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Jun 3, 2021

Thursday, June 3, 2021, Parikshit S. Bhat

 



Good Morning, Curciverbalists!  Malodorous Manatee here along with a semi-aquatic-mammalian friend to wish everyone a positively special Thursday.  Today, our puzzle setter is Parikshit S. Bhat, a veteran of at least two other previously-published L.A Times puzzles, who seems to have riffed on his own initials with today's very straight-forward theme.  P. S. Bhat has taken five common word pairs that begin with the letter P and added his middle initial, S, at the beginning to create new, amusing word pairs that all start with SP.

Today, The SP awards go to:

17 Across:  Fish eggs seller?: SPAWN SHOP.  Or, perhaps, baby salmon hit the mall?

25 Across:  Command to Siri to read the clock?: SPEAK TIME.  It sounds like Tonto is making the request of Apple. 

PEAK TIME Energy Pricing



35 Across:  Public relations fund?: SPIN MONEY.  Pin MONEY is a small sum used to pay for incidentals and SPIN doctors, a slang term for public relations professionals, mold public images of persons and events.

50 Across:  Recreational libation?: SPORT WINE.  A SPORT is a form of recreation and port wine is a Portuguese fortified WINE.

59 Across:  Music for a feisty orator?: SPUNK ROCK.  . . . . and a previously-thought-of riff, apparently.



Unless this madescent marine mammal missed something more, that's it for the uncomplicated, yet clever, theme.

Now, with a nod to Paul Harvey, for the rest of the story:


Across:

1. Multiple choice test options, often: ABCD.




5. Researched item: FACT.  Isn't it a FACT only after the research confirms it?

9. It may be knitted: BROW.




13. "Mississippi Masala" filmmaker __ Nair: MIRA.



14. Many a map dot: ISLE.  Sometimes, the same clue is used for TOWN.

15. Skirmish: RUN IN.  There are several ways this might have been clued but the puzzle setter went the argument, or dispute, route.

19. Delete: ERASE.

20. Admit a mistake: OWN IT.



21. City ESE of Phoenix: MESA.  MESA, Arizona

23. Morning drops: DEW

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Grateful Dead - Morning DEW


24. Tim who voiced Buzz Lightyear: ALLEN.  That's Tim ALLEN on the right, below.



27. Arranged: LAID OUT.



29. "You're on the right track": WARMER

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30. North end?: ERN  North end.  South end.  East end.  West end.  F end.

31. Golf date ruiner: RAIN.  Or not.

Swinging In The Rain


34. She played Thelma in "Thelma & Louise": GEENA.  GEENA Davis




38. One of a 15th-century seagoing trio: PINTA.  In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.




41. Soft drink nut: KOLA.  In the 1880's, a pharmacist in Georgia, John Pemberton, took caffeine extracted from KOLA nuts and cocaine-containing extracts from coca leaves and mixed them with sugar, other flavorings, and carbonated water to invent Coca Cola.

42. Clamorous sound: DIN.




45. "Let me rephrase that ... ": I MEANT.

47. How Clint Eastwood usually delivers his lines: TERSELY

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53. Copious: AMPLE.  I think of copious as being more than AMPLE.  Abundant, if you will.



54. Top __: TEN.



55. "Too great a burden to bear": M.L. King Jr.: HATE


56. Food recall reason: E COLI.



57. Address with style: ORATE.  Not a calligraphy reference.

62. Drag racer's fuel, briefly: NITRO.  NITROmethane.




63. Word repeated in a combat term: MANO.  In this case, MANO A MANO - meaning hand to hand combat.

64. Scary-sounding lake: ERIE.   Right now, everyone in Cleveland is taking social distancing very seriously.  Even the walkway by the lake is deserted.  It's ERIE.

65. Tend: LEAN.

66. Hebrew for "skyward": EL AL.



67. __ date: SET A.


Down:

1. Early hrs.: AMSAnte Meridian, although everyone just uses AM.

2. Like Earth: BIPOLAR.  The earth is indeed BIPOLAR.  But it's not a disorder."  Neil deGrasee Tyson



3. Enter on hands and knees: CRAWL IN.

4. Finally occurred to, with "on": DAWNED.

MST3k


5. It may be pumped in victory: 
FIST.

6. Stuff in a tray: ASH.  Remember ASH trays?

7. Tread noisily: CLOMP.




8. Tent made of skins: TEPEE.  Also spelled TEEPEE.

9. Fragile goods concern: BREAKAGE.

10. Play that gave us the word "robot": R.U.R.  Rossumovi Univerzalni Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots).



11. Instantly: ON A DIME.



12. Biblical trio: WISE MEN.  The Three Wise Men.

Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar


16. Exclusive MLB cap supplier: NEW ERA.  The NEW ERA Cap Company, founded in 1920, is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

18. Boy of la casa: NINO.   NINO is, of course, Spanish for boy.

22. Spotted: SAW.  A tool for cutting.  An old saying.



24. Golden brew: ALE.



25. Smelled really bad: STANK.

The Grinch's Take On Last Year


26. Three-pointer, in hoops lingo: TREY.



28. Ocean State sch.: URI.



32. Texter's "I feel": IMOIn My Opinion

33. "Tropic Thunder" actor Nick: NOLTE.

