __ Not Taken": Frost: ROAD.
16. Household paint no longer contains it: LEAD.
17. Mani-pedi tools: FILES. Most of those mani-pedis are being done
at home now.
20. Hillary and Norgay's conquest: EVEREST. Sir Edmund Hillary and
Sherpa Tenzing Norway were the first (known) to reach the summit
on on May 29, 1953.
Did Hillary or Norway reach the top first?
22. Allow to use: LEND.
23. Word after sun or speed: DIAL.
24. Supplement: ADD ON.
27. To some extent: PARTLY.
32. Pseudonym: ALIAS.
33. Pequod sinker: WHALE. Pequod is a fictional 19th-century Nantucket whaling ship that appears
in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by American author Herman
Melville.
34. Huge mythical bird: ROC.
36. Protected inlet: COVE.
37. Mollusk's home: SHELL.
38. Prefix for tone or chrome: MONO. Made me think of this tune ...
39. One of 20 digits: TOE.
40. Then, to Pierre: ALORS. used as English speakers might say “so,” or “well.”
41. "Hired" workers: HANDS.
44. Bit of wit: BON MOT. A witty remark.
45. Cast a ballot: VOTED.
46. Hipbones: ILIA.
47. "The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple __": Noyes:
MOOR. The third line from the narrative poem The Highwaymen by
Sir Alfred Noyes. The metaphor compares “the road” to a “ribbon of
moonlight” in an attempt to paint a mental image for the reader. An
exceptional rendition of the poem was recorded by folk singer Phil Ochs
on his 1965 album, I Ain't Marching Anymore.
56. Web surfing tool: MODEM.
57. Deleted, with "out": EXED.
58. Dunkable cookie: OREO.
59. Perpendicular to the keel: ABEAM.
61. Fork-tailed seabird: TERN.
Down:
1. Combination target: SAFE.
2. Degree offerer: Abbr.: UNIV. University.
3. Construction machine: PILE DRIVER. Used to drive piles into soil to provide foundation support for
buildings or other structures.
4. Retired female professors: EMERITAE.
5. Tightly closes again: RESEALS.
6. Cookout choice: BRAT.
7. Rubbish: ROT. Sounds so dignified.
8. Singer's asset: EAR.
9. Hubbub: ADO.
10. Customer: CLIENT.
11. Near-eternity: AEON. Also spelled eon.
Wikipedia.
12. Commend: LAUD.
13. Passports, e.g.: IDS.
19. Not quite worthy of a cigar?: CLOSE. "Close, but no cigar" is a
saying from the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in
the 20th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a
prize.
21. Like a fox: SLY.
24. Stuck (to): ADHERED.
25. Bargains: DEALS.
26. Herb used in potato salad: DILL. This is mashed potato
week for most of us in the U.S. It's the first thing my family agreed to
when picking a menu. Not just regular mashed potatoes,
thanksgiving mashed potatoes. A little potato to hold together the
butter, cream and four kinds of cheese.
27. Formal agreement: PACT.
28. Detached: ALOOF.
30. "Somewhere in Time" band: IRON MAIDEN.
31. Deeded apartment: CONDO.
33. Entire: WHOLE.
35. Amount paid: COST.
37. Narrow cut: SLIT.
38. One of Canada's Prairie Provinces: MANITOBA.
40. Athenian marketplace: AGORA.
41. Male ascetic: HOLY MAN.
43. Steers clear of: AVOIDS.
44. Recycling receptacle: BIN.
47. XLV years before the Battle of Hastings: MXXI. I always need
all perps for these - even if I did know what year the Battle of Hastings
was.
48. Columnist's page: OP-ED.
49. Archaic "soon": ANON.
50. Signify: MEAN.
51. Primetime award for which Betty White has received 21 nominations:
EMMY. What a treasure she is. Now and then.
52. Electric swimmer: EEL.
53. Tyke: TOT.
54. Guinness' land: Abbr.: IRE. Guinness beer.
55. Above, to a bard: OER.
Notes from C.C.:
Happy birthday to Picard! Glad you're still here.
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