The Energizer Bunny. The first word of each theme answer is another word for energy.
3-Down. Potential basketball assist that hits the floor: BOUNCE PASS.
7-Down. Fast-food pickup location: DRIVE THRU WINDOW.
9-Down. "Quiet!": ZIP YOUR LIP.
28-Down. Kitchen gadget often used on oranges: JUICE PRESS.
Here's the unifier:
31-Down. Like some protein-rich snacks, or what can be found in 3-, 7-, 9-, and 28-Down?: HIGH ENERGY. Note that each theme answer is in the down position. This gives each synonym of ENERGY to be in the HIGH position.
Across:
1. Dining room fixture: TABLE.
6. QB's successes: TDs. We have a mini Football Theme. QuarterBack's successes are Touch Downs. // 15-Across. Cards, on scoreboards: ARI. The ARIzona CARDinals are a professional football team. // 52-Across. QB's errors: INTS. As in INTerceptions.
9. Sassy letter-shaped gesture: Z-SNAP.
14. Scrub hard, as a pot: SCOUR.
16. "Leave it to me": I WILL.
17. Connected to an outlet: PLUGGED IN.
19. Spotted bean or horse: PINTO.
20. Gas in bright signs: NEON.
21. "Nice work!": VERY GOOD.
23. Kindergarten recitation: ABCs.
25. Bygone automaker from South Korea: DAEWOO.
27. Loaf with seeds: RYE.
28. Leave at the altar: JILT.
29. The "L" of MLK: LUTHER.
34. Swiss peak: ALP.
35. Great Salt Lake state: UTAH.
36. Beethoven's Third: EROICA. Eroica is Italian for Heroic.
37. South Beach neighbor: MIAMI.
39. Sign at a packed B'way theater: SRO. As in Standing Room Only.
41. McDonald's arches et al.: LOGOs.
42. Fly or flea: INSECT.
44. Citrus with an unappealing name: UGLI. The Ugli fruit is a natural hybrid of grapefruit, orange, and tangerine. It tastes better than it looks.
46. Birthday party topper: HAT.
47. End section of an Italian sonnet, e.g.: SESTET.
48. Burrito kin: WRAP.
49. Historical period: ERA.
50. Pocketful in a nursery rhyme: POSIES. Ring Around the Rosie .... Is this rhyme really about the Black Plague?
53. Neverland boy who befriends the Darling children: PETER PAN.
57. Hue: TONE.
59. Ooze, as charm: EXUDE.
60. "We're not on the same page": I DISAGREE.
64. Buffalo __: WINGS. What's the real origin of Buffalo Wings?
65. __ de plume: NOM. Today's French lesson. Translated to mean a pen name.
66. "Copy that": ROGER.
67. Doesn't leave: STAYS.
68. Early afternoon: TWO.
69. Tim Gunn's area of expertise: STYLE. Timothy MacKenzie Gunn (b. July 29, 1953) was the chief creative director at Kate Spade, Co. He was also on Project Runway.
Down:
1. Kitchen qty.: TSP. As in Teaspoon.
2. Knee surgery target, for short: ACL. As in an Anterior Cruciate Ligament. This is becoming a crossword staple.
4. Some Winter Olympics sleds: LUGES.
5. Cogito, __ sum: ERGO. Today's Latin lesson. I think, therefore I am.
6. Smidge: TAD.
8. Muscle fiber: SINEW.
10. Big gulp: SWIG.
11. El __: climate pattern: NIÑO. El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Its cooler counterpart is La Niña. During El Niño years, there tends to be less hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean. La Niña years, on the other hand, favor more intense hurricanes in the Atlantic.
12. Voice below soprano: ALTO.
13. Trudge: PLOD.
18. Break up: END IT.
22. Auditioner's goal: ROLE.
23. One of the Three Musketeers: ARAMIS. Also the name of a men's cologne.
24. Author credit: BYLINE.
26. Word of woe: ALAS.
30. As well: TOO.
32. Nature photography, perhaps: ECO-ART.
33. Jah worshippers: RASTAS. Everything you ever wanted to know about Rastafari, but didn't know you needed to know.
38. Ran into: MET.
40. Fairy tale baddie: OGRE.
43. Camaro roof option: T-TOP. Another crossword staple.
45. Endures: LASTS.
51. Miracle worker, perhaps: SAINT.
52. Gold bar: INGOT.
53. Congregants' benches: PEWS.
54. Red sign above a door: EXIT.
55. Sushi fish: TUNA. // And 62-Down. Sushi fish: EEL. My first thought was Ahi, but we already had the Tuna Fish.
56. Provocative: EDGY.
58. Boathouse collection: OARS.
61. "Seems to me," online: IMO. Textspeak for In My Opinion.
63. Poetic "before": ERE.
Here's the Grid:
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10 comments:
While I’m not
familiar with anything called a
“Z-snap” the perps were kind here, as elsewhere. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Methinks a big gulp would be a SLUG, and a little gulp would be a SWIG. Not sure I've ever heard of (or have ever seen) a Z-SNAP. (I guess the juice can is doing a Z-Snap s.) You learn something new every day. Thanx, Kyle and Hahtoolah. (I liked the ogre and carwash cartoons best.)
FIR, but tint gave way to TONE.
Hand up for not knowing ZSNAP. Sounds like a health insurance plan.
South Beach is a neighborhood in MIAMI Beach. MIAMI is, in fact, a neighbor of MIAMI Beach, so the clue and fill are technically accurate. But I think the clue is less than artful.
The QB always gets charged with the INT, even though it is often the intended receiver's fault.
Never heard of Tim Gunn, but I was quite familiar with Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn..
Thanks to Kyle for the fun puzzle, and to Ha2la for another fun tour. (You do know, of course, that porcupines can't shoot their quills, right?)
FIR. Except for Z-snap and eco-art, both of which I'd never heard of, this was a typically easy Tuesday puzzle.
I needed the reveal to understand the theme, but that didn't impede the solve.
Overall a fairly enjoyable puzzle.
Musings
-Z-SNAP was the only unfamiliar fill
-St. Louis had an MLB and NFL team named the Cardinals. They moved to Phoenix and kept the name.
-I WILL: What the Little Red Hen said when her friends did not help
-SRO crowds have made Husker VB expand from 8,500 seats to 10,200 for next year
-I think SINEW is a tendon that connects muscle to bone not the muscle itself
-FORE!
How to do a Z-snap https://www.facebook.com/share/v/175cx1LXsG/
Good Morning, crossword friends. Glad I am not the only one unfamiliar with the Z-Snap.
QOD: You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever. ~ Ogden Nash (né Frederic Ogden Nash; Aug. 19, 1902 ~ May 19, 1971), American poet and humorist
easy puzzle, fun fill, theme was a stretch for me personally but they can't all be winners. I entered ZSNAP with a laugh and then laughed even harder when it actually worked lmao. Can count me down for a TINT->TONE but thanks to Tim Gunn I made it work
So far no one knows what á ZSNAP is. I certainly don’t. Perps took care of that fill however.
I knew there had to be more than just words connoting ENERGY. Thank you Hahtoolah for pointing out the HIGH location of those synonyms.
At first I was baffled by ECOAR-, then I reread it and got ECO ART.
All in all I liked this puzzle. Not many names to stump me, that’s á plus.
Hahtoolah you have á wicked sense of humor based on some of the cartoons you included, like Catcher in the Tapioca, the car wash birds, etc. I love them all.
P romptly finished this one in 5:10 today.
E veryone else had the same experience I did (Zsnap, ecoart, and tint/tone).
P retty easy puzzle.
T hank goodness for no circles.
A ramis and his cohorts always confuse me.
L ast I knew, "ugli" was a brand name of a Jamaican tangelo.
K eep on, keeping on.
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