Theme: WILD (68A: Untamed, and word that can precede the starts of 17- and 61-Across and 11-and 28-Down)
17A: Stealthy felon: (WILD) CAT BURGLAR
61A: Apartment building emergency exit: (WILD) FIRE ESCAPE
11D: Wedding party tyke: (WILD) FLOWER GIRL
28D: Boating safety feature: (WILD) LIFE JACKET
Argyle here.
I hope everybody escapes those wild fires out west. The French girl in Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" is probably the most famous CAT BURGLAR.
Quite a few long non-theme entries in this grid, four of them are nice double words.
Across:
1A: Wordsworth work: POEM. William Wordsworth,1770 – 1850, was a major English Romantic poet who England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death. Perhaps Clear Ayes can pick a selection of his poems for us.
5A: Pipe organ knobs: STOPS. Without getting too technical, the use of stops enables the organist to produce different sounds.
10A: Calif. cop org.: SFPD. San Francisco Police Department, where Dirty Harry worked.
14A: __ snuff: UP TO.
15A: Birdie beater: EAGLE. Golf terms: birdie, one under par; EAGLE, two under par.
16A: Ballerina's bend: PLIE. Oh. From this clip, it appears the bend they speak of, is the knees and not the waist.
19A: Very small amount: IOTA.
20A: Friend of Jerry and George: ELAINE. Characters from the Seinfeld TV show; they left out Cosmo.
21A: Tonsillitis MD: ENT. Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist.
22A: McGregor of "Angels & Demons": EWAN. He looks intense.
23A: Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati": LONI. She portrayed the receptionist.
25A: Cannes cup: TASSE. French.
27A: Flamenco yell: OLE. Spanish
29A: Elementary school basics: ABC'S. English
31A: Left ventricle outlet: AORTA.
34A: "__ Old Man": kids song: THIS. Dylan!?!
35A: "Gloria in Excelsis __'': DEO. "Glory to God in the highest"
36A: The Greeks' Helios, e.g.: SUN GOD. The Romans called him Sol.
37A: Battle of Britain defense gp.: RAF. Royal Air Force.
38A: "Oh, be serious!": GET REAL.
40A: Call __ day: IT A.
41A: Sports spots: ARENAS.
43A: Like Paree, in song: GAY. It turns out, finding GAY Paree, in song, is difficult!
44A: Jam-pack: CRAM.
45A: Captain's superior: MAJOR. But not so if it's a naval Captain, then it would be Admiral.
46A: Grab bag category: Abbr.: MISC.
47A: Heart and soul: ALL.
48A: Pie fruit: APPLE.
50A: So: THUS.
52A: Table salt, to a chemist: NACL. Sodium Chloride, NaCl
54A: Lupino of film: IDA. "Lupino was born in Camberwell, London, allegedly under a table during a World War I zeppelin raid." Betcha' didn't know that.
56A: "Sleepless in Seattle" director Nora: EPHRON. She is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. Update: She wrote and directed Julie & Julia.
60A: __-Seltzer: ALKA.
63A: Blueprint detail, briefly: SPEC.
64A: White-tie accompanier: TAILS.
65A: Finished: OVER.
66A: Handy bag: TOTE.
67A: Sidewinder, e.g.: SNAKE. Called a sidewinder for their mode of transportation; they don't slither.
Down:
1D: Dark purple: PUCE. How is it different from plum?
2D: October gemstone: OPAL. And its symmetrical partner is OPEL (58D: European auto).
3D: James of jazz: ETTA.
4D: Art pieces that hang from the ceiling: MOBILES.
5D: Woos with song: SERENADES. Preferably, from below the balcony.
6D: Game with an "it": TAG.
7D: Stare at obviously: OGLE.
8D: Herbs and shrubs: PLANTS.
9D: Big name in mattresses: SERTA. Nation wide?
10D: Watches secretly: SPIES ON.
12D: Bread with tabbouleh: PITA. Tabbouleh is a salad dish (primary ingredients are finely chopped parsley, bulgur, mint, tomato, scallion (spring onion), and other herbs with lemon juice, olive oil and various seasonings, generally including black pepper and sometimes cinnamon and allspice) often served with PITA bread.
13D: Martin of the Rat Pack: DEAN. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., DEAN Martin, Joey Bishop & Peter Lawford were known as The Rat Pack. They ruled Las Vegas and Hollywood during the 1950's-1960's.
