Theme: "Top Choice"- Each theme entry is punnily clued as "Hairdo for....".
22. Hairdo for experts? : WHIZBANGS
24. Hairdo for gadget lovers? : THINGAMABOB. Looks simple. But lots of work involved in this one.
36. Hairdo for sportscasters? : FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS. Shown in above picture.
59. Hairdo for certain Germans? : FRANKFURTER BUN. I like messy buns.
81. Hairdo for daring gymnasts? : DOUBLE BACKFLIP. This was once popular in China also.
103. Hairdo for economists? : INFLATIONARY SPIKES
122. Hairdo for wickerworkers? : BASKET WEAVE
125. Hairdo for burglars? : CRIME WAVE
The hair-related words are all last words or last parts of a word. Quite consistent.
So nice to see Pam back. She's a total pro. This is her 29th puzzle on our blog. She mostly focuses on Sunday grids. Interesting. I just checked her label on our blog. She never made a themeless grid.
Look at her cool hair.
Across:
1. "Dallas" was one : SOAP. And 11. 1-Across plot staple : AMNESIA
5. Like much cheese : AGED
9. Improv style : SCAT
13. They're surrounded by agua : ISLAS
18. Developer's plot, perhaps : ACRE. Boomer and I have been enjoying this 130-acre nature center. Mostly cushioned ground, super friendly to Boomer's legs/hips.
19. Round number? : ZERO. What a great clue.
20. Dingbat : SCHMO
21. Ohno on skates : APOLO
26. Roll at a nursery : SOD
27. Honored athlete : ALL-STAR. When did you get into tennis, Big Easy?
29. John in Dublin : SEAN
30. Flier over Hawaii : NENE
31. It may follow you, but not me : ARE. Also 85. You and me, say : PAIR
32. Tricks : RUSES
34. Old German leader : KAISER
43. Only NFL coach with a perfect season : SHULA (Don)
44. Undistinctive marks : CEEs. And 124. Symbol of peace : VEE
45. "No man __ island ... ": Donne : IS AN
46. "With enough courage, you can do without a reputation" speaker : RHETT. To Scarlett.
50. Sounds of uncertainty : UMs
51. Household hisser : RADIATOR
54. Enzyme ending : ASE
56. Oil-rich fed. : UAE
57. System of values : ETHIC
63. Secretly includes in the 108-Down loop, briefly : BCCs. And 108. It clicks open : EMAIL
65. Ambien maker : SEARLE
66. "__ gonna happen" : AIN'T
67. U2 philanthropist : BONO
70. Work on, as a soundtrack : REDUB. Also 109. Watch again, as a movie : RESEE
74. Having less vermouth, as a martini : DRIER
75. "Family Guy" creator MacFarlane : SETH
76. Footnote word : IDEM
77. More work : UTOPIA. Tricky clue. Thomas More.
79. Gossip : DIRT
86. Car shopper's option : LEASE
89. Andorra's cont. : EUR
90. That, in Mexico : ESA. Also 2. Eight, in 14-Down : OCHO. 14. See 2-Down : SPANISH
91. Emphasized, in a way : ITERATED
93. Chihuahua cheer : OLE
95. Prefix with sphere : TROPO. Also 69. Logical opening? : NEURO 116. And Start to bat? : ACRO. All O-ending prefixes.
97. "I'd consider __ honor" : IT AN
100. French honey : AMIE
101. Seaman's shout : AVAST
107. 2017 Masters champ Garcia : SERGIO. Finally won the Masters this year.
110. P.C. Wren protagonist Beau __ : GESTE
111. Energy Star co-creator, familiarly : EPA. Wiki says Energy Star "was created in 1992 by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy".
112. Skunk River city : AMES
113. VMI program : ROTC
115. Three-layer fishing net : TRAMMEL. Never heard of this word.
119. Changeable border : HEM. Another great clue.
127. Words with wait or state : LIE IN
128. California cager : LAKER
129. Painter Magritte : RENE
130. Tough test : ORAL
131. Disney princess from Avalor : ELENA
132. Neverland pirate : SMEE
133. Binged (on), as junk food : OD'ed
134. Took off : WENT
Down:
1. Wise words : SAWS. My motto: when in doubt, listen to D-Otto. Life or crosswords. But not sports or fashion.
3. Dry as dust : ARID
4. 90-year-old mint : PEZ. I did not know the age. But I see Pez dispenser at the flea market all the time.
5. Rhododendron variety : AZALEA
6. Short title for Lee : GEN'L
7. Bits of work : ERGs
8. Old-fashioned do? : DOST. Not hair do.
9. Ivy, e.g.: Abbr. : SCH
10. Woodworking tools : CHISELS
12. Roman wrap : TOGA
13. Sevillian soy? : I AM. Googled afterwards. "Soy" is Spanish for "I am".
15. Places to see studs : LOBES
16. On one's own : ALONE
17. Like the designated driver, by design : SOBER
20. Gymnast Kerri who performed an iconic vault in the 1996 Olympics : STRUG. Iconic picture.
23. Uncivilized : BARBARIC
25. Sarcophagus symbol : ANKH. Sarcophagus is a new word to me. Stone coffin.
28. Grain appendage : ARISTA. Learned from doing crosswords.
31. NBA's Hawks, on scoreboards : ATL
33. Avoided on the job : SHIRKED
35. "__ Grows in Brooklyn" : A TREE
36. Coll. football's Seminoles : FSU
37. "Alas!" : OH ME. Not AH ME.
38. Toss from office : OUST
39. Calculator feature, for short : LCD
40. First name in Norse navigators : LEIF
41. Half an approval : HEAR. I used to think it's "Here, here".
42. Twisted : GNARLED
47. 1978 Broadway jazz revue : EUBIE. Music by Eubie Blake. Learning moment for me.
48. Tease : TAUNT
49. First of the second nine : TENTH. 10th hole on back nine. Golf. Really miss TTP on the blog.
52. Grows : ACCRUES
53. Switch positions : ONs
55. Clean and then some : STERILE
58. Cold War concern : H-BOMB
60. Much : FAR
61. Mentalist Geller : URI
62. Selassie worshiper : RASTA
64. Put a price on a flight? : SET BAIL. Nice fill/clue.
67. High-end hotel amenity : BIDET. My ex had this in his apartment. I never asked him what's the use.
68. Sussex smell : ODOUR
71. 1988 Ryan/Quaid remake : D.O.A.
72. Short lines at the register? : UPC
73. Two-piece suits : BIKINIs
78. Where to see a wake : AFT. Oh, boat.
80. Still-life fruit, perhaps : RED APPLE
82. "Ghost Town" (2008) actress : LEONI (Téa)
83. Almost a ringer : LEANER. Horseshoes shot.
84. "Joy of Cooking" writer Rombauer : IRMA. Thinking of our Florida regulars.
