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Theme: ANATOMY
28A: Seeming worth: FACE value
56A: Sensitive firearm part: HAIR trigger
87A: Revelation: EYE opener
91A: Hard work: ELBOW grease
29D: USNA grad.: KNUCKLEhead
35D: Trunk: FOOTlocker
42D: Football defenseman: NOSE tackle
Across:
6A: Harris' ___ Rabbit: BR'ER. Brother Rabbit.
13A: Stalks: STEMS. Good clue.
18A: Kate's TV partner: ALLIE. CBS sitcom '84 to '89, somewhat like a female version of 'The Odd Couple'.
19A: Self-assuredness: POISE. Weak clue.
20A: "___Gotta Be Me": I'VE. This clue is getting over-used.
22A: Sierra ___ - LEONE. There are quite a few 'Sierra __' out there. Sierra Leone and its neighbor down the coast, 80A Niger neighbor - Benin.
23A: Martini's partner: ROSSI. You can put this vermouth in your martini.
26A: Fool: KNUCKLEHEAD
28A: Seeming worth: FACE VALUE. I had 'fair value' for awhile, just close enough to mess me up.
31A: Writer Cleveland: AMORY. Cleveland Amory, 1917 - 1998, prominent humorist and humanitarian, founded The Fund for Animals in 1967 and served without pay as its president until his death. He wrote The Cat and the Curmudgeon.
32A: Hydrocarbon derived from resins: RETENE. I see no reason to know this word!
33A: Goodbye to some: ADIOS: Weak clue.
34A: Commotions: FURORS
35A: Notability: FAME
39A: Decorative glitter: SPANGLES. on the Red Carpet.
45A: Inquest official : CORONER
46A: Like a pine tree: CONED. Weak clue.
47A: Certain winner: SHOO-IN. Certain is used to indicate a 'sure thing' in this case.
49A: Desperados: THUGS
52A: "Deutschland űber ___" - ALLES. "Germany above All" originally meant the whole country is more important than the individual states.
54A: "Anna Christie" writer: O'NEILL. Eugene O'Neill, 1888 – 1953, was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature. Wrote "Anna Christie" in 1920.
56A: Sensitive firearm part: HAIR TRIGGER. Good clue.
62A: Without principles: AMORAL. No comment.
65A: Reporter's quest : SCOOP
66A: Shone like a lighthouse: BEACONED
70A: Hindu monks: FAKIRS. A Hindu ascetic or religious mendicant, especially one who performs feats of magic or endurance.
71A: Irritate: RANKLE. A good word; sounds like its meaning.
73A: Turn around: REVERSE. Weak clue, would prefer "change direction".
75A: ___ pig: GUINEA
77A: Goldenyears' folk : RETIREES
78A: Event take: GATE
79A: Italian poet and namesakes: DANTES
81A: Medicinal plants: SENNAS. Senna Alexandrina used for herbal laxative tea.
82A: Spellbinding group: COVEN. Group of witches and warlocks.
87A: Revelation: EYE OPENER
91A: Hard work: ELBOW GREASE. "Elbow grease has been a term of 'hard manual labor' since before 1639, 'B.E.'s Dictionary of Canting Crew' (ca. 1698) calling it 'A derisory term for Sweat.' The old joke that 'elbow grease' is the best brand of furniture polish was probably common centuries ago, too, in some form. The phrase was known in France from early times as well (buile de bras)." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
93A: Hood, of "Our Gang": DARLA: Darla Hood.
94A: "___tu": Verdi aria: ERI. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings a beautifully melancholy rendition of Renato's aria, Eri tu from Un Ballo.
95A: Rum cake: BABKA. Yum!
97A: Former Laker great Baylor: ELGIN. Elgin Baylor, basketball forward, led Minneapolis/LA Lakers to 8 NBA Finals; 10-time All-NBA 1st team (1959-65,67-69) Topps Card.
98A: First were black and white: TVS. And five are in Dick's basement.
99A: Staggering: AREEL
100A: Hopeless case: GONER. Cute clue.
