Theme: DP & PV
Words: 70 (missing J,Q,V,X,Z)
Blocks: 32
It's like déjà vu
all over again~! This duo had a Saturday offering just three weeks
ago. When it came up today, I thought I signed in to the wrong date. Unlike that last grid, this has only one spanner, plus a 13-letter
climber, four 10-, and two 9-letter fills as well. I also smoked
through this one in near record time, and without any look-ups or
red-letter cheats. The long answers;
35a. Side with waves : CRINKLE-CUT FRIES - I like my fries close to burned
15d. Bug on the road : CLASSIC BEETLE
sha-na-nOn-WARD~!
ACROSS:
1. Loves to solve, say? : ANAGRAM - excellent way to start off a crossword puzzle - we all loves to solve, don't we~? I got the misdirection immediately
8. Mavens : SHARKS
14. Sudden and swift : METEORIC - like a rise to fame
16.* Company that annually honors "Women of Worth" : L'OREAL
17. Batter's dream : MEAT BALL - never heard the term; I am sure C.C. knows all about this
18.* 2015 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee : O'MEARA
19. Action figures? : ODDS - har-har
20. 1954 film based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" : REAR WINDOW
22. Four-time Australian Open winner : AGASSI
24.* LBJ theater : 'NAM - a few apostrophe answers this week *
25. Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 39 : E FLAT - ha-HA~! I put in " _ FLAT" and waited on perps~!
27. Fix, as a toy : SPAY - oh, clever. I went with MEND, but this refers to the 'toy' dog
29. Kisser : YAP - not GOB
32. Weapon with a nock : ARROW
33. Subatomic particle : PION - I WAGed MUon, and that was 100% 50% correct
34. Former Italian statesman Moro : ALDO - perps and WAGs
38. Rapper Nate : DOGG - According to Wiki, he's a cousin of "Snoop"
39. Obligation : DEBT
40. Copious : AMPLE
41. Second-century date : CLI - well, I threw in "C", and waited
42. Sister of Dakota : ELLE - filled in via perps; I know Dakota was the little girl in the remake of "War of the Worlds", but forgot she was the little girl in "Man on Fire", too. She's grown up....
8. Mavens : SHARKS
14. Sudden and swift : METEORIC - like a rise to fame
16.* Company that annually honors "Women of Worth" : L'OREAL
18.* 2015 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee : O'MEARA
19. Action figures? : ODDS - har-har
20. 1954 film based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" : REAR WINDOW
22. Four-time Australian Open winner : AGASSI
24.* LBJ theater : 'NAM - a few apostrophe answers this week *
25. Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 39 : E FLAT - ha-HA~! I put in " _ FLAT" and waited on perps~!
27. Fix, as a toy : SPAY - oh, clever. I went with MEND, but this refers to the 'toy' dog
29. Kisser : YAP - not GOB
32. Weapon with a nock : ARROW
33. Subatomic particle : PION - I WAGed MUon, and that was 100% 50% correct
34. Former Italian statesman Moro : ALDO - perps and WAGs
38. Rapper Nate : DOGG - According to Wiki, he's a cousin of "Snoop"
39. Obligation : DEBT
40. Copious : AMPLE
41. Second-century date : CLI - well, I threw in "C", and waited
42. Sister of Dakota : ELLE - filled in via perps; I know Dakota was the little girl in the remake of "War of the Worlds", but forgot she was the little girl in "Man on Fire", too. She's grown up....
43. Got up : AROSE
44. Dig for hard-to-get clams? : DUN - I gotta tell ya, I just don't get this. I thought "ATM" was a clever answer, but no
46. Harder to hold : EELIER - and then I nailed this one
48. "Ocean's 11" co-star : DEAN MARTIN - ah, the original. I am a big fan of the remake, personally
51. Dog with a typically blue-black tongue : CHOW - I knew this because my room-mate in Cincinnati Ohio had one - the dog, that is....
