Theme: "HARDLY RIGHT" - LY is added the end of the first word in each common phrase.
23. Kinda sorta up for it?: FAIRLY GAME. Fair game.
29. Like a portrait hung by a professional?: HIGHLY LEVEL. High level.
35. How beer is served?: COMMONLY COLD. Common cold.
49. Geeky without shame?: PUBLICLY SQUARE. Public square.
62. Faking trendiness?: ARTIFICIALLY HIP. Artificial hip.
93. Having the wealth of kings and queens?: ROYALLY FLUSH. Royal flush.
98. Like a smart recycler?: SAGELY GREEN. Sage green.
108. Sad, but composed?: CALMLY DOWN. Calm down.
A very consistent letter-addition theme. Adding LY to the first word of each familiar phrase transforms a noun into an adjective.
Can someone explain the title to me? I don't quite get it. To me, it's just another theme entry.
Across:
1. Sporty wheels: COUPE.
6. Cinematographer's choice: LENS.
10. Hasty: RASH.
14. "Purgatorio" poet: DANTE. "The Divine Comedy" consists of three parts: "Inferno", "Purgatorio", and "Paradiso".
19. Invalidate: ANNUL.
20. Four Corners state: UTAH.
21. Director Kazan: ELIA.
22. Hilo "Hi": ALOHA.
25. First man, in Maori mythology: TIKI. Gimme!
26. Two-thirds of a magnum: LITER.
27. Cable giant acquired by AT&T: TCI.
28. An end to reason?: ABLE. Reasonable.
31. Four-footed Jetson: ASTRO.
33. City on the Orne: CAEN. A city associated with the Battle of Normandy.
34. Ghostly sound: MOAN.
39. Yields to gravity: SAGS.
40. Promise not to tell, for short: NDA.
43. "__ of Girls' Things": poem by Sharon Olds: ODE.
44. "Great Expectations" ward: ESTELLA. Learning moment for me.
45. Actress Spelling: TORI.
46. Marshmallow treat: PEEP.
47. Curly dos: PERMS.
52. Son of Rebekah and Isaac: ESAU. Isaac's favorite son. Rebekah liked Jacob more.
53. "OutDaughtered" family name: BUSBY.
55. Unenviable grade: DEE.
56. "¿Cómo está __?": USTED.
57. Seawater evaporation site: SALT PIT. Also a learning moment.
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59. Sandwich shops: DELIS.
61. "Sure, I get it": AH OK.
67. Astrobiology subj.: SETI.
69. Toyed with: LED ON.
70. Cary Grant film about a gambler: MR LUCKY. Agnes probably saw this movie.
74. OB test: AMNIO.
75. Suffix with percent: ILE.
76. Print media: PRESS.
79. Unpartnered: LONE.
84. Early Mexican civilization: OLMEC.
85. Touchscreen image: ICON.
86. Charged particles: IONS.
87. Layered potluck staple: LASAGNA.
90. One of the orgs. merged in the Maastricht Treaty: EEC.
European Economic Community. The Maastricht Treaty laid the foundation
for today's European Union. Another learning moment for me.
91. Rainbow backdrop: SKY.
92. Burden: ONUS.
95. Baba ghanoush bread: PITA.
96. Bodies of water: SEAS.
97. "Here we go!": IT'S ON.
102. Yokozuna's sport: SUMO. Yokozuna is the highest rank in sumo wrestling.
104. "__ Twist, Scientist": Netflix series with a magic lab: ADA.
106. Caffeinated: AWAKE.
107. Isn't 100%: AILS.
111. Spanish title: SENOR.
112. Many a "Survivor" locale: ISLE.
113. Magazine founder Eric: UTNE.
114. Pitcher's jam: MEN ON.
115. Barely beats (out): EDGES.
116. "Queer Eye" expert Jonathan Van __: NESS.
117. Letter opener: DEAR.
118. "Hello" singer: ADELE. Hello from the other side!
