Theme: Unknown Endings (Letter X is added to a familiar phrase)
23A: Rodriguez upset with negative publicity?: BITTER ALEX (Bitter Ale)
25A: Film timepiece seen briefly?: CAMEO ROLEX (Cameo Role)
43A: Instability of sterotypical BMW drivers?: YUPPIE FLUX (Yuppie Flu)
64A: World's most perplexing problem?: GRAND CRUX (Grand Cru)
87A: Buckingham Palace add-on: QUEEN ANNEX (Queen Anne)
107A: Rubber bedsheets? SLEEP LATEX (Sleep Late)
109A: Cat on steroids?: MUSCLE MANX (Muscle Man)
36D: Encrypted Scriptures? SECRET CODEX (Secret Code)
39D: Highest point in North Africa? BARBARY APEX (Barbary Ape)
I was aware of the chronic fatigue syndrome. Did not know its alternative name Yuppie Flu though. Barbary Ape is a new name to me also. Messed up 23A with BITTER A-ROD.
Easiest LAT Sunday since our switch. Most of the clues are very straightforward. I might have aced this puzzle if I had more time.
Thought it might be a pangram. But I could not find letters V & J.
Across:
1A: Hand-dyeing method: BATIK. Using wax as a dye repellent.
10A: Carpenter's groove: DADO. Can never remember the name for the groove.
14A: Philanthropist Brooke: ASTOR
20A: Tropical tuber: TARO. I miss Cantonese TARO cakes.
21A: Prep school for some princes: ETON. Both Prince William and Harry attended ETON.
27A: Team with the most Super Bowl victories: STEELERS. Total 6.
28A: Oil source: SHALE. I was thinking of the real crude oil.
31A: Seventh day activity: REST. Saturday or Sunday?
32A: Reside: DWELL. Wrote down ABODE, which is actually a noun.
33A: Ramadan practice: FAST. No food, no drink from dawn til dusk, then some dates.
34A: Perp subduer: TASER
37A: Char: SEAR. And BURNT (55A: Well done, then some).
38A: Not permanent, as dye: RINSABLE. Had trouble getting this answer.
47A: The kinkajou has a prehensible one: TAIL. "Prehensible" gives away the answer. I don't know what a kinkajou is.
53A: "V for Vendetta" actor: REA (Stephen). No idea. Have never seen the movie.
56A: __ 1: speed of sound: MACH. Named after the Austrian physicist Ernst MACH.
57A: Contest award: RIBBON
59A: Radium discoverer born in Warsaw, Pol: MME CURIE. MME is short for Madame.
61A: Hebrides isle: IONA. Skye is a "Hebrides isle" too. Might be the origin of actress Ione Skye's name.
62A: Chunnel terminus: ENGLAND. Chunnel is Channel & Tunnel.
63A: Short or long measure: TON. UK uses long TON. Ours is short TON. I penned in TEE.
67A: Isl. south of Corsica: SAR. Sardinia. Unknown to me. See this map. SAR is often clued as "Patriotic org."
71A: Gen. Robt. __: E LEE. I prefer "Gen. Robert __". The Gen. abbreviation is enough.
72A: 1989 undersea thriller: THE ABYSS. Nope. Have never heard of this movie. It's directed by the "Titanic" guy James Cameron.
76A: Crease maker, at times: IRONER
77A: Indian honorifics: SRIS
78A: Unfair treatment, with "the": SHAFT
80A: He "does not throw dice": Einstein: GOD. Nice clue.
81A: Vitamin in liver: NIACIN. New name to me. It's a component of Vitamin -B complex.
83A: __ Mattress: DIAL-A. Have never heard of this brand before.
84A: Laundry concern: SPOT
85A: "Mockingbird" singer Foxx: INEZ. Just clued as "Don Juan's mother" yesterday.
89A: Prompter start?: TELE. Teleprompter.
90A: Bathroom dispenser item: DIXIE CUP. Why "Bathroom"?
94A: __ out: peaked: MAXED
98A: Bug-eyed: AGOG
102A: In coils: SNAKY
103A: Ivory tower milieu: ACADEMIA
111A: Chat room chatters: USERS. Internet chat room.
115A: Man with a code: MORSE
117A: Moon buggy org.: NASA. NASA just launched a rocket to the moon a few days ago.
Down:
2D: Plugging away: AT IT
3D: Pledge drive giveaway: TOTE. More used to the full TOTE bag.
4D: Bond payment: INTEREST
5D: Baseball Hall of Famer Willie: KEELER. Got his name from Down fills. And I don't feel bad not knowing him. He died in 1923. Could only think of the Say Hey Kid Willie Mays.
6D: Square one: START
7D: Ones to hang with: PALS. Shouldn't the clue be "Ones to hang out with"?
8D: Bard's preposition: ERE. Before.
9D: Crew's control: COXSWAIN
10D: Modeling accessory: DECAL. Oh, I was in the wrong model direction.
12D: Kremlin feature: DOME
13D: Number on a driver: ONE. Golf clubs have numbers marked at the sole for easy identification. Who do you think will win US Open? Ricky Barnes looks good.
14D: Puzzle direction: ACROSS
15D: Try to hit: SHOOT AT. Gun? Would be SWING AT if it's golf/baseball.
16D: Pinball no-no: TILT
17D: Works of Sappho: ODES.
18D: Latin king: REX. And RES (24D: Latin thing). I like the consecutive order.
26D: African port: ORAN. In Algeria.
29D: "Take one": HERE. Ha ha, so simple in retrospect.
32D: Redcap's place: DEPOT
33D: Prix __: FIXE. Vs. a la carte.
35D: Chili rating unit: ALARM. The Scoville scale.
37D: Brent who played Data on"Star Trek: T.N.G.": SPINER. Could only picture his face. Don't know his name.
38D: Compensate for oversleeping: RUSH
40D: Rest atop: LIE ON. I was imagining a bird resting atop a branch.
41D: Dik-dik cousin: ELAND. Had to check the dictionary for dik-dik. Strange name.
43D: Part of MYOB: YOUR. Wrote down MIND first.
44D: Removes gear from: UNRIGS. As a ship.
45D: Nancy's home: FRANCE. The French city Nancy.
46D: Old compact from 45-Down: LE CAR
52D: Roots around in: DIGS AT. New meaning of "root" to me.
55D: Eponymous burner designer: BUNSEN (Robert). Saw this clue somewhere before.
56D: Statistical figures: MODES. I don't understand. How can MODES be "figures"?
58D: Ruin the surprise: BLAB
60D: Hard cash?: COIN
62D: Show relief, in a way: EXHALE
65D: Lofty home: AERIE
66D: '60s United Nations leader: U THANT. U means "Mister".
69D: Product suffix suggesting noodles: ARONI. New to me. As in macaroni I suppose.
73D: www transmission: E-FAX. Had trouble getting the answer.
77D: Atlantic food fish: SCUP. Barry Silk clued it as "Type of Porgy" last time.
82D: Marine hue: AQUA
83D: Many Wisconsin farmers: DAIRY MEN
84D: Show biz parent: STAGE MOM. Like Lindsay Lohan's mom.
86D: Closers of a kind: ZIPPERS
88D: Site of North Amer.'s geographical midpoint: N DAK. I knew this trivia.
92D: Room in a big house?: CELL. "Big house" is slang for prison.
94D: Ford classic: MODEL A. Introduced in 1928. I thought of MODEL T, which was actually discontinued in 1927.
97D: Campaign issue: TAXES
98D: Ghana's capital: ACCRA
104D: N.Y. Giants' founder and longtime owner Tim: MARA. I got the answer from Across fills. Wiki says his grandson John Mara is the current Giants' president.
106D: Things to grind: AXE
107D: Bottom line: SUM
Answer grid.
Happy Father's Day!
C.C.
23A: Rodriguez upset with negative publicity?: BITTER ALEX (Bitter Ale)
25A: Film timepiece seen briefly?: CAMEO ROLEX (Cameo Role)
43A: Instability of sterotypical BMW drivers?: YUPPIE FLUX (Yuppie Flu)
64A: World's most perplexing problem?: GRAND CRUX (Grand Cru)
87A: Buckingham Palace add-on: QUEEN ANNEX (Queen Anne)
107A: Rubber bedsheets? SLEEP LATEX (Sleep Late)
109A: Cat on steroids?: MUSCLE MANX (Muscle Man)
36D: Encrypted Scriptures? SECRET CODEX (Secret Code)
39D: Highest point in North Africa? BARBARY APEX (Barbary Ape)
I was aware of the chronic fatigue syndrome. Did not know its alternative name Yuppie Flu though. Barbary Ape is a new name to me also. Messed up 23A with BITTER A-ROD.
Easiest LAT Sunday since our switch. Most of the clues are very straightforward. I might have aced this puzzle if I had more time.
Thought it might be a pangram. But I could not find letters V & J.
Across:
1A: Hand-dyeing method: BATIK. Using wax as a dye repellent.
10A: Carpenter's groove: DADO. Can never remember the name for the groove.
14A: Philanthropist Brooke: ASTOR
20A: Tropical tuber: TARO. I miss Cantonese TARO cakes.
21A: Prep school for some princes: ETON. Both Prince William and Harry attended ETON.
27A: Team with the most Super Bowl victories: STEELERS. Total 6.
28A: Oil source: SHALE. I was thinking of the real crude oil.
31A: Seventh day activity: REST. Saturday or Sunday?
32A: Reside: DWELL. Wrote down ABODE, which is actually a noun.
33A: Ramadan practice: FAST. No food, no drink from dawn til dusk, then some dates.
34A: Perp subduer: TASER
37A: Char: SEAR. And BURNT (55A: Well done, then some).
38A: Not permanent, as dye: RINSABLE. Had trouble getting this answer.
47A: The kinkajou has a prehensible one: TAIL. "Prehensible" gives away the answer. I don't know what a kinkajou is.
53A: "V for Vendetta" actor: REA (Stephen). No idea. Have never seen the movie.
56A: __ 1: speed of sound: MACH. Named after the Austrian physicist Ernst MACH.
57A: Contest award: RIBBON
59A: Radium discoverer born in Warsaw, Pol: MME CURIE. MME is short for Madame.
61A: Hebrides isle: IONA. Skye is a "Hebrides isle" too. Might be the origin of actress Ione Skye's name.
62A: Chunnel terminus: ENGLAND. Chunnel is Channel & Tunnel.
63A: Short or long measure: TON. UK uses long TON. Ours is short TON. I penned in TEE.
67A: Isl. south of Corsica: SAR. Sardinia. Unknown to me. See this map. SAR is often clued as "Patriotic org."
71A: Gen. Robt. __: E LEE. I prefer "Gen. Robert __". The Gen. abbreviation is enough.
72A: 1989 undersea thriller: THE ABYSS. Nope. Have never heard of this movie. It's directed by the "Titanic" guy James Cameron.
76A: Crease maker, at times: IRONER
77A: Indian honorifics: SRIS
78A: Unfair treatment, with "the": SHAFT
80A: He "does not throw dice": Einstein: GOD. Nice clue.
81A: Vitamin in liver: NIACIN. New name to me. It's a component of Vitamin -B complex.
83A: __ Mattress: DIAL-A. Have never heard of this brand before.
84A: Laundry concern: SPOT
85A: "Mockingbird" singer Foxx: INEZ. Just clued as "Don Juan's mother" yesterday.
89A: Prompter start?: TELE. Teleprompter.
90A: Bathroom dispenser item: DIXIE CUP. Why "Bathroom"?
94A: __ out: peaked: MAXED
98A: Bug-eyed: AGOG
102A: In coils: SNAKY
103A: Ivory tower milieu: ACADEMIA
111A: Chat room chatters: USERS. Internet chat room.
115A: Man with a code: MORSE
117A: Moon buggy org.: NASA. NASA just launched a rocket to the moon a few days ago.
Down:
2D: Plugging away: AT IT
3D: Pledge drive giveaway: TOTE. More used to the full TOTE bag.
4D: Bond payment: INTEREST
5D: Baseball Hall of Famer Willie: KEELER. Got his name from Down fills. And I don't feel bad not knowing him. He died in 1923. Could only think of the Say Hey Kid Willie Mays.
6D: Square one: START
7D: Ones to hang with: PALS. Shouldn't the clue be "Ones to hang out with"?
8D: Bard's preposition: ERE. Before.
9D: Crew's control: COXSWAIN
10D: Modeling accessory: DECAL. Oh, I was in the wrong model direction.
12D: Kremlin feature: DOME
13D: Number on a driver: ONE. Golf clubs have numbers marked at the sole for easy identification. Who do you think will win US Open? Ricky Barnes looks good.
14D: Puzzle direction: ACROSS
15D: Try to hit: SHOOT AT. Gun? Would be SWING AT if it's golf/baseball.
16D: Pinball no-no: TILT
17D: Works of Sappho: ODES.
18D: Latin king: REX. And RES (24D: Latin thing). I like the consecutive order.
26D: African port: ORAN. In Algeria.
29D: "Take one": HERE. Ha ha, so simple in retrospect.
32D: Redcap's place: DEPOT
33D: Prix __: FIXE. Vs. a la carte.
35D: Chili rating unit: ALARM. The Scoville scale.
37D: Brent who played Data on"Star Trek: T.N.G.": SPINER. Could only picture his face. Don't know his name.
38D: Compensate for oversleeping: RUSH
40D: Rest atop: LIE ON. I was imagining a bird resting atop a branch.
41D: Dik-dik cousin: ELAND. Had to check the dictionary for dik-dik. Strange name.
43D: Part of MYOB: YOUR. Wrote down MIND first.
44D: Removes gear from: UNRIGS. As a ship.
45D: Nancy's home: FRANCE. The French city Nancy.
46D: Old compact from 45-Down: LE CAR
52D: Roots around in: DIGS AT. New meaning of "root" to me.
55D: Eponymous burner designer: BUNSEN (Robert). Saw this clue somewhere before.
56D: Statistical figures: MODES. I don't understand. How can MODES be "figures"?
58D: Ruin the surprise: BLAB
60D: Hard cash?: COIN
62D: Show relief, in a way: EXHALE
65D: Lofty home: AERIE
66D: '60s United Nations leader: U THANT. U means "Mister".
69D: Product suffix suggesting noodles: ARONI. New to me. As in macaroni I suppose.
73D: www transmission: E-FAX. Had trouble getting the answer.
77D: Atlantic food fish: SCUP. Barry Silk clued it as "Type of Porgy" last time.
82D: Marine hue: AQUA
83D: Many Wisconsin farmers: DAIRY MEN
84D: Show biz parent: STAGE MOM. Like Lindsay Lohan's mom.
86D: Closers of a kind: ZIPPERS
88D: Site of North Amer.'s geographical midpoint: N DAK. I knew this trivia.
92D: Room in a big house?: CELL. "Big house" is slang for prison.
94D: Ford classic: MODEL A. Introduced in 1928. I thought of MODEL T, which was actually discontinued in 1927.
97D: Campaign issue: TAXES
98D: Ghana's capital: ACCRA
104D: N.Y. Giants' founder and longtime owner Tim: MARA. I got the answer from Across fills. Wiki says his grandson John Mara is the current Giants' president.
106D: Things to grind: AXE
107D: Bottom line: SUM
Answer grid.
Happy Father's Day!
C.C.