87. Seriously overcharge : SOAK. Not bill-related.
88. End of a threat : ELSE
92. "Brat Farrar" novelist : TEY (Josephine).
94. Saturn drivers? : ETs. The planet. Not the car.
96. Deflategate concern : PIGSKIN
98. Ring duo : TAG TEAM
99. Had dessert, in a way : ATE CAKE. Mid-Autumn
Festival is coming. The local Asian store here is already displaying
mooncakes. It's normally sold in a pretty tin with a picture of moon
goddess Chang'e. Quite pricey. Wish they sell individual one.
102. Itinerary word : VIA
104. Frontier protection : FORT
105. Polecat cousin : OTTER. We also have 114. Hogwarts messengers : OWLS. And 119. Fabled favorite : HARE
106. Looked to be : SEEMED
107. Polecat cousin : SABLE
117. '60s TV talking animal : MR ED
118. Go for the gold : MINE
120. Politico Bayh : EVAN
121. Dripping sandwich, maybe : MELT. Have any of you tried Bánh mì?
123. Bambi's aunt : ENA
126. "That's really something!" : WOW
C.C.
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Sep 10, 2017
Sep 9, 2017
Saturday, Sep 9th, 2017, C.C. Burnikel
Theme: C.C.C.W~!
Words: 70 (missing J,Q,X,Z)
Blocks: 31
Does
it seem like the puzzles get harder as the year moves along the same as
the week goes~? This was the second Saturday puzzle in a row that beat
me up, and this one feels a little harsher, like being attacked by friendly fire, coming from
our hostess C.C. In fact, I've gone so far as to coin a new
term; STOG. That is, I went Straight TO Google
for several answers, as the cluing today was, at least for me, rather
vague. Oh well. Red-letters, too. C.C.'s last LA Times Saturday
construction, back in June, was doable, at least. Nothing intimidating
about the grid, with two 11-letter spanners and two 15-letter climbers;
7. "Way to go!" : "NOW YOU'RE COOKING~!" - Quite a few "quote"(*) clues in today's grid, too
8. Dancers seen in strips? : THE CHIPPENDALES - har-har~!
8. Dancers seen in strips? : THE CHIPPENDALES - har-har~!
for the ladies
ACROSS:
1. End with force : STAMP ON - RAID kills bugs dead, too
8. Percussion instrument : TIMPANI - instrument heard here in a John Bonham drum solo from Led Zeppelin's CODA album; the pedal timpani is a tune-able drum
8. Percussion instrument : TIMPANI - instrument heard here in a John Bonham drum solo from Led Zeppelin's CODA album; the pedal timpani is a tune-able drum
starts @ 0:42
15. Contemporary of Plácido : LUCIANO - Domingo, and Pavarotti, two-thirds of The Three Tenors; I can never remember the third guy....him
16. Went deep : HOMERED - no C.C. crossword is complete without a baseball reference
17. Agitated : IN A STEW - my NW was blank, so I tried "-ED" at the end. Bzzzt.
18. Like the flame at Graceland : ETERNAL
19. Singing voice, informally : PIPES - I exercised my pipes at karaoke two weeks ago
20. Workout spot : YMCA - gritted teeth. I really hoped this was not going to be "YOGA", as I had the Y--A, but when it filled I thought we needed an abbr. somewhere for Y.M.C.A
22. Ax : FIRE
23. Quick-footed : SPRY
24*. "I'm amazed!" : "OOH~!" - not "WOW~!"
25. Springfield bar : MOE'S - 'Simpsons' clue.
26. Traditional March 14 servings : PIES - totally stumped me at first; it's not the Ides - the 15th, and not St. Pat's - the 17th. It was only when I mentally pictured the date as 3.14 that "Pi" hit me like the V-8 can
27. Venus, when appearing as the morning star : LUCIFER - learning moment. I did not know this was a translation of a Biblical reference, here
Venus is part of a planetary alignment 23 sep 2017
29. Paradise in "On the Road" : SAL - Jack Kerouac
30. Minor employment needs, in some places : WORK PERMITS - I had to get a work card at 16yrs old to go to work at the now defunct Grossman's lumber company
34. Longtime NBC hit : SNL - I'd like to thank everyone who enjoyed picking up on my mistake regarding last week's "SNL" clue
35. Blow away : AWE
36. Pittsburgh's __ Park : PNC
37. Thanksgiving, e.g.: Abbr. : THUrsday - yup. I figured HOLiday was not good enough today
38. Helpful program for frequent fliers : TSA PRE-CHECK
41. Give under pressure : SAG - I pondered BOW
42. Joan of Arc, for one : HEROINE - I filled in HERETIC for some reason
43. Fill up : SATE
44. Close buds : BROS - not PALS
46. Hardly fresh : OLD
47. Father's ceremony : MASS - that kind of father
48. The first "A" in A.A. Milne : ALAN - Alexander is the second "A"
49. Great Plains st. : OKLAhoma
50. Maestro Doráti : ANTAL - first totally STOG clue
52. Trattoria staple : RAVIOLI
54. Theater originally lit with oil lamps : La SCALA
56. Enter covertly : CREEP IN - I had SNEAK to start
57. Self-gratifying pursuit : EGO TRIP - had EGOTISM to start - that's 5/7ths 4/7ths correct....phew
58. Picking up : SENSING - I'm sensing it's time for a pic for the guys
59. Law groups : SENATES
DOWN:
1. Space for a ship : SLIP - I could not get BERTH out of my head; PIER and DOCK seemed off
2. They started the Arab Spring : TUNISIANS - More recent than I realized
3. Like Pentatonix performances : A CAPPELLA - totally STOG. I know what pentatoniC means, but I had to look up this group
4. Unlikely GoFundMe supporters : MISERS
5. One taking a fall : PATSY
6. Table for __ : ONE - I of course, went with TWO. God help me, the blue-eyed girl has come back into my life, once again....WC might understand my dilemma
9. Little bit : IOTA
10. Fr. title : MME
11. Put on : PERFORM
12. Jack's links rival : ARNIE - golfers. I have not gotten out since the one time I played on vacation in three weeks - and it showed
13. Almost reaches : NEARS
14. Like some chatter : IDLE
21. Ridicule : MOCK
25. Pharmaceutical giant : MERCK
26*. Whisper from a cheater, maybe : "PSST~!"
27. Decrease : LOWER
28. Place for the undecided? : FENCE - clever. I went with LIMBO. Really.
30. Hawked stuff : WARES
31*. "Good first step" : "IT'S A START."
32*. "Not true!" : "THAT'S A LIE~!"
