Theme: FORE . (71. Links warning, and a prefix with the second word of the answers to starred clues). When I play golf, and there are too many very slow players in front, I might just take a shot at one, but I always yell the warning.
Good morning, boys and girls and trolls; how many were expecting a green puzzle today? Heaven FOREFEND such a concept. We do however, get the clever mind of Mike Peluso who gave us the wonderful President’s puzzle last month.
Welcome to wacky Wednesday with your guest blogger Lemonade 714.
I really enjoyed doing this puzzle, and now know how hard C.C., Argyle and all of the others who have sat in this place, work to entertain.
We begin:
17. *"Unbelievable!": OUTTA SIGHT . Hmm, okay out of sight, meaning amazing. A good Maynard G. Krebs word; he introduced the transistor radio to the world. Good thing this is a CROSS WORD puzzle. FORESIGHT. Which if I had any, would have told me there would be no St. Patrick here today.
25. *Knitting aid, in a way: PLASTER CAST . Now this clue I love, as who would think about bones knitting together. Great misdirection. FORECAST, what the weathermen do daily.
37. *Office component: MICROSOFT WORD . Another nice curve, as this is but one part of the MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE. Most old lawyers still use Word Perfect, but we are in the minority. FOREWORD, the writing before a book, not to be confused with FOREWARD, like our own dear Lois.
52. *Legendary archer: WILLIAM TELL . Always was the apple of my eye, and I really like his intro music by Rossini.
FORETELL, another look into the future.
61. *Cartoon beeper: ROAD RUNNER and of course my favorite, Wile E. Coyote, his nemesis, and another hero of mine. He never gives up.
FORERUNNER, not to be confused with 4Runner .
And our bonus word, for ones who look into the future, 70. Oracles: SEERS. Mr. Peluso did, perhaps wisely, leave out FORESKIN.
Across:
1. Repairs with thread: SEWS . Okay, nice simple beginning to get the juices flowing.
5. Burning: AFIRE , 43. Like angry bees: ASWARM , 57. Each: APIECE . Well we all have our favorites and not so….
10. Part of C.W. Post: Abbr.: INIT this refers to the Initials, C. W.
14. BCS org.: NCAA March Madness started tonight, good job Arkansas Pine Bluff, another example of not quitting, as the Golden Lions lost their first 11 games this year.
15. Tot watchers' nicknames: NANAS . I called one of mine Mimi, and the other- her.
16. Muscle quality: Tone. Well, do you like them Big or Small ?
19. Radio toggle switch: AM FM . What about satellite?
20. What you can't have success without?: ESSESS you could not spell it any other way.
21. Abate: EASE UP .
23. La Mediterranean e.g. : MER , our first French lesson of the day, meaning SEA, which led me to: 56. Evian for one: and of course I wanted EAU, which means water, but the perps told me it was: SPA .
28. "Born Free" lioness: ELSA , and I always get this PICTURE in my mind.
30. Record book: LOG, Captain’s LOG Stardate 124.8; yes I am a trekkie.
31. Evaluates: RATES .
32. Adopt, as a stray: TAKES IN . Is that how most of you got your kitties?
35. Cosmetic surgery, for short: LIPO . Maybe if I move my tummy, to my ass….
42. R.E.M.'s "The __ Love": ONE I. The band is originally from Georgia .
45. Highway with a terminus at Dawson Creek, British Columbia: ALCAN .
49. Night sch. course: ESL . We see that a lot in Florida.
51. Give off: EMIT .
58. Japanese-American: NISEI .
60. Almond __: crunchy candy: ROCA . Yummy.
66. Reactions to no-brainers: DUHS .
67. "Coffee __?": OR TEA . Or me?.
68. Nevada neighbor: : UTAH , we have seen this state often, recently.
69. Renege on a dele?: STET . What a great new clue, for some crosswordese, with a pun on DEAL to boot! Love it,
Down:
1. __-Cat: SNO Isn’t THIS what you wanted this winter Dennis?
2. Old French coin: back to our French lesson, but instead of old standby SOU, we have ECU .
3. Wakeboard relative: WATER SKI .
4. Exams for srs. SATS .
5. Yosemite photographer Adams : ANSEL a great EYE .
6. '60s-'70s Saudi king: FAISAL . Our government loved him because he hated communists.
7. Having one sharp, musically: IN G , I defer to one sharp himself, BUMPA.
8. Cry of support: RAH .
9. Competitor of Helena and Coco: ESTEE. Okay, we may be sick of the woman, but this is wonderful new way to get all those lovely EEs in the puzzle.
