OT: Test #317B

[wire chief]

14..Trials are beginning for beard-cutters. Explain.

15..He(?) has a sister in Chelsea and a cousin in Roxbury.

16..Since 1900 only one Div 1 football squad(?) has won (recent) 12 games four straight years.

17..Describe the London subway system geometrically.

18..Richard Mulligan was on ABC from '77 to '81 in..?

19..Since Denali's creation in 1917, only this past week was there an incident(?) of this nature.

20..The next tropical storm will be named..?

21..Of the 4 original members of The Who, who still live?

22..The medical term anaphylaxis refers to..?

23..The feature writer of yesterday's NY Times Magazine called this(?) "the most interesting sports story".

24.."Those happy hours I spent with you, that lovely afterglow. Most of all..?"

25..Who's holed up in the Equador Embassy?

What will be today's assist-to-score ratio, do you think?

 

[pinotbear]

18. that family satire that had Billy Crystal as the gay son.
19. fatal attack from grizzly bear. Foolish hiker was properly instructed to stay at least a 1/4 mile (440 yards) from all grizzlys: his camera indicates that he got within 50 yards, and stayed there for a bit.

 

[heavyhusky]

18) Soap

22) Potentially deadly allergic reaction

25) Julian Assange of Wikileaks (it's Ecuador)

 

[rbny1]

23. Serena and Venus Williams

 

[TXs N Os]

17. tube

 

[Bestiarius]

15, Charlie MTA
17. Grid
22. Alergic reaction
24. I Miss You So

 

[meyers7]

20. Janice, Janet, Jane, June, Jill, Jaqueline, Judy, Janine, Julie, Jean, something J.
21. I believe Daltrey and Townsend still are. Moon's dead....that's all I can remember.
22. allergic reactions. Like really bad, potentially deadly ones.

 

[geordi]

15. Poor Old Charlie - the man who never returned
19. I gotta guess that a bear skilled someone - saw the headline but never read the article
20. Joyce
22. anaphylaxis is basically an allergic reaction. It can come on suddenly and be caused but such things as peanuts and bee stings, etc.

 

[VAUConnFan]

16. Boise State
18. Soap
20. J*******
21. Daltrey, Townshend, and Entwhistle
22. breathing

 

[vtcwbuff]

22. Allergic reaction
25. Accused sex offender Julian Assange

 

[mr006]

14. Beard cutting attack in Ohio among the Amish

 

[geordi]

14. Beard - cutters? Beardcutters? You mean those Amish guys who terrorized their fellow zealots by cutting off their beards? In Pennsylvania or something?

 

[wire chief]

14.. Mr 006 is most accurate, placing the crime in Ohio. Some splinter Amish acting like Muslim purists.

15..From the Kingston Trio's MTA--Best & geordi.

16..VAUC zeroes in on Boise State.

17..It's kind of a central horizontal oval, connecting the Britain-wide train stations, displaying lots of tentacles otherwise.

18..Soap, says heavy & VAUC. As always, Pinot is vague.

19..On the other hand, Pinot is well versed in fatal attacks by his relatives. See him for details.

20..The J got used up in a petered out system. Kirk is next.

21..Townsend & Daltry only--credit to meyers.

22..Best + 4 with allergic reaction (which can be fatal).

23..Rbny seems to have a subscription, as he sees the Williams Sisters on the cover.

24..Best recognizes the standard, I MISS YOU SO.

25..Heavy & vtc specify Julian Assuage.

And we're done, but there will be a next one, unless I'm too distracted by the carnage which is New Orleans and the RNC.