THEME: phrases with six T's
GOOD ONES: Title: "The 60's" [pronounced "6 T's"]
Money changers?: Abbr. EDS [
Money magazine editors]
Ship staff MAST
Zenophile? STOIC [followers of Zeno, not "xenophile," if there is such a word]
Apple sites ORCHARDS [kind of sensed it had nothing to do with computers]
Little work for a gardener? BONSAI [only the plant is little]
Butler created by Mitchell Rhett [thought it was a butler who's name I couldn't recall]
Long range ANDES [thought it was some missle program I never heard of]
Royal pain? PEA ["The Priness and the Pea" also known as my wife, except she's not a pain but is pained --- OK, TMI]
BTW: ONZE and
ICI are not in our lexicon. I wonder if especially the French would allow English words in their Xwords.
Today is Washington's birthday, but I'm dismayed that our greatest American has lost his name day. Sorry for the downer, but when I typed in the date I was struck with sadness --- and I'm not even particularly patriotic, at least not anymore.
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
