David returns for his third 2018 Friday. and his 5th overall. I still know very little about the man other than he loves obscure Victorian novels and creating crosswords, even though he has stopped by several times. His website DAVID ALFRED BYWATERS has new puzzle and new book every Saturday. Oh, and his great-grandmother loved puzzles and took a good picture. The idea is simple- the three letter word RED is added to a two part phrase. There is a sound change for each vowel preceding the RED, but thetheme clues, are all fun mental pictures. The reveal is a bit tricky as you have to see the RED infiltrating the words. Most of the fill was in my wheelhouse, but SAHM sounded like the number three in Thai. There really some fun ones, like YO HO HO, BASS CLEF, and IN A PIE. Anyway, on with the show.
24A. State of mind induced by monotonous music?: SONIC BOREDOM (12). SONIC BOOM gets repurposed.
32A. BBQ item with a char?: SEARED DOG (9). SEA DOG becomes burned hot dog.
43A. Object of trout-fishing veneration?: SACRED FLY (9). SAC FLY (the baseball abbreviation for sacrifice fly) gets reeled in as a fisherperson.
49A. Aversion to rodeo performers?: COWBOY HATRED (12). COWBOY HAT get chased away.
And the reveal-
63A. Post-WWII fear of infiltration apparently confirmed by four puzzle answers: RED SCARE (8).
Across:
1. Grooming tool: COMB.
5. Put two and two together: ADD.
8. Attentive to the schedule: PROMPT.
14. Pentagon measure: AREA. Not the Pentagon, but a pentagon.
15. Basic substance: LYE.
16. Rum accompaniment?: YO HO HO If you have been to Disney World, this was a gimme.
17. Staff symbol: BASS CLEF.
19. Handled vessel: TEAPOT.
20. Ease, as thirst: SLAKE. If you drink your tea, you often will say 21A. Cry of one whose thirst is eased: AAH. Contiguous clecho.
23. Artist Magritte: RENE. The Belgian surrealist.
28. Sphere: ORB.
31. Bring into harmony: ATTUNE. Simply AT + TUNE.
35. Left-hand page: VERSO.
40. Croatia neighbor: SERBIA.
41. Toe problem: BUNION. I will refrain from posting any pictures.
42. The Beatles' "All My Loving," e.g.: OLDIE.
46. Where some nursery rhyme baking occurs: IN A PIE.
Four and twenty blackbirds. Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened. The birds began to sing—. Wasn't that a dainty dish. To set before the king? The king was in the counting-house. Counting out his money,. The queen was in the parlor. Eating bread and honey,. The maid was in the garden. Hanging out the clothes.
48. Deceive: FOX. This took a while.
55. Multicolored gem: OPAL. Probabaly the gem that appears most often in CW puzzles, and CSO to Kazie.
56. Kvbrick opvs?: MMI. If you studied Latin for 6or 7 years, this jumped out as the Roman "v" is our modern "U" making the clue 'Kubrick opus.' MMI = 2001 (a space odessey).
57. Takes a nap, say: RESTS. Some straight forward clue/fill. 68A. Was aware of: KNEW. 71A. Recognizes: SEES.
61. Make over: REVAMP.
66. Get all wet: DRENCH. 67A. Rower: OAR.And 64D. Listener: EAR all mislead with simplicity.
69. Big Apple Theater District restaurant: SARDIS. The food was never that good but the atmosphere was fun and it was always fun after the theater.
70. Cook, in a way: FRY. Can you think of a different three letter alternative?
Down:
1. Wine choices: CABS. Cabarnet.
2. Spoken: ORAL
3. Tableland: MESA. A CSO to Lucy and our other desert contributors.
4. Revels (in), as praise: BASKS in the glory.
5. The lot (of): ALL.
6. Henna, e.g.: DYE.
7. In actuality: DE FACTO. More Latin.
8. Big name in British comedy: PYTHON. Did you ever wonder WHY?
9. Beluga yield: ROE. Fish eggs.
10. United hub: O'HARE.
11. Island vacation ride: MOPED. Last time I drove one in the Bahamas I hit a wall; vision has been an issue for a while.
12. Amplifier switch: PHONO. Tape, CD.
13. Tribal symbol: TOTEM. An Eastern European Navajo, might be known as Totem Pole?
18. Board boss: CEO. Chief Executive Officer.
22. "Snug as __ ... ": A BUG in a rug.
25. Uno menos uno, to Unamuno: NADA. One minus one equal nothing in Spanish. The Friday element is the use of this educator, philosopher, and author, LINK, who I did not know.
26. "__ be a pleasure": IT'D
27. Variety show: REVUE
28. __ buco: OSSO. We recently had a reference to GIADA DE LAURENTIS.
29. Rod attachment: REEL. Sounds fishy to me.
30. Homer, e.g.: BARD. No Friday love for Will?
33. Batter's stat: RBI. Runs Batted In.
36. Close: END
37. Jazz phrase: RIFF. I know it more from guitars but it is a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song.
38. Concerto cadenza, e.g.: SOLO. A cadenza is a virtuoso solo passage inserted into a movement in a concerto or other work, typically near the end.
39D. Banded stone: ONYX
41. Uncle Remus title: BRER
43. Doug of the Sir Douglas Quintet with the hit "She's About a Mover": SAHM
I have never hear of the IMPORTANT singer musician.
44. Two: A PAIR OF.
45. Op. __: CIT. This is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase opere citato, meaning "in the work cited." It is used in an endnote or footnote to refer the reader to a previously cited work, standing in for repetition of the full title of the work
47. Mythological maidens: NYMPHS.
49. Electrical connections: CORDS.
50. Monteverdi work: OPERA. More music. You know HIM?
51. Go back and forth: WAVER.
52. Flavorless: BLAND.
53. Med. treatment areas: ERS. Emergency Rooms.
54. Card groups: DECKS.
58. Sound: SANE.
59. Shoe insert: TREE. Foot fits as well.
60. Follows a pattern, perhaps: SEWS. Another example of a simple but misleading clue.
62. 2006 Verizon acquisition: MCI. A nice fake out as this is not a Roman Numeral.
65. Arid: DRY.
This is a puzzle might have pleased JzB the most as it so full of music. It was fun for me, but I do not have any Monteverdi stories. I guess I cannot get all the way through a Friday the 13th without any mention of that dubious day. In case anyone wondered, I do not own a hockey mask. Maybe David does. Lemonade out.
