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Nothing to do with the sciatica nor reprints of old magazines to see here. Nope. Gary & Amy offer us common phrases where the last (back) word in each phrase is another word for an "issue" with whimsical cluing. Let's roll....
But first - Happy Easter!
22a. Trouble for an orthodox rabbi?: KOSHER PICKLE. The MOTIF (81d) finally broke the NW to get a FIR with 2 only two #Cheats.
27a. Trouble with the sewer line?: MAIN SQUEEZE. I thought the MAINs was the ingress not the egress(?)
65a. Trouble in a candy store?: SWEET SPOT.
100a. Trouble for a barista?: CAFFEINE FIX.
107a. Trouble with an alibi?: STORY PROBLEM.
30d. Trouble with a movie promo?: TRAILER HITCH.
40d. Trouble with a Bronx cheer?: RASPBERRY JAM.
Another? Trouble for an oyster?: Pearl Jam. //Or does that just not make me a Better Man :-)
If you still don't "get the issue," comment below and I'm sure the early-riser Cornerites will set you straight.
22a. Trouble for an orthodox rabbi?: KOSHER PICKLE. The MOTIF (81d) finally broke the NW to get a FIR with 2 only two #Cheats.
27a. Trouble with the sewer line?: MAIN SQUEEZE. I thought the MAINs was the ingress not the egress(?)
65a. Trouble in a candy store?: SWEET SPOT.
100a. Trouble for a barista?: CAFFEINE FIX.
107a. Trouble with an alibi?: STORY PROBLEM.
30d. Trouble with a movie promo?: TRAILER HITCH.
40d. Trouble with a Bronx cheer?: RASPBERRY JAM.
Another? Trouble for an oyster?: Pearl Jam. //Or does that just not make me a Better Man :-)
If you still don't "get the issue," comment below and I'm sure the early-riser Cornerites will set you straight.
And slow down, relax, take your time reading the blog today. There might be humour that takes a second. //or, there might not :-)
Across:
1. Contemporary: AGE MATE. Really? Thumper.
8. Place to grab a pint: PUB. And usually a good sandwich or shepherd's pie.
11. Smitten Kitchen blogger Perelman: DEB. ESP. Wait, um, [see: 73a]...
14. Butterfingers: OAF.
17. Quaint desktop item: ROLODEX.
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18. Not to be trusted: OILY. I was going for wILY.
19. Lyrical: ODIC.
21. AC meas.: BTU. Air Conditioners' capacity is measured in British Thermal Units which is ~1.06 Joules.
C, Eh!, friendlies to the North, do you measure ACs in Joules or BTUs?
//Story?: In EE everything is done in metric. I had to take a MechE Thermodynamics class and it was all in Imperial Units. To do the maths, I'd hafta covert everything to metric, solve the problem, and then convert back. PITA [Pain In The Arse] but I passed.
22. [See: Theme]
24. Place to clean up: WASH ROOM. Kitchen didn't fit; nor did rehab ;-)
26. Appearance: ASPECT.
27. [See: Theme]
29. Fighting: AT IT.
31. "Hallelujah" songwriter Cohen: LEONARD.
33. Unfeeling: NUMB.
I saw them in '95(?) in Dallas - Great Show
(and contact-high from everything billowing to the mezzanine)
34. Black-footed pet: FERRET. If you FERRET-out something, did you EKE (110d) by?
36. Public relations effort: SPIN.
Popular in the '90s. Where they are now.
37. "Mm-hmm": I SEE.
39. Thermometer type: ORAL. I thought of the other insertion area first but I knew that wouldn't pass the "Breakfast Test." "Meat" also fit.
43. Rideshare predictions, briefly: ETAS. Estimated Time of Arrival(s) for your Uber or Lyft. I took the latter home at 3am after [see: 95d's story]
44. "But to no __": AVAIL. Didn't turn out as hoped.
46. Frosty coat: HOAR.
47. Bingham of "Baywatch": TRACI. "Traci A. Bingham is an American actress, model, and television personality. Beginning her professional career in the early 1990s, Bingham is best known for her role as Jordan Tate on the NBC action drama television series Baywatch." [WikiP]
48. Jewelry retailer Alex and __: ANI. ESP. Anyone actually know of/shop them? [apparently, DW (editor-in-chief) knows of them and has two of their bracelets(?!?)]
49. Makeup pencil target: BROW.
50. Perfume name: COTY. If Gary, Amy, & Patti say so. ESP.
51. Sparkly threads: TINSEL. Mostly perps - I was thinking "threads" as in groovy clothing...
52. Guinness superlative: TALLEST. Superlative -- ink "EST" and wait.
54. Lasting impression: SCAR. I had dent :-(
56. Quran scholar: IMAM.
58. Inflation fig.: PSI. Tires' Pounds/Square-Inch - nothing re: macro-economics.
59. Ragtime legend Blake: EUBIE. Lucky WAG crossing BEBE (49d).
Eubie Blake doing Charleston Rag
60. Port-of-Spain's island: TRINIDAD. Once IDAD perp'd, fill was easy!
62. Playwright's prize: OBIE.
63. Jazz singer Carmen: MCRAE. No idea. I inked RAE hoping for the best.
65. [See: Theme]
67. Sharpens: WHETS. Sharpen a knife on a whet-stone or an appetizer to whet your palette.
68. Interstate H-1 locale: OAHU. H-1, thankfully, gave it away.
69. Zoological kingdom: ANIMALIA.
70. TWA rival: US-AIR. Both defunct.
72. Slugger's stat: RBI. Runs Batted In. Who else is happy Baseball is back?
73. Write online: BLOG. A little meta for me "write" now ;-)
74. Warmhearted: KIND. Nice also fit.
75. Comebacks: RETORTS. Give 'em (109d) LIP.
78. Squeal: TATTLE. "Tell on" also fit.
80. Gathering clouds, say: OMEN.
82. Boxing champion's prize: BELT.
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83. Word of support: YEA. Hand up: You filled YES, no?
84. Dried poblano: ANCHO.
85. Part of Q.E.D.: QUOD. Latin: quod erat demonstrandum - Which was to be demonstrated / proved mathematically (well, math class is the only place I've ever used QED).
86. __ parade: PRIDE.
88. Open some: AJAR. When is a door not a door? When it's a jar! //I loved joke-books in the 3rd grade.
89. Cowardly Lion portrayer: LAHR.
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90. Green shot: PUTT. I was thinking Absinthe.
91. "How've you __?": BEEN. "Life still good, CHUM?"
92. Djibouti language: SOMALI.
94. Calvary inscription: INRI. Written on the Cross He was crucified on before he rose again today ~33AD. //religion - I was thinking The Cavalry that rides in at the last minute. #Dyslexia
96. Tony Stark's alter ego: IRON MAN. Robert Downey Jr. was brilliant as.
Got 17:03? - Note: Stan Lee's cameo @13:44.
99. Tire holders: RIMS. I thought "lugs" first.
100. [See: Theme]
104. World's largest peninsula: ARABIA.
106. Keeps safe: PROTECTS.
107. [See: Theme]
112. Afflict: AIL.
113. "Whoa ... that's food for thought": DEEP.
Edie Brickell - Married to Paul Simon
114. Oddball: KOOK. Love it!
115. Long and slippery: EEL LIKE.
116. Melancholy: SAD.
117. Farm area: STY.
118. UV-blocker rating syst.: SPF. Ultra-Violet (sun) rays can be blocked by Sun Protection Factor lotion/spray. DW & dermatologist wants me to use sun-screen every day. Anyone remember when we all used Coppertone to look "healthy"?
119. Like tea leaves: STEEPED.
Down:
1. Deluge refuge: ARK. Ha! Love the alliteration.
2. Failed fudge, maybe: GOO. I thought "F" in home-ec(?)
3. Thrilling pair?: ELS. Two Ls in Thrilling. 'Nuff said.
4. Some expensive sweaters: MOHAIRS. Cashmere fit only if you spell it wrong [guilty].
5. "__ Fideles": ADESTE. SEMPER went in just fine; too bad it was wrong #inkymess in the NW
6. Maryland athlete, for short: TERP.
7. Kick out: EXPEL.
8. Dental care suffix: PIK.
9. "Tracey Takes On ... " comedian: ULLMAN. Tracy's show is funny but not fit for all. Note: 47a is a different spelling of TRACI.
10. How some musicians play: BY EAR. B-YEAR didn't make any sense ;-)
11. Blue: DOWN. Sad, Melancholy (116a), Mopey
12. Santa portrayer in "Elf": ED ASNER. He also hates Spunk.
13. Lobster soup: BISQUE.
14. Soprano woodwind: OBOE. One tunes to the other; don't make me Google.
15. The whole shebang: A TO Z. Ever notice Amazon's logo? The "smile" points A->Z.
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16. Stew: FUME. Gets in a huff.
18. Pixar's Pearl and Hank, e.g.: OCTOPI. They can make an inky-mess too!
20. Bud: CHUM. Pal, mate, but not necessarily, a BFF.
23. Winter fishing tool: ICE-SAW.
25. Converted, in a way: REBORN. I assume this has a religious connotation. The clue made me think of things like turning a lawnmower into a go-kart.
