Words: 70 (missing J,Q,Z)
Blocks: 26
This is my second SJSJ puzzle, the last one being back in Jan of '13.
Very similar grids, with a crossing spanner and climber, triple
10-letter corners in the across, but today we have triple 8's in the
down. I did not get my "ta-DA~!" because of one letter, and switching
to red-letters revealed one other mistake - at the crossing of proper
names, which was the only fun-sponge today. The long answers:
35a. Dynamo's asset : BOUNDLESS ENERGY
8d. Brand with a Magicube : KODAK INSTAMATIC
ON(3-day weekend)WARD~!
ACROSS:
1. Instruments mentioned in the Beatles' "Back in the USSR" : BALALAIKAS - the line is at 2:12 of the clip; my Moscow girl did not get out to the USofA....and a semi-clecho at; 19a. USSR component : SOVIET
16. Nebula Award winner Frederik : POHL - filled via perps
17. Hanging aid : STUD FINDER - I can't keep one in my tool box or van, because I keep setting it off....oh, come on, that's funny. At least C.C. appreciates it~!!
18. Gin flavoring : SLOE
20. Direction at sea : ALEE
22. "Cat __ Hot Tin Roof" : ON A
23. It can be added to a million but rarely to a thousand : AIRE - millionaire, thousandaire
24. Ham's transport? : ARK - oh, I thought I was so clever putting in RYE, too. This is Noah's son, however, and I thought "EGG" was a good answer, as well
26. Woodworking tool : PLANER - don't have one, would like one - and a lathe, too.
28. Adopt : USE - I tried "OWN"
29. Atheist activist Madalyn : O'HAIR - never heard of her, and my first proper name problem; her Wiki
31. Mil. squad leaders : S-SGTs
32. Phys ed teacher Leonard for whom a band was named : SKINNER - Lynyrd Skynyrd for those who did not know; I learned it from the VH-1 rockumentary. I did not, however, remember how to spell his name, or the band's, for that matter....
34. Maximum : PEAK
39. Tolstoy title first name : ANNA
40. Be less critical of : LET UP ON
41. Narrow landforms : NECKS -there's lots of land forms called necks here on Long Island
43. Do doer : SALON - I pondered BRUSH
44. Baker's amt. : TSP
47. Hailing from Changwon, say : KOREAN - half perps and WAG
49. Hood et al.: Abbr. : MTs
50. Mascot Misha of the 1980 Olympics, e.g. : BEAR - более России (more Russian)
52. Groups for biologists : TAXA
54. Italian road : STRADA
56. Internet letters : HTTP
58. On tap : AT THE READY
60. Yet to be settled : OWED
61. Gives up : CRIES UNCLE - I had -----UNDER to start, slowed down the SE
62. Start of a tennis point : TOSS - dah~! Not LOVE
63. One to follow : PACE SETTER
DOWN:
1. Half an African country, or its capital city : BISSAU
3. Where the Mona Lisa smiles : LOUVRE - le Frawnche musée
4. Bill's "Groundhog Day" co-star : ANDIE - Murray & MacDowell
5. "That's __" : LIFE
6. Subject of the 2013 documentary subtitled "Speaking Truth to Power" : ANITA HILL - the other proper name that got me
7. Slot in a car: Abbr. : IGNition - took too long to figure out
9. Writer of really old stories? : AUEL - did not know her; I do recall the title "Clan of the Cave Bear". I just read The Golden Compass, and now I am on to book II; side note, two stars from the movie also appeared in Casino Royale
10. Throat trouble : STREP
11. Increases : UPs -OK, I shall up this week's leg picture, by request, to a non-skinny, "gams with meat" girl
12. Not anymore : NO LONGER
13. Frustrating sequence : PHONE TAG
14. Blue forecast : CLEAR SKY
21. "The Big Easy" of golf : ELS - good WAG
25. Eastern royals : RANEES
27. Winter X Games host : ASPEN - I was not sure if this was the "X" games, or the tenth Olympic games - which, as I looked later, were held in Grenoble, France, 1968
29. Approved : OK'D - OKed, IDed/ID'd, I sometimes wonder which one is "OK"
30. Outcome : RESULT
32. Charmer's target : SNAKE - snake charmer
33. Take back : REPOSSESS
35. Strategy involving a cushion : BANK SHOT - ah, billiard table cushions
36. Less than a few : ONE OR TWO
37. Opens at the warehouse : UNCRATES
38. Confrontational start : NON - non-confrontational
42. Met : SAT
44. Legislation opposed by the Sons of Liberty : TEA ACT
45. Burden : SADDLE - I got "saddled" with sorting this week at UPS, so that a trainee could work my assignment; I think he should have been trained before this holiday week. I am just glad to have reached my first three-day weekend of the year - but now we're into Cidiot Season....
46. Slight chance : PRAYER
48. Org. founded on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth : NAACP - seems fitting
50. Sportscaster Musburger : BRENT
53. More, in ads : X-TRA
55. In alignment : TRUE - gotta keep my studs level and true - the bathroom project progresses, and yesterday I began the process of moving in to my new space~!
57. APB senders : PDs - All Points Bulletin, and Police Departments
59. Half a bray : HEE - did you try the other half, HAW~??
4. Bill's "Groundhog Day" co-star : ANDIE - Murray & MacDowell
5. "That's __" : LIFE
6. Subject of the 2013 documentary subtitled "Speaking Truth to Power" : ANITA HILL - the other proper name that got me
7. Slot in a car: Abbr. : IGNition - took too long to figure out
9. Writer of really old stories? : AUEL - did not know her; I do recall the title "Clan of the Cave Bear". I just read The Golden Compass, and now I am on to book II; side note, two stars from the movie also appeared in Casino Royale
10. Throat trouble : STREP
11. Increases : UPs -OK, I shall up this week's leg picture, by request, to a non-skinny, "gams with meat" girl
Charlotte~!
12. Not anymore : NO LONGER
13. Frustrating sequence : PHONE TAG
14. Blue forecast : CLEAR SKY
21. "The Big Easy" of golf : ELS - good WAG
25. Eastern royals : RANEES
27. Winter X Games host : ASPEN - I was not sure if this was the "X" games, or the tenth Olympic games - which, as I looked later, were held in Grenoble, France, 1968
29. Approved : OK'D - OKed, IDed/ID'd, I sometimes wonder which one is "OK"
30. Outcome : RESULT
32. Charmer's target : SNAKE - snake charmer
33. Take back : REPOSSESS
35. Strategy involving a cushion : BANK SHOT - ah, billiard table cushions
37. Opens at the warehouse : UNCRATES
38. Confrontational start : NON - non-confrontational
42. Met : SAT
44. Legislation opposed by the Sons of Liberty : TEA ACT
45. Burden : SADDLE - I got "saddled" with sorting this week at UPS, so that a trainee could work my assignment; I think he should have been trained before this holiday week. I am just glad to have reached my first three-day weekend of the year - but now we're into Cidiot Season....
46. Slight chance : PRAYER
48. Org. founded on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth : NAACP - seems fitting
50. Sportscaster Musburger : BRENT
53. More, in ads : X-TRA
55. In alignment : TRUE - gotta keep my studs level and true - the bathroom project progresses, and yesterday I began the process of moving in to my new space~!
57. APB senders : PDs - All Points Bulletin, and Police Departments
59. Half a bray : HEE - did you try the other half, HAW~??
Splynter
