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Mar 5, 2017

Sunday, Jim Holland, March 5, 2017

TITLE: IN OTHER WORDS

What a hoot! Jim has taken seven common phrases that have the word IN as the second word and he has conjured up the fun gimmick of placing the first word IN the phrase. We solvers had to parse the fact that the phrase's first word was indeed enclosed  by the fill and had to be repositioned to made sense. A lovely idea and very apropos title, don't you think?


As is my occasional wont, I have put the grid at the top of the write-up to highlight the theme. You can see the first word of the correct phrase is IN yellow and ENFOLDED by the muddled phrase. You must mentally move that word to the front or top of the fill to get the desired, common expression with IN taking its implied, correct position as the desired second word. 
You can also see that Jim moved both one and two words to make this work for the seven phrases.


I think Jim's puzzle was A ONE MILLION and the rest of the puzzle was pretty much THE A WALK PARK.

Let's start with the theme fill:


23. At center stage, literally : THE THICK RIGHT OF THINGS/RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS - Example




36. Start the day cheerfully, literally : A GOOD WAKE UP MOOD/WAKE UP IN A GOOD MOOD - Yeah, right!



70. Stinging rebuke, literally : THE SLAP FACE/SLAP IN THE FACE - Hey Spock, No means No on her planet too




104. Request reassignment, literally : FOR A PUT TRANSFER/PUT IN FOR A TRANSFER - He PUT IN FOR A TRANSFER many times




121. Delivers, literally : THE COMES THROUGH CLUTCH/COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH - Mason Crosby COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH to beat the Cowboys




35. Now and then, literally : ONCE WHILE/ONCE IN A WHILE - No matter what he does the rest of his career, Blair Walsh will be remembered for one of those ONCE IN A WHILE moments where he didn't come through in the clutch for the Vikings




48. Pay no admission price, literally : FOR GET FREE/GET IN FOR FREE - "Papa, tell me again what this place is and how did you GET IN FOR FREE"




Let's see what else Jim did as he HIS PUT TIME:


Across


1. For every one : A POP

5. Attempts : STABS - Casca, Brutus, et al each wearing a 29. Floor-length garment : TOGA


10. Asian vine leaf : BETEL


15. Came down to earth : ALIT  Ma and Pa Kent find Clark after he ALIT from Krypton


19. Cadenza, e.g. : SOLO - An improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists. You're welcome


20. Kidney-related : RENAL


21. Together : AS ONE


22. Suvari of "American Beauty" : MENA - Mena Suvari. You can google her famous picture lying on a bed of roses


27. Pond buildup : ALGAE


28. Talk about incessantly : HARP ON - I heard you the fourth time!


30. Asian New Year : TET 


31. Lao Tzu principle : TAO


33. Apple core, for short? : IOS - My phone runs on Internet Operating System 10.2.1



34. Chopin work : POLONAISE - I heard a familiar melody while walking by  our radio last week and used the SHAZAM app to find out it was this Chopin work. Do you Shazam?

42. Numskulls : DOLTS


43. Rock's __ Lobos : LOS La Bamba


44. Start a pot : ANTE


45. Tazo offerings : TEAS - C.C. is our resident expert and I suspect she is familiar with this brand


46. CPO's org. : USN - A Chief Petty Officer equals a 1st sergeant in the US Army

47. Links transport : GOLF CART - They are now street legal in my home town


49. Smart Simpson : LISA


51. Made out : NECKED - See Drive-In above


55. Milne character : POOH


56. Elevator innovator : OTIS


59. Pic(ture) source : NEG(ative)



60. "A Streetcar Named Desire" wife : STELLA - One site rated this as the 33rd best movie moment of all time

61. Gather : REAP


63. Collar : NAB


65. "What's the __?" : USE


67. Withdraw by degrees : WEAN 


68. Track runner, to a tout : NAG - Theater-savvy people will know the tout who sang, "I've got the horse right  here, the name is Paul Revere..." and the play that produced it


74. Farm house dweller : HEN


75. Get into shape, with "up" : TONE


76. "Not __ long shot" : BY A 


77. Gob : TAR - Also sailor, mariner, sea dog or salt


78. Start to freeze? : ANTI



80. 1956 Triple Crown winner : MANTLE - C.C., what do you and Doug estimate this signed 1956 picture written to Ted Williams would be worth?

