THEME: sounding opposite — two-word phrases where the words sound like opposites of one another (when actually one of them is just a homophone of the opposite). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004, his first year of eligibility. I'm looking at his wikipedia page and the only thing I even vaguely recognize him from is "Drop Dead Fred. " Totally unironically. Interconnected systems.
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Double Reed In A Pit Crossword December
50A: Midas service (BRAKE REPAIR). Free Printable Crosswords||Today's solution||Crosswords for July 2017|. Started with CATS (1A: 1983 Tony-winning musical) and just ran the Downs from there. Also enjoyed all the Ks. Double-reed woodwind. He's clearly big in Britain, but here? Charles Foster KANE (36D: Film character based on Hearst). Make a copy of a recording. The study of measurement. Double reed in a pit crossword puzzle. I blew through this puzzle in high-Mon/low-Tue time, but I'm quite sure that was not the case for most folks.
59A: Cry accompanying the arrival of visitors ("THEY'RE HERE! 23A: Extra after a movie's credits, perhaps (HIDDEN SCENE). Though not KAY so much (30A: "Every kiss begins... Double reed in a pit crossword october. " jeweler). Oh, I wrote in EDIT instead of FONT at 19A: Microsoft Word menu pick. Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. 62D: English comedian Mayall). Eckersley had success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the first of only two pitchers in Major League history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career (the other being John Smoltz).
Double Reed In A Pit Crossword Puzzle
39A: 2006 Jay-Z single ("LOST ONE"). Had no idea what the theme was at this point. Not exactly a front-of-the-catalogue single. That's pretty weak. " Word of the Day: Dennis ECKersley (46A: Pitcher Dennis in Cooperstown, for short) —. Or, I don't know, maybe you thought Steve Austin had a bionic LEFT ARM (that's the first thing I wrote in). Double reed in a pit crossword december. He is also noted as the pitcher who gave up a dramatic, walk-off home run (a phrase Eckersley coined after this home run) to the injured Kirk Gibson in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Films of impurities. Theme answers: - 17A: Good stretch for the Dow (STRONG WEEK). And now I know why I had to suffer through some weak phrases—for this interesting if slightly gangly theme.
For whatever reason, most of the clues gave up their answers almost instantly. Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium. Signed, Rex Parker, King of CrossWorld. Very segmented grid, but in such a way that there's really no way to get stuck—you've got outs all over the place. That would've been a cool clue, but probably more Friday/Saturday-level. "Odyssey" sorceress. LEFT EYE was the stage name of Lisa Lopes, one of the three members of R&B group TLC. I think RIK and the EYE/ARM thing... and the Jay-Z song... were the only parts of the puzzle that gave me any trouble.
Double Reed In A Pit Crossword October
None of it took much mulling over. NOME, Alaska (53D: Iditarod terminus). I don't believe HIDDEN SCENE is what its clue says it is. Speaking of, enjoyed MULL OVER (48A: Reflect deeply on) and especially EPITOME (26D: Prime example).
Probably played closer to normal, based mainly on the odd theme phrases and, let's say, ECK.