10. Mississippi River source: ITASCA a real gimme for our Minnie friends, C.C. and Lo-li-ta and others.
11. Vegan's credo: NO MEAT I promised Dennis, I would not go there.
12. Add, as if by pouring : INFUSE.
13. Plays the siren : TEMPTS . Did you all see the movie SIRENS with ELLE that is temptation with a capital T.
18. Cleopatra's undoing: she made an ASP of herself.
22. Equipment for 52-Across: ARROWS or for GREEN ARROW.
23. Came across: MET, like ran into.
24. Jack of Westerns: ELAM proving you have to be pretty to be in movies.
26. Recital performer: SOLOIST.
27. Pre-weekend "Phew!" : TGIF.
29. Cold War agcy. : AEC our friends at the Atomic Energy Commission
33. Like some unexpected endings: IRONIC.
34. Lille denial: NON back to French class, this is a city in Northern France.
36. Home-school link: Abbr. : PTA tricked you, nothing to do with home schooling.
38. Appear to be: SEEM
39. Have debts: OWE .
40. Collides with: RAMS INTO THIS .
41. Leak: DRIP .
44. Beantown transit syst. : MTA made famous by the Kingston Trio.
45. Oscars and such: AWARDS .
46. Curl around the edge of the hole without going in, in golf: LIP OUT which reminds me, Tiger will play the Masters.
47. Stale expression: CLICHÉ .
48. Blue Jays' div. : AL EAST spelled out for once.
50. Bank, often: LENDER As Polonious said, never a borrower nor a lender be.
53. Houston hockey team: AEROS why do they have hockey there?
54. Turkish money: LIRAS.
55. Sch. with a Shreveport campus: LSU part of the spawning of NICK SATAN.
59. Ample, slangily: ENUF It is real .
62. Pay dirt: ORE love this simple clue.
63. Had: ATE Did Mr. Peluso's Wednesday eat you alive?.
64. Auditory organ: EAR . Well, I am ‘ear today, gone tomorrow, thanks for having me.
65. Scoreboard letters: RHE Runs, did I score? Hits, any you liked? Errors, I know I am not perfect, so it is all good. My best to each and everyone of you. Even, well I am outta here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Bread and Butter, Toast and Jam
I have no clue as to a theme: I wanted “Spread Em” until 65 ruined it, maybe in honor of the Oscars, “ROLL EM”
17. Sweet toast topper: STRAWBERRY JELLY
29. Fruity bread topper: APPLE BUTTER
50. "Schmeared" bagel topper: CREAM CHEESE
65. Waist woe (caused, perhaps, by overindulgence in 17-, 29- and 50-Across): MIDDLE AGE SPREAD.
A slightly different theme and puzzle for a Tuesday, with many new clues and some interesting fill. I found it a bit more challenging than the past few Tuesdays, though missing some of the humor of our recent constructors.
Across
1. Silently understood: TACIT, like many marital understandings.
6. "Dear" advice giver: ABBY, remarkable she and ANN LANDERS were TWINS .
10. Clock sound: TICK, or TOCK.
14. "Well done!": BRAVO, or a television network, home of TOP CHEF one of my favorites with the delightful PADMA .
15. Early Yucatan dweller: MAYA, I wanted Mayan, but it would not fit.
16. Nebraska tribe: OTOE, a good crossword tribe.
20. "No __, no gain": PAIN, perhaps coined by our friend the MARQUIS .
21. Cancel: UNDO, computer speak taking over our language?
22. Book of maps: ATLAS.
23. Peace and quiet: CALM. Do you like this one, I know it is correct, but…
25. __-shanter: Scottish cap: TAM O’, you do not see the whole name often.
27. State with 13-Down: Abbr.: FLA, home sweet home, and a nice vacation for Dennis.
35. Inform (on): RAT.
36. Group of bits, in computer storage: BYTE, more computer info, HOW IT WORKS .
37. Other half, so to speak: SPOUSE, the better half? GAH, what do you think?
38. Be next to: ABUT, easy to remember, who is your Favorite .
40. Wood-dressing tool: ADZ. We have had this tool . a few times.
42. Init. response team: EMTS.
43. Complaint of "the weary:" NO REST, also for the WICKED.
46. Kick into a net: GOAL. A slight variation on tense, nice misdirection.
49. Quilting party: BEE, always nice to see a reference for our MELISSA.
52. Wimbledon do-over: LET. Does anyone not know this Tennis tournament?
53. Made the scene: CAME. No chance, not from me….
54. Terse order to a chauffeur: HOME, James!
56. Model of excellence: IDEAL, also a toy company.
59. Assign stars to: RATE, who is your favorite movie critic?
62. Leadership org. for females” YWCA .
68. Hang in the balance: PEND, pretty dramatic clue.
69. Schedule opening: SLOT. Last week cars, this week schedules.
70. Without letup: ON END, not my choice, but CORRECT .
71. Hang around: STAY, such a good boy REMUS.
72. Move cautiously: EDGE.
73. Enjoys a kiddie pool: WADES.
Down
1. 1/16 of a cup: Abbr.: TBSP. did not know this.
2. Greek city on its own gulf: ARTA, gee did not know this either, good thing the acrosses were easy.
3. Politician in a political cartoon, e.g.: CARICATURE, READ EM AND LAUGH .
4. A former Mrs. Trump: IVANA.
5. Garage service: TOW, I had a flat tire last Friday, right next to the car repair shop, but it was closed, close but no cigar.
6. Word of agreement: AMEN. I like this simple clue.
7. The __ of Avon: BARD. Our boy Will Shakespeare.
8. Boring way to learn: BY ROTE. KYLE? .
9. "Whoopee!": YAY.
10. Direct, as a confrontation: TOE TO TOE. ALI FRAZIER .
11. "__ cost you!": IT’LL. Hey they can’t all be golden.
12. Bubbly drink: COLA.
13. Largo, West, et al.: KEYS also knows as CAYS.
18. Like roads with many potholes: BUMPY.
19. Copier problem: JAM UP, I love this crossing with JELLY!!!!
24. Chem room: LAB. Rhymes with…
26. "Washboard" muscles: ABS
27. Old Cannes cash: FRANC.
28. Repair bill line: parts and LABOR.
30. School support org. PTA.
31. Rock climber's stop: LEDGE, if they are lucky.
32. Windblown desert plant: TUMBLEWEED,
33. Cosmetician Lauder: real crossword, staple, ESTEE.
34. Odometer button: RESET.
39. Container at an afternoon service, maybe: TEA CADDY.
41. Playwright Akins: I am not familiar with ZOE .
44. Lowercase: SMALL. Again, so simple, it was tricky.
45. Cable sta. for old films: TCM. Ted Turner’s baby, where he wanted to colorize the past.
47. Hibachi residue: ASHES. We have seen so many cute clues for this, my favorite being CAMEL DROPPINGS.
48. Summer sign: LEO, cute a little Zodiac info.
51. Proclaim: HERALD.
55. Loy of "The Thin Man": MYRNA .
56. Mischievous tykes: IMPS.
57. Try to reduce 65-Across: a bonus fill (or not filling?) DIET.
58. Ferber or Best. EDNA.
60. Popeyed: AGOG. Do we all remember Webster Lake from last year, also known as Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
61. Place for a beret: TETE, for our French lesson today…
63. Sugar source: CANE.
64. Puts two and two together?: ADDS
66. Language suffix: LSE.
67. Sock-in-the-jaw sound” POW.
17. Sweet toast topper: STRAWBERRY JELLY
29. Fruity bread topper: APPLE BUTTER
50. "Schmeared" bagel topper: CREAM CHEESE
65. Waist woe (caused, perhaps, by overindulgence in 17-, 29- and 50-Across): MIDDLE AGE SPREAD.
A slightly different theme and puzzle for a Tuesday, with many new clues and some interesting fill. I found it a bit more challenging than the past few Tuesdays, though missing some of the humor of our recent constructors.
Across
1. Silently understood: TACIT, like many marital understandings.
6. "Dear" advice giver: ABBY, remarkable she and ANN LANDERS were TWINS .
10. Clock sound: TICK, or TOCK.
14. "Well done!": BRAVO, or a television network, home of TOP CHEF one of my favorites with the delightful PADMA .
15. Early Yucatan dweller: MAYA, I wanted Mayan, but it would not fit.
16. Nebraska tribe: OTOE, a good crossword tribe.
20. "No __, no gain": PAIN, perhaps coined by our friend the MARQUIS .
21. Cancel: UNDO, computer speak taking over our language?
22. Book of maps: ATLAS.
23. Peace and quiet: CALM. Do you like this one, I know it is correct, but…
25. __-shanter: Scottish cap: TAM O’, you do not see the whole name often.
27. State with 13-Down: Abbr.: FLA, home sweet home, and a nice vacation for Dennis.
35. Inform (on): RAT.
36. Group of bits, in computer storage: BYTE, more computer info, HOW IT WORKS .
37. Other half, so to speak: SPOUSE, the better half? GAH, what do you think?
38. Be next to: ABUT, easy to remember, who is your Favorite .
40. Wood-dressing tool: ADZ. We have had this tool . a few times.
42. Init. response team: EMTS.
43. Complaint of "the weary:" NO REST, also for the WICKED.
46. Kick into a net: GOAL. A slight variation on tense, nice misdirection.
49. Quilting party: BEE, always nice to see a reference for our MELISSA.
52. Wimbledon do-over: LET. Does anyone not know this Tennis tournament?
53. Made the scene: CAME. No chance, not from me….
54. Terse order to a chauffeur: HOME, James!
56. Model of excellence: IDEAL, also a toy company.
59. Assign stars to: RATE, who is your favorite movie critic?
62. Leadership org. for females” YWCA .
68. Hang in the balance: PEND, pretty dramatic clue.
69. Schedule opening: SLOT. Last week cars, this week schedules.
70. Without letup: ON END, not my choice, but CORRECT .
71. Hang around: STAY, such a good boy REMUS.
72. Move cautiously: EDGE.
73. Enjoys a kiddie pool: WADES.
Down
1. 1/16 of a cup: Abbr.: TBSP. did not know this.
2. Greek city on its own gulf: ARTA, gee did not know this either, good thing the acrosses were easy.
3. Politician in a political cartoon, e.g.: CARICATURE, READ EM AND LAUGH .
4. A former Mrs. Trump: IVANA.
5. Garage service: TOW, I had a flat tire last Friday, right next to the car repair shop, but it was closed, close but no cigar.
6. Word of agreement: AMEN. I like this simple clue.
7. The __ of Avon: BARD. Our boy Will Shakespeare.
8. Boring way to learn: BY ROTE. KYLE? .
9. "Whoopee!": YAY.
10. Direct, as a confrontation: TOE TO TOE. ALI FRAZIER .
11. "__ cost you!": IT’LL. Hey they can’t all be golden.
