TUESDAY, July 20, 2010 - Fred Piscop

Hi, it’s Jeffrey, back for one more day while PuzzleGirl is off on her super-double-top-secret mission.
Theme: Musical Numbers or Incredibly Old Songs.

Theme answers:
17A. [Temptations number] – CLOUD NINE (1968)

64A. [Doris Day number] – TEA FOR TWO (1950)

9D. [Josh White number] – ONE MEATBALL (1944). Never heard of this one.



24D. [Tennessee Ernie Ford number] – SIXTEEN TONS (1955)



Quite the odd collection there. Average age = 56 years (or more, “TEA FOR TWO” is from 1925’s “No, No, Nanette”.)
1-2-9-16. Why? It is not a Fabonacci sequence (1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21...). Not squares (1-4-9-16). Not powers of two (1-2-4-8-16). Any theories? Are they all 16A. [Source of some urban pollution] – NOISE?

Other old stuff:
4A. [Student of Socrates] - PLATO
21A. [Ward, to Beaver] - DAD
34A. [Pre-fax communication] - TELEX
29A. [4-Across, to Aristotle] - TEACHER
48A. [First name in scat] - ELLA
52A. [21-Across, slangily] – OLD MAN
64D. [Fenway Park's Williams] – TED
Some new stuff:
19A. [First name in TV talk] - ELLEN
20A. [CIA boss Panetta] – LEON
6D. [Andrea Bocelli delivery] – ARIA
57D. ["__ Only Just Begun": Carpenters hit] – WE’VE (1970 – new for this puzzle)



PuzzleGirl is scheduled to be back from her mission in time to take back her crown tomorrow. Thanks for bearing with me these two days.

All the rest of the stuff:
1A. [Letters on the Ronald Reagan] - USS
9A. [Travel like Eris or Ceres] - ORBIT
14A. [Zippo] - NIL
15A. [Put to work] - HIRED
22A. [Brunch fare] - OMELET
23A. [Tell-all news story] - EXPOSE
25A. [Market special] – SALE
27A. [Guinness serving] - PINT
37A. [Mob hit victim, often] - RAT
39A. [Worthless talk] - TRIPE
40A. [__-garde] - AVANT
41A. ["Thrilla in Manila" boxer] - ALI
42A. [School rides] - BUSES
43A. [Soprano Fleming] - RENEE
44A. [Spray graffiti on, say] - MAR
45A. [Stocks or bonds] - ASSET
46A. [Swap the old for the new] – TRADE UP
50A. [Legendary loch] - NESS
56A. [Having just exercised] - SWEATY
60A. [Returns pro] - CPA
62A. [Move carefully] - EASE
63A. [Convention nametag word] - HELLO
66A. [Poland Spring competitor] - EVIAN
67A. [Carriage return, these days] - ENTER
68A. [Catch some rays] - TAN
69A. [Campus VIPs] - DEANS
70A. [Tractor maker John] - DEERE
71A. [USNA grad] - ENS
1D. ["I give!"] - UNCLE
2D. [Proctor __ appliances] - SILEX
3D. [Single-masted ship] - SLOOP
4D. [Deg. for many 69-Across] - PHD
5D. [Tree also known as basswood] - LINDEN
7D. [Works the bar] - TENDS
8D. ["To a ..." poem] - ODE
10D. [Thespian's résumé listing] - ROLE
11D. [Fin or sawbuck] - BILL
12D. ["Now it's clear!"] - ISEE
13D. [Backpacker's shelter] - TENT
18D. [Still in the crate] - UNOPENED
22D. [Soccer shout] - OLE
26D. [Things to wear] - ATTIRE
28D. [Homeless itinerants] - TRAMPS
30D. [One with a cause] - CRUSADER
31D. [Greet the villain] - HISS
32D. [Blunted blade] - EPEE
33D. [Remainder] - REST
34D. [Like sourballs] - TART
35D. ["Rarely, if __ ..."] - EVER
36D. [Lang of Smallville] - LANA
38D. [In the style of] - ALA
47D. [Slangy reversal of direction] - UEY
49D. [Work shirker] - LOAFER
51D. [Movie segment] - SCENE
53D. [Dull finish] - MATTE
54D. [Egypt's __ High Dam] - ASWAN
55D. [Vegas signs] - NEONS
56D. [Storage building] - SHED
58D. [Director Kazan] - ELIA
59D. [Actor Arkin] - ALAN
61D. [Chopped spread] - PATE
65D. [It usually ends in "ite"] - ORE

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