google.com, pub-2774194725043577, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 L.A.Times Crossword Corner

Advertisements

Feb 1, 2016

Monday, February 1, 2016 Janice Luttrell

 
Theme: Where the little piggy went - The first theme word can come after market.

20A. *Football player using a tee : PLACE KICKER. Marketplace.

11D. *Split the taxi fare : SHARE A CAB. Market share

35D. *Travel website pitched by William Shatner : PRICELINE. Market price

59A. Secondary business venue, as for auto accessories ... and, literally, where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go : AFTERMARKET

White Rabbit, White Rabbit! Argyle here. My market day is Tuesday. Today is pretty straight forward; no tricks or puns. One or two nuts to crack but that's it. Janice is an early week regular.

Across:

1. Get cheeky with : SASS

5. __ and whistles: enhancements : BELLS

10. Vile Nile snakes : ASPs. Cute rhyme.

14. Harbinger : OMEN

15. Chinese or Japanese : ASIAN

16. Great, in '90s slang : PHAT

17. Salon request for prom night : UPDO
 
18. "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!" poet : DANTE

19. When doubled, American Samoa's capital : PAGO PAGO

 
23. GOP member : REP. (Republican)

24. Woman of la casa : SENORA

25. Wipe clean : ERASE

27. __ Dakota : NORTH

30. Moves furtively : SNEAKS

33. Kitten-lifting spot : NAPE

36. Not worth discussing : MOOT

38. Director DeMille : CECIL. Cecil B. DeMille, the B stood for Blount, his paternal grandmother's middle name.

39. Ventilate : AIR

40. Decorate, as with parsley : GARNISH

42. In the style of : À LA

43. French good-bye : ADIEU

45. It's prohibited : NO NO

46. Rap fan : B-BOY. We had this last month. Here

47. Hummingbird's diet : NECTAR

49. Get more mileage out of : REUSE

51. House overhangs : EAVES

53. Some car deals : LEASES

57. T-shirt sizes, for short : SML. Same answer if it was size?

62. Mini-exam : QUIZ

64. Ancient region of present-day Turkey : IONIA. It was ANATOLIA on the 23rd.

65. Racer Yarborough : CALE

 
66. Speeder's payment : FINE. I'll bet Cale paid a few.

67. Lovers' meeting : TRYST

68. Sch. near the Rio Grande : UTEP. (University of Texas at El Paso)

69. Fir or ash : TREE

70. Enjoy a cigar : SMOKE

71. Places to sleep : BEDS. But don't smoke in bed.

Down:

1. "__ on!": "Dinner!" : SOUP'S

2. More than sufficient : AMPLE. Like my stomach.

3. Family car : SEDAN

4. Ice-cream truck treat : SNO-CONE

5. Consequence of selfish acts, some say : BAD KARMA

6. Actor Morales : ESAI

7. "The Mod Squad" role : LINC. Portrayed by Clarence Williams III on TV; Omar Epps in the movie.

8. Hanukkah pancake : LATKE

 
9. Scornful looks : SNEERS

10. Smartphone download : APP

12. Numbered book part : PAGE

13. Call it a day : STOP

21. Suffix with 22-Down : ERO. Ranchero is the Spanish term for a person working on a ranch.

22. Cowboy's home : RANCH

                Milly's huevos rancheros

26. Witness : SEE

28. Pulled in different directions : TORN

29. Hold in high respect : HONOR

31. Narc's discovery : KILO. Because drugs have gone metric.

32. Do in, as a vampire : SLAY

33. Tandoori flatbread : NAAN

34. White House worker : AIDE

37. Fork feature : TINE

40. Tropical fruit : GUAVA. There are several species but roughly apple sized.

41. Love of one's life : SOULMATE

44. Pilot's prediction: Abbr. : ETA

46. Grizzly youngster : BEARCUB



48. Gets new supplies for : REFITS

50. Salty expanse : SEA

52. Tempest : STORM

54. Slide on ice : SKATE

55. Sought morays : EELED. Morays are eels.

56. Arthur Murray moves : STEPS

57. Floor plan meas. : SQFT. (square feet)

58. Sierra Club founder John : MUIR

60. Greek war goddess : ENYO. Warrior companion of Ares.

61. Take a chance on : RISK

63. New York's Tappan __ Bridge : ZEE

 
 
Argyle