Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Matt Skoczen

Theme: Yes, Sir! Anagram.

17. Restaurant review pricing symbol : DOLLAR SIGN

25. Grad's memento : CLASS RING

40. British Columbia's capital is on it : VANCOUVER ISLAND

46. Equal chance : FAIR SHAKE

61. "Baby Got Back" rapper, and a hint to this puzzle's circles : SIR MIX-A-LOT

Would have been difficult to see those MIXed up letters without the circles. 

Across        

1. Olympic swimmer Buster who played Buck Rogers : CRABBE
 

7. Naughty : BAD
 

10. Queequeg's captain : AHAB. Moby Dick.
 

14. "Yowzah!" : OO-LA-LA
 

15. 365 días : ANO
 

16. Place for a long winter's nap : LAIR

19. __ bar : TIKI
 

20. Physicians' gp. : AMA
 

21. Cheese couleur : BLEU
 

22. Like some bread : OATEN
 

23. Out of __: not together : SYNC

28. Wagering parlors: Abbr. : OTB'S. Off Track Betting - sanctioned gambling on horse racing outside a race track.

 

31. Printer problem : JAM
 

32. Key with no sharps or flats : A MINOR
35. Slatted window : JALOUSIE

42. Where a tennis server's doubles partner is usually positioned : AT THE NET
 

43. Most cordial : NICEST
 

44. Like this ans. : ACR
 

45. Diamond bag : BASE
 

51. Slide __ : RULE
 

55. Slangy negative : IX-NAY
 

56. School whose a cappella group is the Whiffenpoofs : YALE. Sounds like a creature from Dr. Suess.

59. Albany is its cap. : NYS
 

60. Nabisco cracker : RITZ
 

64. Extra : MORE
 

65. Boxing legend : ALI
 

66. Catty? : FELINE. Cute.
 

67. Cookie monster? : AMOS
 

68. Center of Austria? : TEE
 

69. Fly to flee : TSETSE

Down
 

1. Musical endings : CODAS
 

2. Unlike most airline seating : ROOMY
 

3. Poe's middle name : ALLAN
 

4. Statement amt. : BAL
 

5. Spoil the surprise : BLAB
 

6. English nobleman : EARL
 

7. Olympic skater Oksana : BAIUL
 

8. Country in SW Afr. : ANG. Angola.

9. Put on : DON
 

10. Place to say "I do" : ALTAR. Nine and a wake up.
 

11. Port-au-Prince's country : HAITI
 

12. Singer whose fans are called Claymates : AIKEN
 

13. __ to light: reveal : BRING
 

18. "Just a few __" : SECS
 

22. Gradual absorption : OSMOSIS
 

24. Marine snail : CONCH

 

26. Open a bit : AJAR
 

27. City in central Kansas : SALINA
 

29. Not the least bit challenging : TOO EASY
 

30. Mimosa time : BRUNCH
 

32. Glamorous Gardner : AVA

                                                                     Sophia Loren

33. Yoga class need : MAT
 

34. Statement amt. : INT
 

35. Hot tub water agitator : JET
 

36. Stomach problem : ULCER
 

37. RSVP convenience : SAE. Self Addressed Envelope.
 

38. Officeholders : INS
 

39. July hrs. in Georgia : EDT
 

41. "Bates Motel" actress Farmiga : VERA
 

45. Shine : BEAM
 

46. Terra __ : FIRMA. Not Cotta.
 

47. Self-evident principle : AXIOM
 

48. Opening words : INTRO
 

49. Reduces to rubble : RAZES

50. Four-time NBA All-Star __ Irving : KYRIE
 

52. Not illuminated : UNLIT
 

53. Rhone cathedral city : LYONS
 

54. Lauder of cosmetics : ESTEE
 

57. Emotional boost : LIFT
 

58. Former union members? : EXES
 

61. Posed (for) : SAT
 

62. __-de-France : ILE
 

63. Oktoberfest quaff : ALE