Theme: Fowl Play - The first word of each two-word familiar phrase is a type of KFC chicken piece.
17A. Commonly upholstered seat : WING CHAIR. A chair with "wings" to provide comfortable protection from drafts. Like this.
28A. Real scream : THIGH SLAPPER. A funny joke or story that might cause you to laugh and slap your thigh.
40A. "Finger lickin' good" sloganeer, and a hint to this puzzle's theme : KFC. Kentucky Fried Chicken.
45A. Crawl alternative : BREAST STROKE. The front crawl, or forward crawl, is a swimming style. New to me.
62A. '80s fashion fad inspired by dance films : LEG WARMER. Anyone not think of these?
Melissa here.
One of the easier wednesdays in recent memory - blew through it pretty quickly except for a couple of names i did not know.
One of the easier wednesdays in recent memory - blew through it pretty quickly except for a couple of names i did not know.
Across:
1. Hippocratic oath no-no : HARM. "First, do no harm." Part of an oath taken by doctors swearing to practice medicine ethically. Believed to have been written by Hippocrates, often regarded as 'the father of medicine.' Interestingly enough, when i looked up the actual text of the oath, the words "first, do no harm" are not there, although not harming the patient is TACITLY implied.
5. Astounds : AWES
9. Unspoken, but implied : TACIT
14. Pints at the bar : ALES
15. TV part? : TELE. I wanted ROLE.
16. Like merinos : OVINE. Relating to sheep. Merino is a breed of sheep particularly prized for its wool.
19. Prolific psalmist : DAVID. King David, author of the Psalms.
20. Some littermates : KITTIES. Cute. And 29D. Call to 20-Across : HERE. "Here, kitty."
21. "To continue ..." : AND
23. Gary's st. : IND. St = state. Gary, Indiana. Clear Ayes would appreciate this.
24. Bakery array : PIES
26. Smart-__: cocksure and conceited : ALECKY. Not sure i've seen this as an adjective before. "My brother is smart-alecky."
33. Rue : REGRET
34. Pint-size : WEE
35. Frenzied : AMOK. I like this word. Almost as good as kerfuffle. Anyone recognize the line "There's something amok with this cheesecake?"
39. Wildly cheering : AROAR
41. Honshu port : OSAKA
42. Balkan native : SERB
43. Nintendo game console : WII.
44. We-alone link : ARE NOT
48. British philosopher who wrote "Language, Truth and Logic" : A.J. AYER. A bit obscure. A book of philosophy published in 1936. Alfred Jules Ayer.
51. Enjoy the Appalachian Trail : HIKE. Riiiiight, he was hiking.
52. Prom rental : TUX
53. Maker of tiny combs : BEE. Bzzz.
55. Like a persistent headache : NAGGING. Or a smart-alecky brother.
60. O'Connor's successor : ALITO. Supreme Court Justices.
64. The QE2, e.g. : LINER. Retired in 2008.
65. An acre's 43,560 square feet : AREA
66. Je t'__: Pierre's "I love you" : AIME
67. Canada's highest mountain : LOGAN. Second highest peak in North America.
68. Tramp's love : LADY. Disney movie, Lady and the Tramp.
69. Put in the overhead : STOW
Down:
1. Aggressive sort : HAWK. Indeed.
2. Et __: and others : ALII. Abbreviated et al.
3. Monopoly payment : RENT
5. Believer's antithesis : ATHEIST. One who does not believe in God.
6. Otter's kin : WEASEL
7. Actor Wallach : ELI
8. Word repeated in a Doris Day song : SERA. Que Sera, Sera = whatever will be, will be. The song was introduced in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much. Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
9. More than crawl : TODDLE. Clecho. Babies crawl first, then they toddle. Toddlers.
10. Palindromic girl's name that ranked among the 10 most popular in each of the past five years : AVA. Ava Gardner.
11. Like some pride : CIVIC. I suppose.
12. How contracts are usually signed : IN INK. Does it in ink, you still with us?
13. Garment including a chemise : TEDDY. Clue feels odd. A chemise and a teddy are both undergarments, usually worn under a blouse.
18. Written code : CIPHER. To read it, you must decipher.
22. Golfer's sunburn spot : NAPE. Back of the neck. I see a lot of golfer's tans at work.
27. Pencil tip : ERASER
28. Refrain syllables : TRAS. Tra la la.
30. Inventor Sikorsky : IGOR. He designed and flew the world's first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz in 1913, and the first airliner, Ilya Muromets, in 1914.
31. Like takers : GRABBY.
32. Ripple near the nipple : PEC. Nice.
36. Hombre's hand : MANO. Mano is Spanish for hand.
37. "I get it, I get it!" : OK OK
38. British rock star Bush : KATE
40. Korean automaker : KIA
41. Former Nicaraguan leader : ORTEGA
43. "The Way We __" : WERE. Great movie. "See ya, kid."
44. "Shoot" : ASK AWAY
46. With new life : REBORN
47. Lightly shaded : TINGED.
48. To any extent : AT ALL
49. Crooner Iglesias : JULIO.
50. Firing : AXING. See this a lot.
54. Carrier to Tel Aviv : EL AL. This too.
56. Mardi __ : GRAS. "Fat Tuesday."
57. Go-getter's response to "Do you know of such a person?" : I'M IT. Perps filled it in.
58. Nautilus skipper : NEMO. Or him.
59. Expanded : GREW
61. Texas __: oil : TEA
63. Stat for CC Sabathia : ERA. Carsten Charles Sabathia. Yankees pitcher. Earned Run Average.
Answer grid.
Melissa
Answer grid.
Melissa
