Theme: "GET THE BALL ROLLING" - From left to the right, the letters spell out BINGO.
4. *Request for greater detail: BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.
9. *"Really, Captain Obvious?": GEE YA THINK.
12. *"C'mon, quit pretending to be confused!": OH YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
50. *"Free Your Mind" group: EN VOGUE.
74. *Visionary physicians?: EYE DOCTORS.
Reveal:
3. With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue?: THAT WASN'T ON.
70. See 3-Down: MY BINGO CARD.
Did I miss anything extra? I had to google "How to play Bingo". So a Bingo card has the letters BINGO on top. This 14, 27, Free, 56, 66 doesn't make any winning sense to me.
Amie and Wendy have collaborated on a few puzzles for the LAT. This is their first Sunday together.
Across:
1. Rollaway bed: COT.
4. Sweetie: BABE.
8. "Totally ready for the weekend!": TGIF.
12. Muppet who lives in a recycling zone: OSCAR.
17. Letters for a monarch: HRH. His/Her Royal Highness.
18. Nook's format, e.g.: E TEXT.
20. Incessantly: NO END.
21. "Hungry hungry" animal in a kids game: HIPPO.
22. Porto greeting: OLA. Porto is the Portuguese wine capital.
23. Religious platform: ALTAR.
24. Where Penguins play on ice?: ARENA. Pittsburgh Penguins.
25. Raising agent: YEAST.
26. Lotus part: PETAL.
28. Hotel gym, e.g.: AMENITY.
30. Groups of friends: POSSES.
31. Deemed suitable: SAW FIT.
33. Rice dish cooked in a wide pan: PAELLA. Looks delicious.
34. [I didn't get my way!]: POUT.
35. 1990s treaty acronym: NAFTA.
36. Inc., in Britain: LTD.
37. Spots that might smear: ATTACK ADS. Amazing clue.
41. Some send-ups: SATIRES.
43. Question after a photo finish: WHO WON?
44. "The penny drops!": AHA.
46. Dull, figuratively: VANILLA.
48. __ kwon do: TAE.
51. Wash. neighbor: IDA.
52. Exudes: OOZES.
54. __ nous: ENTRE.
55. Disdain: SCORN.
57. Small complaint: NIT.
58. Bring about, as mayhem: WREAK. Only Havoc.
59. Classic muscle car: GTO.
60. Partner: MATE.
62. Conjure up: EVOKE.
64. Fin. neighbor: SWE.
65. Taken together: IN TOTAL.
67. KenKen figs.: NOS.
68. Return from vacation: FLY HOME. Someday I will.
72. Before, in poems: ERE.
73. "Stop hogging it!": LET GO.
75. Mount also known as Kissavos: OSSA.
76. Peruvian singer Sumac: YMA. Have not seen her in our grid for a long while.
78. Accept terms: AGREE.
81. "I don't __ it": BUY.
82. Très très: ULTRA.
84. Soccer star __ Heath: TOBIN.
86. Pure joy: BLISS.
87. Pub brew: ALE.
88. Fair-hiring inits.: EEO.
89. College in Dublin: TRINITY. Ireland's oldest university.
91. "Stop filming!": CUT.
92. Pride event: PARADE.
95. Epiphany figures: WISE MEN.
97. Listen clandestinely: EAVESDROP.
99. Autograph seeker's tool: PEN.
100. Utility bill data: USAGE. Did you know that they charge you a higher rate for your power usage between 5:00pm to 7:00pm?
102. Coats with ganache, e.g.: ICES.
103. Baseless rumor: CANARD.
105. Conditional release: PAROLE.
107. "Good 4 U" singer Rodrigo: OLIVIA.
110. Culinary school dough?: TUITION. Another fun clue.
112. Orgs. that may serve as alternatives to hostels: YMCAS.
113. Recurring theme: MOTIF.
114. Ring around a lagoon: ATOLL.
116. Rapace of "Prometheus": NOOMI. She was also in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
118. First words of many an alphabet book: A IS.
119. Central Asian mountain range: ALTAI. Extends to China where Xinjiang is.
120. "No __!": SIREE.
121. React to a bad joke: GROAN.
122. Vaccine molecule: RNA.
123. "It's Gonna Be Me" band: NSYNC.
124. Ramona, per Beezus: PEST.
125. Unexpected problem: SNAG.
126. Susan of "The Partridge Family": DEY.
Down:
2. "The Library Book" writer Susan: ORLEAN.
5. Georgia airport code: ATL.
6. Early app edition: BETA.
7. Lead by __: EXAMPLE.
8. Field where accidents are common?: TORT LAW.
10. Cozy lodging: INN.
11. Rx regulator: FDA.
13. Afternoon snooze: SIESTA.
14. Pros who try to stay balanced?: CPAS. Nothing athletic. Pros indicates an abbreviated answer.
15. Abbey space: APSE.
16. Goes bad: ROTS.
19. Buys for, as a birthday dinner: TREATS TO. The nice church couple treated me for a papaya salad. Mild. Still hot for me.
20. Ace: NAIL.
27. Romance: AFFAIR.
29. Nancy Drew's boyfriend: NED.
30. "Un __ Loco": "Coco" song: POCO.