28. "It is a tale / Told by an __": Macbeth: IDIOT. Or, an ID-10-T error code a young helpdesk consultant writes on the invoice [guilty].
29. Prudential alternative: AETNA. I inked EATNA. #UNTIE!
30. [See: Theme]
32. Zilch: NIL. Nada.
34. Achievement: FEAT.
35. Anklebones: TARSI.
38. Tie the knot: SAY I DO. Just a Sec (not 51d),.. Here's another HITCH! :-)
40. [See: Theme]
41. Crushes the final: ACES IT. I nailed the Continuous & Discrete Signals final bringing my D up to a B. Took me all semester to learn the math.
42. Monet flowers: LILIES.
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45. Says nay: VOTES NO.
46. Meddles: HORNS IN. I wanted "noses IN" but it didn't fit. Nor did any of the Mystery Machine kids. [a Scooby Doo ref.]
47. "The Things They Carried" writer O'Brien: TIM. If you say so.
49. Tony winner Neuwirth: BEBE. ibid.
50. Sanchez who voiced Dora the Explorer: CAITLIN. ibid. I had to Google this but Kathleen Herles kept coming up(???). I kept Googling until CAITLIN matched the clue. #Cheat
51. Just a __: TAD. Who else ink'd "sec"?
53. Island feast: LUAU.
54. Originate (from): STEM.
55. Sounded like a loose floorboard: CREAKED. Squeaked was too long.
57. Got older and wiser, perhaps: MATURED. We may age but nobody said we had to grow up.
61. GarageBand device: IPAD. GarageBand is an app for your iThing to aid in mixing music. My (CEO) Bro uses it for his Dad Band.
62. Oberlin's state: OHIO. Oberlin is a Uni.
63. __ Kombat: video game franchise: MORTAL. Body-blow, Body-blow! I played this but never had enough quarters to get good AT IT. //Oh, wait that was Punch-Out!
64. Beach shelter: CABANA. Oh,... Should I tell the story of a helpdesk new-hire that confided in us that he worked as a cabana-boy to help pay for college? And, that every time a MATURE lady had a problem with her computer, we'd tell him to grab the Coppertone and don his Speed-Os?
No, I probably shouldn't embarrass him like that.
66. Lose it: WIG OUT. Really lose your cool.
67. Power measure: WATT. 1 Joule/Second. [Exercise left to the reader: Calculate in BTUs]
69. Drink in a mug: ALE. Joe [coffee] fit :-(
71. Tennis great Monica: SELES. BigE probably didn't need perps.
73. Rain-__ gum: BLO.
76. Freshwater ducks: TEALS.
77. Dress of draped silk: SARI. They are so colorful/beautiful.
79. "__ Shop": Macklemore & Ryan Lewis hit: THRIFT. I sussed it w/ a few perps.
81. Theme: MOTIF. The motif of this puzzle is an "issue" ;-)
82. Twofold: BINARY. There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
85. The Dave Clark Five, e.g.: QUINTET. Even if you don't know who The Dave Clark Five is, the answer is(ish) in the clue.
Glad All Over
86. Farm area: PEN. Wait, I thought it was a STY [117a]. Nice clecho.
87. Comment: REMARK. Not quite a RETORT.
88. Friendly: AMIABLE. Ok, that's a better definition for "nice" when KIND was asked for.
90. Consumer Reports data: PRICES. Anyone still subscribe? I have the eScription but DW says everything I buy on their recommendation sucks. I'm not sure that's fair -- the DustBuster we purchased sure does. *rimshot*
91. Proof of purchase: BOX TOP. Hand-up: You collected these from Kellogg's'/Post's' boxes to get pencils or whatever for school. They also had us collect Campbell's soup can labels [which was easy-peasy to SNAG [another "issue"] from Maternal Grand's kitchen bin.]
93. Colorful songbird: ORIOLE. Did I mention Baseball is back?
95. Have to have: NEED. Oy!, I found out two weeks ago that you NEED salts.
//Story I promised:
I'd gone to drinking nothing but water (except when commuting T,W,Th - a coffee FIX is NEEDed at 6am!).
To make water fun, I got a SodaStream to give it bubbles and little squirty-flavors (cucumber-lime is my Fav!) to add.
I ended up washing out my salts by drinking too much water(? what a PICKLE!) and landed in the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. My BP has always been high (~140/99) but 168/112 scared me (a good buddy had a stroke and he's younger than I!) and I had shortness of breath.
ER gave me a swig of potassium (nasty stuff) and a saline drip. Within an hour I was right as rain!
Here I was trying to be healthy and...
To make water fun, I got a SodaStream to give it bubbles and little squirty-flavors (cucumber-lime is my Fav!) to add.
