Thick slices of something. Double reed in a pit crossword puzzle clue. 50A: Midas service (BRAKE REPAIR). Not exactly a front-of-the-catalogue single. Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. 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).
Free Printable Crosswords||Today's solution||Crosswords for July 2017|. I blew through this puzzle in high-Mon/low-Tue time, but I'm quite sure that was not the case for most folks. NOME, Alaska (53D: Iditarod terminus). I mostly like the fill here, though what the hell is a RIK Mayall??? Totally unironically. Double reed in a pit crossword solver. That's pretty weak. " Make a copy of a recording. 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. How is appearing (! )
Charles Foster KANE (36D: Film character based on Hearst). None of it took much mulling over. I don't believe HIDDEN SCENE is what its clue says it is. He's clearly big in Britain, but here? Interconnected systems. After a movie's credits "HIDDEN? " Still seems like a reasonable answer.
Double-reed woodwind. 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. The study of measurement. For whatever reason, most of the clues gave up their answers almost instantly. 59A: Cry accompanying the arrival of visitors ("THEY'RE HERE! Probably played closer to normal, based mainly on the odd theme phrases and, let's say, ECK. Double reed in a pit crossword december. Or, I don't know, maybe you thought Steve Austin had a bionic LEFT ARM (that's the first thing I wrote in). 62D: English comedian Mayall). Started with CATS (1A: 1983 Tony-winning musical) and just ran the Downs from there. That would've been a cool clue, but probably more Friday/Saturday-level.
I'm looking at his wikipedia page and the only thing I even vaguely recognize him from is "Drop Dead Fred. " 23A: Extra after a movie's credits, perhaps (HIDDEN SCENE). Word of the Day: Dennis ECKersley (46A: Pitcher Dennis in Cooperstown, for short) —. "Odyssey" sorceress. Speaking of, enjoyed MULL OVER (48A: Reflect deeply on) and especially EPITOME (26D: Prime example). And now I know why I had to suffer through some weak phrases—for this interesting if slightly gangly theme.
39A: 2006 Jay-Z single ("LOST ONE"). 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. 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). Theme answers: - 17A: Good stretch for the Dow (STRONG WEEK). Crossword puzzle for July 12, 2017|. Oh, I wrote in EDIT instead of FONT at 19A: Microsoft Word menu pick. Though not KAY so much (30A: "Every kiss begins... " jeweler). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004, his first year of eligibility. In a compliant manner.
Had no idea what the theme was at this point. LEFT EYE was the stage name of Lisa Lopes, one of the three members of R&B group TLC. Also enjoyed all the Ks. Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium.