Theme: Do Effects Affect You? - Place the word, EFFECT beside the last word of the theme answers.
17A. "Blueberry Hill" R&B singer: FATS DOMINO. The domino effect, when one event sets off a chain of similar events.
23A. Title passenger train with an "ever-lovin' light": MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. Special effect, usually plural. Some movies seem to be made just to show off the special effects.
37A. Cho-Cho-San story on which a Puccini opera was based: MADAME BUTTERFLY. The butterfly effect, when a minute local change can have large effects elsewhere.
48A. Body of water bordering most of Connecticut's coast: LONG ISLAND SOUND. Sound effect, again often plural, can be silly, like tires squealing on dirt.
59A. Undesired medication consequence ... and what can literally go with the end of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across: SIDE EFFECT
Argyle here. Three spanners plus two more; big for a Monday. John has been busy but not with LAT of late.
Across:
1. Pearl Harbor site: OAHU
This photo of USS Arizona Memorial is courtesy of TripAdvisor
5. Breaks under pressure: SNAPS
10. Fabric woven with metallic threads: LAMÉ
14. Dec. 25: XMAS
15. Aerosmith frontman Steven: TYLER. Here with daughter, Liv.
16. Apple tablet: iPAD
19. Telephoto, for one: LENS
20. Had lunch, say: ATE
21. Cry from one who's all thumbs: "OOPS!"
22. Boot camp nickname: SARGE. Sir! Not in my boot camp, Sir!
27. Integer after zero: ONE
28. Bank job: HEIST
29. Frosty coat: HOAR
32. Plant's sticker: THORN
34. Arabic "son of": IBN
41. "Total Request Live" network: MTV. (an initialism of Music Television)
42. Bedouins, e.g.: ARABS
43. 90 degrees from norte: ESTE. (Spanish, north / east)
44. Ear-related: AURAL
46. 007 creator Fleming: IAN
55. Ancient Peruvians: INCAs
56. Place to order a Reuben: DELI
57. __ Paulo, Brazil: SAO
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| Museu de Arte ( Museum of Art) |
58. Chow or lo follower, in Chinese cuisine: MEIN. Just American Chinese, C.C.?
62. Marching musicians: BAND
63. Opinion pieces: OP-EDs
64. Fishing decoy: LURE
65. Gold medalist Korbut: OLGA
66. Bottom-of-the-barrel: WORST
67. Copies: APEs
Down:
1. Britain-based relief agcy.: OXFAM. Oxfam was founded in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. More
2. Prized violin: AMATI
3. Abhorrent: HATED
4. Navy sub initials: USS
5. Moe, Curly or Larry: STOOGE
6. Lorelei, for one: NYMPH
7. Roster of invited celebs: A-LIST
8. Signer's writer: PEN
9. Sign of a sellout: SRO. (Standing Room Only)
10. Purple flowers: LILACS
11. Pre-dinner drinks: APÉRITIFs
12. Japanese comics: MANGA
13. '50s Ford flop: EDSEL
18. Bump off: DO IN
22. River through Paris: SEINE. Running a little high right now.
24. Screenwriter Ephron: NORA. (1941-2012) Alma mater: Wellesley College.
25. Attempts to score, in hockey: SHOTS. Noun.
26. Saucy: PERT
29. "I'm thinking ... ": "HMM ... "
30. Grain in Quaker cereals: OAT
31. Getting promotions: ADVANCING. Ah, the Peter Principle. Wiki
32. Little League precursor: T-BALL. Pitchers and catchers report mid-February.
33. Center of a wheel: HUB
35. Sandwich letters: BLT
36. "Science Guy" Bill: NYE
38. Roger who broke Babe's record: MARIS. On October 1, 1961, but the season was eight days longer than when Ruth set his record.
39. Times often named for presidents: ERAs
40. Alternative to Vegas: RENO
45. Where Amin ruled: UGANDA. The Rwenzori Mountains(surprised? I am.)
46. Least active: IDLEST
47. "Yeah, right!": "AS IF!"
48. Dance under a bar: LIMBO
49. Tatum of "Paper Moon": O'NEAL
50. Puff __: snake: ADDER
51. Requires: NEEDS
52. Exhaust: USE UP
53. Mother-of-pearl: NACRE
54. Adores to death, with "on": DOTES
59. Spread, as discord: SOW
60. NYSE debut: IPO. Stocks(initial public offering)
61. Ga.'s southern neighbor: FLA.
Argyle
