Theme: - "Make Mine a Double" - An extra letter is added to the start of the second word. This letter is the same as the last letter of the first word.
22A. Curmudgeonly professor?: ACADEMIC CRANK. Academic rank.
38A. Sign of sadness from Dumbo?: ELEPHANT TEAR. Elephant ear.
70A. Pilot's scheduling concern?: SPEED OF FLIGHT. Speed of light.
100A. Sign of wedding-day jitters?: SMOKING GROOM. Smoking room.
117A. Consequence of a Midwest cold snap?: FREEZING GRAIN. Freezing rain.
13D. Golf rental with a sponsorship deal?: GRAPHIC CART. Graphic art.
14D. Method of tracking down Ben-Hur?: CHARIOT TRACE. Chariot race.
62D. Collectible earthenware?: CLASSIC CROCK. Classic rock.
70D. Under a log or in a pile of wet leaves?: SNAIL'S SPACE. Snail's pace.
The doubled letters are all consonants of course. 70A is the only one with a 3-word pattern. I do like it though.
Heavy theme. 9 entries. So not many long fill. Only two 8's.
Across:
11. Wrinkly faced dog: PUG.
14. "60 Minutes" airer: CBS.
17. Pumpkin seed: PEPITA. Just "pumpkin seed" in Spanish, right?
18. Sentimental sort: SOFTIE.
20. Airport board datum: Abbr.: ARR.
21. "__ do you do it!?": HOW.
24. Snake River st.: IDA.
25. Period: AGE.
26. Fashion designer Kate: SPADE.
27. Asks for a meal to be delivered to the penthouse, say: ORDERS UP.
29. Wish one hadn't: RUE.
30. Knock hard: RAP.
33. Rose fruit: HIPS. Pretty.
35. Sorceress jilted by Jason: MEDEA.
36. Lift: HOIST.
42. San Fernando Valley community: ENCINO.
44. Tomato __: PUREE.
45. Otto in "A Man Called Otto," for one: GRUMP.
46. A-mews-ing memes?: LOLCATS. Ha.
48. Blue man group?: SMURFS.
50. College domain: EDU.
51. Once cost: WAS.
53. Some accent marks: ACUTES.
55. Car roof option: T TOP.
57. Wood stove buildup: SOOT.
59. In real trouble: UP A TREE. Do you know what this tree is? I took it yesterday at the Shingle Creek trails.
60. Carve one's initials, say: ETCH. Just learned "arborglyph" last Sunday.
63. Verdi opera: AIDA.
66. Panache: FLAIR.
68. __ beef: ROAST.
69. Org. with Lightning and Flames: NHL. 86. Extra 69-Across periods, briefly: OTS.
73. Intel-gathering org.: CIA.
74. Bride follower: TRAIN.
76. Biological copy: CLONE.
77. In __ of: LIEU.
78. Tenant's payment: RENT.
79. Make clearer, hopefully: RESTATE.
81. Employee's incentive: PERK.
83. Sample: DEMO.
85. Private assent: YES SIR.
87. "Yada yada yada" abbr.: ETC.
90. "Cheers," for one: SITCOM.
94. Family member: SIBLING. Andy turned 48 yesterday. I showed him my butterfly. He said: "You're not a frog anymore. You're a dolphin."
96. "Invisible Cities" author Calvino: ITALO. Also 11. Italian chum: PAISANO.
98. Nick of "Blackout": NOLTE.
99. Wyoming city: CASPER.
102. Where to find much 1990s music: ON CDS.
104. Divided lunchbox: BENTO.
106. Kuwaiti leader: EMIR.
107. Soup with rice noodles: PHO.
108. Cheers, for one: BAR.
109. +: PLUS SIGN.
112. Direct jeers toward: BOO AT. 52. The slightest bit: AT ALL. And
54. Tuned to: SET AT.
115. Huge fuss: ADO.
116. Come down with something: AIL.
122. Open __ night: MIC.
123. Bookkeeping pro: CPA.
124. Like an ideal situation: WIN WIN.
125. Vinyl record feature: GROOVE.
126. Biblical construction: ARK.
127. Double curve: ESS.
128. Heron's home: NEST.
129. Pinstripes wearer: YANKEE. Yankee caps are very popular in Guangzhou. Probably because lots of Cantonese visit New York.
Down:
2. "Parks and __": REC.
3. Green org. with a flower logo: EPA.
4. Lends a hand: AIDS.
5. Escalator unit: STEP.
6. Kawasaki rival: YAMAHA. Motorcycle.
7. "__ McStuffins": DOC.
8. Natural hairstyle: AFRO.
9. Planetarium display: STAR MAP.
10. Thwart: HINDER.
12. Pakistani language: URDU.
15. Fake: BOGUS.
16. "I like that!": SWEET.
18. British royal staff: SCEPTRE.
19. Just got (by): EKED.
23. Job for a bouncer: ID'ING.
28. Staggers: REELS.
30. Gym iterations: REPS.
31. Many a univ. donor: ALUM.
32. El Misti's land: PERU.
34. Hoop alternative: STUD.
37. Just going through the motions: ON AUTO.
39. Western Australian port: PERTH. And 41. Ostrich kin: EMUS.
40. Lift with effort: HEFT.
43. Applaud: CLAP.
47. Greets and seats: SEES IN. 89. "Hop aboard!": CLIMB IN. 100. Add with a spoon: STIR IN.
49. __ opera: SOAP.
51. "Law & Order" creator: WOLF. Dick. Boomer watched every episode of ""Law & Order".
56. Jigsaw unit: PIECE.
58. Buyer's proposal: OFFER.
59. Prodded: URGED.
60. Way in: ENTRY.
61. Good scores on par fours: THREES.
64. "The French Dispatch" actor Benicio __ Toro: DEL.
65. Bring home from an animal shelter: ADOPT.
67. Son of a son: III.
71. Dollar bills: ONES.
72. Color shades: HUES.
75. "You're not going to like this": IT'S BAD. I have a new neighbor. Quiet and no weedy smell. I'm so happy.
78. Chopper part: ROTOR.
80. Journey: TRIP.
82. Low-carb diet: KETO. Can't imagine such a diet.
84. Basketball Hall of Famer Yao: MING. Chairman of Chinese Basketball Association.
86. Big brutes: OGRES.
88. Grab: TAKE.
91. Hoofbeat sound: CLOP.
92. Brief "However": OTOH.
93. Office dispatch: MEMO.
95. Awards for Charlie Jane Anders and N.K. Jemisin: NEBULAS. Here is Anders.
96. Coca of "Your Show of Shows": IMOGENE.
97. Bagel flavor: ONION.
101. Not quite awake: GROGGY.
102. President born in Hawaii: OBAMA.
103. Apex antonym: NADIR.
105. "Careful where you open this link" shorthand: NSFW. Not Safe for Work.
110. Kissers: LIPS.
111. "That's __ to me": NEWS.
113. Taj Mahal city: AGRA.
114. 1982 Disney sci-fi film: TRON.
118. Clearasil target: ZIT.
119. Jolly good: A-OK.
120. "Now __ seen everything!": I'VE.
121. Word between surnames: NEE.
C.C.
28 comments:
Pretty typical Sunday. I understood the gimmick from the first themed fill, and that helped me solve the rest of the puzzle. Nothing else to say, really, except that I learned a couple of new expressions, like “LOL cats.” FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Total failure at falling back. Wide awake at 4AM, so gave up trying. Actually read the puzzle title, for a change. Cute theme. Thanx for the amusement, Pam, and for the guided tour, C.C. (Good to hear that your out of the weeds. Have no idea what that tree is.)
Happy standard time. Since we have fallen back I seem to be back at the Corner, today enjoying a puzzle from a Sunday specialist, PAK. This was a fast solve for a Sunday with many Asian related clue/fill combos which made me think Pam filled this with C.C. in mind. My only total unknown was 7D. "__ McStuffins": DOC.
The tree is a crab apple which if you have not seen them have beautiful flowers, and I think this one is actually a Chinese crab apple, but that may be just my fixation on the hidden theme.
Kate Spade is another example of why being successful is not an automatic pass to happiness. Also, my name bearer did not marry well.
