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This is Jeremy's second LA Times puzzle; RB had the first one a year ago. Today we have the addition of "DIS" to phrases that I found to be not as common as I would have liked, and therefore left me feeling a little DISsatisfied with the results. YMMV. Ektorp returns with two examples, a standard grid, a third the # of 3LWs to four-letter words, a handful of names, and no circles. The three themers and the reveal;
20. Hours at an art gallery?: DISPLAYING TIME - The base phrase refers to the equal distribution of on-field activity for all team members of a little league, etc. - and here's the Dissed version . . .
Salvador Dali, "The Persistence of Memory"
25. Factory that produces bad vibes?: DISCONTENT MILL - The base phrase is more broadly recognized as "Content Farm" - with more here from Wiki; the Dissed version . . .
Santa's Elves Unite~! Local N.P. 33
44. Admit to wearing a dental prosthetic?: DISCLOSE THE GAP - The "gap" being a wide variety of things, but mostly bringing technology and eductaion to those without - and the Dissed version . . .
He was my first thought - here's a list of other 'gap-toothed' people
51. Process of detachment, or an apt title for this puzzle: DISASSOCIATION - what's the difference between ignorance and apathy~? I don't know, and I don't care . . .
But . . .
Wait , , ,
There's . . .
More~!
ACROSS:
1. Carrefour's country: HAITI - Jeremy likes Haiti - it appeared in his first LA Times puzzle, too - geo name #1
6. Cuticle oil spot: NAIL - this made no sense until I looked up cuticle oil - it's lotion for the unguis
10. Trellis part: SLAT - I had to rebuild one in April
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14. "Snowy" bird rarely found in snowy places: EGRET - five-letter snowy bird~? - Ektorp
15. Hindu mentor: GURU
16. Pixar film set partially in the afterlife: COCO - half-filled via perps
17. Inner self, to Jung: ANIMA - Mentioned frequently in Jordan Peterson's Psychology of the Bible series
18. Soup noodle: UDON - crossword staple
19. Bicycle attachment: HORN - training wheels didn't fit
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I like this attachment - the wire basket, that is 🙄
23. Munich article: EINE - Deutsch - we saw this last Saturday
24. Memoji platform: IOS - I am PC ( Android ) - so I didn't get this one
32. Irrefutable point: FACT
33. Fad: RAGE - memoji~? obvi it's totes all the rage
34. Trout's team, on scoreboards: LAA - I had _ AA from perps, and not being into baseball . . .
35. Concise concession: "I LOST."
37. Part of some uniforms: HAT
38. Judicial pauses: STAYS - I guess . . .
40. Mum's mum: NAN
41. Word in a Samin Nosrat cookbook title: ACID - HEAT, and two others I couldn't recall
43. Burden: ONUS
49. Broadcast: AIR
50. Ivy in New Haven: YALE - collegial reference
58. Slam dance: MOSH - now this one I knew, but I do not participate - seems a bit silly to me; guess I'm old now
59. Viola clef: ALTO - filled via perps
60. Getty Images download: PHOTO - Getty being one of the image sites that sometimes "license" a photo, and therefore, ones I avoid at all costs when writing the blog . . .
61. Otherwise: ELSE
62. Standard choice: GO-TO
63. Took effect: SET IN
64. Shredded side: SLAW - I'm a fries / onion rings kind of guy
65. School founded in 1440: ETON - four letter old school~? = Ektorp
66. Clear one's name, perhaps?: ERASE
DOWN:
1. Eye site: HEAD - Once again, had most of my Downs wrong; starting with filling in FACE
2. Hindu god of fire: AGNI - more here
3. Eye piece: IRIS - Dah~! Not LENS
4. Storms: TEMPESTS - $2 word; I love this album cover image
Nanci Griffith - storms
5. Bold alternative: ITALIC - Ah. Referring to fonts / type
6. "The Sympathizer" Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh: NGUYEN - Friday name, #2, filled via perps
7. German auto: AUDI - Yay~! I got a Down answer right~!
8. Nutrient in beans and rice: IRON - Ah. My mind had "protein" polarity
9. Putting one foot forward, in a way: LUNGING - some of the most difficult exercises working with my gym trainer involve lunges and squats - my knees are aging faster than the rest of me . . .
10. Doctrinal rupture: SCHISM - I read this as "doctoral", and went with HERNIA . . .😜 It's also one of my favorite "Tool" songs;
Tool, from Lateralus, "Schism"
11. Arachne's device: LOOM - I knew we got "arachnid" from this myth, but WEB didn't fit
12. Land division: ACRE
13. Boatload: TON - thank you for not being the A TON Twurd~!
21. "It's __-brainer!": A NO - aaaaand I spoke too soon . . .
22. "For sure!": "TOTES~!" - 21st century-speak for totally, dude . . .
25. Start of a Tibetan religious title: DALAI - a gimme; "ocean" master / teacher
26. Taskbar lineup: ICONS - I was forced to upgrade to Windows 11 while writing this blog - but so far, I have not had any issues . . . 🤞
27. Swap: TRADE
28. Consume: EAT
29. Glazer of "Broad City": ILANA - the one cel where I didn't bother to do the alphabet run - A~? E~? - in retrospect, I needed to see MILL as the logical end of the themer. Sigh. Her IMDb; Name #3
30. Easy bucket: LAYUP - Wiki says it's one word
31. Miss: LASS
32. Happen across: FIND - Ah, right - I "happened across" an article I saved from a Cincinnati newspaper detailing the movie "The Golem" that I worked on half my life ago . . .
Most likely the best time of my life
36. "The Godfather" actress Shire: TALIA - a, a, name, #4
37. Third-person possessive: HIS - I got locked into OUR
39. As one: TOGETHER - as in the next clue/asnwer
42. Boutonnière partner: CORSAGE - nailed this Frawnche pair - buttonhole and bodice in English
Awww, matching . . .
45. Nut used to make cheese or butter: CASHEW - this and ALMOND fit, but I waited on perps
46. Titan of industry: TYCOON - crossword staple
47. Japanese assent: HAI - the equivalent of "yes"
48. Pass: ELAPSE
51. Barbie or Ken: DOLL - it could have been aaa NAME
52. Rae of "Barbie": ISSA - aaaand a NAME, #5
53. Opening at the post office: SLOT - not an employment opportunity, but this 🠋
55. Wee bit: IOTA - Yay~! not the Twurd ATAD
56. Elevator name: OTIS - aaaaand one more name, #7
57. __ of the above: NONE - which name did I like most in today's puzzle~? . . .
58. Mayo o diciembre: MES - I knew what we were looking for, didn't know the Español for 'month'
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Grid Flow 32.6
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