Themeless 35
◆◆ · Di JeffsPuzzles · Pubblicato 2022-08-06T13:00:11.069Z
Constructor's Note
This one's hard but hopefully not frustratingly so ... 2 grid-spanners from well-known, devastatingly powerful poems, lots of Greek mythology, a great neologism from crossword fave Brian Eno (12A), and a clue I won't apologize for, no matter how much I should (26A)
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Orizzontali
- 1ARepugnance
- 6ADec.:10::___:100
- 9AWhat 9 Down like to do
- 12AWord coined by crossword fave Brian Eno to describe the collective intelligence of a group of highly creative people
- 14AMexican salamander with a name that's fun to say
- 16ASilk fabric in the lyric "There's oil in the puddles in ___ patterns/That run down the drain/In colored arrangements" (Joni Mitchell, "Michael from Mountains")
- 17AUps one's game (with "the occasion")
- 18A"What happens to a dream deferred//Does it dry up like ____" (Langston Hughes, "Harlem," later used as the title of a famous Lorraine Hansberry play)
- 20APerformer that's one letter off from something shared on the Internet
- 21ATool for people who believe in lawn order?
- 22AJenny ___, singer known as the "Swedish Nightingale"
- 23ACiv pro students
- 25APractice where grown-ups imitate dogs, cats, and pigeons while being told how to breathe
- 26A"An Olympic ___ist just moved next door to me." "Tell me more, Mr. Frost - do good fencers make good neighbors?"
- 27AMore like Eeyore
- 29ALike some spectacles
- 31AAncient Greek goddess of dawn and Canon SLRs (Ancient Greek Clue (AGC) #1)
- 33AAQI monitor
- 34AIt's used with paper and sometimes jams
- 38ATap
- 43AExpression meant to ape a lion
- 44ACowardly Lion portrayer
- 46ATrap, or part of a trap set
- 47AGive ___ (care)
- 48A___ equity
- 50ALikely abode for most members of the London Symphony Orchestra, ironically
- 51A"Do I _____?/I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach ..." (T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock)
- 54AFlip, reassuring response to "Are you OK?"
- 55A"Not ___" (i.e., "Clearly you have no idea")
- 56AStops or storms
- 57ADivans with backs and arms
- 58AGabi Wilson, professionally
- 59AMD workplaces
- 60AIndian crepes, basically
Verticali
- 1DInstrument dating back more than 12,000 years
- 2DSmeared
- 3DIt covers all the bases
- 4DYou might pull them in a car
- 5DTerm coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his story "Universe" to refer to crew members on a "generational spaceship" who are born with variant physical forms
- 6DHall of fame?
- 7DYou might pull onto them in a car
- 8DHave a bagel, maybe
- 9D"Did you hear" types
- 10DHarmonizes
- 11DConcrete ___ or 4 Non ___s
- 12DJohn who played Jesse in "Full House"
- 13DOlivia's "Grease" character
- 15DArtist/retired actress Sobieski ("Eyes Wide Shut," "The Glass House")
- 19DMarty Feldman's character in "Young Frankenstein"
- 24DOoze
- 28DTurns a trick?
- 30DTo run them you have to lose them
- 32DNori and kombu, e.g.
- 34DBrand "nobody doesn't like"
- 35DOne showing off a new dress, perhaps
- 36DVan Cleef & ___ (French jewelry company)
- 37DAGC#2: Mother of the Olympian gods/godesses, whose namesake is married to Danny DeVito
- 39DColonizes, in a way
- 40DAGC#3: Statue created by Pygmalion of Crete, which subsequently came to life; the story is a basis for "My Fair Lady" as well as Richard Powers's novel "___ 2.2")
- 41DAGC#4: Spokespeople for the gods
- 42DAGC#5: Titan goddess of water (and sister of 37 Down; her name has been given to an ancient ocean between the super-continents Gondwana and Laurasia)
- 43DDaikon, e.g.
- 45DSpeed limits, e.g.
- 49DLike a paycheck or (sometimes) patience
- 52DFatigue
- 53DArgentina's national game, which used to involve gauchos and a duck (since replaced by a ball), as evidenced by its name