Theme: "You Too" -U is added to each theme entry
23A. Being on hands and knees? : SCOURING POSITION. Scoring position.
45A. Follow the proverbial crowd? : VENTURE FOURTH. Venture forth.
67A. Soda fountain? : SWEET SPOUT. Sweet spot.
71A. Town boor in a western capital? : SALEM'S LOUT. Salem's Lot.
92A. Auto equipment supplier? : RADIATOR HOUSE. Radiator hose.
117A. Prescription for extremely potent medicine? : OUNCE IN A BLUE MOON. Once in a blue moon.
14D. One hyping the spud industry? : TATER TOUT. Tater tot.
78D. Court case involving a British tennis player and a rake? : ROUE V. WADE. Roe V. Wade. Not familiar with Virginia Wade. Very accomplished career.
Alan Olschwang is the constructor who used to give us a quote/quip puzzle every Thursday in our old Tribune Media Daily days.
Read my interview with him here. He retired 4 years ago.
Read my interview with him here. He retired 4 years ago.
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| Alan Olschwang, ACPT 2005 |
Across:
1. Bar stock : RYES. So many fun bars in Guangzhou/Hong Kong.
5. Work on copy : EDIT. And 46D. Work on copy : REVISE
9. Student of Socrates : PLATO
14. Lemony characteristic : TANG. Also the name of the big Chinese dynasty whose capital was in Xi'An.
18. Carefree walk : AMBLE
20. Cowboy quarterback Tony : ROMO
21. Red River capital : HANOI
22. Botanical cover : ARIL. Interested to see when Rich will clue it as "pomegranate seed".
26. Small monkey : TITI
27. Closet accessory : HANGER
28. Fill fully : SATE
29. Ain't the way it should be? : ISN'T. Nice clue.
30. Bring home : EARN
31. Schooner drivers : SAILS
33. Many an outdoor eatery : CAFE
35. Red in a cellar : MERLOT
37. Story surprise : TWIST. Like the end of "Call Me Maybe". I think only Jayce watched the whole thing when I linked it two years ago.
41. Remains on the shelf : SITS
43. Beginning to exist : NASCENT
48. To such an extent : INSOFAR
52. '70s Israeli prime minister : MEIR. My "Call Me Maybe" guy Daniel Craig is in "Munich" too. Who is your "Call Me Maybe" guy or girl?
53. Ahead of, in verse : ERE
54. Honey source : BEE
55. Seuss's "The 5000 Fingers of ___" : DR T
56. Indic language : URDU
57. Clear : ABSOLVE
59. Enduring work : CLASSIC
61. "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" author : STEIN. Who else could it be? I support some sex marriage!
62. High crime, briefly : DUI
63. Asserted one's innocence, perhaps : PLED
64. Frequent co-star of Sylvester : TALIA (Shire)
66. Bust gp. : DEA
73. __ de mer : MAL
74. Not natural : EERIE
75. Low wetlands : FENS
76. Little, in Lille : PEU. Un peu.
77. Activist Medgar : EVERS. I only learned today that he was assassinated.
79. Place to go when it rains : INDOORS
81. Stomach-related : GASTRIC
85. His show had a "Jaywalking" segment : LENO
86. "Haven't we __?" : MET. Our Splynter is too shy.
87. Family that's not kin : MOB. Great clue as well.
88. Hindu honorific : SRI
89. Lanford Wilson's "The __ Baltimore" : HOT L
90. Emotional wounds : TRAUMAS
95. Like clay pots : EARTHEN
97. "Right away!" : ASAP
98. Cohort of Threepio : ARTOO. 3PO & R2-D2.
99. Support for the Lone Ranger? : SILVER. His horse.
102. Finished a flight : ALIT
104. Leaves alone, in a way : STETS
106. Once more : ANEW
107. Pelvic bones : ILIA
109. Pouting grimace : MOUE
111. Butting heads : AT ODDS
116. Dial alternative : LAVA. Dove for me.
120. Toy on a hill : SLED
121. Stuck up? : TREED. Tricky clue.
122. Alike, to Alain : EGAL. Somehow Alain Delon was very popular in China in the late 1980s.
123. American of Japanese descent : NISEI. Ni=Two/Second.
ISSEI is First-generation Japanese-American. Is = One/First. SANSEI is
third-generation. San = Three/Third. SEI means "birth" literally.
