Every clue in this puzzle begins with the letter C...four of them are simply the letter C. There are also C shapes within the grid.
In addition to average mark, the other theme answers are:
17A...CAR STARTER60A...CLAMP SHAPE
26D...EPCOT CENTER...the first theme answer to fall, although I don't know why.
This was a pretty clever puzzle. I was wiped out tonight, but it held my interest...not just because of the theme. Check out the number of multiword answers.
27A: Curved motorcycle part (mud guard).
30A: Concluding appearance (swan song).
45A: Collects one's winnings (cashes in).
50A: Clarify (spell out).
66A: Come aboard, in a way (hire on). I wanted this to have something to do with a ship...although I guess they wouldn't have added in a way.
8D: Consequence of a solo homer (one run). I got this with only the R in place. Does it count as a sports clue?
18D: Concentrates on specific achievement (sets a goal).
28D: Committed to the truth, in court (under oath).
Favorite clues and/or answers include 10A: Churls lack it (tact), 15A: Convincing, as an argument (cogent), 19A: Cosmos legend (Pelé)...born Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, 20A: Celebrity biographer Hawes (Esme), 38A: Columni
st Hopper (Hedda), 42A: Con __ (animatedly, in music) (moto), 65A: Critic James (Agee), 24D: Cassandra's father (Priam), 25D: "Capitalism" rock group __ Boingo (Oingo), 35D: Capua friends (amici), 36D: "Chimes of Freedom" songwriter (Dylan)...I don't remember if Wendy's done Bob Dylan yet, but I bet she will soon if she hasn't already, 47D: Chief (honcho), 48D: City near Cleveland (Euclid) and 55D: C.I.A. betrayer Aldrich (Ames).Arn returns at 53A, clued as [Comic strip prince's son]. This is one to remember...along with Aleta, the wife of Prince Valiant. You'll see them both fairly often.
Not to be confused with Arn, we have ARI at 61D, clued as [Cardinals, on scoreboards). I was thinking baseball, though, so had STL.
Just noticed a couple of excellent clues, although the answers aren't especially noteworthy. 70A: Coach in Little League, often (Dad), 5D: Circumambulate (roam), 7D: Coloratura's home, with "the" (Met) and 9D: Cremona collectibles, for short (Strads).
Very quickly...got my blood work back today. After three months on Lipitor, my total cholesterol dropped from 277 to 163. HDL is 69 (up from 58), and LDL is 76 (down from 197). I'm not crazy about having to take Lipitor, but I'm crazy about those numbers. The lowest total cholesterol I've ever had was 167...that was back in 1988 when I weighed 98 pounds and exercised obsessively. Trust me...there's no way I could get back to that weight and exercise frequency!
I've been up since 5:30 and I need to be ready for another busy day...so it's off to bed.
Here's the grid...
...and I'll see you tomorrow.
Linda G
3 comments:
Took me quite a while to complete this clever puzzle. I was staring at HO____ and EU____ for far too long, and having the STL Cards instead of the ARI ones didn't help. Finally remembered EUCLID based on some blog discussion of cities named for mathematicians lately.
Also, I was being interrupted constantly by the neighbors who had assembled at my house to watch the great Spitzer debates. As I have the only black and white plasma TV in the neighborhood, people just gravitate here when something earth-shattering happens. One station had a panel of Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura, Dr. Ruth, and Dr. No interrupting each other vigorously. On another, Mr. Hannity, Mr. Matthews, Mr. O'Reilly and Mr. Ed were throwing their weight around. A third channel featured BClinton and MLewinsky, discussing Elliot's options. Very distracting.
On a serious note, mega-congrats on the cholesterol! Good work.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who played the STL card...and thanks for the good wishes. Better living through chemistry ; )
26D "c" is the middle or Center letter in epcotcenter
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