Monday November 15, 2021 Catherine Cetta

 

Theme: Split Wood - Three kinds of wood are split up.

17. "Sorry to say ... ": ALAS. With 18. Tubelike pasta: PENNE. Aspen.

28. Maternal "Holy moly!": OH MAMA. With 30. "By all means!": PLEASE DO. Maple.

 

47. Duplicitous: TWO-FACED. With 51. Response to "Am not!": ARE TOO. Cedar.

 

Reveal:

 

63. With 65-Across, chore on a winter to-do list ... and what appears in each set of circles: SPLIT.

 

65. See 63-Across: WOOD.

 

Boomer here.  

 

It was one of my chores to condition wood for a fireplace we have down the basement.  It was warm and relaxing in the winter months however it was a nasty chore to clean up when the ashes piled up.  

 

Not only that, but Tiger Woods was not one of my favorite golfers and I think Upper Deck published cards of him and they sold about as well Joe Shlabotnik.  I still have a bunch in the basement. Maybe I could burn them? Now, on to the puzzle.

 

Across:

 

1. Coarse file: RASP.  Hey, Hey, to Moscow chicks he was a lovely dear.  Ra Ra RASPutin.

5. Separated: APART.  "We might as well be APART.  It hardly matters, we sleep separately.  And drop a smile passing in the hall.  But there's no laughs left cuz we laughed them all."  (Simon and Garfunkel)

10. Places to relax: SPAS.

14. Prefix for an eight-armed creature: OCTO.  Prefix for my birthday month.

15. One who prefers their own company: LONER.  There are no bowlers that are LONERS,

16. Causes of some head scratching: LICE.  Also some of those 9- letter words?

19. Fairy tale beginning: ONCE.  Upon a time.

20. Wacky: NUTTY.  Buddy.

22. "Ciao" cousin: TA TA.

23. Ring ref's decisions: TKOS.  Technical Knockouts.  It's amazing how some of these guys are still standing on their own when the ref steps in.

24. "Good grief!": EGADS.

26. Top often with a slogan: T-SHIRT.  I have a Spare T-SHIRT.  A gift from C.C. to help me with those darn ten pins.

32. Cappuccino feature: FOAM.  I like coffee, but I am too cheap or conservative to spend dollars at Starbucks or Caribou.

33. Interwoven strands of hair: BRAIDS.  There once was a little girl whose mother tied her BRIDES so tight that when she cried, the tears ran down her back.  We called her Backteria. 

35. Conical abode: TEPEE.  We see many of these in some of the parks in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area. The Native Americans are poor, and Minnesota winters are tough on them.

37. Unreturnable serve: ACE.

38. Enjoy the rink: SKATE.  I did this a lot as a kid.  We had a public rink and warming house in the neighborhood.  I never got into hockey though.

43. Put away money for the future: SAVE UP. Little by little.  Then we took a birthday trip to a Wisconsin casino.  I am so tight,  or the machines were so tight. I probably spent more money on gasoline to get there than I left behind in the casino.

46. Clapton who sang "Layla": ERIC.

53. Intrepid: HEROIC.

54. Leaky faucet sounds: DRIPS.  We have pretty good faucets in our home.  No Runs, DRIPS, or Errors.

55. GPS suggestions: RTES.  We did not use GPS to find the Casino. We mapped out before we left the house.

56. One with a password: USER.  I have a few.  I am too old to remember more than a few.

59. Gas grill place: PATIO.  We have a deck but we got rid of the grill.  Too much of a hassle.

62. Sacred bird of ancient Egypt: IBIS.

66. Run out of steam: FADE.  My tee shots generally FADE to the right.  They ran out of  steam years ago.

67. Lets up: EASES.  If I EASE up on the bowling shot it usually hooks to the left. Also out of steam.

68. Pisa's river: ARNO.

69. Cafeteria carrier: TRAY.  We are long past cafeterias.  Can you say "BUFFET?"  

70. __ naked: STARK.

71. Wine bottle number: YEAR.  I never drank wine, nor did I wonder why the year was important.   Is it like Albert Pujols' or Mike Trout's Rookie year card ??

Down:

1. Horse coat color: ROAN.  I did not know that horses have coats.

 

2. Rights org. since 1920: ACLU.

3. Many a U.S. atlas page: STATE MAP.  Mine are all in a drawer. 

4. Like much sports analysis: POST-GAME.  Everyone has an opinion.  Mostly I turn off the post game.

5. Swiss peak: ALP.

6. Dickinson and Keats: POETS.  They are POETS and don't know it, but their feet show it, They're Longfellows.

7. Tolstoy's Karenina: ANNA.

8. Monopoly payment: RENT.  Take a ride on the Reading.  If you pass "GO", collect $200.

9. Took to dinner, say: TREATED.  Restaurant business is starting to pick up even though that doggone COVID is still hanging over our heads.

10. "Three-toed" critters: SLOTHS.

11. Little finger: PINKIE.  He went wee wee wee all the way home.

12. Honda sedan: ACCORD.  Too small for me.  Plus I try not to buy anything made by a country that bombed Pearl Harbor.

13. Takes care of: SEES TO.

21. Thanksgiving tuber: YAM.  Ten days away.  Much to be thankful for, but not YAMS.  We have pumpkin pie fixins in the cupboard.  Probably look for a turkey next week.

25. Tiny bit, as of cream: DAB.  "Brylcream, a little DAB will do ya."

27. Impudence: SASS.

28. Bard's "frequently": OFT.

29. Garden tool: HOE.  In spite of our relatively cold weather, (temps in the low 30s in the morning,) we still have a few flowers surviving in our garden.

30. Walked back and forth: PACED.  I used to take short walks outdoors, but my health has my legs a bit weak, and like I said previously, our temps are ranging in the 30s.

31. In __ of: replacing: LIEU.  Pumpkin pie will be in LIEU of yams.

34. Enthusiastic review: RAVE.

36. Actor Morales: ESAI.  I used to watch NYPD Blue all the time.  It seems to be gone from TV these days.

39. Another name for Monkey in the Middle: KEEP AWAY.

40. Paint seller: ART STORE.  George Costanza is still looking for a Jerk Store.

41. Spanish uncle: TIO.

42. Green prefix: ECO.

44. Points a finger at: ACCUSES.

45. Birdie plus one: PAR.  I was watching a quiz show recently and they said that a hole-in-one on a PAR 5!! was called a Condor.  It could be the next feat of Bryson.  I have never heard of a hole in one on a par 5. I have come within several inches on a par 3 hole but never in.  I don't need a hole in one because I have 20 - 300 games.

47. Careful cash management: THRIFT.

48. Home mixologist's dream: WET BAR.  Fix the roof!

49. Tater Tots maker: ORE-IDA.  Lots of Tater growers in Oregon and Idaho.  I had an uncle in Idaho that grew potatoes.

50. Primate studier Dian: FOSSEY.

52. Fabric fault: RIP.  Maybe Mr. Van Winkle had torn pants ??

54. More arid: DRIER.

57. Tiff: SPAT.

58. "Frozen" queen: ELSA.

60. College named for a Scottish island: IONA.  Catholic College in New York.

61. Scent: ODOR.  This word shows up a lot in Monday puzzles.  I think it stinks.

64. "You shouldn't do that": TSK.  I think you have to "TSK" three times.

Boomer