17A. Fibs: In short supply Gray Lies. IES spelling.
25A. Seductive peepers: BEDROOM EYES. YES incarnation. Or is it eyes?
45A. Have a desire for large cereal boxes: Prudence Degree. IZE form.
57A. 1963 Elvis hit with the lyrics "You publicize choose an angel... but I got mystic": Evil spirit IN Cross. ISE amendment.
Any superfluous long for "I" spelling alternatives? I've never heard of Elvis' exclaim "Evil spirit in Cross". Man, he looks so remarkable in that clip.
This bewilder reminded me of Dan Naddor's "Formidable Foodstuffs" bewilder. All sports ground answers end with /ood/ intonation, innovative spellings of course: CAME UNGLUED, POOH-POOHED, In recent times BREWED, Let-down, DUDE, TAKE-OUT Foodstuffs.
Today's is our third Ken Bessette in the same way as the TMS fasten in March 2009. I enjoyed very a good deal his move along Thickset bewilder, in which Thickset is clued as "Fleshy steep, and a impression to this puzzle's sports ground and ST is cut out from all the sports ground phrases. Genuine advantage interpretation of ST OUT.
Taking into account did you make contact with the theme? I did not glom onto it until I accomplish the grid.
Across:
1. Hit bottom?: Send a message B. D'oh, hit tired. Got me snappishly.
6. Irritate: MIFF
10. Unjustifiable elbow-benders: SOTS. Did not know "elbow-benders" vent outsized drinkers.
14. Put down: Shame
15. Filthy color: ECRU
16. World's chief fittings retailer: IKEA. True!
20. Ballpoint LeShan: EDA (Thanksgiving, Hahtool!)
21. "Bad" cholesterol letters: LDL. The "good" one is HDL.
22. Scrooge creator: DICKENS (Charles)
23. The crucial capture on tape it aired was "Long-ago with the Wind": TCM (Turner Historic Cinema). Careless of this triviality.
24. Origin Day events: GALAS. I bet offer were a few went unsolicited at Obama's Origin galas.
32. A car with this is systematically easier to resell: ONE Possessor
33. In the same way as quibblers split: HAIRS. Separation hairs.
35. Asian on the Model bridge: SULU. Played by George TAKEI, who was honest in our crossword the other day. Model is the ship in "Play a part Walk".
36. Deadens: DAMPS
39. Spanish hand: MANO. Mano-a-mano (one on one) is fair and square "hand to hand". I recycled to reviewer it's "man to man".
40. Seagoing mil. training group: NROTC (Aquatic Remove Superintendent Education Detachment)
42. Montgomery native: ALABAMAN. Who are the best excellent Alabamans?
44. His, to Henri: SES. His or her or its.
48. Online suffix with Net: SCAPE. Netscape. Belongs to AOL. Does qualities actually sluggish use Netscape as browser?
49. Some dashes: ENS. Sometimes it's EMS.
50. Have a desire for test papers pending grading: IN A Wind. Excellent oppose, in spite of this Wind appears in the impression for Arrest (34D. Wind up)
53. "chi ch'uan: TAI. Chinese military art. Cantonese spelling. Mandarin Chinese is Tai Ji Quan. Genuine scrabbly.
54. Beam, slangily: FAB
61. Signaled in private, perhaps: CUED
62. "The Da Vinci Encode" star: HANKS (Tom). I liked the book superfluous.
63. Flutter, as a normalize tail: Forget
64. TV's brisk Taylor: OPIE. Something else triple alliteration.
65. Shape O. Henry ending: Confuse.
Down:
1. Black Friday store event: SALES. Mayhem!
2. Label paper abbr.: IBID. "Ditto".
3. Shimmer input: Specifics
4. Model of i.e.: EST. Latin "id est" (i.e.).
5. With indifference heard form a group leader: Fear COW. We as well cart MAA (29. Barnyard attractively). So go to regularly lambing in Windhover's dairy farm. Ewe got to be lighthearted.
6. Frail cry: MEWL. Coddle cry.
7. German "I": ICH. Ich liebe dich.
8. "Dragnet" sergeant: FRIDAY. Sergeant Friday.
9. Useless: Abortive
10. Jockey's wear: SILKS. Garden-fresh.
11. Steinbeck migrant: OKIE
12. Suffix with four, six, seven and nine: Ridicule. Felt ridiculous not success the oppose snappishly.
13. Say freshly: SASS
18. "Dant`es, the Calculation of Monte Cristo: EDMOND. One of my wonderful books.
19. PayPal "denomination": E-CASH
23. Conduct fish: TROUT. Freshwater fish bait.
24. On point: Appropriate. Don't see this word in grid systematically.
25. Cap'ns' subordinates: BO'S'NS. Boatswains. The certificate officers (warship) or bothersome officers (merchant ship). Never know where to put folks apostrophes.
26. Net recycled (to): ENURE
27. Apollo's local, in Greek myth: DELOS. Native soil of Artemis too, in the same way as they are twins.
29. Give shelter to of the Hurricanes: MIAMI. The Academy of Miami sports unit.
30. Cuban-born TV producer: ARNAZ (Desi). Companion of Lucille Round.
31. United: AS ONE
37. Mideast diplomatic gp.: PLO
38. No innovative from, with "the": Actual AS
41. De Beers founder Rhodes: CECIL. Engineer of the Rhodes Consent to as well. I enjoyment why he named the joint venture "De Beers".
43. Taking into account "They Travel," in a 1940 Raft/Bogart film: BY Night. I've never seen "They Travel By Night". I dappled our crossword broad-shouldered Ida Lupino.
46. Cat of go to regularly colors: CALICO. Abundant colors definitely. The impression is a juncture on "Covering of go to regularly colors", the clothes Joseph owned.
47. Harass from a access pounder: Unlock UP. Frightening!
48. Vindictiveness: Rancor
50. Superstar: Famous person
51. Pixar clownfish: NEMO. "Considered opinion Nemo".
52. Alamo competitor: AVIS. Car leasing.
53. Ocean motion: In progress
54. Ruined, to Dumas: FINI. Something else alliteration.
56. "in Feign": Peak
58. "gratia: by the shine of God: DEI. So easy to upset "Dei gratia" with "Deo gratias (acclaim to God").
59. Mich.-based work group: UAW (Coupled Automobile Plebs)
Well done to our LAT constructor Fred Jackson for his Newsday introduction today.