More cute clues in the Down set:
Down:
1D: Mound miscues: BALKS
2D: Malkovich/Nelligan film: ELENI. Kate Nelligan and John Malkovich star in a 1985 film that stands as a monument to a loving mother and heroic woman, Eleni Gatzoyiannis.
4D: Chop: MINCE
6D: Blubbers: BOO-HOOS
9D: Nevada's politico Harry: REID. Harry Reid, Democrat, the senior United States Senator from Nevada, as well as the U.S. Senate Majority Leader.
10D: Varied - DIFFERED. Weak clue.
11D: Barnstormer, maybe: AVIATOR. Or aviatrix, maybe.
12D: British textile dealers: MERCERS. Noun [F. mercier, fr. L. merx, mercis, wares, merchandise]. Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. [Eng.]
13D: Tonsorial treatment: SHAVE
14D: Italian semi-hard cheese: TOMA. Toma is a type of cow's milk cheese whose taste is fairly salty becoming 'piccante' as the months pass.
15D: Immorality: EVIL
16D: Carte before the course: MENU. Cute clue.
27D: Served soup:- LADLED
32D: Artful dodges: RUSES
33D: Actress Moorehead: AGNES
34D: Seneca, Cayuga, et al.: FINGER LAKES. Lakes formed by glaciers on New York's Southern Tier.
35D: Trunk: FOOT LOCKER
36D: Baseball family name: ALOU
39D: Skiddoo!: SCRAM
40D: Ernest ___:1918 Pulitzer winner: POOLE. Ernest Poole, 1880 - 1950, was a U.S. novelist. His portrait of a New York family titled His Family made him the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918. His novel The Harbor has remained the work for which he is best known. It presents a strong socialist message, set in the industrial Brooklyn waterfront. It is considered one of the first fictional works to offer a positive view of unions.
42D: Football defenseman: NOSE TACKLE
46D: Surly sort: CHURL
47D: Child's direction?: STIR: Cute clue, French chef Julia Child's direction.
50D: Guiding light: ANGEL
51D: Sediment: LEES. As in a bottle of wine.
54D: Shrek and family: OGRES
56D: Give an edge to?: HONE. Cute clue
57D: Ancient area of Asia Minor: IONIA
59D: Tours' river: LOIRE. France.
60D: Wasteland shrub: GORSE. Now that is rough.
63D: Hood's honey: MOLL. Cute clue, the female companion of an American gangster.
65D: Perfumery oil: SAVIN. Savin oil, used in perfumery, comes from the leaves and tops of a low, spreading Eurasian juniper (Juniperus sabina) of E North America and Europe.
66D: Crow : BRAG
67D: "Do I dare to ___ peach": EAT A. Discussed before.
68D: Structural sci.: ANAT. New clue to me.
69D: Post office purchase units: PANES
70D: Honoring, in a way: FETING. Fete can be noun or verb.
72D: Ravi Shankar, e.g.: SITARIST
73D: Resumption: RENEWAL
75D: Fish-eating birds: GANNETS. You won't see any geese do this.
76D: Frighten: UNNERVE
77D: Annuls: REVOKES
79D: Disc jockey starter: DEE. Disc jockey starts with a "D".
80D: Went for apples, in a way: BOBBED. Cute clue, anybody have a good 'bobbing for apples' story?
81D: Durations: SPANS.
82D: Diplomat ___ Boothe Luce: CLARE. Clare Boothe Luce, 1903 – 1987, was an American playwright, editor, journalist, ambassador, socialite and one of the first women ever in congress, representing the state of Connecticut.
84D: Singer Frankie: LAINE. Frankie Laine, 1913 - 2007, (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio), was a successful American musician, singer and songwriter whose career spanned 75 years. The Cry of the Wild Goose (not a gannet!)
88D: Bush school : YALE. Generations of the Bush family have been Yale alumni.
