Theme: Reduplication - Four 9-letter words or phrases that only the rhyming part is the same; the initial part is different. The vowel is different in each entry.
17A. Small-time: RINKY DINK
53A. Fortunate one: LUCKY DUCK
10D. Wham-O footbag: HACKY SACK
29D. Cheap dance hall: HONKY TONK
Argyle here. I couldn't come up with an entry that could have used an "E". Other terms that are occasionally used for this linguistics feature include cloning, doubling, duplication, and repetition. These are fun words to speak and made for a fun Monday.
Across:
1A. Pet adoption ctr.: SPCA
5A. Like drive-thru orders: TO GO
9A. Cash alternative: CHECK
14A. Come __ end: conclude: TO AN. As all good things must. English Proverb.
15A. Most eligible for the draft: ONE A
16A. Popular branch of yoga: HATHA. Is there a name for practitioners of yoga?
19A. Have __ with: talk to: A CHAT
20A. Like strictly religious Jews: ORTHODOX
21A. Invite to enter: ASK IN
22A. Fawn's mother: DOE
23A. Family folk: KIN. Alliteration.
24A. Simple to apply, in adspeak: EASY ON
25A. Approx. leaving hour: ETD. Estimated Time of Departure. Close to the actual time, usually, unlike ETD, Estimated Time of Delivery.
26A. Some Ga. Tech grads: EEs. Electrical Engineers.
27A. Pass along softly, as a secret: WHISPER
29A. Coin flip call: Abbr.: HDs.. Unnecessary abbr.
30A. Yuletide spiced ales: WASSAILS. Santa knows wassail, and not that wassail lite stuff, either.
31A. Número after siete: OCHO. Spanish
34A. Fellows: MEN
35A. Stage group: CAST
36A. Occur together: COINCIDE
39A. '60s atty. general who served under his brother: RFK
41A. Elephants, e.g.: TUSKERS
42A. End of a giggle: HEE
43A. Angel dust, briefly: PCP. Don't hear much about PCP these days; bad stuff.
46A. Completely stump: STYMIE. Origin unknown but used by golfers when a competitors ball is between his ball and the hole. Nowadays, the obstructing ball must be moved, the wimps.
47A. "May __ excused?": I BE
48A. Significant period: ERA
49A. Handy bags: TOTEs
50A. Rodin or Michelangelo: SCULPTOR
52A. Evita's married name: PERON. Née Duarte.
54A. Put on a coat?: PAINT
55A. Color of suede shoes, in song: BLUE
56A. __-Seltzer: ALKA
57A. Hockey disks: PUCKS
58A. Dines: SUPS
59A. Mouth off to: SASS
Down:
1D. Walked decisively: STRODE
2D. Christie sleuth Hercule: POIROT. He was on the Orient Express when a murder occurred.
3D. On a slant: CANTED. The way wine is stored, to keep the cork from drying out.
4D. Pharaoh's cross: ANKH. This lucky duck has two. Image.
5D. Hot alcoholic drinks: TODDIES. Santa knows hot toddies, too. (Lois is his special "hot toddy".)
6D. Burger toppers: ONIONS
7D. Group with thirtysomethings, briefly: GEN X. Generation X is the generation born after the Baby Boomers, circa 1970 to 1980.
8D. "Mighty" tree: OAK. "Mighty oaks from little acorns grow." English Proverb.
9D. Vehicle's framework: CHASSIS. Ford is still using in their full-size cars, the chassis introduced in 1979, the Panther platform.
11D. Addis Ababa's country: ETHIOPIA. Map.
12D. Television watcher's choices: CHANNELS
13D. Kit __ bar: KAT
18D. Teamed, as oxen: YOKED
21D. Massage reactions: AAHs. shout out to melissa b.
24D. McGregor of "Moulin Rouge!": EWAN
28D. Q-U connection: RST
30D. Like small laddies: WEE
31D. Halloween mo.: OCT.
32D. "Undersea World" explorer Jacques: COUSTEAU
33D. Momentous: HISTORIC
34D. Warehouse gds.: MDSE.
37D. Joins, as stones in a wall: CEMENTS
38D. Colored part of the eye: IRIS
39D. Expresses stern disapproval of: REBUKES
40D. Touchy-__: FEELY
42D. Diaphragm spasm that may be cured by holding one's breath: HICCUP. One way to spell it.
43D. "Downtown" singer Clark: PETULA
44D. Onion soup holders: CROCKS
45D. Hooded coats: PARKAS
50D. "Star Trek" helmsman: SULU
51D. Palmtop computers: Abbr.: PDAs. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
52D. Very quietly, to Beethoven: PPP. The dynamic marking for a note played extremely quietly, pianissimo.
