Theme: "Do or Dye Situation" (Nice title.) - The first word in each theme entry can follow "Hair".
23A. *Dangerously close call : BRUSH WITH DEATH. Hair brush.
33A. *Attachment for a paint gun : SPRAY NOZZLE. Hair spray.
51A. *Interrogator's approach : LINE OF INQUIRY. Hairline.
67A. *"Nothing to it!" : PIECE OF CAKE. Hairpiece.
81A. *Be up to snuff : CUT THE MUSTARD. Haircut.
96A. *Running back, often : BALL CARRIER. Hairball.
17D. *Greenskeeper's concern : PIN PLACEMENT. Hairpin.
61D. *Where a star prepares to shine : DRESSING ROOM. Hair dressing.
110A. Weaves, or what the starts of the starred answers are, in a way : HAIR EXTENSIONS
Had no idea where I was going until I reached 101A and was pleasantly surprised. Great unifier. It hurts to have extensions braided & glued to your own hair. But it sure looks pretty.
I just adored this theme. I bet Melissa too. Secret to thick and shiny hair often lies in your genetic make-up. But good nutrition is certainly important. Sesame seeds help. And the right brand of shampoos & conditioners.
This puzzle is a pangram. As usual, names gave me pauses.
Across:
1. Makes a short putt : TAPS IN. I'd be happy with a bogey.
7. Dabs with a towel : PATS DRY
14. Macedonian birthplace of Mother Teresa : SKOPJE. No idea. Here. Scrabbly name.
20. Fired up : AFLAME
21. Collectibles from faraway lands : EXOTICA. Some could be erotica.
22. Covets : ENVIES
25. 2010 World Series champs : GIANTS. Boomer loved the Pujols' Jack-in-the-Box I got for him.
26. Bar lineup : SHOTS
27. Derby title? : EARL. Oh, title in Derby, England.
28. Like a drumhead : TAUT
30. Fund-raising gp. : PTA
31. Autobahn distances: Abbr. : KMs
36. Do in, as the Jabberwock : SLAY
37. Glosses over : OMITS
40. Recognizes, briefly : IDs
41. DDE's challenger : AES (Adlai E Stevenson)
42. Tax pro : CPA
43. The eleventh hour : HIGH TIME. Oh? I thought it refers to the time when you're feeling high.
46. Jutland resident : DANE
48. Loses one's poker face, say : REACTS
54. Like a rational number's denominator : NON ZERO. And 64. Type of geometry : EUCLIDEAN. I sucked at math.
55. "Rocky __ to Dublin": Irish jig : ROAD
56. Major or Minor constellation : URSA
57. Leave at the altar : JILT
58. Italian possessive pronoun : MIO. "Mine" as in "O Sole Mio".
59. Wrapped up : ENDED
62. United Nations Plaza array : FLAGS
66. Onetime Italian leader Aldo : MORO. Stumper. The Italian prime minister in '60s-'70s. Was kidnapped and then murdered by a terrorist organization. Brutal.
69. "Splendor in the Grass" writer : INGE (William). Quite a heavy topic.
