THEME: The old reverse, a DOSE DOUBLE of our own Marti, blogging and constructing. Each of the theme answers are alliterative familiar phrases where the original first words are reversed with the second word clued to inspire much hilarity. It is always a special day to write up the work of one of our own, our New England nightingale, Marti. This was almost an easy Friday but it had pitfalls.
18A. Daily take in the Lumber department? : BOARD BREAD. A Bread Board is a cutting board for Pain (french for bread) rather than money derived from the sale of wood.
23A. Revenue in Lingerie?: SLIP SALES. Don't let your wife see the SALES SLIP from Victoria's Secret, unless you bought it for her.
40A. Outlay in Electronics?: POWER PURCHASING. You must have lots of Purchasing Power to keep up with all the electronic devices to buy.
51A. Merchandise capacity in Men's Wear?: SUIT SPACE. Do you own a SPACE SUIT? Halloween? I do not own many suits anymore, so my closet has lots of space.
60A. Display case in Wine & Spirits?: STILL STAND. The traffic was at a STAND STILL. STILL being the abbreviation for Distillery.
Nice long theme fill, now lets see the rest...
Across:
1. Constantly: EVER. I am constantly amazed at the talent in our group.
5. Numbers, e.g : DATA.
9. Longing words: I HOPE. I hope Marti and I puzzle and amuse you.
14. New Zealand fruit : KIWI.
15. Open-mouthed: AGOG. An A word.
16. Cinched, with "up: SEWED.
17. Univ. seniors' tests: GRES. Graduate Record Examinations.
20. Broods: SULKS.
22. Currency of Freetown: LEONE. The Capitol and Capital of Sierra Leone.
26. Guys' mates: GALS. What about DOLLS? (3:14) Surprised?
30. Rash protection: TALC. Next time I contemplate doing something rash I need to get some powder!
31. Over the top: TOO TOO. Tootsie goodbye.
33. "Third Rock From the Sun" family, e.g : ETS. Our old extraterrestrial friends. John Lithgow is a fine actor.
36. There's often a colon in one: RATIO. 35:7 as 5:?
39. India's first prime minister : NEHRU. Jawaharlal was more than a Jacket
43. Jejune: INANE. from the Latin Jejunus, empty of food.
44. Spider-Man Parker: PETER. Alliterative alter ego. Fits the theme.
45. "Don't think so": NAH.
46. First tea sold in individual packets: SALADA. But Lipton introduced the flow through tea bag.
48. Cupid counterpart: EROS. Roman and Greek.
50. Blondie drummer Burke: CLEM. Wow, this was obscure for me, and I liked Debbie Harry.
18A. Daily take in the Lumber department? : BOARD BREAD. A Bread Board is a cutting board for Pain (french for bread) rather than money derived from the sale of wood.
23A. Revenue in Lingerie?: SLIP SALES. Don't let your wife see the SALES SLIP from Victoria's Secret, unless you bought it for her.
40A. Outlay in Electronics?: POWER PURCHASING. You must have lots of Purchasing Power to keep up with all the electronic devices to buy.
51A. Merchandise capacity in Men's Wear?: SUIT SPACE. Do you own a SPACE SUIT? Halloween? I do not own many suits anymore, so my closet has lots of space.
60A. Display case in Wine & Spirits?: STILL STAND. The traffic was at a STAND STILL. STILL being the abbreviation for Distillery.
Nice long theme fill, now lets see the rest...
Across:
1. Constantly: EVER. I am constantly amazed at the talent in our group.
5. Numbers, e.g : DATA.
9. Longing words: I HOPE. I hope Marti and I puzzle and amuse you.
14. New Zealand fruit : KIWI.
15. Open-mouthed: AGOG. An A word.
16. Cinched, with "up: SEWED.
17. Univ. seniors' tests: GRES. Graduate Record Examinations.
20. Broods: SULKS.
22. Currency of Freetown: LEONE. The Capitol and Capital of Sierra Leone.
26. Guys' mates: GALS. What about DOLLS? (3:14) Surprised?
30. Rash protection: TALC. Next time I contemplate doing something rash I need to get some powder!
31. Over the top: TOO TOO. Tootsie goodbye.
33. "Third Rock From the Sun" family, e.g : ETS. Our old extraterrestrial friends. John Lithgow is a fine actor.
36. There's often a colon in one: RATIO. 35:7 as 5:?
39. India's first prime minister : NEHRU. Jawaharlal was more than a Jacket
43. Jejune: INANE. from the Latin Jejunus, empty of food.
44. Spider-Man Parker: PETER. Alliterative alter ego. Fits the theme.
45. "Don't think so": NAH.