18D: Family card game: UNO.
24D: "Not likely!": I BET.
26D: Nobelist Bellow: SAUL. SAUL Bellow, 1915 – 2005. In the words of the Swedish Nobel Committee, his writing exhibited "exuberant ideas, flashing irony, hilarious comedy and burning compassion...." For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to have won the National Book Award three times, and the only writer to have been nominated for it six times. (I feel terrible, I haven't read any of his works.)
27D: Butler's love: O'HARA. Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'HARA, from Gone with the Wind.
30D: Short-legged Welsh pooch: CORGI.
32D: Do sum work: TOTAL.
33D: First mate?: ADAM. First man? First Dad? First grandpa? Etc.
34D: Streetcar cousin : TRAM.
36D: Photographer's request: SAY CHEESE.
38D: "The World According to __": John Irving novel: GARP. It was made into a movie starring Robin Williams.
39D: Cheyenne-to-Omaha direction: EAST. Nice change from the three letter directions we often get.
42D: "There's __ like home": NO PLACE. That would be Kansas, for Dorothy Gale.
44D: Consistent moneymaker: CASH COW. A dairy cow that produces milk over the course of its life and requires little maintenance is a cash cow. So a business, product or asset that, once acquired and paid off will produce consistent cash flow over its lifespan is known as a CASH COW.
46D: Middle of the road: MEDIAN. The center of a divided highway is known as the MEDIAN strip.
49D: Picks up: LIFTS.
51D: Favorable times: UPS.
52D: Democrat's donkey designer: NAST. Also the designer for the GOP elephant.
53D: Chop House dog food maker: ALPO.
55D: Diva's solo: ARIA.
57D: Sitarist Shankar: RAVI. Father of Norah Jones.
59D: Uncool sort: NERD.
62D: Moose, to a European: ELK.
Ever since I got high speed internet service, I think I try to do too much and then get burned out. Sometimes it is hard to know when to make a FULL STOP. ( ;-)>
Answer grid.
Picture of the Day: Here is great photo of our fellow LAT solver Warren and his lovely wife Ruth at a Lake Tahoe sail boat ride a few years ago. They solve puzzle together every day. Warren is an excellent researcher and he likes to use question mark in his comments.
Argyle
17A: Stealthy felon: (WILD) CAT BURGLAR
61A: Apartment building emergency exit: (WILD) FIRE ESCAPE
11D: Wedding party tyke: (WILD) FLOWER GIRL
28D: Boating safety feature: (WILD) LIFE JACKET
Argyle here.
I hope everybody escapes those wild fires out west. The French girl in Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" is probably the most famous CAT BURGLAR.
Quite a few long non-theme entries in this grid, four of them are nice double words.
Across:
1A: Wordsworth work: POEM. William Wordsworth,1770 – 1850, was a major English Romantic poet who England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death. Perhaps Clear Ayes can pick a selection of his poems for us.
5A: Pipe organ knobs: STOPS. Without getting too technical, the use of stops enables the organist to produce different sounds.
10A: Calif. cop org.: SFPD. San Francisco Police Department, where Dirty Harry worked.
14A: __ snuff: UP TO.
15A: Birdie beater: EAGLE. Golf terms: birdie, one under par; EAGLE, two under par.
16A: Ballerina's bend: PLIE. Oh. From this clip, it appears the bend they speak of, is the knees and not the waist.
19A: Very small amount: IOTA.
20A: Friend of Jerry and George: ELAINE. Characters from the Seinfeld TV show; they left out Cosmo.
21A: Tonsillitis MD: ENT. Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist.
22A: McGregor of "Angels & Demons": EWAN. He looks intense.
23A: Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati": LONI. She portrayed the receptionist.
25A: Cannes cup: TASSE. French.
27A: Flamenco yell: OLE. Spanish
29A: Elementary school basics: ABC'S. English
31A: Left ventricle outlet: AORTA.
34A: "__ Old Man": kids song: THIS. Dylan!?!
35A: "Gloria in Excelsis __'': DEO. "Glory to God in the highest"
36A: The Greeks' Helios, e.g.: SUN GOD. The Romans called him Sol.
37A: Battle of Britain defense gp.: RAF. Royal Air Force.
38A: "Oh, be serious!": GET REAL.
40A: Call __ day: IT A.
41A: Sports spots: ARENAS.