89D: Thus: ERGO
90D: Actors Ken and Lena: OLIN
91D: Israel's Abba: EBAN
92D: Storm: RAGE
Argyle
Theme: ANATOMY
28A: Seeming worth: FACE value
56A: Sensitive firearm part: HAIR trigger
87A: Revelation: EYE opener
91A: Hard work: ELBOW grease
29D: USNA grad.: KNUCKLEhead
35D: Trunk: FOOTlocker
42D: Football defenseman: NOSE tackle
Across:
6A: Harris' ___ Rabbit: BR'ER. Brother Rabbit.
13A: Stalks: STEMS. Good clue.
18A: Kate's TV partner: ALLIE. CBS sitcom '84 to '89, somewhat like a female version of 'The Odd Couple'.
19A: Self-assuredness: POISE. Weak clue.
20A: "___Gotta Be Me": I'VE. This clue is getting over-used.
22A: Sierra ___ - LEONE. There are quite a few 'Sierra __' out there. Sierra Leone and its neighbor down the coast, 80A Niger neighbor - Benin.
23A: Martini's partner: ROSSI. You can put this vermouth in your martini.
26A: Fool: KNUCKLEHEAD
28A: Seeming worth: FACE VALUE. I had 'fair value' for awhile, just close enough to mess me up.
31A: Writer Cleveland: AMORY. Cleveland Amory, 1917 - 1998, prominent humorist and humanitarian, founded The Fund for Animals in 1967 and served without pay as its president until his death. He wrote The Cat and the Curmudgeon.
32A: Hydrocarbon derived from resins: RETENE. I see no reason to know this word!
33A: Goodbye to some: ADIOS: Weak clue.
34A: Commotions: FURORS
35A: Notability: FAME
39A: Decorative glitter: SPANGLES. on the Red Carpet.
45A: Inquest official : CORONER
46A: Like a pine tree: CONED. Weak clue.
47A: Certain winner: SHOO-IN. Certain is used to indicate a 'sure thing' in this case.
49A: Desperados: THUGS
52A: "Deutschland űber ___" - ALLES. "Germany above All" originally meant the whole country is more important than the individual states.
54A: "Anna Christie" writer: O'NEILL. Eugene O'Neill, 1888 – 1953, was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature. Wrote "Anna Christie" in 1920.
56A: Sensitive firearm part: HAIR TRIGGER. Good clue.
62A: Without principles: AMORAL. No comment.
65A: Reporter's quest : SCOOP
66A: Shone like a lighthouse: BEACONED
70A: Hindu monks: FAKIRS. A Hindu ascetic or religious mendicant, especially one who performs feats of magic or endurance.
71A: Irritate: RANKLE. A good word; sounds like its meaning.
73A: Turn around: REVERSE. Weak clue, would prefer "change direction".
75A: ___ pig: GUINEA
77A: Goldenyears' folk : RETIREES
78A: Event take: GATE
79A: Italian poet and namesakes: DANTES
81A: Medicinal plants: SENNAS. Senna Alexandrina used for herbal laxative tea.
82A: Spellbinding group: COVEN. Group of witches and warlocks.
87A: Revelation: EYE OPENER
91A: Hard work: ELBOW GREASE. "Elbow grease has been a term of 'hard manual labor' since before 1639, 'B.E.'s Dictionary of Canting Crew' (ca. 1698) calling it 'A derisory term for Sweat.' The old joke that 'elbow grease' is the best brand of furniture polish was probably common centuries ago, too, in some form. The phrase was known in France from early times as well (buile de bras)." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
93A: Hood, of "Our Gang": DARLA: Darla Hood.
94A: "___tu": Verdi aria: ERI. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings a beautifully melancholy rendition of Renato's aria, Eri tu from Un Ballo.
95A: Rum cake: BABKA. Yum!
97A: Former Laker great Baylor: ELGIN. Elgin Baylor, basketball forward, led Minneapolis/LA Lakers to 8 NBA Finals; 10-time All-NBA 1st team (1959-65,67-69) Topps Card.
98A: First were black and white: TVS. And five are in Dick's basement.
99A: Staggering: AREEL
100A: Hopeless case: GONER. Cute clue.
