This is dedicated to Merry Poppet, a longtime friend and supporter and consummate wordsmith.
ACROSS
1. I HOPE THIS PUZZLE IS THIS
3. SHE HAD A PLUMB ASSIGNMENT
5. BIG DERVISH HAT
8. AND WHAT’S THE SYMBOL FOR OLD LACE?
9. VINEYARD
10. WHAT THIS PUZZLE MOST LIKELY IS
11. TWO
13. A CHINESE BLACK TEA
15. YOU CAN SEE SARAH PALIN’S HOUSE THERE
16. A HALF GOODBYE
17. YOU CAN SEE JACKSON’S HOLE THERE
18. OBAMA BOWLED LIKE ONE
19. ANOTHER TYPE OF TEA
21. THIS COULD CAUSE SEA SICKNESS
22. THIS COULD CAUSE YOU SLEEPING SICKNESS
26. TINACTIN IS FAST AT THIS
27. SMELLY UNIVERSITY
29. BIG MUSLIM HAT
31. JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM
33. A GRANT
34. WHEN THIS THING IS ON THAT THING, YOU’RE EMBARRASSED
DOWN
1. THE BEATLES WERE THIS
2. MAKE THIS GREAT AGAIN
3. THE MEASURE OF A PITCHER
4. TO GIVE ONESELF POINTY EARS AND A BOWL CUT
5. HALF A GOODBYE
6. IT’S JUNE. TURN IT UP
7. ÉMILE ZOLA’S HOT TUB
9. YOU’LL DO THIS WHEN YOU STEP ON A LEGO BAREFOOT
10. THEY ARE COMMON
12. MAKE SURE IT IS UP IN PUBLIC
14. DOES THIS CLOTHING STORE PAY WOMEN LESS?
15. HAYWIRE
19. FUDD THINKS BUGS IS THIS
20. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY IN DALLAS
23. HALF AN EM
24. BEING GRATEFUL THAT IT’S TODAY (ABB)
25. RANTS USED TO BE DESCRIBED THIS WAY
28. BILL WITHERS WANTS YOU TO DO THIS TO HIM
29. PRECEDES LA LA
30. WAS HER HUSBAND UNCLE EN?
32. YOU MIGHT FIGURATIVELY “BUY THE FARM” HERE
I don’t know the rules.
Are searches allowed?
If not, I’m sure of 4 Down…
It is not Spockyfieds
I just realized I wrote on my monitor with a marker. Old school, I guess.
1 Across & Down:
Fun & Fab
Add the S and you have the top left block.
Ug. Nerd foreplay is so……NERDY!!!
27 accross: P.U.
1 accross: FUN
15 across: ALASKA
Awww! Thanks, BFH! These are fun. 🙂
26 across: ACTING (Fast actin tinactin)
3 down: MPH
10 across: AGONY
(just kidding)
6 down: AC
9 down: limp
12 down: FLY
19 down: WASCALLY?
29 down: FA
29 across: TURD won’t fit
Jethro has a few wrong.
Beware!
Can’t come up with 13 across. *looking up teas*
17 across: WY
4 down: VULCANIZE
(hehehe)
13 across: 紅茶
28 down: USE
OK, I’ve got the whole thing. Single words go to the highest bidder. How many iOTW bucks are you willing to give me for 7 Down?
I can’t get the pencil to write on here.
Would it spoil anybody’s fun if I posted all the answers this soon?
15 across – RUSSIA
DA!
1 down – FAB
3 across – EVE
3 down – ERA
8 accoss – AS (arsenic)
Arsenic and Old Lace.
7 down is a wonderful clue/answer. Delicious!
7 down: Émile Zola wrote many books and one of his better known ones is J’accuse!. His hot tub was, of course, a Jacuzzi.
10 across: This puzzle is most definitely not caca.
Go ahead, Al.
Post the solution.