Theme: Market Woes - The last parts of each made-up theme answer is a common expression of a down day in the market.
23A. "How's your Ticonderoga stock?" answer? : PENCILS HAVE LOST POINTS
42A. "How's your Johnson & Johnson stock?" answer? : TALCUM HIT BOTTOM
65A. "How's your Ginsu stock?" answer? : KNIVES ARE SHARPLY LOWER
88A. "How's your Moët & Chandon stock?" answer? : CHAMPAGNE IS FLAT
109A. "How's your Aqua Lung stock?" answer? : SCUBA GEAR IS GOING UNDER
Company name in the clue, then product in the start of each answer. Very consistent.
Normally we see at least 7 theme entries in a Sunday puzzle. Today we only have 5, but 3 are grid-spanners. Mel Rosen, who coined the word cruciverbalist, seems to be fond of long theme entries. Look at his last LAT. Three spanners also. It's hard to maneuver with many squares already filled in when gridding & filling.
23A. "How's your Ticonderoga stock?" answer? : PENCILS HAVE LOST POINTS
42A. "How's your Johnson & Johnson stock?" answer? : TALCUM HIT BOTTOM
65A. "How's your Ginsu stock?" answer? : KNIVES ARE SHARPLY LOWER
88A. "How's your Moët & Chandon stock?" answer? : CHAMPAGNE IS FLAT
109A. "How's your Aqua Lung stock?" answer? : SCUBA GEAR IS GOING UNDER
Company name in the clue, then product in the start of each answer. Very consistent.
Normally we see at least 7 theme entries in a Sunday puzzle. Today we only have 5, but 3 are grid-spanners. Mel Rosen, who coined the word cruciverbalist, seems to be fond of long theme entries. Look at his last LAT. Three spanners also. It's hard to maneuver with many squares already filled in when gridding & filling.
Across:
1. Do what Michelle Wie did before age 16 : GO PRO. Gimme start for me.
6. Lentil housings : PODS
10. For example : SAY
13. Muzzleloading aid : RAMROD. And 10. Gunpowder ingredient : SALTPETER.
19. Out-of-this-world type : ALIEN
20. Beige relative : ECRU. And 7D. Brownish hue : OCHER.
21. Beverage ending : ADE
22. Protected, in a way : IMMUNE
27. Rally attendance fig. : EST. And 106D. Ballpark figs. : MGRs
28. Join in the fun : TAKE PART. Do join us in the Comments section. It's fun.
29. Busy mo. for a CPA : APR
30. "... __ quit!" : OR I
31. Old Glory detail : STAR
33. Ancient Phoenician seaport : TYRE. JD might get this one. Not me.
34. Deliverer of text messages? : APOSTLE. Oh, Christian messages.
37. "__ in victor" : V AS
38. Melodic passages : ARIOSI. Plural of arioso?
40. Eroded : ATE AWAY
41. Faith-based group : SECT
46. Fondue needs : FORKS. Cheesy!
47. Old frosh topper : BEANIE
48. Sightings : ESPIALS. I've never used this word in life.
50. Words after shake or break : A LEG
54. One playing for time : STALLER
56. "¿Cómo __ usted?" : ESTA
57. Shtick : BIT. Funny bit.
60. Baseball commissioner Bud : SELIG. He's not that cold in person.
62. Stashes : HIDES
63. Villa d'Este city : TIVOLI. Not familiar to me.
71. Classic Ford : MODEL T
72. Janvier, across the Pyrenees : ENERO. Janvier is January in French.
73. Arrive home, in a way : SLIDE. Home plate.
74. Program file suffix : EXE. Has anyone updated to the latest Firefox? I went back to my old version.
75. Beaut : LULU
78. Boxer's attendant : GROOMER
80. Began a round, with "off" : TEED
81. Mallomars maker : NABISCO. Part of Kraft.
83. Draft, as a contract : DRAW UP
85. Stop legally : EMBAR
94. Slimy mud : MIRE
95. Be indisposed : FEEL ILL
96. Airport near Tokyo : NARITA. Can only remember its Chinese name. Ta means "field".
97. Ranch addition? : ERO. Ranchero.
98. Weather page datum : SUNRISE
99. H.H. Munro's pen name : SAKI
102. "... like __ of chocolates" : A BOX
103. Joplin work : RAG
104. Bowl highlights: Abbr. : TDs
105. Statistical group : SAMPLING
108. Like Gershwin's piano concerto : IN F. "Concerto in F".
114. Refrain from the song "Hot Hot Hot" : OLE OLE. Was ignorant of the song.
115. Success : WIN
116. Cartoonist Goldberg : RUBE
117. Sleep lab phenomenon : SNORE
118. Settled in : NESTED
119. Record : LOG
120. Affect strongly : STIR
121. "The Glass Bead Game" author : HESSE (Hermann)
Down:
1. Views wide-eyed : GAPES AT
2. Fake fat : OLESTRA. This word looks fake.
3. Migratory duck : PIN TAIL. Where to?
4. TiVo button : REC
5. Not procrastinating : ON IT
6. Bothersome : PESKY
8. Hang loosely : DRAPE
9. Fiji's capital : SUVA
11. Bother : ADO
12. "To be sure!" : YES
13. Like bodybuilders' muscles : RIPPLY. Did you want RIPPED?
14. Love abroad : AMORE
15. Kvbrick opvs? : MMI. Stanley Kubrick's opus "2001: A Space Odyssey". I needed Argyle to explain to me the answer. He said Romans used V's for U's.
