Showing posts with label Sunday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunday. Show all posts

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Sunday Jan 20, 2013 Jim Hyres

(Some of you will be able to read my post from the Corner blog today, but most won't because of a so-called malicious code on our blog. Very frustrating. I'm in contact with Blogger and hope to get the problem solved quickly. In the meantime, let's just hang around in Ginger Roots. Please don't post on Blogger help forum. It might slow down our process. Thanks for your patience.)
  
You can click here to read yesterday's comments. All the blog authors (Argyle, Melissa, Jazzbumpa, Steve, Marti, Lemonade, Splynter, Dennis & myself) and a few readers (Bill G, Dudley and maybe a few others) can access the Corner blog.



Theme: Turning Heads - The first words (heads)  in each common phrase is spelled backwards, e.g., "turned". 

 23A. Nail salon supplies? : TIPS AND POLISH. Spit and polish.

 34A. Couch-jumping and yard-running? : PETS AEROBICS. Step aerobics.

 40A. Tongue twister? : TRAP OF SPEECH. Part of speech.

 64A. Good golf rounds? : PAR SESSIONS. Rap sessions.

 72A. Energetic ghosts? : LIVE SPIRITS. Evil spirits.

 92A. Torches in Dracula's crypt? : DOOM LIGHTING. Mood lighting.

 99A. Sharp dresser features? : DRAWER POINTS. Reward points.

 116A. Talk shows? : YAP TELEVISION. Pay television.
  
 I apologize for the short post. Been very distracted.

Across:

1. Over the top, design-wise : GARISH

7. Goes like the wind? : BLOWS. Nice clue. Very strong wind here last night.

12. Fairly shared : PRO RATA

19. Like much summery footwear : OPEN TOE

21. Mauve relative : LILAC

22. "Wild Thing" rapper : TONE LOC

25. Was humbled : ATE DIRT

26. Bud's promise : BLOOM

27. Midsection : GUT

28. Popular skiing destination : VAIL

30. Former NBA coach Brown : HUBIE.  I don't follow basketball.

31. However : YET

32. Exam for a jr. : PSAT

37. Customarily : AS A RULE

39. Getting the wrong order and such : MIX UPS

45. 68-Across neighbor : NEB. 68. Where Manhattan is: Abbr. : KANS. Manhattan, Kansas.

46. Abscam agcy. : FBI

49. Dawn-of-mammals epoch : EOCENE

50. Wedding acquisition : SPOUSE

52. Multitude : LEGION

55. Fan sounds : RAHS

56. Lincoln Logs, e.g. : TOY

59. One and only : SOLE

60. Former Buick sedan : LESABRE

61. Mean Amin : IDI

62. Funeral lighting? : PYRES

66. Actress Ward : SELA

70. Alluvium : SILT

71. Italian hot spot : ETNA

75. "Oliver Twist" criminal : FAGIN

77. Holder and Reno: Abbr. : AGs. Eric Holder.

79. Certain Ukrainian : ODESSAN

80. They're worth 1.0 : DEES

82. Soccer __ : MOM

83. Classic name in shoes : MCAN

84. Ones with many feet : VERSES

85. Snoopy, for one : BEAGLE

87. Mimosa family tree : ACACIA


89. Road course curve : ESS

90. Airport uniform initials : TSA

95. Ed of "Modern Family" : O'NEILL

98. Barbecue fare : WIENERS

104. __ Beach, Fla. : VERO

105. Raiders' gp. : AFC

108. When doubled, Northwest wine valley : WALLA. Walla Walla.

109. Follow : OBEY

110. Title for Jackson or King: Abbr. : REV

111. "West Side Story" song : MARIA

113. Short operatic solo : ARIETTA

119. Apartment dwellers, typically : RENTERS

120. One way to read : ALOUD

121. London-based news agency : REUTERS

122. Lighthouse lens inventor : FRESNEL. Nope.

123. Cozy spots : NESTS

124. Music producer Estefan : EMILIO. Husband of Gloria Estefan. The only Emilio I know is Estevez.

Down:
       
1. Sidestepped : GOT BY

2. Loads : A PILE

3. Do a gardener's chore : RE-POT

4. __ many words : IN SO

5. Tries to put out, as a small fire : STAMPS ON

6. Dear : HON

7. Reputation stain : BLOT

8. Wee, in a small way : LIL

9. One stuck in a bar? : OLIVE. Clever!

10. Attended : WAS AT

11. Long division? : SCHISM

12. School support gp. : PTA

13. Malarkey : ROT

14. Like some grounders : ONE HOP

15. Gives a new name to : RE-DUBS

16. Story : ALIBI

17. Doughnut-shaped : TORIC. We just saw TORI clued as "Bagels, shapewise" last Friday.

 18. Entr'__: play intervals : ACTES

20. Dick Francis has four of them : EDGARS. Mystery awards.

24. Provide, as money : PUT UP

29. "Mule Train" singer : LAINE (Frankie)

33. Firearm feature : SAFETY

34. Quick looks : PEEPS

35. Computer program suffix : EXE

36. Dollars : cents :: __ : kopecks : RUBLES

37. Copies : APES

38. "__ Miz" : LES

40. Actress Garr : TERI

41. Impromptu picnic locales : ROADSIDES

42. Go-getters : ACHIEVERS

43. Confine, with "up" : COOP

44. Luau dances : HULAS

46. Eponymous Italian mathematician : FIBONACCI. Don't know him.



47. Revitalized : BORN AGAIN. Christians.

48. Another name for Saint Agnes : INES. Agnes is our  Irish Miss' real name.

51. Finishing touch of a sort : SERIF

53. German industrial city : ESSEN

54. Amble, e.g. : GAIT

57. Pest control name in a red diamond : ORKIN



58. Oenophile's concern : YEAR

60. Fire : LET GO

62. No longer in : PASSE

63. Not nice at all : SNIDE

65. Pan or roast : SLAM

67. Minus : LESS

69. Lieu : STEAD

72. Affectionate valediction : LOVE

73. Kindergarten craftsman : PASTER

74. Lily that's Utah's state flower : SEGO

76. Diagnostic machine : IMAGER

78. Trouble spot : SNAG

81. Responds to a yellow : SLOWS

83. Dojo accessories : MATS

85. "The Jungle Book" bear : BALOO. No idea. I just learned that KAA is "The Jungle Book" python.

86. Brit. record label : EMI

88. Element in stainless steel : CHROMIUM. I just call it Chrome.

91. Taste : SIP

93. Tool box item : LEVEL

94. "The nerve!" : I NEVER

95. Small hooters : OWLETS

96. Tidy : NEATEN

97. Like some of the Sahara : LIBYAN

99. Sleepy, e.g. : DWARF.  The Seven Dwarfs. Tricky clue.

100. Less done : RARER

101. Dress style : A-LINE

102. Hall of Fame football coach Earle "Greasy" __ : NEALE. Unknown name to me.

103. Red-lined items, perhaps : TYPOS

105. The Little Mermaid : ARIEL

106. Flower-shaped pasta : FIORI. Italian for "flowers"



107. Childish comeback : CAN SO

110. Malbec and Merlot : REDS

112. __ Spumanti : ASTI

114. One past due? : TRE. Une, due, Tre

115. Manual transmissions?: Abbr. : ASL (American Sign Language)

117. King in a Steve Martin song : TUT. "King Tut".

118. Success sign : VEE


Sunday Jan 20, 2013 Jim Hyres