20-Across. [sniff] : I'VE CAUGHT A COLD. In my case, I'm sniffling because of allergies.
37-Across. [sniff] : THIS IS REALLY SAD. All right, fess up. How many of you cried at the end of "Steel Magnolias"?
56-Across. [sniff] : WHAT'S THAT SMELL? Does your S.O. hold the milk up to your nose and ask if you think it's still good?
I have blogged Jeffrey's puzzles so often, that I can finally spell his name without looking back at the puzzle information. ;-)
Across:
1. Bit of plankton : ALGA. Nailed it. ("This is gonna be a piece of cake!")
5. Venus and Mars : ORBS. ("Ummm...")
9. Actress Thompson of "Veronica Mars" : TESSA. ("Uh-oh, I'm in trouble...")
14. Small deer : ROES. I wasn't thinking in the plural!
15. Roman numerals may be seen on one : DIAL. My first thought. But I held off because everything else up north was pretty blank for a while.
16. Coveted annual honor : OSCAR. Took a minute, but it came to me.
17. Very aware of : TUNED IN TO.
19. Caroler's wear, often : SCARF.
22. Sun. speech : SER.mon.
23. Expressive music genre : EMO.
24. Sport fishing quarry : MARLIN. I found lots of clips on you tube, but this one was just crazy scary to me. 3:19
26. Way around London : TRAM. I noticed immediately that "double-decker bus" would not fit.
28. Debatable skill : ESP.
30. Manner of speaking : TONE.
31. Rueful : GRIEVOUS.
36. Shepherd's __ : PIE. I still remember the delicious shepherd's PIE that my grammar school cook used to serve.
41. "Jingle Bells" contraction : O'ER.
42. Some road signals : BLINKERS. The car's blinkers, or the yellow blinking light?
43. Desertlike : ARID.
45. Otoscope user, for short : ENT. I never knew that Tolkien's giant trees used otoscopes? ;-)
(Ear Nose and Throat doctor)
46. Hurricane __ : LAMP.
50. Knock it off : DESIST.
52. Inflation meas. : PSI. Pounds per Square Inch.
55. "Alice in Wonderland" (2010) star Wasikowska : MIA. She and Johnny Depp were very good in this version.
60. Botch : MISDO.
61. Cockpit option : AUTO PILOT.
62. Expensive : STEEP.
63. Not at all pleasant : GRIM.
64. NYC-to-Montauk system : LIRR. Long Island Rail Road.
65. Frauds : SHAMS.
66. Barnyard meal : SLOP.
67. Cocker spaniel of film : LADY...and the Tramp.
Down
1. Recording __ : ARTIST.
2. Vent opening : LOUVER. Nit. The louver is what covers or exposes the vent opening.
3. Canis and Felis : GENERA. Your generic dog and cat.
4. "Give me __" : A SEC.
5. Disgust : ODIUM.
6. "Don't Pass Me By" songwriter : RINGO.
7. Bad thing to take in Vegas? : BATH.
8. Pinball machine feature : SLOT. Ah yes, you never get to use all the other features until you put your coin in the SLOT.
9. 1900 Teatro Costanzi premiere : TOSCA. Nailed it. Rome's original opera house.
10. Go with : ESCORT.
11. Food often served seared : SCALLOPS. I just made those the other night, and served them with a balsamic reduction. Yumm. 12. Autonomous region of Italy : SARDINIA. There were five choices.
13. Dog's declaration : ARF.
18. Actor Daniel __ Kim : DAE. Remember him from Hawaii Five-O?
21. Pharmaceutical container : AMPULE.
25. Grant factor : NEED.
27. Classic two-seated roadsters : MGs.
28. It happens : EVENT. Because "S**T" was too short. ;-)
29. Overcharge : SOAK.
32. Barbecue morsel : RIB. Mmmm...it's getting to be that time of year, when we use our favorite 52-Down. Cookout site : PATIO.
33. The Skerries in the 39-Down, e.g. : ISLETS. And 39-Down. View from Liverpool : IRISH SEA.
34. Yeats' home : ERIN.
35. Camera shop offering, briefly : SLR.
37. "The Wind in the Willows" figure : TOAD.
38. Legalese adverb : HEREWITH.
40. Fashion monogram : YSL. Yves St. Laurent.
44. Crown jewels item : DIADEM.
47. First name in aviation history : AMELIA.
48. Upper-class address : MILORD.
49. Insignificant : PALTRY.
51. Conductor's calls : STOPS.
53. Tread heavily : STOMP.
54. NetZero, e.g.: Abbr. : ISP.
57. Puts (out) : TAGS.
58. Throw hard : HURL.
59. Paper or pepper source : MILL.
60. Ed.'s pile : MSS. Manuscripts. The second "S" is not just the plural of the abbreviation. It follows the rule of doubling the last letter of the abbreviation, similar to using "pp" for the plural of "pages."
Theme: WHY AREN'T YOU IN BED? or WHY iS THERE A TV IN YOUR BED ROOM? The first words of the theme answers are the first names of a sequence of hosts for a TV show that airs too late to stay up for - at least for me in my time zone.
17 A. *Knave in a black suit : JACKOF CLUBS. A most excellent clue! In Britain, and among bridge players, the Jack of a card suite is known as the knave. This guy's counterpart is the JACK of Spades, offering another theme opportunity, depending on how many letters were needed. The host referred to is JACK Paar [1957-62], who got into a big dust-up with the network suits for making a joke about a toilet.
24 A. *Griddle-cooked corn bread : JOHNNYCAKE. Southern fried fare, and the iconic, always impeccably dressed JOHNNY CARSON [1962-92.]
38 A. *Symbol of nakedness : JAYBIRD. If you ever wondered where this expression came from, here is your answer. In my 'ute, a common insult, slightly bowdlerized was," If you stuck your brains in the hindquarters of a JAY bird, he'd still fly backwards." JAY Leno [1992-2009, 2010-14] is known for his car collection and his chin.
48 A. *Like a well-made lock : JIMMYPROOF. A JIMMY is a short pry-bar used to force open a door or window, and by extension a device to force open a lock. JIMMY Fallon [2014 - ] is the current host of the program yet to be identified.
If you haven't sussed it by now, the unifier completely gives it away. 60 A. With "The," post-prime time fare since the '50s, four of whose regular hosts appear in sequence in the answers to starred clues : TONIGHT SHOW. Since its inception in 1954, this is the longest running regularly scheduled talk and entertainment program on U.S. TV. Not included in this list are the first host, the brilliant Steve Allen, [1954-7] and Conan O'Brien [7+ months spanning 2009-10] whose short stint was sandwiched between Jay Leno's two runs. Carson had the longest tenure, but Leno had the greatest number of hosted episodes.
Hi gang, JazzBumpa here. Not really a TV maven, but I assume everyone knows about this program and its roster of celebrity hosts. Let's get through this quickly so I can go to bed at a decent hour.
Across
1. Senate electee : MEMBER. One who joins, or in this case is [s]elected to be in a group or organization.
7. Russia-Manchuria border river : AMUR. The world's 10th longest river meanders generally west to east, making the border between the Russian far east and northeastern China.
11. Simile center : AS A. Right now I'm feeling smart AS A mule.
14. Esoteric : ARCANE. Secret, mysterious and/or understood by few.
15. Without help : LONE.
Four and a half minutes of misery
16. Amendments 1-10 subj. : RTS. The Bill of Rights from the U.S. Constitution.
19. Prefix with state : TRI-. Referring to a town, city or region that encompasses parts of three states. There are several such in the U. S.
20. Maldives landform : ATOLL. A ring shaped coral archipelago. The Maldives islands are one such, located in the Indian Ocean, 470 miles south west of Sri Lanka.
21. Taxi pickup : FARE. Here is a not at all typical example.
A sad smile, just the same [6:40]
22. Corrosive compound : ACID. In either of a couple different senses.
23. Tofu source : SOYA. Glop made from bean curd.
26. By way of : VIA.
28. Former Yankee manager who's now an MLB exec : TORRE. Joe, who managed the Mets from 1987 to 81, Braves from '82 to 84, Cardinals from '90 to '95, Yankees from 1996 to 2007, and Dodgers from 2008 to 10.
29. Comedy team who voiced the Piel Brothers of beer fame : BOB AND RAY.
2. Muse for Millay : ERATO. The muse of lyric poetry, especially of the romantic erotic, or perhaps even BAWDY variety. Her name, meaning "desired" or "lovely," derives from the same root as Eros. This muse is especially appropriate for Edna St. Vincent Millay, who was both a Pulitzer Prize winning poet and wildly promiscuous.
4. Syrup-topped pastry : BAKLAVA. Filo dough, nuts and honey.
5. Organic compound : ENOL. This always bothers me, first, because the clue is so vague - there are literally millions of organic compounds, and second, because enols are inherently unstable, and quickly transforms into ketones.
6. One who whistles while he works : REFeree. Cute clue
7. God of Islam : ALLAH. Same God as Christians and Jews, just a different name.
8. Grieve : MOURN.
9. Not having yielded : UNBENT. House Martell of Dorne has this motto as it's House Words: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken."
10. Hi-__ image : RESolution - clarity of image, having nothing in particular to do with New Year's Eve..
11. Ed Norton player : ART CARNEY. From the Jackie Gleason sit-com, The Honeymooners; not to be confused with Ed Norton, the actor who played the un-named protagonist in the movie Fight Club.
This guy, being shown the door
12. Drill successfully : STRIKE OIL. My dentist did some drilling a couple weeks ago. Nothing this exciting ensued, I'm happy to say.
13. Parenthetical comment : ASIDE. A comment a stage-play character makes to the audience, rather than as part of dialogue; or more generally, a comment in a text that is ancillary to the main topic.
18. Fiscal exec : CFO. Chief Financial Officer.
22. Phobia lead-in : ACRO-. Fear of heights. I can relate.
24. Actress Pinkett Smith : JADA. Veteran of many movies and TV shows, including the voice of Gloria the Hippo in the animated Madagascar movies.
30. Game that's close to perfect : ONE HITTER. A baseball game in which the pitcher gives up only one hit to the opposing team. In a perfect game, there are no hits and no walks.
31. Dvorák and Smetana : BOHEMIANS. Two gentlemen from that geographic region in the Czech Republic, rather than the artsy-fartsy proto-hippies of the 19th century. Though both were composers, so who knows.
32. Deli option : RYE. Bread. Of course, there are also RYE whiskey, and RYE beer, for the trifecta.
33. Like many dicts. : ABR. I guess "dict." is the ABReviation for "dictionary," but I'm have a hard time making sense of this entry. UPDATE: As Argyle and some others pointed out, ABR is short for ABRIDGED, so we have, in ABRIDGED form an ABRIDGED dictionary. Thanks, guys!
34. Feminine force : YIN. The make counterpart is Yang.
36. Kalamazoo-to-Cincinnati dir. : SSE. South-South-East. There's also a song about Kalamazoo, which has been my ear worm for about the past month.
Everything's O-K- . . .
39. Jazz solo : RIFF. Not really. It's more of an ostinato phrase that might support an improvisation. Here's a classic example.
Frank Rosolino on the trombone solo
42. Lambs' kin : RAMS. The kids' dads and uncles.
44. Artist who had a Blue Period : PICASSO. Pablo had his blue period from 1901-4, painting mostly in shades of blue. These works were unpopular at the time, but are very popular now.
46. Jumping-in-puddles sound : SPLOSH. Not SPLISH nor SPLASH?
All wet
48. Young hoppers : JOEYS. Kangaroo offspring.
49. Car wash cycle : RINSE. Heavy metal laundry.
50. Hunter seen at night : ORION. The constellation that is home to Rigel and Betelgeuse.
51. Kin of gov : ORG. Two top level domain url suffixes, for government agencies and organizations, respectively. The ".org" designation was originally intended for non-profits, but now includes other types of organizations such as schools, opens source projects, and communities.
53. Pale : ASHEN.
54. French wine region : RHONE. In southern France along the Rhone river, where wine grapes have been cultivated since around the year 600 A.D.
55. Off-color : BAWDY. Lewd, or, more specifically, dealing with sexual matters in a humorous way.
58. Editor's mark : STET. From the Latin for "let it stand," indicating that a previously noted editorial change should be ignored.
60. Vietnamese holiday : TET. The lunar new year.
61. Billing nos. : HRS. For attorneys and other professionals who bill according to time spent on a project. Well, that wraps it up. Good puzzle, nice theme, well executed, albeit with a couple questionable entries. Hope you didn't lose any sleep over it. Cool regards!
Theme: Hey buddy, can you spare a medi? - The sequence of the letters in the word SPARE have been changed and scrambled inside 17-, 32-, 38-Across and 11-, 29-Down. If you have the circles, that's fine. If you don't, then it's an added challenge.
17A. Airport security indignity : STRIPSEARCH
32A. Flour packaging : PAPERSACK
38A. Diva's big moment : OPERASOLO
11D. Social gathering at a home : HOUSEPARTY
29D. Region beyond our atmosphere : OUTERSPACE
54A. Pocketful of coins, and what literally occurs in the circled letters in five puzzle answers : SPARE CHANGE
Lyegar here. I found having the circles and knowing the gimmick helped a skosh in the solve. Otherwise, a standard grid with mostly standard fill. Too many proper names?
Across:
1. Tennessee senator Alexander : LAMAR. (Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr) Unknown to me.
6. Disgusting : GROSS
11. Summary on a timecard: Abbr. : HRs. (hours)
14. Olds model : ALERO
15. Emotionally expressive, as poetry : LYRIC. Dictionary approved.
16. OPEC commodity : OIL
19. Charlottesville sch. : UVA. (University of Virginia)
20. "Mazel __!" : TOV. ("good luck!")
21. Flair : ELAN
22. NFL Network talk show host Rich : EISEN. A journalist who attended the University of Michigan and was NOT an athlete although he was co–sports editor of the school's paper.
24. Father of Cain and Abel : ADAM
25. "The Maltese Falcon" novelist : HAMMETT. (Dashiell Hammett)
27. "That's enough!" : "STOP IT!"
30. Get started, as a grill : FIRE UP. Oh, yeah!
31. One-eighty : U-TURN
35. Bon __: witticism : MOT
36. Animal skins : PELTS
37. __ v. Wade : ROE
41. "Another card, dealer" : "HIT ME". Playing Blackjack.
43. Citizens under Caesar : ROMANS
44. Gorge : CANYON
45. Pure joy : ECSTASY
47. Quaint dagger : DIRK. 'Tis the one ye Scots wear in their hose.
48. Controversial Nixon records : TAPES
49. Blue jay or oriole : BIRD
50. Down in the dumps : SAD
53. Actress Thurman : UMA
58. Mo. with the shortest day of the year : DEC. Day meaning the period of sunlight.
59. Elaborate display : ECLAT
60. The "A" in "CAT scan" : AXIAL. (computed axial tomography) Older and less preferred term. per Wiki.
17A. Color named for a fruit : LIME GREEN. Green thumb, the ability to grow healthy plants.
37A. Legendary Lady Godiva watcher : PEEPING TOM. Tom Thumb, disambiguation There are several.
42A. Stiff from horseback riding : SADDLE SORE. Sore thumb, something you don't want to stand out like.
62A. Clumsy ... or what the ends of 17-, 37- and 42-Across are? : ALL THUMBS
Argyle here. Bit unusual to have entries longer than the themes but not confusing. They add some panache to an easy-peasy Monday.
Across:
1. Flat-topped hill : MESA. Not loma this time.
5. Bash thrower : HOST
9. Arctic or Antarctic : OCEAN
14. "Are you asleep yet?" response : "I'M UP". Would not be my response.
15. Not tricked by : ON TO
16. Modeler's wood : BALSA
19. Like a mosquito bite : ITCHY
20. "Ah-oo-gah" horn : KLAXON
21. __ rally : PEP
23. Howls at the moon : BAYS
24. "Hold on a __" : SEC
25. Seek the affections of : WOO
27. Stop producing opportunities, as a financial market : DRY UP
29. Prefix with red : INFRA
31. What a musty room needs : AIRING
34. Ancient invader of Rome : GOTH
39. Converse competitor : AVIA
40. Gets rid of, as weight : LOSES
41. Park path : LANE
44.Soon, quaintly : ANON
45. Set aside a day for : PLAN ON
46. Word before house or plant : POWER
48. Oafs : LOUTS
50. Tyke : TOT
51. Eric Stonestreet's "Modern Family" role : CAM. In his role as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family, Stonestreet has earned three consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2010, 2011 and 2012), winning the award in 2010 and 2012. He also received three Golden Globe Award nominations (2010, 2011 and 2013) for his work on the series.
54. New Zealand fruit : KIWI
56. Affirmative vote : YEA The other side. 13D. Negative votes : NAYS
58. Pepsi competitor : RC COLA
60. Slip past : EVADE
64. Judge's hammer : GAVEL
65. Jacob's first wife : LEAH
66. Lewd material : SMUT
67. Go on tiptoe : SNEAK
68. Like centerfolds : SEXY
69. Glazed Easter meats : HAMS
Down:
1. Does a farm job : MILKS. I guess mucks isn't a Monday word.
2. Author Zola : ÉMILE. "J'accuse"
3. "Poison" plant : SUMAC
4. Peak : APEX
5. Cornucopia : HORN OF PLENTY
6. "__ Life to Live" : ONE. A soap opera that had a 43 year run. Any fans?
7. Dance move : STEP
8. Got into shape, with "up" : TONED
9. __-Wan Kenobi : OBI. Star Wars.
10. Agile thief : CAT BURGLAR
11. Yosemite monolith popular with rock climbers : EL CAPITAN
12. Pale as a ghost : ASHY
18. Red-carpet garment : GOWN
22. Commendable : PRAISE WORTHY
26. Black-and-white cookies : OREOs
28. Yang counterpart : YIN
29. "That never occurred to me" : "I HAD NO IDEA"
30. Ancient storyteller : AESOP
32. Forbidden act : NO-NO
33. Fed. agents : G-MEN
34. Quick inhalation : GASP
35. Running track shape : OVAL
36. Seaside disaster cause : TIDAL WAVE
38. 1995 Reform Party founder : PEROT. (H. Ross Perot)
43. Singer Reed : LOU
47. Engrave on glass, say : ETCH
49. Makes watertight : SEALS
51. Punctuation mark in large numbers : COMMA
52. Scrapbook : ALBUM
53. Supports for sails : MASTS
54. Tapped beer holders : KEGS
55. Tennis great Lendl : IVAN
57. Out of the wind : ALEE
59. Like an easy job, slangily : CUSH. (cushy)
61. Moose relative : ELK
63. Southern Cal. airport : LAX
Argyle
1) Belatedly Happy Birthday to Lea's grandma Kay (Kazie), who joined
this blog the year I started. I'm awfully sorry that I blanked on
Saturday morning, Kay! We've been in a frenzy to prepare for our card
show next week. I hope Barry and you did something special.
Kay and her husband Barry on Tamborine Mountain, overlooking Brisbane
2) The real Big Easy sent me these pictures of Justin Rose, the winner (22 under
par) of the Zurich Classics. Big Easy has been volunteering for the
event for years. The other Big Easy skipped the event.
Theme: Tea Party. Adding a TE, TEE or TY to a common phrase for a punny result was enough, but C.C. and Don also made a vowel sound in the new phrase with an alternate spelling. This made for a delightful "TEA PARTY" that is short on finger food but long on wit and cleverness.
It was a hoot to work and I am tickled to try to 'splain some of the wonderful fill these two great constructors have provided us! I am so pleased C.C. chose this FAULTY GUY to blog her and Hard G's construction! Theme Answers 23A. Profitable agreement? : PLUM TREATY - Some of those treaties were more plum for one side than the other. One side didn't get so much as a PLUM TREE
29A. Ending a relationship in a text? : FAULTY BREAK - Talk about being on different pages! Maybe it happened during FALL BREAK and someone was feeling restless. Still a gutless thing to do!
37. Sherpa's responsibilities? : MOUNTAIN DUTY - After having a MOUNTAIN DEW?
63. Sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees? : MIGHTY MISTAKE - Mated autographs of the greatest baseball player ever and the idiot who sold him to the Yankees to finance some Broadway musicals. Did he ever say, "That was MY MISTAKE!"
81. Search for the right beard? : GOATEE HUNTING - You could GO HUNTING among these for what you want. Do you recognize all the famous owners?
103A. Adoring father-to-daughter words? : THAT'S MY CUTIE - When she looks at me like that, THAT'S MY CUE to tell her what a cutie she is!
