Across:
1. Get steamed / fume : BOIL
5. Rum Family : BACARDI
12. Goes hungry : STARVES
19. Wise leader / different : OTHER
21. Red hot / goes wild : ON A TEAR
22. Wardrobe / way to Narnia : ARMOIRE
23. 1999 US Mint project : STATE QUARTERS
25. Wall paper? / sheepskin : DIPLOMA
26. Not ppd. / Cape___ : COD
27. Tsks relative / old tomb : TUTS
28. the A in IPA / light brew : ALE
29. Belly flop : FALL FLAT
30. Final four org. : NCAA
32. Salinger's girl : ESME
34. Robert E. or Bruce / Trevino : LEE
35. Brillo, for one : SCOURING PAD
41. Baja bear : OSA
43. Half a teletubby / SEA, TEX rival : LAA
46. Brest milk : LAIT
47. Forum talk : LATIN
48. Bones to pick? : FOSSIL DIGS
52. Include : ADD IN
54. Keaton's Mr. Right : GOODBAR
56. One cell on a slide : AMOEBAS
57. King Minos e.g. : CRETAN
59. Khruschev's vote / Nikita no : NYET
60. Guidelines: CRITERIA
61. Higher than Loa : KEA
62. Roma hills / Ani follower : SETTE
65. Not cook, say : EAT OUT.
67. Dancer with a few fans / money in Joberg : RAND
68. Helter-skelter : ALL OVER THE PLACE
71. Utah city : OREM
74. Trapper : SNARER
75. Deal with : SEE TO
76. Yosemite Sam's scram : GIT
79. Instant photo : POLAROID
81. Hair extension? : IEST
83. Writing symbol used in 85A. : EM DASH
85. Cutting and pasting : EDITING.
86. Support : ENDORSE
89. Ball queen: BELLE
90. TRS-80 maker : RADIO SHACK
92. Gregg's older brother : DUANE
94. Dodger Labine / Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
95. For effort : ANE
96. Even if, briefly : THO
97. It merged with Penguin in July 2013 : RANDOM HOUSE
99. Short smoke? : CIG
102. Egyptian cross : ANKH
104. Complain / goldfish : CARP
105. Bed with bars : BABYCRIB
109. LA rival : NYC
111. Lummoxes / parrots : APES
113. Faux follower : PAS
116. Thoroughbred ancestor : ARABIAN
117. Embroidery slogan, and an alternative title to this puzzle : HOME SWEET HOME
120. Castle feature : SILENT T
121. Built : ERECTED
122. Swiss mathematician : EULER
123. Do stuff : HAIR GEL
124. Played by Mr. Cooper and Mr.Sandler : MR DEEDS
125. Free lioness : ELSA
Down:
1. Popular pear : BOSC
2. First HRE : OTTO
3. Who knew? : I HAD NO IDEA
4. Court call : LET
5. Ring event : BOUT
6. Santa ___Wind / Capital of Yemen : ANAS
7. N. or S. / ___54 where are you? : CAR
8. Girl top? : ATTA
9. Pulled (in) : REELED
10. Virginia's? / Eggs on: DARES
11. April 15 agcy/ : IRS
12. Actress Thompson : SADA
13. Warble : TRILL
14. Abundant / many matronly bosoms : AMPLE
15. Pocahontas hubby John / : ROLFE
16. 15th Century stringed instrument / fretted fiddle : VIOL
17. Writer Bombeck : ERMA
18. Aisle or window : SEAT
20. Pave over : RETAR
24. Small game bird / shrink in fear : QUAIL
29. Davy player Parker : FESS
31. Make the grade : CUTIT
33. Othello / heath : MOOR
35. Not taut : SLACK
36. Military unit : CADRE
37. Badger : NAG
38. Muscle car : GTO
39. Loud speaker / trailblazer : PIONEER
40. Rooney or Warhol : ANDY
42. In most cases : ASARULE
43. 9/23 - 10/22: LIBRA
44. Encore : AGAIN
45. Syrian strongman : ASSAD
48. Hamas rival : FATAH
49. Ape : IMITATE
50. An acre : LOT
51. John on the farm / tractor man : DEERE
53. Home of the New York Cosmos : NASL
55. Visibly embarrassed : BEET RED
58. Rickey and David : NELSONS
60. Persevere : COPE
63. Later today : TONIGHT
64. Plug in your den : TVAD
66. Beta release : TEST RUN
68. Valued violin : AMATI
69. Update tat : REINK
70. Makes parting sweet : COMB
71.Verdi work / where you find 106D: OPERA
72. Godzilla enemy : RODAN
73. Say sumpin' : ELIDE
76. Where to get an opinion : GALLUP POLL
77. Key chain / British____ : ISLES
78. Plot / central idea : THEME
80. Mexican flower : RIO
82. Pop : SODA
84. Room style : DECOR
86. Bus. course : ECON
87. Blue : SAD
88. Music maker Brian: ENO
91. Melville madman : AHAB
93. Roast host : EMCEE
97. Rapped : RHYMED
98. Makes waste / urgency : HASTE
99. New space : CYBER
100. Cake top : ICING
101. Get Parmesan ready : GRATE
103. Boxed soup : KNORR
105. Clobber / big party: BASH
106. 71D show stopper / Met solo : ARIA
107. Java neighbor / Hope Crosby destination : BALI
108. IOC part / Like JFK : INTL
109. Peniston or Winans : CECE
111. Bedazzled / blown away : AWED
112. shoe store giveaway / street crossers, briefly : PEDS
114. Iowa St. Home / Singer Ed : AMES
113. Roman evening / fluids : SERA
114: Haw partner / shorten : HEM
115. One canonized in France : STE
116. Tint : HUE
1 comment:
This comparison addressed to Lemon. Skipped clues equally good, meh, or adopted..
Across
19. Wise leader was very good!
21. Goes wild good, red hot poor.
22. All good, liked fancy... better.
23. Rich's was wordy, but I liked it better otherwise.
25. wall paper very good, but paper in frame good.
26. not ppd. would have been best (C.O.D. is an abbr.)
27. tsks & clucks equal, tomb better off dead.
29. flop better than joke.
34. I'd like "Bruce & Trevino", CC's TMI.
46. Brest very good clue!
47. prefer your shorter version.
48. yours by a wide margin! It's good, but even if it wasn't, Rich's is just plain wrong!
54. prefer Rich's.
56. prefer subjects.
59. Rich's best.
61. Could have been a nice pun: Loa is lowah.
62. di better than in
65. Outback or Olive Garden equal.
67. Sally was better.
71. lake slightly better.
74. your version was fine.
81. extension was very good, better than Rich's.
86. just back was sufficient.
90. trash-80 was better.
92. Just Kad... would have been fine.
95. Yours was good, Rich's a cliche.
102. CCs best, but Tut was a no-no w/27a. Pharaoh charm would have been okay.
113. like yours.
120. equal; castle better misdirection, but the t isn't completely silent.
123. do stuff very good clue!
124. like yours better.
Down
7. like 54 best, but checho was good. Don't get N.or S.
13. liked yours better.
17. Rich's should have been no-no w/60d!
29. like Parker better
33. like lines better only because of 35d.
35. nice clue by Rich.
36. like your much better.
50. like garage because of 7d.
51. John very good clue!
60 liked persevere better
63 liked WSS duet.
69 liked tat better than sig.
70 liked yours better.
73 liked somethin' better
76 opinion good, views better
80. liked yours.
82+84 yours good, CC's better.
97. Rich made a nice meta-clue.
99. likes space better.
119. liked fruit better.
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