Theme: Record Numbers! The theme entries all start with the name of a classic music label
18A. Madonna : VIRGIN MARY. Richard Branson's first money-maker. 'Tubular Bells' launched his business on the Virgin label. If you've never heard Mike Oldfield's seminal album I really encourage you to listen - here's the first three minutes.
23A. Ivy League professional school : COLUMBIA LAW. Just don't go to their website. Confusing as heck. After an hour or so, we get it. Sousa marches and One Direction. Mmmmm K.
37A. Fruity dessert with sweetened crumbs : APPLE BROWN BETTY. Wow.
52A. "The Lord of the Rings" genre : EPIC FANTASY. Wow squared!
Wow! Steve here with an amazing Wednesday problem - maybe I'm getting old or out of practice but Gareth really made me work at this one! What did you all think?
Across:
1. Lies as a whole? : PACK. First What?. (A pack of lies).
5. King who raged to Edgar on the heath : LEAR. Thanks! One I know :)
9. Turbaned Punjabis : SIKHS. Spelling challenge.
14. Matty or Felipe of baseball : ALOU
15. Puffs additive : ALOE. Crosses. All the way!
16. Pistons great Thomas : ISIAH
17. Hog product : LARD. Tail? Squeak? Trotter? Butt? Darn - my old Dad said "The only part of the pig you can't eat is the squeak".
20. Leave open-mouthed : AMAZE
22. Gets under control : TAMES
26. PC brain : CPU. The Central Processing Unit of a Personal Computer. It all seems so normal now but 15 years ago here was the Pentium Chip from Intel - an amazing leap in technology.
29. Skier's challenge : ESS
30. Tuna holder : CAN
31. Sci-fi hybrid : CYBORG
33. Running or jumping : GERUND. Oh - let me remember this! It ends in 'ing! It's a noun! I'm done after this. Please don't ask me about the gerundive.
36. Mideast flier : EL AL
42. Wrath, in a hymn : IRAE. "Dies irae".
43. Writes to, nowadays : EMAILS
44. Green stuff : DO-RE-MI. Officially clue-less here. Hoping Rich will help out? Or C.C.? (C.C.: Just slang for money. )
47. Transfer __ : RNA. Maybe I'm Jet-lagged, but crosses all the way/ No idea, sorry.
48. Orchestra site : PIT
51. Say more : ADD
56. Liszt or Schubert : FRANZ
57. Plaque honoree : DONOR
63. Avatar of Vishnu: RAMA
64. Congo critter with striped legs: OKAPI
65. Golden St. campus: UCLA
66. Grace ender: AMEN
67. Concise: TERSE
68. Use FedEx, say: SHIP
69. Male deer: HART
(Sorry for missing a few fill earlier)
Down:
1. Versailles attraction : PALACE. Versailles is the Palace - looking for "Garden" or "Jardin" first - amazing
2. Los __: Manhattan Project site : ALAMOS
3. Pink shades : CORALS
4. Invasive vine : KUDZU. Crosses - Thanks! I hope I don't have any? Doesn't seem as pretty as the Palace de Versailles :)
5. WC : LAV
6. Actor Roth : ELI
7. Arterial trunk : AORTA
8. Kingly : REGAL
9. Like the village blacksmith's hands : SINEWY. Hmmmmm.
10. Philosophies : ISMS. Hmmmmmmmm
11. Rio automaker : KIA
12. Laugh syllable : HAR. I had HAA and AHA and .... HAH! Didn't help.
13. Shunning the spotlight, maybe : SHY
19. Computer that may use Snow Leopard : iMAC
21. Toastmaster : EMCEE
24. Caustic comeback : BARB
25. Accustom (to) : INURE
26. Firearms pioneer : COLT
27. Backside : PRAT
28. Hard to look at : UGLY
32. Nectar collectors : BEES
33. High spirits : GLEE
34. Pierre, e.g. : NOM
35. Friend of Snow White : DWARF
37. Verdi opera with pyramids : AIDA
38. Nudge : PROD
39. Tex's bud : PARD
40. NPR correspondent Totenberg : NINA
41. Short on taste : BLAND
45. "__ Melodies": Warner Bros. shorts : MERRIE
46. Tablet debut of 2010 : iPAD
48. Land on an isthmus : PANAMA
49. Chemical relative : ISOMER
50. Oppressive ruler : TYRANT
53. River near Karachi : INDUS. Wow!
54. Austerlitz native : CZECH. Wow! Wednesday?
55. Holy ark contents : TORAH
56. Dandies : FOPS
58. Decompose : ROT
59. __ out a living : EKE
60. One may be hired : CAR
61. Onetime ring king : ALI
62. Track circuit : LAP
That's me done! I spent a lot of Wednesday on this one - thanks for the workout, Gareth!
Steve
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar