UGH ~!
Sorry, but this offering today had some real cringers in it. First time I have blogged Tom Heilman; the last Saturday from Tom was May 2010, and the results seemed to be on par with this puzzle....
Splynter here, on a DNF Saturday -
Words: 66
Blocks: 27
ACROSS :
1. Public mockery : PASQUINADE - tough start; had I not had the "U" in both the A. and D. clues, the Q would not have been a choice
11. Opening movement of Holst's "The Planets" : MARS - a WAG, but it IS "The Planets"
15. Cleans up : EXPURGATES - Sounds more like making the mess....
16. First Dominican-born Major League Baseball manager : ALOU - a classic CW WAG here
17. Everglades denizens : ALLIGATORS - got it
18. Hoot? : DAMN - I don't give a "hoot" about....
19. Occupation : TRADE
20. "Lady, shall __ in your lap?": Hamlet : I LIE
21. They may be geological : ERAS
22. Direct : BOSS - the verbs, here
23. A plan may be put on it : HOLD
24. Artist son of Andrew Wyeth : JAMIE - Nope, don't know these people; here's some of the art
25. Kyrgyzstan city : OSH
26. Pregnant pause, perhaps : TENSE MOMENT - good clue/answer
28. Surface phenomena affected by magma : GEYSERS - got it - more here
30. Judges : DECIDES
31. Complex design : WEB
32. Fatal opening? : NON - Like in NON-fatal injury...?
33. Statement of equality : ITS A TIE - yeah, but meh
37. Coastal freeze : FAST ICE - I knew it was some sort of __ ice
41. Established favorable conditions (for) : SET THE STAGE - good one I did NOT get
43. Pita look-alike : NAN - nailed it, but a three-letter answer on Sat. doesn't help much....
44. Narrow ridge : ARETE - here
45. Faithful : TRUE
46. Crack agent? : NARC - Crack, the rock cocaine, and the DEA man who busts you for it
47. "Okay then" : I SEE
48. Scented souvenirs : LEIS
49. Chemical prefix? : PETRO - I REFUSED to put this in, even though I had it, since there was NO WAY it could cross with PETR-....and it did....
50. Poet Walter __ Mare : DE LA - Nope, don't know this guy
51. Independent way to live : OFF THE GRID - I guess, but I wouldn't necessarily describe it as independent; more like low key, or on the "lam"
53. Barely better than none? : SLIM when your choices are "slim and none"
54. Railing with molded supports : BALUSTRADE - you know I HAD to get this one; I might have a huge balustrade to build next month
55. Court cry: Var. : OYEs - a variation on OLEs ????
56. Private : ONE-STRIPER - ARGH~! Got me, never thought of the military
DOWN:
1. Moor feature : PEAT BOG - wasn't he the lead singer of some rock group?
2. Frontman on the 1987 debut album "Appetite for Destruction" : AXL ROSE - Guns N Roses; got him, knew him, thought I might have a chance; he's the one in the middle - the guy with the cigarette is my second favorite guitarist, Slash.
3. Flamboyant : SPLASHY - Axl was splashy, not Slash-y
4. Plugs of tobacco : QUIDS - my parents are both British; to me a "quid" is slang for a buck, a pound, a dollar, and not used in the plural
5. Seriously suggest : URGE
6. Supermarket chain with Chicago H.Q. : IGA - quick, name a three-letter food store....there's one WAY out east here on Lon Guyland
7. United __ : NATIONS - see the last clue/answer, 52D.
8. Components of the Maldives : ATOLLS - had islets to start
9. Scoffed at : DERIDED
10. __ est percipi: to be is to be perceived : ESSE - Four years of Latin told me "to be" is ESSE
11. Raked it in : MADE A MINT - had MADE MONEY to start; not a bad WAG
12. Protected, in a way : ALARMED - as in your home, with the "Slomin's shield" or ADT
13. Arugula alternative : ROMAINE
14. Down times? : SUNSETS - good clue/ans. and visual
23. Beetle of note : HERBIE - OH ~! The Volkswagen ~! VERY good ~!
24. Playful : JOCOSE - Bzzz - Denied; didn't get it
26. Use a ring, maybe : TEETHE - had TIE OFF (like drapes) at first; the T_E helped
27. Household : MENAGE - Let's get DF here, and lighten this one up ~!
29. Elite tactical units : SWAT TEAMS - nailed it; today it was YES or NO - I either got it, or I didn't, and had no hope, to boot
33. Discussion-ending words : I SAID SO - I had "THAT'S IT" and couldn't shake it
34. In a word : TERSELY - got it, but spelled it TERSLEY
35. Pinball ball, perhaps : STEELIE - I love pinball, like the "Black Knight" and the Addam's Family", but did not know this term until I started writing today
36. Grammy winner for the 1993 album "Mi Tierra" : ESTEFAN - I thought PUENTE (Tito), but spelled it wrong anyway
37. Thomas Mann's "Doktor __" : FAUSTUS - Um, nope
38. Caught : IN A TRAP - yeah, I guess
39. Four-wheel drive? : CAR RIDE - Really~?!?!?
40. Spy, at times : ENCODER
42. Gimcrack : TRIFLE
46. Pola of the silents : NEGRI - image
48. Western howler : LOBO
49. Stone: Pref. : PETR - not gonna say it again....
52. President when the U.N. was created : HST - I wanted Woodrow Wilson, but he was denied his "League of Nations".
Answer grid.
Oh well, at least I move into my new apartment this weekend - I am off to lick my NON FATAL mental wounds....thanks for listening to me gripe
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
Here are a few wonderful pictures from another blog regular (and his brothers). Easy to tell who he is, yes? I love the first one.