12. Bubbly drink: COLA.
13. Largo, West, et al.: KEYS also knows as CAYS.
18. Like roads with many potholes: BUMPY.
19. Copier problem: JAM UP, I love this crossing with JELLY!!!!
24. Chem room: LAB. Rhymes with…
26. "Washboard" muscles: ABS
27. Old Cannes cash: FRANC.
28. Repair bill line: parts and LABOR.
30. School support org. PTA.
31. Rock climber's stop: LEDGE, if they are lucky.
32. Windblown desert plant: TUMBLEWEED,
33. Cosmetician Lauder: real crossword, staple, ESTEE.
34. Odometer button: RESET.
39. Container at an afternoon service, maybe: TEA CADDY.
41. Playwright Akins: I am not familiar with ZOE .
44. Lowercase: SMALL. Again, so simple, it was tricky.
45. Cable sta. for old films: TCM. Ted Turner’s baby, where he wanted to colorize the past.
47. Hibachi residue: ASHES. We have seen so many cute clues for this, my favorite being CAMEL DROPPINGS.
48. Summer sign: LEO, cute a little Zodiac info.
51. Proclaim: HERALD.
55. Loy of "The Thin Man": MYRNA .
56. Mischievous tykes: IMPS.
57. Try to reduce 65-Across: a bonus fill (or not filling?) DIET.
58. Ferber or Best. EDNA.
60. Popeyed: AGOG. Do we all remember Webster Lake from last year, also known as Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
61. Place for a beret: TETE, for our French lesson today…
63. Sugar source: CANE.
64. Puts two and two together?: ADDS
66. Language suffix: LSE.
67. Sock-in-the-jaw sound” POW.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
version 2
The AYES have it; all the theme answers end in the same sound. Well, a very quick Wednesday, with the theme being a sound alike.
17A. Fibs: LITTLE WHITE LIES
25A. Seductive peepers: BEDROOM EYES. On so many levels BEDROOM EYES are a wonderful thing, appreciated by both MEN and WOMEN .
45A. Like large cereal boxes. Isn’t amazing how manufacturer keep reducing the size of products (Ice Cream no longer come in ½ gallons) but keeps the price the same, thinking we are too stupid to know they are actually raising the price. Here in Florida, it is the law, the store has to put the per ounce price for consumers to see.
57. 1963 Elvis hit with the lyrics "You look like an angel ... but I got wise": DEVIL IN DISGUISE. This SONG is from the days when Elvis was young and hot.
ACROSS:
1. Hit bottom?: SIDE B. I loved this new take on an old fill, and a great way to start a Wednesday with a little misdirection.
6. Irritate: MIFF. Any word with two “F”s is also a fun start.
10. Excessive elbow-benders: We have seen a lot of SOTS lately.
14. Put down: ABASE, an old fashioned word, not to be confused with ABASH.
15. Sandy color: ECRU, we could have our NEHRU in ECRU.
16. World's largest furniture retailer: IKEA, if you have not been, it is an adventure to go to a furniture store, which also FEEDS YOU .
20. Author LeShan: EDA, she was quite outspoken on behalf of children but she has become most famous in crossword puzzles.
21. "Bad" cholesterol letters: LDL. I will leave the discussion of Low Density Lipoproteins to our scientists, or our whirly nurse.
22. Scrooge creator: DICKENS, this well respected, but sometimes tedious author is not related to our idiom, he scared the Dickens out of me.
23. The first film it aired was "Gone with the Wind": TCM. Another of Ted Turner’s major coups.
24. Inauguration Day events: GALAS.
29. Barnyard sound: MAA, we have had this often, and it obviously is just trying to get the BAA from us all.
32. A car with this is often easier to resell” ONE OWNER, I wonder why? Unless it was the LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA .
33. What quibblers split: HAIRS, or sometime a six-pack of Blue Moon.
35. Asian on the Enterprise bridge: SULU, aren’t we all up on our SAR TREK characters yet? I love George Takei on Heroes .
36. Deadens: DAMPS, well that almost put a damper on my finishing.
39. Spanish hand: MANO.
40. Seagoing mil. training group: NROTC.
42. Montgomery native: ALABAMAN, while not a native, the current home of my least favorite coach, NICK SATAN .
44. His, to Henri: SES, must get our French lesson in.
48. Online suffix with Net: SCAPE, gone and forgotten.
49. Some dashes: ENS. No idea, but it filled.
50. Like test papers awaiting grading: IN A PILE.
53. __ chi ch'uan: TAI , is a very important part of health in the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
54. Swell, slangily: FAB, as in the The Beatles .
60. Leave out: OMIT, I was tempted to leave this blank as an internal irony, but….
61. Signaled backstage, perhaps: CUED.
62. "The Da Vinci Code" star: HANKS; Tom needs a good role, after a few duds, or is it just me?
63. Shake, as a police tail: LOSE, this is a most complicated way to get there; why a Police Tail?
64. TV's tiny Taylor: OPIE, I LOVED this new TWIST, an old Crossword fill.
65. Typical O. Henry ending: TWIST, ooo how coincidental…
DOWN:
1. Black Friday store event: SALE.
2. Term paper abbr.: IBID, which is abbreviated in legal papers as Id.
3. Excel input: DATA, which echoes our recent GIGO, Garbage in, Garbage OUT.
4. Part of i.e.: Speaking of echoes, ID EST.
5. Easily heard herd leader: I grew up near many dairy farms, and used to watch the herd parade, led by the BELL COW though I never thought of the term.
6. Feeble cry: MEWL, our new word of the month, I guess.
7. German "I": ICH, if you do not know the work of Eddie Izzard a funny, ‘executive transvestitie.’
8. "Dragnet" sergeant: FRIDAY, gee we have Jack Webb, and Robinson Crusoe, and a place for lunch.
