Theme: Colorful Language - A color idiom morphed with a phrase to give us three new comical idioms with criminal evidence.
20A. Evidence against an aristocrat? : BLUE BLOOD STAIN. Blue blood. Blood stain.
40A. Evidence against a gardener? : GREEN THUMB PRINT. Green thumb. Thumb print.
56A. Evidence against an Oscar attendee? : RED CARPET FIBER. Red carpet. Carpet fiber.
Argyle here on a colorful, musical Monday, a tick harder than usual. Victor's January offering was colorful, too. 2011/1/3
Across:
1. In the heavens : ABOVE
6. McCartney's instrument : BASS. and 18A. "All you need," in a Beatles song : LOVE. From Yellow Submarine. (2:59)
10. Predecessor of surrealism : DADA
14. Seedless type of orange : NAVEL
15. "There oughta be ___!" : A LAW
16. Password enterer : USER
17. Like the more serious larceny : GRAND
19. Farm structure : SILO
23. Immigrant's subj. : ESL. English as a Second Language.
24. Guitar neck features : FRETS. The ridges set across the fingerboard which help the fingers to shorten the strings at the correct points.
25. "Private Practice" network : ABC. A spin-off of Grey's Anatomy, it is a medical drama show.
28. Bluesman Mahal : TAJ. Henry Saint Clair Fredericks has two Grammy Awards. Fishing Blues clip.(1:03)
30. Resident since birth : NATIVE
34. Tombstone lawman : EARP. Wyatt.
36. Common mixer : SODA
39. Styles : MODES
43. To whom "I'll see you in my dreams" is sung : IRENE. Sung here by 69A. Seeger of the Weavers : PETE
44. Singer Diamond : NEIL. Singin' about that Kentucky Woman.(2:26)
45. Pout : MOUE. This little guy is quite expressive.
46. Opening word for Ali Baba : SESAME. Closing word, also. "Close Sesame" sealed the treasure cave back up.
48. Long sandwich : SUB
50. Ed.'s workload items : MSS. Manuscripts.
51. Smallest : LEAST
54. Enemy : FOE
62. Black-and-white treat : OREO
63. Suffix with soft or flat : WARE
64. Seuss environmentalist : LORAX. The good Doctor's tree defender. Image
66. Matter topper? : MIND. Mind over matter.
67. Part of NRA: Abbr. : ASSN.
68. Hardly hoi polloi : ELITE. This term is of Greek origin and a literal translation is 'the many'.
70. Marvel Comics heroes : X-MEN
71. Hamlet's countrymen : DANES
Down:
1. Director Lee : ANG
2. Harpoon point : BARB
3. Racetrack shape : OVAL
4. Legal site : VENUE
5. Firstborn sibling : ELDEST
6. Fun time : BALL
7. Distant : ALOOF
8. Relish : SAVOR
9. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" setting : SWEDEN
10. Wind-related desert event : DUST STORM
11. Where Siberia is : ASIA
12. Corned beef seller : DELI
13. Elvis's middle name : ARON
21. Fun time : BLAST
22. "Forever" post office product : STAMP
25. Sponsorship : AEGIS
26. Ballet rail : BARRE
27. Some Saskatchewanians : CREEs
29. Elton of England : JOHN
31. "Eat crow," e.g. : IDIOM
32. Evening star : VENUS
33. Politician Kefauver : ESTES. The Senator from 59D. TENN. Nashville's st.
35. Crime laws, as a unit : PENAL CODE
37. Scheduled to arrive : DUE
38. French friends : AMIS
41. Where Hercules slew a lion : NEMEA
42. Poker ploy : BLUFF
47. Q-Tip target : EARWAX
49. Didn't just simmer : BOILED
52. Cramp or twitch : SPASM
53. Of few words : TERSE
55. Deadly virus : EBOLA
56. Play boisterously : ROMP
57. Toledo's lake : ERIE
58. Minor collision damage : DENT
60. The Auld Sod : ERIN
61. Do a film critic's job : RATE
65. Crosses (out) : Xes
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Here is a great photo of 15-year-old Argyle in 1960. He's a Freshman. Class of '63. Look at his socks!
Note from C.C.:
Here is a great photo of 15-year-old Argyle in 1960. He's a Freshman. Class of '63. Look at his socks!
