Theme: Stout and Thin - Parse the title as "ST out and TH in", i.e, ST is replaced with TH in each theme entry.
23A. "My priest has met Pulitzer-winning playwright Henley"? : FATHER KNOWS BETH. Father knows best. Beth Henley.
39A. Dinner served on a wooden strip? : THE LATH SUPPER. The Last Supper.
41A. Blast from Babe? : RUTH BELT. Rust belt. Babe Ruth.
71A. Compliment to a young genius? : WHY YOU LITTLE THINKER. Why you little stinker.
100A. Small compartment for lifting self-esteem? : EGO BOOTH. Ego boost.
102A. Nonsense talk from an inner city? : GHETTO BLATHER. Ghetto blaster.
122A. Reason for foggy coop windows? : BREATH OF CHICKEN. Breast of chicken.
This puzzle title reminds me of Peter Wentz's "Find out" puzzle, in which D is replaced by F in each common phrases. You need to parse the title as "F in/D out".
When constructors place all their theme entries in Across, they can then non-theme Downs which are longer than the shortest theme entries. Peter took full advantage of that and gave us quite a few nice long Downs.
Across:
1. See-through dessert : JELL-O
6. "It's just __ said ..." : AS I
9. Rite site : ALTAR
14. Shooter's setting : F-STOP. Not the gunman "shooter".
19. Oriole-related, e.g. : AVIAN
20. Pugsley, to Gomez : SON. Easy guess. I've never watched "The Addams Family".
21. Carried : BORNE
22. "That's __!": mom's admonition : A NO-NO
26. Hull parts, often : KEELS
27. Gator tail? : ADE. Gatorade. Fun clue.
28. Secant's reciprocal : COSINE
29. Princess from Alderaan : LEIA. "Star Wars".
30. Have a blast, with "up" : EAT IT
31. Outcome : RESULT
33. Greenish-yellow fruit : CITRON. Looks like lemon.
35. Gonzaga University city : SPOKANE
37. Goofballs : NUTS
45. New York Harbor's __ Island : ELLIS
46. Suffix with Carmel : ITE . Carmelites is a "Catholic religious order perhaps founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel, hence its name", according to Wiki. St Teresa was a Carmelite.
47. Green pod : OKRA
48. She walked Asta : NORA. "The Thin Man".
50. Graceful woman : SYLPH
52. Made a jumper, maybe : SEWED
56. Tide during the moon's first quarter : NEAP
57. Star in Virgo : SPICA. Gimme for Spitzboov & Bill G. I drew a blank.
59. Member of the fam : SIS
61. Polynesian drink : KAVA. Sedating.
62. Protect, as during a gym routine : SPOT. I don't get this clue, Dummy.
64. Relieved remark : AT LAST
68. Neat time : GAS. Neat clue.
70. Bill's "excellent adventure" partner : TED. From "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure".
75. Efron of "High School Musical" : ZAC. Here he is. Not the high school boy anymore.
76. What Nixon and Kennedy have in common? : ENS. Do you like this clue?
77. Insect with eyespots on its wings : IO MOTH. No idea. Cute. D-Otto's pig is cute too.
78. Black, to Balzac : NOIR
79. Pitching stats : ERAs
81. Sushi fish : EEL. Ah, food!
83. Risky meeting : TRYST. "Risky" makes it exciting.
85. Lobster meat source : CLAW
88. Bits of progress : DENTS. Make a dent.
90. Uses a Kindle : READS
94. Key with three sharps: Abbr. : A MAJ
95. Premium coffee variety : KONA. From Hawaii.
96. One-eighty : UEY
98. Turn __ ear : A DEAF
107. Son of Isaac : ESAU
108. Verbena family plant : LANTANA. See here.
109. Like magma : MOLTEN
111. Big house locale : ESTATE
115. Columbia et al. : IVIES
116. First light : DAWN
118. Workshop grippers : CLAMPS
120. Novelist Buntline : NED. What did he write?
121. Pola of the silents : NEGRI. Rudolph Valentino's lover.
125. Caused to submit : TAMED
126. Guadalajara-to-Puerto Vallarta dirección : OESTE. "West".
127. __ later date : AT A
128. Hollywood's Hayek : SALMA. Natural beauty.
129. Focused look : STARE. What you guys do to my link above.
130. Director of the last four Harry Potter films : YATES (David)
131. "Can't Help Lovin' __ Man" : DAT
132. Lock on top? : TRESS
Down:
1. "Aladdin" heavy : JAFAR. No idea, Santa!
