Theme: "What Was In Is Now Out" - IN is replaced by OUT in each theme entry.
23A. Patiently do tough tile work? : GROUT AND BEAR IT. Grin and bear it.
44A. Displeasure over a split? : BOWLING POUT. Bowling pin. Really love this answer and clue. So visual. There's is a straying IN here & 16D. We might have had some dry entries if Marti completely avoided words with no straying INs.
65A. Big toe, often? : GOUT JOINT. Gin joint.
87A. Fight over a washing machine? : LAUNDRY BOUT. Laundry bin. I use baskets.
107A. Campaign oratory? : POLITICAL SPOUT. Political spin.
16D. Belligerent headliner? : SHOUTING STAR. Shining star.
58D. What Army recruiters do? : TOUT SOLDIERS. Tin soldiers.
Wow,
I grokked the theme immediately after I saw the title, knowing Marti's
fondness for letter addition/deletion/replacement gimmick.
Five front change, 2 back change. Very consistent. Marti also has a classic 7-themer grid, with her theme answers spread to every corner.
Very
smooth grid. Nothing obscure. That's hard to accomplish in a 21*21.
Lots of great clues, naturally! For newcomers, today's Marti is the same
bubbly Marti who blogs for us on Thursdays. She uses HeartRx in the
Comments section.
Across:
1. Brinker on skates : HANS. "The Silver Skates".
5. Public display : SCENE
10. High mountain : ALP. Dictionary says this is back formation from Alps.
13. Popular small plane : CESSNA. For Dudley. I listened to the "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me" Tanglewood last week. That Ax guy is indeed quite funny.
19. "Yeah, right" : I BET
20. Absorb the hit, financially : EAT IT
21. Gamboling spot : LEA
22. Tizzy : LATHER. In a tizzy/lather.
26. One thing editors look for : ERRORS. True. I just did not expect a plural answer after reading the "one thing" clue.
27. Woodcutters' tools : HAND SAWS
28. Latte option : MOCHA
30. One before dix : NEUF. Dix is French for ten. I bet Abejo nailed this one :-)
31. "Would __ to you?" : I LIE
32. Lofty capital : LHASA. They drink yak butter tea there.
34. France's westernmost city : BREST
36. Like most plumbing : INDOOR
39. 1984 Vardon Trophy winner Calvin : PEETE. Vardon Trophy is awarded to golfers with the lowest scoring average. PEETE might be difficult to some of you. But he's a very important figure in PGA history. He was the Tiger before Tiger.
40. Where streets meet : CROSSING
43. Corker : BEAUT
46. Jacques ou Pierre : NOM. Name.
47. Player in 24 All-Star games : MAYS. Consecutive! And Hank Arron and Stan Musial.
48. Spanish folk hero : EL CID
49. Significant times : ERAs
50. Stats often in APBs : HGTs
51. Copywriters' awards : CLIOs
52. __ Tin Tin : RIN
54. "Yummy!" : DELISH. Thought of our dear LaLaLinda who could not have any wheat product. I bet many of you could not live like that, even for a week.
56. Traveler's stop : MOTOR INN
60. Cookout site : PATIO
62. Flat figure : RENTER. This "flat" always tricks me. Apartment.
64. Rice-__ : A-RONI
68. "I don't give __!" : A DARN
69. Good things : PLUSES
71. Spread generously : SMEAR
72. Puzzle solver's smudges : ERASURES. Wite-out here. Spitzboov uses it also.
74. Blasts from the past : A-TESTS
76. 7, on old phones : PRS
77. Not slouching : ERECT. Can you picture Marti's smile when she filled and clued this entry?
78. MIT part: Abbr. : INST
79. Rake : ROUE
81. WWII marine attacker : E-BOAT. Never know it's U or E.
82. Disney chairman during the Lucasfilm acquisition : IGER (Bob). This "during" clue made me think Iger has just retired and Disney has a new chairman.
86. Prefix with meter : ODO
90. Memory Muse : MNEME. No idea. Must be root for Mnemonics.
91. Cave : COLLAPSE
93. Pulls in : EARNS
94. Oranges and lemons : CITRUS. Lemonade shout out!
95. Thick : DENSE
96. 1 for H and 2 for He, e.g. : AT NOs
97. Since, in a nostalgic song : SYNE. "Auld Lang Syne".
98. Prefix with Japanese : SINO. Sino-Japanese. The clue works and I got it, but I don't like it. Way too general, since SINO can be "Prefix with any country".
99. Request to pull over, maybe : SIREN
101. Gather around : ENCIRCLE
105. New Orleans cuisine : CREOLE
110. "The Naked Ape" author Desmond : MORRIS. Never heard of him.
111. Syst. for talking without speaking : ASL. Neat clue.
112. More than like : ADORE
113. "This can't be happening!" : OH NO.
114. Approval : ASSENT
115. __ Moines : DES
116. Daydreaming, with "out" : ZONED
117. Many a student's need : LOAN
Down:
1. Weather forecast number : HIGH. It's indeed a number.
2. Magical opening : ABRA
3. Light gas : NEON
4. Hitting the books : STUDIOUS
5. Oceanfront invigorator : SEA AIR. Been a long time since I smelled of sea air. By the way, Boomer has been doing great. Thanks for all the emails and blog wishes.
6. "Pretty please?" : CAN WE
7. Boarding hr. determinants : ETDs
8. Point of writing? : NIB. Pen tip is called NIB.
9. Bastille Day saison : ETE
10. 1953 A.L. MVP : AL ROSEN. Look, a baseball entry from Marti! "The Hebrew Hammer".
11. Nikon competitor : LEICA
12. Garden feature : PATH
13. Largest OH airport : CLE
14. Fervent : EARNEST
15. Type-A concern : STRESS. Are you a Type A or Type B?
17. Spongy toy brand : NERF
18. MGM motto word : ARS
24. Letter-shaped track : T SLOT
25. Italian who pulled a lot of strings : AMATI. Great clue.
29. Out of the country : ABROAD
32. Partner of Martin : LEWIS. Dean Martin. Jerry Lewis.
33. Didn't come unglued : HELD
35. Snore, maybe : ROUSER
36. Developer of the one-named "Jeopardy!" contestant Watson : IBM. One of our blog readers is involved in the Watson project.
37. Poetry Out Loud contest co-creator: Abbr. : NEA
38. 86,400 seconds : DAY. 1,440 minutes.
39. Pennsylvania's resort area, with "the" : POCONOS. Anyone been there? Yellowrocks?
40. EMT's training : CPR
41. "Let's talk outside" : NOT HERE
42. Baseball VIPs : GMs
44. Flashy accessories : BLING. OK, look at Madonna's tooth BLING. Why do rappers think gold grills cool, PK?
45. Surprises in bottles : GENII. Oh, I was picture those bottle messages.
48. Manning of the NFL : ELI
50. Vishnu worshiper : HINDU. Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu, 3 Hindu gods.
51. Tears up : CRIES
52. Indian nobles : RAJAs
53. Use __ lose ... : IT OR
55. Bare minimum : LEAST
56. Rand McNally offering : MAP. Not of much use nowadays.
57. Magic home : ORLANDO. The Golf Channel headquarters is there too.
59. Beginning : ONSET
60. Feather: Pref. : PTER. I thought it means "wing".
61. Heavy : ONEROUS
63. IV monitors : RNs
66. Called a strike, say : UMPED
67. Reward for sitting, maybe : TREAT. Dog.
70. Subway hangers : STRAPS
73. Play part : ACT
75. They're often pickled : SOUSES. Got me. I pickle lots of veggie. Not in the drunk direction.
77. Black colors, in poetry : EBONs
78. Winter Games gp. : IOC
80. A, in Arles : UNE
81. Spain's longest river : EBRO
82. 190-member enforcement group : INTERPOL. Very helpful "enforcement" clue.
83. Home of BMW : GER. Headquartered in Munich.
84. Dingo prey : EMU. Oh, how I bored you last summer with "Call Me, Maybe".
85. Hi-__ monitor : RES
87. Shaving cream additive : LANOLIN
88. Passes along, as a good joke : RE-TELLS. I need to pass along D-Otto's jokes yesterday, click here and next post.
89. One-named New Ager : YANNI
90. Skimpy skirts : MINIs. For Splynter.
92. Whom the angels name in "The Raven" : LENORE
94. Competed in the Tour de France : CYCLED
96. Came up : AROSE
97. Bag : SNARE
98. Signs of fullness, briefly : SROs. SRO = Standing-Room Only.
100. Popular tablet : iPAD
101. MBA subject : ECON
102. Pacific salmon : COHO
103. Roman moon deity : LUNA
104. Prince William's alma mater : ETON. He'll be a great king. So humble.
105. Nashville awards gp. : CMA (Country Music Association)
106. Winter setting at Mt. Snow : EST. Only from Marti. Mt Snow is a ski resort in Vermont.
108. Whirling toon : TAZ
109. Response on the stand : I DO
Tickets are still available for "An Evening with the Puzzle Master". Will Shortz, editor of NY Times
crossword, is visiting Minnesota next Thursday Sept 12, 2013. He'll
answer all questions about puzzles. Click here for
details. I hope to see some of you there.
C.C.
