Words: 72 (missing Q,X)
Blocks: 28
Considering the last two Saturday puzzles, I expected to take a beating
today, and I was not all that surprised when it happened to be a Silkie -
and a pinwheel of triple-10's at that~! Yet despite my first pass
looking like the front yard ( here on LI, we're still knee-deep in snow
), my second pass pretty much wrapped it up. Have to admit, there were
some s=t=r=e=t=c=h=e=s in the clues, but what else do you get on a
Saturday? Some of the longer fill today;
17a. What "c" might mean : LIGHT SPEED - E=mc²
12d. Response to a knock : WHO CAN IT BE - gotta have this musical link
28. Caspian Sea republic : AZERBAIJAN - Scrabbly fill~!
69a. Pronunciation aid : STRESS MARK - see 29d.
ON - the - WAshington - RoaD~!
ACROSS:
1. Honolulu memorial : USS ARIZONA - I get this a lot in crosswords
11. Stroked : SWUM - oh, uh, that kind of stroked....
15. Approached : CLOSED IN ON
16. Quite : OH SO - ah, not "VERY"
18. Cold War capital : BONN
19. Befogged : AT SEA
20. Beginning for metric : BARO - BAROmetric
22. Hipster : CAT - I went with "KAT" first
23. Rat : SING - a slight meh, since I think it should be "rat OUT"
26. Do maintenance on, as a roof : RE-SLATE - I'd love a slate roof on my house - but the weight and cost is prohibitive
28. Inlet : ARM - meh #2; I get it, but, well....meh
31. Adopted great-nephew of Claudius : NERO
33. Self-titled 1991 debut album : ALANIS - Morisette; this was her 'dance-pop' album she recorded at the age of 17; 4 years later came the album everyone else knows, the 33million-copies-sold "Jagged Little Pill"
34. Fashionable '40s garb : ZOOT SUITS
37. Jumbles : OLIOs
38. Nervous : EDGY
39. Honored, in a way : FETED
41. 8 for O, e.g. : AT. No. - Atomic # 8, for Oxygen
42. Lively dances : REELS
44. Apple Store tech support station : GENIUS BAR - I'm PC - the genius is in ME
46. Cram : BONE UP
48. Cheer : ROOT
49. One wearing a "Y" shirt, perhaps : ELI - we had this yesterday; NOTE: if you punch in "Y shirt" on Google, and leave the ELI or YALE part out, you get much raunchier pictures~!
50. Formal talk : ADDRESS - Harrison's Inaugural Address was 8,445 words - see 35d.
52. Messenger molecules : RNAs
54. SS supplement : IRA - Social Security and Individual Retirement Account
55. "Deputy __": old toon : DAWG
61. Nonsense : JIVE - "excuse me miss, I speak JIVE"
63. Don't bother : LEAVE ALONE
66. 2013 Zipcar acquirer : AVIS
67. Pinocchio, for one : MARIONETTE
68. Composer Rorem and others : NEDs
DOWN:
1. Pauley Pavilion team : UCLA
2. Fine cut : SLIT
3. Soaks, in British dialect : SOGS - My parents were born and raised in England, though I can't say I ever heard them say this
4. Fire proof : ASHES - Fire PROOF, not FIREproof
5. Hires to handle the case : RETAINS
6. Names : IDs
7. Letter number : ZIP - code; great clue for one of the numbers on a written letter
8. Spoiler of a perfect semester : ONE B - funny, because I got straight A's in my first semester at Island Drafting except for "one B"
9. Musical deficiency : NO EAR - because TIN EAR would not fit
10. Tenor Bocelli : ANDREA - that's a man, baby - and my ex-wife's name. Awkward.
11. Sound of distress : SOB
13. Amer. citizen, e.g. : U.S. NATIONAL
14. Education innovator : MONTESSORI
21. __ Accords: 1993 agreement : OSLO
24. Huit follower : NEUF - 8 and 9, in Frawnche
25. Composer who incorporated Norwegian folk music into his work : GRIEG
27. Singing syllables : LALAs - Shout-out to Linda~!
29. Haute couture shopping area : RODEO DRIVE - because it's "haute couture", the pronunciation is rho-'DAY-o; everywhere else it's 'RO-dee-o; sort of like Marty Brodeur, goalie for the NJ Devils; when he makes a spectacular save, he becomes 'MAR-'TAN 'BRO-'DOOOR~!