2. Skirt : EVADE
3. Beers for dieters : LITES
4. __-di-dah : LAH
5. Bridge opening : ONE CLUB. Bridge terms always stump me.
6. More than wonders : ASKS
7. Drive-in chain with carhops : SONIC
8. Complicit : IN ON IT
9. Crunched muscles : ABS
10. Southeastern pine : LOBLOLLY. Oh, so this is called loblolly.
11. Shipbuilding dowel : TREENAIL. Again, not familiar with the term. Do you use them, Splynter/Jerome?
12. No voter : ANTI
13. Go over and over : RE-HASH
14. Deceptions : FAKE-OUTS
15. Preview : SNEAK PEEK. Nice upper right corner.
16. Dancer's technique : TOE TAP
17. Surfing, say : ONLINE
18. Word with board or boy : POSTER
24. Powdered rock used as an abrasive : ROTTEN STONE. Same as pumice stone?
25. "__ people ..." : WE THE. Constitution.
32. Bummed : UNHAPPY
34. Kinfolk: Abbr. : RELs
36. Omega preceder : PSI
38. Sty fare : SLOP
40. Rx amts. : TSPS
41. Friend of Harry and Hermione : RON. "Harry Potter" again.
42. Mandolin kin : UKE
43. Source of an alley racket : TRASH CAN
44. Court event : TRIAL
49. When the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in "The Nutcracker" : ACT II
51. Fan setting : HIGH
53. 1815 battle site : WATERLOO
54. Even once : EVER
55. Senior, to Junior : DAD
58. Guy who's high in a loft? : ALTO. Why "in a loft"?
60. Patron of workers : SAINT JOSEPH. I thought he's the patron of carpenters only.
63. Santana's "__ Como Va" : OYE. Here is a clip.
65. Buck passer, briefly? : ATM. And 66. 65-Down feature : SLOT.
67. Aquarium denizen : TETRA
69. __-cone : SNO
71. Share ending : WARE. Shareware.
72. Manual reader : USER
73. Culinary herb : THYME. I'm guessing this is a common herb in Jayce's or Barry G's family.
74. Oust : KICK OUT
75. Athens : omega :: London : __ : ZED. Last letter in alphabet.
80. Speech therapy candidate : STUTTERER
82. Sharon of "Boston Public" : LEAL
84. Wise : SAGE
86. Pantry annoyance : ANT. Always a welcome sight here at the corner.
87. Nursery cry : WAH
89. Save for later : SET ASIDE
91. '60s Batman portrayer : ADAM WEST
92. Set off : DETONATE
93. Satirist Mort : SAHL
97. Over there, old-style : YON. Hither and yon.
99. Retrieve : FETCH
101. McCartney, notably : BASSIST
102. Flashes : GLINTS
103. Attack, as one's work : HAVE AT
104. Puzzle : ENIGMA
105. Record label founded by Diddy : BAD BOY. Ha, gimme for me.
106. Insert more rounds : RE-LOAD. Ammo.
110. 1990s treaty acronym : NAFTA. U.S.-Mexico-Canada commerce treaty.
112. Electronic monitor site : ANKLE. Ankle monitor. House arrest.
113. Crawls (with) : TEEMS
114. Writer Ferber and others : EDNAs
117. Region : AREA
119. Aspiring GP's exam : MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
123. Some NFL receivers : TEs (Tight Ends)
124. One in a jam, maybe : CAR. Nice clue too.
Answer grid.
Happy Birthday to KQ!
C.C.
23A. "My priest has met Pulitzer-winning playwright Henley"? : FATHER KNOWS BETH. Father knows best. Beth Henley.
39A. Dinner served on a wooden strip? : THE LATH SUPPER. The Last Supper.
41A. Blast from Babe? : RUTH BELT. Rust belt. Babe Ruth.
71A. Compliment to a young genius? : WHY YOU LITTLE THINKER. Why you little stinker.
100A. Small compartment for lifting self-esteem? : EGO BOOTH. Ego boost.
102A. Nonsense talk from an inner city? : GHETTO BLATHER. Ghetto blaster.
122A. Reason for foggy coop windows? : BREATH OF CHICKEN. Breast of chicken.
This puzzle title reminds me of Peter Wentz's "Find out" puzzle, in which D is replaced by F in each common phrases. You need to parse the title as "F in/D out".
When constructors place all their theme entries in Across, they can then non-theme Downs which are longer than the shortest theme entries. Peter took full advantage of that and gave us quite a few nice long Downs.
Across:
1. See-through dessert : JELL-O
6. "It's just __ said ..." : AS I
9. Rite site : ALTAR
14. Shooter's setting : F-STOP. Not the gunman "shooter".
19. Oriole-related, e.g. : AVIAN
20. Pugsley, to Gomez : SON. Easy guess. I've never watched "The Addams Family".
21. Carried : BORNE
22. "That's __!": mom's admonition : A NO-NO
26. Hull parts, often : KEELS
27. Gator tail? : ADE. Gatorade. Fun clue.
28. Secant's reciprocal : COSINE
29. Princess from Alderaan : LEIA. "Star Wars".
30. Have a blast, with "up" : EAT IT
31. Outcome : RESULT
33. Greenish-yellow fruit : CITRON. Looks like lemon.
35. Gonzaga University city : SPOKANE
37. Goofballs : NUTS
45. New York Harbor's __ Island : ELLIS
46. Suffix with Carmel : ITE . Carmelites is a "Catholic religious order perhaps founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel, hence its name", according to Wiki. St Teresa was a Carmelite.
47. Green pod : OKRA
48. She walked Asta : NORA. "The Thin Man".
50. Graceful woman : SYLPH
52. Made a jumper, maybe : SEWED
56. Tide during the moon's first quarter : NEAP
57. Star in Virgo : SPICA. Gimme for Spitzboov & Bill G. I drew a blank.
59. Member of the fam : SIS
61. Polynesian drink : KAVA. Sedating.
62. Protect, as during a gym routine : SPOT. I don't get this clue, Dummy.
64. Relieved remark : AT LAST
68. Neat time : GAS. Neat clue.
70. Bill's "excellent adventure" partner : TED. From "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure".
75. Efron of "High School Musical" : ZAC. Here he is. Not the high school boy anymore.
76. What Nixon and Kennedy have in common? : ENS. Do you like this clue?
77. Insect with eyespots on its wings : IO MOTH. No idea. Cute. D-Otto's pig is cute too.
78. Black, to Balzac : NOIR
79. Pitching stats : ERAs
81. Sushi fish : EEL. Ah, food!
83. Risky meeting : TRYST. "Risky" makes it exciting.
85. Lobster meat source : CLAW
88. Bits of progress : DENTS. Make a dent.
90. Uses a Kindle : READS
94. Key with three sharps: Abbr. : A MAJ
95. Premium coffee variety : KONA. From Hawaii.
96. One-eighty : UEY
98. Turn __ ear : A DEAF
107. Son of Isaac : ESAU
108. Verbena family plant : LANTANA. See here.
109. Like magma : MOLTEN
111. Big house locale : ESTATE
115. Columbia et al. : IVIES
116. First light : DAWN
118. Workshop grippers : CLAMPS
120. Novelist Buntline : NED. What did he write?
121. Pola of the silents : NEGRI. Rudolph Valentino's lover.
125. Caused to submit : TAMED
126. Guadalajara-to-Puerto Vallarta dirección : OESTE. "West".
127. __ later date : AT A
128. Hollywood's Hayek : SALMA. Natural beauty.
129. Focused look : STARE. What you guys do to my link above.
130. Director of the last four Harry Potter films : YATES (David)
131. "Can't Help Lovin' __ Man" : DAT
132. Lock on top? : TRESS
Down:
1. "Aladdin" heavy : JAFAR. No idea, Santa!