Down and Out in the Golden Triangle


35. Rating unit: STAR.  Often, one to five STARs.

36. Temple of the gods: PANTHEON.

The PANTHEON, Rome - Photo by MM


37. Scot's refusal: NAE.




38. Moving engine part: PISTON.




39. Leave vulnerable: IMPERIL.

40. Recent delivery: NEONATE.


42. Regret strongly: DEPLORE.



43.Under-the-table:  ILLICIT

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44. Bill promoting science?: NYE.  Not an act by the legislature.



46. Defunct flier: TWA.



48. Bike storage aid: RACK.

49. Marshmallow treats: SMORES.



51. Response at the door: IT'S ME.

52. Site of many a climber's goal: NEPAL.



56. Hydroxyl compound: ENOL.   The name is a contraction derived from alkene alcohol.  More formally, Alkenol.

58. La-la preceder: TRA.




60."Sonata Quasi __ Fantasia": Beethoven's "Moonlight": UNA  My mother's favorite pianist was Murray Perahia.

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Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement  Murray Perahia


61. New Zealand parrot: KEA.  Alternatively, a bird sometimes seen in crossword puzzles.




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Jan 8, 2018

Monday, January 8, 2018 ~ Parikshit S. Bhat

Theme: Parental Guidance - Two word phrases that fit the P and G format.

21A. Admit to wrongdoing in court: PLEAD GUILTY

31A. Location-based smartphone game release of 2016: POKÉMON GO

41A. Similar set of individuals: PEER GROUP

52A. Inland sea between Iran and Saudi Arabia: PERSIAN GULF

41D. Like many animated films ... and a hint to 21-, 31-, 41- and 52-Across: PG-RATED

Argyle here. Straight forward letter plus letter puzzle. There are four of them and a neat reveal. I think the column crossings were intentional. (See grid) It's also a pangram.

Across:

1. Green gem: JADE. Tori earrings.


5. Actress Greta: GARBO


10. Ponzi scheme, for one: SCAM

14. Boy in "The Kite Runner": AMIR. Book, film, play. Wiki link

15. Toward the back: AREAR

16. When tripled, a 1970 WWII film: TORA. Roger Ebert review.


17. Spanish "nothing": NADA

18. Free, in France: LIBRE

19. Reddish-brown horse: ROAN

20. Israeli submachine gun: UZI

23. Embark from a dock: SET SAIL

25. Spaniel's welcome: ARF

26. Indian-born storekeeper on "The Simpsons": APU

27. Bening of "American Beauty": ANNETTE


35. Half a bray: HAW. HEE being the other half.

36. Radio knob: TUNER

37. 1998 biopic about model Carangi: GIA. She died at 26. (1986)


38. Travelocity ad figure: GNOME

40. Ctrl-__-Delete: PC reboot combo: ALT. Mine starts Task Manager.

43. Reveal: DIVULGE

46. Help: AID

47. Negative connection: NOR

48. Climbing plant: CREEPER

57. Dockworkers' gp.: ILA. (International Longshoremen's Association)

58. Soothing plant extract: ALOE

59. Pageant headgear: TIARA

60. Prefix with lateral: EQUI

61. Arctic seabird: SKUA. "Oh yeah?" "Yeah!"


62. No __ sight: END IN

63. Bugs Bunny adversary Elmer: FUDD

64. Smartphone message: TEXT

65. Gave medicine to: DOSED

66. Golf ball supports: TEEs

Down:

1. Two-faced god: JANUS. January's namesake.

2. Fill with wonder: AMAZE

3. Completed the task: DID IT

4. Significant period: ERA

5. Steel-gray metallic element: GALLIUM. Element in many semiconductors.

6. Disney mermaid: ARIEL


7. Country star McEntire: REBA. And TV.


8. The __: Shakespeare: BARD

9. Pizza herb: OREGANO

10. Conflict: STRIFE

11. Like much fall weather: COOL

12. "I smell __!": A RAT

13. Lots of: MANY

21. Daily news source: PAPER

22. Coffee vessel: URN

24. Japanese alcoholic beverage: SAKE

27. Ice cream thickener: AGAR

28. Old-style you: THOU

29. Pack (down) firmly: TAMP

30. Sheep girl: EWE

31. Sheepdog from Hungary: PULI. Cute when they're puppies.


32. Being aired: ON TV

33. S-shaped molding: OGEE

34. Never, in Dortmund: NIE. Germany.


36. Little bit: TAD

38. Bereavement: GRIEF

39. Bump on a branch: NODE

42. Floral wreath: GARLAND

44. Remove from office: UNSEAT

45. Law, in Lille: LOI. France.


48. Madame of physics: CURIE


49. Arouse, as interest: PIQUE

50. Avoid capture by: ELUDE

51. Surprise attacks: RAIDS

52. Good old days: PAST

53. Actress Sommer: ELKE

54. Gumbo thickener: ROUX. (equal parts of flour and fat by weight) Moi?

55. El __: weather phenomenon: NINO

56. Wanders restlessly: GADS

60. Baby newt: EFT

Argyle



Note from C.C.:

Happy Birthday to Patti Varol, Rich's assistant and editor for the Crosswords Club. Like Rich, Patti is incredibly efficient, patient and generous with her time. She is also sharp-eyed and notices every little dupe that might have escaped constructors. In one of the Club puzzles, Patti clued BLOG as [L.A. Times Crossword Corner, e.g.]. She does lots of little things for constructors. Thank you, Patti!