I ended up washing out my salts by drinking too much water(? what a PICKLE!) and landed in the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. My BP has always been high (~140/99) but 168/112 scared me (a good buddy had a stroke and he's younger than I!) and I had shortness of breath.
ER gave me a swig of potassium (nasty stuff) and a saline drip. Within an hour I was right as rain!
Here I was trying to be healthy and...
Pop has oft said: "All my 'healthy' friends are dead." (I should go back to beer & coffee, eh?)
//End PSA.
97. Hazards: RISKS. I didn't think water would be a Hazard outside of a golf-course.
98. Scruffs: NAPES. Cats pickup kittens by the scruff/nape of their neck.
100. IRS form experts: CPAS. Welcome to April Americans :-). Internal Revenue Service forms require a Certified Public Accountant if/when your taxes get more complicated than just income of simply working a 9-to-5. If nothing else, a CPA gives you peace of mind you didn't mess up/get in a PINCH [issue] with the IRS.
//D-O: What/who certifies you? Is the cert good across state-lines (unlike Law)?
101. Solo often sung in Italian: ARIA. I wish I had a video of Eldest singing Ava Maria to share - brought Pop to tears, she did.
102. Soufflé recipe word: FOLD. Any Cornerite ever make one of these right? I just settle for Frittata [what real-men call quiche 'cuz we don't eat that (see: Sunday 4/2) :-)]
103. Glimpse: ESPY. Not to be confused with the ESPN Award you've eyed for your physical prowess.
105. Cy Young winner Saberhagen: BRET. Pitcher from Chicago Heights who played with the Royals, Mets, Rockies and Bo. Sox. While with the Royals, Bret won Cy Young (and World Series against St. Louis) in '85 and another Cy Young in '89 with an ERA of 2.16.
108. "That sounds painful": OOF. An onomatopoeia.
109. Guff: LIP. Usage: "Don't give me your guff." Sass, RETORT, LIP.
110. Make (out): EKE. Not smooching/snogging but just getting by.
111. Club __: MED. I was thinking about last Tuesday and, first to mind, Club Fed :-)
The Grid:
Whew! That was long winded. The skinny:
WOs: aplenty in the NW; sec->TAD.
ESPs: names save LAHR; INRI (I really was thinking 1st Cav #Ft.Hood)
Cheats: Google for CAITLIN, dictionary for CAFFEINE's spelling.
Fav: KOOK is just such a fun word. Shakespeare's IDIOT was also a hoot.
I know -- Sunday's grids are a lot of words but I hope y'all had as much fun as I.
//end expo|brain ramble.
Cheers!, -T
//End PSA.
97. Hazards: RISKS. I didn't think water would be a Hazard outside of a golf-course.
98. Scruffs: NAPES. Cats pickup kittens by the scruff/nape of their neck.
100. IRS form experts: CPAS. Welcome to April Americans :-). Internal Revenue Service forms require a Certified Public Accountant if/when your taxes get more complicated than just income of simply working a 9-to-5. If nothing else, a CPA gives you peace of mind you didn't mess up/get in a PINCH [issue] with the IRS.
//D-O: What/who certifies you? Is the cert good across state-lines (unlike Law)?
101. Solo often sung in Italian: ARIA. I wish I had a video of Eldest singing Ava Maria to share - brought Pop to tears, she did.
102. Soufflé recipe word: FOLD. Any Cornerite ever make one of these right? I just settle for Frittata [what real-men call quiche 'cuz we don't eat that (see: Sunday 4/2) :-)]
103. Glimpse: ESPY. Not to be confused with the ESPN Award you've eyed for your physical prowess.
105. Cy Young winner Saberhagen: BRET. Pitcher from Chicago Heights who played with the Royals, Mets, Rockies and Bo. Sox. While with the Royals, Bret won Cy Young (and World Series against St. Louis) in '85 and another Cy Young in '89 with an ERA of 2.16.
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108. "That sounds painful": OOF. An onomatopoeia.
109. Guff: LIP. Usage: "Don't give me your guff." Sass, RETORT, LIP.
110. Make (out): EKE. Not smooching/snogging but just getting by.
111. Club __: MED. I was thinking about last Tuesday and, first to mind, Club Fed :-)
The Grid:
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Whew! That was long winded. The skinny:
WOs: aplenty in the NW; sec->TAD.
ESPs: names save LAHR; INRI (I really was thinking 1st Cav #Ft.Hood)
Cheats: Google for CAITLIN, dictionary for CAFFEINE's spelling.
Fav: KOOK is just such a fun word. Shakespeare's IDIOT was also a hoot.
I know -- Sunday's grids are a lot of words but I hope y'all had as much fun as I.
//end expo|brain ramble.
Cheers!, -T