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Oct 25, 2022

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Julian Lim

The Devil Made Me Do It.




17-Across.  *   Equally disagreeable choices: HORNS OF A DILEMMA.

23-Across.  *   Easy to cut, as meat: FORK TENDER.

40-Across.  *   Improvises: WINGS IT.

51-Across.  *   Braking signals: TAIL LIGHTS.

And the unifier:
62-Across.  "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues: SPEAK OF THE DEVIL.


Across:
1. Brief email sign-off: BEST.

5. Baby horse: FOAL.


9. Utterly detest: ABHOR.

14. __ rug: floor decor: AREA.


15. Extreme anger: RAGE.

16. Director Sergio: LEONE.  Not a Tuesday name.  Sergio Leone (Jan. 3, 1929 ~ Apr. 30, 1989) was an Italian film director best know for producing the so-called Spaghetti Westerns.  Clint Eastwood starred in many of his films, including A Fist Full of Dollars and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.   [Name #1.]


20. Line spoken to the audience: ASIDE.

21. Boo-boo kisser: MOM.


22. Serve dinner to: FEED.

27. Be a good dog, say: OBEY.

28. Grade just above C: B MINUS.

32. Mideast title: EMIR.

35. Org. that certifies albums as gold or platinum: RIAA.  As in the Recording Industry Association of America.

38. Pronoun-shaped girders: I-BARS.


39. __ Vegas Raiders: LAS.  The professional football team.


42. Gym cushion: MAT.

43. "Erin go __": BRAGH.  Roughly translated to mean Ireland Forever.

45. Prod: GOAD.

46. Snaky swimmers: EELS.

47. "The Handmaid's Tale" novelist Margaret: ATWOOD.  Margaret Eleanor Atwood (b. Nov. 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist.  [Name # 2.]


49. Tire leak sound: HISS.  

55. Admin. aide: ASS'T.  As in an Assistant.

58. Alumna bio word: NÉE.  Today's French lesson.

59. Deliver a speech: ORATE.

66. Depend (on): HINGE.

67. Oompah instrument: TUBA.  Hi, JazzB!

68. 12/24 and 12/31: EVEs.  Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

69. Provide with funding: ENDOW.

Well-Endowed.

70. "You missed a __": SPOT.

71. Whitehall whitewall: TYRE.  Whitehall is the name of a street in London, England where many government offices are located, hence, the cars parked on the street would be "misspelled" as Tyres.  Does a Tyre 49-Across in London?


Down:
1. "Who Let the Dogs Out" group __ Men: BAHA.  It was over a decade ago since this song was released.


2. Greek Cupid: EROS.

3. Calligraphy stroke: SERIF.


4. Clay oven for baking naan: TANDOOR.  Everything you wanted to know about Tandoor, but didn't know to ask.

5. To and __: FRO.  More information than you wanted to know about a pendulum going to and fro.


6. Bumbling fool: OAF.

7. Athlete's peak performance: A-GAME.

8. Gave false hope to: LED ON.

9. Every last one: ALL.

10. Barbecue cut: BEEF RIB.


11. House-shaped browser button: HOME.  I misread this clue as Horse-shaped browser button.




12. "Looks like the joke's __": ON ME.


13. Get lost in a book: READ.

18. Balkan native: SERB.



19. Film research website: IMDb.  As in the Internet Movie Database.

24. "The Americans" star Russell: KERI.  Keri Lynn Russell (b. Mar. 23, 1976) portrayed Elizabeth Jennings, a Russian spy, pretending to be an American on the spy drama The Americans.  The show ran for about 5 years.  [Name # 3.]


25. Making, as a knot: TYING.




26. Radiate: EMIT.


29. Birth certificate information: NAME.

30. Eurasian border river: URAL.  We often see URAL in the puzzles, but it usually refers to the mountains, not the river.


31. Phased-out fast planes, for short: SSTs.  As in the Super Sonic Transport planes.  The last commercial Concorde SST flight was on October 24, 2003.  Exactly 19 years and 1 day ago!



32. Actor Idris: ELBA.  Idris Elba (né Idrissa Akuna Elba; b. Sept. 6, 1972) is an English actor.  He portrayed Stringer Bell on the HBO series, The Wire.  Hi, Lucina!  [Name #4.]



33. Small store: MART.

34. "No need to describe what happened": I SAW.

36. "Four score and seven years __ ... ": AGO.  The opening line from the Gettysburg Address.

37. Japanese beer brand: ASAHI.

40. "Not so fast!": WHOA.

41. "With ya so far": I DIG.

44. "Adios!": GOTTA GO.

46. Springsteen's __ Band: E STREET.  How the band got its name.  [Name adjacent.]


48. Flintstone family pet: DINO.  [Name # 5.]


50. Wearing kicks: SHOD.


52. Some boxing jabs: LEFTS.

53. Ease off, as rain: LET UP.

54. Expertise: SAVVY.

55. Tennis legend Arthur: ASHE.  Arthur Ashe (né Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr.; July 10, 1943 ~ Feb. 6, 1993) makes frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.   [Name #6.]


56. Laundry cycle: SPIN.


57. Ship: SEND.

60. Cake layer: TIER.


61. "You are something __!": ELSE.

63. London's __ Gardens: KEW.  Everything you wanted to know about the Royal Botanical Kew Gardens but didn't know to ask.

64. "House of the Dragon" cable network: HBO.


65. "Dig in!": EAT.

Here's the Grid:

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