53D. Scale abbr.: LBS.
17A. Small-time: RINKY DINK
53A. Fortunate one: LUCKY DUCK
10D. Wham-O footbag: HACKY SACK
29D. Cheap dance hall: HONKY TONK
Argyle here. I couldn't come up with an entry that could have used an "E". Other terms that are occasionally used for this linguistics feature include cloning, doubling, duplication, and repetition. These are fun words to speak and made for a fun Monday.
Across:
1A. Pet adoption ctr.: SPCA
5A. Like drive-thru orders: TO GO
9A. Cash alternative: CHECK
14A. Come __ end: conclude: TO AN. As all good things must. English Proverb.
15A. Most eligible for the draft: ONE A
16A. Popular branch of yoga: HATHA. Is there a name for practitioners of yoga?
19A. Have __ with: talk to: A CHAT
20A. Like strictly religious Jews: ORTHODOX
21A. Invite to enter: ASK IN
22A. Fawn's mother: DOE
23A. Family folk: KIN. Alliteration.
24A. Simple to apply, in adspeak: EASY ON
25A. Approx. leaving hour: ETD. Estimated Time of Departure. Close to the actual time, usually, unlike ETD, Estimated Time of Delivery.
26A. Some Ga. Tech grads: EEs. Electrical Engineers.
27A. Pass along softly, as a secret: WHISPER
29A. Coin flip call: Abbr.: HDs.. Unnecessary abbr.
30A. Yuletide spiced ales: WASSAILS. Santa knows wassail, and not that wassail lite stuff, either.
31A. Número after siete: OCHO. Spanish
34A. Fellows: MEN
35A. Stage group: CAST
36A. Occur together: COINCIDE
39A. '60s atty. general who served under his brother: RFK
41A. Elephants, e.g.: TUSKERS
42A. End of a giggle: HEE
43A. Angel dust, briefly: PCP. Don't hear much about PCP these days; bad stuff.
46A. Completely stump: STYMIE. Origin unknown but used by golfers when a competitors ball is between his ball and the hole. Nowadays, the obstructing ball must be moved, the wimps.
47A. "May __ excused?": I BE
48A. Significant period: ERA
49A. Handy bags: TOTEs
50A. Rodin or Michelangelo: SCULPTOR
52A. Evita's married name: PERON. Née Duarte.
54A. Put on a coat?: PAINT
55A. Color of suede shoes, in song: BLUE
56A. __-Seltzer: ALKA
57A. Hockey disks: PUCKS
58A. Dines: SUPS
59A. Mouth off to: SASS
Down:
1D. Walked decisively: STRODE
2D. Christie sleuth Hercule: POIROT. He was on the Orient Express when a murder occurred.
3D. On a slant: CANTED. The way wine is stored, to keep the cork from drying out.
4D. Pharaoh's cross: ANKH. This lucky duck has two. Image.
5D. Hot alcoholic drinks: TODDIES. Santa knows hot toddies, too. (Lois is his special "hot toddy".)
6D. Burger toppers: ONIONS
7D. Group with thirtysomethings, briefly: GEN X. Generation X is the generation born after the Baby Boomers, circa 1970 to 1980.
8D. "Mighty" tree: OAK. "Mighty oaks from little acorns grow." English Proverb.
9D. Vehicle's framework: CHASSIS. Ford is still using in their full-size cars, the chassis introduced in 1979, the Panther platform.
11D. Addis Ababa's country: ETHIOPIA. Map.
12D. Television watcher's choices: CHANNELS
13D. Kit __ bar: KAT
18D. Teamed, as oxen: YOKED
21D. Massage reactions: AAHs. shout out to melissa b.
24D. McGregor of "Moulin Rouge!": EWAN
28D. Q-U connection: RST
30D. Like small laddies: WEE
31D. Halloween mo.: OCT.
32D. "Undersea World" explorer Jacques: COUSTEAU
33D. Momentous: HISTORIC
34D. Warehouse gds.: MDSE.
37D. Joins, as stones in a wall: CEMENTS
38D. Colored part of the eye: IRIS
39D. Expresses stern disapproval of: REBUKES
40D. Touchy-__: FEELY
42D. Diaphragm spasm that may be cured by holding one's breath: HICCUP. One way to spell it.
43D. "Downtown" singer Clark: PETULA
44D. Onion soup holders: CROCKS
45D. Hooded coats: PARKAS
50D. "Star Trek" helmsman: SULU
51D. Palmtop computers: Abbr.: PDAs. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
52D. Very quietly, to Beethoven: PPP. The dynamic marking for a note played extremely quietly, pianissimo.
53D. Scale abbr.: LBS.
Argyle
