TITLE: I DON'T WANT A FREE CRUISE!
Matt has built this offering around one of the most annoying occurrences in the digital age: POP UP ADS. As you can see in the grid below he has the word ADS popping UP in four areas.
Here is his reveal:
39. Web irritants ... and what appears in each set of puzzle circles? : POP UP ADS - Here is one that visits my MacBook Pro too often!
Husker Gary here, blogging for the very busy Jazzbumpa for December. Here are Matt's theme entries where ADS pops up in the puzzle, (okay, horizontally here, but still...)
3. "Pillow Talk" actress : DORIS DAY - The most famous scene from that movie
9. Museum pieces : OBJETS D'ART - Straight from Amazon
26. Brand of blended seasonings : MRS DASH - Those seasonings are onion, spices (black pepper, parsley, celery seed, basil, bay marjoram, oregano, savory, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin mustard, rosemary) garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice powder, citric acid, oil of lemon
31. Population information : CENSUS DATA - States sized by population. Can you find yours?
Across
1. Kind of basin : TIDAL
6. State secrets? : RAT - State is a verb here
9. Intense dislike : ODIUM - Coincidence?
14. Act poorly? : EMOTE, usually in 61. Stage performances : PLAYS
15. Run a tab, say : OWE
16. Words between two "thanks" : BUT NO
17. Chef protector : APRON
8. With 18-Across, Southwestern cuisine : TEX 18. See 8-Down : MEX - Muy sabrosa (very tasty)
19. Floorboard support : JOIST - Pre-made floor JOISTS
20. Many a Sundance film : INDIE
22. Rent payer : LESSEE
23. Registered names: Abbr. : TMS - Trademarks - as in
25. Action at the front : COMBAT
28. H.S. hurdle : SAT
29. Adorn : BEDECK - Tis the Season!
32. Comical punctuation marks from the drummer : RIM SHOTS
34. Marshy lowland : SWALE - SWAMPS and SWALES are now Wetlands
35. Chihuahua, por ejemplo : ESTADO - Just south of the Estados Unidos
36. "__ Eyes": Eagles hit : LYIN - Groucho in Duck Soup - "Who are ya gonna believe, Me or your LYIN' eyes"
37. '60s campus gp. : SDS
38. Hieroglyphics reptiles : ASPS
41. "Do __, not ... " : AS I SAY - "...as I do" - Standard parental advice
43. Work on, as a stubborn squeak : REOIL - Yikes! I thought I saw ENOIL coming...
45. Tablets' kin : CAPSULES
48. Swingline insert : STAPLE - Then insert it in Jello
49. 2,170-mi. trail terminus : ORE - Lewis and Clark went 3,700 mi. to get to OREGON
50. Walk with style : SASHAY
52. Luau music provider : UKE where you'll probably see a 59. Aromatic necklace : LEI
53. Wanting too much : GREEDY
55. Pry : SNOOP
58. Cookie named for its flavor : 'NILLA
64. Words after miss or skip : A BEAT
65. Resting place : BED
66. Down source : EIDER
67. Singer Bruni married to Nicolas Sarkozy : CARLA - Former model married to former French president
68. Morning cuppa : JOE - I miss our blog's Avg. JOE
69. Amounts to : COSTS
Down
1. Leaves in a bag : TEA - Conniseurs here like C.C., Steve, et al would only use loose leaf tea as seen in this double-walled modern Chinese vessel called a gaiwan
2. Prankster : IMP
4. Lots : A TON
5. Provide with for a time : LEND
6. Montague lad : ROMEO
7. Blow away : AWE
10. Lucy and Ethel and Thelma and Louise : DUOS
11. "Indeed!" : IT IS SO - Picard's command for this
12. Oust, in a way : UNSEAT - It is rare when a member of the Senate is UNSEATED
13. Church choral works : MOTETS
21. "Eww!" : ICK
22. Tibetan title : LAMA
23. "Angie Tribeca" channel : TBS
24. Weak cry : MEWL
27. Itsy-__ : BITSY - Nah, I'm not gonna link "that song"
30. Inventor Howe : ELIAS - An interesting look at this process
33. Book after Daniel : HOSEA - The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah, and during the reign Jeroboam son jehoash King of Israel. Oh, THAT HOSEA!
35. Ulysses threesome? : ESSES - How would Daffy Duck pronounce those 3 S's
40. __-screen printing : SILK
42. Faulkner's "As __ Dying" : I LAY - Title from Agamemnon's speech to Odysseus. Yeah, I knew that. :-)
44. Actor Marvin of "Cat Ballou" : LEE - "Mr Shileen, Mr. Shileen, your eyes are all bloodshot!"
"You ought see 'em from my side!"
45. Courvoisier, e.g. : COGNAC
46. Speedy Gonzales cry : ARRIBA - Spanish for "UP". "ARRIBA, ARRIBA, Andale, Andale" means "Get up let's go!"
47. Kitchen gadget : PEELER
48. OED entry : SYN - Poecilonym is a SYNONYM for, uh, SYNONYM
51. Words for the audience : ASIDE
54. Hebrew for "skyward" : ELAL
56. Oil bloc : OPEC
57. Hodgepodge : OLIO
59. Pres. sworn in on Air Force One : LBJ
60. Job listing ltrs. : EEO
62. "Is it soup __?" : YET
63. Fourth-yr. students : SRS
I'm sure your comments that will POP UP now will be anything but irritating.
Husker Gary
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Windhover, who joined this blog earlier on. How are things with you, Windhover?
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