Good Mornng, Crucuverbalists! Malodorous Manatee here with a recap of a puzzle by Josh Horowitz. Josh is a fellow Los Angeleno. Here is a link to the "About Me" section of his web site where I learned that bit of information: Josh Horowitz "About Me" You can peruse the rest of his site by clicking on the headings at the top of that web page.
Per Josh, "(This is) my first published crossword to date. I got interested in crosswords during the Pandemic era lockdowns and came up with the idea to make one myself during the heat of that summer of 2020."
Let's jump right in and take a look at this inaugural effort in which Josh has added the letters A and C to the start of three everyday two-word descriptions in order to morph those into the answers to their respective clues. The reveal comes at:
61 Across: Summertime chore, or an apt title for this puzzle: AC INSTALLATION. Install the Air Conditioner.
We are asked to "install" AC in the following places:
16 Across: What poker chips might do?: ACCOMPANY CARDS. As this was the first "themer" to fall, for a while this solver thought that the "gimmick" might involve A, C and D. I was thinking of COMPANY CARS. As it turned out, however, this one was based on COMPANY CARDS (as in business cards) with the D already in place. Armed with this knowledge the others fell fairly easily.
29 Across: What people waiting in a long line might do?: ACCOST CUTTERS. From COST CUTTERS but here folks might be confronting those who are trying to cut the line.
46 Across: What people who eschew online banking might do?: ACCLAIM CHECKS. From CLAIM CHECK. Handwritten checks long preceded Veno, Zelle, Google Wallet and Apple Pay. In Santa Barbara in the mid 1970's, a poster in the form of a scenic a check showing the Isla Vista branch of Bank of Americawas widely acclaimed.
Here are the other clues and answers:
Across:
1. Map out: PLAN.
5. With 5-Down, summer shirt: TANK. The T does double duty here.
9. Keeping folks waiting: LATE.
13. Brontė heroine: EYRE. A frequent visitor.
14. Woodwind played by Andy Mackay of Roxy Music: OBOE. He also plays the saxophone.
15. Ireland, poetically: ERIN.
19. Stretch, as one's neck: CRANE.
20. __ and aahs: OOHS.
21. Business letters?: INC. Not as in correspondence. LLC would have fit the space.
23. Starpilot and smuggler Solo: HAN. A Star Wars reference. In real life not such a star pilot.
24. No. cruncher: CPA. A frequent consultant in our puzzles.
27. Rival: FOE. We all know who is the arch FOE of capitalism. The lower cases.
28. Scottish no: NAE. In this case, aye.
33. Synthesizer brand: CASIO. Also a maker of watches and and calculators.
34. By land __: OR SEA.
35. Folder's loss: ANTE. A poker (as in card game) reference. "I fold" means "I quit. Keep the chips I have bet so far".
38. Cabs: TAXIS. Not a wine reference, this time.
41. Spy-fi side: USSR.
42. Knobs: DIALS. I got offered an amazing deal today. Someone offered to sell me a stereo with a broken volume knob. I couldn’t turn it down!
44. Words of clarification: I MEAN.
50. Sat: MET. As in convened.
51. Brandy bottle letters: VSO. I am aware of VSOP (very special old pale) , VS (very special) and XO (extra old) on brandy bottles but had not previously seen VSO as a designation.
52. Corvallis sch.: OSU.
53. "Never hurts to __": ASK.
56. Fed. stipend: SSI.
57. Like good angel food cake: AIRY.
59. Rolls partner: ROYCE. Neither a food nor a music nor a dice game nor an orientation reference . One of those clues playing on the leading cap convention.
65. Immense: VAST. Is less immense half-vast?
66. Woeful sigh: ALAS. In a recent Newsday Saturday Stumper puzzle, ALAS was clued as "word from the Latin for weary".
67. In a thumb-twiddling way: IDLY. We often encounter variations of IDLE in our puzzles (IDLE, IDLY, IDLED).
68. Shady trees: ELMS. We frequently avail ourselves of their shade when solving our puzzles.
69. Comedian Foxx: REDD. Perhaps best known for the TV show Sanford & Son. Redd often worked blue.
70. Egg cream component: SODA. Neither egg nor cream are included in the recipe.
Down:
1. Cobbler fruit: PEACH. Does include PEACH in the recipe.
2. Sports bra fabric: LYCRA.
3. Obscure stuff: ARCANA. Not to be confused with Texarkana.
4. Like Crayola's Unmellow Yellow and Atomic Tangerine: NEON. The referenced colors were unknown but the clue clearly hinted at NEON.
5. See 5-Across: TOP.
6. Law school accrediting org.: ABA.
7. Double negative?: NO NO.
8. Early topic in music theory: KEY OF C. No sharps. No flats.
9. Allow use of for a fee: LEASE TO.
10. Pt. of ETA: ARR. Estimated Time of ARRival.
11. Neat quality: TIDINESS.
12. Captures: ENSNARES.
17. Holy city of Islam: MECCA.
18. Singer Jay known as the "King of Mandopop": CHOU. Unknown to this solver. He has sold over 30,000,000 record albums. Thanks, perps.
22. Civil rights activist Chavez: CESAR. Front and center during many of our formative years.
25. Fruity Pebbles maker: POST. A cereal reference. Kellogg's was too long.
26. Ulaanbaatar's locale: ASIA. So many ASIAn locations from which to choose for the clue.
30. Common flashlight battery: C CELL. Mine always had either D cells or triple A's. Now it has a USB port for charging.
31. __ waste: TOXIC. Sometimes, in old insulation there can be toxic chemicals. You should avoid them asbestos you can.
32. Footlocker: TRUNK.
35. "Vice" Oscar nominee Amy: ADAMS.
36. "Wow, you almost dropped that!": NICE SAVE. The old saying: If you want to make the highlight reel misjudge the fly ball.
37. Strategic: TACTICAL. Actually, not exactly.
39. Intro to a texter's two cents: IMHO. In My Humble Opinion
40. Catches on: SEES. Also, a purveyor of chocolate candy.
43. Learned experts: SAVANTS.
45. Luxury Honda brand: ACURA.
47. Goddess often depicted holding an ankh: ISIS. A frequent visitor,
48. Masonry mixture: MORTAR.
49. Marry: SAY I DO.
54. Tell off: SCOLD. I stubbed my toe and got SCOLDed by my parents for yelling “What the duck”. They were angry that I used fowl language.
55. Home country of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum: KENYA. Home of many long distance running champions.
58. Handsome Dan's school: YALE. The mascot of YALE University is a bulldog named Handsome Dan.
Today's constructor Bryant Shain rejoins us today after a long absence (recapped by a beloved reviewer) to treat us to a relatively uncommon vertical theme. He gives us these 3 down clues and a down reveal indicated by asterisks. If you don't see the embedded words in each of the themers (I didn't) IT's ALL given away by the reveal ...
3D. *Party boss: POLITICAL LEADER. As we are in the thick of an election year, and as the Corner doesn't generally do politics, I decided to go to a great General who later became a great President, whom I trust most will agree was one of the best political leaders in American history -- Dwight D. Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969).
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
22D. *"Let's go already!": QUIT STALLING. Sorry, but I've got more important clues to explain right now ... 😀
9D. *Runs out of free content, in a way: HITS A PAYWALL. In 1989 computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who was working at the CERN particle accelerator in Switzerland at the time, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) as a means of organizing and distributing research papers to interested scientists around the world. At the time, access to the underlying Internet was largely supported by grants and was restricted to universities, and thus the information transmitted over it was generally considered to be in the public domain. Eventually the WWW spread to the world of commerce and other means had to be found to support the development of content, e.g. advertising and PAYWALLS. Here is a visualization by the Opte Project showing the explosive growth of the Internet between 1997 and 2021 ... And the theme reveal ...
11D. Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does?: BREAKS IT ALL DOWN. Some of us reviewers tend to break ITALL down into a bit too much detail, but I'm not naming any names. 😀
6. Tub sessions: BATHS. While a lot of people take showers these days, in the past these people didn't.
11. Troop gp.: BSA. Boy Scouts of America.
14. Novel format: EBOOK. As the traditional format of many novels was the TOME, older readers are turning to EBOOKS because they are generally lighter and many have novel features such as the ability to search the book for specific passages, look up related content on the Internet, and bundled subscriptions to content.