More cute clues in the Down set:
Down:
1D: Mound miscues: BALKS
2D: Malkovich/Nelligan film: ELENI. Kate Nelligan and John Malkovich star in a 1985 film that stands as a monument to a loving mother and heroic woman, Eleni Gatzoyiannis.
4D: Chop: MINCE
6D: Blubbers: BOO-HOOS
9D: Nevada's politico Harry: REID. Harry Reid, Democrat, the senior United States Senator from Nevada, as well as the U.S. Senate Majority Leader.
10D: Varied - DIFFERED. Weak clue.
11D: Barnstormer, maybe: AVIATOR. Or aviatrix, maybe.
12D: British textile dealers: MERCERS. Noun [F. mercier, fr. L. merx, mercis, wares, merchandise]. Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. [Eng.]
13D: Tonsorial treatment: SHAVE
14D: Italian semi-hard cheese: TOMA. Toma is a type of cow's milk cheese whose taste is fairly salty becoming 'piccante' as the months pass.
15D: Immorality: EVIL
16D: Carte before the course: MENU. Cute clue.
27D: Served soup:- LADLED
32D: Artful dodges: RUSES
33D: Actress Moorehead: AGNES
34D: Seneca, Cayuga, et al.: FINGER LAKES. Lakes formed by glaciers on New York's Southern Tier.
35D: Trunk: FOOT LOCKER
36D: Baseball family name: ALOU
39D: Skiddoo!: SCRAM
40D: Ernest ___:1918 Pulitzer winner: POOLE. Ernest Poole, 1880 - 1950, was a U.S. novelist. His portrait of a New York family titled His Family made him the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918. His novel The Harbor has remained the work for which he is best known. It presents a strong socialist message, set in the industrial Brooklyn waterfront. It is considered one of the first fictional works to offer a positive view of unions.
42D: Football defenseman: NOSE TACKLE
46D: Surly sort: CHURL
47D: Child's direction?: STIR: Cute clue, French chef Julia Child's direction.
50D: Guiding light: ANGEL
51D: Sediment: LEES. As in a bottle of wine.
54D: Shrek and family: OGRES
56D: Give an edge to?: HONE. Cute clue
57D: Ancient area of Asia Minor: IONIA
59D: Tours' river: LOIRE. France.
60D: Wasteland shrub: GORSE. Now that is rough.
63D: Hood's honey: MOLL. Cute clue, the female companion of an American gangster.
65D: Perfumery oil: SAVIN. Savin oil, used in perfumery, comes from the leaves and tops of a low, spreading Eurasian juniper (Juniperus sabina) of E North America and Europe.
66D: Crow : BRAG
67D: "Do I dare to ___ peach": EAT A. Discussed before.
68D: Structural sci.: ANAT. New clue to me.
69D: Post office purchase units: PANES
70D: Honoring, in a way: FETING. Fete can be noun or verb.
72D: Ravi Shankar, e.g.: SITARIST
73D: Resumption: RENEWAL
75D: Fish-eating birds: GANNETS. You won't see any geese do this.
76D: Frighten: UNNERVE
77D: Annuls: REVOKES
79D: Disc jockey starter: DEE. Disc jockey starts with a "D".
80D: Went for apples, in a way: BOBBED. Cute clue, anybody have a good 'bobbing for apples' story?
81D: Durations: SPANS.
82D: Diplomat ___ Boothe Luce: CLARE. Clare Boothe Luce, 1903 – 1987, was an American playwright, editor, journalist, ambassador, socialite and one of the first women ever in congress, representing the state of Connecticut.
84D: Singer Frankie: LAINE. Frankie Laine, 1913 - 2007, (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio), was a successful American musician, singer and songwriter whose career spanned 75 years. The Cry of the Wild Goose (not a gannet!)
88D: Bush school : YALE. Generations of the Bush family have been Yale alumni.
89D: Thus: ERGO
90D: Actors Ken and Lena: OLIN
91D: Israel's Abba: EBAN
92D: Storm: RAGE
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