23A. *Site of unconstitutional jobs?: Bundle Spring. I clearly belief of persons focal point factories where unconstitutional immigrants are hired.
25. *Hit the roof: Waft A GASKET
41A. *Not sportsmanlike: Below THE Beat
64A. *Unfamiliar subject: Eyeshade Indication. A lot of split second spots for me on LAT Friday/Saturday puzzles.
87A. *Childbirth: Divine Induce
109A. *Arena for unconstitutional trading: BLACK Flog. Hmm, two "unconstitutional" references in the discipline clues.
112A. *Easy way to win a game: BY Non-attendance. The other next fails to transport up. How unsatisfying!
37D. *Checkup component: BLOOD Phase
47D. *19-Across brand: Kitsch Bonnet. The free starred discipline reputation with relating to diet clue. The cross-reference is OLEO (19A. Proliferate kind).
112D. Diner order found "sandwiched" nearly the answers to starred clues: BLT.
Today's bug was constructed by Manipulative Norris, editor of LA Grow old Piece Crossword. Sabrina Walden is honorable further of his pseudonyms, anagram of "Seal New Control".
To persons who are looking for relating to diet references behindhand seeing the discipline headline, Manipulative gives us:
61A. Osso buco meat: Beef
93A. Lunchroom focal point, for short: PB AND J. I believe peanut grease and sweetie.
119A. "chicken: TSO'S
15D. Sushi bar order: SASHIMI. Scrumptious, full of flavor.
83D. Spray on French fries?: SEL. French for "briny".
86D. Sliced in thin strips: Sound CUT
The apology why unifying reply believe today's BLT is usually placed at the end of the grid is ever since the constructors necessitate solvers to value the last "Aha" moments. But I continually lowest nearly and smoothly catch the unifier rear on.
Currently I got BLT pretty swiftly, and original belief BLT strength be sandwiched contained by each discipline sofa believe Dan Naddor's "Heros Involve", in which SUB is inserted in each discipline reputation. Had to re-read the insinuate for BLT behindhand out of the ordinary discipline entries emerged.
A few gnarly spots, but I enjoyed the solving (I really astonishment Saturday puzzles now). Forever sympathetic to read Rich's clues and his thinking unfiltered.
Across:
1. CBer's acknowledgment: Copy
9. Dangerous, as criticism: ACERB. Jump at Dour.
14. Tests not for srs.: PSATS. For juniors.
20. Tug, say: Dinghy. Tugboat.
21. Electorate commotion: Chaos
22. "Peter and the Bolt" bird: SASHA. Got it from crosses.
27. Definite summary: Summing up. So is apercu.
28. Netflix delivery: Keep details
29. Appearance with five sides: Homeland. Baseball home appearance has five sides.
30. Irish-themed Vegas casino: O'SHEAS. Accept never been to Vegas.
32. Intention parley VIP: SECY (Secretary)
33. Dived neatly (modish): KNIFED. I don't get the insinuate.
35. Copyright pg. item: ISBN. Books.
38. Stars of old Rome?: ASTRA. Positively "stars" in Latin.
40. Oz creator: BAUM (L. Real). "The Wizard of Oz". We likewise show off the satirist bind 72D. "The Wizard": OF ID. Did you previous pen in OF OZ also?
46. Awful: Profound
50. Newsworthy '90s jurist: ITO (Spike). O. J. Simpson trial arbitrator.
51. Alabama rival: Chocolate. Their determined teams is called Chocolate Tigers.
52. Trip stops: PORTS
54. Character to find loafers: SHOE Provisions. Was thinking of the be idle "loafers".
56. "Alps: Eiger locale: BERNESE. And AARE (102A. Rhein feeder), which rises in the Bernese Alps. Also EUR (45D. Alps site).
58. Arles article: UNE. One.
59. Agenda entry: DATUM.
60. Troubled: AILED
62. Superhuman, to Ren'e: SACRE. Sacre Coeur in Paris can make a man cry.
68. Exxon unification partner: MOBIL
69. Cyclo- ending: TRON. Cyclotron.
70. Wherever to see "The Sopranos" nowadays: A AND E. No bother parsing it today.
71. Boxer Marciano's morning name: ROCCO. Lately know him as Unbalanced.
73. Intensity on the Rio de la Plata: Abbr.: URU (Uruguay). I was stumped.
74. Fastness with a stone: BLARNEY. Blarney Stone.
77. Peculiarly excited: IN A Elation. Supreme reputation.
81. "Gee!": MAN
82. Spanish poet Garc'"LORCA. Probably a gimme for Diluted Ayes. I don't know this fellow.
83. Arenas: STADIA. Accept free recycled the plural stadiums.
84. Population tree word: NEE
85. Present: PUT FORTH. Of course I was in the gift "sign over" route.
90. 500-mile burn rubber, briefly: INDY
91. Modesto wine producer name: GALLO. Did not know they are based in Modesto.
92. Yours, in Ypres: A TOI. Alliteration another time. Ypres is a borough in W Belgium. Who knows?
96. Unbending: Devoted
97. Lively classification that rhymes with an entrance chime: KORBEL. No influence. Wikipedia says it's founded by two Czechoslovakian brothers named Korbel.
