![]() Tracey knows what I like (although the clue could have been Shortz's). 38A: Castellaneta, the voice of Homer on "The Simpsons" (Dan) - Sadly for this "Simpsons" fan, I never even saw this clue.This answer is also part of a trio of first-person partials in the grid, including also 16A: "_ Dancer" (1973 Nureyev documentary) ("I am a") and 24D: "Look what _!" ("I did") I think Sublime's lead singer died of a heroin overdose, but this song, "What I Got," is one of the brighter spots in the mid-90s music landscape. 35A: "What _" (1996 Sublime hit) ("I Got") - my absolute favorite clue in the grid.23A: Common time to start on a trip (dawn) - I, however, will be starting my trip (to Stamford) in the early afternoon, after my new dermatologist finishes checking me from head to toe for skin cancer! Because that's how I prepare for All my various tournaments.21A: Player with the first retired number in baseball (Gehrig) - new baseball knowledge for me.Take that, Seamus! (I am totally joking, so please no angry, drunken emails, thanks).ĥ8A: Homme d'_ (etat) - I know of the "Coup," not the "Homme." I assume it just means "statesman" or something close to that. To counter the Irish presence in the grid, I'm glad that the puzzle was willing to crack out the 60A: British guns (stens). (anat.) (one of the few answers in the puzzle that I don't like). I mistakenly had ALTS for HGTS at 53D: Elevs., so had an "A" and not an "H" in the final position, plus I had nothing in the penultimate position, as nothing was making sense for the cross, 52D: Constitution: Abbr. My first mistake was reading "Thomas MORE" for "Thomas Moore" and thinking "what the hell else did he write besides Utopia?" The mystery with BEGORRAH wasn't so much the answer as how to spell it, especially the end of it. SHARPLES! Great name.ĥ6A: Subject of some Thomas Moore poetry (Erin) Do waitresses really speak like this any more? If so, tell me where, because I will totally go there, especially if the waitress looks / acts like Flo or the cook / owner / manager wears a crazy white beanie like Mel did.Īnyone remember Mel's last name?! I didn't 'til I saw it just now while trolling for the above pic. The "V" was the very last letter I entered because despite my love for diners and coffee (I can almost taste the Stamford IHOP fare), it took a long time for the "V" cross, JAVAS ( 36A: Orders of "draw one" at a diner), to come to me. Not sure why.Ģ8D: Lifeboat crane (davit) - looks terribly made-up. And good night for NBC News." I somehow thought the answer was going to involve Carol Burnett or George Burns or some comedian. The full sign-off was "Good night, Chet" - "Good night, David. This was part of the sign off on the "Huntley-Brinkley Report," NBC's news program from 1956-1970. 1D: "Good-night _" (old TV sign-off) (Chet) - A bit before my time.
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