Theme: Green
65A: Green: EARTH FRIENDLY
3D: Green: FILLED WITH ENVY
30D: Green: PLACE FOR PUTTING
34D: Green: INEXPERIENCED
36D: Green: BLUE AND YELLOW
50D: Green: ADOLPH OR HUBERT
All those answers really feel like clues for GREEN, don't they? I wish BLUE AND YELLOW were structured in 3D to form a symmetry with ADOLPH OR HUBERT.
I've never seen a TMS Sunday puzzle with the majority of the theme answers clued in Down. I wonder what's the reason for this change. The puzzle looks nice too if you turn it 90 degrees.
The first theme answer I got is PLACE FOR PUTTING, which prompted me to expect "Masters jacket color", thinking this might be a golf-green related theme.
The clue for SUISSE (1D: Genevan nationality) is not to my liking. Since SUISSE is the French spelling, the clue should have inclued "Genève" as a hint.
Had to resort to OneAcross & Google for help, too many new words/names for me.
Across:
1A: Moroccan port: SAFI. Here is the map. Have never heard of the port before.
14A: Acid of apples: MALIC. New to me. It's derived from Latin "malum" meaning "apple".
20A: First Hebrew letter: ALEPH. First Arab letter is ALIF.
26A: Fuzzy or frizzy: NAPPY
31A: Guinea - ___: BISSAU. See this map. BISSAU is also the capital of the country. Another unknown. It's a Portuguese colony before.
36A: Lab vessels: BEAKERS
37A: Like cars in a traffic jam: END-TO-END
46A: Case for Fox Mulder: X- FILE. Or "Case for Dana Scully".
57A: Pastoral paradise: ARCADIA. Unknown to me. So close to ACADIA in spelling. Dictionary says ARCADIA is "a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people." Kind of like Shangrila, isn't it?
64A: Dutch commune: EDE. I only know Swiss canton URI. See EDE?
69A: Language of Bangladesh: BENGALI. New to me also. I thought they speak Bangladesh language. Dictionary says "jute" is from BENGALI "jhuto".
72A: Hole in a needle: EYE
74A: RSVP-er: INVITEE
81A: Immune system component: T CELL
87A: "Gypsy Love" composer: LEHAR (Franz). No idea. Have only heard of his "The Merry Widow". Here is a clip. She is not singing in Italian, is she?
93A: Sportscaster Scully: VIN. He "holds the distinction of the longest consecutive service of any current major league broadcaster for one team." I've never heard of him before. Not a Dodgers fan.
94A: Publisher' s mark: COLOPHON. It's "A brief description usually located at the end of a book, describing production notes relevant to the edition." I had no idea that there is even a word for that page.
97A: Skintight outfit: LEOTARD
102A: Juicy fruits: MANGOES. One medium-sized MANGO has all the vitamin A & C you need. Some of them are so stringy.
104A: Of words: VERBAL. See the origin of cruciverbalist. I like Ken's example last week: "I never talk to cruciverbalists; they are either cross or down."
108A: View again: RESEE. And I SEE (4D: Words of understanding). I don't like seeing two SEE's.
113A: Mortise insertion: TENON
115A: Ordinary language: PROSE. "Purple PROSE" is not ordinary.
Down:
5D: Squeals: TATTLE. The other ?ATTLE words are battle, cattle and rattle. Constructors always keep several options open.
8D: Columnist's opinion pg.: OPED. I would prefer a simple "Columnists' pg". I don't like the OP duplication.
9D: Remnants of a grenade: SHRAPNEL. I did not know that SHRAPNEL has no plural form.
14D: Wild ones: MANIACS. Mozart is genius MANIAC.
16D: One who loses faith: LAPSER. If you say so.
17D: To some extent: IN PART
18D: Indian pony: CAYUSE. New word to me. He is named after the Indian tribe CAYUSE I suppose.
38D: Restaurateur Shor: TOOTS. Learned his name from doing Xword of course. Is the Toots Shor's Restaurant still in business?
44D: Type of dysentery: AMOEBIC. The other type is bacillary. New to me.
45D: Jejunum connections: DUODENA. Singular form is DUODENUM. Another unknown to me. I did not know the meaning of "Jejunum". It's "the middle portion of the small intestine, between the duodenum and the ileum."
51D: Ruling house of Great Britain: WINDSOR
52D: English poet Siegfried: SASSOON. No idea. His eyes look very penetrating. SASSOON is "joy" in Hebrew.
54D: Marshy depression: SWALE. I wrote down SWAMP first.
82D: Wrenches: CONTORTS
88D: Football teams: ELEVENS. The same with soccer and cricket, both have 11 players on each side.
90D: Whaler's cohort: SEALER. Okey-dokey.
91D: Matador: TORERO
94D: Aircraft pioneer: CESSNA (Clyde). No idea. See this picture. He is in Aviation Hall of Fame. His company is still in operation, and "currently, CESSNA produces 2-, 4- and 6-place single-engine airplanes, utility turboprops, and business jets."
98D: Brooke Shields film, "___ Nevada": Nope, nope. New film to me. Only knew "A Fish Called WANDA".
