Theme: I did not spot any theme. Did you? They are just long lines in the puzzle. Some are movie names, some are not.
17A: Where to join a queue: The end of the line
25A: Brigand's command: Stand and Deliver
44A: One for all and all for one trio: Three Musketeers
60A: Praetor: Roman Magistrate
4D: Pogo's sticks? Okefenokee Swamp
10D: Mid-game recaps: Halftime Reports
For some reason, day after day, I just could not survive the upper left corner unscathed. Today was no exception. I simply never heard of OSCO (1A) Drugstore. Walgreens and CVS have all the skin lotions/eye cream/vitamins that I need. And 1A: Correction: pref (ORTH) was way too hard for me to even make a guess. Added to the pain is the OKEFENOKEE SWAMP (4D). A total stranger to me.
I did not know MARMOT (Western woodchuck), never heard of PIET Mondrian. Had to check the dictionary for the definition of 60A: Praetor. Then filled in ROMAN MAGISTRATE.
Here are the Across entries:
1A: Drugstore chain: OSCO. They only had one store in MN (Moorhead).
5A: Ford Clinic: REHAB. Amy Winehouse won several Grammys for her REHAB album.
10A: Ship's tiller: HELM
15A: Goddess of peace: IRENE
17A: Where to join a queue: The end of the line. Exactly. Nobody annoys me more than those rude line cutters.
20A: Teamster boss of the past: HOFFA (Jimmy). His son James P. Hoffa is the current president of Teamsters. They've endorsed Obama. Why Teamster instead of Teamsters in the clue?
21A: Solid as rock: STEADFAST
22A: Inarticulate sounds: ERS
24A: Doberman doc: VET. Could become aggressive if mistreated.
25A: Brigand's command: STAND AND DELIVER. Here is what Dennis said at the Comment section: "A brigand was a highwayman, or robber; "Stand and Deliver" meant to hand over your purse, wallet, etc. I think it originated with stagecoach robbers."
34A: Italian river: ARNO
35A "Unfaithful" star Richard: GERE. Hot & Steamy movie. It's the only Diane Lane movie that I like. Don't watch Under the Tuscan Sun. Just read the book. It's far superior.
36A: "Auntie __": MAME. 1958 film starring Rosalind Russell.
37A: Twilight: DUSK
38A: Talia of "Rocky": SHIRE. She is Connie Corleone in the Godfather series (my favorite movies), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In real life, she is Coppola's sister.
40A: Isle of exile: ELBA
41A: What to be suited to: A TEE
42A: Marsh plant: REED
44A: One for all and all for one trio: THREE MUSKETEERS
48A: Grp. for mom & pop stores: SBA (Small Business Administration).
49A: __ and tuck: NIP. Nip/Tuck is also a TV drama.
50A: Hair spray-protection: SHOWER CAP. I misread it as hairspray protection.
56A: Forget about it: NO WAY
60A: Praetor: ROMAN MAGISTRATE
62A: Car of mine?: TRAM. Why the question mark here? Tram is a mine field car, no?
63A: S-shaped moldings: OGEES. It looks like this.
64A: Jog: TROT
65A: Modern Maturity org.: AARP (American Association of Retired Persons.). AARP stopped printing Modern Maturity Magazine in 2003.
66A:Quizzes: TESTS
67A: Formal introduction: SEMI
Down entries:
1D: Correction: pref: ORTH (Orthodox). Shouldn't it be ORTHO?
2D: London district: SOHO
3D: Math fig.: COEF (Coefficient)
4D: Pogo's sticks: OKEFENOKEE SWAMP. You can find alligator, black bear, and lots of wading birds here.
5D: Purged: RID.
6D: Son of Aphrodite: EROS (Cupid in Roman God)
7D: Determine weight by lifting: HEFT
8D: Pay to play: ANTE
9D: Act properly: BEHAVE
10D: Mid-game recaps: HALFTIME REPORT.
11D: Charles Lamb: ELIA
12D: Camera part: LENS
18D: Fragrant ointment: NARD. Spikenard. Unknown to me.
19D: Biographer of Henry James: EDEL (Leon).
23D: Becomes slack: SAGS
25D: Mubarak's predecessor: SADAT (Anwar). Gimme for me.
26D: Veracity: TRUTH. Either Roger Clemens is lying, or his trainer is lying, or both of them are lying. Andy Pettitte has no reason to lie though.
27D: Goose classification: ANSER. New word to me.
28D: Former Indian leader: NEHRU. Gimme for me.
29D: Helps with the dishes: DRIES.
30D: Shortstop Jeter: DEREK. Gimme. Yankees shortstop. We have his rookie cards.
31D: Appraise: VALUE
32D: Fireplace fragment: EMBER
39D: Adam's apple location?: EDEN
45D: Scrooge, to friends: EBEN I don't remember anyone call him Eben in the movie.
46D: Western woodchuck: MARMOT. Cute looking, what is he eating?
47 Dye: TINT
50D: Mlle. from Madrid: SRTA (Señorita) . You should get this one if you read sallyjane's comment yesterday.
51D: Romanian round dance: HORA
52D: Bradley or Sharif: OMAR. Also, actor Omar Epps (Fox drama HOUSE)
53D: Bird enclosure: CAGE
55D: Artist Mondrian: PIET. Dutch painter. Never heard of him.
57D: Hard of soft ending?: WARE
58D: Particle: ATOM
59D: Himalayan Bigfoot: YETI (Abominable Snowman)
C. C.
17A: Where to join a queue: The end of the line
25A: Brigand's command: Stand and Deliver
44A: One for all and all for one trio: Three Musketeers
60A: Praetor: Roman Magistrate
4D: Pogo's sticks? Okefenokee Swamp
10D: Mid-game recaps: Halftime Reports
For some reason, day after day, I just could not survive the upper left corner unscathed. Today was no exception. I simply never heard of OSCO (1A) Drugstore. Walgreens and CVS have all the skin lotions/eye cream/vitamins that I need. And 1A: Correction: pref (ORTH) was way too hard for me to even make a guess. Added to the pain is the OKEFENOKEE SWAMP (4D). A total stranger to me.
I did not know MARMOT (Western woodchuck), never heard of PIET Mondrian. Had to check the dictionary for the definition of 60A: Praetor. Then filled in ROMAN MAGISTRATE.
Here are the Across entries:
1A: Drugstore chain: OSCO. They only had one store in MN (Moorhead).
5A: Ford Clinic: REHAB. Amy Winehouse won several Grammys for her REHAB album.
10A: Ship's tiller: HELM
15A: Goddess of peace: IRENE
17A: Where to join a queue: The end of the line. Exactly. Nobody annoys me more than those rude line cutters.
20A: Teamster boss of the past: HOFFA (Jimmy). His son James P. Hoffa is the current president of Teamsters. They've endorsed Obama. Why Teamster instead of Teamsters in the clue?
21A: Solid as rock: STEADFAST
22A: Inarticulate sounds: ERS
24A: Doberman doc: VET. Could become aggressive if mistreated.
25A: Brigand's command: STAND AND DELIVER. Here is what Dennis said at the Comment section: "A brigand was a highwayman, or robber; "Stand and Deliver" meant to hand over your purse, wallet, etc. I think it originated with stagecoach robbers."
34A: Italian river: ARNO
35A "Unfaithful" star Richard: GERE. Hot & Steamy movie. It's the only Diane Lane movie that I like. Don't watch Under the Tuscan Sun. Just read the book. It's far superior.
36A: "Auntie __": MAME. 1958 film starring Rosalind Russell.
37A: Twilight: DUSK
38A: Talia of "Rocky": SHIRE. She is Connie Corleone in the Godfather series (my favorite movies), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In real life, she is Coppola's sister.
40A: Isle of exile: ELBA
41A: What to be suited to: A TEE
42A: Marsh plant: REED
44A: One for all and all for one trio: THREE MUSKETEERS
48A: Grp. for mom & pop stores: SBA (Small Business Administration).
49A: __ and tuck: NIP. Nip/Tuck is also a TV drama.
50A: Hair spray-protection: SHOWER CAP. I misread it as hairspray protection.
56A: Forget about it: NO WAY
60A: Praetor: ROMAN MAGISTRATE
62A: Car of mine?: TRAM. Why the question mark here? Tram is a mine field car, no?
63A: S-shaped moldings: OGEES. It looks like this.
64A: Jog: TROT
65A: Modern Maturity org.: AARP (American Association of Retired Persons.). AARP stopped printing Modern Maturity Magazine in 2003.
66A:Quizzes: TESTS
67A: Formal introduction: SEMI
Down entries:
1D: Correction: pref: ORTH (Orthodox). Shouldn't it be ORTHO?
2D: London district: SOHO
3D: Math fig.: COEF (Coefficient)
4D: Pogo's sticks: OKEFENOKEE SWAMP. You can find alligator, black bear, and lots of wading birds here.
5D: Purged: RID.
6D: Son of Aphrodite: EROS (Cupid in Roman God)
7D: Determine weight by lifting: HEFT
8D: Pay to play: ANTE
9D: Act properly: BEHAVE
10D: Mid-game recaps: HALFTIME REPORT.
11D: Charles Lamb: ELIA
12D: Camera part: LENS
18D: Fragrant ointment: NARD. Spikenard. Unknown to me.
19D: Biographer of Henry James: EDEL (Leon).
23D: Becomes slack: SAGS
25D: Mubarak's predecessor: SADAT (Anwar). Gimme for me.
26D: Veracity: TRUTH. Either Roger Clemens is lying, or his trainer is lying, or both of them are lying. Andy Pettitte has no reason to lie though.
27D: Goose classification: ANSER. New word to me.
28D: Former Indian leader: NEHRU. Gimme for me.
29D: Helps with the dishes: DRIES.
30D: Shortstop Jeter: DEREK. Gimme. Yankees shortstop. We have his rookie cards.
31D: Appraise: VALUE
32D: Fireplace fragment: EMBER
39D: Adam's apple location?: EDEN
45D: Scrooge, to friends: EBEN I don't remember anyone call him Eben in the movie.
46D: Western woodchuck: MARMOT. Cute looking, what is he eating?
47 Dye: TINT
50D: Mlle. from Madrid: SRTA (Señorita) . You should get this one if you read sallyjane's comment yesterday.
51D: Romanian round dance: HORA
52D: Bradley or Sharif: OMAR. Also, actor Omar Epps (Fox drama HOUSE)
53D: Bird enclosure: CAGE
55D: Artist Mondrian: PIET. Dutch painter. Never heard of him.
57D: Hard of soft ending?: WARE
58D: Particle: ATOM
59D: Himalayan Bigfoot: YETI (Abominable Snowman)
C. C.
