Theme: "Free Booze" - BOO is added to each theme entry.
22. Air freshener in the monkey house?: BABOON DEODORANT. Ban deodorant.
31. Ready to take reservations?: FIT FOR A BOOKING. Fit for a king.
53. Container for firecracker flowers?: BOOMING VASE. Ming vase.
69. Jump-start?: BOOSTING OPERATION. Sting operation.
88. Apparel for linksbabies?: GOLF BOOTEES. Golf tees.
102. (Soup or salad) and (chicken or fish), e.g.?: BOOLEAN CUISINE. Lean Cuisine.
120. Train conductor's "That's the end of the ride for you!"?: GET OFF MY CABOOSE. Get off my case.
This
would have been a perfect Halloween's puzzle, but it's a Tuesday last
year when Ed sent in this puzzle idea. Thursday this year.
I love the title and theme clues. "Jum-start" is so simple, so perfect.
Across:
1. God often depicted in a helmet: ARES.
5. "Gracias a la vida" singer Mercedes: SOSA. Don't know her. Argentine singer. From Wikipedia:
"Her
music made people hail her as the "voice of the voiceless ones". She
was often called "the conscience of Latin America." She died in 2009.
9. Fire sign: SMOKE.
14. Marble piece: SLAB.
18. Lopsided win: ROMP.
19. K-12 appropriate: EL HI. Elementary High. This is my old high school. 200-meter tracks.
20. Dust-up: RUN-IN.
21. Fuel: STOKE.
25. Artist Matisse: HENRI.
26. Secondhand music purchase: USED CD.
27. Boxer Laila: ALI.
28. "__ you see that!?": DID.
29. "Game of Thrones" beast: DRAGON.
30. D or C, in D.C.: STREET.
34. IJBOL equivalent: LOL. I Just Burst Out Laughing.
36. Jiffy: SEC.
37. Before now: AGO.
38. Pink shade: CORAL.
42. Strange: ODD.
45. Doohickey: THING.
48. College focus: MAJOR. What did you study in college, Splynter?
56. Fun time: GAS.
57. Jiffy __: LUBE.
58. Pest in a cloud: GNAT.
59. The Mel-Tones lead singer: TORME.
60. Rooked: HAD.
61. Add yeast to: LEAVEN.
63. Broken mirror, for some: BAD OMEN.
65. Better than expected, except on the links: ABOVE PAR. I broke 90 a few times at Cedar Creek, a very ladies-friendly course here in Minnesota. Very flat.
68. Storm center: EYE.
73. Tina Fey's former show, for short: SNL.
75. Hunter-gatherer period: STONE AGE.
76. Low bar?: GIN MILL. I did not know the meaning of "gin mill". Cheap bar.
79. Takes as one's own: CO-OPTS.
81. White Claw container: CAN. Never had this.
82. __ seas: SEVEN.
85. Pelvic bones: ILIA.
86. With the bow, in music: ARCO.
87. One hanging around a cave: BAT.
90. Used the oven: BAKED.
92. Mushroom in miso soup: ENOKI. Mushroom and tofu. Classic miso soup.
94. __ Jima: IWO.
95. Edition: ISSUE.
96. Actress Thurman: UMA.
98. O'er and o'er again: OFT.
100. Brynner of "The King and I": YUL.
110. Ready for fresh paint: PRIMED.
115. Smithy fixtures: ANVILS.
116. Co. interested in net neutrality: ISP.
117. Potassium-rich fruit: FIG. I served Tom Pepper fresh figs a
while ago. He liked the taste. He also liked ripe papaya slices, but
could not stand green papaya salad.
118. Patti who won a Tony as Evita: LUPONE.
119. French royal: REINE.
123. Took some courses: DINED.
124. Sports venue: ARENA.
125. "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" actor Omar: EPPS.
126. Big barrel: DRUM.
127. Husky's load: SLED.
128. __ longlegs: DADDY.
129. Sports figure: STAT.
130. Bishoprics: SEES.
Down:
2. Use the oven: ROAST.
3. Campfire remnant: EMBER.
4. Fine English china: SPODE.
5. Phrase on a mailing label: SEND TO.
6. Hardly fresh: OLD.
7. Harvest bundle: SHEAF.
8. Remoulade kin: AIOLI. Never had remoulade or aioli or tartar.
9. "All seats taken" sign: SRO.
10. "The Sea, the Sea" novelist: MURDOCH. Iris.
11. Studio sign: ON AIR.
12. "Yes and no": KINDA.
13. Doc with a tongue depressor: ENT.
14. Tuna cut: STEAK.
15. Sound heard in libraries?: LONG I. The i sound in "libraries".
16. Ohio tire city: AKRON.
17. Person: BEING.
21. Psychedelic fungus, casually: SHROOM.
23. Spots on a peacock feather: OCELLI.
24. Morse clicks: DITS.
29. Fetch player: DOG.
32. Swanky do: FETE.
33. Luggage: BAGS.
35. Access, as a network: LOG ONTO.
38. Legendary NYC punk club: CBGB.
39. Actress Chaplin: OONA.
40. Reason for a detour: ROADBLOCK.
41. "Are not!" retort: AM TOO.
43. TiVo, for one: DVR.
44. Power generator: DAM.
46. "__ it my all": I GAVE.
47. Four-time presidential candidate Ralph: NADER.
49. __ mode: A LA.
50. Youth: JUVENILES.
51. Follow directions: OBEY.
52. "The False Mirror" painter Magritte: RENE.
54. Arms treaty subjects, briefly: N TESTS.
55. One who avoids all animal products except fish: SEAGAN. I only knew the term "pescetarian". My sister-in-law Connie is one.
60. Words spoken with crossed fingers: HOPE SO.
61. "__ USA": NPR program hosted by Maria Hinojosa: LATINO.
62. Environmentalist Brockovich: ERIN.
64. Lion's share: MOST.
66. Cranberry field: BOG.
67. Bobbed hairstyle: PAGEBOY.
70. Like some Peruvian ruins: INCAN.
71. "Terrif!": NEATO.
72. Glosses over: OMITS.
73. Wound cover: SCAB.
74. Filmmaker Ephron: NORA.
77. In __ of: LIEU.
78. Cut with a beam: LASE.
80. "The Last Jedi" pilot Dameron: POE.
83. New Haven Ivy Leaguer: ELI.
84. Armed forces org.: VFW.
87. Burrito morsel: BEAN.
88. Some image files: GIFS.
89. Soothing massage option: OIL RUB.
91. Crossed swords: DUELED.
93. Water feature with ornamental fish: KOI POND.
97. Some humanities degs.: MAS.
99. Spat: TIFF.
101. Batting ninth: UP LAST.
102. Medieval poets: BARDS.
103. "The Rookie" actress Melissa: O'NEIL.
104. Ewe-like: OVINE.
105. Like loose-leaf paper: LINED.
106. Cutlass model: CIERA.
107. Spanish pronoun: USTED.
108. City in southern France: NIMES.
109. Country in two continents: EGYPT.
111. Apple players: IPODS.
112. Julianne of "Still Alice": MOORE.
113. Follow: ENSUE.
114. Judges: DEEMS.
120. Josh of "Frozen": GAD. He voiced Olaf.
121. Actress Wray: FAY.
122. Audit pro: CPA.
C.C.
