Theme: AFTER PARTY (56. Oscar night celebration ... and where to find the ends of the answers to starred clues)
17. *Ingratiate oneself (with): CURRY FAVOR. Party favor.
24. *Hardly cutting-edge: OLD SCHOOL. Party school.
36. *Last stage of a chess match: END GAME. Party game.
46. *Joke payoff: PUNCH LINE. Party line.
This compliments the "PARTY ON" a few years ago where both words can precede "party".
C.C.
here. After more than a year of dedicated weekly blogging, TTP wants to
cut back a bit and blogs every other week. He'll be back next Tuesday.
As
I mentioned before, it's fun to blog once or twice. Doing it week after
week can be exhausting. It's no coincidence that TTP always has the
perfect images and apt shout-outs on his write-ups. It's hours of hard
work. Finding the right words to describe the theme
clearly. Finding the suitable images and video clips to go with some
entries. Formatting.
Googling various crossword websites and our own blog for past
references, etc. This all takes time, often 3 or more hours. I feel so
lucky to have such a dedicated team!
Across:
1. Car cam spot: DASH.
5. Sacred Judaic scroll: TORAH. Hebrew for "law".
10. Wild guess: STAB.
14. Reverberate: ECHO.
15. Of __: helpful for: USE TO.
16. Pop in a bottle: COLA. Pepsi in our house.
19. Similar: AKIN.
20. Childish comeback: ARE NOT.
21. Needing cleaning, as tabletops: DUSTY. Also the name of Misty's sorely-missed dog.
23. Doctored in a bad way: FAKED.
28. Latin American dances: TANGOS.
30. Spooky: EERIE.
31. Surprised sounds: OHS.
33. "__ light is not daylight": Juliet: YON.
34. Shoe pad: INSOLE. Found your perfect shoes last week, Agnes?
35. Good name for a cook: STU.
38. Sun. speech: SER.
39. That is: NAMELY.
41. Early TV maker: RCA.
42. Pricing word: PER.
43. Armenian's neighbor: IRANI. Often Iranian.
44. Coo: MURMUR.
48. Type of pie popular in Southern cuisine: PECAN.
52. Lecherous sorts: ROUES.
53. Concerns of teachers and ophthalmologists: PUPILS. Cute clue.
54. Drop of sweat: BEAD.
59. Turn toward: FACE.
60. Brahms played it: PIANO.
61. Element with the symbol "Fe": IRON. I know iron deficiency, but can you get too much iron in your body?
62. Mister Rogers: FRED.
63. Deign (to): STOOP.
64. Part of DVD: DISC.
Down:
1. Brew for an early night: DECAF.
2. High-end Honda: ACURA.
3. Princess Fiona's love: SHREK.
4. Charlotte NBA team: HORNETS. Owned by Michael Jordan.
5. Hair clump: TUFT.
6. Mama bear, in Madrid: OSA.
7. Gun, as an engine: REV.
8. In conflict: AT ODDS.
9. Falcon-headed son of Osiris: HORUS.
10. Verbally tears apart: SCATHES. I've only used "scathing".
11. Name in Japanese WWII propaganda: TOKYO ROSE. And 32. Group often threatened in dystopian fiction: HUMAN RACE. Nice pair of 10's.
12. Boxer Laila: ALI.
13. Outlaw: BAN.
18. "Size matters not" Jedi master: YODA.
22. Play part: SCENE.
24. Prayer opener: O GOD.
25. Extended period of time: LONG RUN. Great 7 also.
26. Refueling ship: OILER.
27. Rude look: LEER.
29. Part of a Park Ave. address: NY NY.
31. Japanese seaport: OTARU. Northern Japan. Kazie just visited Japan last month.
34. Quran reader: IMAM.
35. Salon sound: SNIP.
36. Peace Nobelist Root: ELIHU.
37. 43,560 square feet: ACRE.
40. Made cryptic: ENCODED.
42. Like most phone cards: PRE-PAID.
44. Fish out of water: MISFIT.
45. "__ and away!": UP UP.
47. Springs: LEAPS.
49. Wispy clouds: CIRRI.
50. Choir section: ALTOS.
51. "This I Promise You" band: NSYNC.
53. Shore (up): PROP.
54. IM VIP: BFF.
55. Musical talent: EAR.
57. Lao Tzu's "way": TAO. Here is the Tao Vegas billboard. "Always a Happy Ending." I think of Steve every time I see it.
58. Brian of ambient music: ENO.
C.C.