16. Go longer than planned : RUN OVER
17. Just as planned : ON TRACK. Nice consecutive "planned" clecho.
18. Refrains : DESISTS
24. Calif. daily : LA TIMES. Too bad it doesn't carry this puzzle today.
25. Ode writer's Muse : ERATO
26. Traditional straw mats : TATAMIs. Literally "fold".
32. Elephant predator of myth : ROC
35. What mares eat, in song : OATS
36. "Putney __": 1969 film : SWOPE. No idea. I'm eager to read Clear Ayes' comment.
39. Deli choice : SUB
40. White poplars : ABELES
41. Emergency letters : SOS
43. __ yoga : HATHA. HeartRx's yoga.
44. "And seem to walk on wings, and tread __": Pope : IN AIR
45. Piña colada ingredient? : TILDE. The mark above Piña. Not the real ingredient of the drink.
46. Grain threshers : FLAILS
49. J.D. holder : ATTY. Now, here is another JD holder.
50. "Shoot!" : ASK ME
51. Fine china : LENOX
52. Say nothin', say? : ELIDE. Nice clue.
53. Cave : GIVE
55. Surrey town in which George Harrison lived in the '60s : ESHER. Who knows?
57. "The Man Who Fell to Earth" star : BOWIE
58. Paris's __ la Cité : ILE DE. Lovely French for Splynter.
59. Ready to hit the hay : TIRED
61. Actress Sarah Michelle __ : GELLAR. Buffy.
64. Battery unit : VOLT
66. Ticket souvenir : STUB
67. Battery terminal-related : ANODAL
68. Corp. shuffling : RE-ORG
69. Spin doc : PR MAN
70. "My Fair Lady" composer : LOEWE (Frederick). With Alan Lerner.
76. It may be poetic : LICENSE
77. Two seater, maybe? : USHER. I don't get this one.
78. Disappear : GO MISSING
79. Making a mess of : RUINING
81. "Sorry, lassie!" : NAE
82. City SW of Bogotá : CALI. Chickie lived there for a couple of years.
84. Pro bono TV ad : PSA
85. "The Sage of Concord" : EMERSON
86. Revival claim : MIRACLE
87. Wing-tipped shoes : BROGUES
89. Arraignment answers : PLEAS
90. Angelico's address : FRA
91. Freudian principles : LIBIDOS. Ah, Dennis!
92. Penitents : ATONERS
93. Like many muni bonds : TAX FREE
95. Exaggerated : FUDGED
98. Told too often : STALE
99. Teapot part : SPOUT
100. Perp's story : ALIBI
101. Hall of Fame slugger Ralph : KINER. Been with the Mets forever. Nice card.
107. Talk effusively : GUSH
110. Hi-tech worker : BOT
111. Sharp punch : AWL
112. Ipanema's locale : RIO
113. Vane dir. : NNE
Answer grid.
Happy Mother’s Day!
C.C.
