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May 8, 2017

Monday, May 8, 2017 Steven L. Zisser

Theme: No Reveal Monday - As easy as one, two, three ... um, four.

17A. Mega-mall convenience: ONE-STOP SHOPPING

25A. Small-time bad guy: TWO-BIT GANGSTER

42A. Office attire with a vest: THREE-PIECE SUIT

56A. Barbershop quartet blend: FOUR-PART HARMONY

Argyle here. Great symmetry, tight consistency, and outstanding length; two fifteens and two fourteens. The theme has undoubtedly been done before but has it been done as well? Our constructor hasn't been very productive with his puzzles but has been published in various venues, including the LAT and the NYT.

Across:

1. Word with ball or driver: SCREW

6. Great Salt Lake state: UTAH

10. Sharp knocks: RAPS

14. 1971 Clapton classic: "LAYLA"



15. Pre-Columbian prefix with America: MESO. Mesoamerica, Wikipedia.

16. Director Kazan: ELIA. "On the Waterfront", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "East of Eden".

20. Horror director Craven: WES. "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Scream", "The Last House on the Left".

21. Foot or inch, e.g.: UNIT

22. Founder of Taoism: LAO-TSE

23. Has office hours: IS IN

24. Bro and sis: SIBS

31. Pueblo-dwelling people: HOPI


32. "Whatever floats your __": BOAT

33. Igor's workplace: LAB. "... it's pronounced "eye-gore."

35. Drops the ball: ERRs

36. Shrimp relative: PRAWN

38. Adriatic resort: LIDO. If you prefer something closer to home.


39. Federal hush-hush org.: NSA. (No Such Agency)

40. Common-interest voting group: BLOC

41. State after North Dakota, alphabetically: OHIO

47. Online auction site: E-BAY

48. Part of many old German duchy names: SAXE

49. Belief systems: CREDOs

52. Razor brand: ATRA

53. Photo taker: CAM. Both photo and CAM are shortened words.

59. Other, in Oaxaca: OTRA


60. Moniker: NAME

61. Fountain drinks: MALTS

62. Broadway offering: SHOW

63. God with a hammer: THOR

64. Baker's dough raiser: YEAST

Down:

1. Like snail-mail, compared to email: SLOW

2. Mr. Peanut prop: CANE


3. Deli breads: RYEs

4. LLL: ELs. I've never seen this before.

5. '60s dance: WATUSI. "Wah-a, wah, wah-a Watusi
Oh, baby, it's the dance made-a for romance".

6. Calling balls and strikes, say: UMPING

7. Exam: TEST

8. Fireplace remains: ASH

9. Ruffian: HOOLIGAN

10. Share, as an internet meme: REPOST

11. Dismounted: ALIT

12. Kegler's targets: PINS

13. "Parsley, __, Rosemary and Thyme": SAGE



18. Getting the job done: ON IT

19. Blue Ribbon brewer: PABST

23. Sacred bird of ancient Egypt: IBIS

24. Winter bank makeup: SNOW

25. Partner of now: THEN

26. Bottom-of-the-barrel: WORST

27. Daytime TV celeb who founded Harpo Productions: OPRAH

28. Beaded calculators: ABACI. Hello, old friend.

29. Root or Yale: ELIHU. Elihu Root was Secretary of War under Theodore Roosevelt. Elihu Yale was the benefactor of Yale University.

30. Wheel spokes, essentially: RADII

34. Cowboy's footwear: BOOT

36. Agreeable: PLEASANT

37. Stringy: ROPY

38. Diet successfully: LOSE

40. Jazz genre: BEBOP

43. Make a new sketch of: REDRAW

44. Bible book named for a woman: ESTHER

45. Adored one, in Asti: CARA. "Cara Mia mine." Province of Asti.


46. Formerly in the military: EX-ARMY

49. Corp. fiscal execs: CFOs. (chief financial officer)

50. __ IRA: ROTH

51. Continental coin: EURO

52. Prefix with sphere: ATMO

53. Coca-__: COLA

54. "Carpenter" crawlers: ANTS

55. Computer adventure game: MYST

57. Cheerleader's word: RAH

58. Wisecracking West: MAE. "One and one is two; two and two is four; and "five will get you ten" if you work it right!"

Argyle


Note from C.C.:

Our TTP went morel hunting yesterday morning. He said below. He normally sautes the fresh morels in butter. D-Otto likes them deep-fried in beer batter. There are wooded area in our neighborhood, but no morels.


"Not a lot this morning, but enough.  Found 10 but only 7 were worth bringing back home.  The other 3 were already dried out and decomposing.

We had an overnight frost advisory, so I think most of them crawled back under the leaves.

