Sunday February 26, 2023 Chandi Deitmer

Theme: "Brand Awareness" - Each product is rephrased as non-brand related.

21. Southwestern snapshot gallery?: ADOBE PHOTO SHOP.

30. Alerts to some party planners that their guests have arrived?: HOSTESS DINGDONGS.

44. One searching for a river crossing?: FORD EXPLORER.

56. Troves of getting-to-know-you questions?: ICEBREAKERS MINTS.

70. Flipped bar tables?: CONVERSE HIGH TOPS.

82. Veto a very large corsage?: AXE BODY SPRAY.

101. Entertainment at a tailgate party?: FENDER TELECASTER.

Reveal:

113A. Political movement against free enterprise, or a way of reading this puzzle's long answers?: ANTI-CAPITALISM.

Different products in different fields. Very consistent: company name & its product. And the name is a common noun/verb. So GOOGLE PIXEL will not work, but APPLE WATCH will.

I love the reveal. Just perfect.

Across:

1. Lawn game similar to pétanque: BOCCI. Not famliar with pétanque.

 

 

6. iPad download: APP. Also 76. Apple platform: IOS.

9. Tear: REND.

13. Old-Fashioned option: NEAT. Cocktail.

17. Post-surgery regimen: REHAB.

18. In close combat: TOE TO TOE.

20. Ton o': LOTTA.

23. Like Chartres Cathedral: GOTHIC. Wikipedia says it's "designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979".

24. Drummer Ringo: STARR.

25. Inert gas: NEON.

26. Diver's need: AIR TANK.

27. "Cool your jets": WAIT.

33. Red tide bloom: ALGA.

34. Drag show accessory: BOA.

35. Puts in: ADDS.

36. __ tie: BOLO.

37. Skating biopic starring Margot Robbie: I TONYA.

40. Ending for sub- or ex-: URB.

42. "Nailed It!" host Nicole: BYER. Bake-off show.

43. "Over the Rainbow" composer: ARLEN.

47. __ blues: genre that originated in Mississippi: DELTA.

49. Actor Mahershala: ALI. Two Oscars.

50. Yale grads: ELIS.

52. "Look on the bright side!": BE GLAD.

64. Audio giant: BOSE.

65. Passage cleared by a neti pot: SINUS.

66. PBS-funding org.: NEA.

67. Play-__: DOH.

68. Like lechón asado: CUBAN. Roast pork.

69. "No ifs, __, or buts": ANDS.

75. Private aye: YES SIR.

77. Daredevil Knievel: EVEL.

78. "Beach House" singer Carly __ Jepsen: RAE.

79. Fawned (over): COOED.

89. Some IRAs: ROTHS.

92. Vampire's curfew: DAWN.

94. Nursery cry: WAH.

95. French star: ETOILE. L'etoile du Nord ("Star of the North”) is our state motto.

96. Pointless event at the Olympics?: EPEE. Because the sword is blunted?

97. Napa product: WINE.

98. Small slitherer: ASP.

100. Last president to keep a White House cow: TAFT.

107. __ mitzvah: BNAI.

108. Guarantees: ENSURES.

109. Meat salad in Lao cuisine: LARB. Minced meat seasoned with fish sauce.

110. Pontificate: ORATE.

112. Lay into: RAIL ON.

118. Rummikub pieces: TILES.

119. Familiar turf: HOME SOIL.

120. Hyper: ULTRA.

121. Rich rocks: ORES.

122. Agape: AWED. You won't believe the amount of snow we got last week.

123. Many OCS grads: LTS.

124. Cicely who wrote the 2021 memoir "Just As I Am": TYSON.

Down:

1. Wireless support, maybe: BRA.

2. Ref. that could be considered hi-def.?: OED.

3. Comedian Margaret: CHO. Look at her tattoos.

4. Taxi waiting area: CAB STAND.

5. "Likely story": I BET.

6. Pulsating: ATHROB. Also 15. Excited: ATINGLE.

7. Wretch: POOR SOUL.

8. Veterinary patient: PET.

9. Thorny flowers: ROSES. Thanks for the sweet Valentine's Day card, Janice! Moved me to tears.

Janice and her daughter at an Indians Game Pre-COVID

10. Set of values: ETHOS.

11. When the sun is highest: NOONDAY.

12. Bank acct. addition: DEP.

13. "I'm normally more humble than this ... ": NOT TO BRAG BUT. And 84. "You're too kind!": OH STOP IT. 93. "Let's see ... ": WELL NOW. I love these spoken phrases.

14. Gas additive: ETHANOL.

16. Includes: TACKS ON.

19. Color quality: TONE.

20. Epithet for Shiva: LORD.

22. Oom-__: PAH.

23. Tour stops: GIGS.

26. Tennis great Agassi: ANDRE.

27. Oliver Twist, for one: WAIF.

28. Palo __, California: ALTO.

29. Assistant with a hunch?: IGOR. Hunch-backed.

31. __ chips: TARO. Never had this. Taro is a staple in our fridge though.

32. Picked out of a lineup, briefly: ID'ED.

38. Quite a spell: YEARS.

39. Wheel shaft: AXLE.

41. Male title derived from "brother": BR'ER.

42. Hat edge: BRIM.

43. Supped: ATE.

45. Steinway instrument: PIANO.

46. Above-the-street trains: ELS.

48. Scale divs.: LBS.

51. Pro or con: SIDE.

53. Basketball commentator Rebecca: LOBO.

54. w/o delay: ASAP.

55. Cozy spots: DENS.

56. "Mercy me!": I SAY.

57. French film: CINE.

58. Winds down: ENDS.

59. Plans to go public?: BUS SCHEDULES. OK, public transit.

60. Actor Watanabe: KEN. He's in "The Last Samurai". We also have 62. Japanese drama: NOH.

61. Roof overhang: EAVE.

63. __ party: THIRD.

68. Storage box: CHEST.

70. __-Magnon: CRO.

71. Tony-winning musical "Dear __ Hansen": EVAN.

72. Nero Wolfe creator Stout: REX.

73. Oodles: SLEW.

74. "Mercy Mercy Me" singer: GAYE.

80. Takes care of a draft: EDITS.

81. Great __: DANE.

83. Sheep trills: BAAS.

85. Rotund stove: POTBELLY.

86. "Glass Onion" filmmaker Johnson: RIAN. He also directed "Knives Out".

87. __ Romeo: sports car: ALFA. Hi there, Tony!

88. Hairy legend: YETI.

89. Cite: REFER TO.

90. Like many summer concerts: OPEN AIR.

91. __ strength: measure of tolerance: TENSILE.

97. Noisy bird in a dome-shaped nest: WREN.

99. Hazards: PERILS.

102. Bow-toting deity: EROS.

103. Tempting words in Wonderland: EAT ME.

104. Bawled: CRIED.

105. School basics: ABCS.

106. Lab rodent: RAT.

111. Stretched thin: TAUT.

113. Cry of discovery: AHA.

114. IM pioneer: AOL.

115. "__ Raining Them": Mila Jam remake celebrating the gender spectrum: IT'S.

 

116. Sign for a crowded house: SRO.

117. Guy: MAN.

C.C.