CrossEyedDave practice blog

 20A. Winner of the first Olympic gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle:  SAGEKOTSENBURG . (Um, I'm supposed to break connected words apart, but I have no idea what the words are above...) Oh, Wait a sec, "Sage", but is sage the guys name? With a last name Kotsenburg? How do I review a puzzle when I can't even understand what I am reading? 34A. "White Christmas" co-star:  ROSEMARY CLOONEY . Rosemary, oh, ok I think I see what's going on now... 43A. "Peanuts" character with a tendency to sleep through class:  PEPPERMINT PATTY  . Peppermint, is this about Herbs? 58A. Shampoo brand that claims to be "plant obsessed," and what 20-, 34-, and 43-Across all have:  HERBAL ESSENCES .  Across: 1. Dreary: DRAB . 5. Shock: JOLT . 9. Improvises vocally: SCATS . 14. Currency in 20 countries: EURO . 15. Desire: URGE . 16. Like days long ago: OLDEN . 17. Has-__: BEEN . 18. Cornhusker st.: NEBR . now, all the above were pretty si...

17A. Lunch combo component, perhaps:  CUP OF SOUP 25A. Out of this world:  SUPER DUPER . 36A. Classic Connie Francis song with the line           "I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly":    STUPID CUPID .  59A. Forming couples, or a feature of 17-, 25-, 36-, and 50- Across:  PAIRING UP . Across: 1. Baseball hat: CAP . 4. Ran a towel over: WIPED . 9. Inter Miami star Lionel: MESSI . 14. Post-OR area: ICU . 15. Baghdad resident, e.g.: IRAQI . 16. Sean of "Rudy": ASTIN . 17 Themer 19. Media mogul Winfrey: OPRAH . 20. Enough: AMPLE . 21. Brewpub letters: IPA . 23. April or May: NAME . 24. Monopoly card: DEED . 25. Themer 28. Picnic invader: ANT . 29. Gerund ending: ING . 30. Camping gear retailer: REI . 31. Air pump fig.: PSI . 32. Like figure skaters: AGILE . 34. Toga costume, in a pinch: SHEET . 36. themer 39. Rapper/actor __ Jackson Jr.: OSHEA . 41. Old Testament figure who is instructed by...

 Tuesday October 28, Samuel L Donaldson Theme: Counting up CrossEyedDave Here, to guide you thru this  one step at a time... 15. Spendy flying option:  FIRST CLASS . (Step one) 23. Dating option not recommended by Madonna in "Express Yourself":  SECOND BEST . (Step two) 33. Topic to avoid, metaphorically:  THIRD RAIL . (Step three) 49. Imaginary barrier that might be broken by a stage actor:  FOURTH WALL (Step four) 59. Double date tagalong:  FIFTH WHEEL . (Step five) Sheesh, I'm getting winded, no one told me Blogging was going to be like climbing ten flights of stairs.... Across: 1. "Later, gang!": SEEYA .  6. Winter ailment: FLU . 9. Chats online, briefly: IMS . 12. At a distance: APART . 13. Pull a pre-final all-nighter: CRAM . 14. Cabbage-based side: SLAW . 15. (1st theme) 17. __ to self: NOTE . 18. Ga. airport code: ATL . 19. Arts and crafts, to a grammarian: NOUNS . 20. "Oppenheimer" or "Anora": MOVIE . 21. Corner ...