GO FEED YOURSELF
Oh, that kind of GOLF club
Today's crossword has almost all the cliché trappings of a Wednesday puzzle; an odd-sized 15 x 16 grid, the cursed circles, 28 3LWs - but just a mere half-dozen names, depending on how one counts, so it turned out to be an enjoyable solve. This looks to be Terry Sun's debut for the LA Times - I found this pic of him, if I am not mistaken - and I usually am, when it comes to constructors names; Shannon Rapp is a regular contributor. The theme answers have a type of 'club' that, when split to the ends, makes up the 'bread' of a sa'mich; the themers and reveal;
18. "Little chance of finishing soon": "NO END IN SIGHT" - I once worked in a NIGHT club out in Cincinnati, OH named "Casanova's"; they had live bands on Friday & Saturday nights
25. Chicken soup or ginger tea: COLD REMEDY - COMEDY club; my go-to remedy is Alka-Seltzer
41. Performer who often plays a protagonist's best friend: CHARACTER ACTRESS - I was briefly in the CHESS club in high school; once I was introduced to "opening gambits", I lost interest . . . .
52. Without wheat, rye, or barley: GLUTEN FREE - I don't recall there being a GLEE club in my high school; in retrospect, I might have succeeded in film-making had I been part of the DRAMA club - and where is the A/V club themer~?
62. Triple-decker lunch, or what can be found in 18-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across: CLUB SANDWICH
'Tis the season~! Here's a video link to making the sa'mich~!"
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Name in fairy tales: GRIMM - name # . . . .oh, never mind
6. Tropical fruit tree: PAWPAW - Filled via perps
Here's a link to this site
12. Occupant of a virtual city: SIM - I love to play mayor of my virtual city - I even had alien-created crop circles at my farm . . .
Sim City, game #1
15. Ancient Greek region of Asia Minor: IONIA - and the origin of the Ionic column
16. Anxious feeling: UNEASE - DREAD was too short
17. "Rules __ rules": ARE - ...and made to be broken
20. "Made me giggle!": LOL - I had lunch with a co-worker from the pipe organ company last Thursday; he suggested Moe's, but Autocorrect had other ideas;
21. First place?: EDEN - Har-har; "The Garden of..." = crossword humor
22. Afore: ERE - had this fill last week as well
23. Musical group: BAND - I have been watching this guy, who has suggestions for new BANDs that have that 70s & 80s classic heavy metal sound, played with real instruments recorded on tape
24. Cards swiped at work: IDs - I hear they have to punch-in now at the pipe organ shop; used to be on the honor system
29. Accessibility law, for short: ADA - Americans with Disability Act - I have shared about this before
30. Indent key: TAB
31. Erupt: SPEW - AND - 45. Burst: POP - messy
32. Line of mountains: RANGE - pick-up line of mountains~? "Nice Peaks"
Geology humor
34. Hoppy beer: IPA - typical 3LW
37. Lake that feeds the Mississippi River: ITASCA - learning moment for me today
Hey - I know someone from Minnesota~!
44. "That'd be swell": "HOPE SO~!"
46. Jumps: LEAPS
47. "__ got a situation here": "WE'VE" - I'd link this song, but some of the clip is NSFW
A collaboration supergroup
49. With 66-Down, pronoun pair: SHE - AND - 66. See 49-Across: HER
51. Rested in a chair: SAT
56. Café __ leche: CON - Espaniol lesson; coffee with milk
57. Ginger cookie: SNAP
58. Run out of battery: DIE
59. Introduce to solid food, say: WEAN
61. Stir-fry pan: WOK - see 53D.
67. Contacts on Discord, e.g.: IMs - I am on Discord, but NSFW the Corner
68. Accept a staff position: HIRE ON - I applied as a traveling carpenter to the Nelson Treehouse company - those guys on TV - but they "moved on in the hiring process". Too bad - it would have been a really cool opportunity.
Spectacular view
69. Magic lamp dweller: GENIE
70. __ culpa: MEA
71. Go too far with: OVERDO
72. Mystery writers' award: EDGAR - Allan Poe, that is - I did not know there was a statuette
more from Wiki
DOWN:
1. Negroni liquor: GIN - Dah~! I thought it was RUM
2. Small resident of the Hundred Acre Wood: ROO - Ah - there's our Monday dupe; Winnie the Pooh
3. "That was exhausting!": "I NEED A NAP~!" - I loves me a nap~! - one of two 9-letter Downs
4. Babysits: MINDS
5. Whipped up: MADE
6. Many a dad joke: PUN - Five ants moved in with five ants paying rent; now they're tenants.
7. Photographer Adams: ANSEL - crossword staple; his B&W photography work is beautiful
8. Strange: WEIRD - not EERIE
9. Beepers: PAGERS - in the days gone by; I had one when I worked on the movie set in 1997
10. Firepit residue: ASH - 'tis the season~! I brought up my first crates of firewood~!
11. Rainy: WET - we had wind & rain for Halloween - now all the "leaf peeper" color is gone
12. Light lunch: SALAD - Having been reduced to fewer calories by my trainer, I have rediscovered tuna salad - it's so good, I wolf it down every time
13. Dramatic device: IRONY
14. Rummikub action: MELD - I have played this tile game, but didn't recall this "action". Game #2
The game's history - I need to take notes and watch that NPR clip, too
19. Tawantinsuyu resident: INCA - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - look what I found - a board game, #3 . . . YouTube link
. . . and one of my games has a similar "theme"
23. Watch out for: BEWARE - I need to BEWARE of a company trying to scam me out of my game
24. The Potato State: IDAHO - no surprise there
26. Memorial piece: OBITuary
27. __ Games: Fortnite developer: EPIC - more games, #4 - filled via perps; more here
28. Guts: METTLE
29. Eyebrow shape: ARCH
30. Dishes for a dollhouse social: TEA SET
33. Became an adult: GREW UP - I refuse to "grow up"; I am not a fan of "adulting"
35. __ squad: PEP - I tried MOD; Bzzzt~!
36. Preferring platonic relationships, informally: ARO - becomming a crossword staple 'Aromantic'
38. Cast iron coat: SEASONING - Oh, that kind of coat - a cast iron coat would be really heavy
An "iron" maiden has fallen, and can't get up from the weight of that coat
39. House coverage network: CSPAN
40. Mgr.'s right hand: ASST - their left hand is "sinister"
42. Shoreline recess: COVE
43. Church recess: APSE - I spent a fair amount of time working in church apses
48. Survive: ENDURE
50. Axed: HEWN - in the true sense of the word, and not the inverse of 68A
52. Garden figure: GNOME
53. Coconut milk noodle soup: LAKSA - If you have an Amazon Echo, what happens when you say Alexa, whats a Laksa~? Total confusion . . . .
54. __-optic cable: FIBER - offered in my area, but no cheaper than basic cable
55. Patch, as a lawn: RESOD
56. Spoke like a crow: CAWED
this cartoon "murders" me~!
57. Triathlon part: SWIM - Running and Cycling are the other two tasks one has to ENDURE
60. Border: EDGE
62. Margaret of "Fire Island": CHO - crossword 3LW staple - and basically Ektorp now; three letter Margaret~?
63. Arwen player Tyler: LIV - another crossword name; yada yada 3LW Tyler~? Ektorp
64. "So that's __?": "A NO~?"
65. Spy org.: CIA
Today's construction has a Grid Flow of 37.8, higher than the median; I am starting to understand that it's the 'connectivity' of one section of the grid to another.
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