30. Hexagram on the Israeli flag : MOGEN DAVID - Because Star O' David seemed too Irish to me; I did not know about this 'speculative' astronomical idea
32. River player : OTTER - ah, not a Texas Hold 'em reference
35. Harrison's successor : TYLER - US Presidents; the former for 30days, 12hours, 30minutes
36. Toledo title : SEÑOR
40. "I Wonder Why" lead singer : DION - someone else's turn
43. Took to court : SUED
45. St. George residents : UTAHANS
47. Job follow-up? : PSALMS - ah, Bible reference
51. Part of Churchill's offer : SWEAT - Winston Churchill - more here
53. Capital on the Willamette : SALEM
56. "Mr. Mom" actress : GARR
58. Personnel list : ROTA
59. Start of an intermission? : ENTR'acte, Frawnche for "between the acts"
60. Yielding : MEEK - ah, not "WEAK"
62. Winding path : ESS
64. Contend : VIE
65. Aurora, to the Greeks : EOS
Splynter
11. Stroked : SWUM - oh, uh, that kind of stroked....
15. Approached : CLOSED IN ON
16. Quite : OH SO - ah, not "VERY"
18. Cold War capital : BONN
19. Befogged : AT SEA
20. Beginning for metric : BARO - BAROmetric
22. Hipster : CAT - I went with "KAT" first
23. Rat : SING - a slight meh, since I think it should be "rat OUT"
26. Do maintenance on, as a roof : RE-SLATE - I'd love a slate roof on my house - but the weight and cost is prohibitive
28. Inlet : ARM - meh #2; I get it, but, well....meh
31. Adopted great-nephew of Claudius : NERO
33. Self-titled 1991 debut album : ALANIS - Morisette; this was her 'dance-pop' album she recorded at the age of 17; 4 years later came the album everyone else knows, the 33million-copies-sold "Jagged Little Pill"
34. Fashionable '40s garb : ZOOT SUITS
38. Nervous : EDGY
39. Honored, in a way : FETED
41. 8 for O, e.g. : AT. No. - Atomic # 8, for Oxygen
42. Lively dances : REELS
44. Apple Store tech support station : GENIUS BAR - I'm PC - the genius is in ME
46. Cram : BONE UP
48. Cheer : ROOT
49. One wearing a "Y" shirt, perhaps : ELI - we had this yesterday; NOTE: if you punch in "Y shirt" on Google, and leave the ELI or YALE part out, you get much raunchier pictures~!
52. Messenger molecules : RNAs
54. SS supplement : IRA - Social Security and Individual Retirement Account
55. "Deputy __": old toon : DAWG
57. "The King and I" group : HAREM - Gotta get me one of these
61. Nonsense : JIVE - "excuse me miss, I speak JIVE"
63. Don't bother : LEAVE ALONE
66. 2013 Zipcar acquirer : AVIS
67. Pinocchio, for one : MARIONETTE
68. Composer Rorem and others : NEDs
DOWN:
1. Pauley Pavilion team : UCLA
2. Fine cut : SLIT
3. Soaks, in British dialect : SOGS - My parents were born and raised in England, though I can't say I ever heard them say this
4. Fire proof : ASHES - Fire PROOF, not FIREproof
5. Hires to handle the case : RETAINS
6. Names : IDs
7. Letter number : ZIP - code; great clue for one of the numbers on a written letter
8. Spoiler of a perfect semester : ONE B - funny, because I got straight A's in my first semester at Island Drafting except for "one B"
9. Musical deficiency : NO EAR - because TIN EAR would not fit
10. Tenor Bocelli : ANDREA - that's a man, baby - and my ex-wife's name. Awkward.
11. Sound of distress : SOB
13. Amer. citizen, e.g. : U.S. NATIONAL
14. Education innovator : MONTESSORI
21. __ Accords: 1993 agreement : OSLO
24. Huit follower : NEUF - 8 and 9, in Frawnche
25. Composer who incorporated Norwegian folk music into his work : GRIEG
27. Singing syllables : LALAs - Shout-out to Linda~!
29. Haute couture shopping area : RODEO DRIVE - because it's "haute couture", the pronunciation is rho-'DAY-o; everywhere else it's 'RO-dee-o; sort of like Marty Brodeur, goalie for the NJ Devils; when he makes a spectacular save, he becomes 'MAR-'TAN 'BRO-'DOOOR~!
30. Hexagram on the Israeli flag : MOGEN DAVID - Because Star O' David seemed too Irish to me; I did not know about this 'speculative' astronomical idea
35. Harrison's successor : TYLER - US Presidents; the former for 30days, 12hours, 30minutes
36. Toledo title : SEÑOR
40. "I Wonder Why" lead singer : DION - someone else's turn
43. Took to court : SUED
45. St. George residents : UTAHANS
47. Job follow-up? : PSALMS - ah, Bible reference
51. Part of Churchill's offer : SWEAT - Winston Churchill - more here
53. Capital on the Willamette : SALEM
58. Personnel list : ROTA
59. Start of an intermission? : ENTR'acte, Frawnche for "between the acts"
60. Yielding : MEEK - ah, not "WEAK"
62. Winding path : ESS
64. Contend : VIE
65. Aurora, to the Greeks : EOS
Splynter