Be well all
Good morning. After a couple of 'doubles' I was not filling the grid at a SNAIL'S S-PACE. I managed to FIW ON AUTO. Very few unknowns or proper names today. Thanks Pam. PEPITA was one and the cross of PAISANO & LOLCATS took a WAG for me and I guessed wrong with "I".
No idea about LOL CATS, WOLF, NEBULAS, or DOC McStuffins. perps for those
CIA or NSA- wait for perps
NOLTE- with Nick as a clue NOLTE is always a good guess if you didn't know it; I didn't
AIL- what ails me. Other than aFib, bad right hip, bad left knee, hearing going bad in the left ear, psoriasis, cataract in the right eye, and old age arthritis--not much
NSFW- W is work or wife. I'd heard "Not Safe For Wife" first. I never understood why anybody would open an idiotic email at work. They stay forever on the company computers and can come back to haunt you.
FIR, but erased paste for PUREE, catvids for LOLCATS, and trek for TRIP.
Today is:
National Love Your Red Hair Day (no need – I’ll love it for you. Redheads are my kryptonite)
NATIONAL DONUT DAY (I used to bring hot Krispy Kremes to my morning project team meetings. Rarely had a participation problem)
WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY (I still don't understand why the engineers in Japan didn’t put the emergency power generator on top of one of the reactor support buildings – GTE did that in all 5 of our toll buildings)
I get MEDEA confused with snake-haired Medusa.
Seems like I'm always UP A creek (without a paddle,) not TREE.
I used to frequent Cheers Bar and Restaurant in Roswell, GA. The bar was in business long before the TV show, and they saw no reason to change the name.
I don't think that a bouncers job is IDING, unless it involves recognizing VIPs and letting them in before the hoi polli. When they are keeping out minors they are ID checking, which is different. IDING is what you do when the police ask you to look through mug shots.
Constructor and editor finally found an accurate clue for ROTOR, after trying to make it a blade 186,000 times. Congratulations.
Thanks to Pam for the fun-PAKed, easy-ish Sunday puzzle, and to CC for the tour. Good looking butterfly, btw.
Wow ! I am following the eternal maven of crosswords ! How neat is that ! My Sunday has started spectacularly ….
Thank you Pam for a long Sunday puzzle, which I solved at 1:45 am this morning …. I seem to have trouble sleeping …
Thank you cC for your explanations … and for the pictures on your progress of becoming an accomplished swimmer…. You seem well in your way….
I did not know a few clues and names but the perps were generous and plentiful…. I completed and learnt a lot ….
My daughter and her family are going on a trip to India via Qatar Airlines …
I did not know it is one of the highest rated Airlines in the world …. They are in Doha, right now, on a stopover….
Adjust your clocks for the winter settings !!! Fortunately you don’t have to remind the cell phones …. ;-)
Have a great Sunday, you all and enjoy the last days of Fall?, while it lasts …
FIR. I found this to be a little bit harder than the average Sunday fare. Pepita and nebulas for example, which spell check really doesn't like at all. They seemed more fit to a Saturday for me.
Apparently I got an extra hour's sleep last night, but for the life of me I can't seem to find it.
Good Morning:
I'm always happy to see Pam's byline on a Sunday puzzle because I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy the theme and the solve, and I wasn't disappointed today with either. The title and the first themer, Academic Crank, were stepping stones to an easy and smooth exercise. The fill was so clean that I had only one w/o, Heist/Hoist and, only two unknowns, Doc and Nebulas, which, in itself, is amazing for a huge Sunday grid. My favorite fill was Elephant Tear, LOL Cats and Yankee.
Thanks, Pam, for your enjoyable Sunday puzzles and thanks, CC, for the pro's opinion and folksy commentary. Belated Happy Birthday to Andy and congrats to you on your swimming advancements. Glad to hear you have a decent new neighbor and are breathing unpolluted air again.
Lemony @ 6:34 ~ Good to see you back on the corner. Would love to see some recent photos of the grands.
Have a great day.
Nice bit of legerdemain by Pam. Liked that two of the theme entries were vertical and didn't intersect with the horizontal entries.
