Our bi-weekly JW Friday takes phrases which include "ACE" and replace those letters with "ASS" to create new and fun fill. We have two changes in the first word and two in the last to preserve the consistency of the theme. The non-theme fill is predominately 5 letter words, but we do have IT'S BAD, SALINE, SEIZES, SONATA, GOES LONG, MAN APART, IN ONE'S POWER, PANAMA CANAL featuring Jeffrey's trademark multi-word fill. Not a Black Friday clue in the bunch but you should "sale" through this one.
I hope you all enjoyed your Turkey; I enjoyed these dolls.
20A. What lawn care products promise? : AMAZING GRASS (12). The HYMN (4:29).
27A. Four-legged baseball mascot? : ASS OF DIAMONDS (13). Does anyone else recall this baseball ASS (0:53).
47A. Young woman working with delicate fabric? : CHANTILLY LASS (13). And a PONYTAIL (2:26).
54A. Forget to press an elevator button? : PASS THE FLOOR (12). Damn, I hate when that happens.
Across:
1. What icons often stand for : APPS. Computer clue 1.
5. Crossword constructions : GRIDS. Really enjoy the clue/fill.
10. Stand-up fare : GAGS. Comedians.
14. Wrath, in a hymn : IRAE. Powerful DIES IRAE (1:46).
15. Music source : RADIO. My wife listens in the car and the house.
16. 2015 All-Star relief pitcher Darren : O'DAY. This Baltimore ORIOLE has been lights out and did go to the University of Florida in Gainesville.
17. 1959 British Motor Corp. debut : MINI. A total guess, but they work sometimes.
18. Negative particle : ANION. Last week I had ANODE.
19. Ice cream brand : EDYS.
23. Reference library array : TOMES.
24. Sylvester's "Rocky" co-star : TALIA. She is 69.
33. "Dancing With the Stars" airer : ABC. Did you all watch Bindi win? More networking? 13D. Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYStem.
35. Genre of Vasarely's "Zebras" : OP ART.
36. With 12-Down, Smithsonian aviation exhibit : ENOLA. 12D. See 36-Across : GAY. I hear this exhibit bombed.
37. Paella morsel : CLAM.
39. Short-tailed weasel : STOAT. Little guys are dangerous.
42. Daughter of Eurydice : DANAE. This mythological miss has been painted nude scores of times. LINK.
44. Quran deity : ALLAH.
46. Strauss' "__ Heldenleben" : EIN. it is 50 minutes LONG.
50. Way of seeing things : SLANT. Not, 67A. Set on the bias : TILT.
51. Terminate : LAPSE. This seems like a stretch.
59. Teal relative : AQUA.
62. Natural detergent : BORAX. 20 Mule Team?
63. "Victory is mine!" : I WON. "I win" sounded better.
64. Contentment indicator : PURR. The engine of your car?
65. Word on Old West wanted posters : ALIVE. Dead or....
66. Bottom lines : NETS.
68. Staples of Byzantine architecture : DOMES.
69. Once, once : ERST.
Down:
1. Target : AIM AT.
2. Top-quality : PRIMO.
3. Its lowest toll ever was 36 cents, charged in 1928 to a swimmer : PANAMA CANAL. Can you believe they charged a swimmer?
4. Suddenly stops working, with "up" : SEIZES.
5. Family nickname : GRAN.
6. Took its toll? : RANG.
7. Beatnik's "Understood!" : I DIG. Maynard G. Krebs?
8. Schiaparelli competitor : DIOR. Fashionable.
9. Beethoven's "Waldstein," e.g. : SONATA.
10. Tries for a bomb, in football : GOES LONG. Goes deep slowed me down.
11. Contribute : ADD.
21. "That __ cool!" : IS SO.
22. Identical : SAME.
25. Manageable without assistance : IN ONE'S POWER.
26. Two-time loser to Dwight : ADLAI. When you lose more than once you are famous, lose only once and they forget.
28. Special __ : OPS.
29. __ flaw : FATAL. More secret Shakespeare as this is the basis of the Tragedies.
30. Oddly amusing : DROLL.
31. Volta's birthplace : ITALY. He gave us the volt. LINK.
32. Cut : SAWN.
33. Rock group from Sydney : AC DC.
34. Malaise, with "the" : BLAHS.
38. 2003 Vin Diesel movie, with "A" : MAN APART.
43. Very active volcano : ETNA.
45. Better __ : HALF.
48. "Things are looking grim" : IT'S BAD. Typical Jeffrey.
49. Hospital solution : SALINE.
52. Covers with carbon particles : SOOTS. Really JW?
53. Dadaism pioneer : ERNST.
55. One way to fly : SOLO. Han we are waiting for December 18!
56. Cut back : TRIM.
57. "The ... dog will __ his day": "Hamlet" : HAVE. Poor Hamlet at Ophelia's funeral.
58. Former union members? : EXES. Marital union, nice...
59. Fitting : APT.
60. On the __ vive : QUI. Some French for our linguists, cunning or otherwise. LINK.
61. Destination in a window : URL. Computer window. We end with computer 2. Great symmetry.
I hope the tryptophan from the Turkey helped you all to rest up and clear your minds for this Friday feature. Thanks Mr. Wechsler, and again thank you all for tuning in. Lemonade out.
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