TOFU~!?!?
Or maybe Liver~?
Another Wednesday, another Rebecca Goldstein puzzle, another 16x15 grid; I need more FLAVOR~!
That
about sums up today's crossword, with four theme answers and one
reveal; four "places" preceded by four, uh, flavors~? Am I missing
something~? Sure, (sour) apple-flavored Jolly Ranchers are the best, sesame chicken I recognize ( I even throw in some seeds on my General Tso's ) and there are several waffle flavors I did not know about, but I would definitely pass on anything that was "olive-flavored'. Here are the spanners;
18. Workplace for some Geniuses: APPLE STORE - I am PC. Period.
26. Breakfast chain with a museum in Decatur, Georgia: WAFFLE HOUSE - I have said before that my favorite "greasy spoon" is the Waffle House
38. Home to Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus: SESAME STREET - Yup-yupyupyup; I was just talking with my supervisor about these guys - and it's hysterical to watch them for the first time in like, 45 years
53. Restaurant with a Never-Ending Pasta Pass: OLIVE GARDEN
63. Tasty location associated with Guy Fieri, and where to find 18-, 26-, 38-, and 53-Across?: FLAVOR TOWN
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Warmup in gym class, maybe: LAPS - I preferred to warm up on the rowing machine
5. Dish with a shell: TACO - I make my own tacos at least once a week, and if I choose to eat fast food, it's Taco Bell
9. Unexpressed: TACIT
14. Be a sore winner: GLOAT - nyah-nyah-nyah-NA-nyah-nyah
16. Country on the Arabian Sea: OMAN
17. Clay colour: OCHRE - Meh. I always thought the color was called, uh, "CLAY". . . .
20. Second stringers: B-TEAM
21. Tax Day arrival, astrologically: ARIES - Meh, and questionable; there's a trend to add new signs to the Zodiac, but I could not find one link that had Aries ON 15Apr.
My father was born on 20Apr, which is the "cusp" of the OLD
astrological signs; therefore, without a specific birth 'time', he was both Aries and Taurus. If I were to accept the NEW, then I am no longer an Aquarius, but a Capricorn....
22. Assistant: AIDE
24. Fabric tear: RIP
25. Picture formatted for the small screen?: ICON
30. Walked worriedly: PACED
32. "Sorry, laddie": NAE - and - 43A. Scottish gal: LASS
33. Slammed with customers: MOBBED - I did my time in retail
34. Make a request: ASK
35. Grand in scale: EPIC
37. Gymnast Lee: SUNI - via perps, and yet I am sure I have seen this name before
42. Three-time WNBA MVP Leslie: LISA - via perps; her Wiki
44. Resistance unit: OHM
47. "Cupcake Wars" competitors: BAKERS
50. Frying liquid: OIL
51. Spanish small bites: TAPAS - had this two puzzles in a row
56. Nu metal band since 1993: KORN
- I love metal, but this whole generation/genre was just noise, as far
as I was concerned; I picked the one song from the decade that I would
let play if it came on. . . .
57. Sanctions: OKs
58. Sponge feature: PORE
59. Artisan association: GUILD
61. African snake: MAMBA
67. Decide (to): ELECT
68. East, in Spanish: ESTE
69. Spanish lakes: LAGOS
70. Ding-dong __: DITCH - I had no clue this was an alternate 'title' for "ring & run"; first learning moment
71. Shoulder muscle, briefly: DELToid
72. Out of __: SYNC
DOWN:
1. JFK alternative: LGA - airport codes - I grew up on Long Island, home to both fields - even though they are associated with New York City
2. Andean grazers: ALPACAS
3. Candy mixed with Coke in a chemistry experiment: POP ROCKS - I'm more familiar with the Mentos in Diet Coke experiment, but it was too short --
4. Contact lens solution: SALINE
5. Tater bite: TOT
6. Spanish "I love": AMO
7. Large mimosa order: CARAFE - the one Champagne to have when you're having more than one~?
8. Racer Kitty known as "the fastest woman in the world": O'NEIL - she even got her own action figure - or is it "doll"~!? - more here
9. "Not gonna lie ... ": TO BE HONEST - these days, you don't get 10 letters, just "TBH" - and, TBH, I happen to like Olive Garden
10. Put on a show: ACT - meh. STAGE is a better verb, IMHO, TBH
11. Angelic being: CHERUB - my personal favorite cherub image; and the best song on the album
12. Confident words at the poker table: I RAISE
13. Filled in at the office: TEMPED
15. Golfing prop: TEE
19. U-turn from NNE: SSW
23. Objects gently: DEMURS
25. Hoppy pub initials: IPA
27. Jungian inner self: ANIMA
28. Stand up to: FACE
29. Off-Broadway award: OBIE - Off Broadway - literally "Oh Bee"
31. Shortcut created by foot traffic: DESIRE PATH - another new learning moment for me
36. Turn a certain corner in Monopoly: PASS GO - GO TO JAIL did not fit
37. Like bread for stuffing: STALE
39. -1,412 ft., for the Dead Sea: ELEVation - see 41D.
40. Lost traction: SLID
41. The lay of the land?: TOPOLOGY - I use a 3D software called
Revit for modeling buildings, and it has a topography tool for making
the structure "site" as accurate as possible; I can add points of
'elevation'
45. Earned with extreme effort: HARD WON
46. Bing portal: MSN
47. Thundered: BOOMED
48. Basic stuff?: ALKALI - as opposed to "acid" - clever
49. Destiny: KISMET
50. Words of warning: OR ELSE
52. Japanese dogs: AKITAS - learned by doing crosswords
54. Sounded like 52-Down: ARFED - Meh.
55. Habitat for Humanity, e.g., for short: NGO - I've had this before, and still put in NPO, for a Non-xxx-Organization, but not PROFIT; it's GOVERNMENTAL
60. Online address: URL - Uniform Resource Locators - a unique website "residence"
62. Loop in on the DL: BCC - second puzzle in a row, for me, again
64. Emory U.'s home: ATLanta - filled via perps
65. Dog doc: VET
66. Foreign policy gp.: NSC
Splynter
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