9. Useless: FUTILE, like being risqué, do not fight it, Lois, carol and Lo-li-ta, it is…
10. Jockey's wear: SILKS perhaps not what was intended, but…
11. Steinbeck migrant: OKIE.
12. Suffix with four, six, seven and nine: TEEN, CANDLES .
13. Say freshly: SASS, our favorite is back!
18. __ Dante the Count of Monte Cristo: EDMOND, did we like the version with JIM CAVIEZEL ?
19. PayPal "currency: ECASH.
23. Brook fish: TROUT.
24. On point: GERMANE, what a nice word for a Wednesday/
25. Cap'ns' subordinates: BOSNS, a bizarre but acceptable abbreviation for BOATSWAIN.
26. Make used (to): ENURE, another favorite of lawyers.
27. Apollo's birthplace, in Greek myth: DELOS.
28. __ culpa : MEA, I have pleaded this here many times.
29. Home of the Hurricanes: MIAMI, the U.
30. Cuban-born TV producer” ARNAZ, is there any other than DESI?
31. United: AS ONE, our obligatory weird looking word, because it is two words.
34. Pile up: AMASS, as in a fortune, noit a rush hour crash.
37. Mideast political gp.: PLO, not in the news much theses days.
38. No different from, with "the": SAME AS, oops, another one.
41. De Beers founder Rhodes: CECIL. I prefer the seasick sea serpent .
43. When "They Drive," in a 1940 Raft/Bogart film: BY NIGHT, Not familiar with the movie THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT but since I have a truck driving BIL, and it has Bogart, I will have to watch it.
46. Cat of many colors: CALICO
47. Demand from a door pounder: OPEN UP, now I think it is the time for the Police.
48. Vindictiveness: SPITE, just for spite, I had nothing funny come to mind.
50. Superstar: IDOL, like Simon Cowell?
51. Pixar clownfish: NEMO
52. Alamo competitor: AVIS
53. Ocean motion: TIDE, which along with FAB, are the detergents of my youth.
54. Done, to Dumas: FINIS,another ECHO from the Count
55. Questions: ASKS, so simple it was tricky.
56. "__ in Show": BEST, one of the many silly movies from Christopher Guest.
58. __ gratia: by the grace of God: DEI, good old Latin.
59. Mich.-based labor group: UAW, did they destroy General Motors?
17A. Fibs: LITTLE WHITE LIES
25A. Seductive peepers: BEDROOM EYES. On so many levels BEDROOM EYES are a wonderful thing, appreciated by both MEN and WOMEN .
45A. Like large cereal boxes. Isn’t amazing how manufacturer keep reducing the size of products (Ice Cream no longer come in ½ gallons) but keeps the price the same, thinking we are too stupid to know they are actually raising the price. Here in Florida, it is the law, the store has to put the per ounce price for consumers to see.
57. 1963 Elvis hit with the lyrics "You look like an angel ... but I got wise": DEVIL IN DISGUISE. This SONG is from the days when Elvis was young and hot.
ACROSS:
1. Hit bottom?: SIDE B. I loved this new take on an old fill, and a great way to start a Wednesday with a little misdirection.
6. Irritate: MIFF. Any word with two “F”s is also a fun start.
10. Excessive elbow-benders: We have seen a lot of SOTS lately.
14. Put down: ABASE, an old fashioned word, not to be confused with ABASH.
15. Sandy color: ECRU, we could have our NEHRU in ECRU.
16. World's largest furniture retailer: IKEA, if you have not been, it is an adventure to go to a furniture store, which also FEEDS YOU .
20. Author LeShan: EDA, she was quite outspoken on behalf of children but she has become most famous in crossword puzzles.
21. "Bad" cholesterol letters: LDL. I will leave the discussion of Low Density Lipoproteins to our scientists, or our whirly nurse.
22. Scrooge creator: DICKENS, this well respected, but sometimes tedious author is not related to our idiom, he scared the Dickens out of me.
23. The first film it aired was "Gone with the Wind": TCM. Another of Ted Turner’s major coups.
24. Inauguration Day events: GALAS.
29. Barnyard sound: MAA, we have had this often, and it obviously is just trying to get the BAA from us all.
32. A car with this is often easier to resell” ONE OWNER, I wonder why? Unless it was the LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA .
33. What quibblers split: HAIRS, or sometime a six-pack of Blue Moon.
35. Asian on the Enterprise bridge: SULU, aren’t we all up on our SAR TREK characters yet? I love George Takei on Heroes .
36. Deadens: DAMPS, well that almost put a damper on my finishing.
39. Spanish hand: MANO.
40. Seagoing mil. training group: NROTC.
42. Montgomery native: ALABAMAN, while not a native, the current home of my least favorite coach, NICK SATAN .
44. His, to Henri: SES, must get our French lesson in.
48. Online suffix with Net: SCAPE, gone and forgotten.
49. Some dashes: ENS. No idea, but it filled.
50. Like test papers awaiting grading: IN A PILE.
53. __ chi ch'uan: TAI , is a very important part of health in the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
54. Swell, slangily: FAB, as in the The Beatles .
60. Leave out: OMIT, I was tempted to leave this blank as an internal irony, but….
61. Signaled backstage, perhaps: CUED.
62. "The Da Vinci Code" star: HANKS; Tom needs a good role, after a few duds, or is it just me?
