Theme: STATION (41D: Word after 17A, 29A, 50A and 64A)
17A: Teacher a boxer where to go?: PAPER TRAIN
29A: Parallel universe?: DOUBLE SPACE
37A: Bluepoint hangout?: OYSTER BAR
50A: Abridge a drama?: SQUEEZE PLAY
64A: Teetolers' bash?: NATURAL GAS
Well, find me a SQUEEZE PLAY STATION then. I just can't stand this kind of inacuracy in cluing. STATION is after the word PLAY, not after the whole phrase SQUEEZE PLAY. The clue for STATION should be "It follows the last word of 17A, 29A, 50A and 64A).
Is GAS a slang for party? I don't understand the rationale in the last clue.
I've never seen five letter Z's in a TMS puzzle before. Mr. Parrish obviously has an affinity for Z, just like Barry Silk has for his Q.
Our local newspaper Star Tribune filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. Very disconcerting.
Across:
6A: Woodstock performer Joan: BAEZ. They were lovers during this period, right?
14A: Pulitzer or Pritzker: PRIZE. Pritzker is "the Nobel PRIZE of Architecture". I was unaware of that. It's created in 1979.
21A: TV role for P. Silvers: SGT. BILKO. Stumper, though I did recognize the answer when it finally emerged. Was there an accompanying comic book for the TV show?
23A: Latin 101 verb: AMO. Now this "Latin" refers to Latin America Latin, not the old Caesar's Latin, right?
31A: 1,000 bucks: GEE. And ABES (61A: 5-dollar bills), which is an unfamiliar slang to me.
33A: 2002 A.L. Cy Young winner: ZITO. Gimme. Barry ZITO is very funny. He bought his own autographed baseball cards from Ebay because "They are authenticated". Authentication and grading are big deal in baseball card collection. ZITO played for the Oakland A's from 2000 to 2006, and now he is with the Giants.
44A: Intl. radio: VOA. They broadcast both in Chinese & Cantonese.
45A: Kodak rival: AGFA. Fuji does not fit. AGFA is based in Belgium. Annika Sorenstam's true rookie card has a AGFA logo on it, but I could not find it on the internet this morning.
71A: Boss Tweed's lampooner: NAST (Thomas). NAST is the "Father of American cartoon". See "The Brains", his caricature of Boss Tweed. Last time BOSSDOM is clued as "Scope of Tweed's influence?" which stumped me completely.
Down:
1D: Very softly, in music: PPP (Pianississimo). No idea. Why 3 P's when there is only one P in the word Pianississimo?
3D: Surfboard mishap: WIPEOUT. Fall from surfboard. New term to me.
4D: Weizman of Israel: EZER. President of Israel 1993-2000. I can never remember his name. Does it have any biblical meaning?
6D: Prickly husk: BUR. See this chestnut BUR. My brain just keeps BURping this word.
8D: Puzzling state: ENIGMA. This is so sensual. Do you like ENIGMA?
9D: Stomach acid inhibitor brand: ZANTAC. Do you know why most of the pills have scrabbly letter Z & X in their names?
10D: Spore sacs: ASCI. This is another word that I keep remembering and then keep forgetting. The singular is ascus.
12D: Follower of Jeremiah: EZEKIEL. Literally "God strengthens" in Hebrew language. Jeremiah is "God is high". I've never heard of these 2 Bible books. I was thinking of Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright.
22D: Netherlands city: BREDA. See BREDA? It's in southern Netherlands. Completely foreign to me. I wonder if it's on the road from Brussels to Amsterdam.
23D: Finishing tool: ADZ. And AXE (57A: Logger's tool). Tool is also a slang for male organ, right?
24D: Yves, to Yves: MOI. I like this clue.
39D: "Performance" director Nicolas: ROEG. Have never heard of "Performance". The poster does not look appealing to me.
40D: Street market: BAZAAR. I always confuse this word with bizarre.
47D: Elec. duplicate: FAX. Why "duplicate"?
62D: "The Time Machine" people: ELOI. Aramaic for "My god". They serve as the food for Morlocks. How awful.
65D: Amer. letters: USS. The navy carrier USS America. Can you come up with a better clue for USS? I understand his logic abbreviating "Amer.", but somehow it annoys me.
