Theme: Prix Fixe Menu - Common prefixes are added to the start of the first word of each common phrase.
23A. Where there's no rest for the weary? : DISCOMFORT STATION. Comfort station.
38A. Precinct high jinks? : MISCHIEF OF POLICE. Chief of police.
47A. Adman's demo reel? : PRODUCT TAPE. Duck tape.
63A. Engross the financial district? : PREOCCUPY WALL STREET. Occupy Wall Street.
82A. Court defense team? : ADVICE SQUAD. Vice Squad.
88A. Where meteorologists relax and talk shop? : FORECASTING COUCH. Casting couch.
109A. Overpromotion of a Stephenie Meyers fantasy novel series? : TWILIGHT POLLUTION. Light pollution.
All the seemingly prefixes are parts of the words rather than real prefixes. So quite consistent.
When I downloaded the puzzle and saw the title, I thought "Boy, food! CrossEyedDave will have trouble concentrating again".
Across:
1. Venomous African snake : MAMBA
6. Slants : SKEWS
11. Actor Keach : STACY. He played Mike Hammer. Stacy is also the first name of Fergie (The Black Eyed Peas).
16. Martes, por ejemplo : DIA. Martes = Tuesday, in Spanish.
19. Pan Am rival : US AIR
20. "Delta of Venus" author Nin : ANAIS. Gimme for our Passionate Kisser PK.
21. Actor/public speaker who often began "Unaccustomed as I am to speaking ..." : HARPO. News to me.
22. Before, in ballads : ERE
26. And not : NOR
27. Exhibit presenters, briefly : DAs. Oh, evidence exhibit in court.
28. Swedish imports : SAABs
29. Some Deco collectibles : ERTEs
30. Agent Scully on "The X-Files" : DANA. She's quite cool.
31. Consider judicially : HEAR
32. Old Cleveland-based gas company : SOHIO. Merged with BP in 1987.
34. Got burning again : RE-LIT
35. Word from a crib : MAMA. This seems to be universal. Same in Chinese. Our father is Ba Ba though.
43. Multiple choice options : A B OR C
45. Rural "What if ...?" : S'POSE.
46. "Damn Yankees" role : LOLA
50. Mason's jobs : STONEWORK
55. Fruity wine concoctions : SANGRIAs. Stay cool, Bill!
56. Rifleman's aid : SCOPE
57. "Permit Me Voyage" poet James : AGEE
58. NBC sketch series : SNL. Lots of parodies of "Call me, Maybe?" on YouTube. The original is so good. Surprised by the ending? "... Hey, I just met you, And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?..." . Has to be the most catchy lines in the whole summer.
59. Staircase shape : SPIRAL
62. Sports venue : ARENA
69. __ d'Alene : COEUR. "Heart" in French. Lemonade would comment on CoeurRx here.
70. Can't-miss : NO LOSE
71. Links target : PAR
72. Yank or Jay : AL'er (American Leaguer). I know we don't say this in real life, but...
73. Whomp, biblically : SMITE
75. Learning period : SEMESTER
80. Cadenzas in concertos, say : SOLO PARTS
85. Soccer great who wore #10 : PELE. Never paid attention to his jersey number.
86. Court conclusion starter : I REST. " I REST my case".
87. Home of Oral Roberts University : TULSA
95. Draft picks : ALES. Can't fool me any more.
96. Birds named for a Greek titan : RHEAS
97. Big name in wrap : ALCOA
98. Turkic tent : YURT. See here. Lots of yurts in Mongolia.
100. Utopia : EDEN
101. __ Cup: classic candy : MALLO. Dennis probably carried this in his old store.
103. Extremely tiny : MICRO. So Romney is a fan of the tiny Snookie?
105. Actress Farrow : MIA
108. Large expanse : SEA
113. Elevator compartment : CAR
114. German wine region : BADEN. Marti & Kazie probably know. I've got no idea.
115. Glacial ridge : ARETE
116. Port-du-__: French cheese : SALUT
117. Prince Valiant's boy : ARN
118. Puppeteer Lewis : SHARI
119. Epic accounts : SAGAS
120. Bobby pin target : TRESS. How can we live without bobby pins?
Down:
1. California college Harvey __ : MUDD. What's it famous for?
2. China setting : ASIA
3. __ media : MASS
4. Flickable lighter : BIC
5. Materialized : AROSE
6. Jaunt through the jungle : SAFARI. Hi there, JD!
7. Turning point? : KNOB. Great clue.
8. Aardvarks have long ones : EARS
9. Quipster : WIT
10. Sound of a leak : SSS
11. Zhivago portrayer : SHARIF (Omar). "Doctor Zhivago" is so moving.
12. Skin tones? : TATTOO. I like this clue.
13. Singer India.__ : ARIE
14. Navy NCOs : CPOs. I have a "Citizen's Guide to the US Navy", thanks to Spitzboov.
15. Hither's partner : YON
16. Highest North American peak, to natives : DENALI
17. Like "Big deal!" : IRONIC
18. Do a worm's job : AERATE. Worms take their job seriously.
24. Hat-tipper's word : MA'AM
25. Giggle : TE-HEE
30. New Jersey/Pennsylvania border river : DELAWARE
31. What a gal has that a gent doesn't? : HARD G. That's Don. Nice fill & nice clue.
32. Visit Amazon.com, say : SHOP
33. Seine tributary : OISE
34. Part : ROLE
35. Meteorology tools : MAPS
36. Hocus-pocus opening : ABRA
37. Full __ : MOON. Always a full moon on Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, a national holiday. I love moon cakes.
39. Retired jets : SSTs
40. Tax prep pro : CPA
41. Hardly a jolly good show : FLOP
42. Bread in a skillet : PONE
44. Screen blinker : CURSOR
48. POTUS's alternate title : CINC (Commander-in-Chief). "Hey... And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?..." The guy in black T-shirt & black eyeglasses in the very start is Michael Phelps, right?
49. Soft mineral : TALC
50. Fish feature : SCALE
51. Usage fee of a kind : TOLL
52. Molding style : OGEE
53. Monthly expense : RENT
54. New Zealand parrot : KEA. Wow, look at her wings.
56. Ladies of Sp. : SRAs
59. Windex targets : SPOTS
60. Pulitzer journalist killed in combat in 1945 : PYLE (Ernie)
61. 1945 battle setting, familiarly : IWO
62. Collar : ARREST
63. Links shirt : POLO
64. Angler's favorite dance? : REEL. Another nice clue.
65. From the Continent : EUROPEAN. Are British Europeans? If so, my favorite European. "Hey... And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?..."
66. Part of BTU : UNIT
67. An article may be written on it : SPEC
68. Get under control : TAME
69. __ in Charlie : C AS
73. Pamplona parlor : SALA
74. C-ration successors : MREs
75. In __: as found : SITU
76. Crouch down : SQUAT
77. "Aqualung" band Jethro __ : TULL
78. Fluency : EASE
79. Dietary amts. : RDAs. Now RDIs.
81. Muscle mag display : PECS
82. Cornstarch brand : ARGO. Also the title of the new Ben Affleck movie.
83. Ten up front? : DECA. Prefix for "ten". Hard clue.
84. Brandy label letters : VSO
86. Undercover, for short : INCOG (Incognito)
88. Diet Squirt alternative : FRESCA
89. Worrywart's words : OH DEAR
90. Gain again, as trust : RE-EARN. Tough to gain back. So honor your promises at the first place.
91. Mutt, vis-à-vis Jeff : TALLER. "Mutt and Jeff".
92. "Fighting" college team : ILLINI
93. Pedals : CYCLES
94. Fling : HURL
99. Rudely awaken : ROUST
101. [Air kiss] : MWAH. The kiss sound. "Mwah, Mwah", from Minnesota!
102. Elton John/Tim Rice musical : AIDA
103. Video file format : MPEG
104. Little bit of Greek? : IOTA
105. Wide margin : MILE
106. Debtors' letters : IOUs
107. Hill workers : ANTS. Not Capitol Hill.
109. Conan's network : TBS. CrossEyedDave is more entertaining.
110. Isn't without : HAS
111. Vocal syllable : TRA
112. Road crew's supply : TAR
Answer grid.
Happy Birthday to dear D-Otto! Any luck in the casino yesterday? Here is a young D-Otto in his Navy days. He said it's "A 1970 snapshot at the control console of the shipboard radio station during the final cruise of the carrier Bon Homme Richard. I stumbled across that one in an online copy of the ship's cruise book."
C.C.
23A. Where there's no rest for the weary? : DISCOMFORT STATION. Comfort station.
38A. Precinct high jinks? : MISCHIEF OF POLICE. Chief of police.
47A. Adman's demo reel? : PRODUCT TAPE. Duck tape.
63A. Engross the financial district? : PREOCCUPY WALL STREET. Occupy Wall Street.
82A. Court defense team? : ADVICE SQUAD. Vice Squad.
88A. Where meteorologists relax and talk shop? : FORECASTING COUCH. Casting couch.
109A. Overpromotion of a Stephenie Meyers fantasy novel series? : TWILIGHT POLLUTION. Light pollution.
All the seemingly prefixes are parts of the words rather than real prefixes. So quite consistent.
When I downloaded the puzzle and saw the title, I thought "Boy, food! CrossEyedDave will have trouble concentrating again".
Across:
1. Venomous African snake : MAMBA
6. Slants : SKEWS
11. Actor Keach : STACY. He played Mike Hammer. Stacy is also the first name of Fergie (The Black Eyed Peas).
16. Martes, por ejemplo : DIA. Martes = Tuesday, in Spanish.
19. Pan Am rival : US AIR
20. "Delta of Venus" author Nin : ANAIS. Gimme for our Passionate Kisser PK.
21. Actor/public speaker who often began "Unaccustomed as I am to speaking ..." : HARPO. News to me.
22. Before, in ballads : ERE
26. And not : NOR
27. Exhibit presenters, briefly : DAs. Oh, evidence exhibit in court.
28. Swedish imports : SAABs
29. Some Deco collectibles : ERTEs
30. Agent Scully on "The X-Files" : DANA. She's quite cool.
31. Consider judicially : HEAR
32. Old Cleveland-based gas company : SOHIO. Merged with BP in 1987.
34. Got burning again : RE-LIT
35. Word from a crib : MAMA. This seems to be universal. Same in Chinese. Our father is Ba Ba though.
43. Multiple choice options : A B OR C
45. Rural "What if ...?" : S'POSE.
46. "Damn Yankees" role : LOLA
50. Mason's jobs : STONEWORK
55. Fruity wine concoctions : SANGRIAs. Stay cool, Bill!
56. Rifleman's aid : SCOPE
57. "Permit Me Voyage" poet James : AGEE
58. NBC sketch series : SNL. Lots of parodies of "Call me, Maybe?" on YouTube. The original is so good. Surprised by the ending? "... Hey, I just met you, And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?..." . Has to be the most catchy lines in the whole summer.
59. Staircase shape : SPIRAL
62. Sports venue : ARENA
69. __ d'Alene : COEUR. "Heart" in French. Lemonade would comment on CoeurRx here.
70. Can't-miss : NO LOSE
71. Links target : PAR
72. Yank or Jay : AL'er (American Leaguer). I know we don't say this in real life, but...
73. Whomp, biblically : SMITE
75. Learning period : SEMESTER
80. Cadenzas in concertos, say : SOLO PARTS
85. Soccer great who wore #10 : PELE. Never paid attention to his jersey number.
86. Court conclusion starter : I REST. " I REST my case".
87. Home of Oral Roberts University : TULSA
95. Draft picks : ALES. Can't fool me any more.
96. Birds named for a Greek titan : RHEAS
97. Big name in wrap : ALCOA
98. Turkic tent : YURT. See here. Lots of yurts in Mongolia.
100. Utopia : EDEN
101. __ Cup: classic candy : MALLO. Dennis probably carried this in his old store.
103. Extremely tiny : MICRO. So Romney is a fan of the tiny Snookie?
105. Actress Farrow : MIA
108. Large expanse : SEA
113. Elevator compartment : CAR
114. German wine region : BADEN. Marti & Kazie probably know. I've got no idea.
115. Glacial ridge : ARETE
116. Port-du-__: French cheese : SALUT
117. Prince Valiant's boy : ARN
118. Puppeteer Lewis : SHARI
119. Epic accounts : SAGAS
120. Bobby pin target : TRESS. How can we live without bobby pins?
Down:
1. California college Harvey __ : MUDD. What's it famous for?
2. China setting : ASIA
3. __ media : MASS
4. Flickable lighter : BIC
5. Materialized : AROSE
6. Jaunt through the jungle : SAFARI. Hi there, JD!
7. Turning point? : KNOB. Great clue.
8. Aardvarks have long ones : EARS
9. Quipster : WIT
10. Sound of a leak : SSS
11. Zhivago portrayer : SHARIF (Omar). "Doctor Zhivago" is so moving.
12. Skin tones? : TATTOO. I like this clue.
13. Singer India.__ : ARIE
14. Navy NCOs : CPOs. I have a "Citizen's Guide to the US Navy", thanks to Spitzboov.
15. Hither's partner : YON
16. Highest North American peak, to natives : DENALI
17. Like "Big deal!" : IRONIC
18. Do a worm's job : AERATE. Worms take their job seriously.
24. Hat-tipper's word : MA'AM
25. Giggle : TE-HEE
30. New Jersey/Pennsylvania border river : DELAWARE
31. What a gal has that a gent doesn't? : HARD G. That's Don. Nice fill & nice clue.
32. Visit Amazon.com, say : SHOP
33. Seine tributary : OISE
34. Part : ROLE
35. Meteorology tools : MAPS
36. Hocus-pocus opening : ABRA
37. Full __ : MOON. Always a full moon on Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, a national holiday. I love moon cakes.
39. Retired jets : SSTs
40. Tax prep pro : CPA
41. Hardly a jolly good show : FLOP
42. Bread in a skillet : PONE
44. Screen blinker : CURSOR
48. POTUS's alternate title : CINC (Commander-in-Chief). "Hey... And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?..." The guy in black T-shirt & black eyeglasses in the very start is Michael Phelps, right?
49. Soft mineral : TALC
50. Fish feature : SCALE
51. Usage fee of a kind : TOLL
52. Molding style : OGEE
53. Monthly expense : RENT
54. New Zealand parrot : KEA. Wow, look at her wings.
56. Ladies of Sp. : SRAs59. Windex targets : SPOTS
60. Pulitzer journalist killed in combat in 1945 : PYLE (Ernie)
61. 1945 battle setting, familiarly : IWO
62. Collar : ARREST
63. Links shirt : POLO
64. Angler's favorite dance? : REEL. Another nice clue.
65. From the Continent : EUROPEAN. Are British Europeans? If so, my favorite European. "Hey... And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?..."
66. Part of BTU : UNIT
67. An article may be written on it : SPEC
68. Get under control : TAME
69. __ in Charlie : C AS
73. Pamplona parlor : SALA
74. C-ration successors : MREs
75. In __: as found : SITU
76. Crouch down : SQUAT
77. "Aqualung" band Jethro __ : TULL
78. Fluency : EASE
79. Dietary amts. : RDAs. Now RDIs.
81. Muscle mag display : PECS
82. Cornstarch brand : ARGO. Also the title of the new Ben Affleck movie.
83. Ten up front? : DECA. Prefix for "ten". Hard clue.
84. Brandy label letters : VSO
86. Undercover, for short : INCOG (Incognito)
88. Diet Squirt alternative : FRESCA
89. Worrywart's words : OH DEAR
90. Gain again, as trust : RE-EARN. Tough to gain back. So honor your promises at the first place.
91. Mutt, vis-à-vis Jeff : TALLER. "Mutt and Jeff".
92. "Fighting" college team : ILLINI
93. Pedals : CYCLES
94. Fling : HURL
99. Rudely awaken : ROUST
101. [Air kiss] : MWAH. The kiss sound. "Mwah, Mwah", from Minnesota!
102. Elton John/Tim Rice musical : AIDA
103. Video file format : MPEG
104. Little bit of Greek? : IOTA
105. Wide margin : MILE
106. Debtors' letters : IOUs
107. Hill workers : ANTS. Not Capitol Hill.
109. Conan's network : TBS. CrossEyedDave is more entertaining.
110. Isn't without : HAS
111. Vocal syllable : TRA
112. Road crew's supply : TAR
Answer grid.
Happy Birthday to dear D-Otto! Any luck in the casino yesterday? Here is a young D-Otto in his Navy days. He said it's "A 1970 snapshot at the control console of the shipboard radio station during the final cruise of the carrier Bon Homme Richard. I stumbled across that one in an online copy of the ship's cruise book."
C.C.