2. Skirt : EVADE
3. Beers for dieters : LITES
4. __-di-dah : LAH
5. Bridge opening : ONE CLUB. Bridge terms always stump me.
6. More than wonders : ASKS
7. Drive-in chain with carhops : SONIC
8. Complicit : IN ON IT
9. Crunched muscles : ABS
10. Southeastern pine : LOBLOLLY. Oh, so this is called loblolly.
11. Shipbuilding dowel : TREENAIL. Again, not familiar with the term. Do you use them, Splynter/Jerome?
12. No voter : ANTI
13. Go over and over : RE-HASH
14. Deceptions : FAKE-OUTS
15. Preview : SNEAK PEEK. Nice upper right corner.
16. Dancer's technique : TOE TAP
17. Surfing, say : ONLINE
18. Word with board or boy : POSTER
24. Powdered rock used as an abrasive : ROTTEN STONE. Same as pumice stone?
25. "__ people ..." : WE THE. Constitution.
32. Bummed : UNHAPPY
34. Kinfolk: Abbr. : RELs
36. Omega preceder : PSI
38. Sty fare : SLOP
40. Rx amts. : TSPS
41. Friend of Harry and Hermione : RON. "Harry Potter" again.
42. Mandolin kin : UKE
43. Source of an alley racket : TRASH CAN
44. Court event : TRIAL
49. When the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in "The Nutcracker" : ACT II
51. Fan setting : HIGH
53. 1815 battle site : WATERLOO
54. Even once : EVER
55. Senior, to Junior : DAD
58. Guy who's high in a loft? : ALTO. Why "in a loft"?
60. Patron of workers : SAINT JOSEPH. I thought he's the patron of carpenters only.
63. Santana's "__ Como Va" : OYE. Here is a clip.
65. Buck passer, briefly? : ATM. And 66. 65-Down feature : SLOT.
67. Aquarium denizen : TETRA
69. __-cone : SNO
71. Share ending : WARE. Shareware.
72. Manual reader : USER
73. Culinary herb : THYME. I'm guessing this is a common herb in Jayce's or Barry G's family.
74. Oust : KICK OUT
75. Athens : omega :: London : __ : ZED. Last letter in alphabet.
80. Speech therapy candidate : STUTTERER
82. Sharon of "Boston Public" : LEAL
84. Wise : SAGE
86. Pantry annoyance : ANT. Always a welcome sight here at the corner.
87. Nursery cry : WAH
89. Save for later : SET ASIDE
91. '60s Batman portrayer : ADAM WEST
92. Set off : DETONATE
93. Satirist Mort : SAHL
97. Over there, old-style : YON. Hither and yon.
99. Retrieve : FETCH
101. McCartney, notably : BASSIST
102. Flashes : GLINTS
103. Attack, as one's work : HAVE AT
104. Puzzle : ENIGMA
105. Record label founded by Diddy : BAD BOY. Ha, gimme for me.
106. Insert more rounds : RE-LOAD. Ammo.
110. 1990s treaty acronym : NAFTA. U.S.-Mexico-Canada commerce treaty.
112. Electronic monitor site : ANKLE. Ankle monitor. House arrest.
113. Crawls (with) : TEEMS
114. Writer Ferber and others : EDNAs
117. Region : AREA
119. Aspiring GP's exam : MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
123. Some NFL receivers : TEs (Tight Ends)
124. One in a jam, maybe : CAR. Nice clue too.
Answer grid.
Happy Birthday to KQ!
C.C.
