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Dec 1, 2019

Sunday December 1, 2019 Gary Larson

Theme:  "Name Tags" - Each familiar phrase is re-interpreted as if the word is a person's name.

21. Inspiring Gates?: ELECTRIC BILL. Bill Gates is truly inspiring.

24. Upright Fosse?: PLUMB BOB. Bob Fosse, the choreographer with nine Tony wins.
 
49. Refined Bailey?: CULTURED PEARL. Pearl Bailey.


51. Careless Montana?: SLOPPY JOE. Joe Montana.
 
64. Vividly expressive Carney?: GRAPHIC ART. Art Carney.

67. Outgoing Macdonald?: SOCIAL NORM. Norm Macdonald of "Saturday Night Live".

 86. Slothful Sontag?: LAZY SUSAN. Susan Sontag.

89. Seafaring Davis?: NAUTICAL MILES. Miles Davis.

113. Forthcoming Tyson?: OPEN MIKE. Mike Tyson.

115. Forceful Kelly?: DOMINANT GENE. Gene Kelly.

We got a good mix of people. 2 ladies. 8 men. From various walks of life.

Theme heavy. Total 10 entries in a 140-word grid.
   
Across:

1. Milky white kind of glass: OPAL.

5. "Dumb and Dumber" co-star: CARREY. Jim Carrey seems to be a recluse now.

11. Confident: ASSURED.

18. Stellar phenomenon: NOVA.

19. Aspirations: DREAMS.

20. Self-officiated game with a disc: ULTIMATE. Why don't they call it "Ultimate frisbee" any more?

25. More tender: SORER.

26. Driver's lic. info: DOB.

27. Red dye: EOSIN.


29. Use for a fee: RENT.

30. Family nickname: SIS.

32. Something read to the rowdy?: RIOT ACT. Nice clue/answer.

35. English breakfast __: TEA.

37. Outrage: IRE.

40. Very funny sort: CARD.

42. Hostess output: CUPCAKES.

44. It has an eye on TV: CBS.

47. 1980s Panamanian dictator: NORIEGA. Manuel Noriega. The Chilean dictator is Augusto Pinochet.

53. Type, in Calais: SORTE. Similar to our English.

54. Westminster landmark: ABBEY.

55. Jumbles: OLIOS.

56. House shower: C-SPAN.

58. Causes of frequent break-ins?: SPONSORS. Commercial breaks.

60. IBM competitor: NEC.

61. 1942 Philippine battle site: BATAAN. We had this before also.


63. Cold sheet: FLOE.

73. Actor Neeson: LIAM.

74. Fortune-telling aids: TAROTS.

75. One of the fire signs: LEO.

76. Period of the first dinosaurs: TRIASSIC. Is this word related to "triceratops"?

80. State with a panhandle: TEXAS.

81. Plane angle symbol: THETA.

83. Very long time: AEONS.

84. Some corporate jets: LEARS.

92. Where to find an idiomatic pig: IN A POKE. This idiom and "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" are just odd.

93. Family docs: GPS.

94. Widespread: NON-LOCAL.

95. One doing stars, say: APER.

96. Outlaw Kelly: NED.

97. "Ben-Hur" studio: MGM.

98. Starts to negotiate, as a price: ASKS FOR.

100. Clearasil target: ZIT.

102. Formally transfer: CEDE.

105. Opposite of piano: FORTE.

107. Young socialite: DEB.

109. Dependable: SOLID. All our blogging team. So lucky.

119. Fan of Jerry Garcia's band: DEADHEAD.

120. Flea market deal: RESALE. We had lots of fun at the flea market. Did it for many years.

121. Part of a pot: ANTE.

122. __ overload: SENSORY.

123. Absorbs the financial hit: EATS IT.

124. "Enough!": STOP.

Down:

1. Till stack: ONES.

2. Game played in an anagram of itself: POLO. Water polo. Pool.

3. Swear: AVER.

4. What loafers lack: LACES.

5. Burnable medium, briefly: CDR.

6. Dry as a bone: ARID.

7. "Made to be broken" thing: RECORD.

8. Browning's Ben Ezra, e.g.: RABBI. See here. New to me.

9. Former U.K. recording giant: EMI.

10. Fashion initials: YSL.

11. "__ want for Christmas ... ": ALL I.

12. Hindered, as growth: STUNTED.

13. __City: computer game: SIM.

14. Eclipse shadow: UMBRA.

15. "Streamers" playwright: RABE. Also new to me.


16. School since 1440: ETON.

17. Balance on a card, say: DEBT.

20. Parvenus: UPSTARTS.

22. Bench press muscles: TRICEPS.

23. Seized, as an opportunity: LEAPT ON.

28. Go down, so to speak: OCCUR.

31. Like some turkey stuffing: SAGY. Our 12-pound turkey this year. Tons of sage in the stuffing.


33. Eye care product prefix: OCU.

34. Certain Sooner: TULSAN.

36. ESPN Deportes language: ESPANOL. ESPN "Sports".

37. Joyous way to break out: IN SONG.

38. Surfing wave: ROLLER.

39. Symphony originally dedicated to Napoleon: EROICA.

41. Friend of TV's Sheldon: RAJ.

43. Stay in shape: KEEP FIT.

44. Popular spring break locale, informally: CABO. Cabo San Lucas.

45. Uncle Remus title: BR'ER.

46. Stone and Stallone: SLYS.

48. Wall St. news: IPO.

49. French Oscar: CESAR. Wiki says "The name of the award comes from the sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–1998) who created it."

50. "Barnaby Jones" star: EBSEN.

52. Numerical prefix: OCTA. Prefix for "eight".

57. Frisk, with "down": PAT.

59. Rio greetings: OLAS.

61. Partial view?: BIAS.  Not "Not total" partial.

62. Lombardy-based football club: AC MILAN. Sponsored by the Emirates Airline. There are things that money can buy.


65. Nursery item: PLANT.

66. Sound of disapproval: HISSING.

67. Early rock horn: SAX.

68. Face-to-face exams: ORALS.

69. Toledo thing: COSA.

70. "Little House" family name: OLESON. Nellie Oleson.


71. Second shot: RETAKE.

72. Sounded ghostly: MOANED.

74. Green cars: TESLAS.

76. Sharp flavor: TANG.

77. Harvest: REAP.

78. Markers: IOUS.

79. Like many fine wines: CELLARED. Not a word I use.

80. Deked, say: TRICKED.

81. Bolshevik's foe: TSARIST.

82. March opening: HUP.

85. "He's __ notable coward ... ": Shak.: A MOST.

87. Speed: ZIP.

88. Santa __ Valley: California wine region: YNEZ.

90. More cozy: COMFIER.

91. Polar helper: ELF. I absolutely love this time of the year. Everywhere is so festive.

95. Sites for fights: ARENAS.

97. Patches up: MENDS.

99. Horace, for one: ODIST.

101. "Animal House" party attire: TOGAS.
102. Some UPS deliveries: CODS. Cash on Delivery.

103. Duel tool: EPEE.

104. University VIP: DEAN.

106. "Just __ is not __": AT&T slogan: OKAY.

108. Island near Java: BALI.

110. Mardi Gras follower: LENT.

111. Liking: INTO.

112. Insightful: DEEP.

114. Old reciprocal electrical unit: MHO. Now called a siemens.

116. Mt. Hood's home: ORE.

117. __ culpa: MEA.

118. Bottom line: NET.

C.C.