Theme: You do what in your spare time?
Jeffrey is back with a very fun puzzle which recognizes the great possibilities of our language by taking famous people who have a first name that is the ending of a profession and mashing them into an answer. I would guess the seed fill was APOTHECARY GRANT, but they all are so cool. I find this one of his wittiest creations to date. I thought of one more profession that worked and immediately forgot. Jeffrey uses two authors and two performers. We also get two "7 space 7" as top and bottom to the grid. There are also many nice 7 letter fill like ACTUATE, ATTUNES, BENEFIT, BORSCHT, CHICHEN, ETCHERS, I'LL STOP, IT'S BEST, OCEANIA, and VW JETTA. We get some odd abbreviations, some very fun cluing and a Friday workout that was not a hair-puller. Another Friday the 13th so be careful out there.
17A. Classic leading man who moonlighted at a pharmacy? : APOTHECARY GRANT (15). Unlike Nathan Fillion this is ruggedly HANDSOME.
25A. Pulitzer-winning writer who moonlighted in a nightly news studio?: WEATHERMAN WOUK (14). He wrote so many great BOOKS.
44A. Actor who moonlighted in a brass band? : TRUMPETER BOYLE (14). An actors ACTOR.
57A. English author who moonlighted at LensCrafters? : OPTICIAN FLEMING (15). New glasses? Try, Bond, CARTER BOND.
Across:
1. Set into motion : ACTUATE. A Friday word to start.8. Golf alternative, briefly : VW JETTA. Funny but a stretch as the answer JETTA by itself is more accurate.
15. Red bowlful : BORSCHT. Not many northern Jewish families did not make beet borscht when I was a kid. Served cold with hot potato was yummy.
16. __ Itzá: Mayan ruins : CHICHEN. Mexican Pyramids
20. L.A. Kings' org. : NHL. National Hockey League.
21. Management : SUITS.
22. Fiji's region : OCEANIA. Did you KNOW?
32. Saying that often goes without saying : AXIOM.
33. Breaks down : SOBS.
34. One with a handbook : USER.
36. Tony winner Huffman : CADY. Loved The Producers. Do not know her name.
38. Kitchen bar : OLEO.
39. "I'd strike the sun if it insulted me" speaker : AHAB. The Captain's reply when Starbuck tells him how stupid it is to seek vengeance from a animal acting on instinct. "Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me." Interesting inclusion as Wouk wrote the Caine Mutiny.
43. Folklore threats : OGRES.
47. Makes complementary (to) : ATTUNES.
48. "Here Come the __": 1945 college comedy : COEDS.
53. 18-Down competitor : AVIS. Car rentals.
61. Enhances in the kitchen : SEASONS.
62. "That's my recommendation" : IT'S BEST. After many many Fridays, I am now looking for JW's multi word fill; it really helps.
63. Reply to "That's enough!" : I'LL STOP. See.
64. Pool workers : TYPISTS. Tricky, old fashioned and not true anymore.
Down:
1. Rhyme scheme in many sonnets : AB AB. Is this all the Shakespeare we get today? First four lines...
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date
2. Bear up : COPE.
3. Moderate pace : TROT.
4. Open org. : USTA. United States Tennis Association.
5. "__ du lieber!" : ACH.
6. From that place : THENCE. A word very important in surveys, and legal descriptions which are metes and bounds.
7. Rembrandt and Picasso, at times : ETCHERS. I knew nothing of their etchings.
9. Justification : WHY. And the equally famous why not?
10. Puzzle sometimes framed : JIGSAW. Loved the clue, I know very serious jigsaw people.
11. Hose shade : ECRU.
12. Southeast Asian language : THAI. A CSO to my sweet wife who had her birthday yesterday.
13. Garden party protection : TENT. And the clecho...
14. Garden party intruders : ANTS.
18. 53-Across competitor : ALAMO. More rental car; I use Enterprise.
22. Resistance unit : OHM.
24. A-listers : INS. And the outs.
25. City SSW of Dallas : WACO. Home of Baylor University.
26. Praise to the heavens : EXALT.
27. To help, to Henri : AIDER. The French looks like English, sorta. Pronounce AY-DAY
28. Piece of toast? : TO YOU. E.G. Happy Birthday...
29. Expenditure : OUTGO.
30. Activity of great interest? : USURY. A good one. Too much interest, in most states there are laws; Florida 18 or 25% but you can read the LIST to see where your state sits..
31. __ One: vodka brand : KETEL.
39. Proper : APT.
40. In a lather, with "up" : HET. Is this three times this month?
41. Words with take or lose : A TURN.
42. Fund-raiser : BENEFIT.
43. Like "fain": Abbr. : OBSolete. Archaic. But also OBScure.
45. Poe of the Baltimore Ravens, for one : MASCOT.
46. Certain agent's area : REALTY. Big money here; 6% of a million dollar sale is $60,000.00.
48. Mozart title starter : COSI Fan Tutti.
49. General Motors subsidiary : OPEL. German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany.
50. Substitute in a list : ETAL.
51. Ph.D. hurdle : DISSertation.
53. Both, at the start : AMBIvalent about this clue?
54. Contests : VIES.
55. Smithsonian, e.g.: Abbr. : INST. Home for Bones.
58. Italian diminutive suffix : INO.
59. Venom transmitter : ASP. Meh.
60. Arguable ability : ESP. Extra Sensory Perception.
Thanks for the ride Jeffrey and thank all of you who came along for the write up. Lemonade out.
Harper at 6 weeks
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