15. Set with 95 printable characters: ASCII. ASCII is an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices. ASCII has just 128 code points, of which only 95 are printable characters, which severely limit its scope. The set of available punctuation had significant impact on the syntax of computer languages and text markup. While it is still in wide use, it has been superseded by Unicode, which supports myriad character sets in languages all over the world.
16. Shofar horn source: RAM. A shofar is an ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious purposes. Like the modern bugle, the shofar lacks pitch-altering devices, with all pitch control done by varying the player's use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth. The shofar is blown in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur; it is also blown every weekday morning in the month of Elul running up to Rosh Hashanah.
Shofar by Alphonse Lévy The caption says: "To a good year".
17. Pooh's creator: MILNE. Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. He served in both world wars, as a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the First World War and as a captain in the Home Guard in the Second World War. His stories about the 100 Acre Woods were famously adapted in this Disney series ... 18. Food regimens: DIETS. Hand up if you know one that works?
19. Wane: EBB.
20. Omega preceder: PSI. May also be clued "Meas. of tire pressure".
26. Crypto.com Arena player: LA LAKER. I think they'd have better attendance at their games if their arena wasn't so hard to find. 😀
28. Old-timey theaters: DRIVE INS. I'm told that they were a great place to neck, but that was way before my time. 😁
32. Dutch ovens, e.g.: POTS. A Dutch oven, Dutch pot (US English), or casserole dish (international) is a thick-walled cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid. You can buy this one from Amazon for only $49.99.
Dutch Oven
33. Houston university: RICE. Rice University, officially William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It sits on a 300-acre (120 ha) campus adjacent to the Houston Museum District and the Texas Medical Center.
34. Naval destroyer, in slang: TIN CAN. And they used ASH CANS (depth charges) to destroy submarines.
36. Chapel vow: I DO.
39. In the distance: AFAR.
40. Like most fish: SCALY.
41. "No more of that!": STOP.
42. Glycerin-based goop: GEL.
43. Eschewed cooked foods: ATE RAW. On alternate Friday's we eschew cooked foods ...
Sushi Platter
44. Visible air pollution: HAZE.
45. Novelist Scottoline known for legal thrillers: LISA. Lisa Scottoline was born in Philadelphia in 1955 and earned a B.A. in English magna cum laude (in three years) from the University of Pennsylvania, then graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She clerked for judges at the state and federal appellate courts and later became a litigator in Philadelphia. After the birth of her daughter, she left the law firm and started writing. Final Appeal received an Edgar Award, for excellence in crime fiction. She has since written 30 bestselling novels, including Look Again and Don't Go, both which reached number two on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Lisa Scottoline
47. Like some cast-iron 32-Across: ENAMELED. Our 32-Across is just plain old stainless steel.
49. Target of a strike, perhaps: CUE BALL. This is for all you pool sharks out there ... 52. Lounge: LOLL.
54. Pigeonholes: LABELS. I'd be suspicious of LABELS if I were you. LABELS are very sneaky and LABELS tend to be dishonest -- LABELS are simply not to be trusted. The only good thing I have to say about a LABEL is that once you've pigeonholed one, at least you finally know who they really are!
57. Pops: DAD. A CSO to Tony's father.
60. Do sums: ADD.
61. One who goes for the gold?: MINER. Mining rare earth elements may be more profitable.
65. Natives of Pre-Columbian Peru: INCAS. The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, lit. "land of four parts" centered in the Andean Mountains), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The Spanish began the conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532 AD and by 1572 AD, the last Inca state was fully conquered.
Inca Empire circ 1525 AD
66. Mets closer Diaz: EDWIN. Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy (born March 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets. He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners. Within two months of his MLB debut, Díaz broke the Mariners' record for consecutive strikeouts and was named the team's closer.
Edwin Diaz
67. Make a left instead of a right, say: ERR.
68. Go-between: AGENT.
69. Stray adopted by Annie: SANDY. All I ever heard him say was ARF!
Annie and Sandy
Down:
1. Rope fiber: HEMP. Hemp (Cannabis sativa) was grown extensively throughout the world during the days of wooden sailing ships to make rope. As it turns out, the leaves of some strains of the hemp plant are also used for the cultivation of marijuana, an hallucinogen. Thus the legality of growing the plant has fluctuated over time: it was legal in the 18th and 19th centuries, then production was effectively banned in the mid-20th century, and it returned as a legal crop in the 21st century. By 2019, the United States had become the world's third largest producer of hemp, behind China and Canada.
Two uses for Hemp
2. Sacred Nile wader: IBIS. The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae. It is native to much of Africa, as well as small parts of Iraq, Iran and Kuwait. It is especially known for its role in Ancient Egyptian religion, where it was linked to the god Thoth. The species is currently extinct in Egypt.
Sacred Ibis Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
3. [Theme clue]
4. Approximate weight of the Liberty Bell: TON. Perped.
5. Michael of "Caddyshack": OKEEFE. Michael O'Keefe (born Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr.; April 24, 1955) is an American actor, known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Darryl Palmer in the Neil Simon movie The Slugger's Wife.
Michael O'Keefe
6. Grammy winner Erykah: BADU. Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971),[2] known professionally as Erykah Badu is an American singer and songwriter. Influenced by R&B, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut album Baduizm (1997), placed her at the forefront of the neo soul movement, earning her the nickname "Queen of Neo Soul" by music critics. Here's On & On, the Grammy winner from that first album ... 7. Setting for Best Picture winners "The Last Emperor" and "Parasite": ASIA. The Last Emperor is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the final Emperor of China. Here's a trailer for the first film ... Incidentally the Academy Award winning soundtrack for the film was co-written by Ryuichi Sakamoto,David Byrne, and Cong Su. You may remember Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Byrne from the new wave band The Talking Heads.
Parasite is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the film with Han Jin-won. The film follows a poor family who infiltrate the life of a wealthy family ...
8. Infection fighter: T CELL. T cells are a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes. They help your immune system fight germs and protect you from disease.
9. [Theme clue]
10. Bro kin: SIS.
11. [Theme reveal]
12. Fine fur: SABLE. The sable (Martes zibellina) is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kazakhstan, China, North Korea and Hokkaido, Japan. Here are some pictures ...
Before
After Sable Bomber Jacket $6,300.00
I think Sables need to go on strike for higher pay!
13. Yellow shade: AMBER. Named for the gem AMBER, the petrified sap of prehistoric trees.
27. Chaney of classic horror: LON. Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Here's a trailer from the Hunchback of Notre Dame ... 28. Downer: DRAG.
29. Lousy (with): RIFE. A bit of a stretch, but ...
... the dinosaur seems to be roughly in agreement with the pigeons ...
30. "Well done!": NICE.
31. Catch: SNARE.
35. Family: CLAN. A clan is an extended family. Your clan might include your parents and siblings, but also your cousins and second cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. Families that are related to each other, whether through marriage or as distant cousins, are members of the same clan.
37. Nod off: DOZE.
38. Opinion piece: OP ED. An op-ed piece is a short newspaper column that represents a writer's strong, informed, and focused opinion on an issue of relevance to a targeted audience. It is a written prose piece that expresses the opinion of an author or entity with no affiliation with the publication's editorial board. The term is short for "opposite the editorial page", referring to the practice of newspapers placing op-eds on the opposite side of their editorial page.
41. "Falling Up" poet/illustrator Silverstein: SHEL. Sheldon Allan Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer and musician. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. His illustrations were published in various newspapers and magazines, including the adult-oriented Playboy. As a children's author, some of his most acclaimed works include The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic. His works have been translated into more than 47 languages and have sold more than 20 million copies. As a songwriter, Silverstein wrote the 1969 Johnny Cash track "A Boy Named Sue", which peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
46. PC pioneer: IBM. IBM's PC, released in 1981, was indeed a pioneering computer, but it was not the first commercially successful personal computer. That PC is generally considered to be the Altair 8800, introduced in 1975. This was followed by the Apple Computer II in 1977 (the Apple Computer 1 was really just a prototype), and the Radio Shack TRS-80 also in 1977. IBM's contribution to the PC world was two-fold: 1. Their name -- they were giants in the mainframe and mini-computer fields, and were in effect endorsing the idea of a "personal computer"; and 2. And more importantly, as they had previously done in the mainframe world, they introduced a standardized operating system called MS-DOS. IBM had purchased the latter from the nascent Microsoft Corporation, who had in turn purchased it from Seattle software engineer Tim Patterson -- whom they didn't bother to inform that they were currently negotiating the sale of MS-DOS to IBM! The IBM PC, introduced in 1981, would then go on to revolutionize computing and networking throughout the world.
