Introduction
Henry has provided the solution in the comments below.
I invite you to leave a comment to let us know how you fared with the puzzle.
Signing off for this week — Falcon
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Hope you are on the mend and feeling better.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Falcon,
ReplyDeleteI hope you're recovering well and that you won't be needing good wheelchair accesses! I found today's offering to be a bit bland. Have a good weekend everyone!
Peter
Good Saturday morning to all!
ReplyDeleteIf you're still in the hospital, Falcon - I hope things are starting to improve. Yesterday I was in my garage and fell of the second bottom rung and hurt my back - it seems I want to emulate you a lot!
I didn't find this week's puzzle bland. Still have one or two parsings to work out. I think it will take most people a good amount of effort to work out the solution.
Henry
Hi everyone and you Falcon – keep us apprised when you leave the hospital! Here is the solution to this week’s puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI call this week’s puzzle ‘The famous and the infamous’ – from 1a, 27a, and 17d. Not quite sure which side to put the subject of 11d into.
Across
1a MEG|A(BY)TE MEG = Meg Ryan, is an American actress and producer, BY = next to, contained in (outside) ATE = dined
5a GROWTH˜ Homonym of ‘gross” = Yuck, said with a lisp (lisped)
9a ST|AIRWAY AIRWAY = path through the sky, after (following) ST(reet)
10a DIM SUM DIM = slow to understand, SUM = total
12a LAP|SANG S(OUCH)ONG LAP = drink (verb), SANG = spilled (as in ‘spilled the beans’), OUCH = pained reaction, contained in (interjected) SONG = track (on an LP)
13a ANTHEM* Anagram on ‘the man’
15a TOTE|M TOTE = carry, M(ale)
18a M(O|CH)A O = letter shaped like a bagel, CH(urch), all contained in (consumes) MA = mom
19a BO(XC)AR XC = Roman numeral for 90, BOAR = hog [an empty boxcar is what hoboes would use to get rides]
22a TH(REE L|EGGED RACE REEL = dance, EGGED = encouraged, contained in (in) THRACE = Balkan region
24a Y|EAGER Y = end of journey (last letter of word ‘journey’), EAGER = champing at the bit (U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound)
25a AGNOSTIC* Anagram on ‘so acting’
26a TRE(AT)Y AT = aimed toward, contained in (splitting) TREY = three
27a G(LOSS)ARY LOSS = misplacement, contained in (admitted by) GARY = Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor.
Down
1d MUSCLE˜ Homonym (in the mouth) of mussel = shellfish
2d G|RAMPS G(ood), RAMPS = wheelchair accesses
3d BA(R|GAIN BASEMEN)T R(un) shortform used in baseball, GAIN = get, BASEMEN = infielders, all contained in (in) BAT = turn at the plate
4d T(W)ANG W(ith), contained in (penetrating) TANG = sharpness
6d {RAIN CATS AND DOGS}* Anagram (eccentric) on ‘on grass addict an’
7d WA(SHOUT)S SHOUT = call, contained in (accepting) WAS = when
8d H|OME GA|ME H = H(osted) initially (first letter of ‘hosted’), OMEGA = Greek character, ME+
11d COM(M)IX or CO(M)MIX M = front of Mad (first letter of ‘Mad’) contained in (blend…into) COMIX = Graphic work by Robert Dennis Crumb, an American cartoonist and musician
14d {HE(B)REW}* B = book’s start (first letter of book), contained in (including) HEREW = Anagram (altered) on ‘where’
16d _AMET HYST_ AMETHYST = gem, hidden in (helps make) _mAMET HYSTerical
17d SCAR F|ACE SCARF = neckwear, ACE = first rate
20d MANT(R)A R(ex) contained in (adopting) MANTA = a ray fish
21d PE|ACHY ACHY = sore, following (after) PE = gym class, shortform for Physical Education
23d GOGO|L GOGO = disco dancer, L(eft) (Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin)
Hi Henry,
DeleteRe 7d: I parsed it as "took place" = 'was'.
Peter
What was I thinking?
DeleteThanks, Henry. Robert Crumb was new to me, but I found him. Falcon, hope you're feeling better. Chuckled at 5a.
ReplyDeleteRe: 11d. Don’t get it. What does”commix” mean?
ReplyDeleteCOMMIX is an archaic word meaning to blend.
DeleteThank you
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