70. Meaty tomato : BEEFSTEAK
72. Singer Rimes : LEANN
73. Add to a database : ENTER
74. George Strait's "All My __ Live in Texas" : EX'S. I wonder why.
75. Beatles album with "Act Naturally" : HELP
76. Wishes otherwise : RUES
77. Fit for duty : ABLE
79. Rummy action : DISCARD
86. Feeling no pain : STINKO. "Feeling no pain" = "Drunk".
87. Blue-ribbon : A-ONE. Jayce's Mandarin is really good.
88. Foggy state : SEDATION
89. Wedding page word : NEE
90. An NFL Manning : ELI
91. Oral health org. : ADA
93. Sealy competitor : SERTA
94. Certain NCO : SSGT
101. Double curve : ESS
102. Cousteau's sea : MER. Still have not grasped the French"R" sound.
103. Scuttlebutt : DIRT
104. Jekyll's alter ego : HYDE
105. "__ I ever!" : WOULD
108. Arctic garment : ANORAK. This one is stylish.
115. Clock radio button : SNOOZE
116. Actress Francis and others : ARLENES. The other I know is "Dahl".
117. Overwhelming amount : DELUGE
118. It hits the nail on the head : HAMMER. I'm picturing Splynter in action.
119. Bridge support : TRESTLE
120. Pericles, famously : ORATOR. So ancient.
Down:
1. Key beside Q : TAB. Computer keyboard.
2. Egypt's cont. : AFR
3. Grade school operator : PLUS SIGN. I like both the clue & answer.
4. Over-the-shoulder accessory : SASH
5. Texter's "Seems to me ..." : IMHO
6. Mudpuppies' kin : NEWTS. Did not know they're related.
7. Snoopy, to Charlie : PET
8. Neolithic dig find : AX HEAD
9. __ special: menu board heading : TODAY'S
10. Uncompromising : STERN
11. Old way to place a collect call : DIAL "O"
12. Sales slip: Abbr. : RCT (Receipt)
13. Jubilant game-player's cry : YAHTZEE. Never played Yahtzee.
14. Slick transition : SEGUE. More "smooth" than "slick". No?
15. Make a string of purls? : KNIT. Great clue.
16. Fertility clinic cells : OVA
18. Popular Volkswagen : JETTA
19. Swift's "A Modest Proposal," e.g. : ESSAY
24. AOL, e.g. : ISP
29. Roker and Gore : ALs
31. German statesman Helmut : KOHL
32. XIX Olympic Winter Games year : MMII. 2002.
34. It means nothing to Sarkozy : RIEN. Same to me.
35. Off-the-wall : ZANY
36. Jack Blum's "Meatballs" character : SPAZ. Another unknown to me.
38. Legal contract adverb : THEREOF
39. Prepared to sing the national anthem : STOOD. Here is China's national anthem.
42. Prefix with grade : CENTI
44. "__ body meet ..." : IF A
45. Area between goals : MIDFIELD
46. Immoral : DISSOLUTE. Crossing 3 theme answers.
47. Notre Dame's Parseghian : ARA
48. Esther of "Good Times" : ROLLE
49. Post-disaster sorting process : TRIAGE
50. Cornhusker rival : SOONER. Hi there Husker Gary & Avg Joe!
52. Snake oil salesman : QUACK
53. Strongly suggest : URGE
54. Beantown, e.g. : NICKNAME
57. Valdez with a burro : JUAN. Here he is.
59. Sticks in the mud : EMBEDS
60. Sartre play with the line "Hell is other people" : NO EXIT. Good to learn the source.
63. Spring : LEAP
64. PayPal funds, e.g. : E-CASH. For Marti.
65. Family meal setting : DINETTE
67. Wing: Prefix : PTERO
68. Podiatry matters : FEET
71. Tremble in fear : SHAKE
73. "__ Dream": Wagner aria : ELSA'S
76. Go on the lam : RUN
78. Future flower : BUD
80. Online tech news site : CNET
81. Electromagnet feature : COIL
82. Actor Morales : ESAI
83. Ventilated : AIRED OUT
84. Turns bad : ROTS
85. Strands of double helices : DNAS
87. Something with a bag of chips? : ALL THAT. Cool! All that and a bag of chips.
90. Tuner's talent : EAR
91. Full of gusto : ARDENT
92. Philadelphia university : DREXEL
94. Really pound : SMASH
95. Yellow-flowered plant often used medicinally : SENNA
96. Hog owner : BIKER. Harley-Davidson.
97. Pablo Neruda's homeland : CHILE
98. Lew of "All Quiet on the Western Front" : AYRES. Difficult name to remember.
99. Farmyard female : EWE
100. Repetitive musical piece : RONDO
103. Foggy state : DAZE
106. Cybercafé patron : USER
107. Oscar winner Kedrova : LILA. For "Zorba the Greek".
109. Data storage acronym : ROM
111. Flight board abbr. : ARR
112. "The Waste Land" monogram : TSE
113. Vietnam's __ Dinh Diem : NGO. OK, you all know Sandra Oh from "Grey's Anatomy", right? Ngo (Vietnamese)= Oh (Korean) = "Wu" (Chinese). Same surname.