1. Do what Michelle Wie did before age 16 : GO PRO. Gimme start for me.
6. Lentil housings : PODS
10. For example : SAY
13. Muzzleloading aid : RAMROD. And 10. Gunpowder ingredient : SALTPETER.
19. Out-of-this-world type : ALIEN
20. Beige relative : ECRU. And 7D. Brownish hue : OCHER.
21. Beverage ending : ADE
22. Protected, in a way : IMMUNE
27. Rally attendance fig. : EST. And 106D. Ballpark figs. : MGRs
28. Join in the fun : TAKE PART. Do join us in the Comments section. It's fun.
29. Busy mo. for a CPA : APR
30. "... __ quit!" : OR I
31. Old Glory detail : STAR
33. Ancient Phoenician seaport : TYRE. JD might get this one. Not me.
34. Deliverer of text messages? : APOSTLE. Oh, Christian messages.
37. "__ in victor" : V AS
38. Melodic passages : ARIOSI. Plural of arioso?
40. Eroded : ATE AWAY
41. Faith-based group : SECT
46. Fondue needs : FORKS. Cheesy!
47. Old frosh topper : BEANIE
48. Sightings : ESPIALS. I've never used this word in life.
50. Words after shake or break : A LEG
54. One playing for time : STALLER
56. "¿Cómo __ usted?" : ESTA
57. Shtick : BIT. Funny bit.
60. Baseball commissioner Bud : SELIG. He's not that cold in person.
62. Stashes : HIDES
63. Villa d'Este city : TIVOLI. Not familiar to me.
71. Classic Ford : MODEL T
72. Janvier, across the Pyrenees : ENERO. Janvier is January in French.
73. Arrive home, in a way : SLIDE. Home plate.
74. Program file suffix : EXE. Has anyone updated to the latest Firefox? I went back to my old version.
75. Beaut : LULU
78. Boxer's attendant : GROOMER
80. Began a round, with "off" : TEED
81. Mallomars maker : NABISCO. Part of Kraft.
83. Draft, as a contract : DRAW UP
85. Stop legally : EMBAR
94. Slimy mud : MIRE
95. Be indisposed : FEEL ILL
96. Airport near Tokyo : NARITA. Can only remember its Chinese name. Ta means "field".
97. Ranch addition? : ERO. Ranchero.
98. Weather page datum : SUNRISE
99. H.H. Munro's pen name : SAKI
102. "... like __ of chocolates" : A BOX
103. Joplin work : RAG
104. Bowl highlights: Abbr. : TDs
105. Statistical group : SAMPLING
108. Like Gershwin's piano concerto : IN F. "Concerto in F".
114. Refrain from the song "Hot Hot Hot" : OLE OLE. Was ignorant of the song.
115. Success : WIN
116. Cartoonist Goldberg : RUBE
117. Sleep lab phenomenon : SNORE
118. Settled in : NESTED
119. Record : LOG
120. Affect strongly : STIR
121. "The Glass Bead Game" author : HESSE (Hermann)
Down:
1. Views wide-eyed : GAPES AT
2. Fake fat : OLESTRA. This word looks fake.
3. Migratory duck : PIN TAIL. Where to?
4. TiVo button : REC
5. Not procrastinating : ON IT
6. Bothersome : PESKY
8. Hang loosely : DRAPE
9. Fiji's capital : SUVA
11. Bother : ADO
12. "To be sure!" : YES
13. Like bodybuilders' muscles : RIPPLY. Did you want RIPPED?
14. Love abroad : AMORE
15. Kvbrick opvs? : MMI. Stanley Kubrick's opus "2001: A Space Odyssey". I needed Argyle to explain to me the answer. He said Romans used V's for U's.
16. Go longer than planned : RUN OVER
17. Just as planned : ON TRACK. Nice consecutive "planned" clecho.
18. Refrains : DESISTS
24. Calif. daily : LA TIMES. Too bad it doesn't carry this puzzle today.
25. Ode writer's Muse : ERATO
26. Traditional straw mats : TATAMIs. Literally "fold".
32. Elephant predator of myth : ROC
35. What mares eat, in song : OATS
36. "Putney __": 1969 film : SWOPE. No idea. I'm eager to read Clear Ayes' comment.
39. Deli choice : SUB
40. White poplars : ABELES
41. Emergency letters : SOS
43. __ yoga : HATHA. HeartRx's yoga.
44. "And seem to walk on wings, and tread __": Pope : IN AIR
45. Piña colada ingredient? : TILDE. The mark above Piña. Not the real ingredient of the drink.
46. Grain threshers : FLAILS
49. J.D. holder : ATTY. Now, here is another JD holder.
50. "Shoot!" : ASK ME
51. Fine china : LENOX
52. Say nothin', say? : ELIDE. Nice clue.
53. Cave : GIVE
55. Surrey town in which George Harrison lived in the '60s : ESHER. Who knows?
57. "The Man Who Fell to Earth" star : BOWIE
58. Paris's __ la Cité : ILE DE. Lovely French for Splynter.
59. Ready to hit the hay : TIRED
61. Actress Sarah Michelle __ : GELLAR. Buffy.
64. Battery unit : VOLT
66. Ticket souvenir : STUB
67. Battery terminal-related : ANODAL
68. Corp. shuffling : RE-ORG
69. Spin doc : PR MAN
70. "My Fair Lady" composer : LOEWE (Frederick). With Alan Lerner.
76. It may be poetic : LICENSE
77. Two seater, maybe? : USHER. I don't get this one.
78. Disappear : GO MISSING
79. Making a mess of : RUINING
81. "Sorry, lassie!" : NAE
82. City SW of Bogotá : CALI. Chickie lived there for a couple of years.
84. Pro bono TV ad : PSA
85. "The Sage of Concord" : EMERSON
86. Revival claim : MIRACLE
87. Wing-tipped shoes : BROGUES
89. Arraignment answers : PLEAS
90. Angelico's address : FRA
91. Freudian principles : LIBIDOS. Ah, Dennis!
92. Penitents : ATONERS
93. Like many muni bonds : TAX FREE
95. Exaggerated : FUDGED
98. Told too often : STALE
99. Teapot part : SPOUT
100. Perp's story : ALIBI
101. Hall of Fame slugger Ralph : KINER. Been with the Mets forever. Nice card.
107. Talk effusively : GUSH
110. Hi-tech worker : BOT
111. Sharp punch : AWL
112. Ipanema's locale : RIO
113. Vane dir. : NNE
Answer grid.
Happy Mother’s Day!
C.C.