46. First tea sold in individual packets: SALADA. But Lipton introduced the flow through tea bag.
48. Cupid counterpart: EROS. Roman and Greek.
50. Blondie drummer Burke: CLEM. Wow, this was obscure for me, and I liked Debbie Harry.
56. Pianist Gilels et al : EMILS. If you don't name two, why plural? Unknown to me LINK.(4:09)
58. Outcast: EXILE.
65. Shamu, for one: ORCA. What a nice way to say killer whale.
66. "Hill Street Blues" actress: HAMEL. VERONICA.
67. Life-of-the-party type: RIOT.
68. "JAG" spin-off: NCIS. My brother's favorite show, I have just started to watch.
69. Fail to hold up, as a bank: ERODE. Really witty clue, not a money bank, a river bank.
70. Contributes: ADDS. To the delinquency of a minor?
71. Band with the debut album "Diamond Life": SADE.
Okay, the rest.
Down:
1. ER lines: EKGS. How appropriate for me.
2. Bug: VIRUS.
3. Controversial Gettysburg general: EWELL. You AGREE?
4. Take a gamble: RISK IT. Along with 10D. Words before a stunt: HERE GOES. Nothing...
5. Blot away, as a tear: DAB. How many other than me thought of Brylcreem when the answer appeared?
6. Back in time: AGO.
7. "__ the Girls I've Loved Before": Nelson/Iglesias hit: TO ALL. LINK.(3:06)
8. Go along: AGREE. needed between husbands and wives, see below.
9. Dust jacket no.: ISBN. International Standard Book Number.
11. Be in debt: OWE.
12. Green shade: PEA. Better than pee red.
13. Byrnes of "77 Sunset Strip": EDD. Known as Kookie.
19. "__ thou love me?": Juliet: DOST. Did anyone watch Letters to Juliet?
21. Bickered: SPARRED. verbal sparring, see below.
24. __ shot : SLAP. Hockey term and a possible answer for the theme.
25. Go on the fritz: ACT UP. Do you think the phrase on the fritz is onomatopoetic?
27. "It's __ line between love and hate": 1971 song lyric: A THIN. Not only a song lyric, by the Persuaders, but as one who practiced divorce law for a very short time, it is all too true.
28. Doone in Exmoor: LORNA. By Richard Doddridge Blackmore, she was a sharp cookie.
29. Murmuring sound: SOUGH. Pronounced 'sou' my learning moment.
32. Like some soap: ON A ROPE. More American marketing genius, just don't drop it in the shower.
33. Certain Prot : EPISC.Opalians. Marti's Meh for the day.
34. Like Schubert's music: TONAL. As opposed to the work of Arnold Schoenberg, LISTEN.(4:11)
35. Wet lowland: SWALE. They all belong to the city in Ft. Lauderdale.
37. Anger: IRE. Grrrr.
38. Certain chamber music group: OCTET. Our word of the week, maybe if we see it eight times...
41. Like much Le Creuset cookware: ENAMELED.
42. Oft-embroidered word: HERS. Or His on the towels.
47. Yard sale proviso: AS IS. Most foreclosed homes are sold this way.
49. Battle of Hastings fighters: SAXONS. Fought in 1066 with the Normans.
52. Extreme: ULTRA. Remember ULTRAVIOLENCE? (2:07)
53. "Huh?" response opening: I SAID. Weren't you listening DEAR!
54. About: CIRCA. From the Latin meaning around, approximately.
55. 1961 Heston role: EL CID. A true classic MOVIE.(3:27)
57. M.'s counterpart: MLLE. M. is the French abbreviation for Monsieur (Mr.), MLLE for Mademoiselle (Miss).
59. Simplicity: EASE. We are on a roll now.
60. Petal-plucking pronoun: SHE. Loves, She loves me knot?
61. Main man?: TAR. The bounding Main, nice clue.
62. Chatspeak qualifier: IMO. In My Opinion.
63. Approval of a kind: NOD. Nod my first choice.
64. Some NFL linemen: DTS. Defensive Tackles. I was a bit defensive when I first tackled this fun Friday, but it is now done and time to get ready for a new year. Peace and good health to all. Well my work here for the year is done. By next year I may have my strength and wit back, until then enjoy.
Answer grid.
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Note from C.C.:
Here are a few wonderful photos Husker Gary took of his local golf course. Click Next to view all of them. I've never seen a green so brown.
