Theme: LILY TOMLIN (57A. "All of Me" actress whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme) - The first word of each theme answer is a type of lily.
18A. Father of Sam and Charlie: TIGER WOODS. Tiger Lily. See this photo. Tiger's wife Elin holds their daughter Sam, and Charlie is in Tiger's arms. The clue struck me as obscure, esp for non-golfers who don't follow the Tiger scandal.
20A. South Pacific site of large stone statues: EASTER ISLAND. Easter Lily.
35A. Continuously: DAY AFTER DAY. Daylily. The dried flowers of some daylilies are commonly used in Chinese cuisine, though the word daylily itself is new to me. We just call them golden needles.
54A. Asian draft animal: WATER BUFFALO. Water Lily. Did not know water buffalo are used as draft animals.
Hmm, we seem to have a trend for longer unifier now. At least, Jack loves longer ones. In his last PO' BOY puzzle, PO is inserted into each common phrase and no BOY is to be found.
A year ago, we would just have four theme entries with a defining LILY at the lower right corner of the grid. I do love the LILY TOMLIN hook. Symmetrically it balances out TIGER WOODS nicely. Jack also provides us with lots of nice long words with 6 or more letters. I counted 20. Awesome!
Favorite clue today is BED (12D. Something that goes with breakfast?). Bed and Breakfast. I was thinking of crossword.
Across:
1. Tsp. and tbsp.: AMTS
5. Old orchard spray: ALAR
9. Abu __: DHABI. Capital of the United Arab Emirates.
14. Separate by color, say: SORT. Wanted CODE.
15. Angle function: SINE
16. Barely flowed: OOZED
17. Hairy "pet": CHIA
22. Casual evenings: NITES. Nice clue.
23. Dull: TIRESOME
27. One might be snappy: DRESSER. Great clue too.
30. Anti vote: NAY
31. __ Kan: Alpo rival: KAL, Kal-Kan. What's the name origin for this pet food company?
32. Some game enders: MATES. Chess game.
34. They come and go: FADS. Nailed it.
39. Enter: GO IN
41. Search stealthily: PROWL
42. Abate: EBB
43. Rosemary's portrayer: MIA (Farrow)
46. Hides: STASHES
50. Mind: LISTEN TO
53. Clinton Labor secretary Robert: REICH. Man, I can never remember his name.
60. __ on the shoulder: A TAP
61. Author __ Rogers St. Johns: ADELA. I confuse her name with Fred Astaire's sister ADELE.
62. __ sci: POLI. Political science. Not a familiar abbr to me.
63. Pointed end: CUSP
64. Feature of Oregon sales: NO TAX. Got the answer from crossings.
65. Singles: ONES.
66. Latin I word: ESSE. To be.
Down:
1. Go up: ASCEND
2. Angora fabric: MOHAIR. Angora goat.
3. Sad, to Sarkozy: TRISTE. Good alliteration.
4. Churchill or Roosevelt, e.g.: STATESMAN
5. Star sci.: ASTR. Astronomy.
6. 10% of DXXX: LIII. 10% of 530=53.
7. Apprehension: ANGST
8. Catch from a pier: REEL IN
9. "The Soloist" co-star: DOWNEY. Robert John Downey, Jr. I've never seen "The Soloist".
10. Robbery accessories: HOODS
11. Nitrogen-based dye: AZO. Azo dye. Learned from doing Xword.
13. Psyche parts: IDS. Id, ego, and super-ego are the three parts of Freud's psyche definition. Lois is a master at this stuff.
19. Avis lead-in: RARA. Rara avis.
21. Samuel Johnson work: ESSAY
24. "You bet": OKAY
25. Alfred E. Neuman is its mascot: MAD. The Mad Magazine.
26. Overhead transports: ELS
28. LAX posting: ETA
29. Court decision maker: REF. Tennis court. (Update: Basketball court. Sorry for the error.)
33. Indy 500 advertiser: STP
34. Mask: FALSE FACE
35. Ownership call: DIBS
36. Speech hesitations: ERS
37. Malarkey: ROT. Malarkey is a new word to me.
38. Happy, for one: DWARF. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Stymied me.
39. Hair stiffener: GEL
40. Geisha's sash: OBI
43. Spareribs separator: MEAT AX. It's just called cleaver, isn't it?
44. Keen on: INTO
45. Musical direction after ritardando, perhaps: A TEMPO. No idea. Waiting for Jazzbumpa for more explanation.
47. Gap: HIATUS
48. Mercedes sedan category: E-CLASS. So, E stands for executive, Dennis?
49. Quaint retail word: SHOPPE. Ye Olde Shoppe. I used to think Ye stands for "you" until I read Spitzboov & Jazzbumapa's "the" discussion on the blog a few days ago.
51. Tony winner Tharp: TWYLA. Got her this time.
52. Sweater synthetic: ORLON
55. Peevishness: BILE
56. Les États-__: UNIS. The US in French.
57. Data-sharing syst.: LAN (Local Area Network).
58. Chapel vow: I DO
59. Ease, with "up": LET
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18A. Father of Sam and Charlie: TIGER WOODS. Tiger Lily. See this photo. Tiger's wife Elin holds their daughter Sam, and Charlie is in Tiger's arms. The clue struck me as obscure, esp for non-golfers who don't follow the Tiger scandal.
20A. South Pacific site of large stone statues: EASTER ISLAND. Easter Lily.
35A. Continuously: DAY AFTER DAY. Daylily. The dried flowers of some daylilies are commonly used in Chinese cuisine, though the word daylily itself is new to me. We just call them golden needles.
54A. Asian draft animal: WATER BUFFALO. Water Lily. Did not know water buffalo are used as draft animals.
Hmm, we seem to have a trend for longer unifier now. At least, Jack loves longer ones. In his last PO' BOY puzzle, PO is inserted into each common phrase and no BOY is to be found.
A year ago, we would just have four theme entries with a defining LILY at the lower right corner of the grid. I do love the LILY TOMLIN hook. Symmetrically it balances out TIGER WOODS nicely. Jack also provides us with lots of nice long words with 6 or more letters. I counted 20. Awesome!
Favorite clue today is BED (12D. Something that goes with breakfast?). Bed and Breakfast. I was thinking of crossword.
Across:
1. Tsp. and tbsp.: AMTS
5. Old orchard spray: ALAR
9. Abu __: DHABI. Capital of the United Arab Emirates.
14. Separate by color, say: SORT. Wanted CODE.
15. Angle function: SINE
16. Barely flowed: OOZED
17. Hairy "pet": CHIA
22. Casual evenings: NITES. Nice clue.
23. Dull: TIRESOME
27. One might be snappy: DRESSER. Great clue too.
30. Anti vote: NAY
31. __ Kan: Alpo rival: KAL, Kal-Kan. What's the name origin for this pet food company?
32. Some game enders: MATES. Chess game.
34. They come and go: FADS. Nailed it.
39. Enter: GO IN
41. Search stealthily: PROWL
42. Abate: EBB
43. Rosemary's portrayer: MIA (Farrow)
46. Hides: STASHES
50. Mind: LISTEN TO
53. Clinton Labor secretary Robert: REICH. Man, I can never remember his name.
60. __ on the shoulder: A TAP
61. Author __ Rogers St. Johns: ADELA. I confuse her name with Fred Astaire's sister ADELE.
62. __ sci: POLI. Political science. Not a familiar abbr to me.
63. Pointed end: CUSP
64. Feature of Oregon sales: NO TAX. Got the answer from crossings.
65. Singles: ONES.
66. Latin I word: ESSE. To be.
Down:
1. Go up: ASCEND
2. Angora fabric: MOHAIR. Angora goat.
3. Sad, to Sarkozy: TRISTE. Good alliteration.
4. Churchill or Roosevelt, e.g.: STATESMAN
5. Star sci.: ASTR. Astronomy.
6. 10% of DXXX: LIII. 10% of 530=53.
7. Apprehension: ANGST
8. Catch from a pier: REEL IN
9. "The Soloist" co-star: DOWNEY. Robert John Downey, Jr. I've never seen "The Soloist".
10. Robbery accessories: HOODS
11. Nitrogen-based dye: AZO. Azo dye. Learned from doing Xword.
13. Psyche parts: IDS. Id, ego, and super-ego are the three parts of Freud's psyche definition. Lois is a master at this stuff.
19. Avis lead-in: RARA. Rara avis.
21. Samuel Johnson work: ESSAY
24. "You bet": OKAY
25. Alfred E. Neuman is its mascot: MAD. The Mad Magazine.
26. Overhead transports: ELS
28. LAX posting: ETA
29. Court decision maker: REF. Tennis court. (Update: Basketball court. Sorry for the error.)
33. Indy 500 advertiser: STP
34. Mask: FALSE FACE
35. Ownership call: DIBS
36. Speech hesitations: ERS
37. Malarkey: ROT. Malarkey is a new word to me.
38. Happy, for one: DWARF. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Stymied me.
39. Hair stiffener: GEL
40. Geisha's sash: OBI
43. Spareribs separator: MEAT AX. It's just called cleaver, isn't it?
44. Keen on: INTO
45. Musical direction after ritardando, perhaps: A TEMPO. No idea. Waiting for Jazzbumpa for more explanation.
47. Gap: HIATUS
48. Mercedes sedan category: E-CLASS. So, E stands for executive, Dennis?
49. Quaint retail word: SHOPPE. Ye Olde Shoppe. I used to think Ye stands for "you" until I read Spitzboov & Jazzbumapa's "the" discussion on the blog a few days ago.
51. Tony winner Tharp: TWYLA. Got her this time.
52. Sweater synthetic: ORLON
55. Peevishness: BILE
56. Les États-__: UNIS. The US in French.
57. Data-sharing syst.: LAN (Local Area Network).
58. Chapel vow: I DO
59. Ease, with "up": LET
Answer grid.
I just added "Search This Blog" box below "Blog Archive" at the right end of the blog front page. Simply type in "Jeannie's Meatloaf" or anything we've discussed at the blog writeup or Comments section, the related posts should appear at the very top of the blog.
C.C.
