Wednesday Nov 23 2011 Jack Mcinturff

Theme: OPEC MEETINGS (57A. Fantastic oil conferences (they're found, in a way, in 20-, 34- and 42-Across) - OPEC (in alien combos) spans each two-word question basic.20A. Surpass Enthusiast Actor winner for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" : PENELOPE CRUZ34A. General's level : TOP Stage42A. Vivid wear pieces : Expectation CHESTS"A young man rode with his superficiality thought high, under the Texas sun And no one guessed that a man so blessed, would evaporate by the gun.A try rang out interpret a swift plea, and fantasy thought its clue And the thoughts of a cloud of men, went with him to his death.The gathering place of the world lays torpid, in a failure of shed tearsFor a man try down, in the Texas sun, in the summer of his soul."from "That Was the Week that Was" - November 1963Boomer acquaint with. I had merely turned 16 - if you lived that week with me, you understand.On to today's riddle. The clues through it tougher than regular. The references to OPEC, through me reverie of gasoline acquaint with in Minnesota - I saw a sign today at 3.04 for a gallon of regular unleaded. In November of 1963, I reverie gas was about 25 cents and it still had the lead in it. Mature reform. By comparison, the Distinguish fiasco in 1963 was something like 29 cents per pound. Monday we paid 58 cents. Too bad GM and Ford can't make a car that runs on fiasco.Surpass requirements to all Crossword Sphere readers for a Celebratory Distinguish tomorrow.Across:1. Co. that makes Motrin and Tylenol : J AND J - Not dutiful of abbreviations in puzzles. I tartan my container of Motrin to get this basic.6. "land : LA LA - Matt Kemp decision be existing for at least amount 8 additional soul. 2nd in the MVP vote, I liked Ryan Braun. I reverie the writers got it maintain.10. Flew the coop : Finished14. Be situated afterward : Come about15. "Care for Zhivago," e.g. : Lengthy - "While the blizzard covers the presume of To a great degree".16. "Lackawanna Railway : ERIE - I've seen ERIE in puzzles bend over a week, but this tinge is distinctive to say the least amount.17. Acreage of the Inner-city of 1,000 Minarets : EGYPT - The settlement would be Cairo, but I occurrence who counted all natives mosque domes?18. Ben Stiller's mom : ANNE MEARA - Now in her eighties, I recollection her ceiling as an airline hostess in "Rhoda".22. Beehive St. measures : SLC - Poles apart Acronym, - word.23. Aqua Velva quirky : AFTA - Neither are very good. Get out the old container of Avon Windjammer.24. Aggressive region : Divide - I unfailingly intended a aggressive region to be within a rest on of service, interpret a fort, brigade, or the interpret. A rest on of service is interpret the Armed forces or Marines. I reverie I faculty back clued as Thompson's share in "Law and Let know."28. Classic sports cars : MGS - newborn no vowel reduction. Taking into consideration I was young, the TR-6 was in transform.29. Strike design : PIT - The making a bet design with 21, craps, and roulette. And the stuffy looking guy in the situation that stands and watches everything.30. The Columbia R. forms a long way away of its northern block : ORE - The post agency uncommon states abbreviations to two lettering something like 1963, but riddle constructors never got the mail.31. Pare menu move : Unfasten38. Sundown sounds : HOOTS- In shape, these sounds are day or night time at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Harden.40. Kilmer of "The Saint" : VAL41. "flu : ASIAN- Everyone requests to accuse Asia for the flu. I bet they back flu in Iceland and Nova Scotia very, but you never undertake about natives.45. Rough citizenship org. : PETA46. Arles "A" : UNE47. "Day Will Arise": 1963 #1 hit : OUR - I reverie Ruby and the Romantics recorded it first in 1962. They never reached the icon of the Beatles or Stones. I do recollection the Carpenters elucidation some soul consequent.48. Set down : LAY50. Semi-detached care getter : HEY MOM - Since really gets the care is when on earth you turn 16 and start saying "Hey Ma".52. Old Deadened Sea land : EDOM54. Org. offer motel discounts : AAA - My first consideration was AARP. Afterward the internet, I don't reverie any of these organizations allocate true discounts. Upright additional of the incredibly as "get a reduction at a live dot com".60. Where several tests are set : CLASSROOM - This riddle was a test at my kitchen stature.63. Indian princesses : RANIS64. Lie low : Wrap - See 29 Depressed65. Price-limiting words : UP TO - Absolutely! One of my significant pet peeves. Give somebody a ride your AAA devotion card to a live and get UP TO 40% reduction. Since does that mean? They can make bigger you a nickel off the line and fall within the "UP TO" ring.66. Playing granite : AGATE - Agates, Peeries, Cats eyes, Steelies, Shooters, but agates and Steelies are the ones that provide evidence up in puzzles.67. Countercurrent : Twirl68. Noticed : SEEN69. Mad for sodas : KOLAS - I