124. Sailor's direction : ALEE
125. "The Gondoliers" lass : TESSA. Total unknown.
126. Idea beginning : GERM
127. __ pilot : TEST
Down:
1. Headlong : RASH
2. 1979 disco hit : YMCA
3. Odist's deep black : EBON
4. Vending machine tricker : SLUG
5. Directional finish : ERN. Like western.
6. Less-than-happy lot : DOG'S LIFE. Oh, I've got to share with you a story of how Jose Armenta, an ex-Marine dog handler, eventually adopted his dog Zenit. Nat Geo has a great article. Click here.
7. Thickly applied paint : IMPASTO. This is a new word to me.
8. Binge : TOOT
9. Key letter : PHI
10. Queen of rap : LATIFAH. Queen Latifah.
11. Cordial flavorings : ANISES
12. Homer, for one : TOON
13. Topical medication : OINTMENT
15. Sans serif typeface : ARIAL
16. Big bang material : NITRO
17. Flash : GLINT
19. 1974 Top 10 hit whose title means "You are" : ERES TU
24. "The Stepford Wives" novelist Levin : IRA
25. Flash : SEC
32. Rhone feeder : ISERE
34. Gets in on the deal : ANTES
36. Neon borders? : ENS. Neon.
37. "Game of Thrones" rating : TV-MA
38. Super Bowl III coach Ewbank : WEEB. He stumped me last time. Here he was with Joe Namath (1965).
39. "Last one __ a rotten egg!" : IN IS
40. Proceeded confidently : STRODE
42. Lease prohibition : SUBLET
44. Group of friends : CIRCLE
47. Interpret : READ
49. Corleone traitor : FREDO. Michael Corleone's traitor.
50. It may be bid : ADIEU
51. Charge : RUN AT
55. Calls on a retro phone : DIALS
58. Guitar ancestors : LUTES
59. Filled (in) : CLUED
60. Getz and Kenton : STANS
61. Freelancer's supply: Abbr. : SASEs (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope)
63. Act rudely, maybe : POINT
65. Render less effective : IMPAIR
67. Extract metal from : SMELT
68. Be in doubt : WAVER
69. "Uncle Vanya" woman : ELENA. Has any of you read "Uncle Vanya"?
70. Clerical worker : PRIEST
71. Montenegro neighbor : SERBIA
72. Superman nemesis : LUTHOR (Lex)
75. Meat and potatoes : FOOD
80. Arabian peninsula native : OMANI
81. Feel (for) : GROPE
82. Game ended by the mercy rule : ROUT. I know the concept, not the term "Mercy rule".
83. "Wishing won't make __" : IT SO
84. Old African queen, familiarly : CLEO
86. Residence Inn company : MARRIOTT
88. Attorney regulator : STATE BAR
91. Author Rita __ Brown : MAE
92. Tightens, perhaps : RELACES
93. Take the edge off : ASSUAGE
94. Accelerate : HASTEN
96. Alaska Panhandle city : HAINES. Never heard of it. I don't even know that Alaska has a Panhandle as well.
99. Burrito dressing : SALSA. I love Pace Chunky salsa.
100. As a whole : IN ALL
101. Bad place for a breach : LEVEE
103. "I didn't need to hear that!" : TMI (Too Much Information)
105. Cross shape : TAU
108. End-of-the-line item : LURE. Oh, fishing.
110. Universal donor's type, briefly : O NEG
112. Don't mention : OMIT
113. Capsule contents : DOSE
114. Forest prancers : DOES
115. Agitated state : SNIT
118. Child expert LeShan : EDA
119. Advanced attorney's deg. : LLM. Master of Laws. LLD is Doctorate of Laws. LLB is Bachelor of Laws.
C.C.
