Sat., 4/11 D.C.D. Dekker

[magus]

THEME:   none, but only 28 blocks!
   
GOOD ONES:    
Minor issue?   AGE LIMIT   
Links acronym  IHOP [suasage links at pancake house]   
Shoe attachment?   MAKER   
Trunk structures   RIB CAGES [I thought everything but my body]   
Scaly reproductive organ  PINE CONE [one of the best ever clues]   
Sacks of diamonds?   BASES [on baseball diamonds sacks = bases]   
Tale of a whitetail   BAMBI   
It has a ring to it   PHONE    
Dame of mystery   AGATHA [tougher if "Mystery dame"]   
   
BTW:   
"Soon"  IN A FEW ["in a sec" or "in a minute" are real; this one "not so…"]   
   
   
RATING:   
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   

[Thomps2525]

This crossword had a name I was unfamiliar with. "Krombacher output" was BIER. I assumed that Krombacher is a company which makes the stands on which coffins lie prior to burial. It isn't. In this case, BIER is the German word for "beer" and Krombacher Brauerei is a brewery in Kreuztal-Krombach, Germany.

And speaking of foreign words, in today's Daily News puzzle I saw something I had never before seen in a crossword: a foreign word used as a clue to a foreign word in a different language. "Beaucoup" was the clue for MUCHO. Oy vey!