It is not uncommon for certain holiday or special days to have puzzles constructed to honor these occasions, and I have my first to blog which involves a quip leading to grid spanning very silly reveal. structurally, I have not written up a quote/quip type so this will be interesting. I do like vertical gridspanning fill. Oddly Jacob's very first LAT was a Friday quote puzzle, but marti and I had switched so she did the work. Some nice fill like ENAMEL, ENMESH, HAT TIP, PAPAYA, PESETA, STIFLE, ELATEDLY, ENTRYWAY HEAT RASH, HIGH BEAM, RYE BEERS, SABOTEUR, but still many 3,4 and 5 letter fill for a Friday. I guess the question the audience will answer is whether the reveal was witty enough. This is my third Jacob this year, and usually I work very hard to solve his words. I guess like his potato chips, I can't solve just one.
17A. Start of a riddle : WHAT'S. (5)
30A. Riddle, part two : A PIRATE'S. (8)
49A. Riddle, part three : FAVORITE. (8)
64A. End of the riddle : MOVIE. (5)
Well the favorite movie is of course; TA DAH!
7A. Answer to the riddle : ARRRRRRRRRRRRGO. (15). Of course there is a degree of poetic license in determining the 12 "R"s but either it is funny or it is not.
Across:
1. Caesar in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," for one : CHIMP. Also in the Dawn.
6. Road __ : MAP.
9. Long-legged wader : HERON.
14. Halos : AURAE. When you develop cataracts you have halos dominate your visual field.
15. Bold alternative : ERA. Detergent brand names; did not fool me this time.
16. Really ticked : IRATE.
18. "Shirt Front and Fork" artist : ARP. We get Jean often; like the painting?
19. Well-mannered fellows : GENTS. Old fashioned and likely to remember the 35A. Polite gesture : HAT TIP.
20. Summertime woe : HEAT RASH. On the edge of the breakfast test?
23. "__ Shorty": Elmore Leonard novel : GET. Get reappears; if you did not read the book, you can watch the MOVIE. (2:34). 20 years already.
24. Sumptuous meals : FEASTS.
27. Some microbrews : RYE BEERS. As implied the beer is made from rye rather than barley malt. If you need suggestions, my son reads the BEER ADVOCATE.
29. Rm. coolers : ACS. Air Conditioners.
32. Big piece : SLAB. Good term when ordering beef.
34. Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. : SSR.
39. Chevrolet SUV : TAHOE. Actually a well regarded product, part of Chevrolet's post bankruptcy recovery.
41. Mystery guest moniker : MR X.
43. Highs and lows, perhaps : MOODS.
44. Suppress : STIFLE.
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46. KOA visitors : RVS. Kampground of America. Recreational Vehicles.
48. Mice, to owls : PREY. This has a definite cruel tinge to it.
52. Buddy : MAC.
53. Monkey wrench wielder? : SABOTEUR. The one who sabotages your endeavors.
56. Catch in a web : ENMESH.
58. Many a lap dog : TOY.
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59. Coat closet locale, often : ENTRYWAY.
61. Dropped the ball : ERRED. To forgive divine.
63. Sellout sign, briefly : SRO. Standing Room Only.
68. Lagoon border : ATOLL.
69. Goad, with "on" : EGG.
70. Heroic stories : EPICS.
71. Like a string bean : LANKY. They are often left-handed pitchers, unless they were Mickey Lolich.
72. Burnt __ crisp : TO A.
73. Unauthorized disclosures : LEAKS. The WIKIPEDIA on Wiki Leaks.
Down:
1. Farm field cry : CAW
2. "That's a surprise" : HUH
3. Lyricist Gershwin : IRA
4. British subject? : MATHS
5. Currency replaced by the euro : PESETA
6. Beef, e.g. : MEAT
8. Melonlike fruit : PAPAYA. Never thought of papaya that way.
9. Headlight setting : HIGH BEAM. Can you believe he has melons and high beams juxtaposed? I have to LINK.
10. "Let us part, __ the season of passion forget us": Yeats : ERE
11. Singer's asset : RANGE
12. River mammal : OTTER
13. Makes a home : NESTS
21. Egyptian snakes : ASPS
22. Actor Green of "Robot Chicken" : SETH
24. Doesn't take anything in : FASTS
25. Fanfare : ECLAT
26. Tokyo-based brewery : ASAHI
28. Bar, in law : ESTOP
31. Suffix with Mao : ISM
33. Smashing, at the box office : BOFFO
36. Singer with the Mel-Tones : TORME
37. A muse may inspire them : IDEAS
38. "Fooled you!" : PSYCH
40. With joy : ELATEDLY
42. Louis __, eponym of the Kentucky city : XVI
45. All square : EVEN
47. Lose sleep (over) : STEW
50. Square one : OUTSET
51. Tooth covering : ENAMEL
53. Pinch : STEAL
54. Cardiologist's concern : AORTA
55. Lakers coach __ Scott : BYRON
57. Nearsighted one : MYOPE
60. Activity on a mat : YOGA
62. Image on the Michigan state flag : ELK
65. Through : VIA
66. "Gross!" : ICK
67. Small opening? : ESS
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