55. They often drive people home : RBI MEN - more baseball
56. Leave alone : LET SLIDE - I parsed this as Lets Lide, and it didn't jive
58. Check : ARREST
59. Tangled up : ENSNARED - clecho with; 42. Tangle up : ENMESH - having the answers both be "EN" words seems a bit borderline
60. Sturm und Drang novelist : GOETHE - I was curious; the Wiki
61. Fusible alloys : SOLDERS - I am constructing a bathroom in the house, complete with Jacuzzi. Nice. I am going to build a copper manifold - using solder. After I install that in the crawlspace, I'm running PEX to the fixtures. So far, so good.
DOWN:
1. Shell collection : AMMO - well, I had the "A", so I went with this, tho I do not see an abbrvtn in the clue
2. Grant factor : NEED
3. Ever so slightly : A TAD
4. Plays nice : GETS ALONG
5. Deprive : ROB
6. Dormant Turkish volcano : ARARAT - I knew it was the landing site of Noah's Ark, but not that it was a volcano
7. Quite a distance : MILES - great name for your chauffeur, too
8. Yawn-inducing : SLOW
9. Corny stuff : HOMINY
10. Staples Center, e.g. : ARENA - home of the LA Kings from the NHL
11. Statement before taxes are dealt with? : READ MY LIPS - and a direct quote in this song from Megadeth;
44. Dig for hard-to-get clams? : DUN - I gotta tell ya, I just don't get this. I thought "ATM" was a clever answer, but no
46. Harder to hold : EELIER - and then I nailed this one
48. "Ocean's 11" co-star : DEAN MARTIN - ah, the original. I am a big fan of the remake, personally
51. Dog with a typically blue-black tongue : CHOW - I knew this because my room-mate in Cincinnati Ohio had one - the dog, that is....
55. They often drive people home : RBI MEN - more baseball
56. Leave alone : LET SLIDE - I parsed this as Lets Lide, and it didn't jive
58. Check : ARREST
59. Tangled up : ENSNARED - clecho with; 42. Tangle up : ENMESH - having the answers both be "EN" words seems a bit borderline
60. Sturm und Drang novelist : GOETHE - I was curious; the Wiki
61. Fusible alloys : SOLDERS - I am constructing a bathroom in the house, complete with Jacuzzi. Nice. I am going to build a copper manifold - using solder. After I install that in the crawlspace, I'm running PEX to the fixtures. So far, so good.
Not me
1. Shell collection : AMMO - well, I had the "A", so I went with this, tho I do not see an abbrvtn in the clue
2. Grant factor : NEED
3. Ever so slightly : A TAD
4. Plays nice : GETS ALONG
6. Dormant Turkish volcano : ARARAT - I knew it was the landing site of Noah's Ark, but not that it was a volcano
7. Quite a distance : MILES - great name for your chauffeur, too
8. Yawn-inducing : SLOW
9. Corny stuff : HOMINY
10. Staples Center, e.g. : ARENA - home of the LA Kings from the NHL
11. Statement before taxes are dealt with? : READ MY LIPS - and a direct quote in this song from Megadeth;
George Bush @ 2:42
12. Pecan pie syrup : KARO - I got this - and I don't bake
13. Popular side : SLAW
21. Remove roughly : RIP OUT - like, say, splynters~!!!
23. Rubberneck : GAWK - viz. 15d.
25. Tasmanian-born Flynn : ERROL - first Flynn I thought of
26. Appliance brand owned by Electrolux : FRIGIDAIRE - didn't know this fact, but the word fit....
28. Pangolin snack : ANT - whoa~! I have never heard of or seen this animal before - now I want one - and we have an ant problem in the house, too
32. "Rock or Bust" band : AC/DC - perps got me A - - C; pretty much a gimme for me
33. Kitchen tool : PEELER
34. Like jousters : ARMOR-CLAD
36. Cholesterol letters : LDL
37. What's on the menu : FARE
43.* "You're lyin'!" : AIN'T SO
45. Yet to be fulfilled : UNMET
47. Legal claims : LIENS
48. Main __ : DRAG - Squeeze and Street didn't fit
49. The Aragón feeds it : EBRO - see map, below
50. It may precede a deal : ANTE
52. Bring on : HIRE
53. River to the Baltic : ODER - see map, below
and nearly another anagram, too
54. Forms a union : WEDS
57. Show with Kenan Thompson, briefly : SNL
Splynter