My youngest granddaughter takes a bento lunchbox to school each day. Likes the variety of food it provides. Didn't know that pepita is Spanish for pumpkin seed. Tried SWELL for "I like that", but perps said otherwise.
A tip of the hat to our illustrious coordinator C.C. for her continuing leadership and support each Sunday morning.
All's well that ends up all wet.
BUGGOUT! (A reference from the novel "Number of the Beast" by Robert Heinlein)
BTW, Nebula are awards given annually by the SFFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) for superior written works of SF&F. The Hugo is given by the SFWA(Science Fiction Writers Association) for the same but only for SF.
A satisfying Sunday 🏃♀️ run. A fun theme, a few unknowns, fair perps, a little crunch, and straight forward cluing. Thanks Pam for an awesome Sunday puzzle. The LolCats was purrfect.😊 Thanks cc for an informative recap… kkFlorida
Hola!
Good Sunday morning to all! What a nice accomplishment to finish the puzzle before going to church at which, by the way, I heard we finally have a new pastor. If you recall our previous one disappeared (we must be hard on pastors) then we had a couple of visiting PRIESTS. Of course, I've seen that office and it looks disastrous.
CSO at PAISANO to AnonT.
Dick WOLF has to be one of the most prolific contributors to TV shows.
One of my favorite movies is Prince of Tides with NICK NOLTE and Barbra Streisand.
Have a spectacular Sunday, everyone! Time to go.
Pleasant CW with just enough crunch but no names that are totally unknown to me to make it fun. One name included is that of one of my all time favorite writers, ITALO Calvino.
Loved the LOLCATS clue, it took a while to get it however.
I am proud that I finally learned NSFW.
CC what a cute little lunch box. iPhoto usually identifies plants but when I put your picture of that tree in my phone, iPhoto remained silent.
Another absolutely gorgeous day with perfect temps. I assume Mother Nature is sending it to compensate for the horrendous heat she inflicted on us this summer.
An easy Sunday stroll, with only PEPITA, ITALO, SPADE and DOC the unknowns, nicely perped. Got the gimmick early, which helped speed the solve. On to the Packer game!
Hi Y'all! Enjoyable but tricky puzzle, thanks, Pam. Thanks, C.C., looks like things are going swimmingly for you.
The long entries took several starts & stops & perps. DNK: DOC McSteffins, WOLF, NEBULAS, NSFW (I know we had it recently but I don't retain initials very well), TRON. I don't watch movies anymore because I go to sleep during them.
Had trouble spelling SCEPTRE's last two letters. Wasn't er, or, ar.....
FLN: My daughter tried IVF as a last resort after several years of trying to adopt. The state adoption services were in a horrible publicized mess at the time. Because of who my kids were, the social workers kept trying to get them to take multiple family members and older children with major health & psych problems. This was a constant heartbreak so they left that option. Dogs are easier.
Musings
-A fun puzzle to do while watching Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at 8:30 am from Germany
-I grew up with NBC being channel 3, CBS channel 6 and ABC channel 7. 3 and 6 changed networks assignations in 1986 but I still have to remember 60 Minutes is on 3.
-Pumpkin in Panama would have been a fairer clue for PEPTIA.
-My billfolds cost about 15% of what a Kate SPADE purse does and I use mine daily for years
-Our constructor/weightlifter Stella Zawistowski can HOIST a lot
-That’s a crab tree, C.C. I’m surprised the birds haven’t gotten all that fruit
-Was I the only one who had a GROOM following that BRIDE?
-Fun note about Andy, C.C, and I’m so glad the, uh, air in your neighborhood has improved
-Our friends in Chadron, NE think nothing of driving 2 ½ hrs. to shop in CASPER
-Half our clocks have to be manually SET AT the correct time today
-Today, SWEET is pronounced with two syllables: suuh WEET.
-We’ve never accepted the first OFFER when we buy a major item
-IMOGENE Coca, Sid Caesar, et al. brought vaudeville to American TV.
-Great to see Lemonade’s byline!
Thank you Pam for a BIG and EASY Sunday (a CSO to George). I liked that the themers included Acrosses and Downs.
Thank you C.C. for your colorful review and congrats on your graduation to the rank of DOLPHIN. Good news about the good neighbors! And send a belated HBD to Andy. 🎂🎉🎈
It's good to see you Lemony and I echo the request for updated pictures of the Grands.
As several have said the theme was easy to spot and really helped with the solve.
I'll just note two other double-letter answers that don't quite fill all of the qualifications for themers:
85A YES SIR.
109A PLUS SIGN
Cheers,
Bill
For me, this was a lovely, satisfying Sunday exercise. The themers were clever, the fill was challenging but gettable, with a few chuckles (SMURFS, GRUMP). Thank you, Pam. Like Irish Miss I always look forward to your puzzles.
C.C., Thanks for the great tour, but especially thanks for your swimming video. I am WILDLY impressed you are learning the butterfly! That is the hardest stroke of all - and a dolphin kick too? Wow! You are truly amazing.
I liked this puzzle.
No clock change here in Tucson. AZ stays on MST year around; it gives earlier light in the summer months so outside workers can get their eight hours in before the heat of the day.
Superb Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Pam and C.C. (Re the butterfly video - you go girl!)
(Belated HBD to Andy) (I too think that is a crabapple tree. But often they have dropped the fruit by now.)
I FIRed on line so no inkblots. Just a few changes as required by perps for the WIN-WIN.
Raise changed to HOIST, ETA to ARR.
But SCEPTRE was a gimme. (PK, the British in the clue meant the British spelling).
As well as the multiple usage of AT and IN, I noted ORDERS UP and UP A TREE.
I smiled to see STUD hanging from that ELEPHANT (T)EAR.
I knew DOC McStuffins because granddaughter was singing the song a few years ago.
Grandchildren all have some sort of BENTO box. Instead of recesses and a longer lunch at noon, they have Nutrition Breaks with a time outside around 11 and 1:30. Dividing up the food helps them have a variety over the school day.
LOL Cats I have seen before.
I learned NSFW here.
Wishing you all a great day.
Gary - back when we were kids, the TV channel number meant something. The lower the channel, the wider the coverage area (for a given power.) At my house we could (usually) get Channel 3 NBC, but not Channel 8 ABC or Channel 13 CBS. Now, the channel number is just part of a station's marketing package. The industry calls it a "virtual channel." Almost all of our old favorite VHF stations now use UHF, but still carry the old familiar channel identity. The digital channel is not revealed to the casual viewer, but is available from the FCC web site.
Enjoyed the DOUBLE theme, which helped with the solve. Hand up impressed with four across and four down DOUBLE theme entries.
Here I got to pose with the real BLUE MAN GROUP in Boston in 2011.
I was in the "Poncho Section". Has anyone else had the BLUE MAN GROUP experience?
Does anyone else remember IMOGENE COCA from "It's About Time?"
From Yesterday:
Jayce, waseeley, AnonT, Lucina Thank you for the kind words about my Mount SHASTA photos. Yes, I am very grateful to have so many opportunities.
Anon at 11:57PM Thank you for validating that IMAN was also your thought for the ONE NAMED SUPERMODEL. She is definitely more my type than EMME, who I only know from Patti's PC puzzles. Hand up tried ELLE as my second guess, which had me stuck a long time.
Got bad news this week: left eye needs retinal surgery. No wonder I've been struggling to see the clues! I tried stronger magnifying glass and lamp to no avail. A couple of "stretches" in the defs led me astray but I finished in 1hr 45 min. ...a good time for me!
Took a little less time than Grumpy Granny today.
Good puzzle.
Thank you, Ms. Klawitter, for one of the most enjoyable CWs of the year, imho. In spite of being a bit GROGGY (thanks to the time change), once I grokked the theme, I got in the GROOVE and cruised right along. My favorite was SPEEDOFFLIGHT!
Your butterfly is lookin’ great, C.C. — I’m suitably jealous since, in spite of being a fairly good swimmer, I’ve never been able to coordinate the arm stroke with the kick; I look like an epileptic orangutan whenever I attempt it!
Happy Standard Time, y’all…NOT I wish they’d just leave it on DST.
====> Darren / L.A.
FIR this morning, I did it in 2 parts. Good job on the butterfly CC and I'm so glad you got a much better neighbor. GC
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