Saturday, April, 1, 2023, Annemarie Brethauer & Katie Hale

 Saturday, April 1, 2023 by Annemarie Brethauer & Katie Hale

No fools these two, as this was a fun, clever puzzle that was entertaining and frustrating at the same time. I'll try to point out both of these qualities as we sally forth today. 

Annemarie worked for twenty years at a local government access channel as a writer/director/producer and was also used to being strictly behind the camera (Documentaries like "Know Your Zoning Code."). She is now retired and freelancing as a puzzle creator. 

Katie Hale, originally from Houston, is now a stay-at-home mom in London and Patti's assistant editor for the LA Times puzzles. We have seen her in a collaborative role quite often. 

Hey, you're shoe is united! 😙

Across:

1. In stitches?: CLAD - SEWN was a perfect wrong start.

5. Luxury purse trade-in app: REBAG - 26. Mail order?: FREE SHIPPING. They do offer FREE SHIPPING on any bag over $500. 😉

10. Cut that may need stitches: GASH.

14. Tops: A-ONE.

15. 19-Down flavor: ANISE and 19. Pastis drink: PERNOD  - Pernod is an anise-flavored liqueur from France that is lightly sweetened. New to this solver but it went quietly.

16. Just made: EKED.

17. "You're rambling": STICK TO THE POINT.

20. Hard wear?: ARMOR.

21. Congratulatory cry: MAZELTOV.

22. Wikipedia battle: EDIT WAR - An EDIT WAR occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's contributions. 

25. Some zoo ballyhoo: ROARS.

29. Florida team: RAYS.

30. Montgomery of jazz: WES.

31. Vehicle for kids: TOY CAR.

35. "Hail, Caesar": AVE.

36. Bar: BAN.

37. Boater, for one: LID - Yeah, I was the only one who put "hat"

38. "So that's your game!": OHO - Be on the lookout today!

39. Private line?: YES SIR - 😀

41. Chaps: HES.

42. Degrees from Duke's Fuqua Sch., e.g.: MBAS.

43. Halfway decent: NOT TOO SHABBY.

46. Petit déjeuner time: MATIN - My granddaughter loves to use her French degree and told me, "Petit dejeuner" is another word for breakfast (small meal) and MATIN is morning,

49. Some cricket dismissals: RUN OUTS - I don't know anyone who speaks "cricket" but here is what I found: Each batter is out by a “run out” if, while the ball is in play, his wicket is broken while he is out of his ground (that is, he does not have at least his bat in the crease). 😳

50. Impressive structures: EDIFICES.

52. Inventive types?: LIARS.

55. Doodad: WHATCHAMACALLIT - It always seems to be buried in a junk drawer

58. Only: LONE.

59. Pitfall! platform: ATARI - A 1982 video game 

60. See: DATE - My 80-yr-old golf partner has been "seeing" a lovely woman for three years now

61. "The Lion King" voice role for Chiwetel Ejiofor: SCAR.

62. Goes together: SYNCS.

63. "The Orphan Master's Son" Pulitzer winner Johnson: ADAM.

Down:

1. Spanish address: CASA - Mi CASA esta en Fremont, Nebraska (My house is in Fremont, NEBRASKA) and 12. Spanish address: SENOR.

2. Middle-earth trilogy, to fans: LOTR.

3. Lesson in a Japanese art class, say: ANIME EYES - All you'd ever want to know

4. Solves, as a cryptogram: DECODES.

5. __ race: RAT.

6. "Ambient 1: Music for Airports" artist: ENO.

7. GIF alternatives: BITMAPS - I have fond memories of my old BITMAP games

8. Part of the B major scale: A-SHARP.

9. "Sheesh!": GEEZ.

10. Stratigraphy discipline: GEOLOGY - Layers

11. Japanese breed: AKITA.

13. Sharp objects?: HDTVS.

65" Sharp Aquos HDTV

18. Aquino known as the Philippine "Queen of All Media": KRIS - April Fool! She's still alive.

23. Frustrate: THWART.

24. Capital of Österreich: WIEN - Easy enough for even me to figure out this is Vienna, Austria 

26. Skirmish: FRAY.

27. Wild party: RAVE.

28. Overly correct "You are correct": IT IS SO - Uh, yes or no would have been enough for me, pal.

32. Greens dish named for the owner of the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant: COBB SALAD.

33. Quaker captain of literature: AHAB - Gregory Peck as AHAB in a Quaker hat.

34. Flushed: ROSY.

36. Like classic TV's Jaime Sommers: BIONIC.

37. "Coming Home" singer Bridges: LEON.

40. Pear-shaped glass: SNIFTER.

41. "A Shropshire Lad" poet: HOUSMAN.

42. Title role for child star Mara Wilson: MATILDA.

44. Compact: TREATY.

45. Dance style for Moana: HULA and 48. "The Princess and the Frog" princess: TIANA - Here they are side-by-side

46. Whimpers: MEWLS.

47. Specialized, in a way: AD HOC - Latin "For This". I swear to you my school once appointed an AD HOC committee to discuss gum-chewing.

51. Chuck alternative: CHAS.

53. Actress Hayworth: RITA.

54. Focus of the National Girls Collaborative Project: STEM.

56. Story __: ARC.

57. Gender prefix: CIS - It's only recently that I discovered this was my gender prefix.