32. Shadow: TAIL.
34. Try to hit, as a cat might a laser beam: PAW AT.
38. Exquisite: TO DIE FOR. Cantonese soup. That red thing is goji berry. Not anything hot.
39. Groggy state: DAZE.
40. Citi Field predecessor: SHEA.
42. Follower of Jah: RASTA.
45. "Fire away": ASK.
46. Relax on the sofa: VEG.
47. Not backing: ANTI.
49. "__ we all?": AREN'T.
53. Brand with a Selena Gomez limited edition version: OREO.
56. __ phone: CELLULAR.
61. Swallowed: ATE.
63. "__ mio": O SOLE.
64. Lead-in to "op": SYS.
66. Some concert merch: TEES.
69. Aspiring J.D.s' exams: LSATS.
71. Give off: EMIT.
77. In __ event: ANY.
78. "Shark Tank" network: ABC.
79. Cause of a sticky situation: GLUE. I've learned to wear a glove every time I use Super Glue.
80. "Poison" singer Ora: RITA.
81. Poetic performers: BARDS.
83. Reaching great heights: TOWERING.
85. Like show-offy pushups: ONE-ARM.
90. Enlist again: RE-UP.
93. Cruising the Caribbean, maybe: ASEA.
94. Uniform adornment: EPAULET.
96. Not alfresco: INDOORS.
98. Vance of "I Love Lucy": VIVIAN.
99. Butter portion: PAT.
101. Stritch of Broadway: ELAINE.
104. Egyptian river: NILE.
106. Input for some plagiarism detectors: ESSAY.
107. Saudi Arabia neighbor: OMAN.
108. Haha alternatives: LOLS.
109. Wee: ITTY.
111. End of a.m.: NOON.
114. Egyptian viper: ASP.
115. Connection: TIE.
117. Goat's bleat: MAA.
C.C.
10 comments:
Well, I got it. But I didn’t
understand the reveal until C.C. explained it. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Never noticed the theme on my way through the grid...and I'm not sure I appreciate it even after the explanation. Only needed Wite-Out to correct "I Don't get/BUY it." Most of my WAGs were golden, so this one went quickly. Thanx, Amie, Wendy, and C.C.
TOBIN: That's the name of my niece's grandson. In Bavarian (which dw speaks) it translates as wild, uncontrolled, running amok.
REUP: I had many nightmares about that 50+ years ago. I'd wake up in a cold sweat immediately upon signing the papers.
FIW, missing my SWAG at the very last cell I filled, with ITsY x ALsAI. Had to be "s" or "T" and as usual, I missed my 50/50 guess.
H. Ross Perot was right about NAFTA, but no one listened.
In a tribute to Darren / L.A. we didn't get hot TAE kwon do today.
Virginia doesn't have Time of Day USAGE as part of electrical billing.
Never heard "THAT WASN'T ON MY BINGO CARD," but I have heard "THAT WASN'T ON MY dance CARD" for an unplanned event.
Not a bad Sunday challenge, but my usual gripe about too much A&E applies. And I don't really care much about themes, but unless there is more than CC (or I) saw, I think this one was unusually devoid of cleverness. But thanks anyway to Amie and Wendy for the mental pump-primer, and to CC for another solid review.
The puzzle title and starred clues were of no help in the solve and I never did figure out the theme, but I did manage a FIR in the slow time of 43:18. As usual it was the unknown names that required all perps, ORLEAN, TOBIN, OLIVIA, EN VOGUE, and of course the renowned NOOMI, which I had to correct from noobi because I thought goats bleated baa and not MAA. Thanks Amie and Wendy for the challenge and C.C. for the expo, especially for explaining the BINGO connection.
FIR. For me this had a some bite to it. There were a number of unknowns for me, especially the proper names.
I had to get almost completely filled in before the theme showed, and even then I didn't get it until I came here.
So overall not an enjoyable puzzle.
Yooper, One of the few hard-and-fast rules of crossword puzzles as far as I know. MAA is always used for goats and BAA is always used for sheep. I once thought I determined "secluded valley" as GLEN was a rule too, but lately I've been seeing DALE and DELL as the answers.
FIR. DNK NOS (as clued), YMA (although methinks that should be an Ektorp for me, but it ain’t), ALTAI, EN VOGUE, TOBIN, NOOMI. Perps were kind. SIREE is too much of a non-word to be in a crossword puzzle for my taste, but I can live with it. I have a NIT to pick: The letters in the theme ARE on a Bingo card, so why is the main clue saying NOT on my Bingo card? Am I missing something?
I managed to FIR, but couldn’t figure out the theme, one of the pleasures of á Sunday puzzle, and I still can’t figure it out. I agree way too many A&E names and spoken expressions, á type of clue I really dislike.
So this CW ended up being á chore.
Thank you CC for your efforts at revealing the theme. I’ve never had papaya salad. Sounds refreshing for á summer Time treat.
Oh, I forgot...CC, it's been a while since I've played, but I believe the FREE box on that Bingo card means you need only four numbers to make a Bingo for the diagonals and the middle row and column. So it's a "free" square.
BAH, I hate to clutter this up, but I wasn't as clear as I should have been. I should have said letter/number combinations. So the winning entry shown is B14, I27, FREE, G56, O66. And as it turns out, the caller doen't even need to call out the letter, since any number from 1-15 is going to be in the B-column, etc. (Never knew this!)
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