113. Result of substituting fabric strips for chips? : RAGGEDY ANTE - Yeah, substituting these for poker chips might make for a sloppy game even for RAGGEDY ANN
124. Delicate one in the kitchen? : DAINTY COOK - Probably never heard of comedian DANE COOK
Across
1. Walk casually : AMBLE 6. Work : OPUS - A compilation of Michael Jackson's work
10. Soul, to Aristotle : ANIMA 15. In addition : ALSO 19. Place for highlights : SALON - Before and after
20. Walked out : WENT 21. Complete : TOTAL 22. __-pedi : MANI - I had one of these in a SALON and felt like a fish out of water 25. Path : TRAIL 26. Organic food giant : EDEN - New to me
27. Arabian pop : SIRE - A black Arabian Stallion
28. Canadian roadside sign : ESSO 31. Ideal chaser? : ISM. Idealism. 33. "Wanderlust" actor Alan : ALDA - He'll always be Hawkeye, won't he? 35. "Love Jones" co-star Long : NIA - Okay, new to me
36. Ice show venues : RINKS 42. Elantra competitor : CIVIC - Kelly Blue Book says it was the 9th best selling vehicle in 2014 44. "Head and Shell" artist : ARP - One of Jean's pieces
45. Cal. listing : APPT - I've got APPT's with four different doctors this upcoming week just for checkups 46. Exhausted : BEAT - Have you ever heard exhaustd as, "All in but your shoelaces!" 48. Aleve alternative : ANACIN - You're near my age if you remember this
52. Chilling spot : SOFA 54. Shanghai locale : ASIA 56. Stick together : COHERE 59. Lennon's love : ONO - Our ubiquitous crossword resident 60. "Edda" author __ Sturluson : SNORRI (11-79 - 1241) - Yeah, if you thought I knew this guy, I've got some ocean front property in the Nebraska Sandhills I'd like to sell you 66. First, second and third : ORDINALS - Here compared to Cardinal numbers
69. More work : UTOPIA - Thomas More's 1516 work 70. Sea damaged by Soviet-era waterworks : ARAL - In 1989 and 2014
71. Like some breezes : GENTLE 72. Windows runners : PCS - We now officially have nary a Windows machine in our house! 73. "Murdering Airplane" and "The Hat Makes the Man" : ERNSTS - This is Dadaist Max Ernst's 1920 "Murdering Airplane" collage that depicts man's powerlessness against modern warfare
75. Mountain lake : TARN - From the Scandinavian tjǫrn 77. H.S. cooking class : HOME EC - My Family and Consumer Science colleagues bristled when I said Home Ec. BTW, no one takes "Shop" anymore either. 79. According to, with "in" : AS STATED 84. Waffle : SEESAW - To be or not to be, make a decision already, Hamlet! 86. Bach's "Mass __ Minor" : IN B - Sure, I guess...
87. Surfing needs : BOARDS 88. 4 for He, e.g. : AT WT - 4x heavier than H, but doesn't blow when used in blimps! 91. Spanish surrealist : DALI - For him time didn't fly, it melted 92. Rankle : FESTER - Let it go, already!
94. Talk back to : SASS 96. Exercise consequence, maybe : ACHE 99. __ cat : LAP - Ours is named Lily
100. Early Indo-European : ARYAN 106. Eddy : WHIRL 109. Poseidon's realm : SEA 111. Bullring cries : OLES 112. Chicago's __ Center : AON - At 200 East Randolph Drive
116. Condé __ : NAST 118. Societal troubles : ILLS 122. Run in place : IDLE 123. Jetson at the Little Dipper School : ELROY - George and Jane's 'toon boy 126. Traffic sound : TOOT - Road rage ain't worth it! 127. Provide, as money : PUT UP - As noted above, Harry Frazee sold the Babe so he could PUT UP money for theatrical productions 128. Mid-seventh-century year : DCLI - Into each puzzle some compromise must fall 129. Way around Paris : METRO - A single ride ticket is €1,80. Unlimited day pass €7 ,00 and up
130. Grandson of Adam : ENOS 131. Hit hard, biblically : SMOTE - Adam's youngest son was SMOTE by his older brother 132. Check : TEST 133. Time-time link : AFTER - A lovely song by Cyndi Lauper
Down: 1. Some hieroglyphic squiggles : ASPS - There he is
2. Niger neighbor : MALI - Sure, it's between Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Niger 3. Indistinct memory : BLUR - Joann said we had the month of March this year, but it's a BLUR to me 4. Chinese menu offering : LO MEIN 5. Upper-level doc? : ENT - These docs work on our upper-levels
6. Is behind, perhaps : OWES 7. "Frankenstein" torchbearers : PEASANTS - Pitchforks too 8. Incalculable : UNTOLD 9. Babe's home : STY 10. Naan flour : ATTA - New to me
