Department of Transportation
Happy Wednesday, Cornerites. Today Amanda and Katie give us some common words/phrases where the last part in each is also a mode of transportation.17. Transport for loudmouths?: VOCAL COACH. A vocal coach is someone who helps/coaches singers. Eldest, the opera major, had a vocal coach for years; DW & I would to drive her by motor-coach [car] to lessons.
26. Transport for nanobots?: MICROPLANE. A microplane is a grater with finer teeth.
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| Lemon zest for the win! |
36. Transport for the army's best poker players?: SHARK TANK. A card sharp or card shark is a deft poker player; a military one would likely motor about in a TANK. //Or, if caught cheating, sleeps with the fishes in the TANK ;-)
51. Transport for rural golf instructors?: PROTRACTOR. This themer made me LOL; the image of the golf Pro out on his Tractor.
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| Hand-up: You had one in your pencil box. |
60. Transport for seminary students?: CROSS-TRAIN. You cross-train staff so they can do each others' major functions. A seminary student probably doesn't need much training with the Cross but, if new to the city, would need commuter-rail train training.
A fun play on transports, I thought. Let's see how Cook & Hale round out the 15x15.
Across:
1. Parakeet's pole: PERCH. Roost fit but perps disagreed. //Perch is better fill anyway.
6. Margarita flavor: LIME. And tequila!
10. Roughly: OR SO.
14. Nebraska city: OMAHA. Hi HG!
15. "Make it snappy" letters: ASAP. As Soon As Possible.
16. 29-Across, for one: JOEY.
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| Kanga and Roo |
17. [See: Theme]
19. Many 4WD autos: SUVS. Sport Utility Vehicles.
20. Fizzy fountain drink: COLA.
C-O-L-A Cola [The Kinks' Lola live]
21. Car loan figs.: APRS. Annual Percentage RateS.
23. Allow: LET.
24. Singer-songwriter Tori: AMOS.
26. [See: Theme]
29. Young character in Milne stories: ROO. The joey in 16a's image.
30. Not pos.: NEG. Negative.
31. Being tracked, in a way: ON RADAR. e.g. Santa by NORAD Sunday night.
32. Little sandwich treat: MINI OREO.
35. Express checkout units: ITEMS.
36. [See: Theme]
39. __-knit sweater: CABLE.
42. "Barefoot __": Ina Garten cooking show: CONTESSA.
46. Overdue debt: ARREARS.
49. QB stats: TDS. Quarterbacks stats: Touchdowns.
50. Beach ball filler: AIR.
51. [See: Theme]
53. Doomed: SUNK.
54. Rocker Vicious portrayed by Gary Oldman: SID.
Sid And Nancy [Trailer]
55. Bygone Russian ruler: TSAR.
56. Has a meal: EATS.
58. Hall of Fame catcher Rodriguez nicknamed "Pudge": IVAN.
60. [See: Theme]
64. Letter after epsilon: ZETA. It's all Greek to me.
65. Overture follower: ACT-I.
66. __ Carta: MAGNA.
67. Utopia: EDEN.
68. For fear that: LEST.
69. Exhausted: SPENT. Not yet, we've the downs to go...
Down:
1. Perspective, for short: POV. Point of View.
2. My Chemical Romance genre: EMO.
Watch 60 seconds and you won't forget MCR is EMO.
3. Critter also called a trash panda: RACCOON.
4. Complete disorder: CHAOS. Not KAOS.
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| We don't do za Holiday Partiez? |
5. Edvard Grieg's "In the __ of the Mountain King": HALL.
6. Asian language: LAO.
7. "Foundation" series writer Asimov: ISAAC. In HS, I read everything I could find from Asimov.
8. Powerful Apple: MAC PRO. Apple Computers.
9. Filmmaker Nora: EPHRON.
10. Citrus drinks, for short: OJS. Orange JuiceS
11. French meat dish: ROULADE. Food. Specifically, rolled food.
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| Beef Roulade |
12. Start time for some morning shows: SEVEN AM.
13. Shellfish served with mignonette sauce: OYSTERS. More Food!
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| Center red sauce: shallots, red wine vinegar, and pepper pickled for about 2 hours. |
18. GoPro product: CAMERA.
22. Legs it: SPRINTS.
24. Common injection site: ARM.
25. Me, in Marseille: MOI.
27. Disney CEO Bob: IGER.
28. Hanukkah pancake: LATKE. Food!
30. Problem for the Tin Man: NO HEART.
Oz never did give nothin' to the Tin Man that he didn't already have.
33. Dot in the ocean: ISLET.
34. Thunder's city, for short: OKC. Oklahoma City Thunder is an NBA team.
37. "Africa" rock band: TOTO. If you listend to Monday's "Straight No Chaser" 12-Days of Christmas that sumdaze linked, you may have noticed at 1:57 they break into Toto's Africa rhythm .
[the "not from Kansas"] Toto - Africa
38. "We Feed People" chef Jose : ANDRES. He's a (burgeoning) Thanksgiving Tradition on Colbert.
A take on [6a's] Margarita
39. Flip over at sea: CAPSIZE. Not to be confused with your head's circumference.
40. Got somewhere: ARRIVED.
41. Night out for straight guys: BRODATE. Since our wives had no interest, BIL & I went on a brodate to see Facing Nolan #Baseball
43. Bangers and mash protein: SAUSAGE. Food!
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| Traditional(?) |
44. Serious misdeed: SIN.
45. Biblical evacuation vessel: ARK.
47. Scamp: RASCAL. Imp.
48. Hardly plentiful: SCARCE.
52. Dressage paces: TROTS.
53. Interchangeable watch component: STRAP.
57. PIN points: ATMS. Personal Identification Number; Automatic Teller Machine.
59. Brit's grandma: NAN.
61. Command to a collie: SIT.
62. Travel stop: INN.
63. __ Geo Wild: NAT.
The Grid:
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| The Grid |
WOs: ade->OJS but not before inking evaS(?) at 19a; ISLan -> ISLET
ESPs: HALL (as clued), ROULADE(sp)
Fav: ISAAC Asimov.
If I don't post before the 1st (we leave for SFO tomorrow), Happy New Year!
Cheers, -T
