Theme: What the Yell?
Each of the theme answers concludes with a word which is synonymous with YELL, and is used to replace a sound alike second word of an in the language phrase in a punny fashion, creating a new and visually humorous phrase, all clued with the clecho CRY. This is a more traditional four theme answer grid, though still using 46 spaces. This is Kurt's fifth effort at the corner, and the last two have been Friday features.I really enjoyed the combining of the pun and the synonym to create the theme. The rest of the fill was fine with some solid 6, 7, and 8 letter words like CLASS ACT, SOURPUSS, RAMPARTS, COCKER, and even one J, jest one. I found it to be a reasonable Friday, so let's do this.
17A. Cry from a duped investor? : PONZI SCREAM.(SCHEME) (11). Sadly So.Fla. know all too much about the schemers, and the many who were ruined did scream.
24A. Cry just before dozing off? : SLEEPY HOLLER.(HOLLOW) (12). A LEGENDARY (0:32) clue.
46A. Cry from a superfan? : BOOSTER SHOUT, (SHOT) ((12) Appropriate for this flu season.
56A. Cry from a Jeddah native? : SAUDI SHRIEK.(SHEIKH) (11). The shriek was SILENT.(3:24).
Across:
1. Fair share, maybe : HALF. Split it down the middle, extremely fair.
5. Polite denial : NO MA'AM. You do not look fat in that dress.
11. Pro-___ : AMS. One of my thrills was playing with Champion Tour professional golfers and being on the practice tee with Palmer, Nicklaus and so many other greats.
14. Arch type : OGEE. Oh Gee not again.
15. Commensurate (with) : ON A PAR. More golf invading our lives.
16. Soaked : WET. Dennis, your thoughts? Maybe we need 50A. Hose : RINSE.
19. Brother : FRA.
20. "I" strain? : EGO. Freud's mental triumvirate with the super-ego.
21. Where to find Ducks and Penguins: Abbr. : NHL. National Hockey League. A moment of silence for Eddy B.
22. Eyes : OCULI. An eye reference on a Friday.
28. Eschewed the backup group : SOLOED. Many have failed when they left the nest.
31. Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA. I will call your Michelle Obama and ...well you get the idea.
32. Influence : CLOUT.
33. Took in : ARRESTED. It is good to be back even with the anons who exposed themselves in their anxiety to irritate me; the last time I was blogging the Corner disappeared. Makes me nervous.
37. Lab medium : AGAR. This always reminds me of this CORPORAL.(2:53).
38. Thinking out loud, in a way : ASIDE. From Shakespearean theater days when the characters address the audience.
40. Farm father : SIRE. Not the Earl of Grantham, but the horse he rides on.
41. Anthem fortifications : RAMPARTS red glare, the bombs bursting in air....
43. Cupid's boss : SANTA. Deliciously tricky clue, not a horse, but the reindeer Cupid!!!
44. Free : UNTIE.
45. Dog named for the bird it hunted, familiarly : COCKER. The were named for their hunting of the WOODCOCK, which makes the thought of splinters scary!
51. Dig in : EAT. How appetizing.
52. John, Paul and George, but not Ringo: Abbr. : STS. Saints, not Beatles you heretic!
55. Electees : INS. As opposed to the OUTS, not belly buttons but politicians.
61. Iron ___ : AGE. Which Iron(ically) was a time of
62. Troubled state : UNREST.
63. Vronsky's lover, in Tolstoy : ANNA. Karenina. CLIP. (1:28).
64. "Balderdash!" : ROT. We have had so many nice contributions from the Brits, like Steve.
65. Some aces : PILOTS. My cousin was a pilot; he worked in a warehouse unloading trucks. He would pile it here and pile it there.
66. Kid : JEST. Can u text JJ? LMAO!
Down:
1. Clinton's birthplace : HOPE. I hope you all recalled this one.
2. Bug-eyed : AGOG.
3. Jay related to a peacock? : LENO. The NBC Peacock. We are clearly not going off half-cocked with this puzzle.
4. Casbah headgear : FEZ.
5. Had a little something : NOSHED. One of many Yiddish words which have become part of the language.
6. Frère de la mère : ONCLE. My mother's brother, en francais.
7. Dent, say : MAR.
8. Big lug : APE.
9. Travel org. since 1902 : AAA. American Automobile Association.
10. "Captain Kangaroo" character who told knock-knock jokes : MR. MOOSE. Never watched this Clara-belle the clown refugee.
11. Really bad : AWFUL.
12. Haggard of country music : MERLE. A little TUNE?
13. Flight part : STAIR. Not up in the air, but up the down staircase.
18. Ocean-bay connector : INLET. Rhymes with 48D. Start : ONSET.
23. Someone to admire : CLASS ACT. Perfectly matched with
24. Grouch : SOURPUSS. For our crowd.
25. Sung approval? : PRAISES. For some reason, PSALMS came to mind but it did not fit.
26. Prison area : YARD.
27. Bring on board : HIRE.
28. Injury reminder : SCAR. To B or to R? That is today's question.
29. '70s Olympics name : OLGA. All you need to know. LINK.
30. Good earth : LOAM. We have no dirt here in So.Fla. which is why our tomatoes have so little taste. Yes, it is our dirty little secret.
34. Pixie dust leaver, to Peter : TINKerbell. to the young master Pan.
35. Deco designer : ERTE. R.T. and close by 38D. Uffizi hangings : ARTE. Uffizi is the art gallery in Florence (Firenza).
36. Beloved : DEAR. Really, I need to be more careful of my use of dear. Otherwise I might
39. Hubbub : STIR. up trouble.
42. Pays to play : ANTES UP.
43. Into a state of decline : SOUTH. This is not a condemnation of all below the Mason-Dixon line, but a common phrase.
45. Ocean borders : COASTS.
46. Patch plant : BRIAR. Uncle Remus, ou Oncle Remus.
47. Rock's ___ Boingo : OINGO. This CLASSIC. (3:33).
49. One may follow a casing : HEIST. We all know from TV that criminals case the place they plan to rob.
52. Trig function : SINE.
53. XXX, at times : TENS. XXX is on whiskey and in porn.
54. Three-handed game : SKAT. I will let Kazie speak of this national card game of Germany.
57. Singer DiFranco : ANI. She say she is not a PRETTY GIRL (3:42).
58. Bookmarked item nowadays : URL. Uniform Resource Locator.
59. "Gloria in Excelsis ___" : DEO.
60. British rule in colonial India : RAJ. The HISTORY
Well we have made it through the entire write up without the site disappearing; great to see all the lurkers commenting here and with HG. Lemonade signing off wishing you all a great day and week end.
Notes from C.C.:
1) Please email me (crosswordc@gmail.com) if you encounter "Dangerous site" warning when accessing this blog.
2) Please bookmark my Ginger Roots blog. In case the Corner blog has trouble again, we'll discuss puzzles there.
Notes from C.C.:
1) Please email me (crosswordc@gmail.com) if you encounter "Dangerous site" warning when accessing this blog.
2) Please bookmark my Ginger Roots blog. In case the Corner blog has trouble again, we'll discuss puzzles there.
