Sunday June 26, 2022 Roland Huget

 

Theme: "Stretches Across" - Time units are orderly hidden inside each theme entry.

26. *Terms for tenants: LEASE CONDITIONS.

45. *Question in a famous balcony scene: WHEREFORE ART THOU ROMEO.

68. *Southeastern evergreen that sounds like a college: FLORIDA YEW.

73. *"Tennessee Waltz" composer: PEE WEE KING.

95. *"Leave this to me": I'M ON THE CASE.

112. *Financial report section: QUARTERLY EARNINGS.

Reveal:

91. Schedule component, and what the answers to the starred clues literally contain: TIME SLOT.

A rare Sunday with left/right symmetry. Notice how most of the theme entries are odd-numbered?

I made this puzzle for the Universal a while ago and I fully appreciate how difficult it was for Roland to come up with those hidden time units. And in second to year order. Just amazing!

Across:

1. Lake skimmer: JETSKI. Sparkly start.

7. Bitterly harsh: ACERBIC.

14. In flames: ABLAZE.

20. Free bakery treats?: AROMAS. Sometimes I open the fridge door at the Asian grocery store just to smell durian. Ah, the hot summer days in Guangzhou. Durian, lychee, fish in banana leaf.

21. "Orphan Black" star Maslany: TATIANA.

22. Prim partner: PROPER.

23. Uses a salamander, perhaps: BROILS. Not familiar with the salamander broiler.

24. Hand sanitizer ingredient: ETHANOL.

25. Glossy fabric: SATEEN.

29. "Great" detective of kid-lit: NATE.

32. QBs and DHs: ATHS. Athletes. Quarterbacks and Designated Hitters.

33. Winter coaster: SLED.

34. Kerfuffles: ADOS.

38. Prefix with tourism: ECO.

39. Back up: SAVE.

41. Refer to: CITE.

44. Stop dithering: OPT.

53. Emission from radioactive decay: BETA RAY.

54. Wrestling legend Ric: FLAIR.

55. NYC film festival locale: TRIBECA.

56. Actor Epps: OMAR.

57. Ocelot, e.g.: WILDCAT.

59. Harmon series: NCIS. Mark Harmon.

60. __-O-Honey candy: BIT.

62. Bud: PAL.

63. "Mudbound" director Rees: DEE. From Wikipedia: Her achievements include being the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar for adapted screenplay. We also have 94. "Queen Sugar" creator DuVernay: AVA.

65. Bag-screening org.: TSA.

77. Run-down theaters: FLEA PITS.

78. Be a little shy?: OWE. Gimme for regulars.

80. Admit defeat: SAY UNCLE.

81. Fury: RAGE.

82. Test run: TRIAL.

84. Fictional sleuth Wolfe: NERO.

85. Well-known: FAMED.

88. Device that may display awkward moments on the jumbotron: KISS CAM.

90. Abalone eater: OTTER.

99. Quick qualifier: IMO.

100. Court dividers: NETS.

102. Wear a long face: MOPE.

103. Not good at all: EVIL.

104. Radiate: EMIT.

105. Lugs around: SCHLEPS. Consonant-rich.

107. Sandwich letters: BLT.

110. Motorless aircraft: GLIDERS.

117. "The Night Watchman" Pulitzer winner Erdrich: LOUISE.

119. Marshmallow-filled treat: MOON PIE.

120. Bible book with 150 poems: PSALMS.

123. "__ Restaurant": classic Guthrie song: ALICE'S.

124. Quarterback who was MVP of Super Bowls XLII and XLVI: MANNING. Eli.

125. Pabst brand: STROH'.

126. Smartphone screen borders: BEZELS.

127. Supplemented: ADDED TO.

128. "For Your Eyes Only" singer Sheena: EASTON.

Down: 

1. Snarky remark: JAB.

2. Drop the ball: ERR.

3. Excessively: TOO.

4. Graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier about a girl with braces: SMILE. This clue is very Patti. Even if you don't know the novel, the clue is helpful and you learn something.

5. Iron-rich leafy vegetable: KALE.

6. Rae of "The Lovebirds": ISSA.

7. Unsteady, quaintly: ATEETER.

8. "Coming at you!": CATCH.

9. Cultural values: ETHOS.

10. "Knives Out" writer/director Johnson: RIAN. Friendly letter combo. Just remember him.

11. Rock groups: BANDS.

12. How sun-dried tomatoes may be packed: IN OIL.

13. Pasadena engineering sch.: CAL TECH.

14. Lhasa __: APSO.

15. Breakfast cereal fiber: BRAN.

16. Much, informally: LOTSA.

17. Big monkey: APE.

18. Snooze symbol: ZEE.

19. East end?: ERN. Eastern.

27. London luxury hotel that opened in 1889: SAVOY.

28. __-proof: IDIOT.

29. Rookie, casually: NEWB.

30. Tooth trouble: ACHE.

31. Duking it out: TOE TO TOE.

35. Not imported: DOMESTIC.

36. Gp. with reserves: OPEC.

37. Ancient portico: STOA. Like this.

39. "Buona __": Italian greeting: SERA.

40. Over yonder: AFAR.

42. Go bad: TURN.

43. "Heart & Soul" country singer Church: ERIC.

46. Male sheep: RAM.

47. IRS convenience: E-FILE. Thank God for D-Otto.

48. The works: ALL.

49. "Gnarly, dude!": RAD.

50. __-tac-toe: TIC.

51. Swap: TRADE.

52. Kimono sash: OBI. Stunning.

57. Styles: WAYS.

58. Concert mementos: TEES.

60. Fave bud: BFF.

61. "__ be darned!": I'LL.

62. Hors d'oeuvres spread: PATE.

64. "Fargo" actor McGregor: EWAN. Scottish actor.

66. Weekly NBC show with a musical guest: SNL.

67. Go gray, maybe: AGE. I've been having white hairs in my eyebrows the past two years. I plucked them, but they grow back white again.

69. Burger order: RARE.

70. Apple TV+ device: IPAD.

71. "Comprende?": DIG.

72. Razzie Award adjective: WORST.

73. Nobel category: PEACE.

74. Needle hole: EYE.

75. Tip of the Alps?: EURO. Nice clue.

76. Macramé unit: KNOT.

79. Coin-in-a-fountain thought: WISH.

82. Sticking point: TINE. Fork.

83. Frilly trim: LACE.

85. Autograph hounds: FANS. Gary's son-in-law Brendon is an avid baseball fan.

86. "Sans" opposite: AVEC.

87. Test for solvers: MATH QUIZ.

88. Keystone figure: KOP.

89. Big D hoopster: MAV. The Dallas Mavericks.

92. Abu Dhabi ruler: EMIR.

93. Goes bad: ROTS.

95. Wow: IMPRESS.

96. Part of MVP: MOST.

97. Talk with one's hands: SIGN.

98. Orbital circuit shape: ELLIPSE.

101. Water channel: SLUICE.

104. Literary awards named for a Baltimore writer: EDGARS.

106. "The Joy of Painting" prop: EASEL.

107. Fair, in a way: BLOND.

108. Jeff of the Traveling Wilburys: LYNNE.

109. Lukewarm: TEPID.

111. Prefix with gram or cart: INSTA.

113. "Room" novelist Donoghue: EMMA. Wikipedia says "Room" is a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. Brie Larson won an Oscar for her "Room" role.

 

114. Map line: ROAD.

115. "It __ over till it's over": AIN'T.

116. __ Park: Queens area: REGO. Learned from doing crosswords.

117. Forensic facility: LAB.

118. World Cup chant: OLE.

121. Old conductance unit: MHO. Ohm spelled backwards.

122. ID with two hyphens: SSN.

Boomer had a full-body bone scan at the North Memorial on Friday. The result is not promising. Bad cells are widely scattered. 

