Theme: "Storm Front Coming" - The end of each theme entry could be blowing in the wind.
23A. *"Brace yourself" : HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT. Love this butterfly hair clip.
41A. *Signal surrender : RAISE A WHITE FLAG. Spitzboov sent me this Annin flag when I became a US citizen.
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56A. *1965 Rolling Stones hit : GET OFF OF MY CLOUD. Here is the clip.
66A. *Pasta choice : ANGEL HAIR
71A. *Image on a North American flag : MAPLE LEAF
84A. *Sloshed : HIGHER THAN A KITE. This is a new expression to me.
101A. *The company one keeps, often : BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Reveal entry:
121A. Bob Dylan classic, and what this puzzle's starred clues' answers' endings could be: BLOW' IN IN THE WIND
What a great theme, Ed! So unexpected. Perfect reveal entry. I love puzzles with a big "Aha" in the end.
The stars are used in the theme clues as there are quiet a few long non-theme entries, esp 19A & 127A. Constructor and editor do not want solvers to get confused as to which are theme answers.
Across:
1. Anti-DUI org. : MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
5. Plays with, as a toy mouse : PAWS AT
11. Dove purchase : BAR. Oh, soap.
14. Burning up : AFIRE
19. Motel patron, usually : OVER-NIGHTER.
21. Get __ for effort : AN A. I thought it's AN E.
22. Setting for 103 World Series games : BRONX. This might be Rich's clue. He's Yankees fan, by the way!
25. With 34-Across, pitcher who holds the major league record for career appearances : JESSE. And 34. See 25-Across : OROSCO. 1,252 game. No google, who's Met's #57 now?
26. Ugly looks : SNEERS
27. Within: Pref. : ENDO. Opposite of ECTO.
28. Vaudeville presentation : REVUE
30. Reconcile, with "up" : MAKE. Once the trust is gone, it's hard to make up.
32. Former auto financing org. : GMAC
38. Classic movie motel : BATES
46. Mideast sultanate : OMAN
47. Gut course : EASY A
48. Internet chat option : SKYPE. Does any of you skype?
49. Court setting : BAIL
50. Alaska's __ Sound : NORTON. Learning moment for me.
52. Shakespearean villain : IAGO
54. "The Flower of My Heart," in an old song : ADELINE. "Sweet Adeline".
61. Barn roof gadgets : VANES
62. Support for a start-up co. : SBA (Small Business Administration)
63. Egg __ yung : FOO
64. Skin suffix : DERM
65. Kipling's young spy : KIM
75. Ballot word: Abbr. : IND (Independent)
76. Genetic chains : RNAs
78. Stellar sort : GEM
79. Down the tubes : BAD
81. Spiritual essences : SOULS
89. Chrysler Building style : ART DECO. Guess who owns Chrysler Building now?
91. Bounder : ROUE
92. Of a battery terminal : ANODAL
93. Busy as __ : A BEE
94. Runner-up : LOSER
98. Turkish empire founder : OSMAN
100. Move, to a Realtor : RELO
104. Hands over : CEDES. I remember vividly the day when Hong Kong was handed back to China.
105. Like licked lollies : STICKY
106. __ Helens : MT ST
107. Gillette shaver : ATRA
109. Ancient fabulist : AESOP
111. Straddling : ATOP
114. __-weensie : EENSIE
118. Composer Boccherini : LUIGI. Total stranger to me.
125. Museum Folkwang city : ESSEN
126. For keeps, to Keats : E'ER
127. Ski patrol, at times : RESCUE PARTY
128. 1980 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award recipient : SEUSS. Unaware of this trivia.
129. The "10" in "first and 10": Abbr. : YDS
130. French card game : ECARTE
131. Speed Wagons, e.g. : REOS
Down:
1. Mineralogist Friedrich : MOHS. Mohs scale.
2. Warwickshire river : AVON
3. A stet cancels it : DELE
4. DJ who first promoted "Weird Al" Yankovic : DR. DEMENTO. Faintly recall his name.
5. City in southern Belarus : PINSK. Only know MINSK.
6. MLB VIP Scott Boras, e.g. : AGT. Agent for Prince Fielder, Matt Holliday, Barry Zito, etc.
7. Question of recognition : WHO
8. Lid malady : STYE
9. Long, long time : AEON
10. Walk wearily : TRUDGE
11. "Phooey!" : BAH
12. "Tyranny and __ are never far apart": Bentham : ANARCHY
13. __ of return : RATE
14. Solemnly renounce : ABJURE
15. Innocent : FREE OF BLAME. OK, read here. You might be appalled that he's fined for so much for having 3 kids. But rules are rules. Zhang is probably the most well-known Chinese director in the world.
16. Cyclades island : IOS. And 45. Apple product : iPAD. Fair and balanced.
17. Hosp. employees : RNS
18. PC file extension : EXE
20. Writer Ephron et al. : NORAS
24. Plum tomatoes : ROMAS. Food! What's your secret to make chicken breasts tender and juicy? I'm gonna try this one.
29. Raised one's hand, say : VOTED
31. Pitching stat : ERA
33. Parrot's cry : AWK
35. Done in : SLAIN
36. Wouk's mutinied minesweeper : CAINE. "The Caine Mutiny".
37. Leers at : OGLES
38. Loud bell sounds : BONGS
39. Lab slide creature : AMOEBA
40. Highland wear : TARTAN
42. "I highly doubt that!" : AS IF
43. Start and end of a trademark cartoon credo : I YAM
44. Like some poultry stuffing : SAGY. Never used this word before. I like stuff chivy, not sagy.
47. Swaddle : ENFOLD
51. Team with the football : OFFENSE
53. Anxious med. condition : OCD
55. One "trapped by his sinful talk," in Proverbs : EVIL MAN. Got via crosses.
57. Awe-ful sound? : OOH. Nice.
58. Armstrong's carrier : LEM. Neil, not Lance.
59. Paganini's hour : ORA
60. Caller with a mask : UMP
65. Actor Wynn : KEENAN
67. Posh prisons, metaphorically : GILDED CAGES. Also a new expression to me. Makes sense.
68. NPR journalist Shapiro : ARI
69. Like Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" : IN G. Always needs crossing help.
70. "Go, team!" : RAH
72. NYC airport : LGA
73. Withstood : ABIDED
74. Natasha __, Boris' partner in spydom : FATALE
77. Mass delivery: Abbr. : SER (Sermon)
80. Birthplace of Apollo : DELOS
81. Swedish imports : SAABS
82. Trip around the world : ORBIT
83. Where embryos grow : UTERI
84. Ox foot : HOOF
85. Underground support : ROOT
86. Behind : TUSH
87. Blood pigment : HEME
88. '50s conflict : KOREAN WAR. Our 92-year-old neighbor Andy is a Korean vet.
90. Is excessively sweet : CLOYS
95. Tasted or tested : SAMPLED. I wish I could sample D-Otto's potato dumplings.
96. Juvenile newt : EFT
97. Cut again : RE-SAW
99. First name at old Notre Dame : ARA (Parseghian)
102. Geese flocks in flight : SKEINS
103. Wear : ATTIRE
104. Obnoxious sort : CREEP
108. Titter : TE-HEE
110. Comply : OBEY
112. A hundred smackers : ONE C
113. Galileo's birthplace : PISA
115. Medieval address : SIRE. "Your Majesty".
116. Digging : INTO
117. Ice cream name : EDY'S
118. "__ Miz" : LES
119. Mileage, so to speak : USE
120. Pocatello sch. : ISU (Idaho State University).
122. Surg. centers : ORs
123. ATM initials : NCR
124. Mummy discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 : TUT
C.C.
