Theme: ANAGRAMS! - The second word of each theme answer is an anagram of 'Skate.'
16A Prospector's funding: GRUBSTAKE. New to me. Noun: Supplies or funds advanced to a mining prospector or a person starting a business in return for a promised share of the profits. Also a historic restaurant near me.
23A. Compete in a derby, maybe: ROLLER SKATE. Roller derby.
36A. "To Autumn" poet: JOHN KEATS. There's your cue, Clear Ayes.
54A. Disbelieving looks: DOUBLE TAKES
62A. Tenderized cut of beef: CUBE STEAK
Only other possible anagram is TEAKS. But it has the same scheme as TAKES, with the plural form.
Melissa Bee here. Mike scattered in lots of artistic references today: RED A, JOHN KEATS, DELFT, ERIK, ALULA, ADELE and KLEE.
Across:
1. State of disarray: MESS
5. BLT condiment: MAYO. i have been making my own, very easy.
9. Ding-a-ling: DODO. and 45D: Featherbrain: AIRHEAD
13. __ Alto: PALO. Gimme for Californians.
14. Baby step? A TO B
15. Human, e.g.: BI-PED. Two -footed.
18. Simpson of fashion: ADELE. Is it just me, or does she look exactly like Erma Bombeck?
19. Zone: AREA
20. It's not pretty: EYESORE
22. "Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarly: CCR. American rock band, Credence Clearwater Revival. Played at Woodstock.
27. Remedial treatment: THERAPY. A term used in massage therapy, and, as i just learned, also in forestry and woodworking.
29. Opus __: "The Da Vinci Code" sect: DEI. Never saw it. Yeah, yeah, i know.
30. Rolodex no.: TEL. Telephone number. Does anyone still use a Rolodex? Seems a little archaic, but then again you never had to worry about viruses or power outages.
31. "The Scarlet Letter" letter: RED A. Nathaniel Hawthorne's book about an Adulteress in 17th century Boston. Also a play and a movie.
32. __-en-Provence, France: AIX
34. Run-down: SEEDY. Like this. Or this
40. Son of Abraham: ISAAC
43. Memorable time: ERA. Yawn.
44. Lawyer's aide: PARA. Paralegal.
48. Spa benefit, for short: TLC. That'll be extra.
49. FedEx rival: UPS
52. Tehran inhabitant: IRANIAN
57. Some OR staff: RNS. Registered Nurses in the Operating Room.
58. Showing no emotion: STOICAL
59. German chancellor, 1982-'98: KOHL. Helmut. Oversaw the end of the Cold War and the German reunification. According to George H. W. Bush, "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century."
61. Flay and Ray, e.g.: CHEFS. Bobby and Rachel. Even though i don't watch t.v., i nailed it.
66. Dutch city known for its blue-and-white pottery: DELFT. View of Delft, by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
67. Swiss abstractionist: KLEE. We've seen his name before. He liked shapes and colors.
68. Fee: RATE
69. Breyers competitor: EDYS. Ice cream brands.
70. Succumbed to being grilled: SANG. Grill is slang for interrogate. Sang is slang for confessed, or ratted out. Made me think of this.
71. Mideast city on its own gulf: ADEN. Seaport city in Yemen, in the crater of an extinct volcano.
Down:
1. EPA sticker datum: MPG. Environmental Protection Agency / Miles Per Gallon.
2. Otitis: EARACHE
3. Like a sot's speech: SLURRED
4. Fruit juice brand: SOBE
5. Protective pad: MAT. Here's Drew with hers.
6. Words with clip or time: AT A
7. Backwoods type: YOKEL
8. Heeded: OBEYED
9. Passed, say: DID OK
10. Run: OPERATE
11. Erased: DELETED
12. 36-Across work: ODE
15. Paul McCartney or Sting: BASSIST
17. Lee with frozen desserts: SARA
21. Poetic preposition: ERE
22. NFL snapper: CTR. The center passes (or "snaps") the ball to the quarterback at the start of each play.
24. Shimmering aquarium fish: OPAH
25. "__ Eyes": Eagles hit: LYIN'
26. Tarzan portrayer Ron: ELY
28. Rani's spouse: RAJA
33. 1960s-'70s Jaguar Down: XKE
35. "Baseball Tonight" airer: ESPN
37. Eye doctor: OCULIST
38. The Phantom of the Opera: ERIK
39. Bern's river: AARE. Wow, beautiful.
40. "__ be an honor": IT'D. Groan. I suppose it can't be helped.
41. Waded (through): SLOSHED
42. Keen way to be aware: ACUTELY
46. Lasted longer than expected, as a meeting: RAN LATE. Not always a bad thing.
47. Q&A part: Abbr.: ANS. Question and answer.
50. Push-up target: PEC. i was thinking this.
51. IHOP servings: STACKS. Pancakes.
53. Wants to know: ASKS. And if you don't want to know … don't ask.
55. Smash hits, in slang: BOFFS. No comment.
56. "Be-Bop-__": 1956 hit: A-LULA. Originally by Gene Vincent, but check out one of the greatest live albums ever, imo, Van Morrison's A Night in San Francisco - disc 2, track 4.
60. Other, in Oaxaca: OTRA
61. B-F connectors: C-D-E
63. Kingsley who played Gandhi: BEN
64. Short head lines?: EEG. 'Short' to indicate abbreviation. EEG = Electroencephalogram.
65. Baseball's Griffey: KEN
Answer grid.
Melissa
Note from C.C.:
I am very pleased to announce that Melissa Bee will blog two Wednesday puzzles a month from now on. Melissa joined the blog in May 2008 and has entertained & educated us with many of her fun links and witty comments. Thanks for the time and commitment, Melissa!