11. Like a shutout : NO RUN - Don Larsen's no hit, NO RUN, perfect game in the 1956 World Series
12. Right-leaning, in a way : ITALIC 13. Curaçao cocktail : MAI TAI 14. Side (with) : ALLY 15. Longtime de facto U.S. national anthem : AMERICA - Rasmussen Reports survey said 82% of Americans favor keeping The Star Spangled Banner 16. Weighed down : LADEN - See Sherpa above 17. Stealthy sort : SNEAK 18. Pen emanations : OINKS 24. Update, as charts : REMAP - Before the Corps of Engineers channelized the Missouri River, the Nebraska/Iowa border had to be REMAPPED every so often 29. Lot : FATE - My feeling on FATE
30. Pickling liquids : BRINES 32. __-puf: old laundry product : STA 34. Home to the skyscraper Burj Khalifa : DUBAI 37. Considerable number : MASS 38. Maine college town : ORONO -Proud home of
39. Available to the highest bidder, say : UP FOR GRABS - If you don't buy Boardwalk when you land there, it's this 40. Bar brew, briefly : IPA - India Pale Ale that is regularly on tap here 41. Rides for tycoons : YACHTS - From the Dutch word Jacht which means "hunter". They were originally fast boats for chasing pirates 43. "Esthetic" and "egis" : VARIANTS - Can also be spelled Aesthetic and Aegis 47. Miss Gulch's bane : TOTO 49. Large-grain seasoning : COARSE SALT - They sell 'em both
50. "__ Dinka Doo" : INKA - A signature song for Jimmy Durante who wrote the music 51. December number : NOEL - One more Christmas Carol in December and I might have lost it 53. Gung-ho : ARDENT 55. Uses Gchat, e.g. : IMS - Instant Messages. See 29A. in theme answers above for a stupid one 57. Plugs : HYPES - We'll be hearing HYPE from now until Nov. 3, 2016 58. 34-Down dignitaries : EMIRS 61. Dog star's first name? : RIN - A staple of my youth
62. Supposedly : IN THEORY - Bobby Burns warning on what should work
64. Prada competitor : GUCCI - C.C. have you got $750 for Stonewashed GUCCI jeans to go with your Jimmy Choo shoes? ;- ) 65. Covered in ink, with "up" : TATTED - Don't complain if you interview with all your TATS showing and fail to get a sniff at the job 67. Word heard coming and going : ALOHA - I hope to say this to our friend Chef Wendy on Kauai someday 68. Nocturnal primate : LEMUR 72. Watched the cats, say : PET SAT - Our dear neighbors PET SAT Lily while I was in the hospital. It was very comforting to know she was in good hands 74. Motor oil letters : S.A.E. - Society of Automotive Engineers. 75. Week-ending cry : TGIF - Everyday is Friday when you're retired!! 76. Crackerjack : A-ONE 78. Pencil points and erasers : ENDS - Johnny Carson's pencils famously didn't have both
79. Cut taker: Abbr. : AGT 80. __ Lama : DALAI 82. Big band era singer Ray : EBERLE - Sang with Glenn Miller 83. Sounding stuffy : NASAL 85. Picnic cleaner : WIPE - A staple at our house
89. Yuletide quaffs : WASSAILS 90. Where to see old MGM movies : TCM - Gets a lot of play here 93. They often have concentric circles : TARGETS - I think most of you know that the highest score in Darts is not in the innermost concentric circle or Bull's Eye.
95. Tongue site : SHOE 97. Marriott competitor : HYATT 98. Car starter? : ECO - Ecocars.Some of these cars are routinely getting over 100 MPG 101. Shelter : ASYLUM 102. Not far from : NEAR TO 104. Bridge holding : TENACE - Holding a broken honor sequence such as A❤ Q❤. Our Bridge players knew that. 105. Danny Kaye was its first celebrity goodwill ambassador : UNICEF 106. Blog, say : WRITE
107. Wore : HAD ON 108. Digs in the snow? : IGLOO 110. Have __: be ready with an excuse : AN OUT - My sister always has one when she skips family functions and she fools no one 114. Acct. entries : DEPS - Early in our marriage, our DEPS and W/D's were pretty close 115. Blog, say : TYPE 117. Sulky state : SNIT 119. Ex-senator Trent : LOTT - Did LOTT's wife looked back when she left D.C. 120. Traditional accounts : LORE - I wonder if C.C. remembers any folkLORE tales from her days in Guangzhou (From C.C.: Have any of you heard of Cantonese opera? It's steeped in Cantonese folklore)
121. Hershey's toffee bar : SKOR - Love 'em 124. Banned pesticide : DDT 125. Sumac of Peru : YMA
