Theme: "Extra! Extra!" - The last word in each theme entry is a common name for a newspaper.
23A. Newspaper for visionaries? : DREAM JOURNAL. I don't keep one. But my recurring dream is not finishing an exam in time. Way too much pressure in my school days.
28A. Newspaper for convicts? : CRIMINAL RECORD
44A. Newspaper for settlers? : COLONIAL TIMES
69A. Newspaper for skiers? : SNOW GLOBE. The guy who owns Red Sox also owns the Boston Globe.
93A. Newspaper for hams? : RADIO DISPATCH
110A. Newspaper for demons? : DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
119A. Newspaper for wedding planners? : HITCHING POST. So why do you think Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post? As a trophy?
35D. Newspaper for bumpkins? : COUNTRY STAR
40D. Newspaper for bakers? : COOKIE PRESS
Our
local paper is Star Tribune. But unlike the above theme entries, there
are no suitable * Tribune phrases. The key words have to be in a
different context.
Across:
1. Gelatin garnish : ASPIC. Not garnish to me. It's delicious.
6. Engaged in battle : AT WAR
11. 99 on tags, often: Abbr. : CTs
14. __ and Buster Bunny: "Tiny Toons" stars : BABS. The one in pink.
18. Disco era star Summer : DONNA
19. Buzzed : DRONED
21. Scoot : HIE
22. Zeno's town : ELEA. Learned from doing Xwords.
25. Said over : ITERATED
27. Golfer Watson : BUBBA. 2012 Masters champ.
30. Shirt part : ARM
31. __ candy : EYE
32. Gp. with a Creative Cities Network project : UNESCO. Onager guess.
33. Attribute : ASCRIBE
37. What some lie in : WAIT. Lie in wait.
39. Open, as a vitamin bottle : UNCAP
43. Classic roadster : REO
50. Harem chamber : ODA. Doho Doc, do ladies wear Burqinis there?
51. Jack-in-the-pulpit family : ARUM
53. 1982 Grammy winner for Record of the Year : ROSANNA. By the rock band Toto.
54. "Cool!" : AWESOME! So, what "Cool!" words do your grandkids use, Husker Gary?
56. Kindle : IGNITE
58. 911 respondent : EMT
59. In again : RETRO. Saw lots of girls wear Corduroy skinny last winter.
62. Barely manages, with "out" : EKES
63. Chose not to pursue, as an issue : LET DIE
64. Morning deity : EOS
66. Oil filter accumulation : GUNK
67. Golfer's back : NINE
68. Dietary no. : RDA
72. "The Bells" poet : POE
73. Country poem : IDYL
75. Ready for business : OPEN. Did you ever see a Brow Studio in your local malls?
76. Tyke : TOT
77. Twisted : WARPED
80. Jazzman Allison : MOSE. Never heard of him. He looks cool.
81. Order to a boxer : SIC 'EM
83. Old PC monitor : CRT
85. Pied-__: temporary home : A-TERRE
86. Eccentric : NUTCASE
88. Museum offering : EXHIBIT
91. Blacken : SEAR
92. Baja bear : OSA
97. Complex bus. office : STE. Suite?
98. Not inclined to go on : TERSE
100. 1990s game console release, initially : SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
101. "No sweat" : THAT'S OK
103. Heckle : HOOT AT
106. "Have You Seen __": 1971 hit : HER
109. Old cosmonauts' destination : MIR
115. Greet the day : ARISE
118. Tiramisu flavoring, perhaps : AMARETTO. Italian for "a little bitter".
122. Scrabble piece : TILE
123. Canal site : EAR. Nailed it. We've seen this clue many times.
124. Dieter's statistic : INCHES
125. Extract with a solvent : ELUTE. Sounds like a fake word: e-Lute.
126. Belligerent Olympian : ARES. God of War.
127. Cape Town's country: Abbr. : RSA. Republic of South Africa.
128. Ring leader? : CHAMP. Boxing! I was thinking of the crime gang.
129. Painter Neiman : LEROY. He did lots of sports paintings.
Down:
1. Put in : ADD
2. Ending for ab or ad : SORB
3. Tire, in Toulouse : PNEU. A bit obscure.
4. Where many jokes are set : IN A BAR
5. Fabric used in lace : CAMBRIC. New word to me. Wiki said it's originally from the French commune Cambrai.
6. "Without further __ ..." : ADO
7. Start of a postwar period : TRUCE
8. Fret : WORRY
9. Potts of "Designing Women" : ANNIE
10. Paper unit : REAM
11. Italian red : CHIANTI
12. Best-seller list datum : TITLE
13. Tarot readers : SEERS
14. Major Boston street : BEACON. Must be in the Beacon Hill area.
15. Like some saxes : ALTO
16. Craft __ : BEER
17. DUI-fighting org. : SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). MADD too.
20. Sixth-century year : DLI. 551.
24. Big Scouts meeting : JAMBOREE
26. Dismiss, as a potential juror : RECUSE. I always thought one (like a judge) recuses oneself in a case.
29. Jour's opposite : NUIT. "Bonne nuit!"
33. Thin as __ : A RAIL
34. Suit material : SERGE. I've yet to see SERGE clued with a Gainsbourg reference.
36. "Evil Woman" rockers, familiarly : ELO
37. Colorless : WAN
38. Banned fruit spray : ALAR
41. Jingle writers : AD MEN
42. Bel __: creamy cheese : PAESE
45. Suffix with lact- : OSE
46. "I bet you don't know any!" : NAME ONE. There are 4 big dynasties with capital in Xi'An. Name one.
47. Being pulled : IN TOW
48. River to the Seine : MARNE. So many French rivers with 5 letters.
49. Dweller on the forest moon of Endor : EWOK
52. Good note for beginners to start on : MIDDLE C
55. Three amigos, e.g. : SENORES. And 57. Aunt, to 55-Down : TIA. And 117. This, to 55-Down : ESTO
60. Voyage taken alone? : EGO TRIP. Fun clue.
61. Place for a soak : TUB
65. Pvt.'s boss : SGT
69. Saw : SPIED
70. Tokyo-based electronics giant : NEC. Three letters. What else could be it be?
71. Rannoch and Tummel : LOCHS. I thought those were just people's names.
72. Square in a breadbasket : PAT. Boomer put butter on his white rice last week.
73. "__ making this up" : I'M NOT
74. Put out : DOUSE
75. Greek mount : OSSA
77. Guard : WATCHMAN
78. Pindar's Muse : ERATO
79. Two-time Olivier Award winner Jacobi : DEREK. He's a Sir.
82. Ancient Persian : MEDE
84. "We really don't know yet," on a sched. : TBA
87. Ring of color : AREOLE. For D-Otto! She's in trouble for leaked bikini photos.
India is a curious nation.
89. Omicron preceders : XIs.
90. Addams family member : ITT
94. Dancing Duncan : ISADORA
95. Being broadcast : ON TV
96. Stylist's supply : HAIR GEL. For Marti's cool hair.
99. British counties : SHIRES
102. Hit that clears the bases : TRIPLE. One letter longer for HOMER. I echo Irish Miss's sentiments: Miss your comments, LaLaLinda.
104. Blender brand : OSTER
105. Casual good-byes : TA TAs
106. Come out of one's shell : HATCH.
107. __ Sketch : ETCH A
108. Adjust the length of : RE-HEM
110. Much input : DATA
111. Kuwaiti ruler : EMIR
112. Depressed area : VALE. DALE too.
113. "__ just can't wait to be king": "The Lion King" lyric : OH I
114. Prez's title : CINC. Commander-in-Chief. This & POTUS (President of the United States of America) just never comes to me easily.
116. Whiskey drink : SOUR
120. www access : ISP
121. Mystery writer Josephine : TEY
C.C.