16A Prospector's funding: GRUBSTAKE. New to me. Noun: Supplies or funds advanced to a mining prospector or a person starting a business in return for a promised share of the profits. Also a historic restaurant near me.
23A. Compete in a derby, maybe: ROLLER SKATE. Roller derby.
36A. "To Autumn" poet: JOHN KEATS. There's your cue, Clear Ayes.
54A. Disbelieving looks: DOUBLE TAKES
62A. Tenderized cut of beef: CUBE STEAK
Only other possible anagram is TEAKS. But it has the same scheme as TAKES, with the plural form.
Melissa Bee here. Mike scattered in lots of artistic references today: RED A, JOHN KEATS, DELFT, ERIK, ALULA, ADELE and KLEE.
Across:
1. State of disarray: MESS
5. BLT condiment: MAYO. i have been making my own, very easy.
9. Ding-a-ling: DODO. and 45D: Featherbrain: AIRHEAD
13. __ Alto: PALO. Gimme for Californians.
14. Baby step? A TO B
15. Human, e.g.: BI-PED. Two -footed.
18. Simpson of fashion: ADELE. Is it just me, or does she look exactly like Erma Bombeck?
19. Zone: AREA
20. It's not pretty: EYESORE
22. "Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarly: CCR. American rock band, Credence Clearwater Revival. Played at Woodstock.
27. Remedial treatment: THERAPY. A term used in massage therapy, and, as i just learned, also in forestry and woodworking.
29. Opus __: "The Da Vinci Code" sect: DEI. Never saw it. Yeah, yeah, i know.
30. Rolodex no.: TEL. Telephone number. Does anyone still use a Rolodex? Seems a little archaic, but then again you never had to worry about viruses or power outages.
31. "The Scarlet Letter" letter: RED A. Nathaniel Hawthorne's book about an Adulteress in 17th century Boston. Also a play and a movie.
32. __-en-Provence, France: AIX
34. Run-down: SEEDY. Like this. Or this
40. Son of Abraham: ISAAC
43. Memorable time: ERA. Yawn.
44. Lawyer's aide: PARA. Paralegal.
48. Spa benefit, for short: TLC. That'll be extra.
49. FedEx rival: UPS
52. Tehran inhabitant: IRANIAN
57. Some OR staff: RNS. Registered Nurses in the Operating Room.
58. Showing no emotion: STOICAL
59. German chancellor, 1982-'98: KOHL. Helmut. Oversaw the end of the Cold War and the German reunification. According to George H. W. Bush, "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century."
61. Flay and Ray, e.g.: CHEFS. Bobby and Rachel. Even though i don't watch t.v., i nailed it.
66. Dutch city known for its blue-and-white pottery: DELFT. View of Delft, by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
67. Swiss abstractionist: KLEE. We've seen his name before. He liked shapes and colors.
68. Fee: RATE
69. Breyers competitor: EDYS. Ice cream brands.
70. Succumbed to being grilled: SANG. Grill is slang for interrogate. Sang is slang for confessed, or ratted out. Made me think of this.
71. Mideast city on its own gulf: ADEN. Seaport city in Yemen, in the crater of an extinct volcano.
Down:
1. EPA sticker datum: MPG. Environmental Protection Agency / Miles Per Gallon.
2. Otitis: EARACHE
3. Like a sot's speech: SLURRED
4. Fruit juice brand: SOBE
5. Protective pad: MAT. Here's Drew with hers.
6. Words with clip or time: AT A
7. Backwoods type: YOKEL
8. Heeded: OBEYED
9. Passed, say: DID OK
10. Run: OPERATE
11. Erased: DELETED
12. 36-Across work: ODE
15. Paul McCartney or Sting: BASSIST
17. Lee with frozen desserts: SARA
21. Poetic preposition: ERE
22. NFL snapper: CTR. The center passes (or "snaps") the ball to the quarterback at the start of each play.
24. Shimmering aquarium fish: OPAH
25. "__ Eyes": Eagles hit: LYIN'
26. Tarzan portrayer Ron: ELY
28. Rani's spouse: RAJA
33. 1960s-'70s Jaguar Down: XKE
35. "Baseball Tonight" airer: ESPN
37. Eye doctor: OCULIST
38. The Phantom of the Opera: ERIK
39. Bern's river: AARE. Wow, beautiful.
40. "__ be an honor": IT'D. Groan. I suppose it can't be helped.
41. Waded (through): SLOSHED
42. Keen way to be aware: ACUTELY
46. Lasted longer than expected, as a meeting: RAN LATE. Not always a bad thing.
47. Q&A part: Abbr.: ANS. Question and answer.
50. Push-up target: PEC. i was thinking this.
51. IHOP servings: STACKS. Pancakes.
53. Wants to know: ASKS. And if you don't want to know … don't ask.
55. Smash hits, in slang: BOFFS. No comment.
56. "Be-Bop-__": 1956 hit: A-LULA. Originally by Gene Vincent, but check out one of the greatest live albums ever, imo, Van Morrison's A Night in San Francisco - disc 2, track 4.
60. Other, in Oaxaca: OTRA
61. B-F connectors: C-D-E
63. Kingsley who played Gandhi: BEN
64. Short head lines?: EEG. 'Short' to indicate abbreviation. EEG = Electroencephalogram.
65. Baseball's Griffey: KEN
Answer grid.
Melissa
Note from C.C.:
I am very pleased to announce that Melissa Bee will blog two Wednesday puzzles a month from now on. Melissa joined the blog in May 2008 and has entertained & educated us with many of her fun links and witty comments. Thanks for the time and commitment, Melissa!
