Theme: "PC Lab" - C is changed into P in the starting letter of each theme entry. All first words go through spelling changes.
24A. Challenge for one with an array of walking sticks? : CANE MANAGEMENT. Pain management.
26A. Perspective on a heist? : CAPER VIEW. Pay-per -view.
52A. Farmer? : CROPPER NOUN. Proper noun. Somehow I thought "cropper" is a machine.
71A. Sweatshirt part with wrinkles? : CREASED HOOD. Priesthood.
95A. Anthracite storage site? : COAL VAULT. Pole vault.
100A. Judge? : COURT AUTHORITY. Port authority.
33D. '40s-'50s first lady with her dog? : CORGI AND BESS. Porgy and Bess.
37D. Place for a collection of pub mementos? : COASTER BOARD. Poster board.
There are ten P's in the grid, but none in the theme answer.
Sound
changes all occur in the first letter, all have spelling changes. You
would think CAIN MANAGEMENT works for the first theme entry, but it
doesn't. It would break the spelling change consistency.
Lots of creativity and hard work went into today's theme selection. No USA-style loosey goosey two BAR contained in front & one isolated in the back as Argyle highlighted two days ago. Rich would have rejected that puzzle immediately.
Across:
1. Don Rickles specialty : INSULT. Not my cup of tea.
7. Really wants : ACHES FOR
15. Reykjavik-born singer : BJORK. Aren't glad the answer is not Reykjavik?
20. Be relevant : MATTER
21. Sophist's forte : RHETORIC
22. Geometry measures : RADII
23. God, in Hebrew : ADONAI. Same root as Adonis.
28. Display aid : RACK
29. Chou En-__ : LAI. Loyal to Mao until the end.
30. Many a comic book collector : NERD
31. At a Lakers home game, e.g. : IN LA
32. Mortgage limitation : RATE CAP
36. Large chamber groups : OCTETS
39. Novelist Nin : ANAIS
40. Granite State campus: Abbr. : UNH
41. Hockey immortal : ORR. He'll always be a solid fill in my book. Same with OTT.
42. Hair cover : SNOOD
43. Former boxer Ali : LAILA
44. Adventurer Jones, familiarly : INDY. Indiana Jones.
45. 85-Across rival : RKO. And 85. 45-Across rival : MGM. I like when one of them is clued.
