Sunday August 22, 2021 Roland Huget

Theme: "Musical Keys" - Each song contains a keyboard key.

23. Slogan from a cola jingle first aired in 1969: IT'S THE REAL THING.

36. Broadway revue featuring pop standards that won a 1997 Grammy: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE.

48. Classic novelty song involving wing-flapping imitations, as it's commonly called: THE CHICKEN DANCE.

70. Song played at Blues home games: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS.

83. 2000 Grammy-winning hit featuring Eminem: FORGOT ABOUT DRE.

98. French folk tune used in basic instrument lessons: AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE. This is new to me. Listen here.

We've had key hidden gimmick before. But Roland elevated this theme by narrowing down theme entries to songs or musicals. This is the extra layer I talk with with Agnes from time to time. Perfect title, Husker Gary-esque.

I have Alt, Esc, End, Tab on my keyboard. No Ins or Del, just Insert and Delete. How about your keyboard?

Across:

1. 2020 Anya Taylor-Joy title role: EMMA. The Jane Austin character. Anya Taylor-Joy also plays the lead character in "The Queen's Gambit".

 

 

5. They're dragged and dropped: ICONS.

10. Apple desktop: IMAC.

14. Oldies players: HI-FIS.

19. Forest jumpers: DEER.

20. G.I. Joe nemesis: COBRA. Wiki says he's a terrorist and the "nemesis of the G.I. Joe Team in the Hasbro action figure toyline G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6..." Well, at last he's  wearing a mask.

21. Fleeting prefix, timewise: NANO.

22. Heaps: A PILE.

26. Amber, for one: RESIN.

27. Pekoe holder: TEA CADDY. Lots of great fill in this 140-worder. Roland is a terrific themeless constructor.

28. Origami staple: CRANE.

29. Moved slowly: INCHED. Toward.

30. River inlets: RIAS.

31. Con's decoy: SHILL.

32. Silvery freshwater fish: BREAM. Never had bream. Tasty?

33. Professional spinners: PR FIRM.

40. Laugh-a-minute types: RIOTS.

41. Baby party: SHOWER.

42. Reception dispensers: URNS.

3. CD-__: ROM. We also have 81. Obsolescent laptop feature: CD DRIVE. These two are the same, right, D-8?

44. Cultural opening?: AGRI. Agricultural. We won't attend the Minnesota State Fair this year. I really like their grain art.

45. Fly like an eagle: SOAR.

46. __ wave: SINE.

47. Kitchenware brand: EKCO. I bought the Oxo garlic press, which works great. But the smell is just too much for me. I'm back to green onions again.

 

53. Fold: PLEAT.

54. UFO pilots: ETS.

55. Coupling device: YOKE.

56. Start of a counting rhyme: EENIE.

57. Get cozy: NESTLE.

58. 67, for Beethoven's Fifth: OPUS.

59. Take responsibility: OWN IT.

60. Support, with "for": VOTE. We had a special election for mayor. One candidate  received 3,415 votes. The other received 3,414 votes. Then they had a recount. Now the lady's lead doubled to 2. The total population for Brooklyn Park is 80,068.

61. Burt's Bees parent: CLOROX. You probably have a Burt's Bees lip balm lying your house somewhere.

64. Insurance case: CLAIM.

65. Antitoxins: SERA.

66. "Today" rival, briefly: GMA. Good Morning America.

69. Central parts: CORES.

73. Fords of the past: LTDS.

74. Hawaii County seat: HILO.

75. This and that: BOTH. So who do you think should be the next "Jeopardy!" host?

76. __ Cong: VIET.

77. Nice summer: ETE.

78. "Bro!": DUDE.

