Theme: CUT THAT OUT!
3. School outing: CLASS TRIP.
7. Griddle tenders: SHORT ORDER COOKS.
9. One in danger of going off: LOOSE CANNON.
24. Unofficial means of communication: BACK CHANNEL.
33. Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and
24-Down: A CUT ABOVE.
Cut class. Cut short. Cut loose. Cut back.
Melissa here. Fun seeing down theme answers, including the grid-spanner SHORT
ORDER COOKS. Lots of foreign words today - Spanish and Italian.
Across:
1. Word with support or enemy: ARCH.
5. Dance wildly: MOSH. Haven't seen that as a verb before.
9. Miller's salesman: LOMAN. Willy Loman, in Arthur Miller's
play, Death of a Salesman.
14. Princess loved by Hercules: IOLE. Greek mythology.
15. "Have __ Right?": Honeycombs hit of 1964: I THE.
16. Maine town on the Penobscot: ORONO.
17. Graceful swimmer: SWAN.
18. Tommy Dorsey, e.g.: TROMBONIST.
20. Bonny one: LASS.
21. Paving supply: TAR.
22. How silverware is often sold: AS A SET. Tricky.
23. USN rank: ENS. Ensign is the entry-level commissioned officer's
rank in the U.S. Navy, and is equivalent to the rank of Second Lieutenant in
the other armed services.
24. __ man: BEST.
25. Agree to less: SETTLE.
26. Word with more or less: THAN.
28. Tabled, for now: ON ICE.
30. Bernie Taupin's forte: LYRICS. Elton John's songwriting partner
of 50 years.
32. Flor del amor: ROSA. Flower of love, in Spanish. Rose.
33. Face on a fin: ABE. The $5 bill is sometimes nicknamed a "fin."
The term has German/Yiddish roots and is remotely related to the English
"five," but it is far less common today than it was in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries.
36. Car with a tri-shield logo: BUICK.
37. IRA options: CDS.
38. Shell lining: NACRE. Mother of pearl. So pretty.
40. Like give and take: Abbr.: OPP. Nice clue - opposites.
41. Tony Hillerman detective Jim: CHEE. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and
Jim Chee, Navajo tribal police officers in the southwest USA.
Series
has been taken over by author's daughter, Anne Hillerman, after his death.
43. Like year-end financials: ANNUAL.
44. Utter: SHEER.
45. Navy Midshipmen's mascot Bill, e.g.: GOAT.
Bill the Goat.
46. Coffeehouse orders: MOCHAS.
49. Either "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" filmmaker: COEN. The Coen
brothers.
51. Obamacare, briefly: ACA. Affordable Care Act.
54. Sci-fi invaders: ALIENS.
55. Hogwarts mail carrier: OWL. Harry Potter's owl is Hedwig.
56. "Riiiight!": I BET.
57. Flowerlike marine animal: SEA ANEMONE. Great fill.
59. Knucklehead: DODO.
60. Spot for a pot: STOVE.
61. Barely gets (by): EKES.
62. Bakery fixture: OVEN.
63. Stand in a studio: EASEL. Noun not verb.
64. Ukr. and Est., once: SSRS.
65. News article intro: LEDE. The opening sentence or paragraph of a
news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story.
Down:
1. Chapel divider: AISLE.
2. Martin's TV partner: ROWAN. Rowan & Martin's Laugh In.
4. Little chicken tenders?: HENS. Haha.
5. Snowsuit clip-ons: MITTENS.
6. Others, in Tabasco: OTRAS. Spanish.
8. Verbal hesitation: HEM.
10. Richly decorated: ORNATE.
11. Humid, say: MOIST.
12. First name in photography: ANSEL. Adams.
13. Dark time in Pisa: NOTTE. Italian for night.
19. Foundation for an argument: BASIS.
27. Juice box brand: HI-C.
29. Turndowns: NOS.
30. WSJ news item: LBO. Leveraged Buyout.
31. "Sho' 'nuf": YUP.
34. Maidenform product: BRA.
35. Slithery swimmer: EEL.
37. Head of Cuba?: CEE. The letter.
39. Prefix with -gram: ANA.
42. "Steppenwolf" author Hermann: HESSE.
43. Forever young, it seems: AGELESS.
44. Bundle on the farm: SHEAVE.
46. Tricky pool shot: MASSE.
47. "Get Here" singer Adams: OLETA.
48. Torino farewells: CIAOS. Italian.
50. One with a deed: OWNER.
52. Gave up formally: CEDED.
53. Observe Yom Kippur: ATONE.
56. Object of adoration: IDOL.
58. Abril, por ejemplo: MES. Spanish, month.
