-URN IN HELL
"sorry, we don't serve "iced coffee . . . "
Another construction from the LA Times crossword editor, her last appearance was Monday, June 8th. I blogged her last Friday puzzle on April 27th, when she changed "W" to "V". Today she simply drops the letter "B" from common phrases - therefore, minus the "B" - to give us an alternative and perhaps funny new phrase - with no Stray "B"s in the grid, either~! Standard grid today, no 'outlier' letters, nine names, Twenty-Four 3LWs, and no Twurds. The themers and the reveal;
18. Be time-consuming?: EAT THE CLOCK - 'Beat The Clock' was (is) a TV Game Show
29. Instruction from a lazy track coach?: RACE YOURSELVES - Brace Yourselves~!
47. "42nd Street," e.g.?: ROADWAY MUSICAL - Broadway Musical - I get it, -ut a -it redundant
60. Create a state of anarchy?: END THE RULES - Bend the Rules~? I think they're -roken now
69. So-so grade, or an apt title for this puzzle: B MINUS - Sometimes, when I am improvising on the guitar, I drift into the key of "B minus"
-ut Wait There's More~!
ACROSS:
1. Thurman of "Red, White & Royal Blue": UMA - name #1, crossword staple
4. Most unexpected: ODDEST
10. Axe handle: HAFT - my INCITE at 11D. gave me HILT
14. Bath rug: MAT - not a name . . .
15. Subtlety: NUANCE
16. Important stretches: ERAS - yet another way to clue this #1 crossword fill
17. Go where one shouldn't: PRY
20. AirDrop tablet: iPAD
22. Female pig: SOW
23. __ cuisine: HAUTE
24. Drummer in the Electric Mayhem: ANIMAL - musical interlude #1
and the "other" Philthy Animal of drummers
26. "Lessons in Chemistry" actress __ Naomi King: AJA - no clue, the IMD_, see also 64D., name #2
28. TV writers __ and Marty Krofft: SID - name #3, which I recalled from my childhood
The Land of the Lost - Saturday morning awesomeness,
with Sleestak and Cha-Ka
33. Russian news acronym until 2014: ITAR - I knew this, likely from doing crosswords; name(ish)
34. Minute: WEE - my-NOOT, not MIN-uht
35. Pseudonym letters: A.K.A. - Also Known As
36. Lunch spot: DELI
37. "A Complete Unknown" subject: DYLAN - and "a complete unknown" to me; -ob Dylan was -efore my time; didn't get my "ta-DA~!", knew I made my mistake here, -ut it took two MIN-uhts to scan the puzzle -efore the V-8 can came sailing at me, and the "Y" finally dawned on me. The Wiki, and name #4
39. Video file format: MPEG
43. Corp. leader: CEO - C-suite
45. Feel icky: AIL
46. Washed-out: PALE - not the -LUE DOT from last Friday
51. Ceiling spinner: FAN
52. __ and outs: INs - musical interlude #2
Spy in the House of the Night, -lue Öyster Cult,
"ins and outs" lyric @ 0:30
53. Show of affection: CARESS
54. That is, in Latin: ID EST - literal Latin
56. Chance, quaintly: HAP - the def
59. Dissenting body: SECT
63. Lend a hand: AID
65. Toy brand with Creator 3-in-1 sets: LEGO
66. Title for Marie Curie: MADAME - name(ish)
67. Type of A/V connector: RCA
68. Put pen to paper: DREW - not clued as a name, thank you . . .
70. Data breach fig.: SSN - Social Security Number
DOWN:
1. Official who works close to home?: UMP - Har-har. -aseball's home plate . . .
2. Stew: MARINATE
3. Unexpected: ATYPICAL
4. At some point: ONE DAY
5. "Dance the Night" singer Lipa: DUA - name #5, -ecoming a weekly crossword staple
6. Who __: New Orleans Saints fans: DATS - name(ish), -ut I knew this; a shout-out to our Lousiana residents
7. Opposite of exo-: ENTO - Not enDo
8. Unstressed vowel sounds: SCHWAs - the "uh" sound
9. Top pick?: TEE - BRA could not work - it might not have a B-cup, but it has a "B"
10. Goddess of death played by Cate Blanchett: HELA - I don't care for the any of the "comic -ook universe" movies, name #6
11. Stimulate: AROUSE
12. "In all honesty ... ": "FACT IS . . . "
13. Clucked in disapproval: TSKed
19. Hopscotch player's supply: CHALK
21. "Sweet land of liberty," in song: AMERICA - musical interlude #4
Let Freedom Ring
24. Very dry: ARID
25. Dirt: LOWDOWN - musical interlude #3
-oz Scaggs, and a prelude to 64D.
27. Patrick's "Star Trek: Picard" role: JEAN LUC - name #7, and a shout-out to our own PICARD
He meant "-arn owls"
30. Short turnaround?: UEY - A--reviation for U-turn, I had "Uie" to start, so I got in my own way
31. Pass along: RELAY
32. Many a "What We Do in the Shadows" character: VAMPIRE - no clue, filled via perps
38. Objective: AIM
40. Indy 500 leaders: PACE CARS - Ah, those leaders. In the year I was -orn, it crashed . . .
41. Rubber bands: ELASTICS - nailed it
42. Salon array: GELS -Dah~! I tried DYES
44. Novelist Wharton: EDITH - first female Pulitzer Prize winner, 1921 - name #8
47. "SNL" Emmy winner Gilda: RADNER - name #9
48. Jumpy: ON EDGE - see -elow
49. Meditation retreat: ASHRAM - I am attending a 12-Step retreat next month
50. Mouths off to: SASSES - Not "on edge" - the grid, that is; crossword friendly letters
51. Area of study: FIELD
55. Stash securely: STOW
57. Bavaria-based automaker: AUDI - here's their R8
A few of my favorite things
-avarian Castles, Cars, and Cuties
58. Map out: PLAN
61. Diplomatic HQ: EMBassy, the crossing ''B" and an a--reviated headquarters
62. Bird in the bush: EMU - Ah. The Australian -ush - - G'day, mate
64. Karate level: DAN - musical interlude #5 - I could have gone with Steely Dan's "Aja", -ut that's already in the puzzle, so here's
Do It Again, in the key of G - minus . . . 🙄
Splynter
Grid Flow 34.9
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