Interesting that the two long Down answers today are eye-related: STARINGCONTEST (Game that often ends in tears) and RETINALSCANNER (High-tech security device). See also: 52D "Good name for a florist or optometrist" (IRIS). And another fun related pair is "Quinceañera feature" (TILDE) and "Quinceañera, e.g." (FIESTA).
I liked BOTTOMDOLLAR (End of one's money), but I thought that TISSUESAMPLE (Culture subject) and CANNIBAL (One of a dangerous group in "Robinson Crusoe") tread a little close to the "breakfast table" line. Or whatever that decency litmus test is called.
On the brighter side, my poetry friends will enjoy the Plath quote at 50D: "I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of FLESH." It's from her journals, not from one of her poems, but still... Plath.
ASTERISKS (Things not good to have next to one's records) is fun, COLDSPELL (Follower of an arctic blast) is appropriate for today's weather situation, and RYES (Old-fashioned options) is appropriate any old time. Who would use anything else? :)
This went right along for me - less than ten minutes. Often when Friday is easier than I think it should be, Saturday makes up for it. Here's hoping!
- Horace
Today's puzzle solve was rudely interrupted by a power outage, so I needed to set the generator up, etc., and meanwhile the timer kept going. Anyway, relatively quick run-through. With FEELSSEEN, FLOATTANK, BOTTOMDOLLAR, TISSUESAMPLE, COOP, ASSET and CANNIBAL all in there, I thought we had some double-letter thing going on, but it's Friday, so no theme likely, and it's not consistent.
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