63. Shake, as a police tail: LOSE, this is a most complicated way to get there; why a Police Tail?
64. TV's tiny Taylor: OPIE, I LOVED this new TWIST, an old Crossword fill.
65. Typical O. Henry ending: TWIST, ooo how coincidental…
DOWN:
1. Black Friday store event: SALE.
2. Term paper abbr.: IBID, which is abbreviated in legal papers as Id.
3. Excel input: DATA, which echoes our recent GIGO, Garbage in, Garbage OUT.
4. Part of i.e.: Speaking of echoes, ID EST.
5. Easily heard herd leader: I grew up near many dairy farms, and used to watch the herd parade, led by the BELL COW though I never thought of the term.
6. Feeble cry: MEWL, our new word of the month, I guess.
7. German "I": ICH, if you do not know the work of Eddie Izzard a funny, ‘executive transvestitie.’
8. "Dragnet" sergeant: FRIDAY, gee we have Jack Webb, and Robinson Crusoe, and a place for lunch.
9. Useless: FUTILE, like being risqué, do not fight it, Lois, carol and Lo-li-ta, it is…
10. Jockey's wear: SILKS perhaps not what was intended, but…
11. Steinbeck migrant: OKIE.
12. Suffix with four, six, seven and nine: TEEN, CANDLES .
13. Say freshly: SASS, our favorite is back!
18. __ Dante the Count of Monte Cristo: EDMOND, did we like the version with JIM CAVIEZEL ?
19. PayPal "currency: ECASH.
23. Brook fish: TROUT.
24. On point: GERMANE, what a nice word for a Wednesday/
25. Cap'ns' subordinates: BOSNS, a bizarre but acceptable abbreviation for BOATSWAIN.
26. Make used (to): ENURE, another favorite of lawyers.
27. Apollo's birthplace, in Greek myth: DELOS.
28. __ culpa : MEA, I have pleaded this here many times.
29. Home of the Hurricanes: MIAMI, the U.
30. Cuban-born TV producer” ARNAZ, is there any other than DESI?
31. United: AS ONE, our obligatory weird looking word, because it is two words.
34. Pile up: AMASS, as in a fortune, noit a rush hour crash.
37. Mideast political gp.: PLO, not in the news much theses days.
38. No different from, with "the": SAME AS, oops, another one.
41. De Beers founder Rhodes: CECIL. I prefer the seasick sea serpent .
43. When "They Drive," in a 1940 Raft/Bogart film: BY NIGHT, Not familiar with the movie THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT but since I have a truck driving BIL, and it has Bogart, I will have to watch it.
46. Cat of many colors: CALICO
47. Demand from a door pounder: OPEN UP, now I think it is the time for the Police.
48. Vindictiveness: SPITE, just for spite, I had nothing funny come to mind.
50. Superstar: IDOL, like Simon Cowell?
51. Pixar clownfish: NEMO
52. Alamo competitor: AVIS
53. Ocean motion: TIDE, which along with FAB, are the detergents of my youth.
54. Done, to Dumas: FINIS,another ECHO from the Count
55. Questions: ASKS, so simple it was tricky.
56. "__ in Show": BEST, one of the many silly movies from Christopher Guest.
58. __ gratia: by the grace of God: DEI, good old Latin.
59. Mich.-based labor group: UAW, did they destroy General Motors?
March 3, 2010 LA Times
The AYES have it, all the theme answers end in the same sound. Well, a very quick Wednesday, with the theme being a sound alike.
17A. Fibs: LITTLE WHITE LIES
25A. Seductive peepers: BEDROOM EYES. On so many levels BEDROOM EYES are a wonderful thing, appreciated by both MEN and WOMEN .
45A. Like large cereal boxes. Isn’t amazing how manufacturer keep reducing the size of products (Ice Cream no longer come in ½ gallons) but keeps the price the same, thinking we are too stupid to know they are actually raising the price. Here in Florida, it is the law, the store has to put the per ounce price for consumers to see.
57. 1963 Elvis hit with the lyrics "You look like an angel ... but I got wise": DEVIL IN DISGUISE. This SONG is from the days when Elvis was young and hot.