The IBM PC
48. Fuzzy growths in a terrarium: MOSSES. Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta. Mosses typically form dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. They may also grow on trees, usually on the North side.
Clumps of moss on the ground and at the base of trees Allegheny National Forest, PA
49. "No more of that!": CEASE.
50. Calf's suckling spot: UDDER. "Did you hear the one about the cow that jumped over the barbed wire fence? -- UDDER destruction!" 😀
51. Medieval Times prop: LANCE. The LANCE is also used in Modern Times as a prop in jousting, Maryland's state sport ... 55. Noodle: BEAN. Mr. Bean is really off his noodle on this one ... 56. Once, in the past: ERST.
58. Cactus-friendly: ARID.
59. Refuse: DENY.
61. Soccer great Hamm: MIA. Here's a short bio-pic of MIA's career ...
63. Activity that might elicit stares, for short: PDA. -- or the comment "Get a room!"
Well, that wraps IT ALL up for this review!
Cheers,
Bill
And as always, thanks to Teri for proof reading and for her constructive criticism.
And thanks for the help, C.C. You made IT it ALL come together!
Today's construction from RG was not a great one for me - I find the theme answers to be vaguely tied to the reveal at best, and we had a handful of names again, one of which was an 'ingredient' in the recipe for my disaster. 20 TLWs and 24 four-letter words, but we get a reprieve from circles, at least. Sadly, I 49A. "flubbed" the middle left of the grid today, so I have to admit to cheating; though in hindsight, I shoulda known - maybe that's why I am not a fan of this puzzle. The Themers;
16. Fruit given to Snow White by the Evil Queen: POISON APPLE
21. Rabble-rouser: BAD EGG
He's been "sEGGregated"
26. Youthful rebelliousness: WILD OATS - I missed my error here - I had Wild Rats, the "R" from DRS, which didn't jibe, and then a Wild Cats "C", which made no sense at all in the Down
45. Unrefined petroleum: CRUDE OIL
I cave in and put gas in my Prius once every six weeks
50. With 58-Across, conditions likely to lead to catastrophe, or what 16-, 21-, 26-, and 45-Across are ingredients for?: RECIPE - AND - 58A. See 50-Across: FOR DISASTER - with these "four" ingredients, I think you end up with a McDonald's Apple Pie
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Rapid transit vehicles?: RAFTS - Rapid(s) as in white water, and "rafting" upon them
6. "Dancing Queen" quartet: ABBA - CrossWord Staple, still a name - #1
10. Weep loudly: SOB
13. Introverted, maybe: ALOOF - I am definitely introverted
14. Watering can part: SPOUT
15. Actress Thurman: UMA - CWS, still a name - #2
18. Write: PEN
19. Bombard, as with snowballs: PELT
20. Cribside coos: AWS - Meh. I would have preferred "Amazon Web Services" for this clue; plus, it's usually AWW in crosswords
23. Tosses in: ADDS - AND - 34A. Much of magazines: ADS - meh on the semi-dupe
25. Turkish dough: LIRAS
$1 US = 34.31 Lira
30. __ party: sudsy celebration: FOAM - I am not familiar with this "type" of party, but it makes sense - I stopped drinking 20yrs ago, and essentially stopped partying the same time as well. . . . Sigh
31. Literature Nobel laureate Bashevis Singer: ISAAC - No clue, waited on perps, and that didn't help either - note my little black triangles in the cel corners in the grid below; I just could not be bothered to think about finding the answers - just cheat and reveal the letters. . . . AND name - #3
32. Off-balance: ATILT
AWW, cute
37. Put down: DISS - Meh. Usually has just one "S", as in DISrespect
38. Comrade: CRONY
39. First Nations people of Canada: CREE - had the last "E", but it's not OTOE - CWS and name #4
40. Rough no.: ESTimate
41. Hits upon the answer: HAS IT
42. Relaxed: CHILL
43. Look to be: SEEM
47. Gush with naches: KVELL - All I can say about seeing this in a Wednesday crossword is "What?!?" 21st century-speak for spewing pride. P.S. naches is also the rump of a cow, and one might say I am leaning towards that definition in context. . . .
