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Jan 2, 2013

Wednesday, Jan 2 2013, Robert Cirillo


theme: don't be koi

18A. Shortest way to get there : DIRECT ROUTE



in the name of love she came
this foolish winsome girl
she was all decked out like a rainbow trout
swimming upstream in the world

she said, please, please i've lost my way
the current is too strong
and she gave one flip of her rainbow tip of her tail
and she swam back down

24A. Good Samaritan parable source : GOSPEL OF LUKEgrowing up a PK (preacher's kid), i was taught that luke was "the beloved physician", and a close friend of paul. i still find bible history fascinating. wikipedia says flounder is also known as fluke. 



46. Hot-rodder's add-on : SUPER CHARGER. i know nothing about hot rods and superchargers, but perch is a colorful, freshwater fish.


57. Annual Mexican celebration : CINCO DE MAYO. celebration on the 5th of may to commemorate the victory of the mexican militia over the french army in 1862 - and a good excuse to eat tacos and drink cerveza. and who knew there was a whole book about cod?



37. "That's weird!" (or a comment about what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 46- and 57-Across) : SOMETHING'S FISHY

melissa here. quick solve today, but needed the unifier clue to see the theme. 

you don't have to be a brain sturgeon to come up with a fish pun, so i won't carp on it. but what's all this i've been herring about reinventing the whale? i'm floundering. if you can think of more, just let minnow. 

i apologize. cod that was bad. eely bad. now i'm getting a haddock. 

really, really sorry. it wasn't on porpoise.

ok i'm done.

across

1. Bear's place : DEN

4. Mil. awards : DSC'S. distinguished service crosses.



8. Long-eared pooch : BEAGLE. barry manilow had a beagle named bagel. don't ask me why i know that.

14. Stat for Clayton Kershaw : ERA. earned run average - kershaw finished with a  2.53. please don't ask me what that means.

15. "Nope" : UH-UH

16. Rustler, e.g. : OUTLAW

17. Emeril interjection : BAM. emeril lagasse - oh yeah babe.

20. Uintah and Ouray Reservation residents : UTES. reservation in northeast utah.

22. Disney's "__ & Stitch" : LILO. gimme, even though i've never seen it.

23. Key in : ENTER

27. Quash : NIX. kabosh.

28. Sheep's hangout : LEA

29. They could happen : IFS. ands and buts, too.

32. Early gaming name : ATARI

34. Judge's reprieve : STAY. like a stay of execution.

36. Go __ great length : ON AT

40. Tinged : HUED

41. Start the pot : ANTE. is it 4:20 already?

42. Dodge : ELUDE

43. 1776 and 2001, e.g.: Abbr. : YRS

44. Forward pass path : ARC

45. Cousteau's workplace : MER. french for sea.

52. American competitor, as it was once known : US AIR

55. Chewy candy brand : ROLO

56. Memorable golfing Spaniard, familiarly : SEVE. ballesteros.

60. Trivial picking point : NIT. but nobody here.

61. Not exactly social butterflies : LONERS

62. "I don't give __!" : A RAP. not sure i've heard that expression before - it's usually something about a rat.

63. NFL snapper : CTR. center.

64. Jaguar or impala : ANIMAL

65. Tweed's caricaturist : NAST. here.

66. "Hurrah!" : YAY

down

1. Fix, as a computer program : DEBUG

2. Muse with a lyre : ERATO

3. Sings, so to speak : NAMES NAMES. some great movies/documentaries about the hollywood red scare: the front, hollywood on trial, guilty by suspicion, and citizen cohn.

4. Cracker that doesn't crack : DUD. boo.

5. Carnival setup man : SHILL. stooge, plant.

6. Museum piece : CURIO

7. Place for a 6-Down : SHELF

8. Plant sci. : BOT. botany.

9. "I have it!" : EUREKA

10. More than apologize : ATONE

11. Market surplus : GLUT. funny word.

12. After curfew : LATE

13. Decorative water holder : EWER

19. Artistic potpourri : COLLAGE

21. Like many churches : SPIRED


25. Egress : EXIT

26. One-eighties : UEYS. u-turns.

29. Revolt : INSURGENCY

30. Saudi king, 1982-2005 : FAHD. died at 84 in 2005.

31. Eyelid trouble : STYE

32. Like a used fireplace : ASHY

33. Sequence of gigs : TOUR

34. Heartfelt : SINCERE

35. Volatile initials : TNT. trinitrotoluene, used in explosives.

36. Crude tankers : OILERS

38. Instrument that often sits on the floor while played : HARP

39. Tornado response gp. : FEMA. federal emergency management agency. been busy lately.

44. Natural light show : AURORA



46. Order to a boxer : SIC 'EM

47. Like some numerals and noses : ROMAN. 

48. The "It Girl" Bow : CLARA



49. Georgetown hoopsters : HOYAS. college.

50. Musical set in Buenos Aires : EVITA

51. Have another go at : RETRY

52. Kareem's alma mater : UCLA

53. Priory of __: "The Da Vinci Code" secret society : SION. i'm probably one of the only people who have not read this book (or seen the movie). needed perps.

54. Caesarean cal. periods : ANNI. year in latin.

58. www connection option : DSL. wish i had that option.

59. Go (for) : OPT

melissa