ACROSS:
1. Hit bottom?: SIDE B. I loved this new take on an old fill, and a great way to start a Wednesday with a little misdirection. 6. Irritate: MIFF. Any word with two “F”s is also a fun start.10. Excessive elbow-benders: We have seen a lot of SOTS lately. 14. Put down: ABASE, an old fashioned word, not to be confused with ABASH15. Sandy color: ECRU, we could have our NEHRU in ECRU.16. World's largest furniture retailer: IKEA, if you have not been, it is an adventure to go to a furniture store, which also FEEDS YOU .20. Author LeShan: EDA, she was quite outspoken on behalf of children but she has become most famous in crossword puzzles. 21. "Bad" cholesterol letters: LDL. I will leave the discussion of Low Density Lipoproteins to our scientists, or our whirly nurse.22. Scrooge creator: DICKENS, this well respected, but sometimes tedious author is not related to our idiom, he scared the Dickens out of me. 23. The first film it aired was "Gone with the Wind": TCM. Another of Ted Turner’s major coups. 24. Inauguration Day events: GALAS.29. Barnyard sound: MAA, we have had this often, and it obviously is just trying to get the BAA from us all. 32. A car with this is often easier to resell” ONE OWNER, I wonder why? Unless it was the LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA .33. What quibblers split: HAIRS, or sometime a six-pack of Blue Moon.35. Asian on the Enterprise bridge: SULU, aren’t we all up on our SAR TREK characters yet? I love George Takei on Heroes .36. Deadens: DAMPS, well that almost put a damper on my finishing. 39. Spanish hand: MANO. 40. Seagoing mil. training group: NROTC.42. Montgomery native: ALABAMAN, while not a native, the current home of my least favorite coach, NICK SATAN .44. His, to Henri: SES, must get our French lesson in. 48. Online suffix with Net: SCAPE, gone and forgotten. 49. Some dashes: ENS. No idea, but it filled. 50. Like test papers awaiting grading: IN A PILE. 53. __ chi ch'uan: TAI , is a very important part of health in the worldof Traditional Chinese Medicine.54. Swell, slangily: FAB, as in the The Beatles .60. Leave out: OMIT, I was tempted to leave this blank as an internal irony, but….61. Signaled backstage, perhaps: CUED.62. "The Da Vinci Code" star: HANKS; Tom needs a good role, after a few duds, or is it just me?63. Shake, as a police tail: LOSE, this is a most complicated way to get there; why a Police Tail?64. TV's tiny Taylor: OPIE, I LOVED this new TWIST, an old Crossword fill.65. Typical O. Henry ending: TWIST, ooo how coincidental…
DOWN:1. Black Friday store event: SALE.
2. Term paper abbr.: IBID, which is abbreviated in legal papers as Id.
3. Excel input: DATA, which echoes our recent GIGO, Garbage in, Garbage OUT.
4. Part of i.e.: Speaking of echoes, ID EST.
5. Easily heard herd leader: I grew up near many dairy farms, and used to watch the herd parade, led by the BELL COW though I never thought of the term.
6. Feeble cry: MEWL, our new word of the month, I guess.
7. German "I": ICH, if you do not know the work of Eddie Izzard a funny, ‘executive transvestite.’
8. "Dragnet" sergeant: FRIDAY, gee we have Jack Webb, and Robinson Crusoe, and a place for lunch.
9. Useless: FUTILE, like being risqué, do not fight it, Lois, carol and Lo-li-ta, it is…
10. Jockey's wear: SILKS perhaps not what was intended, but…
11. Steinbeck migrant: OKIE.
12. Suffix with four, six, seven and nine: TEEN, CANDLES .
13. Say freshly: SASS, our favorite is back!
18. __ Dante the Count of Monte Cristo: EDMOND, did we like the version with JIM CAVIEZEL ?
19. PayPal "currency: ECASH.
23. Brook fish: TROUT.
24. On point: GERMANE, what a nice word for a Wednesday.
25. Cap'ns' subordinates: BOSNS, a bizarre but acceptable abbreviation for BOATSWAIN.
26. Make used (to): ENURE, another favorite of lawyers.
27. Apollo's birthplace, in Greek myth: DELOS.
28. __ culpa : MEA, I have pleaded this here many times.
29. Home of the Hurricanes: MIAMI, the U.
30. Cuban-born TV producer” ARNAZ, is there any other than DESI?
31. United: AS ONE, our obligatory weird looking word, because it is two words.
34. Pile up: AMASS, as in a fortune, noit a rush hour crash.
37. Mideast political gp.: PLO, not in the news much theses days.
38. No different from, with "the": SAME AS, oops, another one.
41. De Beers founder Rhodes: CECIL. I prefer the seasick sea serpent .
43. When "They Drive," in a 1940 Raft/Bogart film: BY NIGHT, Not familiar with the movie THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT but since I have a truck driving BIL, and it has Bogart, I will have to watch it.
46. Cat of many colors: CALICO
47. Demand from a door pounder: OPEN UP, now I think it is the time for the Police.
48. Vindictiveness: SPITE, just for spite, I had nothing funny come to mind.
50. Superstar: IDOL, like Simon Cowell?
51. Pixar clownfish: NEMO
52. Alamo competitor: AVIS
53. Ocean motion: TIDE, which along with FAB, are the detergents of my youth.
54. Done, to Dumas: FINIS,another ECHO from the Count
55. Questions: ASKS, so simple it was tricky.
56. "__ in Show": BEST, one of the many silly movies from Christopher Guest.
58. __ gratia: by the grace of God: DEI, good old Latin.
59. Mich.-based labor group: UAW, did they destroy General Motors?
17A. Fibs: LITTLE WHITE LIES
25A. Seductive peepers: BEDROOM EYES. On so many levels BEDROOM EYES are a wonderful thing, appreciated by both MEN and WOMEN .
45A. Like large cereal boxes. Isn’t amazing how manufacturer keep reducing the size of products (Ice Cream no longer come in ½ gallons) but keeps the price the same, thinking we are too stupid to know they are actually raising the price. Here in Florida, it is the law, the store has to put the per ounce price for consumers to see.
57. 1963 Elvis hit with the lyrics "You look like an angel ... but I got wise": DEVIL IN DISGUISE. This SONG is from the days when Elvis was young and hot.