49. Flubs: ERRS
52. Prefix with -logue: EPI - epilogue, the wrapping up, "last chapter", in a novel - this does SEEM to be trying too hard to avoid being the 'usual' crossword clue/answer. e.g. Epi Pen
53. Fries or tots: SIDE
57. Latin for "I": EGO
61. End of many superhero names: MAN - let me count the ways. . . .
62. Reversed: UNDID - I am truly grateful for the "UNDO" button on several pieces of software, including the Blogger
63. Home of the Kaaba: MECCA - no clue, but I had M_C_A, so...name #5
64. Come to a close: END
65. Future AG's exam: LSAT
66. Oldest of the Three Musketeers: ATHOS - name #6
DOWN:
1. Reneé of "Mean Girls": RAPP - no clue, name - #7 - her IMDb
2. Succulent genus: ALOE - A shout-out to Hahtoolah
3. Wrap for leftovers: FOIL - SARAN didn't fit
4. Open-faced dishes with crispy tortillas: TOSTADAS - my last fill, and I toyed with the last vowel - "A" or "O"~? even tho I knew it was an A
5. Hub across the Bay from OAK: SFO - San Francisco airport code; my closest airport code is BDL
6. Starters, casually: APPS - APPetizerS, trying again to NOT be typical, but it just doesn't work on Wed, IMHO
7. Danceable song: BOP - we (I) just learned this last Friday
8. Glowing object on a marquee: BULB - Meh. IN a marquee seems better
9. Went back for thirds, maybe: ATE A LOT - Ugh. I don't care for ALOT in puzzles to begin with
10. Nintendo platform game series: SUPER MARIO
11. Seamaster watchmaker: OMEGA - it was either this or ROLEX, as Audemars Piguet doesn't fit - I was a CAD designer for their Southampton store, which required bullet-proof glass - their most expensive piece is $430K, almost twice the cost of my house
NOTE: the website selling this watch is
offering $100 off your first order - ooh, good deal~!
12. Fringe on some foreheads: BANGS - A shout-out to our host C.C.
She likes the BANGS in this picture
14. Reacted to something striking?: SAW STARS
17. Absolutely nothing: NADA
22. San José day: DIA - Spanish lesson
24. OB or GYN: DOCtor - I knew DRS (plural) didn't match with the "or" in the clue
26. Broad: WIDE
27. Egyptian goddess: ISIS - name, #7
28. Stressful time for a procrastinator: LAST SECOND
29. Showing no fear, maybe: STOIC
30. Wing it?: FLY
33. Boldly brave: INTREPID - and then we have great fill like this
35. Market with a pickle barrel: DELI - Um, OK - when I did an internet search, I expected to find A LOT of B&W images, but no
36. Move merchandise: SELL
38. Laptop lens: CAMera - I have one at work for Teams meetings
39. Drawing board?: CHESS SET - a "draw" in chess is rare, but not unheard of; I plan to make a table for my living room with a chess board in the center
41. Advantageous: HELPFUL
42. Sr. officer: CDR - commander; I happen to know it's the abbr. for these, too
44. Nickname that drops -jah: ELI - again, trying to NOT be the typical "Yale" clue/answer
46. Novelist Leon: URIS - name #8
47. Krispy __: KREME - Mmmm, Donuts. . . .
48. Plant-based: VEGAN - Do donuts count~? I mean, the sugar comes from a plant, right~?
54. Burning desire: ITCH - I have a "burning desire" in the form of poison ivy (oak, sumac) all over my arms from the yard work I did two weeks ago. Yay.
55. Miami Beach style: DECO - Had something similar yesterday
56. Distinct periods: ERAS - is it going to be ERAS or AGES~?
59. Dietary amt.: RDA - Recommended Daily Allowance - my Daily Allowance these days is totally UN-recommended; I need to stop eating and start exercising - this is my New Year's Resolution
60. 24-Down's org.: AMA - American Medical Association
Splynter
Notes from C.C.
1)
Happy Birthday to dear Dave (CrossEyedDave), the best birthday cake
maker in the world. Your posts always brighten up our day, Dave!
CrossEyedDave
2) Happy Birthday also to Blue Hen. Hope all's well!
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