What's My Line?
What's My Line?
(Elizabeth Taylor (1954) [@16:13 of 25:44])
Happy Wednesday, Cornerites. Today, Wendy and Taylor provide us some "folks on a LINE." Let's take a look:
17. Sure-footed circus performer: TIGHT ROPE WALKER. A person who walks the high-wire, er LINE.
26. Gridiron position: DEFENSIVE END. A DEFENSIVE LINEman (in football)
41. Call center worker: TELEMARKETER. Someone on a TELEphone LINE interupting dinner.
54. Web-based group, or a collective descriptor of 17-, 26-, and 41-Across?: ONLINE COMMUNITY. Hey, that's us at The Corner!
Impressive execution with two grid-spanners and some fun fill. Let's let the fill "lay it on the line" to ensure we get a nice Wednesday Puzzle.
Across:
1. Thai cuisine herb: BASIL.
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| Thai Basil |
6. Therefore: THUS. Ergo.
10. Surrounded by: AMID.
14. Beyoncé venue: ARENA.
15. Stockings: HOSE.
16. Mauna Loa flow: LAVA.
Floor is Lava
17. [See: Theme]
20. More intoxicating: HEADIER.
21. Hotel patron: GUEST.
22. Pipe bend: ELL.
23. List of spa services, e.g.: MENU.
25. Tall instrument with strings and pedals: HARP.
26. [Seed: Theme]
30. Fiscal execs: CFOS. Chief Financial Officer(s)
32. Sole: LONE. All by my self.
33. Source of remote power?: AAA. Small batteries for the clicker.
34. Irrelevant: MOOT.
35. Deke: FEINT.
37. Phisher's plan: SCAM.
38. "Law & Order" spinoff, familiarly: SVU. Special Victims Unit. I watched maybe 1/3 of a show before shutting it off 'cuz, "eww yuck."
39. Big pistachio exporter: IRAN. California was too long.
40. Carriage: MIEN. Synonyms.
41. [See: Theme]
45. "It's __ a Minute": NPR podcast hosted by Brittany Luse: BEEN. I listen to this show every week; Brittany took over as host in '22.
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| Brittany Luse |
46. Iditarod racer: SLED. Iditarod is a dog race thorough Alaska (which I'm told is beautiful - but only for the lead dog).
47. Convenience store convenience: ATM.
50. Small crown: TIARA.
52. Ultimate tool?: FRISBEE.
I played it a lot in HS. Fun.
54. [See: Theme]
58. Money drawer: TILL.
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| Cha-Ching |
59. Green sage of film: YODA. Star Wars.
60. Familia member: MADRE. Spanish.
61. Marketplace with handmade gifts: ETSY.
62. Unimprovable place: EDEN.
63. Piece of broccoli or asparagus: SPEAR.
Down:
1. Soak: BATHE.
2. Redheaded Disney princess: ARIEL.
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| Ariel |
3. George of "Just Shoot Me!": SEGAL.
4. Presented with great resolution: IN HD.
5. "Discover the West Coast Perspective" pub.: LA TIMES. I was thinking pub == brew-house for far too long #SierraNavadaBeer ;-)
6. Sportscaster Gary who called Orioles games from 2007 to 2020: THORNE.
7. Compete in a potato sack race, say: HOP.
8. Put to work: USE.
9. Suture, say: SEW.
10. Seductive power: ALLURE.
11. Come to terms (with): MAKE PEACE.
12. Pulitzer-winning composer Charles: IVES. Here's the WikiP.
13. Tavern projectile: DART.
18. Snorkeling site: REEF.
19. Tequila source: AGAVE.
24. Disconnects: UNLINKS.
25. Soupçon: HINT.
26. Half a colon: DOT. Also half a semicolon.
27. Junior: SON.
28. Bread served with saag paneer: NAAN.
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| Recipe |
29. Salmon ladder spot: DAM.
30. Beach recess: COVE.
31. Souvenirs caught at stadiums: FOUL BALLS. In 40 years of going to basaeball games, I've never caught an MLB FOUL.
34. Taos winter hrs.: MST. Taos, New Mexico is in Mountan Standard Time zone during DST (Daylight Standard Time).
35. SAG-AFTRA president Drescher: FRAN. She was oft in the news over the summer.
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| She played "The Nanny" |
36. Maize unit: EAR.
37. Title for Mo Farah: SIR.
39. "Just to clarify ... ": I MEAN. "I mean, I mean, [...] I'm sittin here on the Group W bench 'Cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army [...] after bein' a litterbug." -Arlo Guthrie
40. Ouija users: MEDIUMS.
42. In a spooky way: EERILY.
43. Film composer Danny: ELFMAN.
44. Glossary entry: TERM.
47. Tolerate: ABIDE.
48. Aquarium fish: TETRA.
49. "Twilight" author Stephenie: MEYER.
50. Nature Conservancy giveaway: TOTE.
51. Still alive for the semis, say: IN IT.
53. Lose one's cool: SNAP.
55. Look at: EYE.
56. Cape __: COD.
57. O'Shaughnessy poem that begins, "We are the music makers, / And we are the dreamers of dreams": ODE.
Yep, a nice Wednesday puzzle with no intersecting names ;-). Post your puzzling thoughts below.
The Grid:
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| The Grid |
WOs: I ink'd only one M in COMMUNITY for a second
ESP: MIEN, THORNE, ELFMAN, MEYAR
Fav: Ultimate FRISBEE
Cheers, -T
Notes from C.C.:
Happy
86th birthday to Lucina! Here's a 2011 picture of Lucina and our old California blog regulars JD, Chickie, Clear Ayes and Garlic
Gal and Dodo. Our deepest condolences for the loss of your niece, Lucina.
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| L-R back row: Chickie, Clear Ayes, Garlic Gal Front: JD, Lucina, Dodo (June 23, 2011) |
