Good Morning, Cruciverbalists. Malodorous Manatee here with a Friday recap In Re: A puzzle by Andrew Anker. I was not able to find a preexisting label for Andrew on this blog so it may be his LAT debut.
At four places in the grid, Andrew breaks apart the first word of common two-word expressions. In each case, the first word starts with the letters RE. By separating those letters we get "regarding" and, thereby, new meanings. Here are the four themed answers:
20 Across: Subject line on an email about bog vandals?: REPEAT OFFENDERS. Re: Peat Offenders.
25 Across: Subject line on an email about CPA training?: REFORM SCHOOL. Re: Form School. The implication is that what Certified Public Accountants do is fill out (tax) forms.
42 Across: Subject line on an email about a guide to raising twins?: REPAIR MANUAL. Re: Pair Manual. How to raise two (a pair of) children.
48 Across: Subject line on an email about art studios?: RECREATION AREAS. Re: Creation Areas.
. . . . and here are the rest of the clues/answers:
Across:
1. Datum from Elias Sports Bureau, e.g.: STAT. Sports STATistics
5. Take it easy: COAST. "Phone it in"
10. "Fine, be like __!": THAT.
14. Gyro part: PITA. Not a gyroscope. A Greek sandwich.
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15. Forget, as a repulsive image: UNSEE. Often used in a phrase such as "I wish that I could UNSEE that."
16. Field mouse: VOLE.
17. Berserk: AMOK.
18. Sparkling alternative: STILL. Do you prefer your bottled water with or without carbonation?
19. Somali-born supermodel: IMAN. A frequent visitor.
23. __ Grande: RIO. A suitable name for a big river.
31 December 1978
24. Pity party cry: POOR ME.
31. Creme-filled cookies: OREOS. We are often offered these snacks while doing our puzzles.
32. Sticker: THORN. Not, in this case, something to apply to your ski or motorcycle helmet.
33. Stroke: PET. Not a medical reference. Used as a verb.
36. Glove: MITT. I used to be one of those chefs that shouts and swears a lot. Then I discovered oven MITTs.
37. Behr product: PAINT. Hand up for first thinking STAIN. Heck, four of the five letters are the same.
38. Lucy van __: "Peanuts" girl: PELT.
39. Green vegetable in minji stew: PEA. Not a reference to the K-pop NewJeans singer.
40. __ Park, California: MENLO. Roughly twenty miles south of SFO.
41. __ fries: CURLY.
44. Fantasized: DREAMT.
47. Set as a price: ASK.
55. Cream additive: ALOE. A soothing substance frequently found in crossword puzzles.
56. Permissible: LICIT. Legit or LICIT, the perps know.
57. Miranda of "Homeland": OTTO. Having never watched "Homeland" I initially found myself wondering, after perping the fill, who the heck was OTTO Miranda. Then it dawned on me that we're talking about Miranda OTTO from LOTR.
58. Buds: PALS. Not young flowers.
59. Mound: KNOLL. Grassy KNOLL jokes are not funny. They're hill areas.
60. Stick in one's __: CRAW. Idiomatic.
61. Cloverleaf element: EXIT. Not a plant reference.
62. Know without knowing why: SENSE.
63. "We came to play" sneakers brand: KEDS.
63. "We came to play" sneakers brand: KEDS.
Down:
1. Practice boxing: SPAR.
2. Life partner: TIME. As in publishing.
2. Life partner: TIME. As in publishing.
3. Straddling: ATOP. Seems a bit off. Yes, you might straddle a horse but you could also be ATOP a building without straddling said structure. Then again, could you be straddling something without being ATOP it?
4. Become established: TAKE ROOT.
5. Made to order: CUSTOM. CUSTOM-made exit signs are all the rage these days. But I think that they are on their way out.
6. Aware of: ONTO.
7. "Get real!": AS IF.
8. Mirror image: SELF. What you see in the looking glass.
9. Appear out of nowhere?: TELEPORT.
10. Small-screen fave: TV IDOL.
11. Simpson who demands, "Operator! Give me the number for 911!": HOMER.
12. Rating unit for 29-Down: ALARM. and
29. Cook-off potful: CHILI.
13. Perfect or imperfect: TENSE. Adjective was too long.
21. Publicizes: AIRS.
22. Halfway to midnight: NOON.
25. Easy win: ROMP. ROUT? The perps know.
26. Lake that drains into the Niagara: ERIE.
27. Crumbly cheese: FETA. Do we get FETA with our PITA?
28. "Castle" co-star __ Katic: STANA.
30. Lionize: HONOR.
33. Ucayali River country: PERU. A more obscure reference than something Incan related would have been but, hey, it's Friday.
34. "Heart on My Sleeve" singer __ Mai: ELLA.
35. "Chat soon," in texts: TTYL. Talk To You Later
37. Pregame motivators: PEP TALKS.
38. Rotten genre?: PUNK ROCK.
Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols
40. Viral post: MEME. A shortened version of the Greek mimeme itself derived from the Ancient Greek meaning mimema meaning imitated thing.
41. La __ Azul: Frida Kahlo museum: CASA. A Spanish lesson. The Blue House.
41. La __ Azul: Frida Kahlo museum: CASA. A Spanish lesson. The Blue House.
42. Most prized, perhaps: RAREST.
43. Hall of Famer known as "The Mick": MANTLE.
44. Fall in folds: DRAPE.
45. "Don't get so worked up": RELAX.
46. Common recall trigger: E COLI.
49. Jabber at the table?: TINE.
50. Screen image: ICON. I showed my grandson an old floppy disk. He said, "Cool! You 3-D printed the save ICON."
51. Many Louvre works: OILS. One would have thought that this answer would be in French.
52. Raison d'__: ETRE. This one is.
53. Hardly any: A TAD. A BIT. A FEW. SOME. The perps know.
54. Scatters seed: SOWS. Not clued as female pigs.
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