Theme: "Do the Math" - Each common phrase is rephrased as if it's math-related.
23. Button on a quartermaster's calculator?: MILITARY OPERATION.
30. One?: OPENING NUMBER.
50. Birds + Bees = Bundle of Joy?: BABY FORMULA.
63. Staunch advocates of quotients?: DIVISION CHAMPIONS.
80. Average thoroughfares?: MEAN STREETS.
96. Knack for reciting multiplication tables?: PRODUCT RECALL.
106. Fails to complete a subtraction problem?: MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.
Second Sunday collaboration from Jill and Michelle. We had them last December with this "Hesitations" theme.
I really like the 50A clue. So inspired. I would need to shoot an email to Fremont, Nebraska.
Across:
1. Mature: AGE.
4. "Things Fall __": Chinua Achebe novel: APART. Nigerian novelist.
9. Exam for jrs.: PSAT.
13. Lack compatibility, as colors: CLASH.
18. Clickable address: URL.
19. One of 17 properties on a Monopoly board: AVENUE.
20. Supply company in Road Runner cartoons: ACME. Regulars know that ACME = Andrea Carla Michaels. Boomer was in pain then, but walked quite a bit that day.
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| Boomer, C.C., Tom Pepper & Andrea, 5/26/2021 |
21. Must: HAS TO.
22. Simon and Garfunkel, e.g.: DUO.
26. Little rascal: IMP.
27. Term of endearment: BAE. Bao Bei in Chinese (Baby).
28. Burden: ONUS.
29. Amount consumed: INTAKE.
35. Burdened: LADENED.
36. "For sure!": YES.
37. Archer of myth: EROS.
38. Builds to a crescendo: SWELLS.
40. Colorado site of the Winter X Games: ASPEN. 41. 40-Across forecast: SNOW.
43. Thick & Fluffy waffle brand: EGGO. Never had this. Never tried some things you guys eat.
44. Detest: HATE. And 48. Bad mood: SNIT.
45. Ceiling: CAP.
49. "__ McCartney": 2016 compilation album: PURE. Unknown to me.
54. Jump over: HOP.
55. Judean king: HEROD.
56. Stockpile: AMASS. My stockpiled frozen durians are all gone. Can't wait for the next durian season.
57. Valuable minerals: ORES.
58. Female sheep: EWE.
59. Laundry appliance: IRON.
60. Self-checkout action: SCAN.
61. Australian sextet: STATES. And 72. Down Under bird: EMU.
68. Category on Disney+: MARVEL.
70. Cries from Homer: DOHs.
71. Cogito __ sum: ERGO.
75. Neighborhood: AREA. Just learned that two units in our quad have guns. Kind of surreal to see guys doing drugs in my driveway at 4:00am.
76. Vowel sequence: AEIOU.
78. Move furtively: SLINK.
79. Shrill bark: YAP.
83. Silent assents: NODS.
84. Actor Mostel: ZERO. Number too.
85. School of thought: ISM.
86. Tattle: TELL.
87. Dull: FADE.
88. Expand: WIDEN.
89. "Gunsmoke" star: ARNESS. James.
91. APR-reducing loan: RE-FI.
92. Author: PEN.
93. Sleeping spots for tabbies: CAT BEDS.
102. City west of Flint, Michigan: OWOSSO. Never heard of it. Famous for what?
103. Hydrox rival: OREO.
104. Lend a hand: AID.
105. Poseidon's realm: SEA.
111. Toque, e.g.: HAT.
112. Cara of "Fame" fame: IRENE.
113. Learning by repetition: ROTE.
114. In tatters: RAGGED.
115. Time for last-minute gift wrapping: EVE.
116. Pennies: CENTS.
117. Title for a fictional fox: BRER.
118. Rose: STOOD.
119. Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second __": SEX. And 53. Sound of pain or pleasure: MOAN.
Down:
2. Curmudgeon: GRUMP.
3. Act unceremoniously?: ELOPE.
4. Birds: AVIANS.
5. Ship owner who described Ahab as "ungodly, god-like": PELEG.
6. "Both Hands" singer DiFranco: ANI.
7. Road groove: RUT.
8. Dim sum drink: TEA. From my friend Lesley. Her favorite dim
sum items. She's also a tea connoisseur. Wish you guys could meet her.
Sweetest Cantonese girl.
9. Liam of One Direction: PAYNE.
10. Uses steel wool, maybe: SCOURS.
11. Increases, with "up": AMPS.
12. "Fore!" site: TEE.
13. Friend on "Friends": CHANDLER. Bing.
14. Foamy hot beverages: LATTES.
15. From the Philippines, e.g.: ASIAN.
16. Stir up: STOKE.
17. Sharpened: HONED.
19. Insomnia option: AMBIEN.
24. Rips off: ROBS.
25. Oldest bridge spanning Venice's Grand Canal: RIALTO.
31. Duma veto: NYET.
32. Campari cocktail: NEGRONI.
33. Goaded: URGED.
34. Farm sound: MOO.
35. Flips (through): LEAFS.
39. Reasons: WHYS.
40. Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame: ASHE.
42. Wildly improbable goal: PIPE DREAM. Great fill.
43. Portuguese bread?: EUROS.
45. Greeted a queen, perhaps: CURTSEYED. I spell it as CURTSY.
46. Away from the wind, nautically: ALEE.
47. "Hard no": PASS.
49. Hazard: PERIL.
50. Greek god of wine: BACCHUS.
51. Indian nurses: AMAHS. Lots of Filipino amahs in Hong Kong. They're the largest ethnic minority there.
52. "Munich" star Eric: BANA.
55. Bee hub: HIVE.
60. Supercilious sort: SNOOT.
61. Inks: SIGNS.
62. __ one's time: TOOK.
64. Lendl in the International Tennis Hall of Fame: IVAN.
65. Garfield's goofy housemate: ODIE.
66. Like a hummable tune: MELODIC.
67. June celebration: PRIDE.
68. Spanish term of affection: MAMI. Our Mommy.
69. Son of Zeus: ARES.
73. Female zebra: MARE.
74. Over: UPON.
76. City in Provence: ARLES. The cover of my compact mirror. Got it at Musée d'Orsay 23 years ago.
77. Snaky fish: EELS. And 87. Made dinner for: FED. I want to be fed grilled eels.
78. Big blunder: SNAFU.
81. Emphasizes: STRESSES.
82. Muscle-bone connector: TENDON.
84. Metal in pennies: ZINC.
88. Tidied the garden: WEEDED. My #1 goal is to keep our Asiatic lilies alive. Boomer loved them so much.
89. Away: ABSENT.
90. Pixie: SPRITE.
91. Ski rack spot: ROOF.
92. __ to sell: PRICED.
93. Open mic performer, often: COMIC.
94. Plugged in: AWARE.
95. Arcade coin: TOKEN.
97. Send (to): REFER.
98. Letter between Sierra and Uniform: TANGO.
99. Clambake leftovers: ASHES.
100. Split: LEAVE.
101. Paint choice: LATEX.
103. Stench: ODOR. The intense, relentless odor from my neighbor's week-long weed parties (so so many guys and girls came for the orgies)! The day Splynter blogged for me, I was on the trails early in the morning for fresh air, then again in the hot afternoon, for a total 6 hours. Crazy.
107. Globe: ORB.
108. Hosp. areas: ERS.
109. "I smell a __!": RAT.
110. Psyche component: EGO.
C.C.
