Desmond-Induced Deflation
◆◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2022-07-23T11:56:45.269Z
Constructor's Note
On my best days playing alto sax, my tone was a pale imitation of Paul Desmond’s crystal, liquid, heavenly sound. Desmond was a marvel – a soloist whose intelligence and grace made his lines seem inevitable, and a composer of one of the very greatest jazz classics (see 60 Across), track three on the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s hugely influential Time Out album (one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time). If you know the tune, the puzzle should be medium difficulty; if you don’t, it’ll be tougher. Check out this live performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXNdq4SA8e4&ab_channel=DaveBrubeck.
Jeff Linder
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Across
- 1ASeraglios
- 7ATrumpet key
- 12A*In-N-Out competitor
- 14ALuxury bedding brand
- 15ATitular Sophocles heroine
- 16AIn band introductions, words that might precede "guitar" or "vocals"
- 17AAxe
- 18A*Beer buys
- 20AWindsor, e.g.
- 22ASort of
- 26A*Cardinal vices
- 30AConstruction beams (or where Apple employees hang out after work?)
- 31AOne-time auto option
- 32AMaking notes that are subsequently indecipherable, if you're me
- 35APainting technique
- 38AEnd of a baseball variant that starts with a number (or possibly a Kilkenny kitty?) ]
- 39AGods' home furnished with Viking appliances?
- 40A*Buddhist teaching
- 45A"As dead as a _____" (expression dating back to the 1300s, when [redacted]s suffered mightily, apparently)
- 46ASibyl
- 49A*Big name in women's shoes
- 53AProof of strong ancient Roman rum?
- 54AYanni and Antetokoumpo, e.g.
- 57AChristian hermits
- 59A"Don't even try to explain"
- 60APaul Desmond classic that explains the asterisked clues
- 61AMore than wants
- 62AIn-N-Out competitors
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- 1DProvince considered the birthplace of Chinese civilization
- 2D"Happy thou ___ ..." (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure) (or a retort on an Elizabethan playground?)
- 3DLouis Quatorze, e.g.
- 4DFroffle, nowadays
- 5DCow's favorite subatomic particle?
- 6D"Auld Lang ____" (or a tryg function?)
- 7DFamed street artist
- 8DSprinters' banes
- 9D4G ___
- 10D___ Max ("Sweet But Psycho") (please not another DuVernay clue)
- 11DAbe's youngest
- 12DPitching ace Greinke
- 13DOld-looking tones
- 14DLA home
- 19DThe "N" in In-N-Out
- 21DSource of much time-wasting, for many (and of $44B-wasting, for others)
- 23DPicked things
- 24DBrat
- 25DBruin legend, for short
- 27DKimono, you know the answer
- 28DHalf of a spicy noodle order?
- 29DRowing machine, familiarly
- 32DDiurnal dose of humor, for short
- 33DUna araña tiene ___ piernas
- 34DPoi source
- 35DRoadside bomb (acronym)
- 36DTwin Cities airport
- 37D___ mater or ___ Zadora
- 39DUtterly mistaken
- 41DSome mushrooms
- 42DMaker of a legendary bargain
- 43DTo hear (Sp.)
- 44DFrenzied
- 47DHts.
- 48DWhat all do in court
- 50DGood Feelings and others
- 51DMobute Sese ___ (Congolese leader who, with US support, overthrew and executied the democratically-elected, leftist Patrice Lumumba)
- 52DSome gov't agents
- 54DWhere you can watch "America Says" approximately 150 times per day
- 55D___ Sremmurd ("Black Beatles" duo)
- 56DMitochondrial ___
- 58D"___ Fell" (Beatles classic)