82. Pampering place : SPA


85. Linguist Chomsky : NOAM


87. Logician Turing : ALAN - Portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game


90. Rubs the wrong way : CHAFES


91. Johnny's 2014 Olympics figure skating co-commentator : TARA - Lipinski


93. Fills with cigarette output, as a room : SMOKES UP - Home of many a political decision back in the day

96. Squealer : RAT

97. Part of DMV: Abbr. : DEPT - Much of their work can be done online now


99. Withered : SERE


100. "Sweet as apple cider" girl of song : IDA


101. Spirited mount : STEED



108. Iron-attracting magnetite : LODESTONE - This was a compass from 200 B.C. China made from naturally-occuring magnetic LODESTONE

110. Byron's "before" : ERE


111. Sass : LIP


112. Sentimental sounds : AWS


113. Heavy reading? : TOME


114. Is incapable of : CANNOT - CAN NOT is also acceptable


117. Comes up short: LOSES if your tout give you a, uh, 130. Bum __ : STEER 

125. Skinny fish : EELS


126. Sambuca flavoring : ANISE - Sambuca didn't even make the list

127. "On Narcissism" author : FREUD

128. Went lickety-split : TORE


129. Staff symbol : REST


131. Nourishes : FEEDS


132. See 4-Down : SPUD







DOWN

1. Movie role played by Skippy : ASTA


2. Sci-fi writer Frederik : POHL


3. First name in fashion : OLEG



4. Oft-fried food : POTATO - It is not the potatoes!!

5. Indian title of respect : SRI


6. High-__ : TECH


7. "Diana" singer : ANKA

8. Tinker Bell's creator : BARRIE - A lovely character for him and a corporate symbol for Disney

9. Make a subtle exit : SLIP OUT


10. German road : BAHN - Only areas near congested cities have a speed limit on the AUTOBAHN 


11. Approx. repair cost : EST


12. Oh so very : TOO TOO


13. Surround : ENFOLD


14. Release : LET GO


15. Pal of Pierre : AMI


16. Soup bean : LENTIL


17. Swallow : INGEST


18. Preferences : TASTES


24. Annoying situation : HEADACHE


25. Mark, for one : GOSPEL - Some didn't make the cut



26. Office phone unit : HANDSET


32. "__ piece of the rock": Prudential slogan : OWN A


34. Support for the sheriff : POSSE


36. Subj. with x's : ALG - BTW, x = 5 in this 3/4/5 right triangle.




37. Yucky stuff : GOOP


38. Nobel Peace Prize city : OSLO


39. Degenerate from disuse : ATROPHY - A big issue when returning from prolonged weightlessness on the ISS

40. Toon flapper Etta : KETT

41. Primary : MAIN


46. Hidden : UNSEEN


50. Río contents : AGUA


52. "Red Balloon" painter : KLEE


53. Dash : ELAN - As I said before, I think Sean Connery had more ELAN than the other 007's


54. Blocker of "Bonanza" : DAN - DAN might want to forget some of his earlier work

57. Elite group : INS

58. '40s-'50s pitcher Maglie : SAL


62. Ideally : AT BEST - This seems more like "The best you can hope for under the circumstances" 


64. Cricket club : BAT


66. Brooklyn Bridge seller, say : SCAMMER


68. First captain? : NOAH - Uh, Captain Noah, who's going to clean out the bottom of the ark?


69. Vogue editor-in-chief Dame __ Wintour : ANNA - I'm sure Ms. Wintour is always just TOO TOO chic!

71. Bridge position : EAST


72. Mythical flutist : PAN


73. Back again : FRO


75. Film watcher's channel : TMC - The Movie Channel (edited from Turner Movie Classics - Gary)

79. (Has) come down with something : TAKEN ILL


81. Causes : LEADS TO


83. San Diego player : PADRE


84. __ code : AREA - 212 is still very coveted here

86. Little helper? : ASST

88. "Yeah, right!" : AS IF


89. Art class subject : NUDE


92. Show up : APPEAR


94. Word with hygiene or history : ORAL


95. Two more than an eagle : PAR 



98. Disgust : TURN OFF - 'nuff said/shown

101. "The Name of the Rose" actor Christian : SLATER


102. American sparrow relative : TOWHEE - Unknown to me but is a cutie!


103. Citation and Corsair : EDSELS


104. Stir up : FOMENT 


105. Toddler's outfit : ONESIE







106. Academic security : TENURE - Once you've got it...

107. Parts of kettles : SPOUTS

109. Inquisitor __ de Torquemada : TOMAS - Being around him is torture!


114. "Moonstruck" Oscar winner : CHER




115. Arch style : OGEE - A plethora of OGEEs in Venice

116. Sound of a flop : THUD - Also poor acting in the NBA




118. Train station : STOP


119. Stocking shade : ECRU


120. Wood finisher? : SHED




122. Chicago winter hrs. : CST - Also true for  Indiana around Chicago but otherwise, who knows?

123. "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" monogram : TSE - Any book that inspired the song Memory is great to me!

124. Burnable media : CDS




Don't THE THROW TOWEL  yet, you THE DYED WOOL solvers should now comment!