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Nov 15, 2016

Tuesday, November 15 2016, Alex Eaton-Salners


Theme: Deep In The Weeds

16. Source of post-toilet training anxiety : BED WETTING

22. Surfer's destination : WORLD WIDE WEB
 
36. Great Depression recovery program : NEW DEAL

58. Desert plant suggested by this puzzle's circles : TUMBLE WEED

Melissa here. Appears to be a debut from Alex Eaton-Salners, and a pangram at that! For those without benefit of circles the theme might be a bit trickier - although all the theme answers are pretty gettable.  The word TUMBLE hints that the circled letters are anagrams. I had a little trouble in the southwest.

Across

1. Wobbly dessert : JELLO. Cute clue.
 
6. Pal : BUB. Tried BUD first.
 
9. Vintner's tub : VAT
 
12. Birdlike : AVIAN
 
13. Drachma replacer : EURO
 
14. B&Bs : INNS

18. Use too much of, briefly : OD ON. (Overdose)
 
19. Many SAT takers : SR'S
 
20. Dashboard feature : DIAL
 
21. Reach through the air : FLY TO. This did not come easy.

25. Treat, as table salt : IODIZE
 
28. Major blood vessel : AORTA
 
29. Male in the hive : DRONE
 
30. Sharp-tasting : TART
 
32. Trailer park parkers : RV'S
 
35. Actor Cariou of "Blue Bloods" : LEN
39. Question of method : HOW
 
40. Letters on a law office door : ESQ
 
41. Purges (of) : RIDS
 
42. "The Hot Zone" virus : EBOLA
 
44. Quick-as-lightning Bolt : USAIN. Jamaican sprinter.

47. Apt to malfunction, as wiring : FAULTY
 
48. Youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II : PRINCE EDWARD
 
52. Illumination units : LUXES. Did not remember this one.
 
53. Have __: know someone : AN IN
 
54. "The Night Of" channel : HBO
 
57. Slender woodwind : OBOE

61. Dingbat : DITZ
 
62. Flat-package furniture chain : IKEA
 
63. River through western Germany : RHINE
 
64. Florida island : KEY
 
65. Video game initials : NES
 
66. Separates for the wash : SORTS

Down

1. Quick punches : JABS
 
2. "Did you __?!" : EVER
 
3. The eyes have them : LIDS
 
4. Murphy's __ : LAW
 
5. Standard eggs purchase : ONE DOZEN
 
6. Play with Lincoln Logs, say : BUILD
 
7. Coffee hour vessel : URN
 
8. Peat source : BOG
 
9. Purple shade : VIOLET
 
10. Artist nicknamed the "Pope of Pop" : ANDY WARHOL
 
11. Govt. bill : T-NOTE
 
13. And others, in bibliographies : ET. AL.
 
15. Stuck-up sort : SNOB
 
17. Goodyear product : TIRE
 
21. Pres. who developed the 36-Across : FDR
 
22. Finish in front : WIN  

23. Stuff to sell : WARES
 
24. Itty bit : IOTA
 
25. Not employed : IDLE
 
26. Rock groups? : ORES
 
27. Man of La Mancha : DON QUIXOTE
 
30. Packing rope : TWINE
 
31. Say further : ADD
 
33. Chevy's plug-in hybrid : VOLT
 
34. Rock to music : SWAY
 
37. Great Lake bordering four states : ERIE
 
38. Knowledge seekers : LEARNERS
 
43. Flower source : BUD
 
45. Companion of Bashful : SNEEZY
 
46. Bldg. coolers : AC'S
 
47. Get no credit for, in school : FAIL
 
48. Walk heavily : PLOD
 
49. Big name in puzzle cubes : RUBIK. Could not remember how to spell this, tried X and Q first for the last letter. D'oh.
 
50. British noblewomen : DAMES
 
51. Where to see the Sun, the Sky and the Stars: Abbr. : WNBA
 
54. Will beneficiary : HEIR
 
55. Like an arm in a sling : BENT
 
56. Lyrical lines : ODES
 
58. Altoids container : TIN

59. Island strings : UKE. Ukelele.
 
60. Question of identity : WHO