46. Writers' degs. : MFAs
47. God of lightning : THOR
49. Barrage from bleacher "birds" : BOOS
50. Opposin' : AGIN
51. Oktoberfest rocks : EIS. Ice.
56. Edge : BRINK
57. Session with a model, maybe : ART CLASS. And 42. Paint problem : SMEAR
59. Ore holders : VEINS
60. Pond growth : ALGA
61. Put back in : RE-ELECT
62. Clued in about : HIP TO
63. Clobber : TROUNCE
66. Like some collectibles : RARE. I like this better than his rookie card.
67. After-school helper : TUTOR. Hi Bill!
68. Joined : SIGNED UP
69. Man with a cube : RUBIK
73. Pal : BRO
74. Minuscule bit : ATOM
75. Hail in a harbor : AHOY
76. Baltimore-to-Dover direction : EAST
77. Set an example : LEAD
78. Mauna __ : KEA
79. Not out of the game : IN IT
80. Swiss peak : EIGER
83. Social division : CASTE
84. Stumble : ERR
86. One in a firing line? : AX MAN. Oh, Donald Trump style firing.
87. Just look : BROWSE. My specialty.
89. Fountain order : SODA POP
91. Tach readings : RPMs
92. North Sea feeder : YSER And 94. City west of Caen : ST. LO
93. Seminary subj. : REL
105. One may evoke ahs in spas : OIL RUB. Never had an oil rub.
106. Noted Beethoven interpreter Claudio : ARRAU. Guilty of using him in my own puzzles.
107. Rank follower, for short : SERIAL NO. Name, Rank & Serial number.
108. City known for wool : ANKARA. Angora goat is named after Ankara (also known as Angora).
109. Show prizes : TONYs
110. Immaculate : SPOTLESS
111. Test drive offerer : DEALER
Down:
1. Teacher's Apple : iMAC
2. "De __": "Gracias" response : NADA
3. Point on a train schedule : STOP
4. __ Reader : UTNE
5. Well-educated : LEARNED
6. Hot pot spot : TRIVET. Three-legged. Hot pot is very popular in Xi'An, winter or summer.
7. Like Delaware's northern border : ARCED. Learning moment to me.
8. Tobacco wad : CHAW
9. Farm girl : HEN. Cute clue. We also have 13. Farm sound : OINK.
10. Always there : ETERNAL
11. Mogadishu's land : SOMALIA
12. Brawl : FRACAS
14. Color TV pioneer : RCA
15. Like Marilyn Monroe's voice : BREATHY. Wish she had not left Joe DiMaggio.
16. Farr of "M*A*S*H" : JAMIE
17. Dedicatory opus : ODE
18. __ Tin Tin : RIN
19. Word after mess or media : KIT
25. Sweat __ : GLANDS
27. Org. with involved schedules : IRS. Indeed.
31. Pasta suffix : INI
32. Long sentence : RUN-ON
34. Oscar winner Alan : ARKIN
35. Jump with all four feet off the ground, gazelle-style : PRONK. New word to me. Pronking.
36. Burning : ON FIRE
38. How-__ : TOs
39. Group with many boomers : AARP. Baby boomers.
43. Cuts short : LOPS
44. Promises to pay : IOUs
47. Hint : TRACE
48. Large number : HOST. A host of.
49. U2 frontman : BONO
50. Present in court : ARGUE
52. Store employee : CLERK
53. 1980 Tony winner for Best Musical : EVITA. More familiar with the 1996 Madonna film.
54. Some picked-up pickups, briefly : REPOs
55. Brit's saltpeter : NITRE
56. Fair-haired : BLOND
58. Assertion : CLAIM
60. Specialized jargon : ARGOT
62. "Hip to Be Square" rocker Lewis : HUEY
63. Familia members : TIOS.
Uncles. I call my mom's brother "Jiu", but I call my dad's brother
"Da". Different words for aunts also: "Yi" for mom's sister, "Gu" for
dad's sister. All my Jiu, Da, Yi and Gu had arranged marriages, same as my own parents.
64. Manage, as a museum : CURATE
65. Lyrical work : EPODE
67. Home run run : TROT
68. __-Pei : SHAR
69. Lawn maintenance tools : RAKES
70. In __: awaiting delivery : UTERO
71. Bonzo, in a '51 film : CHIMP
72. "Paula's Home Cooking" host : DEEN. Paula Deen. Southern Cooking is foreign to me.
75. Zambia neighbor : ANGOLA
77. __ school : LAW
79. Driving force : IMPETUS
80. Use : EXPLOIT
81. Wicked : IMMORAL
82. Freeway sign word : GAS
83. Like crows : CORVINE. Also a new word to me.
86. Joint: Pref. : ARTHRO. Boomer
put Knox gelatin in his coffee yesterday. I heard it takes 3 weeks to
notice the effect. Do you have any tip to relieve the old age arthritis
pain?
87. Org. with Eagles : BSA
88. Prepare for more shooting : RELOAD
90. Impressive spread : ARRAY
92. Toys on strings : YO-YOs
94. Pace : STEP
95. Warehouse stack: Abbr. : CTNS (Cartons)
96. Commercial word with Seltzer : ALKA
97. Caspian feeder : URAL
98. Attract : LURE
99. One way to get to the top : T-BAR
100. "'Meow' means 'woof' in __": Carlin : CAT
101. Gold, to Gomez : ORO
102. Server with a spigot : URN
103. __ Arizona : USS
104. One may be seen from La Tour Eiffel : ILE. French for "isle".
Happy Birthday to Ergo (Husker Chuck). Chuck is the author of these three books. Gary is an expert in "Nursing the Corn" :-) Hope you all have a chance to meet someday. Also, Chuck, why did you choose Ergo as your avatar handle?
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