C.C.
17A: Teacher a boxer where to go?: PAPER TRAIN
29A: Parallel universe?: DOUBLE SPACE
37A: Bluepoint hangout?: OYSTER BAR
50A: Abridge a drama?: SQUEEZE PLAY
64A: Teetolers' bash?: NATURAL GAS
Well, find me a SQUEEZE PLAY STATION then. I just can't stand this kind of inacuracy in cluing. STATION is after the word PLAY, not after the whole phrase SQUEEZE PLAY. The clue for STATION should be "It follows the last word of 17A, 29A, 50A and 64A).
Is GAS a slang for party? I don't understand the rationale in the last clue.
I've never seen five letter Z's in a TMS puzzle before. Mr. Parrish obviously has an affinity for Z, just like Barry Silk has for his Q.
Our local newspaper Star Tribune filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. Very disconcerting.
Across:
6A: Woodstock performer Joan: BAEZ. They were lovers during this period, right?
14A: Pulitzer or Pritzker: PRIZE. Pritzker is "the Nobel PRIZE of Architecture". I was unaware of that. It's created in 1979.
21A: TV role for P. Silvers: SGT. BILKO. Stumper, though I did recognize the answer when it finally emerged. Was there an accompanying comic book for the TV show?
23A: Latin 101 verb: AMO. Now this "Latin" refers to Latin America Latin, not the old Caesar's Latin, right?
31A: 1,000 bucks: GEE. And ABES (61A: 5-dollar bills), which is an unfamiliar slang to me.
33A: 2002 A.L. Cy Young winner: ZITO. Gimme. Barry ZITO is very funny. He bought his own autographed baseball cards from Ebay because "They are authenticated". Authentication and grading are big deal in baseball card collection. ZITO played for the Oakland A's from 2000 to 2006, and now he is with the Giants.
44A: Intl. radio: VOA. They broadcast both in Chinese & Cantonese.
45A: Kodak rival: AGFA. Fuji does not fit. AGFA is based in Belgium. Annika Sorenstam's true rookie card has a AGFA logo on it, but I could not find it on the internet this morning.
71A: Boss Tweed's lampooner: NAST (Thomas). NAST is the "Father of American cartoon". See "The Brains", his caricature of Boss Tweed. Last time BOSSDOM is clued as "Scope of Tweed's influence?" which stumped me completely.
Down:
1D: Very softly, in music: PPP (Pianississimo). No idea. Why 3 P's when there is only one P in the word Pianississimo?
3D: Surfboard mishap: WIPEOUT. Fall from surfboard. New term to me.
4D: Weizman of Israel: EZER. President of Israel 1993-2000. I can never remember his name. Does it have any biblical meaning?
6D: Prickly husk: BUR. See this chestnut BUR. My brain just keeps BURping this word.
8D: Puzzling state: ENIGMA. This is so sensual. Do you like ENIGMA?
9D: Stomach acid inhibitor brand: ZANTAC. Do you know why most of the pills have scrabbly letter Z & X in their names?
10D: Spore sacs: ASCI. This is another word that I keep remembering and then keep forgetting. The singular is ascus.
12D: Follower of Jeremiah: EZEKIEL. Literally "God strengthens" in Hebrew language. Jeremiah is "God is high". I've never heard of these 2 Bible books. I was thinking of Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright.
22D: Netherlands city: BREDA. See BREDA? It's in southern Netherlands. Completely foreign to me. I wonder if it's on the road from Brussels to Amsterdam.
23D: Finishing tool: ADZ. And AXE (57A: Logger's tool). Tool is also a slang for male organ, right?
24D: Yves, to Yves: MOI. I like this clue.
39D: "Performance" director Nicolas: ROEG. Have never heard of "Performance". The poster does not look appealing to me.
40D: Street market: BAZAAR. I always confuse this word with bizarre.
47D: Elec. duplicate: FAX. Why "duplicate"?
62D: "The Time Machine" people: ELOI. Aramaic for "My god". They serve as the food for Morlocks. How awful.
65D: Amer. letters: USS. The navy carrier USS America. Can you come up with a better clue for USS? I understand his logic abbreviating "Amer.", but somehow it annoys me.
C.C.
