Theme: PLAYMATES (66A. Sandbox sharers ... and a
hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues) - The first part of
each theme entry can follow "Play".
17. *Vacation condo, perhaps: TIME SHARE. Play time.
21. *Foldable whittling tools: PEN KNIVES. Play pen.
33. *Nickname for Batman's Robin: BOY WONDER. Playboy.
46. *News article starters: DATELINES. Play date.
59. *Roadside ad medium: BILLBOARD. Playbill. My favorite was the Burma Shave sequence. "Rip a fender off your car, mail it in for a half pound jar. Burma Shave"
Boomer here.
Is this Heaven ? No it's Crossword Corner. PLAY Ball!
Across:
5. Wants to know: ASKS. Yeah, I have tried this, but never seem to get a helpful response.
9. Morocco's capital: RABAT.
14. Like much brandy: AGED. Also like a Crossword Corner blogger from Minnesota.
15. Feed, as hogs: SLOP. I suppose, if that's all you have. I don't know why they eat it.
16. Primer mes del calendario: ENERO.
19. French states: ETATS. Yes it's French for STATE. They just spelled it wrong.
20. Crème de la crème: A LIST. Santa makes one and checks it twice.
23. Took home after taxes: NETTED. We used to pull a Northern Pike into the boat up On North Star Lake.
25. Going __: bickering: AT IT.
26. Prefix with natal or liberal: NEO. It's NEW to me.
28. Get a hint of: DETECT.
39. Concrete support rod: REBAR.
40. Poet Khayyám: OMAR. Mindful of Ilhan OMAR, a representative from Minnesota. She has not received the negative press she got in previous years.
41. Leaf under a petal: SEPAL.
43. Double Dutch need: ROPE. For a Liberty Mutual Commercial.
44. Scrabble pieces: TILES. Usual trivia question. Which is higher value - a J or X. If you have a Q, Z, and K in your rack, how many points?
48. Artery inserts: STENTS.
50. Caribbean or Aegean: SEA.
51. Guthrie of folk: ARLO. "You can get any thing you want, at Alice's Restaurant."
54. Not family-friendly, moviewise: R RATED. "Field of Dreams"
movie was rated PG. Last Thursday's broadcast on Fox was the most
watched baseball game (maybe of all time). I do not know how they
decide this stuff. No one called me to ask what I was watching.
64. Accused's "I was somewhere else" story: ALIBI. Yup, I was on the golf course.
65. Onetime default Word typeface: ARIAL.
68. Starbucks choice: LATTE. I have heard that the price of
coffee is going up. I may have to borrow money from C.C. I never go to
the rip off places like Starbucks or Caribou. I brew my own on coffee
grounds from Aldi.
69. New Rochelle campus: IONA.
70. Artist Chagall: MARC.
71. Leg joints: KNEES.
72. Break loudly, as a twig: SNAP. Add Crackle and Pop, and coffee and you have breakfast.
73. Not fooled by: ON TO. Football Season. Quarterback (On Two) Hut, Hut.
Down:
2. Nimble: AGILE.
3. Send payment: REMIT. Not too often nowadays. ACH is great!
4. Latin "that is": ID EST. I took four years of Latin in High school and this is about all I remember.
5. Baseball bat wood: ASH. I wonder if the major leagues will ever adopt aluminum. They would have to move back the corn.
6. Waves-against-dock sound: SLAP. Also ASH against leather baseball sound.
7. Divided land: KOREA.
8. Disbursed: SPENT. $12.50 on 9 holes of par 28 on a cart. I found out last Friday that bowling will be starting before Labor Day.
9. Confirm, as a password: RE-ENTER. I hate when the computer asks me to do this.
10. Against: ANTI.
11. Wally's little bro, in old TV: BEAV. Jerry Mathers was a great kid actor. He never made the height of Ronnie Howard, though.
12. Prado display: ARTE.
13. Mix, as salad: TOSS. Or a bowling ball. A little tougher, and it doesn't taste as good.
18. Court figure, briefly: STENO.
22. Josh: KID. A favorite word of John Michael Higgins, of America Says. "I'm not Kidding !"
24. Homes for bears: DENS. Or Cub Scouts.
27. Had too much, briefly: OD'ED.
29. Garr of "Tootsie": TERI.
30. Poetic black: EBON. I suppose EBONY was too many letters.
31. Cod or Hatteras: CAPE. "You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod". Patti Page.
32. Half of seis (6): TRES.
33. Sources of much spam: BOTS.
34. Leave out: OMIT.
35. Harvard rival: YALE. Yale has beaten Harvard over the season series. Next game is around Thanksgiving.
36. Small songbird: WREN.
37. Govt. antipollution org.: EPA. Environmental Protection. We
needed that here in Minnesota a few weeks ago when Canada was burning.
I hope everyone is safe because the news is not so good with forest
fires everywhere.
38. "Darn it all!": RATS. I call the squirrels in our yard "RATS". They don't listen.
42. Lascivious look: LEER.
45. Horses' houses: STABLES.
47. West Coast NFLer: LA RAM. I am sure that those guys will be starting up soon.
49. Sign of a sellout: SRO. I really have not seen a sellout
(except maybe for the Iowa game.) Out field seats are still available
for most games after the Covid sanctions were lifted.
52. __ lazuli: blue gem: LAPIS.
53. Crease-resistant fabric: ORLON.
55. Rent-a-car biggie: ALAMO. High up Santa Anna, We're killing you soldiers below, so the rest of Texas will know.. And remember the ALAMO. Johnny Cash.
56. Industry bigwig: TITAN.
57. Movie critic Roger: EBERT.
58. '70s music genre: DISCO. I was around in the 70's but DISCO never caught me.
59. Pitcher's false move when on the rubber, e.g.: BALK.
60. Persia, now: IRAN.
61. Beer for dieters: LITE. Diet PEPSI for me.
62. After the deadline: LATE.
63. Comedian Carvey: DANA. I used to love his skit as the Church Lady.
67. Talk and talk: YAP. I could go through Harold Hill's "You can talk, you can bicker" but I am too tired.
Notes from C.C.:
Happy birthday to dear 6-Across! So lucky to have you on our little corner.