43A: Like Paree, in song: GAY. It turns out, finding GAY Paree, in song, is difficult!
44A: Jam-pack: CRAM.
45A: Captain's superior: MAJOR. But not so if it's a naval Captain, then it would be Admiral.
46A: Grab bag category: Abbr.: MISC.
47A: Heart and soul: ALL.
48A: Pie fruit: APPLE.
50A: So: THUS.
52A: Table salt, to a chemist: NACL. Sodium Chloride, NaCl
54A: Lupino of film: IDA. "Lupino was born in Camberwell, London, allegedly under a table during a World War I zeppelin raid." Betcha' didn't know that.
56A: "Sleepless in Seattle" director Nora: EPHRON. She is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. Update: She wrote and directed Julie & Julia.
60A: __-Seltzer: ALKA.
63A: Blueprint detail, briefly: SPEC.
64A: White-tie accompanier: TAILS.
65A: Finished: OVER.
66A: Handy bag: TOTE.
67A: Sidewinder, e.g.: SNAKE. Called a sidewinder for their mode of transportation; they don't slither.
Down:
1D: Dark purple: PUCE. How is it different from plum?
2D: October gemstone: OPAL. And its symmetrical partner is OPEL (58D: European auto).
3D: James of jazz: ETTA.
4D: Art pieces that hang from the ceiling: MOBILES.
5D: Woos with song: SERENADES. Preferably, from below the balcony.
6D: Game with an "it": TAG.
7D: Stare at obviously: OGLE.
8D: Herbs and shrubs: PLANTS.
9D: Big name in mattresses: SERTA. Nation wide?
10D: Watches secretly: SPIES ON.
12D: Bread with tabbouleh: PITA. Tabbouleh is a salad dish (primary ingredients are finely chopped parsley, bulgur, mint, tomato, scallion (spring onion), and other herbs with lemon juice, olive oil and various seasonings, generally including black pepper and sometimes cinnamon and allspice) often served with PITA bread.
13D: Martin of the Rat Pack: DEAN. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., DEAN Martin, Joey Bishop & Peter Lawford were known as The Rat Pack. They ruled Las Vegas and Hollywood during the 1950's-1960's.
18D: Family card game: UNO.
24D: "Not likely!": I BET.
26D: Nobelist Bellow: SAUL. SAUL Bellow, 1915 – 2005. In the words of the Swedish Nobel Committee, his writing exhibited "exuberant ideas, flashing irony, hilarious comedy and burning compassion...." For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to have won the National Book Award three times, and the only writer to have been nominated for it six times. (I feel terrible, I haven't read any of his works.)
27D: Butler's love: O'HARA. Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'HARA, from Gone with the Wind.
30D: Short-legged Welsh pooch: CORGI.
32D: Do sum work: TOTAL.
33D: First mate?: ADAM. First man? First Dad? First grandpa? Etc.
34D: Streetcar cousin : TRAM.
36D: Photographer's request: SAY CHEESE.
38D: "The World According to __": John Irving novel: GARP. It was made into a movie starring Robin Williams.
39D: Cheyenne-to-Omaha direction: EAST. Nice change from the three letter directions we often get.
42D: "There's __ like home": NO PLACE. That would be Kansas, for Dorothy Gale.
44D: Consistent moneymaker: CASH COW. A dairy cow that produces milk over the course of its life and requires little maintenance is a cash cow. So a business, product or asset that, once acquired and paid off will produce consistent cash flow over its lifespan is known as a CASH COW.
46D: Middle of the road: MEDIAN. The center of a divided highway is known as the MEDIAN strip.
49D: Picks up: LIFTS.
51D: Favorable times: UPS.
52D: Democrat's donkey designer: NAST. Also the designer for the GOP elephant.
53D: Chop House dog food maker: ALPO.
55D: Diva's solo: ARIA.
57D: Sitarist Shankar: RAVI. Father of Norah Jones.
59D: Uncool sort: NERD.
62D: Moose, to a European: ELK.
Ever since I got high speed internet service, I think I try to do too much and then get burned out. Sometimes it is hard to know when to make a FULL STOP. ( ;-)>
Answer grid.
Picture of the Day: Here is great photo of our fellow LAT solver Warren and his lovely wife Ruth at a Lake Tahoe sail boat ride a few years ago. They solve puzzle together every day. Warren is an excellent researcher and he likes to use question mark in his comments.
Argyle
