Ms Hawkins gives us a lovely smooth themeless today, the style of which reminds me of Ms Weintraub. Fun long answers, colloquial phrasings, and clever clues. It's got it all! Too bad I FWTEs...
So about those errors. I do know that PERNICIOUS is not spelled with a T, but that's what I put in. The crossing clue, 15D: Chesterfield, e.g. (COAT) should have made be re-evaluated. But I was going fast, and never looked back. The same thing happened with 9D: Degs. with lab courses, often (BSS). I went with an M for the Master of Science degree, and never looked back at MYOB.
It's that sort of thing that gets you in trouble at the ACPT...
Meanwhile, look at all of those fun answers: HITTHEBOOKS, BELIKETHAT, MORETOCOME, REALMATURE, and YOUSHOULDNTHAVE are such great phrases. Also, MINSTREL and 10D: Famed archers (AMAZONS). While Greek authors may have mythologized a specific group of female warriors, archeology has found burial sites with fully armored women in the Scythian and Hittite regions.
Some fun clues today include:
28A: Cash in the music business (ROSANNE) - nice hidden capital... in two senses! Get it? Cash? Oh well.
34A: One who's been tapped on the shoulder (SIR) - as in getting dubbed as a knight.
47A: It's true! (FACT) - I really enjoy these FICs (see our glossary in the sidebar).
22D: Rooster, but not a rooster (HEN) - really makes you wonder how the male chicken got its name...
33D: Manhattan options (RYES) - perhaps I am thinking too much about apartment hunting for my upcoming move, but it took me a few moments to get what the clue was hinting at.
- Colum
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