Practice blog #3 (just having fun, social equities be damned...)
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 simple (for a Wednesday) until you come to this disaster of an abbreviation. Luckily the perps were kind...
19. McDonald of "The Gilded Age": AUDRA. (Don't know, don't care...) just another minefield fill to be perped...
20. Themer
23. Not even: ODD. (Like this review)
24. Pilot's approx.: ETD. This is a trick abbreviation, just to mess up your perps...
25. Dads: PAS. If there were an ez here, he could have clued dispensable candy. But unfortunately we have this crap...
26. __-la-la: TRA.
29. Problem in one's pants or pantry: ANTS.
32. Burro: ASS.
34. Themer
40. Where to see the big picture?: IMAX.
41. "Rudy" coach Parseghian: ARA.
42. Erté's style: DECO.
43. Themer
48. Soccer fan's "Bravo!": OLE.
49. Tennis great Arthur: ASHE.
50. Michigan's __ Locks: SOO. (Crosswordese...)
51. Wee: SMA. This really bothers me, I would like to add a CK to this answer, and smack whoever thought of even clueing this...
54. Rocket ending: EER.
56. Speed Wagon automaker: REO.
58. Theme reveal
64. Like sun bears and pandas: ASIAN.
65. __-Seltzer: ALKA.
66. California roll ingredient: CRAB. Mine end up as imitation crab, (whatever the heck that is...)
68. Italian soccer great Maldini: PAOLO. Don't know, don't care. Just perpage fodder...
69. __-back: LAID. Not me today...
70. Like a fairy tale duckling: UGLY.
71. Fragrant compound: ESTER.
72. Postseason honorees, briefly: MVPS.
73. Memorization technique: ROTE.
Sorry, I didn't bother to crop it. It's not like anyone is going to see this anyway...
It's just another rote practice blog ...
Down:
1. Food blogger Perelman: DEB. Aaand, could have been clued as a thousand other people...
2. Feels bad about: RUES. I rue my comment above..,
3. Geometric calculation: AREA.
4. Salsa hand drum: BONGO. If you say so...
5. Outdated term for noncoding genetic material: JUNKDNA.
6. Cookie with many specialty flavors: OREO.
7. Pride Month letters: LGBT.
8. Not wordy: TERSE.
9. Scoundrel: SO AND SO. Hmm, not imp?
10. Country __: CLUB. (Boring...)
11. Tally: ADDUP.
12. __ firma: TERRA. (Boring...)
13. Glitches: SNAGS.
21. Red-coated cheese: EDAM.
22. List ender: ETAL.
26. Klutz's move, perhaps: TRIP.
27. "Ben-Hur" setting: ROME. Not the coliseum?
28. "Hurry!" letters: ASAP.
30. Peak transport: TRAM. Splynter guessed T bar, not bad... but to me, it reminds me why the original "J" bar ski lift got phased out. Too many people got poked up the ass...
31. Lebanon neighbor: SYRIA. (No politics, so I can't say what I want to say...)
33. Bubbly beverage: SODA.
35. Convention center event: EXPO.
36. Tuna holders: CANS. Yeah, there's no substitute for cans as tuna holders, unless you are this lady in bed with tuna pillows? (Yeah I find weird stuff...)
37. Brooklyn B-ballers: NETS.
38. Start for -derm or -plasm: ECTO.
39. Toy on a string: YOYO.
44. "__ Rigby": ELEANOR.
45. Rod's partner: REEL.
46. Duds: THREADS.
47. Hammer head: PEEN.
51. Rhombus, e.g.: SHAPE.
52. Southwestern flattops: MESAS.
53. Eliciting many laughs: ARIOT. Obligatory parsing required. "a" riot... (laughing I'm not...)
55. Domain: REALM.
57. Happen: OCCUR.
59. Packed hay: BALE.
60. Many an Eastern European: SLAV.
61. YouTube ad option: SKIP. (I wish I could do this faster...)
62. Therefore: ERGO.
63. Shaker filling: SALT.
67. "Toodles!": BYE. An appropriate ending...
Down:
1. Food blogger Perelman: DEB. Aaand, could have been clued as a thousand other people...
2. Feels bad about: RUES. I rue my comment above..,
3. Geometric calculation: AREA.
4. Salsa hand drum: BONGO. If you say so...
5. Outdated term for noncoding genetic material: JUNKDNA.
6. Cookie with many specialty flavors: OREO.
7. Pride Month letters: LGBT.
8. Not wordy: TERSE.
9. Scoundrel: SO AND SO. Hmm, not imp?
10. Country __: CLUB. (Boring...)
11. Tally: ADDUP.
12. __ firma: TERRA. (Boring...)
13. Glitches: SNAGS.
21. Red-coated cheese: EDAM.
22. List ender: ETAL.
26. Klutz's move, perhaps: TRIP.
27. "Ben-Hur" setting: ROME. Not the coliseum?
28. "Hurry!" letters: ASAP.
30. Peak transport: TRAM. Splynter guessed T bar, not bad... but to me, it reminds me why the original "J" bar ski lift got phased out. Too many people got poked up the ass...
31. Lebanon neighbor: SYRIA. (No politics, so I can't say what I want to say...)
33. Bubbly beverage: SODA.
35. Convention center event: EXPO.
36. Tuna holders: CANS. Yeah, there's no substitute for cans as tuna holders, unless you are this lady in bed with tuna pillows? (Yeah I find weird stuff...)
37. Brooklyn B-ballers: NETS.
38. Start for -derm or -plasm: ECTO.
39. Toy on a string: YOYO.
44. "__ Rigby": ELEANOR.
45. Rod's partner: REEL.
46. Duds: THREADS.
47. Hammer head: PEEN.
51. Rhombus, e.g.: SHAPE.
52. Southwestern flattops: MESAS.
53. Eliciting many laughs: ARIOT. Obligatory parsing required. "a" riot... (laughing I'm not...)
55. Domain: REALM.
57. Happen: OCCUR.
59. Packed hay: BALE.
60. Many an Eastern European: SLAV.
61. YouTube ad option: SKIP. (I wish I could do this faster...)
62. Therefore: ERGO.
63. Shaker filling: SALT.
67. "Toodles!": BYE. An appropriate ending...
CE:D out
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