Today's theme was a real gas, with the ends of FOUR answers being types of beans (FREIDAPINTO (actress), UBERBLACK (who knew such a thing existed?), the amusing AIRONTHEGSTRING ("Bach piece whose title sounds a bit risque" - ha!), and ROYALNAVY - a bean fit for a king!). The revealer was the amusing BEANCOUNTER ("Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 47-Across?).
Although already full of beans, even more fiber was supplied by two servings of broccoli: FLORET and RABE. Be-leg-u-me, it takes real guts to process that much roughage. Thankfully, to make it all come out right, there's a lot of muscle provided with the aforementioned ROYALNAVY, plus SEABEES, USARMY, and Air Force ONE.
A mung my other favorites today were "Stately potato?" (IDAHO), "Do some grapplin'" (RASSLE), "They'll show you the world" (GLOBES), and "Chess announcement." (CHECK). Filling-wise, I enjoyed RELIC, CASK, REPUTE, and YAWED.
How about the surprising return of Fannie MAE? I also wondered about the clue for 1A: "Highly rated March telecast, with 'the.'" I thought everyone found the OSCARS telecast too long and boring - maybe that's just me. I suppose, "highly rated" might not refer to STAR power, but to number of viewers. If that's the case, then soy be it.
~Frannie.
Frannie, you are my FAVArite reviewer. No KIDNEYing!! This was fun, took me exactly the same time as yesterday, which, like you, I found a bit on the chewy side for a Monday. Hardly got my PULSE up at all!
ReplyDeleteAw, shucks, Philbo. I can’t tell a lima, I’m tickled red to hear it. How cannellini ever thank you?
ReplyDeleteFrannie. This is an excellent review. I bean it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as an aside, I just read an article in the New Yorker this morning about nostalgia, and in it they mentioned that modern architecture is particularly non-nostalgic, often going so far as to mock earlier forms and conventions. I think the photo you chose demonstrates this well.