Theme: I couldn't eat another bite of fish - The four letter reveal word stuffed with other letters in the middle.
17A. Easy-to-swallow gelatin pill : SOFT CAPSULE
40A. Aromatic burner made from vegetable wax : SOY CANDLE
11D. Cucumber in brine : SOUR PICKLE
27D. Bathtub popper : SOAP BUBBLE
57A. Seafood selection suggested by this puzzle's circles : STUFFED SOLE
Argyle here. If you have circles, I hope they are in he right spots! I had a personal Natick at the cross of 47 and 61 but the R was easily inferred. All in all, a decent Tuesday with some eclectic fill. Great theme intersection.
Across:
1. Seepage at sea : BILGE. The BILGE is an area on a ship, so the water that collects there is known as BILGE WATER.
6. King's tenure : REIGN
11. Attach a button, e.g. : SEW
14. "Bye, José!" : "ADIOS!"
15. WWII sub : U-BOAT. The E-BOAT was a torpedo boat that ran on the surface.
16. "Go, José!" : "OLÉ!"
19. Luau instrument : UKE
20. Util. supply : ELEC.
21. Gets a load of, so to speak : SEEs. A little strained on some of the clues today.
22. Backpack part : STRAP
24. Daily Planet cub reporter : OLSEN. And 7D. Jed Clampett portrayer Buddy : EBSEN. Waiting to trip you up if you put in SON instead of SEN.
26. Swab brand : Q-TIP
27. Pirate on the Jolly Roger : SMEE
28. Sydney natives : AUSSIES. Not "true" natives.
34. Cost-of-living fig. : CPI. (consumer price index)
35. Sticks around : STAYS
36. Wish undone : RUE
37. "For goodness __!" : SAKES
39. European peak : ALP
42. Lake __: "Prairie Home Companion" town : WOBEGON. "Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." - Garrison Keillor
45. Thin coin : DIME
46. Colorado natives : UTEs
47. Valuable violin : AMATI
49. Persian Gulf emirate : DUBAI
51. Refinery waste : SLAG
52. Arduous expedition : TREK
56. Flow back : EBB
60. Gibson of "Braveheart" : MEL
61. Artist Rousseau : HENRI. (1844–1910) French Post-Impressionist painter.
62. Pisa place : ITALY
63. Pay dirt : ORE
64. Out of the harbor : AT SEA
65. Styles : MODEs
Down:
1. Slider's goal : BASE. (baseball)
2. Recipient of bags of fan mail : IDOL
3. "That's __!" : LIFE
4. Snuggled up on the couch, say : GOT COMFY
5. PC "oops" key : ESC. In the upper left corner on a standard keyboard; I don't know about all the other devices out there.
6. Mumbai money : RUPEE. (India)
8. Promissory notes : IOUs. Could be in RUPEES, I suppose.
9. Guy's pal : GAL
10. Experimental bomb blasts : N-TESTS
12. Betty's role in "Hot in Cleveland" : ELKA
13. Have a bawl : WEEP
18. Desirable quality : ASSET
23. "__ the season ..." : 'TIS
25. Grassy expanses : LEAs
26. "__ Sera, Sera" : QUE. Clip from the movie. LINK(2:05)
28. Actor Guinness : ALEC
29. Fencer's sword : ÉPÉE
30. Family nickname : SIS
31. 1944 invasion city : ST-LÔ
32. Presley's middle name : ARON
33. Pay cash for : BUY
35. Tool with teeth : SAW
37. Fit of temper : SNIT
38. Acknowledges responsibility for : ADMITS TO
40. "Mayday!" : [S-O-S]
41. Maxim : ADAGE
43. LAX listing : ETA
44. Teahouse hostess : GEISHA
47. Four-time Emmy winner Woodard : ALFRE. Her IMDb page.
48. Underworld society : MAFIA
49. Tutorial feature : DEMO
50. Slangy prefix meaning "super" : ÜBER
51. Phoenix cagers : SUNS. They play at the US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena).
53. Place for a pothole : ROAD
54. Couture monthly : ELLE. (magazine)
55. Jinglers on rings : KEYS
58. Vietnamese New Year : TET
59. Poorly lit : DIM
Argyle
Notes from C.C.:
1) Happy 65th Birthday to Lemonade, who has been guiding us through Friday puzzles since March 2010. Despite his eye problem and health issue, he never gives any puzzle a short shrift. He enhances my appreciation for every Friday puzzle with his passion, knowledge & wit.
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| Lemonade & John Lampkin |
2) Happy 65th Birthday to the very knowledgeable & modest Vidwan as well! Hope you successfully renewed your driver's license.
3) As Montana (Darlene) mentioned yesterday, she flew to Denver and celebrated her birthday with her granddaughter, who was 2 yesterday.