Sorry, but this offering today had some real cringers in it. First time I have blogged Tom Heilman; the last Saturday from Tom was May 2010, and the results seemed to be on par with this puzzle....
Splynter here, on a DNF Saturday -
Words: 66
Blocks: 27
ACROSS :
1. Public mockery : PASQUINADE - tough start; had I not had the "U" in both the A. and D. clues, the Q would not have been a choice
11. Opening movement of Holst's "The Planets" : MARS - a WAG, but it IS "The Planets"
15. Cleans up : EXPURGATES - Sounds more like making the mess....
16. First Dominican-born Major League Baseball manager : ALOU - a classic CW WAG here
17. Everglades denizens : ALLIGATORS - got it
18. Hoot? : DAMN - I don't give a "hoot" about....
19. Occupation : TRADE
20. "Lady, shall __ in your lap?": Hamlet : I LIE
21. They may be geological : ERAS
22. Direct : BOSS - the verbs, here
23. A plan may be put on it : HOLD
24. Artist son of Andrew Wyeth : JAMIE - Nope, don't know these people; here's some of the art
25. Kyrgyzstan city : OSH
26. Pregnant pause, perhaps : TENSE MOMENT - good clue/answer
28. Surface phenomena affected by magma : GEYSERS - got it - more here
30. Judges : DECIDES
31. Complex design : WEB
32. Fatal opening? : NON - Like in NON-fatal injury...?
33. Statement of equality : ITS A TIE - yeah, but meh
37. Coastal freeze : FAST ICE - I knew it was some sort of __ ice
41. Established favorable conditions (for) : SET THE STAGE - good one I did NOT get
43. Pita look-alike : NAN - nailed it, but a three-letter answer on Sat. doesn't help much....
44. Narrow ridge : ARETE - here
45. Faithful : TRUE
46. Crack agent? : NARC - Crack, the rock cocaine, and the DEA man who busts you for it
47. "Okay then" : I SEE
48. Scented souvenirs : LEIS
49. Chemical prefix? : PETRO - I REFUSED to put this in, even though I had it, since there was NO WAY it could cross with PETR-....and it did....
50. Poet Walter __ Mare : DE LA - Nope, don't know this guy
51. Independent way to live : OFF THE GRID - I guess, but I wouldn't necessarily describe it as independent; more like low key, or on the "lam"
53. Barely better than none? : SLIM when your choices are "slim and none"
54. Railing with molded supports : BALUSTRADE - you know I HAD to get this one; I might have a huge balustrade to build next month
55. Court cry: Var. : OYEs - a variation on OLEs ????
56. Private : ONE-STRIPER - ARGH~! Got me, never thought of the military
DOWN:
1. Moor feature : PEAT BOG - wasn't he the lead singer of some rock group?
2. Frontman on the 1987 debut album "Appetite for Destruction" : AXL ROSE - Guns N Roses; got him, knew him, thought I might have a chance; he's the one in the middle - the guy with the cigarette is my second favorite guitarist, Slash.
3. Flamboyant : SPLASHY - Axl was splashy, not Slash-y
4. Plugs of tobacco : QUIDS - my parents are both British; to me a "quid" is slang for a buck, a pound, a dollar, and not used in the plural
5. Seriously suggest : URGE
6. Supermarket chain with Chicago H.Q. : IGA - quick, name a three-letter food store....there's one WAY out east here on Lon Guyland
7. United __ : NATIONS - see the last clue/answer, 52D.
8. Components of the Maldives : ATOLLS - had islets to start
9. Scoffed at : DERIDED
10. __ est percipi: to be is to be perceived : ESSE - Four years of Latin told me "to be" is ESSE
11. Raked it in : MADE A MINT - had MADE MONEY to start; not a bad WAG
12. Protected, in a way : ALARMED - as in your home, with the "Slomin's shield" or ADT
13. Arugula alternative : ROMAINE
14. Down times? : SUNSETS - good clue/ans. and visual
23. Beetle of note : HERBIE - OH ~! The Volkswagen ~! VERY good ~!
24. Playful : JOCOSE - Bzzz - Denied; didn't get it
26. Use a ring, maybe : TEETHE - had TIE OFF (like drapes) at first; the T_E helped
27. Household : MENAGE - Let's get DF here, and lighten this one up ~!
29. Elite tactical units : SWAT TEAMS - nailed it; today it was YES or NO - I either got it, or I didn't, and had no hope, to boot
33. Discussion-ending words : I SAID SO - I had "THAT'S IT" and couldn't shake it
34. In a word : TERSELY - got it, but spelled it TERSLEY
35. Pinball ball, perhaps : STEELIE - I love pinball, like the "Black Knight" and the Addam's Family", but did not know this term until I started writing today
36. Grammy winner for the 1993 album "Mi Tierra" : ESTEFAN - I thought PUENTE (Tito), but spelled it wrong anyway
37. Thomas Mann's "Doktor __" : FAUSTUS - Um, nope
38. Caught : IN A TRAP - yeah, I guess
39. Four-wheel drive? : CAR RIDE - Really~?!?!?
40. Spy, at times : ENCODER
42. Gimcrack : TRIFLE
46. Pola of the silents : NEGRI - image
48. Western howler : LOBO
49. Stone: Pref. : PETR - not gonna say it again....
52. President when the U.N. was created : HST - I wanted Woodrow Wilson, but he was denied his "League of Nations".
Answer grid.
Oh well, at least I move into my new apartment this weekend - I am off to lick my NON FATAL mental wounds....thanks for listening to me gripe
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
Here are a few wonderful pictures from another blog regular (and his brothers). Easy to tell who he is, yes? I love the first one.
