Once again a big thanks to Tom for taking you through Joseph Groat last week. I am back and our Friday phenom JW is back as well. We have an add-a-letter theme BUT it is not 1 letter; no, not 2 letters; not even 3; BUT a four letter word -JACK- is added to a two-word phrase. Two are tacked on the first word, two added to the second. I love some of the new phrases with Seventh Jackson and Jackal Fresco my favorites. As always with JW we have some fun fill like MIDLAND, ONE ACRE, ANTOINE, YEARNED, LINGER AT, EDGINESS, CAROUSES and OCCIDENT. Not easy, lots of fresh fill, but a fun ride. Let's go!
16A. Item on a certain thief's rap sheet? : PAST CARJACKING (14). Past caring.
32A. Dinner for a lottery winner? : JACKPOT ROAST (12). Pot roast. This gave it away to me.
39A. Mural of a wild canine? : JACKAL FRESCO (12). Al fresco. Jackal was hard to parse but the most creative fill.
56A. Last of a $140 stack? : SEVENTH JACKSON (14). Seventh son. If you can divide 140 by 7...
Across:
1. City NE of Odessa : MIDLAND. Texas. When you work your way west from Dallas through Abilene on you way to El Paso. They are only about 20 miles apart.
8. American Pharoah accoutrement : BRIDLE. Some of you may bridle at the use of the French based accoutrement, or the need to know the HORSE that won the Triple Crown in 2015, but it is a very apt clue/fill.
14. Like many lots : ONE ACRE. Not down here.
15. Like bad butter : RANCID. From Latin meaning smelling bad.
18. Party planner's compilation : E-LIST. We must learn to accept these made up words for our electronic world.
19. Big Island entertainment : UKES.
20. Tour stop : GIG.
22. Put down : DIS. I see it more spelled DISS, but since the word comes from DISrespect, this makes sense.
23. Sequential exercise : SCALES. While I have never played, I have worked with many guitarists and they explained to me this CONCEPT.
26. Name on the 1983 album "More Music for Films" : ENO.
27. Long-distance calling org.? : SETI. Complain, complain.
29. Linguistic ending : ESE. This is so easy after Splynter's comment about languages last Saturday.
30. Graceful wader : EGRET. Here is a snowy one.
36. "C U When U Get There" rapper : COOLIO. I do not care much for rap, but this interesting.
38. Cans on a Lowe's shelf : PAINTS.
41. Flew like a birdie : ARCED.
42. Minn. neighbor : ONTario, Canada.
43. Zachary Taylor, e.g. : WHIG.
The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States. Four Presidents belonged to the Party while in office. Along with the rival Democratic Party, it was central to the Second Party System from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s.
47. Affected denial : MOI.
48. Held up : PAUSED.
51. With 48-Down, judging with others : ON A. 48D. See 51-Across : PANEL. This seems like much work for two simple fill. E.g. _____wing and a prayer, but I guess that might be the dreaded partial. I do get confused about CW constructing rules.
52. Sign of spring : BUD. In the south people drink Bud year round.
53. Prominent feature of "Twilight" films? : FANG. Funny, I wonder if any would have answered this to "Phyllis Diller's husband."
54. Query in Matthew : IS IT I? Matthew 26:22...
King James Bible
And they were exceeding sorrowful,
and began every one of them to say unto him,
Lord, is it I?
60. Follows : ENSUES.
61. "The Little Prince" author Saint-Exupéry : ANTOINE. I will always have a soft spot for this MAN as it was his Vol de Nuit that I read with my father (who did not speak great French). My father would quote random and incomprehensible lines from the book. It was fun.
62. Like hunks : STUDLY. gratuitous pic. Loved him in True Blood.
63. Ached (for) : YEARNED. Any yearning PK, Yellowrocks?
Down:
1. Economical bikes : MOPEDS. This should have been easy, I forgot about them..
2. Not a good way to be caught : IN A LIE. A fun multi-word fill.
3. Call it off : DESIST.
4. Pullover beneficiaries : LATS. Latissimi dorsi.
5. Bookkeeper's concerns: Abbr. : ACCTS.
6. Gp. with many arms : NRA.
7. Strauss' "__ Rosenkavalier" : DER. The rose knight (or something like that in German, whence our word cavalier)
8. Slow down : BRAKE. We all like cute. HELP!
9. Hurries : RACES.
10. Tattoo parlor supplies : INKS.
11. Roman 601 : DCI.
12. Not hurry home from : LINGER AT. JW like his multi-word fill.
13. Avant-garde quality : EDGINESS. Nice fill.
17. Aromatic cocktail : JULEP. From the Mint. RECIPE.
21. Düsseldorf deity : GOTT. More German.
24. Director DeMille : CECIL. B.
25. "I'll kneel down / And ___ thee forgiveness": King Lear : ASK OF. Our drop of Will words from JW. Speaking to Cordelia Act V, Scene III
LEAR
No, no, no, no! Come, let’s away to prison.
We two alone will sing like birds i' th' cage.
When thou dost ask me blessing, I’ll kneel down
And ask of thee forgiveness. So we’ll live,
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues...
28. "Kidding" : I JOKE.
30. Former attorney general Holder : ERIC.
31. Moody Blues hit with an exclamation point in its title : GO NOW!
33. "When I was __ ... ": "H.M.S. Pinafore" lyric : A LAD.
34. Starts the day : OPENS. really vague...one's eyes? the mail? the bathroom door?
35. Sample : TASTE.
36. Whoops it up : CAROUSES.
37. West : OCCIDENT. Orient.
39. Hinge holder : JAMB.
40. Like stormy seas : ROUGH. Damn you Matthew!!
44. Sauce served with mu shu pork : HOISIN. Popular all over Asia. The Thai add crushed peanuts.
4 tablespoons soy sauce.
2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter.
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar.
2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar.
1 garlic clove, finely minced.
2 teaspoons sesame seed oil.
1 teaspoon hot sauce (more or less to taste)
1/8 teaspoon black pepper.
45. Chant : INTONE.Good Friday fill.
46. Profited : GAINED.
49. Not at all calm : ANTSY. Ants in your pants.
50. Judge's decrees : DICTA. Hmm, what do you mean by decree? Dicta are the opinion(s) of a judge that do not embody the resolution or determination of the specific case before the court.
53. It might be resolved through mediation : FEUD. Not likely, many lawyers including the one I work with are licensed and skilled mediators. Much faster and cheaper than litigation.
55. Candy bar with a Nordic name : SKOR.
58. Noisy bird : JAY.
59. Chemical suffix : ANE.
With our hurricane howling I may not be able to read your comments for a while. Be safe all in the path and see you next time. Lemonade out.