79. Showy parrots: MACAWS. Such bright colors.

82. Symphony orchestra members: CELLI.

86. Many a binoculars toter: BIRDER.

87. Counterfeit: BOGUS.

88. Geeky-sounding candy: NERDS.

89. Contented rumble: PURR.

90. Tech class sites: PC LABS.

92. Race of Norse gods: AESIR. They lived in Asgard.

93. Mythical hero who captured Cerberus: HERCULES. The 12th labor.

97. Enrapture: ELATE.

100. Like highways: LANED.

101. Small decorative case: ETUI. Used to see this fill often.

102. Sporty Chevy: VETTE.

103. Art Deco artist: ERTE.

104. Small fry: TYKES.

105. Boosts: COPS.

106. Like chalet roofs: EAVED. Also 5. Winter cause of a roof leak, maybe: ICE DAM.

107. Rolltop, for one: DESK.

Down:

1. Polish language: EDIT.

2. Give (out): METE.

3. Road Runner cartoons landscape feature: MESA.

4. Mobile judge, perhaps: ART CRITIC. Mobile art.

6. Parachute lines: CORDS.

7. Toe the line: OBEY.

8. Heston was its pres. from 1998 to 2003: NRA. Charlton Heston.

9. Leap named for a Swedish skater: SALCHOW. New term to me.

10. Asthmatic's device: INHALER.

11. For the most part: MAINLY.

12. Dudek of "Mad Men": ANNE.

13. Bit player: COG.

14. Equestrian gear: HARNESS.

15. Former poisoning treatment: IPECAC.

16. Sole source: FISH MARKET. Great clue.

17. Rival of Bjorn: ILIE.

18. Dispatch: SEND.

24. Split __: HAIRS.

25. Tot's wheels: TRIKE.

29. Bedard who voiced Pocahontas in the 1995 Disney film: IRENE. She's a Native Indian.

31. Campfire treat: S'MORE.

32. Carried: BORNE.

33. Jabber: PRATE.

34. Privilege: RIGHT.

35. Course warnings: FORES.

36. Burger go-with: SHAKE. Boomer's comfort food.

37. Power source: JUICE.

38. __ point: FOCAL.

39. Put on quite an act: EMOTE.

41. Anklets, e.g.: SOCKS. These are almost in the no-show category.

45. Sitting Bull's people: SIOUX.

46. Grumpy mood: SNIT.

47. "Anything __ we can do?": ELSE.

49. Sources of shots: HYPOS.

50. Not familiar with: NEW AT.

51. Casual material: DENIM.

52. "Yu-Gi-Oh!" genre: ANIME. "Yu-Gi-Oh" is written like below three characters, literally "Games King".

53. Part of a flower: PETAL.

57. Start of two U.S. state names: NORTH.

58. They're found in veins: ORES.

59. Muffin topping: OLEO. Boomer likes Aldi's fake butter. It's not called Oleo.

60. Three-piece pieces: VESTS.

61. Symbol seen in viola music: C CLEF.

62. Numbers game: LOTTO.

63. Sales rep's form: ORDER BLANK.

64. Paparazzi quarry: CELEB.

65. Former Maine senator Olympia: SNOWE.

66. Artisan group: GUILD.

67. High-end German appliance brand: MIELE. New to me. "Miele" means "honey" in Italian.  "Miel" in French.

68. Up and about: ASTIR.

70. King with a magic touch: MIDAS.

71. Letter-shaped girders: I BARS.

72. Judge's response: OVERRULED.

74. Most Rwandans: HUTUS.

78. Greyhound crash sites?: DOG BEDS. Another great clue.

79. Cold oatmeal cereals: MUESLIS.

80. Heart chambers: ATRIA.

82. Approximately: CIRCA.

84. Colonel Sanders trademark: GOATEE.

85. Small coffee maker output: ONE CUP.

86. Like a deformed tree trunk: BURLED. Learning moment for me. Poor tree.

89. Golfer Calvin: PEETE. Most successful African-American golfer before Tiger.

90. Bombard, as with snowballs: PELT.

91. Ali, once: CLAY. Did you know his grandson Nico Ali Walsh is a boxer also?

92. Start to correct?: AUTO. Auto-correct.

93. Samsung product: HD TV.

94. Fishing decoy: LURE.

95. Laryngitis docs: ENTS. Guangzhou has not had any new COVID cases for a few months. Still,  you must have a negative COVID test result before you see your ENT. Poor Carmen had to have 2 COVID tests to see 2 different doctors, since each test result is only valid for 3 days.

96. Try to find: SEEK.

98. Post-Manhattan Project org.: AEC. Atomic Energy Commission.

99. "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" singer Chris: REA.

C.C.