33. Knight who co-founded Death Row Records : SUGE - totally STOG, but it filled via perps
39. Impostors : PHONIES
40. Barrier for Sisyphus : HILL - the name to me always implies a female, though I know the -US ending in Latin is masculine. Ergo, I did not recall this classic myth
43. Safe havens : SANCTA - dah~! Another ending that was not the typical plural "S", which fooled me
44. Play loudly : BLARE
45. "Ungainly fowl" of poetry : RAVEN
47. __ jar : MASON - dah~! Not SWEAR, not JELLY
48. Lob paths : ARCS - made me change my SNEAK IN at 56a.
49. Lena of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" : OLIN
51. Napkin holders? : LAPS - cute
53. Coty subsidiary that makes nail polish : OPI - never heard of this; another STOG had it not filled via perps
14. Like some chatter : IDLE
21. Ridicule : MOCK
25. Pharmaceutical giant : MERCK
26*. Whisper from a cheater, maybe : "PSST~!"
27. Decrease : LOWER
28. Place for the undecided? : FENCE - clever. I went with LIMBO. Really.
30. Hawked stuff : WARES
31*. "Good first step" : "IT'S A START."
32*. "Not true!" : "THAT'S A LIE~!"
33. Knight who co-founded Death Row Records : SUGE - totally STOG, but it filled via perps
39. Impostors : PHONIES
40. Barrier for Sisyphus : HILL - the name to me always implies a female, though I know the -US ending in Latin is masculine. Ergo, I did not recall this classic myth
43. Safe havens : SANCTA - dah~! Another ending that was not the typical plural "S", which fooled me
44. Play loudly : BLARE
45. "Ungainly fowl" of poetry : RAVEN
47. __ jar : MASON - dah~! Not SWEAR, not JELLY
48. Lob paths : ARCS - made me change my SNEAK IN at 56a.
49. Lena of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" : OLIN
51. Napkin holders? : LAPS - cute
53. Coty subsidiary that makes nail polish : OPI - never heard of this; another STOG had it not filled via perps
55. Brandy statistic : AGE
Sep 8, 2017
Friday, September 8, 2017, Alex Eaton-Salners
Title: Crazy 8s. The MEANING? Interestingly, today's date has meaning to some as well. LINK.
Alex is back with a visual rebus puzzle, like the old Concentration game. The number 8 can be presented in a few ways, with the most common being similar to a sideways infinity symbol. However, one can place a "o" on top another "o," and also create an eight. This puzzle has six down fill, including the reveal, where the word 'eight' is replaced with the visual. Since most puzzles have at least some across fill in the theme, it took a while to see the direction Alex had taken. Knowing my audience I expect a mixed bag of reviews, but I liked it when the light bulb came on. Like most visual puzzles, if you understand what is going on, the rest is easy. For me, seeing so many OO words made the theme and solve possible to suss. There are some uncommon fill, UP SOLD, CLOSEUP, SHUTOUT, AS I SEE IT, OVERRODE, RETROFIT and SAO PAULO. So many almost religious fill....On with the show:
3D. '70s-'80s show about a big family : OO IS ENOUGH (10). Eight is Enough overcame the death of the actress playing the mother (John Travolta's girlfriend) Diana Hyland in the first season.
7D. Obsolete audio technology : OO TRACK (7). The eight track player did not last long. HISTORY.
9D. Federal housing assistance program : SECTION OO (9). Section 8 was part of the Housing Act of 1937.
30D. Treasure chest coins represented graphically by two consecutive letters in six puzzle answers (including this one) : PIECES OF OO (10). Pieces of eight explained in the introductory link.
32D. 1875 Alcott novel : OO COUSINS (9). Never read it.
40D. Budget motel chain : SUPER OO (7). We have one NEARBY. But I like this ONE better.
Across:
1. Short pants? : TROUsers. The only time I have ever seen or heard the abbreviation was in the phrase, "Drop trou."
5. "Gloria in Excelsis __" : DEO.
8. Where JFK, Nixon and Carter served : US NAVY. This was harder than it needed to be because 'where' obscured the answer/
14. Brazil's largest city : SAO PAULO. Sao is the Portuguese version of San in Spanish.
16. Military builder : SEABEE. More Navy as the nickname is a heterograph of the first initials "C.B." from the words Construction Battalion.
17. "In my opinion ... " : AS I SEE IT.
18. MLB single-season recordholder for most hits : ICHIRO. The ageless Japanese star is still playing, now for the Marlins.
19. Skier's destination : RESORT.
20. Musical set in Manhattan's East Village : RENT.
22. Shooting marble : TAW. Like Tiddlywinks and the Monopoly iron, unknown to the youth.
23. "Xanadu" gp. : ELO. Electric Light Orchestra. THE SEVENTIES.
24. Youngest Simpson : MAGGIE.
26. O'er there : YOND(er?)- and now a word from our sponsors: "adverb and adjective archaic
yonder.
28. Somewhat, to Saint-Saëns : POCO. I am confused as S-S was a French composer and musician. 11D. Somewhat : A BIT.
29. Against: Abbr. : OPPosed.
31. Spanish pronoun : ESO.
32. Pen pal's greeting? : OINK. 555!
33. Removes, as a temporary hem : UNPINS.
36. No-hitter, usually : SHUTOUT. But not always.
38. Shot with more detail : CLOSEUP. Cool camera clue.
39. Hogwarts subjects : MAGICS. Time for Potter break?
40. Ford maverick? : SOLO. Han Solo - the lack of capital "M" made this easy. My first new car was a Ford Maverick. I paid $3,000.00 for it. I got $3,150.00 in trade for my next car.
41. Windy City transit initials : CTA. Chicago Transit Authority.
42. Blue Shield offering : HMO.
43. Energy field : AURA.
44. Hardy title teenager : TESS. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented.
45. Carpathian Mountains locale : EUROPE. The Carpathian Mountains form a 1,500km-long range in Central and Eastern Europe. They stretch west to east in an arc from the Czech Republic to Romania. Wiki.
47. Do diner work : BUS. All restaurants with servers.
48. Roadie's box : AMP.
51. Product made from fermented rice : SAKE.
52. Game typically with 81 squares : SUDOKU. A favorite of many of our solvers.
55. "Scram!" : BEAT IT. Who can resist this LINK. MORE.
57. Make less vulnerable to earthquakes, say : RETROFIT. Or what Rich does to the puzzles he receives.
59. Straying : ERRANT.
60. Countermanded : OVERRODE.
61. Wee : TEENSY.
62. Muesli bit : OAT.
63. Repairs with turf : SODS.
Down:
1. Russia had one in the 20th century : TSAR. One and only one: Nicholas II.
2. Level, in London : RASE.
4. Induced the purchase of add-ons, say : UPSOLD.
5. "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love," e.g. : DUET. Loved Roberta FLACK.
6. Brother of Peyton : ELI. More Mannings on the way?
8. Employing : USING. Many employees would applaud this honesty.
10. "No thanks" : NAH.
12. Aloe __ : VERA.
13. "That smarts!" : YEOW.
15. Flight-related prefix : AERO.
21. I problem? : EGO.
24. Pyrénées peak : MONT.
25. Mike of "Next Friday" : EPPS. There is internet buzz on another sequel in this franchise.
26. Rural agreement : YES'M.
27. Org. that inspects workplaces : OSHA.
28. Any of 12 popes : PIUS.
33. Uma's role in "The Producers" : ULLA.
34. Squirrel's hoard : NUTS.
35. Escape destinations : SPAS.
37. Fourth dimension : TIME.
38. Essence : CORE.
43. Hunky-dory : A-OK. I believe this was coined by the astronauts.
44. Elizabeth I's line : TUDORS. She was the last of the line.
46. Shabby : RATTY.
47. "Hamilton" role : BURR. Two weeks in a row.
48. Help with a job? : ABET. Oh, that kind of job!
49. "A __ formality" : MERE. Sounds conflicted.
50. Shave : PARE.
52. Editor's mark : STET.
53. Captain hanged for piracy : KIDD. William Kidd may or may not have been a pirate.
54. Pac-12 team : UTES. The University of Utah.
56. Salon offering : TAN.
58. Spacewalk initials : EVA. Extra-vehicular activity.
As we await the imminent landfall of Irma, I hope you enjoyed this puzzle, and while I do not like hurricanes, I pray for all in its path and and that it does not wander toward Texas. Thank you Alex, Lemonade out.
Note from C.C.:
Here are two pictures I snipped from Lemonade's Facebook. He and his wife Oo and their friends went for a short cruise to celebrate his birthday.
August 26-29, 2017
Alex is back with a visual rebus puzzle, like the old Concentration game. The number 8 can be presented in a few ways, with the most common being similar to a sideways infinity symbol. However, one can place a "o" on top another "o," and also create an eight. This puzzle has six down fill, including the reveal, where the word 'eight' is replaced with the visual. Since most puzzles have at least some across fill in the theme, it took a while to see the direction Alex had taken. Knowing my audience I expect a mixed bag of reviews, but I liked it when the light bulb came on. Like most visual puzzles, if you understand what is going on, the rest is easy. For me, seeing so many OO words made the theme and solve possible to suss. There are some uncommon fill, UP SOLD, CLOSEUP, SHUTOUT, AS I SEE IT, OVERRODE, RETROFIT and SAO PAULO. So many almost religious fill....On with the show:
3D. '70s-'80s show about a big family : OO IS ENOUGH (10). Eight is Enough overcame the death of the actress playing the mother (John Travolta's girlfriend) Diana Hyland in the first season.
7D. Obsolete audio technology : OO TRACK (7). The eight track player did not last long. HISTORY.
9D. Federal housing assistance program : SECTION OO (9). Section 8 was part of the Housing Act of 1937.
30D. Treasure chest coins represented graphically by two consecutive letters in six puzzle answers (including this one) : PIECES OF OO (10). Pieces of eight explained in the introductory link.
32D. 1875 Alcott novel : OO COUSINS (9). Never read it.
40D. Budget motel chain : SUPER OO (7). We have one NEARBY. But I like this ONE better.
Across:
1. Short pants? : TROUsers. The only time I have ever seen or heard the abbreviation was in the phrase, "Drop trou."
5. "Gloria in Excelsis __" : DEO.
8. Where JFK, Nixon and Carter served : US NAVY. This was harder than it needed to be because 'where' obscured the answer/
14. Brazil's largest city : SAO PAULO. Sao is the Portuguese version of San in Spanish.
16. Military builder : SEABEE. More Navy as the nickname is a heterograph of the first initials "C.B." from the words Construction Battalion.
17. "In my opinion ... " : AS I SEE IT.
18. MLB single-season recordholder for most hits : ICHIRO. The ageless Japanese star is still playing, now for the Marlins.
19. Skier's destination : RESORT.
20. Musical set in Manhattan's East Village : RENT.
22. Shooting marble : TAW. Like Tiddlywinks and the Monopoly iron, unknown to the youth.
23. "Xanadu" gp. : ELO. Electric Light Orchestra. THE SEVENTIES.
24. Youngest Simpson : MAGGIE.
26. O'er there : YOND(er?)- and now a word from our sponsors: "adverb and adjective archaic
yonder.
28. Somewhat, to Saint-Saëns : POCO. I am confused as S-S was a French composer and musician. 11D. Somewhat : A BIT.
29. Against: Abbr. : OPPosed.
31. Spanish pronoun : ESO.
32. Pen pal's greeting? : OINK. 555!
33. Removes, as a temporary hem : UNPINS.
36. No-hitter, usually : SHUTOUT. But not always.
38. Shot with more detail : CLOSEUP. Cool camera clue.
39. Hogwarts subjects : MAGICS. Time for Potter break?
40. Ford maverick? : SOLO. Han Solo - the lack of capital "M" made this easy. My first new car was a Ford Maverick. I paid $3,000.00 for it. I got $3,150.00 in trade for my next car.
41. Windy City transit initials : CTA. Chicago Transit Authority.
42. Blue Shield offering : HMO.
43. Energy field : AURA.
44. Hardy title teenager : TESS. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented.
45. Carpathian Mountains locale : EUROPE. The Carpathian Mountains form a 1,500km-long range in Central and Eastern Europe. They stretch west to east in an arc from the Czech Republic to Romania. Wiki.
47. Do diner work : BUS. All restaurants with servers.
48. Roadie's box : AMP.
51. Product made from fermented rice : SAKE.
52. Game typically with 81 squares : SUDOKU. A favorite of many of our solvers.
55. "Scram!" : BEAT IT. Who can resist this LINK. MORE.
57. Make less vulnerable to earthquakes, say : RETROFIT. Or what Rich does to the puzzles he receives.
59. Straying : ERRANT.
60. Countermanded : OVERRODE.
61. Wee : TEENSY.
62. Muesli bit : OAT.
63. Repairs with turf : SODS.
Down:
1. Russia had one in the 20th century : TSAR. One and only one: Nicholas II.
2. Level, in London : RASE.
4. Induced the purchase of add-ons, say : UPSOLD.
5. "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love," e.g. : DUET. Loved Roberta FLACK.
6. Brother of Peyton : ELI. More Mannings on the way?
8. Employing : USING. Many employees would applaud this honesty.
10. "No thanks" : NAH.
12. Aloe __ : VERA.
13. "That smarts!" : YEOW.
