Constructed by: John Hawksley
Edited by: Will Shortz
Today’s Theme (according to Bill): NOT, a Great Puzzle 🙂
Themed answers are relatively obscure terms, but reinterpreted with meanings that would seem to make sense:
- 17A Obsession with being published … NOT a flurry of transcription errors : TYPOMANIA
- 24A Lover of teddy bears … NOT a devotee of polar regions : ARCTOPHILE
- 35A Fear of everything … NOT a fear of trousers : PANTOPHOBIA
- 50A Chews … NOT elaborates condescendingly to a female : MANDUCATES
- 59A Science of measurement … NOT the study of urban areas : METROLOGY
Bill’s time: 10m 07s
Bill’s errors: 0
Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies
We are on the road for a couple of days, and so I only found time to solve today’s puzzle, and to write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can, probably before noon (Pacific Time) tomorrow (Wednesday).
Thank you for your understanding.
Bill
Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 Title for Geraint or Gawain : SIR
4 “A Thousand ___” (1992 Pulitzer winner) : ACRES
9 Doesn’t wax : WANES
14 Here, in Saint-Tropez : ICI
15 Feature of many a sit-in : CHANT
16 Paper-saving invoice : E-BILL
17 Obsession with being published … NOT a flurry of transcription errors : TYPOMANIA
19 Term of address for a young man : BUCKO
20 Biblical unit of weight : SHEKEL
21 Venue with a token-based currency : ARCADE
23 Donkey ___ : KONG
24 Lover of teddy bears … NOT a devotee of polar regions : ARCTOPHILE
28 “Don’t reach for your wallet!” : IT’S ON ME!
30 Staycation option : SPA DAY
31 “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” author : AESOP
34 One crying to Mami or Papi : BEBE
35 Fear of everything … NOT a fear of trousers : PANTOPHOBIA
39 Common burrito topping, informally : GUAC
41 Journalist/podcaster Rehm : DIANE
42 Ill-advised : UNWISE
45 Fun find for a bargain hunter : SALE TAG
50 Chews … NOT elaborates condescendingly to a female : MANDUCATES
53 “For here” alternative : TO GO
54 Walked in long steps : STRODE
55 Having a metal coating : PLATED
57 Earthy color : OCHRE
59 Science of measurement … NOT the study of urban areas : METROLOGY
61 Go bad : SPOIL
62 Small box on a map : INSET
63 “Norma ___” : RAE
64 Like many a rom-com or maple tree : SAPPY
65 Tots : TYKES
66 Coin-___ (some laundromats) : OPS
Down
1 Para alpine sport equipment : SITSKI
2 Balm with a paradoxical name : ICY HOT
3 Gets ready to eat? : RIPENS
4 Fictional manufacturer of giant rubber bands and cactus costumes : ACME
5 Timothée of “Beautiful Boy” and “Dune” : CHALAMET
6 Tried to get elected : RAN
7 “Giant Brain” in 1946 news : ENIAC
8 Button next to “Select” on old game controllers : START
9 Google Sheets, e.g. : WEB APP
10 Capital near Dubai : ABU DHABI
11 “Ooh, that could work!” : NICE IDEA!
12 Big game : ELK
13 ___-mo : SLO
18 Indie band known for their high-concept, viral music videos : OK GO
22 Sin : y-axis :: ___ : x-axis : COS
25 Fix up, as a lawn : RESOD
26 Word with chocolate or crime : LAB
27 Peer at suspiciously : EYE
29 Mum’s mum : NAN
32 Nail polish brand with the shade “I’m Not Really a Waitress” : OPI
33 Step for clinical trials : PHASE
35 Fast cash establishment : PAWN SHOP
36 What might change your mind, in a way : ACID TRIP
37 Going wild : ON A SPREE
38 ___-Air (upscale L.A. neighborhood) : BEL
39 What might accompany a baseball card : GUM
40 “De ___ Vez” (first Spanish-language single by Selena Gomez) : UNA
43 “___ you jest!” : SURELY
44 Green: Prefix : ECO-
46 “… and others too,” more officially : ET AL
47 “My Neighbor ___,” acclaimed 1988 Japanese animated film : TOTORO
48 A big one may be hard to overcome in a relationship : AGE GAP
49 Resounding agreement : GOD YES!
51 Accept, as a college applicant : ADMIT
52 Itty-bitty : TEENY
56 Concerns for property developers : LOTS
57 Bygone spy grp. : OSS
58 Expert in filing : CPA
60 Syllable of disapproval : TSK
