Sunday September 15, 2024 Jill Singer

Theme: "Financial Literacy" - Each financial term is rephrased.

22A. Sleep journal?: RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.

39A. Necessity for a chemistry major?: COMPOUND INTEREST.

 

67A. Problem with 007's acting skills?: BOND ISSUE.

 

89A. Truly spectacular collision in a hockey game?: OUTSTANDING CHECK.

 

111A. Reason for swiping right?: ASSET APPRECIATION.

 

14D. Spring migration?: ANNUAL RETURN.

59D. Task for a relocating electrician?: WIRE TRANSFER.

I like this type of rephrase type of theme. You don't need to be knowledgeable in finance, or baseball, or fashion, and you can still solve the puzzle.

Only 7 theme entries. But most of them are very long. Total 99 theme squares. Perfect for a Sunday.

Across:

1. Multimeter units: OHMS. Never used a multimeter, which can measure voltage, resistance, and current, according to Wikipedia.

5. Compadre: AMIGO.

10. "__-Dick; or, The Whale": MOBY.

14. Audible sighs: AHS.

17. "Can you __ a secret?": KEEP.

18. Form-al starting place?: LINE A. Fun "-al" addition.

19. Weasel relatives: SABLES.

21. "I don't wanna": NAW.

25. "Science Guy" Bill: NYE.

26. College app data: AP SCORES. App indicates a shortened answer.

27. Blasts: BLARES.

28. Luxurious Honda: ACURA.

30. Refined fellow: GENT.

31. First-class: PRIMO.

32. Winter coiffure risk: HAT HAIR. Beanie hair for me. My hair froze one morning when I left the pool.

34. Fake: FRAUD.

36. "So sad": ALAS.

37. Novelist Deighton: LEN.

38. "M*A*S*H" star: ALDA.

44. Worry: FRET.

45. Cedar Rapids college: COE. 57. About half of 45-Across attendees: IOWANS.

46. "Whose __ are you on?": SIDE.

47. Whole lot: SLEW.

48. SETI search subject: LIFE.

50. Johnson and Jonson: POETS. Samuel Johnson.  Ben Jonson.

52. "LOTR" collection, maybe: DVD SET.

54. President pro __: TEM.

60. Capital on the Tamsui River: TAIPEI. Tamsui means "fresh water".

64. Expungement: ERASURE.

66. Frodo's home, with "the": SHIRE.

69. Turkish coins: LIRAS.

70. TV advertiser's purchase: AIR TIME.

72. __ heel: KITTEN.

73. Team briefly known as the Gothams: GIANTS. New York/San Francisco Giants. Did not know this trivia.

74. Sadness: WOE.

75. Disney duck: DONALD.

77. "Vamoose!": SCRAM.

79. Way to ski uphill: T-BAR.

81. Explorer Erikson: LEIF. Son of Erik the Red.

83. Skylight piece: PANE.

84. State of matter: GAS.

87. Apple pie prep step: PARE. Just got some SweeTango last week. So good.

94. Bibliography abbr.: ET AL.

95. Play's sign of success, for short: SRO.

96. "Frog and __ Are Friends": classic children's book: TOAD.

97. Before sunrise: EARLY.

98. Bit of camping gear: TENT PEG.

100. Blockheads: DOLTS.

102. Plus: ALSO.

103. German author Hermann: HESSE. He wrote "Siddhartha" and "Steppenwolf".

104. Thin mushrooms: ENOKIS. Soooo pricey these days.

106. Discrepancy: VARIANCE.

110. Org. that targets illicit liquor: ATF.

114. Golf ball holder: TEE.

115. "__ Tunes": LOONEY.

116. Hayao Miyazaki genre: ANIME. He founded Studio Ghibli.

117. Disclaimer letters: IMHO.

118. Do wrong: ERR.

119. Change for a five: ONES.

120. Long locks: MANES.

121. Lots: TONS.

Down:

1. Creole pod: OKRA.

2. Uriah __: Dickens villain: HEEP. In "David Copperfield".

3. Event at Citi Field: METS GAME.

4. Make more exciting: SPICE UP.

5. Like a guard on duty: ALERT.

6. Expert in body language?: MIME. Another creative clue.

7. Bridal gown designer Di Santo: INES. Unknown to me.

8. X, Y, or Z intro: GEN.

9. Gluten-free muffin ingredient: OAT BRAN.

10. Spreadsheet shortcut: MACRO.

11. Instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf": OBOE.

12. Looks embarrassed: BLUSHES.

13. Hankering: YEN. I dream of shrimp cheung fun often. Cheap street food in Guangzhou.

15. Harvest celebration activity: HAYRIDE.

16. Curse out: SWEAR AT.

19. Pyramid scheme: SCAM.

20. Datum for a sports podcast: STAT. John the Master timed me: 30 seconds for 25 meters.

 

23. Concerto movement: RONDO.

24. First choices: A-LISTS.

29. Grain husks: CHAFF. Left, mostly.

31. Beginner's ballet move: PLIE.

33. Buck's weapon: ANTLER.

34. TV regulator: FCC.

35. Little friend of Pooh: ROO.

36. Augments: ADDS TO.

37. Lascivious: LEWD.

40. Tool's selling points: USES.

41. Small complaint: NIT.

42. Like Prince William or Malia Obama: ELDEST. Me too.

43. Look to improve: REVISE.

49. Milano locale: ITALIA.

50. AutoZone purchase: PART.

51. People in the Iroquois Confederacy: ONEIDA. And 84. Apache leader: GERONIMO.

53. Understand: SEE.

55. Quod __ demonstrandum: ERAT.

56. Private meal spot?: MESS. Good, old clue.

57. Second part of a Caesarean boast: I SAW.

58. Home of Cuyahoga Valley National Park: OHIO.

61. They're just over two feet: ANKLES. Not length.

62. Proud words: I DID IT.

63. Conductor's place: PIT.

65. "The King and I" setting: SIAM. Tai is one of the 56 ethic groups in China. Many of them left China in 6th century and settled in Southeast Asia. Tai = Thai.

67. Obi-Wan's alias: BEN.

68. Implicit: UNSAID.

71. Gloomy: MOROSE.

73. Actor Kinnear: GREG.

76. Voice above tenor: ALTO.

78. Dana Bash's channel: CNN. She was married to John King for a while.

80. Sings with passion: BELTS.

82. Injury from a fistfight: FAT LIP.

83. PalmPilots, e.g.: Abbr.: PDAS.

85. Knee surgery target, for short: ACL.

86. Wild blue yonder: SKY.

87. Little annoyance, to a Brit: PET HATE. Learning moment also.

88. Off balance, quaintly: ATEETER.

90. Encourages: URGES ON.

91. Email designation: NOT SPAM.

92. Salsa singer Cruz: CELIA.

93. Takes up the challenge: HAS AT IT.

99. Bell sound: PEAL.

100. Loves (on): DOTES.

101. " ... Fine.": OKAY.

102. Taurus preceder: ARIES.

105. Hawaiian waterfowl: NENE.

106. Blood vessel: VEIN.

107. Mountaineer's goal: ACME.

108. Political analyst Nate: COHN. Did not know him. Wikipedia says he's the "chief political analyst for "The Upshot" at The New York Times."

109. Genesis grandson: ENOS.

112. Broadway star Phillipa: SOO.

113. Messenger molecule: RNA.

C.C.