C.C.
65A: Green: EARTH FRIENDLY
3D: Green: FILLED WITH ENVY
30D: Green: PLACE FOR PUTTING
34D: Green: INEXPERIENCED
36D: Green: BLUE AND YELLOW
50D: Green: ADOLPH OR HUBERT
All those answers really feel like clues for GREEN, don't they? I wish BLUE AND YELLOW were structured in 3D to form a symmetry with ADOLPH OR HUBERT.
I've never seen a TMS Sunday puzzle with the majority of the theme answers clued in Down. I wonder what's the reason for this change. The puzzle looks nice too if you turn it 90 degrees.
The first theme answer I got is PLACE FOR PUTTING, which prompted me to expect "Masters jacket color", thinking this might be a golf-green related theme.
The clue for SUISSE (1D: Genevan nationality) is not to my liking. Since SUISSE is the French spelling, the clue should have inclued "Genève" as a hint.
Had to resort to OneAcross & Google for help, too many new words/names for me.
Across:
1A: Moroccan port: SAFI. Here is the map. Have never heard of the port before.
14A: Acid of apples: MALIC. New to me. It's derived from Latin "malum" meaning "apple".
20A: First Hebrew letter: ALEPH. First Arab letter is ALIF.
26A: Fuzzy or frizzy: NAPPY
31A: Guinea - ___: BISSAU. See this map. BISSAU is also the capital of the country. Another unknown. It's a Portuguese colony before.
36A: Lab vessels: BEAKERS
37A: Like cars in a traffic jam: END-TO-END
46A: Case for Fox Mulder: X- FILE. Or "Case for Dana Scully".
57A: Pastoral paradise: ARCADIA. Unknown to me. So close to ACADIA in spelling. Dictionary says ARCADIA is "a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people." Kind of like Shangrila, isn't it?
64A: Dutch commune: EDE. I only know Swiss canton URI. See EDE?
69A: Language of Bangladesh: BENGALI. New to me also. I thought they speak Bangladesh language. Dictionary says "jute" is from BENGALI "jhuto".
72A: Hole in a needle: EYE
74A: RSVP-er: INVITEE
81A: Immune system component: T CELL
87A: "Gypsy Love" composer: LEHAR (Franz). No idea. Have only heard of his "The Merry Widow". Here is a clip. She is not singing in Italian, is she?
93A: Sportscaster Scully: VIN. He "holds the distinction of the longest consecutive service of any current major league broadcaster for one team." I've never heard of him before. Not a Dodgers fan.
94A: Publisher' s mark: COLOPHON. It's "A brief description usually located at the end of a book, describing production notes relevant to the edition." I had no idea that there is even a word for that page.
97A: Skintight outfit: LEOTARD
102A: Juicy fruits: MANGOES. One medium-sized MANGO has all the vitamin A & C you need. Some of them are so stringy.
104A: Of words: VERBAL. See the origin of cruciverbalist. I like Ken's example last week: "I never talk to cruciverbalists; they are either cross or down."
108A: View again: RESEE. And I SEE (4D: Words of understanding). I don't like seeing two SEE's.
113A: Mortise insertion: TENON
115A: Ordinary language: PROSE. "Purple PROSE" is not ordinary.
Down:
5D: Squeals: TATTLE. The other ?ATTLE words are battle, cattle and rattle. Constructors always keep several options open.
8D: Columnist's opinion pg.: OPED. I would prefer a simple "Columnists' pg". I don't like the OP duplication.
9D: Remnants of a grenade: SHRAPNEL. I did not know that SHRAPNEL has no plural form.
14D: Wild ones: MANIACS. Mozart is genius MANIAC.
16D: One who loses faith: LAPSER. If you say so.
17D: To some extent: IN PART
18D: Indian pony: CAYUSE. New word to me. He is named after the Indian tribe CAYUSE I suppose.
38D: Restaurateur Shor: TOOTS. Learned his name from doing Xword of course. Is the Toots Shor's Restaurant still in business?
44D: Type of dysentery: AMOEBIC. The other type is bacillary. New to me.
45D: Jejunum connections: DUODENA. Singular form is DUODENUM. Another unknown to me. I did not know the meaning of "Jejunum". It's "the middle portion of the small intestine, between the duodenum and the ileum."
51D: Ruling house of Great Britain: WINDSOR
52D: English poet Siegfried: SASSOON. No idea. His eyes look very penetrating. SASSOON is "joy" in Hebrew.
54D: Marshy depression: SWALE. I wrote down SWAMP first.
82D: Wrenches: CONTORTS
88D: Football teams: ELEVENS. The same with soccer and cricket, both have 11 players on each side.
90D: Whaler's cohort: SEALER. Okey-dokey.
91D: Matador: TORERO
94D: Aircraft pioneer: CESSNA (Clyde). No idea. See this picture. He is in Aviation Hall of Fame. His company is still in operation, and "currently, CESSNA produces 2-, 4- and 6-place single-engine airplanes, utility turboprops, and business jets."
98D: Brooke Shields film, "___ Nevada": Nope, nope. New film to me. Only knew "A Fish Called WANDA".
C.C.
