Theme: You're not from around here, are you? - Words that might describe some of your weirdest dates.
20A. State Department's purview : FOREIGN POLICY
26A. Pulp comic that transformed Nick Fury into a super-spy : STRANGE TALES
42A. Entertainer with many fans? : EXOTIC DANCER
50A. "War of the Worlds" attack : ALIEN INVASION
Argyle here. They may have been the most memorable dates, too. The theme isn't particularly as strong as yesterday but the corners are meatier. Bit stronger in the word length, too, but not all that interesting. Acceptable Tuesday.
Across:
1. Trapping device : SNARE
6. Official records : ACTA. Plural noun (often initial capital letter).
10. Got an A on : ACED
14. Restriction at some fitness clubs : [NO MEN]. ARTICLE
15. Mark from a healed wound : SCAR
16. Fancy fabric with metallic threads : LAMÉ
17. Coral ring : ATOLL
18. Metal to melt down : SCRAP IRON. No, you can't have my Troyota.
22. Anxious feeling : UNEASE
23. Olds Cutlass model : CIERA. Model years 1982–1996, Olds Alero was 1999–2004.
31. British noblewomen : DAMES. I'll resist linking "There is Nothing Like a Dame".
34. Soda fountain orders : MALTS
35. Try to win : WOO. Buying her malts at the old canteen won't get it.
36. Happy hour pints : ALES. But a couple of pints might.
37. Sorceress jilted by Jason : MEDEA. He didn't buy her pints or malts so she took it out on their kids.
38. Ireland's Sinn __ : FEIN. Irish republican party seeking to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
39. Dream state letters : REM. (rapid eye movement)
40. Suffix with Beatle : MANIA
41. Theater access : AISLE
45. Cling wrap brand : SARAN
46. "Queen of Soul" Franklin : ARETHA
55. Inning-by-inning runs summary : LINE SCORE. (usually in tabular form)
57. Hedren of "The Birds" : TIPPI. A Hitchcock film.
58. Bldg. annex : ADDN. (addition)
59. Slimmest of margins : HAIR
60. Actress Falco et al. : EDIEs
61. Gravy vessel : BOAT. It's a big Thanksgiving dinner if you have two gravy boats. Yum.
62. Very : OH SO
63. Like some populations : DENSE
Down:
1. Major mix-up : SNAFU. From the military: (situation normal, all f***ed up)
2. "__ your life!" : NOT ON
3. Passion, in Pisa : AMORE
4. Issues : RELEASES
5. Signs up : ENLISTS
6. Part of PGA: Abbr. : ASSN. (Professional Golfers' Association)
7. Letters on a Soviet uniform : CCCP. It is the Russian abbreviation of Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, meaning the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR.
8. Islands tuber : TARO
9. Kazakhstan border sea : ARAL.In the old CCCP.
10. Keys at the keys : ALICIA. CLIP(3:32)
11. Westley portrayer in "The Princess Bride" : CARY ELWES
12. Punk rock subgenre : EMO
13. Bear lair : DEN. Cute clue.
19. Ancient Britons : PICTS. Literally, painted ones.
21. Belg. neighbor : GER. Belgium / Germany
24. Do more work on, as a persistent squeak : RE-OIL
25. In unison : AS ONE
27. Revise : AMEND
28. Gymnast Comaneci : NADIA. OMG, she's 52 now.
29. Collect bit by bit : GLEAN
30. LAX posting : ETA
31. Has the nerve : DARES
32. Billy Joel's musical daughter : ALEXA. Alexa Ray Joel CLIP(4:42).
33. Reminder notes : MEMORANDA
37. Apple computer : MAC
38. Roosevelt's chat spot : FIRESIDE
40. Short-short skirts : MINIs41. Like soda water : AERATED
43. Natural ability : TALENT
44. Cleveland NBAer : CAV. Cavalier.
47. Easy basketball score : TIP IN. Or not so easy.
48. Aspirations : HOPES
49. Herb that tastes like licorice : ANISE
51. Reverberation : ECHO
52. Ark helmsman : NOAH
53. Spring flower : IRIS
54. Rex Stout's stout sleuth Wolfe : NERO
55. Chocolate dog : LAB
56. Wedding vow words : "I DO"
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to dear Creature! Her kindness & warmth shine through in each of her comments here on the blog. Creature
has been through some difficult times since she lost her husband 2 years ago today. She doesn't post much these days, but she still reads us every day
and cares very much about this blog and our regulars. Dave, please work extra hard and find the sweetest cake for our special Creature.
