Pam has a fun Wednesday puzzle for us where her three two-word theme answers end in synonyms for THROW that are appended to the BACK of the first word. Thus we have the reveal:
55. Reversions ... or what 17-, 26- and 43-Across all have? : THROWBACKS. We sports fans see this word and immediately think of the old uniforms athletes don occasionally to celebrate teams of yesteryear! Once a year the Steelers dress out in these THROWBACK "bumble bee" outfits of the 1930's:
17. Cold weather groundswell that can cause pavement damage : FROST HEAVE - Water's quirky property of expanding when it freezes can move mountains and sidewalks
26. Ancient siege weapon : ROMAN CATAPULT - Take that you Visigoths!
43. Manufacturer's coming-out event : PRODUCT LAUNCH - Some genius thought Life Saver Soda would be a good idea. Consumers could not get the past the revulsion of drinking liquid candy.
Now let's peruse the rest of fun Pam has tossed, flung and pitched at us:
Across
1. Bucks in the woods : STAGS
6. Ratted out the bad guys : SANG
10. Dept. store stock : MDSE
14. Condor's condo? : AERIE - The view on the way home to the AERIE
15. Prefix with logical : IDEO
16. Dry as a desert : ARID
19. Go for the worm : BITE
20. Wind down or wind up : END - I imagine some barflies wonder as the night winds down where they will wind up
21. Name in Cold War news : TASS - Telegrafnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskogo Soyuza (Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union)
22. Wright who wondered, "What's another word for 'thesaurus'?" : STEVEN
24. Ball catcher : MITT - Evolution
25. Needing wheels : CARLESS
30. "Knock it off!" : ENOUGH
31. Architectural curve : OGEE
32. L.A. NFLer : RAM - Back in L.A. where they should be
35. Tax-free govt. bond : MUNI
36. Good feller? : AXE - This company in Tauranga, New Zealand have them
37. "One day only!" event : SALE
38. Boomer that no longer booms, briefly : SST
39. __ Valley: Reagan Library locale : SIMI - A beautiful place to visit
41. Warring factions : ARMIES
46. Woofer's partner : TWEETER
48. Landed : ALIT
49. Film boxer Rocky : BALBOA
50. Black, to a bard : EBON
51. Syst. for the deaf : ASL
58. Bard : POET
59. Capital of Belgium : EURO
60. Good-sized wedding band : OCTET
62. Cong. meeting : SESS
63. Lawn spoilers : WEEDS
Down
1. Heist target : SAFE
2. Beach bird : TERN
3. Five-time A.L. home run champ, familiarly : AROD - Now an expensive liability
4. APO mail addressees : GI'S
5. Gem mount : SETTING
6. Midday snooze : SIESTA - Una SIESTA me refresca (A nap refreshes me)
7. Some govt. lawyers : ADA'S - I'm betting most of you know these
8. Calif. neighbor : NEV
9. Loses one's cool : GOES APE
10. Pre-1985 communications nickname : MA BELL
11. Car's engine-to-wheels connector : DRIVE TRAIN
12. Surfers visit them : SITES
13. Paradises : EDENS
18. Sub access : HATCH - A tight fit
23. __-blue : TRUE
24. View from Molokai's south shore : MAUI
25. Lab rat's home : CAGE
26. Radiation units : REMS - Dental X-rays expose you to about 3 milliREMS (.003 REM) but you get about 360 milliREMS/year from everyday sources
27. Taxing task : ONUS
28. New England capital : MONTPELIER - the least populous American capital (7,880)
29. Needing a skull-and-crossbones label : TOXIC
33. Actor Baldwin : ALEC
34. Screen door material : MESH - Our MESH is kitty-proof
36. Russia-China border river : AMUR
37. X-rated stuff : SMUT
39. Explorer Hernando de __ : SOTO
40. Conceptualizes : IDEATES - Do you run in a crowd that uses this word?
41. Permit : ALLOW
42. Post-shower display : RAINBOW
44. Mail-in incentive : REBATE
45. They're off-limits : TABOOS
46. Recipe amts. : TBSPS
47. "Yippee!" : WAHOO
50. Gets an "I'm sorry" from Alex Trebek, say : ERRS - He didn't need Final Jeopardy to win, so Buzzy Cohen didn't ERR but jabbed Alex a little.
51. Entr'__ : ACTE
52. Short agenda? : SKED
53. Iwo Jima troop carriers: Abbr. : LSTS
56. Tint : HUE
57. Blackjack component : ACE
Now we THROW control BACK to you, our faithful solvers! Comment away!
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