114. Sun. delivery : SER
Answer grid.
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23A. *Dangerously close call : BRUSH WITH DEATH. Hair brush.
33A. *Attachment for a paint gun : SPRAY NOZZLE. Hair spray.
51A. *Interrogator's approach : LINE OF INQUIRY. Hairline.
67A. *"Nothing to it!" : PIECE OF CAKE. Hairpiece.
81A. *Be up to snuff : CUT THE MUSTARD. Haircut.
96A. *Running back, often : BALL CARRIER. Hairball.
17D. *Greenskeeper's concern : PIN PLACEMENT. Hairpin.
61D. *Where a star prepares to shine : DRESSING ROOM. Hair dressing.
110A. Weaves, or what the starts of the starred answers are, in a way : HAIR EXTENSIONS
Had no idea where I was going until I reached 101A and was pleasantly surprised. Great unifier. It hurts to have extensions braided & glued to your own hair. But it sure looks pretty.
I just adored this theme. I bet Melissa too. Secret to thick and shiny hair often lies in your genetic make-up. But good nutrition is certainly important. Sesame seeds help. And the right brand of shampoos & conditioners.
This puzzle is a pangram. As usual, names gave me pauses.
Across:
1. Makes a short putt : TAPS IN. I'd be happy with a bogey.
7. Dabs with a towel : PATS DRY
14. Macedonian birthplace of Mother Teresa : SKOPJE. No idea. Here. Scrabbly name.
20. Fired up : AFLAME
21. Collectibles from faraway lands : EXOTICA. Some could be erotica.
22. Covets : ENVIES
25. 2010 World Series champs : GIANTS. Boomer loved the Pujols' Jack-in-the-Box I got for him.
26. Bar lineup : SHOTS
27. Derby title? : EARL. Oh, title in Derby, England.
28. Like a drumhead : TAUT
30. Fund-raising gp. : PTA
31. Autobahn distances: Abbr. : KMs
36. Do in, as the Jabberwock : SLAY
37. Glosses over : OMITS
40. Recognizes, briefly : IDs
41. DDE's challenger : AES (Adlai E Stevenson)
42. Tax pro : CPA
43. The eleventh hour : HIGH TIME. Oh? I thought it refers to the time when you're feeling high.
46. Jutland resident : DANE
48. Loses one's poker face, say : REACTS
54. Like a rational number's denominator : NON ZERO. And 64. Type of geometry : EUCLIDEAN. I sucked at math.
55. "Rocky __ to Dublin": Irish jig : ROAD
56. Major or Minor constellation : URSA
57. Leave at the altar : JILT
58. Italian possessive pronoun : MIO. "Mine" as in "O Sole Mio".
59. Wrapped up : ENDED
62. United Nations Plaza array : FLAGS
66. Onetime Italian leader Aldo : MORO. Stumper. The Italian prime minister in '60s-'70s. Was kidnapped and then murdered by a terrorist organization. Brutal.
69. "Splendor in the Grass" writer : INGE (William). Quite a heavy topic.
