Homonym Swap
17. Financial support at Kitty Hawk?: WRIGHT AID.
43. Siblings sharing a ceremony?: RITE BROTHERS.
Swap Wright and Rite:
Rite Aid - The drugstore chain.
Wright Brothers - Wilbur and Orville.
29. Remove italics from text?: RIGHT LETTERS.
59. Contact a fictional pirate?: WRITE HOOK.
Swap Right and Write
Write letters.
Right hook.
How clever was that ? Swap the homonyms for humorous effect. Not puns. Not malaprops. Not juxtapositions. What is the word I am looking for ? Is there one ? The best term I could come up with was homonym swap. Does that sound
Across:
1. Zippo: NADA. Notta lot you can do with this answer... Perhaps, "You are welcome" (Spanish): de ____, or "Blue Book Org.":
5. State of irritation: HUFF.
9. Produce carrier: CRATE. Liquids carrier: Barrel.
14. Historic British school: ETON. For the elite.
15. Plains native: OTOE.
16. Indy participant: RACER.
19. Skybox setting: ARENA.
20. Up to, casually: 'TIL. Until
21. Sticky: ADHESIVE. Adhesive as an adjective rather than as a noun..
23. Tie the knot: SAY I DO. Wed.
25. Runs like mad: DASHES. Very few trick-or-treaters last Thursday. Just 16 or so children. Returned a 250 count bag of snack sized candy bars. Have just under half of the 90 count bag left.
33. "All __ Jazz": THAT. Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange starred. Bob Fosse directed the semi auto-biographical work. Dr. Nina wanted Fosse last Friday for the musical revue clue.
35. Zones: AREAs.
36. "The A-Team" actor: MR T. Mr. T as Sergeant Bosco Albert "B.A." (Bad Attitude) Baracus.
37. Bread served with tandoori chicken: NAAN.
38. Met highlights: ARIAs.
39. Spelling contests: BEEs.
40. Some iTunes downloads, briefly: EPs. EP in Music
41. Cal. entries: APPTs. Abbr in the clue. Abbr in the answer.
42. Have an inclination: TEND.
46. "... because you don't want to cross me": OR ELSE.
47. Up-to-the-minute: LATEST.
51. In seventh heaven: ECSTATIC. Downy Wrinkle and Static Remover spray will make your garments ecstatic.
55. Women's rights activist Nellie: BLY. Nellie Bly: Rabblerouser and Pioneer in Investigative Journalism
56. Battleship barrage: SALVO.
61. Fuss over feathers: PREEN.
62. Stare at creepily: OGLE.
63. Balm ingredient: ALOE.
64. Change, as a will: AMEND.
65. They're often loaded: SOTs. WC Fields persona.
66. Continuity problems: GAPs.
Down:
1. Semiaquatic salamanders: NEWTs.
2. Skylit courts: ATRIA. And here I thought they were heart chambers.
3. Lacy place mat: DOILY. Let's check ETSY to see if any are available.
4. With 58-Down, "Life of Pi" director: ANG. and 58. See 4-Down: LEE. Ang Lee. Roger Ebert's Review
5. Ballpark treat: HOT DOG. Show off.
6. State that celebrates Pioneer Day: UTAH. July 24th. New to me.
7. Pâté base: FOIE. French for liver.
8. Govt. agents: FEDs.
9. Fancy scarves: CRAVATs.
10. Hardest to come by: RAREST.
11. Whiz: ACE.
12. Notable Downing Street address: TEN.
13. Important span: ERA. Or, abbr for Earned Run Average in baseball stats. I already miss watching and listening to MLB games.
18. Seen enough: HAD IT. I'm done.
22. Think tank products: IDEAs.
24. Tehran's land: IRAN.
26. Dudes with fab abs: HE MEN. Stepping on He Man and Battle Cat in your stocking feet is no pleasure.
27. Slipped up: ERRED.
28. Fast Atl. crossers, once: SSTs. Super Sonic Transports. BOAC and Air France.
30. Horn-honking Marx: HARPO.
31. Country singer Travis: TRITT. Long haired country boy. Hard to pick from so many great songs.
32. Chow line?: LEASH. Loved this clue.
33. Piglike forest dweller: TAPIR. 8 fascinating facts you should know about tapirs
34. Swiftness: HASTE.
37. Successor to Claudius: NERO. It's all Roman to me.
38. __-ski: APRES. After ski. Perhaps spritzers or Glühwein in the chalet.
39. Second to none: BEST.
41. Hurry off and hide: ABSCOND.
42. Hunt down the source of: TRACE.
44. Gridiron complement: ELEVEN. Football. American rules football. Eleven players on the offensive side of the ball. Eleven on the defensive side.
45. High society types: ELITEs. The A-list.
48. Deadly African virus: EBOLA.
49. Single-master: SLOOP.
50. Small fry: TYKES. "Fry” may have been derived from the Middle English, Anglo-French frie, which means “to spawn.” Eventually ”frie” became “fry,” the term and denoted offspring, young animals, or members of a group." - Disappearing Idioms .com on "Small fry."
52. What Noah counted by: TWOs.
53. Constellation named for a mythological ship: ARGO. Now I get it.
54. List: TILT. Misdirection. In this case, list means to lean to one side. Simple yet effective one-word clue to potentially lead you astray for a moment.
56. Place for a retreat: SPA.
57. Usher's offering: ARM. Offer your right arm, holding it at 90 degrees, to the eldest woman in the group. If you aren't sure which one is the eldest, don't ask.
60. Folklore crone: HAG.
Check your answers against this grid:
Note from C.C.:
Here is a picture of little Agnes with her brother Bill on her left and brother Jack on her right. She said they were standing in front of a WWII Memorial. We can't get a clearer picture, but you can still see her cute dress, shoes and flowers.