15. Flight-related prefix : AERO.
21. I problem? : EGO.
24. Pyrénées peak : MONT.
25. Mike of "Next Friday" : EPPS. There is internet buzz on another sequel in this franchise.
26. Rural agreement : YES'M.
27. Org. that inspects workplaces : OSHA.
28. Any of 12 popes : PIUS.
33. Uma's role in "The Producers" : ULLA.
34. Squirrel's hoard : NUTS.
35. Escape destinations : SPAS.
37. Fourth dimension : TIME.
38. Essence : CORE.
43. Hunky-dory : A-OK. I believe this was coined by the astronauts.
44. Elizabeth I's line : TUDORS. She was the last of the line.
46. Shabby : RATTY.
47. "Hamilton" role : BURR. Two weeks in a row.
48. Help with a job? : ABET. Oh, that kind of job!
49. "A __ formality" : MERE. Sounds conflicted.
50. Shave : PARE.
52. Editor's mark : STET.
53. Captain hanged for piracy : KIDD. William Kidd may or may not have been a pirate.
54. Pac-12 team : UTES. The University of Utah.
56. Salon offering : TAN.
58. Spacewalk initials : EVA. Extra-vehicular activity.
As we await the imminent landfall of Irma, I hope you enjoyed this puzzle, and while I do not like hurricanes, I pray for all in its path and and that it does not wander toward Texas. Thank you Alex, Lemonade out.
Note from C.C.:
Here are two pictures I snipped from Lemonade's Facebook. He and his wife Oo and their friends went for a short cruise to celebrate his birthday.
August 26-29, 2017
Sep 7, 2017
Thursday September 7 2017 Kurt Mengel & Jan-Michele Gianette
Theme: Colorful Language: Take the adjective's color, mix it with the original phrase's color, and the result is a pleasing pigment. As the reveal tells us:
61A. Primary mixes that affect 17-, 27- and 46-Across : COLOR COMBOS
17A. Cowardly Snoopy nemesis? : ORANGE BARON - A "yellow" Red Baron gives us ORANGE
27A. Gloomy route to Oz? : GREEN BRICK ROAD - A "blue" Yellow Brick road gives us GREEN
46A. Embarrassed three-person Vegas act? : PURPLE MAN GROUP - A "red" Blue Man Group gives us PURPLE.
Clever theme, very nicely done. The elegance in the cluing is finding an adjective to represent the color which is to be "mixed" with the phrase color. Very nicely done.
Some nice fill, very little groan-worthy, all in all a very good job by Kurt and Jan-Michele. Let's see what we've got:
Across:
1. Drains : SAPS
5. Takes from page to screen, say : ADAPTS
11. One of Beethoven's nine: Abbr. : SYMphonies
14. Party with tiki torches : LUAU
15. Flashy Chevy : CAMARO. The first car I bought when I moved to the USA was a Camaro. I think the dealer thought it was his lucky day; it was the very base model (it was a stick shift, it even had wind-down windows) and had probably sat on the lot for a year. I enjoyed driving it.
16A. With 36-Down, Dr. Seuss classic with the subtitle "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use" : HOP and ...
36D. See 16-Across : ON POP. Thank you, crosses. The second "O" was my last square.
19. Seagoing "I see" : AYE. I see? Are you sure?
20. French film icon Brigitte : BARDOT. We can't have Mlle Bardot without Roger Vadim's movie poster, can we?
21. "The Racer's Edge" : STP. I've got no idea what this stuff actually does.
22. Urban air concern : SMOG. The La Tuna Canyon wildfire here last weekend sent everyone indoors. I passed on going hiking, it didn't seem such a smart idea when the air was yellow.
23. Much : A LOT
25. Curriculum __ : VITAE. Resumé here, CV over there. "[the] course of [one's] life."
32. Actress Vardalos : NIA. Opa!
33. Butte relative : MESA. An eroded mesa becomes a butte.
34. RadioShack predecessor : TANDY. I have no idea how I knew this, but no hesitation at all.
35. Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
37. Watched closely : SPIED
40. Fictional London alter ego : HYDE. Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
41. United : AS ONE
43. Halt : STOP
45. Belonging to us : OUR
50. Kentucky pioneer : BOONE. Daniel Boone, born in Pennsylvania, died in Missouri and buried in Kentucky. He got around quite a bit for those days.
51. Divided sea : ARAL
52. Applaud : CLAP
54. Old PC monitor : CRT. Cathode Ray Tube. It's been a while since I saw one of these. They weighted a ton and took up most of your desk.
56. "Altogether ooky" family name : ADDAMS
60. Rocker Ocasek : RIC. "The Cars" front man and songwriter.
63. Query : ASK
64. Fire up : AROUSE
65. Attract pigeons for, say : ABET. Nice clue! The "pigeon drop" is a con carried out by two or more hustlers.
66. Bluster : GAS
67. Colorful fish : TETRAS
68. 2016 N.L. East champs : NATS. Washington Nationals.
Down:
1. Untidy type : SLOB
2. Certain something : AURA
3. Early late-night host : PAAR. Yay! I resisted filling in PARR for the very first time.
4. Ice cream treat : SUNDAE
5. Polish removers : ACETONES. I love the smell of acetone. If I worked in a nail salon I think I'd be high as a kite all the time.
6. Apply carefully : DAB. As acetone, on nail polish.
7. Latin I verb : AMAS. You are. I was very surprised to discover that Spanish has two verbs for "to be" just to make things complicated for no good reason.
8. "Friday the 13th: Jason Lives," sequentially : PART VI. Something I will never watch.
9. Torrid Zone parallel : TROPIC. Crosses filled this in for me. Tropic of Cancer to the north, Tropic of Capricorn to the south. I've always called that zone "The Tropics".
10. Junior : SON
11. Words of reproach : SHAME ON YOU! Fool me once ...
12. Up-and-down toy : YO-YO
13. Downloaded video format : MPEG
18. Jewish folklore figure : GOLEM. A being made of clay or mud. Depictions vary, here's a relatively calm one:
22. Mother of Isaac : SARAH
24. Recipe amt. : TBSP. Tablespoon. And yes, before Anonymous in the comments quibbles later that it's not correct, yes, it's correct. It's not TBS, that's a cable channel.
26. B'way buy : TKT. A ticket to a Broadway show. Probably not my favorite clue/fill of the day.
27. Many of its knives have a limited lifetime warranty : GINSU
28. Arkansas team : RAZORBACKS. University of Arkansas. Whilst Arizona's Diamondbacks are often dubbed the D-Backs, these folk are never referred to as R-Backs. The fans chant "Woo Pig Sooie". I have no idea why.
29. Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA. A blast from the past. Is there a Mrs. Putin? I've never seen her if there is. There's something odd about that chap, he loves taking his shirt off, showing off his guns and challenging people to wrestle. Maybe he should set about that North Korean nutcase.
30. Compute : ADD UP
31. Salon worker : DYER
32. Twice-monthly tide : NEAP. Two neaps, two springs.
38. Sicilian high point : ETNA
39. Track events with mechanical lures : DOG RACES. We used to go to the Walthamstowe dog races after business was done for the day in the City back when I worked in London. The best sight ever was seeing the electric hare jump the rails and cause all kinds of commotion as six dogs realize that they were actually going to catch up with it. Happy days.
42. "Strange Magic" gp. : E.L.O.
44. Museum with Goyas and El Grecos : PRADO
47. Recital bonus : ENCORE
48. Red wine option : MERLOT
49. Gary who played Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved" : OLDMAN. Ludwig V. of the nine syms. up top.
52. Outcropping : CRAG
53. Songwriter Loeb : LISA. The first person to have a number 1 pop single without being signed to a recording contract.
55. __ de force : TOUR
57. "Dancing Queen" quartet : ABBA
58. Bubbly maker : MOËT. The diacritical on the E tells you to pronounce the vowels separately, otherwise you'd be saying "meur" or something vaguely similar.
59. Old fast fliers : SSTS
61. Player in an indoor tree : CAT. I had no idea these things were called Cat Trees.
62. Soweto's country: Abbr. : R.S.A. Republic of South Africa. Johannesburg's Soweto is an abbreviated form of "South Western Townships."
Just the grid to post, and I think that's me done!
Steve
Note from C.C.:
Big Easy (George) sent me this picture. He wondered "if any of the Cornerites' baseball fans know who the statue is behind me. Hint. The first National League player to hit 500 home runs. The plaque with his name is covered by flowers."
Big Easy and his wife come to this gym twice a week to play Pickleball.
61A. Primary mixes that affect 17-, 27- and 46-Across : COLOR COMBOS
17A. Cowardly Snoopy nemesis? : ORANGE BARON - A "yellow" Red Baron gives us ORANGE
27A. Gloomy route to Oz? : GREEN BRICK ROAD - A "blue" Yellow Brick road gives us GREEN
46A. Embarrassed three-person Vegas act? : PURPLE MAN GROUP - A "red" Blue Man Group gives us PURPLE.
Clever theme, very nicely done. The elegance in the cluing is finding an adjective to represent the color which is to be "mixed" with the phrase color. Very nicely done.
Some nice fill, very little groan-worthy, all in all a very good job by Kurt and Jan-Michele. Let's see what we've got:
Across:
1. Drains : SAPS
5. Takes from page to screen, say : ADAPTS
11. One of Beethoven's nine: Abbr. : SYMphonies
14. Party with tiki torches : LUAU
15. Flashy Chevy : CAMARO. The first car I bought when I moved to the USA was a Camaro. I think the dealer thought it was his lucky day; it was the very base model (it was a stick shift, it even had wind-down windows) and had probably sat on the lot for a year. I enjoyed driving it.
16A. With 36-Down, Dr. Seuss classic with the subtitle "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use" : HOP and ...
36D. See 16-Across : ON POP. Thank you, crosses. The second "O" was my last square.
19. Seagoing "I see" : AYE. I see? Are you sure?
20. French film icon Brigitte : BARDOT. We can't have Mlle Bardot without Roger Vadim's movie poster, can we?
21. "The Racer's Edge" : STP. I've got no idea what this stuff actually does.
22. Urban air concern : SMOG. The La Tuna Canyon wildfire here last weekend sent everyone indoors. I passed on going hiking, it didn't seem such a smart idea when the air was yellow.
23. Much : A LOT
25. Curriculum __ : VITAE. Resumé here, CV over there. "[the] course of [one's] life."
32. Actress Vardalos : NIA. Opa!
33. Butte relative : MESA. An eroded mesa becomes a butte.
34. RadioShack predecessor : TANDY. I have no idea how I knew this, but no hesitation at all.
35. Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
37. Watched closely : SPIED
40. Fictional London alter ego : HYDE. Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
41. United : AS ONE
43. Halt : STOP
45. Belonging to us : OUR
50. Kentucky pioneer : BOONE. Daniel Boone, born in Pennsylvania, died in Missouri and buried in Kentucky. He got around quite a bit for those days.
51. Divided sea : ARAL
52. Applaud : CLAP
54. Old PC monitor : CRT. Cathode Ray Tube. It's been a while since I saw one of these. They weighted a ton and took up most of your desk.
56. "Altogether ooky" family name : ADDAMS
60. Rocker Ocasek : RIC. "The Cars" front man and songwriter.
63. Query : ASK
64. Fire up : AROUSE
65. Attract pigeons for, say : ABET. Nice clue! The "pigeon drop" is a con carried out by two or more hustlers.
66. Bluster : GAS
67. Colorful fish : TETRAS
68. 2016 N.L. East champs : NATS. Washington Nationals.
Down:
1. Untidy type : SLOB
2. Certain something : AURA
3. Early late-night host : PAAR. Yay! I resisted filling in PARR for the very first time.
4. Ice cream treat : SUNDAE
5. Polish removers : ACETONES. I love the smell of acetone. If I worked in a nail salon I think I'd be high as a kite all the time.
6. Apply carefully : DAB. As acetone, on nail polish.
7. Latin I verb : AMAS. You are. I was very surprised to discover that Spanish has two verbs for "to be" just to make things complicated for no good reason.
8. "Friday the 13th: Jason Lives," sequentially : PART VI. Something I will never watch.
9. Torrid Zone parallel : TROPIC. Crosses filled this in for me. Tropic of Cancer to the north, Tropic of Capricorn to the south. I've always called that zone "The Tropics".
10. Junior : SON
11. Words of reproach : SHAME ON YOU! Fool me once ...
12. Up-and-down toy : YO-YO
13. Downloaded video format : MPEG
18. Jewish folklore figure : GOLEM. A being made of clay or mud. Depictions vary, here's a relatively calm one:
22. Mother of Isaac : SARAH
24. Recipe amt. : TBSP. Tablespoon. And yes, before Anonymous in the comments quibbles later that it's not correct, yes, it's correct. It's not TBS, that's a cable channel.
26. B'way buy : TKT. A ticket to a Broadway show. Probably not my favorite clue/fill of the day.
27. Many of its knives have a limited lifetime warranty : GINSU
28. Arkansas team : RAZORBACKS. University of Arkansas. Whilst Arizona's Diamondbacks are often dubbed the D-Backs, these folk are never referred to as R-Backs. The fans chant "Woo Pig Sooie". I have no idea why.
29. Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA. A blast from the past. Is there a Mrs. Putin? I've never seen her if there is. There's something odd about that chap, he loves taking his shirt off, showing off his guns and challenging people to wrestle. Maybe he should set about that North Korean nutcase.
30. Compute : ADD UP
31. Salon worker : DYER
32. Twice-monthly tide : NEAP. Two neaps, two springs.
38. Sicilian high point : ETNA
39. Track events with mechanical lures : DOG RACES. We used to go to the Walthamstowe dog races after business was done for the day in the City back when I worked in London. The best sight ever was seeing the electric hare jump the rails and cause all kinds of commotion as six dogs realize that they were actually going to catch up with it. Happy days.
42. "Strange Magic" gp. : E.L.O.
44. Museum with Goyas and El Grecos : PRADO
47. Recital bonus : ENCORE
48. Red wine option : MERLOT
49. Gary who played Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved" : OLDMAN. Ludwig V. of the nine syms. up top.
52. Outcropping : CRAG
53. Songwriter Loeb : LISA. The first person to have a number 1 pop single without being signed to a recording contract.
55. __ de force : TOUR
57. "Dancing Queen" quartet : ABBA
58. Bubbly maker : MOËT. The diacritical on the E tells you to pronounce the vowels separately, otherwise you'd be saying "meur" or something vaguely similar.
59. Old fast fliers : SSTS
61. Player in an indoor tree : CAT. I had no idea these things were called Cat Trees.
62. Soweto's country: Abbr. : R.S.A. Republic of South Africa. Johannesburg's Soweto is an abbreviated form of "South Western Townships."
Just the grid to post, and I think that's me done!
Steve
Note from C.C.:
Big Easy (George) sent me this picture. He wondered "if any of the Cornerites' baseball fans know who the statue is behind me. Hint. The first National League player to hit 500 home runs. The plaque with his name is covered by flowers."
Big Easy and his wife come to this gym twice a week to play Pickleball.
Sep 6, 2017
Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Samuel A. Donaldson
TITLE: A CURRENT WAR
Husker Gary on the scene for this report of one of the great technological battles of the 19th century between two scientific giants. Nikolai Tesla who favored transmitting electric power using Alternating Current and Thomas Edison who wanted to use Direct Current.
In the end Tesla's AC method proved superior as it could be transmitted great distances and is still used today. Tesla sold most of his patents to George Westinghouse and died in poverty while business savvy Edison made millions with his (and others') inventions.
The gimmick was pretty easy if you had the circles in your puzzle as was true in my Omaha World Herald. Once the AC/DC coupling was obvious, the remaining circles were pretty much fish in a barrel.
The reveal:
56. Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers : POWER COUPLE
which was fitting for these two bitter rivals as they were a COUPLE, albeit not an amiable one. Samuel chose to split the DC across the last two words as you will now see in his theme fills.
17. Tennessee whiskey cocktail : JACK AND COKE - I wonder if Tinman has this setup?
23. Fruity dessert : PEACHES AND CREAM - The summer solstice of June 21st also serves as this tasty holiday.
35. One above criticism : SACRED COW - or traffic tickets
49. Pre-employment investigation : BACKGROUND CHECK - Mine might put the investigators to sleep
BTW, AC/DC's Australian brothers Malcom and Agnus Young took the name for their band from their sister after she saw AC/DC on a sewing machine.
Here are the rest of Samuel's current entries:
Across
1. One taken for a fool : DUPE - Edison reneged on a $50,000 payment to Tesla and it was all downhill after that
5. Question at a reunion : MISS ME? -And your name is...
11. Game show hosts : MCS
14. Camped in a trailer, for short : RVED - Hey, if you're gonna live in an RV...
15. Sort of : IN A WAY
16. Spoil : ROT
19. MLB's Indians, on scoreboards : CLE
20. __ Alamos : LOS
21. Groundbreaking tool : HOE
22. Aquatic plant : ALGA
28. "My package has arrived!" : IT'S HERE - In The Music Man it was via the Wells Fargo Wagon
29. "Darn it!" : OH RATS
30. Fun time, in slang : GAS
31. "Othello" antagonist " IAGO - "I hate the Moor, And it is thought abroad, That 'twixt my sheets 'Has done my office." Iago intimates that Othello is "Officing" his wife under his own sheets.
34. Unsurpassed : A-ONE
38. Good opponent : EVIL
40. Fair-to-middling : SO SO
41. MMDX ÷ V : DII - 2,510 ÷ 5 = 502
44. Actor Estevez : EMILIO
46. Stump speech : ORATION - Edward Everett talked for two hours at Gettysburg but Abe's two minute ORATION is what every school kid learns
52. Morsels : BITS
53. Conditions : IF'S - If IF'S and but's were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.
54. Done with one's career: Abbr. : RET - Everyday is Saturday now!
55. Yale alum : ELI
61. President pro __ : TEM - Orrin Hatch is the President Pro TEM of the senate and is therefore third in line for succession to the presidency
62. __ Jug: British Open trophy : CLARET - Jordan Spieth hit this incredible shot over that mound from a parking lot/driving range to help win this year's British Open.
63. Take a long bath : SOAK - Did it seem easier to get out of the tub a few years ago?
64. Most GRE takers : SRS
65. Iran, once : PERSIA
66. Holy recess : APSE - The Chair Of St. Peter in the APSE at St. Peter's Basilica
Down
1. Hall of Fame Sixer, familiarly : DR. J - Back when they used to win
2. Charlottesville sch. : U.VA.
3. Course that makes you sweat, briefly? : P.E. CLASS
4. "How'm I doing?" New York mayor : ED KOCH
5. Hr. segment : MIN
6. Swing voter: Abbr. : IND
7. Actor __ Baron Cohen : SACHA and 36. Alter ego of 7-Down : ALI G - Not my cup of comedic tea
8. Faint : SWOON
9. Get by : MAKE DO
10. Pupil's place : EYE
11. Magic Eraser spokesman : MR. CLEAN
12. Palmolive's corporate partner : COLGATE
13. Cooks, as broccoli : STEAMS
18. Tennis legend who wrote "Days of Grace" : ASHE - Athletic and elegant
22. Traffic light symbol : ARROW - Huh?
23. Sty dweller : PIG
24. LAX posting : ETA
25. Lindros in the Hockey Hall of Fame : ERIC
26. Blackens, as tuna : SEARS
27. Former Labor secretary Elaine : CHAO - If you are into politics at all, you know Elaine is married to the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
32. Prefix with caching : GEO - This device says it is 31' away from the goal of 28.170N and 48.175W which is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
33. Uses too much : OD'S ON - I may be approaching that as I have watched six of the fourteen seasons of NCIS in two months
