16. "Atonement" actress : KEIRA KNIGHTLEY. I remember her from this famous movie series.
23. Aviation pioneer : WILBUR WRIGHT. Ever the salesman, he had hundreds of postcards on the plane he flew at a show in Boston, then sold them to raise money for his next project.
37. Dr. Phil, e.g. : POP PSYCHOLOGIST. His methods have garnered some controversy. But he looks a lot like Wilbur Wright, don't you think?
61. Captains of industry : CORPORATE CZARS. I'm not sure this is an "in the language" phrase. I am more familiar with the term "Energy Czar."
Did you spot the theme when solving? I have to admit, it was not apparent to me until I wrote out the five theme entries above. How clever of David Poole to find two word entries with the same letter beginning both words, but in the second word the letter is silent.
Marti here, to check out the rest.
Across
1. Fast money sources : ATMs. Automated Teller Machine(s). I grit my teeth when I hear someone say they took money from the "ATM machine." (You'll notice a lot of red in the "Across" portion of my write-up…)
5. First name in jazz : ELLA. One song today, and it's a beaut!
9. "The Kite Runner" boy : AMIR.
13. Police jacket acronym : SWAT. Special Weapons and Tactics.
14. Place : LIEU.
15. Peace Nobelist Walesa : LECH.
19. Many a car : SEDAN. Like 21-Across.
20. Abu Dhabi is its cap. : UAE. United Arab Emirates.
21. Cadillac compact : ATS.
28. Dickens pen name : BOZ.
31. Motown team : LIONS.
32. The Joker, to Batman : ENEMY.
33. Kentucky border river : OHIO.
35. Some four-year degs. : BSs. Bachelor of Science(s). And that's no BS!
36. Cinematic FX : CGI. Computer Generated Imagery.
43. "Up, up and away" carrier : TWA. Trans World Airlines.
44. Suffix in taxonomy : -OTA. Basidiomycota, eukaryota and the like.
45. Slobbering toon dog : ODIE.
46. Host : EMCEE.
49. Maker of XX antiperspirants : ARRID.
51. Fire : AXE.
55. Test for srs. : GRE. Graduate Record Exam.
56. Chargers linebacker Manti __ : TEO.
57. Matthew Broderick originally provided his adult voice : SIMBA.
66. Apiarist in a 1997 film : ULEE. Welcome back, old friend.
67. Lady's business? : AVON. Um, excuse me. Isn't that a little un-PC? There are over 12,000 men who also sell AVON products.
68. Work in the cutting room : EDIT.
69. Genesis creator : SEGA. Service Games. (True!)
70. Email : SEND.
71. Circle opening? : SEMI. Semi-circle.
Down
(Nary a bit of red to be found in this bunch!)
1. Petitions : ASKS.
2. Oh-so-dainty, in Devon : TWEE. I was not familiar with this British definition. But I have heard of "TWEE Pop" referring to certain Indie music.
3. Hotel employee : MAID. Because the more PC term "housekeeper" would not fit.
4. Soda fountain freebie : STRAW.
5. Lodge logo animal : ELK.
6. Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer : LIN. Maya Lin's structure evokes an almost universally emotional response from visitors. And we have another architect in our midst at 27-Down. Covent Garden architect Jones : INIGO. He was slightly before Maya Lin's time.
7. Welcoming ring : LEI. Oh, I was thinking of cell phone ring tones. I always love to hear the one that plays when DH calls me.
8. Bodes : AUGURS.
9. Superhero's cover : ALTER EGO.
10. Blanc who voiced Bugs : MEL.
11. When mammoths roamed : ICE AGE.
12. Musician's asset : RHYTHM.
17. Indigo source : ANIL. INIGO's father?
18. Half a bray : HAW.
22. Place for a mud bath? : STY. I almost put "spa" but then I saw the question mark.
24. Chad neighbor : LIBYA. Chad has lots of neighbors. And four of them are five letters. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...
25. Anjou cousin : BOSC.
26. Still woolly, perhaps : UNSHORN.
28. Conk : BOP.
29. "So that's your game!" : OHO!
30. Speed : ZIP.
34. Went (for) : OPTED.
36. Demand as due : CLAIM.
38. Fragrant climbing plant : SWEET PEA.
39. Another, in Acapulco : OTRO.
40. Director Lupino : IDA.
41. Milne's "Now We Are __" : SIX. A book of children's verses.
42. Where a driver is often needed : TEE. HG, do you always use a driver off the tee?
46. Frittata ingredient : EGG. Yumm!
47. Neiman's partner : MARCUS. Instead of investing in the fledgling Coca-Cola company in 1907, they decided to start a department store, because "sugary pop" was too risky. Hah!
48. Like jambalaya : CREOLE. Yumm! (Anyone else getting hungry?)
49. Old gathering places : AGORAS.
50. Fam. tree member : DESC.endant.
53. Con lead-in : NEO. Neoconservative. No politics!
54. King and queen, but not prince : SIZES. "Beds" was too short.
58. Identified, as an undercover cop : MADE.
59. Beret's lack : BRIM.
60. European wine area : ASTI.
62. Pump spec. : REG.ular.
63. Blvd. relative : AVE.nue. Kissing cousins to sts.
64. Whole bunch : TON.
65. Remnant : END. And that's exactly what this is!
Marti