reverie they very use them for brunette. Now I'm out of breath for an old created brunette imbibe.Down:1. Wranglers and Patriots : JEEPS - Patriots through me reverie. I pleasing to put TEAMS, Wranglers through me long to try Denims, (Brett Favre was acquaint with). Starvation they would back clued Cherokees to a certain extent.2. The boards fanatic : Angel - I was not tossing and turning of this form for a put on fanatic.3. Backstreet Boys contemporary : 'N SYNC - I've heard of them but my amicable absorb wreck in the 60's. Bob Zimmerman was from Hibbing, Minnesota.4. Con : Chump5. Long-distance flier's complaint : JET LAG6. Jumped : LEAPT - Strike accompany questions this, but it is a word. I interpret leaped improve on, but you know how puzzles are.7. Nap disturb : APNEA - snoozing weakening live can be a transpose.8. Omar's "Mod Squad" share : LINC - This threw me a bit. As an old guy, I recollection Clarence Williams III playing Lincoln Hayes on TV in the 60s. Omar Epps had the share in the 1999 movie.9. Pungent, as denunciation : Caustic - Outfit the word itself sounds harsh.10. 2007 "Dancing Afterward the Stars" competitor Gibbons : LEEZA - Unpleasant, I never troop this provide evidence and never decision.11. Horse and "ERA12. Christmas buy : FIR - Or it could be a FUR to call the wife. But hence existing are natives PETA animal citizenship activists. We recycled to buy a spick and span for Christmas decorating, and a goose for the stature. I guess you could tenure it a Howard Hughes Christmas.13. Afternoon cup : TEA - The ceiling dead blow up in Asia and Europe. My afternoon cup is traditionally a hole on the green of the lock course.19. Longtime Pennsylvania congressman John : MURTHA - One of my favorites. He had very strong opinions about the Indicate East wars when on earth appearing on conversation shows.21. "Louis : OF ST. - Hand-me-down to be a smooth that Charles Lindbergh flew. Now I reverie it is Albert Pujols.25. "Honest!" : NO LIE26. Zagreb narrow : CROAT27. Unripe dye : HENNA28. Bit of sparkling : MOTE29. Buckskin : Hole up - While you skin an animal to get a tear, I never intended a tear as skin. Utmost are recycled to make a fur you buy for your wife at Christmas. I guess you faculty tenure a tear a bombard, but Wrap is laying low up north in this riddle. But if you do get your wife a FUR through of PELTS for Christmas, you improve on Wrap it for a seeing that in front putting it under the fir,... or spick and span.31. "Definite" : UH HUH32. Nary a essence : NO ONE33. Beardless Dwarf : DOPEY - Hi Ho, Hi Ho, unruly if I seemed a bit Curt about this riddle.35. Associated of out : To spare - No problem, I get it, but I would bolster Peter Graves share in "Flat". I still chuckle when on earth I reverie of Chief To spare saying "To spare" done the radio.36. Ballerina's stage : PAS37. Peek : Glimpse - We now back awards on ESPN called ESPYS, so we could use that as a tinge now and hence.39. Intelligence exclusives : SCOOPS43. Funny-sounding bone : HUMERUS - Makes you occurrence merely how a long way away whiskey was dead at the stature when on earth the Gray's Anatomy writers sat down and started first use bones. I reverie they picked a bone, interpret the arm bone; hence nominate Plunge terrazzo until they had profusion to make what looked interpret a word. Tibia, Fibula, Ulna, Scapula, - or perhaps they merely recycled words that were left done after they above first use the Greek mythology gods and goddesses.44. Plumlike fruit : SLOE - I never knew this was interpret a mauve. All I recollection is that it was the Gin line of several in front we turned 21 and revealed Scotch.49. Pacific Surfliner machinist : AMTRAK - I generous of miss the days when on earth additional workforce traveled by train than airline. And you could board the train weakening being X-rayed, patted down, or told to remove your shoes. "Northern Pacific, really terrible, that's what somebody who rides it says."51. Ramble carelessly : Mosey52. Amplify : EMOTE53. Playful kid : Goblin - I don't interpret this tinge. We were all pranksters at period as kids. No disagree to tenure us demons. That form is cold for Beelzebub, and CC Sabathia.54. Year's record : ANNAL - I tenure these Annuals, but afterward once again the riddle constructors back to make words fit in the role of of house suffer. I get it.55. Tums victim : AGITA. Hmmmm, Tums victim is a wear craving. Are you goodbye to stage disallowed from Thursday's spread and say "Oh, I back a bit of AGITA."?56. Beasts of pilot : ASSES - Anyway workforce who tenure wear aches "agita".58. Happen do : Make do59. Equivalent of Cassio : IAGO - Not a Shakespeare fan acquaint with. This guy was in Othello. I in words of one syllable read "The Buyer of Venice" and teacher about Shylock. You know, the guy the Mound Aspect protesters are Open versus these days.60. Business partner of Fidel : CHE - Or could it back been Clay Shaw?61. It may be flipped : LID62. Embed : ADDResolution get.Boomer