Well, I think I've heard this song a few times on the radio but I never heard the lyrics and goggling and getting the result I really thought I had never heard of it.
But hitting play I guess I have actually heard of it. But I only remember the first few lines and the only words I remember is "Saturday".
Good puzzle. I like that I could work it out without knowing anything about the song.
No, it's definitely "Saturday in the Park" - I think your comment was more about only hearing a word hear and there. Someone else said they weren't sure what the title was, maybe just "Fourth of July" or something of that nature. I'm splitting hairs, but I always thought Tom Petty's classic was "Waiting Is the Hardest Part" until recently, but it's technically just "The Waiting." Live and learn!
whimsy 🤓21:27 · 2022-07-02T23:08:09.856Z
Oh ho! Love it! So appropriate. Thanks, Mikey!
lbray53 2s · 2022-07-02T23:14:03.068Z
From the first album I ever bought. I used my high school graduation money to buy a stereo and some albums. I was a late starter.
That's so epic, though! I don't know if it has the same nostalgic effect, but my first CD was the greatest hits of the Beach Boys, for what it's worth!
lbray53 2s · 2022-07-04T00:31:17.816Z
I still love that group. We heard them in Milwaukee at the Riverside Theater two years ago. Amazing show!
Ugh, I was 75% done and then it refreshed with an empty grid...hence my 7s solve time. I got the meta all by myself though.
boharr 18s · 2022-07-03T02:42:23.861Z
Fun one. Thanks
Tyrpmom 2s · 2022-07-03T04:29:07.361Z
Nice one!
KayW 🤓9:40 · 2022-07-03T18:11:19.480Z
LOL given that I'm a native Chicagoan of a certain age, I am REALLY embarrassed I didn't get this on the first shot (I went with THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER)
Fun puzzle and clues as always!
Dow Jones 3s · 2022-07-03T20:15:25.813Z
Your grids are so interesting to solve and your metas are superb. Great band, song and blast from the past.
Thanks so much - that's quite kind of you! Their horns were so great, and I'd love to take a deeper dive into some of their stuff.
Toast 🤓59s · 2022-07-03T23:24:23.228Z
Not to be confused with Sunday in the Park with George, but that's six words and consequently a whole musical.
rjy 3s · 2022-07-05T10:22:36.516Z
Thanks Mikey, enjoyed it! Fun clueing as always… Embarrassed to have had to google for the answer, having been a lifelong Chicago fan, certainly of maybe their first dozen or so albums. Any brass player growing up in the 70s was all over their sound…
First name of singer of "I Will Remember You" and "Angel" (sponsored by Kleenex)
9A
"Dude!"
12A
Drops on the ground
13A
Digression
14A
Smart person?
15A
"Yeah, no clue on this Level 7 meta"
17A
Book after Micah
19A
Writer's block?
20A
Place
21A
He was terrible
22A
"The sky's the limit!"
24A
"This decision is of nary a consequence"
27A
If you see one, you might be swamped (it's found in a swamp, folks)
28A
You might pick it (like if the orthopedic surgeon overcharges you)
29A
Acrobat attachment?
32A
Led
35A
Oodles
38A
Novel ending?
39A
Trick ending? (I'm really sorry but not really)
40A
When I got out of my car at the US mint, I stopped ___ dime
41A
Some fabled bird (please ignore this entire row of the grid, thank you very much)
42A
Period that might be ushered in (this is not meta-related, since it is not an across entry of at least 8 letters and does not match the symmetrical pattern of all the relevant multi-word entries and you're welcome)
44A
May it be with you
46A
Put on
47A
"Go away!" (said to a sneaker salesperson, perhaps?)
49A
Ink cartridge color
50A
Collective term for journalists
54A
"Why, certainly!"
57A
"Cat on ___ Tin Roof" (play that is actually not about felines, so I found out the hard way)
58A
Rough
59A
14-legged crustaceans that have a simple gut (so do I)
62A
Touch of color
63A
Canada Day
65A
Some jeans
66A
24th of 24
67A
Org. whose first Entertainer of the Year was Eddy Arnold in 1967
68A
Lugubrious
69A
"Later, ___!"
70A
Presidential monogram between FDR and DDE
Verticali
1D
40-30, perhaps
2D
Ctrl-Y command
3D
Four (but you don't have to look for squares in the grid this time)
4D
Took no further action
5D
Obliquely (or what the caterpillar does to figure out how to work harder)
6D
What you might possess if you have a zest for life
7D
Kerfuffle
8D
Chop down
9D
Affair I haven't yet been invited to
10D
Post-injury program
11D
Eyes
14D
"That's ___!"
16D
State whose shape is almost a trapezoid
18D
Oldest March
20D
Where the first phone call goes to
22D
Trampled
23D
TV network that has people who are way too cheery hawking stuff that is way too overpriced
24D
Conservationist, zookeeper, and "Dancing with the Stars" champion Bindi
25D
Made fun of
26D
You can get a lot here
30D
Even though the manufacturer of miniature Statues of Liberty said she wasn't interested in me, I will always ___ for her
31D
Winter vehicle that sounds like my Ginger in a blizzard
33D
___ Majesty (you've got the first letter, at least!)
34D
Expungement
36D
Half-___ (68-Across excuse for a cup of coffee)
37D
When the actors forgot their lines, the director made a ___
40D
[I know this! I really know it this time! I promise I won't just put my hand down and say I forgot!]
43D
Carried out (kind of a dupe with an across entry - sorry about that)
44D
Schlep
45D
Studying tentacled sea creatures can really ___ your time
48D
Divs. of days
51D
Sends packing
52D
Half of a carefree phrase (I can't say the first part without giving part of this entry away!)
53D
Rosh Hashanah horn
54D
Mo. for baseball playoffs!!!!!
55D
Stymies a scheme
56D
Former Crete capital (found in "All you can eat")
59D
"___ you beat me!" (sore loser's statement that I may or may not have said before - I'm not competitive, but I want to win)
60D
GI awards (all letters are consonants found in order, albeit not consecutively, in Iowa's capital)
61D
"I need this book on probability ___!"
63D
___ the memory (I wished it burned calories)
64D
"All I remember about that movie is ___ dancing" - my mom, on "Pulp Fiction"