35. Jockey's wear : SILKS
37. Wood measure : CORD
38. Screen writer? : E-MAILER
39. Con targets : VICTIMS - This kitty can't be conned!
41. Sugar-free soft drink : DIET POP - Diet Dr. Pepper is big around here
42. Summer Games org. : IOC - Look up "corrupt" in the dictionary and you'll find this organization
43. Tattoo, in slang : INK
44. __ Field: Brooklyn Dodgers' home : EBBETS - It greatly upset my dad when they left
45. Colorful songbird : ORIOLE
47. Height: Pref. : ACRO and 51. Operators : USERS - I have always wanted to Operate one of these tower cranes but I'm afraid my ACROPHOBIA would get the best of me
48. Where Springsteen was born? : THE U.S.A.
50. Tug __ : OF WAR
56. Angel dust, for short : PCP
57. Outdoor gear retailer : REI - Not for me if I can use the luxury RV above!
58. Transp. group in the Loop : CTA - I'll bet most of you know what will be found near this stop if you catch the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train in the loop
59. Scale syllables : LA'S - After the Do's, Re's, Mi's and Fa's
60. Squeeze (by) : EKE
Husker Gary on the scene for this report of one of the great technological battles of the 19th century between two scientific giants. Nikolai Tesla who favored transmitting electric power using Alternating Current and Thomas Edison who wanted to use Direct Current.
In the end Tesla's AC method proved superior as it could be transmitted great distances and is still used today. Tesla sold most of his patents to George Westinghouse and died in poverty while business savvy Edison made millions with his (and others') inventions.
The reveal:
56. Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers : POWER COUPLE
which was fitting for these two bitter rivals as they were a COUPLE, albeit not an amiable one. Samuel chose to split the DC across the last two words as you will now see in his theme fills.
17. Tennessee whiskey cocktail : JACK AND COKE - I wonder if Tinman has this setup?
23. Fruity dessert : PEACHES AND CREAM - The summer solstice of June 21st also serves as this tasty holiday.
35. One above criticism : SACRED COW - or traffic tickets
49. Pre-employment investigation : BACKGROUND CHECK - Mine might put the investigators to sleep
BTW, AC/DC's Australian brothers Malcom and Agnus Young took the name for their band from their sister after she saw AC/DC on a sewing machine.
Here are the rest of Samuel's current entries:
Across
1. One taken for a fool : DUPE - Edison reneged on a $50,000 payment to Tesla and it was all downhill after that
5. Question at a reunion : MISS ME? -And your name is...
11. Game show hosts : MCS
14. Camped in a trailer, for short : RVED - Hey, if you're gonna live in an RV...
15. Sort of : IN A WAY
16. Spoil : ROT
19. MLB's Indians, on scoreboards : CLE
20. __ Alamos : LOS
21. Groundbreaking tool : HOE
22. Aquatic plant : ALGA
28. "My package has arrived!" : IT'S HERE - In The Music Man it was via the Wells Fargo Wagon
29. "Darn it!" : OH RATS
30. Fun time, in slang : GAS
31. "Othello" antagonist " IAGO - "I hate the Moor, And it is thought abroad, That 'twixt my sheets 'Has done my office." Iago intimates that Othello is "Officing" his wife under his own sheets.
34. Unsurpassed : A-ONE
38. Good opponent : EVIL
40. Fair-to-middling : SO SO
41. MMDX ÷ V : DII - 2,510 ÷ 5 = 502
44. Actor Estevez : EMILIO
46. Stump speech : ORATION - Edward Everett talked for two hours at Gettysburg but Abe's two minute ORATION is what every school kid learns
52. Morsels : BITS
53. Conditions : IF'S - If IF'S and but's were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.
54. Done with one's career: Abbr. : RET - Everyday is Saturday now!
55. Yale alum : ELI
61. President pro __ : TEM - Orrin Hatch is the President Pro TEM of the senate and is therefore third in line for succession to the presidency
62. __ Jug: British Open trophy : CLARET - Jordan Spieth hit this incredible shot over that mound from a parking lot/driving range to help win this year's British Open.
63. Take a long bath : SOAK - Did it seem easier to get out of the tub a few years ago?
64. Most GRE takers : SRS
65. Iran, once : PERSIA
66. Holy recess : APSE - The Chair Of St. Peter in the APSE at St. Peter's Basilica
Down
1. Hall of Fame Sixer, familiarly : DR. J - Back when they used to win
2. Charlottesville sch. : U.VA.
3. Course that makes you sweat, briefly? : P.E. CLASS
4. "How'm I doing?" New York mayor : ED KOCH
5. Hr. segment : MIN
6. Swing voter: Abbr. : IND
7. Actor __ Baron Cohen : SACHA and 36. Alter ego of 7-Down : ALI G - Not my cup of comedic tea
8. Faint : SWOON
9. Get by : MAKE DO
10. Pupil's place : EYE
11. Magic Eraser spokesman : MR. CLEAN
12. Palmolive's corporate partner : COLGATE
13. Cooks, as broccoli : STEAMS
18. Tennis legend who wrote "Days of Grace" : ASHE - Athletic and elegant
22. Traffic light symbol : ARROW - Huh?
23. Sty dweller : PIG
24. LAX posting : ETA
25. Lindros in the Hockey Hall of Fame : ERIC
26. Blackens, as tuna : SEARS
27. Former Labor secretary Elaine : CHAO - If you are into politics at all, you know Elaine is married to the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
32. Prefix with caching : GEO - This device says it is 31' away from the goal of 28.170N and 48.175W which is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
33. Uses too much : OD'S ON - I may be approaching that as I have watched six of the fourteen seasons of NCIS in two months
35. Jockey's wear : SILKS
37. Wood measure : CORD
38. Screen writer? : E-MAILER
39. Con targets : VICTIMS - This kitty can't be conned!
41. Sugar-free soft drink : DIET POP - Diet Dr. Pepper is big around here
42. Summer Games org. : IOC - Look up "corrupt" in the dictionary and you'll find this organization
43. Tattoo, in slang : INK
44. __ Field: Brooklyn Dodgers' home : EBBETS - It greatly upset my dad when they left
45. Colorful songbird : ORIOLE
47. Height: Pref. : ACRO and 51. Operators : USERS - I have always wanted to Operate one of these tower cranes but I'm afraid my ACROPHOBIA would get the best of me
48. Where Springsteen was born? : THE U.S.A.
50. Tug __ : OF WAR
56. Angel dust, for short : PCP
57. Outdoor gear retailer : REI - Not for me if I can use the luxury RV above!
58. Transp. group in the Loop : CTA - I'll bet most of you know what will be found near this stop if you catch the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train in the loop
59. Scale syllables : LA'S - After the Do's, Re's, Mi's and Fa's
60. Squeeze (by) : EKE
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