THEME: none, but a bruiser of a puzzle!
GOOD ONES: Computer startup? MINI
Column that won't support anything PLUME [not scientific, but it gave me pause]
It precedes one NOON
Ones for the road? ATLASES
BTW: Words spoken
con affetto CARA [Italian (lots of Italianate words today) --- the rock song " ____ Mia Mine" is at least in English]
SUSAN of
The Chronicles of Narnia and ILSA of
Snow Queen are answers my granddaughters and daughter would know right off: I needed the intersecting answers.
"Pink Friday" rapper NICKI MINAJ is known to me because of my Italian heritage: her last name is a homonym for an expletive and makes my chuckle every time.
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