Down:
1. Lunchroom, for short: CAF.
2. Go __ great length: ON AT.
3. Like some parliaments: UNICAMERAL.
4. Perfectionist's creed: PURISM.
5. Beginning to lose?: ELL. The staring letter in lose.
6. Fastener on many European cars: LUG BOLT. I only know lug nut.
7. List abbr.: ET AL.
8. Reputation: NAME.
9. "That's all __ wrote": SHE.
10. Fixed, as shoelaces: RE-TIED.
11. Set straight: ALIGN.
12. One resisting the five thieves: SIKH. Here are the five thieves in Sikhism are kaam (lust), krodh (wrath), lobh (greed), moh (attachment) and ahankar (arrogance).
13. Last-ditch attempt: HAIL MARY.
14. Texas city where German chocolate cake was invented: DALLAS. I know this trivia.
15. "In space, no one can hear you scream" film: ALIEN.
16. Punishment for a Gen X kid: NO TV.
17. "Beautiful Mistakes" rapper Megan __ Stallion: THEE.
18. Viscount superior: EARL.
24. Tall tales: YARNS.
29. Permissible, in some diets: HALAL. Opposite of Haram.
30. Some meditation practitioners: YOGIS.
32. Temperature testers, at times: TOES.
33. Cheddar kin: COLBY.
35. Manages: COPES.
36. Ukrainian port south of Kyiv: ODESA.
37. Informal approvals: YEPS.
38. __ soda: CLUB.
39. Cirque du __: SOLEIL.
40. "How cool": NEATO.
41. Baseball Hall of Famer Jeter: DEREK.
42. Mimicked: APED.
45. Immune system component: T CELL.
46. Muscle training method: PUSH PULL. As in the popular Push/Pull/Legs workout split.
48. Genetic change: MUTATION.
50. Creative development: IDEA.
51. Covey member: QUAIL. A group of quail is called a covey. We also have 100. Group of pals: GANG.
53. Small amount: BIT.
54. Gas or elec.: UTIL.
58. Abbey figure: PRIOR.
59. Hullabaloo: DIN.
60. Sylvia of jazz: SYMS.
63. Makes a false show of: FEIGNS.
64. Runs in place: IDLES.
65. Last name of filmmakers Ethan and Joel: COEN.
66. Atty.'s billing units: HRS.
67. Noisy kiss: SMACK.
68. Relish: ENJOY.
71. Fall apart: COME UNDONE.
72. Joints with caps: KNEES.
73. "Ew!": YECCH.
74. "The Information" novelist Martin: AMIS. Son of Kingsley Amis.
76. Says grace, e.g.: PRAYS.
77. Tabula __: RASA.
78. Airline that doesn't fly during the Sabbath: EL AL.
81. Like a fuzzy navel?: LINTY. Not orange.
82. "If it isn't my nemesis!": YOU AGAIN.
83. Online finance firm: E LOAN.
84. Bozos: OAFS.
88. Twinkle: GLIMMER.
89. Sleep aid brand: NYTOL.
92. Edmonton NHL team: OILERS.
93. Big Cup candy brand: REESE'S.
94. Like some questions: LOADED.
95. Black tea grade: PEKOE.
96. Hawks: SELLS.
98. RSVP convenience: SASE.
99. Blown away: AWED.
101. Ascend: RISE.
102. Quench: SATE.
103. Funny bone neighbor: ULNA.
105. USMC truant: AWOL.
108. Ruminant's mouthful: CUD.
109. Peruvian legend Sumac: YMA.
110. SSW reverse: NNE.
C.C.
4 comments:
There were some
quite obscure proper names.
Nevertheless, I got through it.
FIR, so I’m happy.
There were some
quite obscure proper names.
Nevertheless, I got through it.
FIR, so I’m happy.
A double dip of Subgenius to start the comments appropriately echoes my sentiment.
Sam. Donaldson. Is an old pro but this took a long time. Enjoy the last day of May all.
Good morning!
It took me a long time to get down to the abasement, struggling all the way. As it turned out, I'd failed early on with SI_H crossing TI_I. Entered SITH, because I thought it might be a Star Wars thing. TITI looked possibly Maori. Bzzzzzt. Tough one. Thanx, Samuel and C.C. (Your illustration for Mr. Lucky is from the 1959 TV show. Cary Grant starred in the 1943 movie.)
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