Tomorrow morning we start our 5 sessions of daily radiation on his left shoulder at the VA hospital in Minneapolis. Then we have one more CT scan on Wednesday afternoon. We meet with his oncologist again on Friday and Boomer receives his bone strengthener infusion afterwards.

The good news is that Boomer's left shoulder gets better. He started to type with his left hand again, though not for long, but it's a start. His PT lady is really good. We'll see an OT next Thursday.

C.C.

Thursday, November 11, 2021, Roland Huget

 

 Our constructor today is Roland Huget who has made many visits to the Corner (over 40).   Here's a review by Gary from December 5, 2020, with a bit of biographical information on Roland.  One piece of information he mentions in that review is no longer true, as he finally stopped by for a Sunday puzzle, blogged by C.C on August 22, 2021.

I should start with a SPOILER ALERT.  This puzzle is an extended CSO to one of our tangier reviewers, who tag teams on Fridays with one of our wackier reviewers.  I'll leave it to you to figure out which is which.

Here are the themers:

20A Wind tunnel test object: AIRPLANE MODEL.  Here's a description of Wind Tunnels for grades K-4, a CSO to our Maître des avis, Husker.

34A. Keats work with the line, "She dwells with Beauty--Beauty that must die": ODE ON MELANCHOLY.  Here's the poem as published in  the spring of 1819 , although Keats shortened it before publication.

40A. Note instruction: PAYABLE ON DEMAND.  This usually applies to private loans, especially those between relatives. I've never loaned or have been loaned money with the stipulation that it be payable on demand, and if plan to you'd better read the fine print.

Here's the tasty reveal:

 50A. Tart drink concentrates, or what's literally found in 20-, 34- and 40-Across: LEMONADE MIXES.  I like mine with a sprig of mint, and toward evening a jigger of Stoli, the cruciverbalist's favorite. And of course chilled, with NO ICE.  Hi TIN!

 On to the main course:

Across:

1. __ cake: CRAB.  A subject near and dear to Marylanders' hearts.  The secret to good CRAB CAKES is good crab meat.  Teri insists on Jumbo Lump crab meat and uses this classic recipe from Old Bay Seasoning. BTW, the word CRAB is derived from the Greek Callinectes, meaning Beautiful Swimmers.

The Blue Crab

5. Floor plan unit: ROOM.  Something you might be urged "to get" if  you're caught in a PDA!

9. App runner: PHONE.   For an APP you may be interested in if you own a piano see 64A.

14. "It can't be true!": OH NO.

15. Humorist Bombeck: ERMA.  Erma Louise Bombeck (née Fiste; February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) was an American humorist and columnist.

Erma Bombeck

16. Like some whiskey barrels: OAKEN.

17. Test version: BETA.  My 2012 Ford 150 was a BETA version.

18. Too much sun, they say: AGER.
 
19. Common chord: TRIAD.  In music, a triad is a set of three notes that can be stacked vertically in thirds.  The term "harmonic triad" was coined by Johannes Lippius in his Synopsis musicae novae (1612). Triads are the most common chords in Western music. 

Types of Triads

23. Article in Die Zeit: EIN.  Today's German lesson.  "Die Zeit" is "The Times" and "EIN" is an indefinite article.

24. "Saving Fish From Drowning" author Tan: AMY.  Tan's sixth novel, published in 2005.  It's the story of a group of tourists walking the Burma Road, narrated by Bibi Chen, who has died under mysterious circumstances.
 

Amy Tan

25. Snares with loops: LASSOS.  A.K.A. LARIAT, RIATA, or REATA  (trigger warning, contains verbification!).  Also TED LASSO, the protagonist of a popular streaming series.

29. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit: ADIA.  About the song.  The song:

31. Catch: NAB.

37. Was short: OWED.

38. TiVo predecessor: VCR. IMHO they've both been made obsolete by streaming.

39. Arabic for "commander": EMIR.  Had this guy last time.  Pass.

45. Mme., in Madrid: SRA.

46. Vega's constellation: LYRA.  VEGA is the brightest star in the constellation LYRA and the second brightest star in the Northern hemisphere,  SIRIUS in CANIS MAJOR being the brightest.   Here is a brief tutorial on the magnitudes celestial objects in the Northern hemisphere.

The Constellation Lyra
Vega is at the top

47. Drops in speaking: ELIDES.

48. Great Lakes' __ Canals: SOO.  The SOO Locks connect Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
 

49. Summer sign: LEO.

57. Showy bulb: TULIP.

58. Jazz guitar lick, say: RIFF.  Here's Wes Montgomery's riff on "Here's That Rainy Day", a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953:
 

59. Daily delivery: MAIL.

61. Send over the moon: ELATE.

62. Play starter: ACT I.  With the exception of course of One-act plays.

63. One may be a lot: ACRE. We've got 2/3's of an ACRE and it's getting to be more than a lot.

64. Pitch adjuster: TUNER.   I'm not trying to put anyone out of a job, but if you own a piano and like to keep it "well-tempered", you might  want to consider these piano tuning apps.

65. Top-quality: BEST.

66. Shake off: SHED.

Down:

1. Cygnet's father: COB.  Also a popular way to eat "corn on".  It goes great with 1As!

2. Pampas bird: RHEA.   Rheas are large ratites, in the order Rheiformes, native to South America, distantly related to the ostrich and emu (of whom we seem to see more in these parts).

Rheas

3. Contrarian prefix: ANTI. I think the current era will go down in history as "The Age of Contrarianism".

4. Beast with tusks: BOAR.  It is always my hope that I don't BOAR you too much with these reviews.

5. Truthful representation, in art: REALISM.  My favorite realist painter is Will Wilson of Baltimore, a friend of a friend.  Here's a painting of his wife:
 

The Painter's Wife, 2012

6. Instrument with pipes: ORGAN.  The "King of Instruments".  In Bach's time organs were the most complex and sophisticated machines on Earth.  Johann Sebastian Bach not only knew how to fix them, he was the king of composers for them:
 

7. Sign: OMEN.

8. Stable parent: MARE  56D's better half.

9. River to Chesapeake Bay: POTOMAC.  The Potomac River  is found within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay. The river (main stem and North Branch) is approximately 405 miles (652 km) long.

10. "The Revenant" Oscar nominee Tom: HARDY.  I've not seen this film and first filled it with HANKS, until I saw it wasn't working.  Apparently the movie and the book are based on a true story.

11. Dust Bowl migrant: OKIE.   A native or inhabitant of Oklahoma.  Millions of migrants from Oklahoma and surrounding states were displaced from their homelands by the Great Depression and the storms of the Dust Bowl.  The privations of this period were the inspirations for artists such as John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie, Merle Haggard, and photographer Dorothea Lange:

Migrant Mother
Florence Owens Thompson

12. Sci-fi author Stephenson: NEAL.  Neal Stephenson coined the term Metaverse back in 1992, and it is now seen by some social media futurists as a way to fix the mess they've made of the Internet.  The solution to the problems caused by technology, is always of course, more technology.  IMHO it's déjà vu all over again.
 

Neal Stephenson

13. Tight __: football position: END.

21. Lowly laborer: PEON.  A Spanish word with a long history and many associations.

22. Primary: MAIN.

25. Froot __: LOOPS.  A Kellogg's brand of children's cereal.
 

26. Ugly marketing battle: AD WAR.

27. "Gotta go!": SEE YA.  Also ciao, with a derivation you might not expect.

28. Cream __: SODA.

29. AA, on the NYSE: ALCOA.  Aluminum Company of America.  Aluminum is smelted from its ore Bauxite using a complex process co-discovered in 1886 by by two chemists, American Charles Martin Hall, and Frenchman Paul Héroult, both 22 at the time.

30. Rats relative: DARN.

31. Wanderer: NOMAD.  For some NOMADS, it's a way of life, moving their flocks from one pasture to another to graze.  For others it is hopefully temporary, the result of religious persecution or some privation, e.g., the OKIES at 11D.

32. 1955 Dior innovation: ALINE.  Art, music, and fashion seem to cycle from simplicity to complexity, and then back again, e.g. from the "classical" to the "romantic", and then a return to the "neoclassical".  French designer Christian Dior, rather than to keep an old style afloat returned to simplicity with his A-line dress.

33. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" band, with "The": BYRDS.  Lyrics by Qoheleth, the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3:

35. "Oh, when will they __ learn?": Seeger lyric: EVER.  From "Where have all the Flowers Gone", by Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) , an American folk singer and social activist.   Both this and the preceding song were very popular in the 60s.  I wonder if Roland intended these two clues back to back?

36. Sphere opener: HEMI.

41. Gag reel scene: BLOOPER.   I don't think Mama and Eunice were playing from the same script on this one:

42. City on the Rhône: LYON.    Lyon or Lyons is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, about 470 km (292 mi) southeast of Paris.

Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Dennis Jarvis, Halifax, Canada

43. Judge appropriate: DEEM FIT. 

44. Wells' fruit eaters: ELOI.  A reference to H.G. Wells' Sci-Fi novel The Time Machine.  The ELOI were fruit eaters and the MORLOCKS were ELOI eaters.

48. Hit hard: SMITE. 

49. Some lanes allow only them: LEFTS.  In New Jersey you can only make LEFTS from the RIGHT LANE, via a JUG HANDLE.  We have one  in Maryland (that I know of) in Finksburg.

50. Humdinger: LULU.  Also the "opener" to LuluLemon sports apparel.  I wonder if Lemonade gets royalties from this company?

51. Dashing style: ELAN.  Iconic of this style was the Englishman T.E. Lawrence, who led the ARAB REVOLT against the Ottoman Empire during WWI.

T.E. Lawrence in 1918

52. Many a Mideast native: ARAB.  Most, but not all are ARABS, the notable exception being the natives of IRAN, who speak PERSIAN, known to its native IRANIAN speakers as FARSI.

53. Board game pieces: DICE.

54. Time to put up lights, briefly: XMAS.  Contrary to what some moderns might believe, Xmas was not originally intended as a secularization of Christmas.  Here's the real story.  But  nevertheless we sign our cards "Merry Christmas".

55. A head: EACH.  Also PER or A POP.

56. Equine parent: SIRE.  This refers specifically to the male horse.  The female is referred to as a BROOD MARE.  The history of horse breeding goes back thousands of years.  In fact the 52Ds are masters of the art and ARABIAN horses are highly valued for their speed and stamina.

57. First day of spring, in Hanoi: TET. 
 

Tết at the Saigon Tax Trade Center (2012)
courtesy of Prenn, Vietnam

60. Commanded: LED.  Also an acronym for Light Emitting Diode.  LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light sources, including lower power consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size, and faster switching. 

Here's the grid:

waseeley

And thanks to Teri for proofreading and constructive criticism.
And we pray for healing and a complete recovery for our good friend Lemonade.

Cheers,
Bill

Sunday August 22, 2021 Roland Huget

Theme: "Musical Keys" - Each song contains a keyboard key.

23. Slogan from a cola jingle first aired in 1969: IT'S THE REAL THING.

36. Broadway revue featuring pop standards that won a 1997 Grammy: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE.

48. Classic novelty song involving wing-flapping imitations, as it's commonly called: THE CHICKEN DANCE.

70. Song played at Blues home games: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS.

83. 2000 Grammy-winning hit featuring Eminem: FORGOT ABOUT DRE.

98. French folk tune used in basic instrument lessons: AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE. This is new to me. Listen here.

We've had key hidden gimmick before. But Roland elevated this theme by narrowing down theme entries to songs or musicals. This is the extra layer I talk with with Agnes from time to time. Perfect title, Husker Gary-esque.

I have Alt, Esc, End, Tab on my keyboard. No Ins or Del, just Insert and Delete. How about your keyboard?

Across:

1. 2020 Anya Taylor-Joy title role: EMMA. The Jane Austin character. Anya Taylor-Joy also plays the lead character in "The Queen's Gambit".

 

 

5. They're dragged and dropped: ICONS.

10. Apple desktop: IMAC.

14. Oldies players: HI-FIS.

19. Forest jumpers: DEER.

20. G.I. Joe nemesis: COBRA. Wiki says he's a terrorist and the "nemesis of the G.I. Joe Team in the Hasbro action figure toyline G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6..." Well, at last he's  wearing a mask.

21. Fleeting prefix, timewise: NANO.

22. Heaps: A PILE.

26. Amber, for one: RESIN.

27. Pekoe holder: TEA CADDY. Lots of great fill in this 140-worder. Roland is a terrific themeless constructor.

28. Origami staple: CRANE.

29. Moved slowly: INCHED. Toward.

30. River inlets: RIAS.

31. Con's decoy: SHILL.

32. Silvery freshwater fish: BREAM. Never had bream. Tasty?

33. Professional spinners: PR FIRM.

40. Laugh-a-minute types: RIOTS.

41. Baby party: SHOWER.

42. Reception dispensers: URNS.

3. CD-__: ROM. We also have 81. Obsolescent laptop feature: CD DRIVE. These two are the same, right, D-8?

44. Cultural opening?: AGRI. Agricultural. We won't attend the Minnesota State Fair this year. I really like their grain art.

45. Fly like an eagle: SOAR.

46. __ wave: SINE.

47. Kitchenware brand: EKCO. I bought the Oxo garlic press, which works great. But the smell is just too much for me. I'm back to green onions again.

 

53. Fold: PLEAT.

54. UFO pilots: ETS.

55. Coupling device: YOKE.

56. Start of a counting rhyme: EENIE.

57. Get cozy: NESTLE.

58. 67, for Beethoven's Fifth: OPUS.

59. Take responsibility: OWN IT.

60. Support, with "for": VOTE. We had a special election for mayor. One candidate  received 3,415 votes. The other received 3,414 votes. Then they had a recount. Now the lady's lead doubled to 2. The total population for Brooklyn Park is 80,068.

61. Burt's Bees parent: CLOROX. You probably have a Burt's Bees lip balm lying your house somewhere.

64. Insurance case: CLAIM.

65. Antitoxins: SERA.

66. "Today" rival, briefly: GMA. Good Morning America.

69. Central parts: CORES.

73. Fords of the past: LTDS.

74. Hawaii County seat: HILO.

75. This and that: BOTH. So who do you think should be the next "Jeopardy!" host?

76. __ Cong: VIET.

77. Nice summer: ETE.

78. "Bro!": DUDE.

79. Showy parrots: MACAWS. Such bright colors.

82. Symphony orchestra members: CELLI.

86. Many a binoculars toter: BIRDER.

87. Counterfeit: BOGUS.

88. Geeky-sounding candy: NERDS.

89. Contented rumble: PURR.

90. Tech class sites: PC LABS.

92. Race of Norse gods: AESIR. They lived in Asgard.

93. Mythical hero who captured Cerberus: HERCULES. The 12th labor.

97. Enrapture: ELATE.

100. Like highways: LANED.

101. Small decorative case: ETUI. Used to see this fill often.

102. Sporty Chevy: VETTE.

103. Art Deco artist: ERTE.

104. Small fry: TYKES.

105. Boosts: COPS.

106. Like chalet roofs: EAVED. Also 5. Winter cause of a roof leak, maybe: ICE DAM.

107. Rolltop, for one: DESK.

Down:

1. Polish language: EDIT.

2. Give (out): METE.

3. Road Runner cartoons landscape feature: MESA.

4. Mobile judge, perhaps: ART CRITIC. Mobile art.

6. Parachute lines: CORDS.

7. Toe the line: OBEY.

8. Heston was its pres. from 1998 to 2003: NRA. Charlton Heston.

9. Leap named for a Swedish skater: SALCHOW. New term to me.

10. Asthmatic's device: INHALER.

11. For the most part: MAINLY.

12. Dudek of "Mad Men": ANNE.

13. Bit player: COG.

14. Equestrian gear: HARNESS.

15. Former poisoning treatment: IPECAC.

16. Sole source: FISH MARKET. Great clue.

17. Rival of Bjorn: ILIE.

18. Dispatch: SEND.

24. Split __: HAIRS.

25. Tot's wheels: TRIKE.

29. Bedard who voiced Pocahontas in the 1995 Disney film: IRENE. She's a Native Indian.

31. Campfire treat: S'MORE.

32. Carried: BORNE.

33. Jabber: PRATE.

34. Privilege: RIGHT.

35. Course warnings: FORES.

36. Burger go-with: SHAKE. Boomer's comfort food.

37. Power source: JUICE.

38. __ point: FOCAL.

39. Put on quite an act: EMOTE.

41. Anklets, e.g.: SOCKS. These are almost in the no-show category.

45. Sitting Bull's people: SIOUX.

46. Grumpy mood: SNIT.

47. "Anything __ we can do?": ELSE.

49. Sources of shots: HYPOS.

50. Not familiar with: NEW AT.

51. Casual material: DENIM.

52. "Yu-Gi-Oh!" genre: ANIME. "Yu-Gi-Oh" is written like below three characters, literally "Games King".

53. Part of a flower: PETAL.

57. Start of two U.S. state names: NORTH.

58. They're found in veins: ORES.

59. Muffin topping: OLEO. Boomer likes Aldi's fake butter. It's not called Oleo.

60. Three-piece pieces: VESTS.

61. Symbol seen in viola music: C CLEF.

62. Numbers game: LOTTO.

63. Sales rep's form: ORDER BLANK.

64. Paparazzi quarry: CELEB.

65. Former Maine senator Olympia: SNOWE.

66. Artisan group: GUILD.

67. High-end German appliance brand: MIELE. New to me. "Miele" means "honey" in Italian.  "Miel" in French.

68. Up and about: ASTIR.

70. King with a magic touch: MIDAS.

71. Letter-shaped girders: I BARS.

72. Judge's response: OVERRULED.

74. Most Rwandans: HUTUS.

78. Greyhound crash sites?: DOG BEDS. Another great clue.

79. Cold oatmeal cereals: MUESLIS.

80. Heart chambers: ATRIA.

82. Approximately: CIRCA.

84. Colonel Sanders trademark: GOATEE.

85. Small coffee maker output: ONE CUP.

86. Like a deformed tree trunk: BURLED. Learning moment for me. Poor tree.

89. Golfer Calvin: PEETE. Most successful African-American golfer before Tiger.

90. Bombard, as with snowballs: PELT.

91. Ali, once: CLAY. Did you know his grandson Nico Ali Walsh is a boxer also?

92. Start to correct?: AUTO. Auto-correct.

93. Samsung product: HD TV.

94. Fishing decoy: LURE.

95. Laryngitis docs: ENTS. Guangzhou has not had any new COVID cases for a few months. Still,  you must have a negative COVID test result before you see your ENT. Poor Carmen had to have 2 COVID tests to see 2 different doctors, since each test result is only valid for 3 days.

96. Try to find: SEEK.

98. Post-Manhattan Project org.: AEC. Atomic Energy Commission.

99. "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" singer Chris: REA.

C.C.