Men whose names end in double letters, that is. And all of them are real animals...
17. "Django Unchained" co-star : JAMIE FOXX. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
24. "Malice N Wonderland" rapper : SNOOP DOGG.
35. "This Boy's Life" memoirist : TOBIAS WOLFF.
50. Sal Romano portrayer on "Mad Men" : BRYAN BATT.
59. Super Bowl X MVP : LYNN SWANN. Also Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
A nice mixture of movie actor, music, literature, TV, and sports figures! A theme consisting of all proper names is sometimes daunting. But all of them emerged after a few perps. What did you think?
Marti here, to give meaning to life...or, at least, come up with some plausible excuses!
Across:
1. Window sill coolers : PIES. I wanted "fans." But I can also picture PIES cooling on a window sill.
5. Waffles no more : OPTS.
9. In an offbeat way : ODDLY.
14. Spots teens don't like : ACNE.
15. Unoccupied : FREE.
16. Civic, perhaps : COUPE. Honda Civic.
19. Different take : TWIST. I'll take a TWIST of lemon instead of lime in my Gimlet...
20. Rings of activity : ARENAS.
21. Area near a hangar : APRON.
23. Thoughtful type : MUSER. Like Husker Gary!
28. Cinders : ASH.
29. Cross word : BAH, humbug!
31. Pirouetted : TWIRLED.
32. Salk vaccine target : POLIO.
34. Group with a self-titled monthly magazine : AARP.
39. Beyond bad : EVIL. An oldie but goodie. 3:38
41. Bedding item : SHEET.
42. It involves checks and balances : BANKING. Nice misdirection.
46. Cenozoic ___ : ERA.
47. Parisian possessive : SES. Here are the rest, with singular / feminine / plural forms.
MY: mon / ma / mes
YOUR: ton / ta / tes
HIS / HER / ITS: son / sa / ses
OUR: notre / notre / nos
YOUR: votre / votre / vos
THEIR: leur / leur / leurs
52. Stem cell research advocate Christopher : REEVE. He was a great inspiration to thousands of spinal injury patients.
54. Kitchen gadget : DICER.
55. First name of two U.S. presidents : ANDREW. Jackson and Johnson, the seventh and seventeenth presidents.
56. Lost a lap : STOOD. Fun clue!
61. Streisand title role : YENTL. I enjoyed the movie. 3:36
62. The Gaels of college sports : IONA.
63. ___ facto : IPSO. Latin, "by the fact itself." She had to write the blog and was, ipso facto, unable to go to bed early.
64. Candy man : REESE.
65. Tech news dot-com : CNET. DH reads it every day.
66. Broadway shiner : NEON. Not a black eye, but the lights above your head.
Down:
1. ___ party : PAJAMA. Pillow fight!
2. Boy who had a legendary meltdown : ICARUS. Moral of the story: "Boys with wax wings should stay away from the sun."
3. Tangle up : ENMESH.
4. The Pont Neuf spans it : SEINE.
5. Wastes, mob-style : OFFS.
6. For : PRO.
7. Perot, e.g. : TEXAN.
8. One who's really hot : SEXPOT. I am sure we will be seeing links by our regulars...
9. Cuttlefish cousins : OCTOPI. Anyone else want "squids?"
10. Vertical air movement : DOWNDRAFT.
11. It makes SADD mad : DUI. Driving Under the Influence. We just had SADD as an answer yesterday.
12. Groovy music collection? : LPs. Long Play(s) 33 1/3 RPM microgroove vinyl records.
13. However : YET.
18. Bit of dangly jewelry : EARBOB. Does anyone really call them that?
22. Fracas : ROW.
24. Islamic branch : SHIA.
25. Norwegian royal name : OLAF. Ah, the old "F or V?" dilemma.
26. An official lang. of Switzerland : GER.man.
27. National econ. stat : GDP. Gross Domestic Product.
30. Clay, today : ALI.
32. Spotty pattern : POLKA DOTS.
33. CIA forerunner : OSS. Office of Strategic Services.
35. Minute : TINY.
36. Use a strop on : WHET.
37. "___ the fields we go" : O'ER.
38. Hears : LEARNS.
39. Drop in the ocean? : EBB. A fun clue for a common xword word.
40. Alt. spelling : VAR.iant.
43. Sitting at a red light, say : IN IDLE.
44. "Days of Our Lives" network : NBC.
45. Language that gave us "galore" : GAELIC. I did not know that she was Gaelic?
47. Señorita's shawl : SERAPE.
48. "All the same..." : EVEN SO.
49. Like some patches : SEWN ON. Wanted "iron on" at first.
51. Check for fit : TRY ON.
53. Dickens' Drood : EDWIN. "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." His final novel, it was unfinished at his death. We'll probably never know "whodunnit."
55. Future MD's class : ANAT.omy.
56. Leb. neighbor : SYR.ia.
57. Beginning of time? : TEE.
58. Half and half : ONE. Two tricky clues in a row.
60. Oak Lawn-to-Chicago dir. : NNE. Not the Texas city of Oak Lawn, but the suburb of Chicago. Map. (Zoom out.)
Now I'm zooming off to bed!
Marti
Note from C.C.:
Happy 6th Birthday to the handsome Truman, JD's oldest grandson.
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| JD & Truman |
Taken on July 5, 2010
From left to right: Grady (11 months, Truman's little brother), Truman 3 & Cameron (2 weeks then, and he's starting preschool next month.)