ACROSS:
1. Hit bottom?: SIDE B. I loved this new take on an old fill, and a great way to start a Wednesday with a little misdirection. 6. Irritate: MIFF. Any word with two “F”s is also a fun start.10. Excessive elbow-benders: We have seen a lot of SOTS lately. 14. Put down: ABASE, an old fashioned word, not to be confused with ABASH15. Sandy color: ECRU, we could have our NEHRU in ECRU.16. World's largest furniture retailer: IKEA, if you have not been, it is an adventure to go to a furniture store, which also FEEDS YOU .20. Author LeShan: EDA, she was quite outspoken on behalf of children but she has become most famous in crossword puzzles. 21. "Bad" cholesterol letters: LDL. I will leave the discussion of Low Density Lipoproteins to our scientists, or our whirly nurse.22. Scrooge creator: DICKENS, this well respected, but sometimes tedious author is not related to our idiom, he scared the Dickens out of me. 23. The first film it aired was "Gone with the Wind": TCM. Another of Ted Turner’s major coups. 24. Inauguration Day events: GALAS.29. Barnyard sound: MAA, we have had this often, and it obviously is just trying to get the BAA from us all. 32. A car with this is often easier to resell” ONE OWNER, I wonder why? Unless it was the LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA .33. What quibblers split: HAIRS, or sometime a six-pack of Blue Moon.35. Asian on the Enterprise bridge: SULU, aren’t we all up on our SAR TREK characters yet? I love George Takei on Heroes .36. Deadens: DAMPS, well that almost put a damper on my finishing. 39. Spanish hand: MANO. 40. Seagoing mil. training group: NROTC.42. Montgomery native: ALABAMAN, while not a native, the current home of my least favorite coach, NICK SATAN .44. His, to Henri: SES, must get our French lesson in. 48. Online suffix with Net: SCAPE, gone and forgotten. 49. Some dashes: ENS. No idea, but it filled. 50. Like test papers awaiting grading: IN A PILE. 53. __ chi ch'uan: TAI , is a very important part of health in the worldof Traditional Chinese Medicine.54. Swell, slangily: FAB, as in the The Beatles .60. Leave out: OMIT, I was tempted to leave this blank as an internal irony, but….61. Signaled backstage, perhaps: CUED.62. "The Da Vinci Code" star: HANKS; Tom needs a good role, after a few duds, or is it just me?63. Shake, as a police tail: LOSE, this is a most complicated way to get there; why a Police Tail?64. TV's tiny Taylor: OPIE, I LOVED this new TWIST, an old Crossword fill.65. Typical O. Henry ending: TWIST, ooo how coincidental…
DOWN:1. Black Friday store event: SALE.
2. Term paper abbr.: IBID, which is abbreviated in legal papers as Id.
3. Excel input: DATA, which echoes our recent GIGO, Garbage in, Garbage OUT.
4. Part of i.e.: Speaking of echoes, ID EST.
5. Easily heard herd leader: I grew up near many dairy farms, and used to watch the herd parade, led by the BELL COW though I never thought of the term.
6. Feeble cry: MEWL, our new word of the month, I guess.
7. German "I": ICH, if you do not know the work of Eddie Izzard a funny, ‘executive transvestite.’
8. "Dragnet" sergeant: FRIDAY, gee we have Jack Webb, and Robinson Crusoe, and a place for lunch.
9. Useless: FUTILE, like being risqué, do not fight it, Lois, carol and Lo-li-ta, it is…
10. Jockey's wear: SILKS perhaps not what was intended, but…
11. Steinbeck migrant: OKIE.
12. Suffix with four, six, seven and nine: TEEN, CANDLES .
13. Say freshly: SASS, our favorite is back!
18. __ Dante the Count of Monte Cristo: EDMOND, did we like the version with JIM CAVIEZEL ?
19. PayPal "currency: ECASH.
23. Brook fish: TROUT.
24. On point: GERMANE, what a nice word for a Wednesday.
25. Cap'ns' subordinates: BOSNS, a bizarre but acceptable abbreviation for BOATSWAIN.
26. Make used (to): ENURE, another favorite of lawyers.
27. Apollo's birthplace, in Greek myth: DELOS.
28. __ culpa : MEA, I have pleaded this here many times.
29. Home of the Hurricanes: MIAMI, the U.
30. Cuban-born TV producer” ARNAZ, is there any other than DESI?
31. United: AS ONE, our obligatory weird looking word, because it is two words.
34. Pile up: AMASS, as in a fortune, noit a rush hour crash.
37. Mideast political gp.: PLO, not in the news much theses days.
38. No different from, with "the": SAME AS, oops, another one.
41. De Beers founder Rhodes: CECIL. I prefer the seasick sea serpent .
43. When "They Drive," in a 1940 Raft/Bogart film: BY NIGHT, Not familiar with the movie THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT but since I have a truck driving BIL, and it has Bogart, I will have to watch it.
46. Cat of many colors: CALICO
47. Demand from a door pounder: OPEN UP, now I think it is the time for the Police.
48. Vindictiveness: SPITE, just for spite, I had nothing funny come to mind.
50. Superstar: IDOL, like Simon Cowell?
51. Pixar clownfish: NEMO
52. Alamo competitor: AVIS
53. Ocean motion: TIDE, which along with FAB, are the detergents of my youth.
54. Done, to Dumas: FINIS,another ECHO from the Count
55. Questions: ASKS, so simple it was tricky.
56. "__ in Show": BEST, one of the many silly movies from Christopher Guest.
58. __ gratia: by the grace of God: DEI, good old Latin.
59. Mich.-based labor group: UAW, did they destroy General Motors?
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