Monday, October 16, 2017 ~ Frank Virzi

Theme: Splitter - Start the answer with the first part of the target word and end the answer with the last part.

17. Source of valuable metal: GOLD MINE

25. Early record player: GRAMOPHONE

37. Beatles song used as wake-up music on the last Space Shuttle mission: GOOD DAY SUNSHINE. Paul McCartney - Good Day Sunshine(2:05) The Beatles version unavailable.

45. Revolving blade sharpener: GRIND STONE

58. Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents: LONG GONE

Argumentative style here. And for the sake of argument, this seems like a C.C. puzzle. The split is GO-NE or G-ONE, alternating. The circles seem superfluous.

Across:

1. Baseball putout, often: TAG

4. Digital readouts, for short: LCDs. (liquid crystal display)

8. No more than: AT MOST

14. 401(k) kin: Abbr.: IRA. (individual retirement account)

15. Settled on a rail: ALIT. Hope it's a fence rail and not a train rail.

16. Abs exercise: CRUNCH

19. Holy __: brat: TERROR

20. Isaac's eldest: ESAU

21. Golden State wine region: NAPA. Devastated.

23. One World Trade Center topper: SPIRE

24. Sales team: REPS

27. Give it __: make an effort: A TRY

29. Work's opposite: PLAY

30. Fibber or Molly of old radio: MCGEE

32. Rationale: BASIS

34. Repair: FIX

40. Mariner's "Help!": SOS

41. Tear to pieces: RIPUP

42. Makes, as money: EARNS

43. "Buona __": Gino's "Good evening": SERA

44. Former trans-Atl. fliers: SSTs. (supersonic transport)

50. Thing to scratch: ITCH

53. Cut again, as grass: REMOW

54. Bring into the firm: HIRE

55. About 66.5 degrees, for the Arctic Circle: N LAT. (north latitude)

56. Musician Keys: ALICIA

60. Poland Spring competitor: DASANI. H²O

61. Words to Brutus: "ET TU?"

62. Dist. you can see: VIS. DISTance/VISibility, usually in miles. Important for pilots.

63. The "S" in GPS: SYSTEM. (Global Positioning System)

64. Pest-control brand: d-CON

65. Md. summer hrs.: EDT. (Eastern Daylight Time)

Down:

1. Striped big cat: TIGER

2. Got up: AROSE

3. Islands visited by Darwin: GALÁPAGOS

4. On the __: at large: LAM

5. Like Saran wrap: CLINGY

6. Bahraini money: DINAR

7. Assembly instructions start: STEP A

8. Put-on: ACT

9. Violates a "private property" sign: TRESPASSES

10. Brown played by Candice Bergen: MURPHY. (TV Series 1988–1998)

11. "Blame It __": 1984 film set in Brazil: ON RIO

12. Disdain: SCORN

13. Little pigs number: THREE

18. Looked for prints: DUSTED

22. Intensifies: AMPS UP. 11

26. Actress Lena: OLIN

28. 1967 Neil Diamond song title line preceding "Go to my head": "RED, RED, WINE"

30. British sports cars: MGs

31. Pigeon sound: COO

32. Less-traveled way: BYPATH

33. Sch. with a Phoenix campus: ASU. (Arizona State University) Most students are on the Tempe campus.

34. Grade school crush, often: FIRST LOVE

35. Quaint quarters: INN

36. Kisses, in romantic letters: X'es

38. Hoity-toity manners: AIRS

39. Detesting: HATING

43. Polar expedition vehicle: SNO-CAT

44. Taken care of: SEEN TO

45. Mortarboard tossers: GRADS

46. Race with batons: RELAY

47. "What'd __?": returning traveler's query: I MISS

48. Lubricated: OILED

49. Campus midshipmen's prog.: NROTC. (Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps)

51. Dog or coyote: CANID

52. Nuclear trial, briefly: H-TEST

57. "Ready, __, fire!": AIM

59. Staple or nail driver: GUN

Argyle

Notes from C.C.:

Happy Birthday to dear CrossEyedDave & Blue Hen! Thank you for the endless joy you've brought to our life, Dave! Thank you for the tasty food hacks you've brought to our blog as well, Blue Hen!

Sunday, October, 15, 2017, C.C. Burnikel

TITLE: EATS UP

Husker Gary here, reporting  on the Sunday Edition of Puzzles With C.C. Today our peerless leader has given us a nice gimmick where the circles you see below in the puzzle contain hidden EATS that are running UP the grid:

Her reveal is not in the puzzle but rather in the title of EATS UP. Clever and fun.

