theme: don't be koi
18A. Shortest way to get there : DIRECT ROUTE
in the name of love she came
this foolish winsome girl
she was all decked out like a rainbow trout
swimming upstream in the world
she said, please, please i've lost my way
the current is too strong
and she gave one flip of her rainbow tip of her tail
and she swam back down
24A. Good Samaritan parable source : GOSPEL OF LUKE. growing up a PK (preacher's kid), i was taught that luke was "the beloved physician", and a close friend of paul. i still find bible history fascinating. wikipedia says flounder is also known as fluke.
46. Hot-rodder's add-on : SUPER CHARGER. i know nothing about hot rods and superchargers, but perch is a colorful, freshwater fish.
57. Annual Mexican celebration : CINCO DE MAYO. celebration on the 5th of may to commemorate the victory of the mexican militia over the french army in 1862 - and a good excuse to eat tacos and drink cerveza. and who knew there was a whole book about cod?
37. "That's weird!" (or a comment about what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 46- and 57-Across) : SOMETHING'S FISHY
melissa here. quick solve today, but needed the unifier clue to see the theme.
you don't have to be a brain sturgeon to come up with a fish pun, so i won't carp on it. but what's all this i've been herring about reinventing the whale? i'm floundering. if you can think of more, just let minnow.
i apologize. cod that was bad. eely bad. now i'm getting a haddock.
really, really sorry. it wasn't on porpoise.
ok i'm done.
across
1. Bear's place : DEN
4. Mil. awards : DSC'S. distinguished service crosses.
8. Long-eared pooch : BEAGLE. barry manilow had a beagle named bagel. don't ask me why i know that.
14. Stat for Clayton Kershaw : ERA. earned run average - kershaw finished with a 2.53. please don't ask me what that means.
15. "Nope" : UH-UH
16. Rustler, e.g. : OUTLAW
17. Emeril interjection : BAM. emeril lagasse - oh yeah babe.
20. Uintah and Ouray Reservation residents : UTES. reservation in northeast utah.
22. Disney's "__ & Stitch" : LILO. gimme, even though i've never seen it.
23. Key in : ENTER
27. Quash : NIX. kabosh.
28. Sheep's hangout : LEA
29. They could happen : IFS. ands and buts, too.
32. Early gaming name : ATARI
34. Judge's reprieve : STAY. like a stay of execution.
36. Go __ great length : ON AT
40. Tinged : HUED
41. Start the pot : ANTE. is it 4:20 already?
42. Dodge : ELUDE
43. 1776 and 2001, e.g.: Abbr. : YRS
44. Forward pass path : ARC
45. Cousteau's workplace : MER. french for sea.
52. American competitor, as it was once known : US AIR
55. Chewy candy brand : ROLO
56. Memorable golfing Spaniard, familiarly : SEVE. ballesteros.
60. Trivial picking point : NIT. but nobody here.
61. Not exactly social butterflies : LONERS
62. "I don't give __!" : A RAP. not sure i've heard that expression before - it's usually something about a rat.
63. NFL snapper : CTR. center.
64. Jaguar or impala : ANIMAL
65. Tweed's caricaturist : NAST. here.
66. "Hurrah!" : YAY
down
1. Fix, as a computer program : DEBUG
2. Muse with a lyre : ERATO
3. Sings, so to speak : NAMES NAMES. some great movies/documentaries about the hollywood red scare: the front, hollywood on trial, guilty by suspicion, and citizen cohn.
4. Cracker that doesn't crack : DUD. boo.
5. Carnival setup man : SHILL. stooge, plant.
6. Museum piece : CURIO
7. Place for a 6-Down : SHELF
8. Plant sci. : BOT. botany.
9. "I have it!" : EUREKA
10. More than apologize : ATONE
11. Market surplus : GLUT. funny word.
12. After curfew : LATE
13. Decorative water holder : EWER
19. Artistic potpourri : COLLAGE
21. Like many churches : SPIRED
25. Egress : EXIT
26. One-eighties : UEYS. u-turns.
29. Revolt : INSURGENCY
30. Saudi king, 1982-2005 : FAHD. died at 84 in 2005.
31. Eyelid trouble : STYE
32. Like a used fireplace : ASHY
33. Sequence of gigs : TOUR
34. Heartfelt : SINCERE
35. Volatile initials : TNT. trinitrotoluene, used in explosives.
36. Crude tankers : OILERS
38. Instrument that often sits on the floor while played : HARP
39. Tornado response gp. : FEMA. federal emergency management agency. been busy lately.
44. Natural light show : AURORA
46. Order to a boxer : SIC 'EM
47. Like some numerals and noses : ROMAN.
48. The "It Girl" Bow : CLARA
49. Georgetown hoopsters : HOYAS. college.
50. Musical set in Buenos Aires : EVITA
51. Have another go at : RETRY
52. Kareem's alma mater : UCLA
53. Priory of __: "The Da Vinci Code" secret society : SION. i'm probably one of the only people who have not read this book (or seen the movie). needed perps.
54. Caesarean cal. periods : ANNI. year in latin.
58. www connection option : DSL. wish i had that option.
59. Go (for) : OPT
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