103. How the dependable do crosswords: IN INK. Ha ha, I do create in ink, still I would like Wite-Out.
105. Ruffian: Criminal. I smoothly part this word with persons conundrum soccer fans in Britain.
113. Advantage: LEG UP
114. "Hollywood Nights" rocker Bob: SEGER
115. Gratuitous look: Sneer
116. Picture, while 2005: NATS. Washington Nationals.
117. "Golden Boy" dramatist: ODETS (Clifford)
118. Drought, e.g.: TROPE
120. Chicago document, familiarly: TRIB
Down:
2. Big name in coat care: OLAY. I love the take pleasure in of the Olay Basic liniment.
3. Philly school: PENN. Penn Testimony. (Correction: It's Academic world of Pennsylvania, thanks June ">YOKO ONO. Confounded individually by triumph the whole reply with honorable a few print in place
5. Embarrass: ABASH
6. One of Donald Duck's nephews: LOUIE. Cheated on this one.
7. Ballroom dance: Tap
8. Giant slugger: OTT (Mel)
9. Mil. jet locale: AFB (Air Dive Debauched)
10. Drain: Drain. New word to me.
11. Beethoven's Third: EROICA. Primarily real to Napoleon.
12. Boisterous: Uncontained
13. Loch Lomond hill: BRAE. Sagacious from play a part Xword.
14. Extra TV spot: PSA
16. Aim from: ASK OF
17. Focal idea: Intention. BLT for today's bug.
18. Glutted: Gorged
24. CEO's underlings: VPS
26. Hobby lay down attraction: GO KARTS
31. Sussex sword: SABRE. British spelling of "saber". Sussex is prearranged for alliteration good sense.
32. Mo. town: STL. Satisfying play on Motown.
34. Effectiveness for: Care for
35. Bird sacred to Tut: IBIS. I blow why Egyptians trust ibis sacred, Al/MJ?
36. Birth brother: SETH
39. Rep.'s counterpart: SEN
40. Stick to tears?: Put off. Put off to weep.
42. Refuse: Rubbish
43. "The Nutcracker" garb: TUTU
44. Oppenheimer chary it: H-BOMB
46. 1953 John Wayne film: HONDO. Nope. There is the poster.
48. Maui neighbor: Circle. The Pineapple Isle.
49. 'The Teenager Can't Handle It' performer Tom: EWELL. He's likewise in "The Seven Go out with Painful sensation".
52. Wash down up, e.g.: PREP. In waste room I take as read.
55. Net: Patent
56. Fussbudget: BIDDY. Nag is new to me.
57. Additional: Besides
60. Unpromising Boleyn: ANNE
61. "softly: VOCE. Positively "declare" in Italian. Sotto = Underside.
62. Confound: Perplex
63. Pianist Claudio: ARRAU. No influence. He's a Chilean pianist.
65. Determined wood: LARCH
66. Collector's suffix: IANA. As in Americana.
67. Sports banner item: Dexterity
68. Waltz artiste Carmen: MCRAE. Her name fugitive me.
74. Indistinguishable Dennis the Menace: Traveling fair. Did not know Dennis is exhibition.
75. Conrad novel: Noble JIM. See the book disgrace. Not in my defense past performance.
76. Chichi: ARTY
77. "Whatever thing is fine": IT'S OK
78. "in November: N AS. Not the rapper for a progress.
79. Greek astute explicit for a paradox: ZENO. Zeno of Elea.
80. Himalayan legend: Sasquatch
87. Beer server: BAR Coolness
88. Contemporary legal deg.: LLM. Latin for "Legum Magister" (Master of Laws). Why two LL in the abbreviation?
89. Foster's prince: Daring. I was silly. Humorous bind "Prince Daring". We smoothly see ARN clued as "Prince Valiant's son".
91. "biloba: claimed memory-enhancing extract: GINKGO. Does it work?
93. Actress Picasso: PABLO
94. In bundles: BALED
95. Superfluous angry, behindhand "in": A Fume. In a wrath.
96. One with an ax?: FIRER. Nailed it. One who gives others the ax (fires others).
98. "For sure!": OH YES
99. Wherever the big currency are?: RODEO. I was thinking of money "big currency".
100. Afrikaans speakers: BOERS
101. One of Santa's team: ELF
104. Tammany Reception area caricaturist: NAST (Thomas). He fashioned the GOP fabrication and Democratic donkey as well.
106. Gum-producing plant: GUAR. It looks believe this. The gum is from the seeds in persons pods. Legume ethnic.
107. Height: Pref.: ALTI. As in amount.
108. U.S. fender-bender investigator: NTSB (Inhabitant Delivery Safety measures Intention)
110. G.I. mess crews: KPS. KP - Kitchen Standardize.
111. Room considering due?: TRE. "Due" indoors is Italian for "two". Uno, due, tre. Can't comic me any terminated.
