Theme: GRAM POSITIVE, each of the theme answers include ANAGRAMS separated by IN, and the puzzle is a PANGRAM, continuing a very scrabbly week of puzzles.
20. Male goose during hunting season?:GANDER IN DANGER.
GANDER becomes DANGER. Well, if you goose a male in hunting season, be careful.
25. Sought-after former football announcer?:MADDEN IN DEMAND.
Now retired hall of fame NFL coach and announcer John MADDEN becomes DEMAND.
46. Fencing implement at the shop?: RAPIER IN REPAIR.
RAPIER (along with EPEE and SABER, the fencing swords) becomes REPAIR.
51. Biblical guy who refused to believe the writing on the wall?: DANIEL IN DENIAL. Our constructor gives himself a plug, I wonder if realizing his own name worked was the inspiration for this puzzle?.
It has been a long time since we had one of Mr. Dinan's efforts, and I really hit a homerun for personal pleasure, as I love anagrams. This effort is fabulous, with perfect symmetry, each anagrammed word being six letters long , and he employs subtle differences in the use of IN for each clue.
Lemonade here and let's get to work.
Across
1. Outré: QUEER. Well, damn, what a place to start.
6. __ Mahal: TAJ. Do we all remember TAJ means crown?
9. Door parts: JAMBS.
14. Dictionary note subject: USAGE.
15. Brandy letters: VSO. This means Very Superior Old, 12-17 years old.
16. Drools over, in a way: OGLES.Did any of you guys ever ogle,40A Bingham of "Baywatch": TRACI. Boys, did you watch BAYWATCH ? They knew how to select lifeguards. Or perhaps, 9D. Singer with the Blackhearts: JOAN JETT?
17. "Call it __": "No winner": A DRAW.
18. S or SE: DIR. Lots of abbreviations today, 24. Small, medium, or large: Abbr.: ADJ., 34. Like waitresses: Abbr.: FEM.
19. Netizen who might hear "You've got mail!": AOLER. Netizen, really?
23. Novelist Deighton: LEN. His first book was the IPCRESS FILE an amazingly successful thriller.
33. Le Pew of skunkdom: PEPE. He has shown up often lately.
35. Shocking buildup?: STATIC. My mind focused on this BUILD UP .
36. Shangri-las: EDENS. A reminder of our recent Utopia puzzle…
38. Purple minus blue: RED. Oh goody, mathematical colors, maybe we can combine them with Roman Numerals. 32D. Early seventh-century year: DCIX.
41. Get molars, say: TEETHE.
43. Shiatsu response: AAH. A special massage AAAAAAAAAH for a own Mellissa Bee.
45. "Night at the Museum" creature, for short: T REX. I had a little trouble picturing this one even though I love the MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY .
49. Free (of): RID.
50. __-El: Superman's birth name: KAL. Son of JOR-EL. We also have 63. Super __: game console: NES, which supplanted 30D. Video game trailblazer: ATARI.
59. Part of HDTV, briefly: HIDEF. Which is how we watch 60. "South Park" brother: IKE. You either love or hate SOUTH PARK . While we have our, 6D. Swanson product: TV DINNER.
61. Main life line?: AORTA.
62. "Good __!": Charlie Brownism: GRIEF. A true AMERICAN ICON .
64. Cinemax rival: STARZ.
65. Baby-sits, e.g.: TENDS.
66. Jetta fuel: GAS.
67. English class assignment: ESSAY.
DOWN:
1. Marsh, for short: QUAG. This is an abreviation for QUAGMIRE .
2. Meat pkg. letters: USDA. United States Department of Agriculture.
3. Take home: EARN.
4. "Yikes!" : EGAD.
5. Fix by fusing, as metal: REWELD.
7. B-boy connection: AS IN. Tricky for me.
8. Hoops legend: JORDAN. Is there anyone who does not know MJ? Or 59D. NBA bio stat: HGT. Yes, they are tall.
10. With eager anticipation: AGOG.
11. Fr. miss: MLLE.
12. Cold one, so to speak: BEER. My youngest son's other career is at ORLANDO BREWING , makes a dad proud.
13. Ukr., once : SSR.
21. Snorkeling site: REEF.
22. Chimes in with: ADDS.
25. Jason's wife: MEDEA. I made the puzzle too, you keep assigning me the right days, C. C.! Glad I was not married to her though.
26. "Not __ out of you!": A PEEP.
27. Driller's prefix?: DENTI. I had trouble getting the I.
28. "That is ..." : I MEAN. Like when you got caught coming home at 2:00 am, reeking of pot and booze, gee dad, it was, I mean....
29. Rush Limbaugh ex __ Fitzgerald: MARTA. Shows who you can date if you have Money never heard of this one.
31. More agreeable: NICER.
33. '80s-'90s tennis star Korda: PETR. His daughter JESSICA is a leading amateur golfer. We also have a tennis echo with, 52D. Score after deuce, maybe: AD IN
37. Oater lawmen: SHERIFFS.
39. What a full moon mitigates: DARKNESS.
42. Shallowest Great Lake: ERIE. We see this lake once a week at least.
44. Cattle unit: HEAD. Lois, be careful!
47. Waiting at a light, say: IDLING. Which reminds me of being 58D. Like a shirker: LAZY.
48. "The magic word": PLEASE.
51. Desperate, as straits: DIRE. I love Mark KNOPFLER.
53. Must have: NEED.
54. Swedish retail giant:IKEA. If you have not been, it is an adventure.
55. Have-__: the less fortunate: NOTS. The opposite of yesterdays NOBS.
56. S&L offerings:IRAS. Are there any S&Ls still in business?
57. Gillette razor: ATRA. Our crosswordese of the day; when will FUSION become popular in puzzledom; the shave is better.
A nice tight theme, and lots of long words with all the letters, I hope you all enjoyed the ride. Happy Birthday Troy!
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