23. Wry suggestion at breakfast about what to feed the cat when you're out of milk?: GIVE IT SOME JUICE.
34. Suggested which breakfast bread to brown?: PROPOSED A TOAST.
52. Sign of a sloppy breakfast eater?: EGG ON ONE'S FACE.
71. Secure a breakfast supply?: BRING HOME THE BACON.
92. Breakfast complaint about getting the oolong by mistake?: NOT MY CUP OF TEA.
107. Breakfast go-with that comes from a plant?: CREAM OF THE CROP.
124. Reference with rows and columns covering all varieties of a breakfast drink?: COFFEE TABLE BOOK.
See, Paul sure loves food and loves play with food. He's made a few puzzles with food themes.
Today's seven theme entries are all quite long and take lots of squares, but the fill is smooth.
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| Paul Coulter |
Across:
1. Kind of pool: TIDAL.
6. Arthur Ashe's alma mater: UCLA.
10. Clyde cap: TAM.
13. British bakery buy: SCONE. Breakfast item.
18. Antipasto morsel: OLIVE. Food again.
19. Insulted smack: SLAP.
20. Asian nurse: AMAH. I've mentioned before. Many households in Hong Kong have amahs. Most of them are from the Philippians and they have regular gatherings on Sundays in Central Hong Kong.
22. Welcome words to a hitchhiker: HOP IN.
26. "A Passage to India" heroine: ADELA. Played by Judy Davis. I watched it ages ago. So glad the guy was cleared in the end.
27. Nostradamus, e.g.: SEER.
28. Seagoing force: ARMADA.
29. Thumb-and-finger sounds: SNAPS.
31. __ center: REC.
32. Retired flier: SST.
37. Strike out: DELETE.
40. R&B's Boyz II __: MEN. Loved their "End of the Road".
41. Story featuring Paris: ILIAD. Not the city.
42. Choice group: ELITE.
43. A, in Arles: UNE.
46. Title sitcom bookstore owner: ELLEN. Turns out she's pretty tough in in real life.
48. Columnist Bombeck: ERMA.
56. Nine-digit ID: SSN.
58. Chit: IOU.
59. Code word: DAH.
60. "The Seinfeld Chronicles," e.g.: TV PILOT.
61. @@@@: ATS.
63. Intensified: AMPED.
65. Mex. miss: SRTA.
67. Brain scan letters: EEG.
68. Make __ of: botch: A HASH.
70. Mantegna's "Criminal Minds" role: ROSSI. Never saw the series.
76. Somewhat, informally: SORTA.
78. Beast of Borden: ELSIE.
79. One of the Reagans: RON. Remember Air America?
80. First-rate: TOPS.
83. Introduction: PROEM.
84. St. with a panhandle: IDA.
85. Monterey County seat that's the birthplace of John Steinbeck: SALINAS. We also have 8D. Truman's Missouri birthplace: LAMAR.
88. 50 Cent piece: RAP.
89. Handful: FEW. Still lots of buds in our lilies. So beautiful.
90. "__ voyage!": BON.
95. Family lads: SONS.
97. Advances: LENDS.
99. "Come again?" replies: EHS.
100. Apprehension: DREAD.
101. Video store section: SCI-FI.
103. It's game: TAG.
106. Damon appears as him in five films: BOURNE (Jason)
113. Sundial marking: III.
114. Curtain holder: ROD.
115. French Alps river: ISERE. Merges with the Rhone.
116. Humble: MENIAL.
118. Not that: THIS.
122. Like many elephants: ASIAN.
127. Cheesy snack: NACHO.
128. 1984 Peace Nobelist: TUTU.
129. Sitcom sign-off word: NANU.
130. Pan-fry: SAUTE.
131. Relatively cool heavenly body: K STAR. C/S STAR is cool too, right.
132. Damascus is its cap.: SYR.
133. Detect: SPOT.
134. Scarecrow stuff: STRAW.
Down:
1. Clothes: TOGS.
2. Tennis great Nastase: ILIE.
3. One may be done from a cliff: DIVE.
4. Put off by: AVERSE TO.
5. Floral necklace: LEI. My fresh lei from JimmyB.
6. World power initials until 1991: USSR.
7. Walk noisily: CLOMP.
9. Tarzan's realm: APEDOM.
10. Upsilon preceder: TAU.
11. Awry: AMISS.
12. Longtime Lehrer partner: MACNEIL.
13. Cascades peak: SHASTA.
14. Atlantic catch: COD.
15. Palais Garnier performance: OPERA. Palais Garnier was mentioned in "The Phantom of the Opera".
16. "Frasier" character: NILES.
17. Legislate: ENACT.
21. Like Irving's horseman: HEADLESS.
24. London art gallery: TATE.
25. Jest: JAPE.
30. What careful people take: PAINS.
33. Surgical tube: STENT.
35. Ten sawbucks: ONE C.
36. Gray's "The Progress of Poesy," e.g.: ODE.
37. Accomplishments: DEEDS.
38. "Enigma Variations" composer: ELGAR (Edward)
39. Jeanie's hair color, in an old song: LIGHT BROWN.
43. Allow to fluctuate, as a currency: UNPEG.
44. Whinnied, say: NEIGHED.
45. Immigrant's class: Abbr.: ESL.
47. Boxer's director: LEASH. Great clue.
49. Humdinger: RIPSNORTER. I've yet to use this word in my daily conversation.
50. Homer's hangout: MOE'S.
51. Autobahn auto: AUDI.
53. Baker: OVEN.
54. Brewery heads: FOAMS.
55. Believer's antithesis: ATHEIST.
57. Bust maker: NARC.
62. Storied Robin Hood target: THE RICH.
64. Debatable: MOOT.
66. Johnson of "Laugh-In": ARTE.
69. Elite unit: A TEAM.
72. Foot in a poem: IAMB.
73. Chan portrayer Warner __: OLAND.
74. Perk: BONUS.
75. Take __: rest: A NAP.
76. Nos. affecting UV exposure: SPFS.
77. Crumbled sundae topper: OREO.
81. Song of joy: PAEAN.
82. Fictional falcon seeker: SPADE. Sam Spade.
84. Essentially: IN EFFECT.
86. Alkaline solution: LYE.
87. "Same here": SO DO I.
91. Blends: OLIOS.
93. Bone head?: OSTE.
94. Large flying mammal: FRUIT BAT. Bats makes me nervous.
96. Govt. benefits org.: SSA.
98. Laughing gas, familiarly: NITROUS.
102. Key of Brahms' First Symphony: C MINOR.
104. Pinnacle: ACME.
105. Targets marked with flags: GREENS.
106. Tab: BILL.
107. Annoying, as a call: CRANK.
108. Gift for el 14 de febrero: ROSAS.
109. Decree: EDICT.
110. Substantial: HEFTY.
111. Ready to pour: ON TAP.
112. Instrument for Joel or John: PIANO.
117. Adjoin: ABUT.
119. Rush __: HOUR.
120. Letter before kappa: IOTA.
121. Bias: SKEW.
123. "Bingo!": AHA.
125. Cat coat: FUR.
126. Capital of Switzerland?: ESS. Just the starting letter: Switzerland.
C.C.