Here are the Theme Answers where I decided to picture the inclusive activity as I'm certain you're familiar with the EATS that I will put in black boxes:

3. Track activity, to Brits : MOTOR RACING

6. Lava : MOLTEN ROCK - Who would be stupid enough to run up MOLTEN ROCK? Wait a minute...

11. "Lucky Guy" was her last play : NORA EPHRON - Famous for her "Chick Flicks"

14. Minnesota's annual one is held in Falcon Heights : STATE FAIR - It's about an hour's drive south of C.C.'s house

38. Time-out at work : COFFEE BREAK - Even in France

72. Boston Marathon Expo display : RUNNING GEAR - How 'bout strobe lights for visibility? 

76. "Tsk tsk" : THATS A PITY - One option

78. Pet shelter's concern : ANIMAL CARE - Too much?

82. Topper made from the jipijapa (hee pee HAH puh) palm : PANAMA HAT - The leaves of the palm with this beautiful flower

Now let's feast on the rest of C.C.'s bounteous word banquet:

Across  

1. Octopus octet : ARMS

5. Pro-__: fundraisers : AMS - Hey if you're Matt Lauer and playing in a PRO-AM, you're pretty happy to get paired with Michelle Wei!

8. Looks over quickly : SCANS

13. "Hey, you!" : PSST

17. Backyard raft : POOL FLOAT

BORZOI

20. Russian wolfhound : BORZOI and 12. PBS "Science Kid" : SID made up my one bad cell as I went with a Y instead of the I. 

21. Jazz home : UTAH - NBA team

22. "Just kidding" : NOT REALLY

23. On deck : ABOARD

24. Pasta sauce brand : RAGU - Created by Alberto Alvisi, the cook for the Cardinal of Imola, in the late 18th century 

25. Pandora genre : EMO

26. Annoyed : NETTLED

28. The Heart of Dixie: Abbr. : ALA 

29. They have strings attached : KITES

30. Comparable to a beet : AS RED

32. Gave the once-over : EYED

33. Driver's reservation? : TEE TIME - Also a putter's reservation

35. Run the country : REIGN

37. CDs and LPs : REC'S - We don't have an LP player anymore but I think our CD player works

40. Like two peas in __ : A POD

41. Supplied in a comedy skit, as straight lines : FED - Nobody did it better than George

44. The Pac-12's Golden Bears : CAL

45. LAX abbr. : ARR

47. Pitch indicator : NOTE - Knowing the NOTE doesn't mean you can 79. Carry __: sing on pitch : A TUNE

49. Supply with fluid : HYDRATE 

51. Safari runners? : MACS - As you can see, I am using the Safari Browser to blog this puzzle on my MacBook Pro

52. The puck stops here : GOAL - It's dangerous and scary when they go into the stands

54. Reasons for missing school : FEVERS

56. Article in Der Spiegel : EINE

57. Pink Floyd label : EMI

58. Iridescent shell lining : NACRE (NAY ker) - It can be beautiful

59. Biceps, for one : FLEXOR - Each FLEXOR requires an extensor

60. Soho stroller : PRAM

61. Perfect __ : TENSE

63. "The Piano" actor : KEITEL

65. Like a locked bathroom : IN USE

67. "Mmm, delish!" : SO GOOD - Yeah, that's what I thought of first too!

69. Japan is in it : FAR EAST

71. Fire starters : SPARKS

75. Team up : UNITE

77. Brand for cold sores : ABREVA



80. Was visibly moved : WEPT - Shortest verse in the Bible

83. Begin successor : SHAMIR - Yitzahk SHAMIR

85. Harry's love : GINNY - Harry Potter's main squeeze

87. Negative link : NOR

88. "Dies __" : IRAE - A true vet of the crossword wars

89. Tell the teacher : TATTLE

90. Where the Indus flows : ASIA - From the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea 

91. Org. for the Sky, the Stars and the Sun : WNBA

92. Went wild : RAN RIOT - New to me but makes sense



94. Sign of approval : SEAL - The siding on my house has this famous SEAL of approval

96. Chum, in Cherbourg : AMI

97. __ Majesty : HIS

98. Pueblo pronoun : ESA

99. -ish, after a number : OR SO 


101. Old theaters : RKOS - It appears a lot of sailors are at the RKO in Rochester, NY in 1964 to see Ensign Pulver

103. Firing offense? : ARSON

105. Big Sky Brewing Company home : MONTANA - I wonder if our blogger Montana has had a Big Sky product during the drought up there

108. PC key used in combinations : CTRL - I was wearing out CTRL+ALT +DEL when was was using PC products

110. Zoo keepers : CAGES

113. Lasting marks : SCARS - Some are not visible

115. Bench for a flock : PEW

116. "Casablanca" setting : MOROCCO - This is how Bogie could seem as tall as Ingrid Bergman in that setting

118. Kaplan Test Prep focus: Abbr. : GRE - Graduate Record Exam

119. "Funny joke!" : HA HA

120. Loud insect : CICADA - We have had a noisy fall with them






122. Flat across the pond? : APARTMENT - 

125. Classic game consoles : ATARIS - Pong was very addictive when it came out

126. "This looks bad for us!" : WE'RE TOAST

127. Shelter adoptees : PETS - Our Lily's former home

128. Heat-resistant glass : PYREX

129. Drops at dawn : DEW

130. "Symphony in Black" artist : ERTE  - Said to be his most famous painting and the one most indicative of his style. Yeah, I knew that! 😏


Down

1. Temporary lack of inspiration? : APNEA - C.C. at her clever best! Inspiration here, of course, means breathing in

2. Shangri-La offerings : ROOMS

4. 35mm camera type : SLR

5. Wings, in zoology : ALAE - Plural of ALA (wing)

7. Like miso, typically : SALTY

8. Cry out loud : SOB

9. Many a University of Zagreb student : CROAT

10. Augusta National shrub : AZALEA - The AZALEAS at Augusta tell you spring is here!

13. Holiday in the month of Adar : PURIM

15. Guru : SAGE - Here's one (see the subtitle) that has a house 30 min. from me

16. As a result : THUS - Sic Semper Tyrannis (THUS always to tyrants)

18. Luxury handbag : FENDI - I know C.C. likes nice purses

19. President between Harrison and Polk : TYLER - He became president when Tippecanoe (William Henry Harrison) died a month into the office

20. Spoiled : BAD

27. Adam's garden : EDEN

29. Captain of the Adventure Galley : KIDD - Captain KIDD's boat was called the Adventure Galley or simply the Adventure

31. Sushi fish : EELS

34. Former FAO Schwarz parent : TOYS R US

36. Lady of pop : GAGA

39. Outstanding : STELLAR - There's this lady in Minneapolis who is a STELLAR puzzle constructor 

42. Sicilian hot spot : ETNA

43. View as : DEEM


44. Engraved jewelry item : CAMEO which is an  124. 44-Down shape : OVAL

46. Perfect game, e.g. : RARE FEAT - Baseball fans will immediately think of Don Larsen in 1956

48. Adam's love : EVE

50. Run over : REPEAT

51. Team covered at amazinavenue.com : METS - It's been a while since the METS have been amazin' 

53. Princess with a twin brother : LEIA

55. Permit to leave : EXIT VISA

58. Night light : NEON

62. Sotomayor replaced him : SOUTER - There's an ideological struggle rather than a legal one when replacements are named 


64. Mobile home : TRAILER - This would seem to be a tough city in which to sell mobile homes

66. Fix, as a pet : SPAY

68. Twist : DISTORT

70. Genesis creator : SEGA

73. Drawer openers : KNOBS

74. Toxin fighters : SERA

80. Finish line : WIRE

81. Mound stats : ERAS

84. K2 and Hood: Abbr. : MTS

86. Wax Ready-Strips maker : NAIR

91. "Easy there!" : WHOA

93. Charged bits : IONS

95. Bonkers : LOCO

100. Garage capacity : ONE CAR - Barely...

102. Juice bar freebie : STRAW

104. "Dilbert" creator Adams : SCOTT

106. Doctoral hurdles : ORALS

107. In the know : AWARE

109. Drew (in) : ROPED - I don't think I could be ROPED into buying the painting below

111. Max of Dadaism : ERNST - He and ERTE were only one year apart in age but their art seemed far apart

112. Sicilian seven : SETTE

113. Hit the mall : SHOP

114. Way into the mountain : CAVE

116. More, to Miguel : MAS - After being taunted by Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran reportedly said NO MAS and quit

117. Backstage staff : CREW

120. Limit : CAP

121. Fort in New Jersey : DIX - One M*A*S*H episode had all the crew pose for a picture to try to convince Klinger's mother that he was at Fort Dix not Korea 

123. Toon bartender Szyslak : MOE

After you ATE UP C.C.'s puzzle, let's hear your savory comments: