Theme: Yiddishisms - Letter strings SCH are added to common phrases to make them sound Yiddish.
19A: Low-quality trumpets and trombones?: SCHLOCK HORNS. Schlock means cheap; trashy. Idiom: Lock horns. The Lockhorns are one of my favorite comics.
35A: "How many fools do we have here?"?: "ONE SCHLUMP OR TWO?". In your tea, "one lump or two?" A Schlump is a dull, colorless person.
50A: Grades in standup comedy class?: SCHTICK MARKS. Tick Marks are like inventory and checking off an item as you count it. Schtick (there are various spellings) is characteristic attribute, talent, or trait that is helpful in securing recognition or attention.
Argyle here. And a Brendan Emmett Quigley puzzle. I'm speechless.
Theme entries are pretty light for a Friday - our Add/Delete/Replace a letter/letters puzzle day. It allows for plenty of non-theme long fill. The triple stacked of 9s in the upper right and lower left corners and the two 11s Downs should delight many.
Across:
1A: Pilot producer: HONDA. A crossover SUV from the Japanese auto maker.
6A: Deep-sixed: TOSSED OUT. Word origin of deep six: only from the 1940s, originally nautical slang, "to throw overboard", perhaps a reference to the usual grave depth of six feet but the ocean being much deeper. Paraphrased from Online Etymology Dictionary.
15A: "Are we __?": Sondheim lyric: A PAIR. A bit of "Send in the Clowns", a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical "A Little Night Music". (Wikipedia)
16A: They make lots of contacts: OPTICIAN. Contact lenses.
17A: Old Renault: LE CAR. A troubled American Motor Corp. teemed with French auto maker to import the compact, Le Car. It was said, if a Le Car wasn't rusty, it hadn't left France yet.
18A: Lucille Ball was one, slangily: CARROT-TOP. Someone with red hair.
21A: Greek liqueur: OUZO. Greece's most popular drink, is an anise-flavored spirit.
22A: Con lead-in: NEO. Neo-con, shortened version of neoconservative.
23A: Metric wts.: KGs. One kilogram approximately is equal to 2.2 pounds.
26A: Letters on old rubles: CCCP. As found on their old coins, Cyrillic Russian initialism СССР for Союз Советских Социалистических. We knew them as USSR.
28A: Slight push: NUDGE.
31A: Squire: GENT. An English country gentleman, esp. the chief landed proprietor in a district. Or the man with the biggest spread (33A: Spread unit: ACRE.) as we might say here in the states.
32A: Sound from the bleachers: "RAH!". Or "BOO!" from the other side.
34A: Man with a mission: FRIAR. A member of a religious order, esp. the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. These orders often established missions.
39A: "Christina's World" painter: WYETH. American artist Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World
40A: Criticize: CARP.
41A: [snicker]: HEH.
42A: Drooping part of a Concorde: NOSE. The SST had a distinctive "droop snoot" lowering nose section for visibility on approach.
43A: Cheri who portrayed a "Morning Latte" co-host on "SNL": OTERI. With Will Ferrel.
45A: Hard-earned degs.: PHD. Doctorates
46A: Bring action against: SUE.
47A: VII x LXXIII: DXI. 7x73=511
48A: Happy Meal choice: COLA.
55A: Ingredient in green salsa: TOMATILLO. The tomatillo or husk-tomato is a plant cultivated in Mexico and Guatemala. Pre-salsa.
58A: "Giant Brain" unveiled in 1946: ENIAC. Early computer.
59A: Wading, perhaps: ANKLE DEEP. Unless you step over a drop-off, then you're swimming.
60A: "Soon It's __ Rain": "The Fantasticks" song: GONNA. The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical. Check out the Wikipedia entry for the story line, It's to complex to put here.
61A: Messy places: RAT'S NEST. What mom used to call my hair if it got too long. Alas, both my mom and my hair are both gone now.
62A: Second of the five stages of grief: ANGER. The Kübler-Ross model, commonly known as the five stages of grief, are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance
Down:
1D: Dutch artist Frans: HALS. Frans Hals (1580 – 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter especially famous for portraiture. Young Man with a Skull
2D: 12-member cartel: OPEC.
3D: Tortilla chip topping: NACHO CHEESE.
4D: Slow online connection: DIAL UP. I could never go back to dial-up.
5D: Pollo partner: ARROZ. Arroz con Pollo ("rice with chicken" in Spanish).
6D: Clock sound: TOCK. Hands up for tick first.
7D: Hawaiian food fish: OPAH. (also known colloquially as moonfish, sunfish, kingfish, redfin ocean pan, and Jerusalem haddock)
8D: Undiluted: STRONG.
9D: "Yes __!": SIRREE.
10D: Cut-rate, in company names: ECONO. Like drive your Econo Car rental to your Econo Lodge for the night.
11D: A Morse "I" requires two: DITS. The sound Morse code, DIT DAH, but written out as dots and dashes.
12D: Nosebag bit: OAT. Having a little breakfast?
13D: Game with a discard pile: UNO.
14D: 1/48 cup: Abbr.: TSP.. Teaspoon.
20D: Large sea snail: CONCH. The shell you see them blowing in the movies.
23D: "The Radiant Baby" pop artist: KEITH HARING. Keith Haring (1958 – 1990) was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.(Wikipedia) His Most Famous Icon
24D: Ate like a mouse: GNAWED.
25D: Brand owned by Pabst: STROH'S. Beer. Pabst is Brenda's favorite brand.
26D: Ceremonial headgear: CROWNS.
27D: Favor asker's opening: "CAN YOU".
29D: Google hit datum: URL. Internet address letters.
30D: Score before ad in: DEUCE. Tennis talk.
31D: "I'm mad!": "GRR!".
33D: Dresden "D'oh!": "ACH!". I wonder which Homer says on German TV.
34D: Clotheshorse: FOP. —Synonyms- dandy, coxcomb, popinjay, peacock, swell, dude. Mostly English terms, hey what?
36D: Abbr. in Québec place names: STE (Sainte). Québec is the French-speaking (and thinking) province of Canada.
37D: Make a dent in: MAR. Like a car's finish.
38D: Puncture: PRICK.
43D: Durable leather: OX-HIDE.
44D: Best-seller list entries: TITLES.
45D: Expect: PLAN ON.
47D: Plane that competed with Lockheed's L-1011: DC-TEN.
49D: Last in a series: OMEGA. Greek alphabet series.
50D: Baseball's Maglie and Bando: SALS.
51D: "Sorry if __ you down": I LET. And ON A (56D: __ trial basis). Easy fill-in partials.
52D: Police: COPS.
53D: Rosebud's owner, in film: KANE. Don't anybody tell what Rosebud was; make 'em watch "Citizen Kane".
54D: War memento: SCAR.
55D: Old salt: TAR. Both slang for sailors.
57D: NASDAQ, e.g.: MKT.. Stock market.
Answer grid.
19A: Low-quality trumpets and trombones?: SCHLOCK HORNS. Schlock means cheap; trashy. Idiom: Lock horns. The Lockhorns are one of my favorite comics.
35A: "How many fools do we have here?"?: "ONE SCHLUMP OR TWO?". In your tea, "one lump or two?" A Schlump is a dull, colorless person.
50A: Grades in standup comedy class?: SCHTICK MARKS. Tick Marks are like inventory and checking off an item as you count it. Schtick (there are various spellings) is characteristic attribute, talent, or trait that is helpful in securing recognition or attention.
Argyle here. And a Brendan Emmett Quigley puzzle. I'm speechless.
Theme entries are pretty light for a Friday - our Add/Delete/Replace a letter/letters puzzle day. It allows for plenty of non-theme long fill. The triple stacked of 9s in the upper right and lower left corners and the two 11s Downs should delight many.
Across:
1A: Pilot producer: HONDA. A crossover SUV from the Japanese auto maker.
6A: Deep-sixed: TOSSED OUT. Word origin of deep six: only from the 1940s, originally nautical slang, "to throw overboard", perhaps a reference to the usual grave depth of six feet but the ocean being much deeper. Paraphrased from Online Etymology Dictionary.
15A: "Are we __?": Sondheim lyric: A PAIR. A bit of "Send in the Clowns", a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical "A Little Night Music". (Wikipedia)
16A: They make lots of contacts: OPTICIAN. Contact lenses.
17A: Old Renault: LE CAR. A troubled American Motor Corp. teemed with French auto maker to import the compact, Le Car. It was said, if a Le Car wasn't rusty, it hadn't left France yet.
18A: Lucille Ball was one, slangily: CARROT-TOP. Someone with red hair.
21A: Greek liqueur: OUZO. Greece's most popular drink, is an anise-flavored spirit.
22A: Con lead-in: NEO. Neo-con, shortened version of neoconservative.
23A: Metric wts.: KGs. One kilogram approximately is equal to 2.2 pounds.
26A: Letters on old rubles: CCCP. As found on their old coins, Cyrillic Russian initialism СССР for Союз Советских Социалистических. We knew them as USSR.
28A: Slight push: NUDGE.
31A: Squire: GENT. An English country gentleman, esp. the chief landed proprietor in a district. Or the man with the biggest spread (33A: Spread unit: ACRE.) as we might say here in the states.
32A: Sound from the bleachers: "RAH!". Or "BOO!" from the other side.
34A: Man with a mission: FRIAR. A member of a religious order, esp. the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. These orders often established missions.
39A: "Christina's World" painter: WYETH. American artist Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World
40A: Criticize: CARP.
41A: [snicker]: HEH.
42A: Drooping part of a Concorde: NOSE. The SST had a distinctive "droop snoot" lowering nose section for visibility on approach.
43A: Cheri who portrayed a "Morning Latte" co-host on "SNL": OTERI. With Will Ferrel.
45A: Hard-earned degs.: PHD. Doctorates
46A: Bring action against: SUE.
47A: VII x LXXIII: DXI. 7x73=511
48A: Happy Meal choice: COLA.
55A: Ingredient in green salsa: TOMATILLO. The tomatillo or husk-tomato is a plant cultivated in Mexico and Guatemala. Pre-salsa.
58A: "Giant Brain" unveiled in 1946: ENIAC. Early computer.
59A: Wading, perhaps: ANKLE DEEP. Unless you step over a drop-off, then you're swimming.
60A: "Soon It's __ Rain": "The Fantasticks" song: GONNA. The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical. Check out the Wikipedia entry for the story line, It's to complex to put here.
61A: Messy places: RAT'S NEST. What mom used to call my hair if it got too long. Alas, both my mom and my hair are both gone now.
62A: Second of the five stages of grief: ANGER. The Kübler-Ross model, commonly known as the five stages of grief, are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance
Down:
1D: Dutch artist Frans: HALS. Frans Hals (1580 – 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter especially famous for portraiture. Young Man with a Skull
2D: 12-member cartel: OPEC.
3D: Tortilla chip topping: NACHO CHEESE.
4D: Slow online connection: DIAL UP. I could never go back to dial-up.
5D: Pollo partner: ARROZ. Arroz con Pollo ("rice with chicken" in Spanish).
6D: Clock sound: TOCK. Hands up for tick first.
7D: Hawaiian food fish: OPAH. (also known colloquially as moonfish, sunfish, kingfish, redfin ocean pan, and Jerusalem haddock)
8D: Undiluted: STRONG.
9D: "Yes __!": SIRREE.
10D: Cut-rate, in company names: ECONO. Like drive your Econo Car rental to your Econo Lodge for the night.
11D: A Morse "I" requires two: DITS. The sound Morse code, DIT DAH, but written out as dots and dashes.
12D: Nosebag bit: OAT. Having a little breakfast?
13D: Game with a discard pile: UNO.
14D: 1/48 cup: Abbr.: TSP.. Teaspoon.
20D: Large sea snail: CONCH. The shell you see them blowing in the movies.
23D: "The Radiant Baby" pop artist: KEITH HARING. Keith Haring (1958 – 1990) was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.(Wikipedia) His Most Famous Icon
24D: Ate like a mouse: GNAWED.
25D: Brand owned by Pabst: STROH'S. Beer. Pabst is Brenda's favorite brand.
26D: Ceremonial headgear: CROWNS.
27D: Favor asker's opening: "CAN YOU".
29D: Google hit datum: URL. Internet address letters.
30D: Score before ad in: DEUCE. Tennis talk.
31D: "I'm mad!": "GRR!".
33D: Dresden "D'oh!": "ACH!". I wonder which Homer says on German TV.
34D: Clotheshorse: FOP. —Synonyms- dandy, coxcomb, popinjay, peacock, swell, dude. Mostly English terms, hey what?
36D: Abbr. in Québec place names: STE (Sainte). Québec is the French-speaking (and thinking) province of Canada.
37D: Make a dent in: MAR. Like a car's finish.
38D: Puncture: PRICK.
43D: Durable leather: OX-HIDE.
44D: Best-seller list entries: TITLES.
45D: Expect: PLAN ON.
47D: Plane that competed with Lockheed's L-1011: DC-TEN.
49D: Last in a series: OMEGA. Greek alphabet series.
50D: Baseball's Maglie and Bando: SALS.
51D: "Sorry if __ you down": I LET. And ON A (56D: __ trial basis). Easy fill-in partials.
52D: Police: COPS.
53D: Rosebud's owner, in film: KANE. Don't anybody tell what Rosebud was; make 'em watch "Citizen Kane".
54D: War memento: SCAR.
55D: Old salt: TAR. Both slang for sailors.
57D: NASDAQ, e.g.: MKT.. Stock market.
Answer grid.
Argyle