70. Meaty tomato : BEEFSTEAK
72. Singer Rimes : LEANN
73. Add to a database : ENTER
74. George Strait's "All My __ Live in Texas" : EX'S. I wonder why.
75. Beatles album with "Act Naturally" : HELP
76. Wishes otherwise : RUES
77. Fit for duty : ABLE
79. Rummy action : DISCARD
86. Feeling no pain : STINKO. "Feeling no pain" = "Drunk".
87. Blue-ribbon : A-ONE. Jayce's Mandarin is really good.
88. Foggy state : SEDATION
89. Wedding page word : NEE
90. An NFL Manning : ELI
91. Oral health org. : ADA
93. Sealy competitor : SERTA
94. Certain NCO : SSGT
101. Double curve : ESS
102. Cousteau's sea : MER. Still have not grasped the French"R" sound.
103. Scuttlebutt : DIRT
104. Jekyll's alter ego : HYDE
105. "__ I ever!" : WOULD
108. Arctic garment : ANORAK. This one is stylish.
115. Clock radio button : SNOOZE
116. Actress Francis and others : ARLENES. The other I know is "Dahl".
117. Overwhelming amount : DELUGE
118. It hits the nail on the head : HAMMER. I'm picturing Splynter in action.
119. Bridge support : TRESTLE
120. Pericles, famously : ORATOR. So ancient.
Down:
1. Key beside Q : TAB. Computer keyboard.
2. Egypt's cont. : AFR
3. Grade school operator : PLUS SIGN. I like both the clue & answer.
4. Over-the-shoulder accessory : SASH
5. Texter's "Seems to me ..." : IMHO
6. Mudpuppies' kin : NEWTS. Did not know they're related.
7. Snoopy, to Charlie : PET
8. Neolithic dig find : AX HEAD
9. __ special: menu board heading : TODAY'S
10. Uncompromising : STERN
11. Old way to place a collect call : DIAL "O"
12. Sales slip: Abbr. : RCT (Receipt)
13. Jubilant game-player's cry : YAHTZEE. Never played Yahtzee.
14. Slick transition : SEGUE. More "smooth" than "slick". No?
15. Make a string of purls? : KNIT. Great clue.
16. Fertility clinic cells : OVA
18. Popular Volkswagen : JETTA
19. Swift's "A Modest Proposal," e.g. : ESSAY
24. AOL, e.g. : ISP
29. Roker and Gore : ALs
31. German statesman Helmut : KOHL
32. XIX Olympic Winter Games year : MMII. 2002.
34. It means nothing to Sarkozy : RIEN. Same to me.
35. Off-the-wall : ZANY
36. Jack Blum's "Meatballs" character : SPAZ. Another unknown to me.
38. Legal contract adverb : THEREOF
39. Prepared to sing the national anthem : STOOD. Here is China's national anthem.
42. Prefix with grade : CENTI
44. "__ body meet ..." : IF A
45. Area between goals : MIDFIELD
46. Immoral : DISSOLUTE. Crossing 3 theme answers.
47. Notre Dame's Parseghian : ARA
48. Esther of "Good Times" : ROLLE
49. Post-disaster sorting process : TRIAGE
50. Cornhusker rival : SOONER. Hi there Husker Gary & Avg Joe!
52. Snake oil salesman : QUACK
53. Strongly suggest : URGE
54. Beantown, e.g. : NICKNAME
57. Valdez with a burro : JUAN. Here he is.
59. Sticks in the mud : EMBEDS
60. Sartre play with the line "Hell is other people" : NO EXIT. Good to learn the source.
63. Spring : LEAP
64. PayPal funds, e.g. : E-CASH. For Marti.
65. Family meal setting : DINETTE
67. Wing: Prefix : PTERO
68. Podiatry matters : FEET
71. Tremble in fear : SHAKE
73. "__ Dream": Wagner aria : ELSA'S
76. Go on the lam : RUN
78. Future flower : BUD
80. Online tech news site : CNET
81. Electromagnet feature : COIL
82. Actor Morales : ESAI
83. Ventilated : AIRED OUT
84. Turns bad : ROTS
85. Strands of double helices : DNAS
87. Something with a bag of chips? : ALL THAT. Cool! All that and a bag of chips.
90. Tuner's talent : EAR
91. Full of gusto : ARDENT
92. Philadelphia university : DREXEL
94. Really pound : SMASH
95. Yellow-flowered plant often used medicinally : SENNA
96. Hog owner : BIKER. Harley-Davidson.
97. Pablo Neruda's homeland : CHILE
98. Lew of "All Quiet on the Western Front" : AYRES. Difficult name to remember.
99. Farmyard female : EWE
100. Repetitive musical piece : RONDO
103. Foggy state : DAZE
106. Cybercafé patron : USER
107. Oscar winner Kedrova : LILA. For "Zorba the Greek".
109. Data storage acronym : ROM
111. Flight board abbr. : ARR
112. "The Waste Land" monogram : TSE
113. Vietnam's __ Dinh Diem : NGO. OK, you all know Sandra Oh from "Grey's Anatomy", right? Ngo (Vietnamese)= Oh (Korean) = "Wu" (Chinese). Same surname.
114. Sun. delivery : SER
Answer grid.
C.C.
