I 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!
Good Saturday morning to all! If 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.
I 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)
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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