4 of them were good sized at over 3" long and 1.5" thick.  The largest was over 4 and 2 inches thick."




May 2, 2012

Wednesday, May 2 2012, Steven L. Zisser

theme: well let's not give it away just yet. here are the theme answers (pay attention to the highlighted words):

20A. 2002 DiCaprio/Day-Lewis historical drama : GANGS OF NEW YORK

28A. 1968 Davis/Lawford spy spoof : SALT AND PEPPER

45A. 1940 Grant/Russell comedy : HIS GIRL FRIDAY

did anyone get the theme without the unifier?

55. 1962 Rat Pack remake of "Gunga Din" ... or collectively, the ends of 20-, 28- and 45-Across : SERGEANTS THREE

ohhh, i get it. each of the theme answers are movie titles - and the ending words are names of a famous 'sergeant.'






SERGEANT YORK, according to wikipedia, sgt. alvin york was the most-decorated american soldier of WWI - the 1941 film starred gary cooper. SERGEANT PEPPER, title song of 1967 beatle's album. and SERGEANT FRIDAY, one of the lead characters (played by jack webb) in the original tv series dragnet. "just the facts, ma'am."


across:

1. Skiing need : SNOW. i tried boot first. and 62. 1-Across vehicle : SLED

5. Color Me __: 1990s R&B group : BADD

9. Wait for a light, perhaps : IDLE. we do that a lot in california.

13. Debate choice : TOPIC

15. Hardly __: rarely : EVER

16. French company? : DEUX. cute clue. french for two. and 60. German crowd? : DREI. german for three.

17. __ acid : AMINO

18. Lamebrain : DOPE

19. Behold, to 57-Down : ECCE

23. Ending with stamp : EDE. stampede.

24. U.S.'s Ryder Cup foe : EUR. golf competition between the US and Europe.

25. Letters from Greece : NU'S. 13th letter of the greek alphabet.

26. The past, in the past : ELD. new to me. a word, meaning old age, or olden days.

32. "Me __": "My name is," in Spain : LLAMO

33. Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA

34. Big Island city : HILO. how many times have we seen hilo hello as a clue? this is rainbow falls in hilo. and 59. Island goose : NENE. hawaii's state bird.




37. Aquarium fish : TETRA

40. Fed. crash site investigator : NTSB. national transportation safety board.

41. Assured way to solve a crossword puzzle : IN INK. for me, an assured way to make many mistakes.

43. Moved, as a dinghy : OARED

49. First National Leaguer with eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons : OTT. mel. one of the players portrayed in the movie field of dreams.

50. Society page word : NEE

51. Pier gp. : ILA. international longshoremens association - maritime workers union.

52. Circle segment : ARC

61. Word after dog or lop : EARED

63. Memo words : IN RE. latin for in the matter of.

64. Franklin heater : STOVE. metal-lined fireplace named after its inventor, benjamin franklin.



65. Frizzy do : AFRO

66. General __ chicken : TSO'S

67. Members of the flock : EWES

down:

1. Put on : STAGE

2. Wanderer : NOMAD

3. Adds one's two cents : OPINES

4. Chicken snack : WING

5. A headboard is part of it : BED FRAME. i guess so.

6. Noted bell ringer : AVON. ding-dong, avon calling.

7. Rely : DEPEND

8. Drafted : DREW UP

9. Prefix with graphic or logical : IDEO. ideological.

10. Dilapidated : DECREPIT. it just sounds painful.

11. Like Vegas losers, so they say : LUCKLESS

12. Program file suffix : EXE. computer speak.

14. Sportscaster who wrote "I Never Played the Game" : COSELL. howard.

21. Lash __: attack verbally : OUT AT

22. Belgian river : YSER. could not find a good visual, but wiki says it originates "in the north of France, enters Belgium and flows into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort."

27. Not at all colorful : DRAB

29. As a companion : ALONG. along for the ride.

30. __ this world: alien : NOT OF

31. Bamboo lover : PANDA

34. Onetime Ritz competitor : HI HO

35. Per se : IN ITSELF

36. SiriusXM subscriber, say : LISTENER

38. Once-in-a-blue-moon events : RARITIES. anyone else think of this?




39. Seed covers : ARILS

42. High card : KING

44. Online connections? : E-DATES. rarely satisfying.

46. Change further, as text : RE-EDIT

47. Gets the lesson : LEARNS

48. Peter of Peter, Paul & Mary : YARROW

53. Christopher who played Superman : REEVE. also in a lesser-known, hilarious movie, noises off.

54. Gives up : CEDES

56. Take from the top : RE-DO

57. Fabled fiddler : NERO

58. Can't stand : HATE

59. Secretive org. : NSA. national security agency.

Answer grid.

melissa