Words: 72 (missing Q,Z)
Blocks: 30
If I was feeling better about last week's Silkie, then this week's
offering left me feeling downright blissful. I liked getting an early
10-letter across fill with confidence, followed by an 11-letter down-er,
and despite a few proper nouns which slowed me up, I was able to get
through this one with little resistance, in about half my personal
time. Oh - and four four-letter gimme words today, too (*). I hope your solve was just as enjoyable ( individual results may vary ). Some of the longer fill:
15a. Video game that comes in a World Tour version : GUITAR HERO - call me ".22 caliber Splynter", because I nailed it ( I was driving nails into concrete today with my Ramset ). I find the game harder to play than a real guitar
11. Freetown is its capital : SIERRA LEONE - I don't know why I put in Sierra Madre first
22. Dieter's brand : LEAN CUISINE - nailed it
O N W A R D ~!
ACROSS:
1. Breakfast spread : APRICOT JAM - really just too many choices to even start with WAGs
11. Attempt : STAB
16. Part of the Louisiana Purchase : IOWA - now this was a W.A.G.; I figured Ohio was already in the union, but now I see that it joined a mere 60 days before the U.S. spent $15mil for 828,000sq. miles
11. Attempt : STAB
16. Part of the Louisiana Purchase : IOWA - now this was a W.A.G.; I figured Ohio was already in the union, but now I see that it joined a mere 60 days before the U.S. spent $15mil for 828,000sq. miles
17. Meditation goal : INNER PEACE - I'm still looking for a piece of my inner peace
18. Vet : EX-GI
19. Allowed : OK'D
20. Bull or cow, perhaps : RHINO - popular this week
21. Pipe material : BRIER - lead, copper, plastic~? Oh, that kind of pipe
23. Imposed : FORCED
24. Patsy : PIGEON
27. Copernicus Science Centre site : WARSAW - a strange occurrence; I had -ARSA-; just needed the "W"s
29. "Herbie: Fully Loaded" actress : LOHAN
30. Place to stretch one's legs : YOGA CLASS - yes~! yes~! stretch those legs~!
33. Like many a quote: Abbr. : ANON - and many a snarky commenter
34. Like some cereal : OATEN - dah, I was going to throw this in, but hesitated
35. What we have here, to Jorge : ESTA - in other words, 'this'
36. Sports demographic : NASCAR DAD - I am a "wannabe" hockey dad - I got the hockey part taken care of....the daddy part, not so much. My NY Rangers eliminated the Penguins last night
38. Bach's "Jesu, meine Freude," e.g. : MOTET
39. Pisa native : TUSCAN - I am not familiar with specific locations of Italy - other than Rome - but once I had TU-C....as a builder and drafter, I feel the need to visit the Leaning Tower; I never had the chance to visit the World Trade Center, and I live 60mi away.
41. Caroline portrayer in "Untamed Heart" : MARISA - Tomei; IMDb - you gotta read the summary
43. One may be recurring : ROLE
44. Important star group : A-LIST
45. "The Fountainhead" architect : ROARK - I am ashamed that I did not remember his name; it came to me once I had -O-RK. Loved the book.
47. Hophni's father, in the Bible : ELI
50. Fictional knight : JEDI - Star Wars
51. Software for screenwriters : MOVIE MAGIC - Star Wars was movie magic; this is the software Wiki
53. Field laborers : OXEN
54. Secret discovered by a woodcutter : OPEN SESAME - ah, those woodcutters
55. Medium __ : RARE
56. Dating option : PERSONAL AD - SWM, 5'9", looking for SWF, never married, no kids; blue-eyed, dark-haired, about 5'4"; long legs preferred. Contact me here at the blog
DOWN:
1. Currency exchange fee : AGIO - I can never recall this
2. Kind of rock : PUNK
3. Zest source : RIND
4. Urban ending : ITE - urbanite
5. Buzzard attractor : CARRION
6. Bruce Wayne, e.g. : ORPHAN - all perps; didn't realize I got it til I came here
7. "The good is oft interred with __ bones": Shak. : THEIR - WAG
8. "Sleepy" woman in the song "Daydream Believer" : JEAN - odd; this was playing on the muzak at the restaurant this week
7. "The good is oft interred with __ bones": Shak. : THEIR - WAG
8. "Sleepy" woman in the song "Daydream Believer" : JEAN - odd; this was playing on the muzak at the restaurant this week
9. Violist's direction : ARCO - not pizzicato
10. Springfield bartender : MOE - more Simpsons this week
10. Springfield bartender : MOE - more Simpsons this week
12. "Erin Brockovich" subject : TOXIC WASTE
13. "Rats!" : "AW GEE~!"
14. John Logie __, inventor of the first mechanical TV : BAIRD - there was a science program that discussed this invention, and I was fascinated; more here
21. Anjou cousin : BOSC - pairs of pears
23. Drescher of "The Nanny" : FRAN - liked her more as Bobbi Fleckman - what movie am I referring to~?? No cheating~!
24. Design : PLAN
25. Hebrides isle : IONA - I'm getting better with this clue/answer
26. 2007 Nicolas Cage title role : GHOST RIDER - seen some of the movie, but not intentionally
27. Odin's Germanic counterpart : WOTAN - perps and WAGs
28*. Like fine port : AGED
30. "Blah ..." : YADA
31. Dump closing? : STER dumpster; I need to rent one in June
32. Coll. acceptance factors : SATs
34*. Sea predator : ORCA
37. __ mgr. : ASST
38. Old calcium source? : MILKMEN - har-har
40. To a greater extent : MORE SO
41. Academic declaration : MAJOR - I declare that my only major in college was alcohol consumption, and I only "graduated" 10yrs ago
42. "Spy Kids" actress Vega : ALEXA - her first name is 55.5% of the way there
43. Comes down : RAINS - not ALITS
45. Partition, with "off" : ROPE
46*. Done : OVER
47. Alike, in Arles : EGAL - Frawnche
48. It was founded as Ciudad de los Reyes in 1535 : LIMA
49. Decorated, in a way : ICED
51. Cleanup aid : MOP
52. "__ result ..." : AS A - this is the last clue; as a result, I am signing off
Splynter
