A variety of in the language phrases where the first word ends in "ER" but is not a comparative word, have an "I" added to make each a new phrase comparing things. Finding words ending in "ER" that are not descriptive like STRONGER or FATTER was the key to set up this return to Friday from our old friend marti.
AIRSEA APOLLO CAMERA CCLAMP DERIDE ENTIRE ICEAGE KIGALI NUTMEG SHABBY
ELECTEES PORTABLE
17A. Baseball, vis-à-vis jai alai? : POKIER GAME (10). (POKER GAME) I guess the word relates to slow poke, where someone or something moves slowly. I guess I learned this word HERE.
27A. GE range, vis-à-vis an Easy-Bake toy? : TOASTIER OVEN (12). (TOASTER OVEN).
44A. SpongeBob's underwear, vis-à-vis Mickey's? : BOXIER BRIEFS (12). (BOXER BRIEFS) Since Bob is square, this makes perfect sense. I changed to this style 15 years ago.
59A. Jeep, vis-à-vis a Cadillac? : BUMPIER CAR (10). (BUMPER CAR). The suspension certainly is not intended for a smooth ride in a Jeep.
Across:
1. SEC nickname : BAMA. Nick and his Crimson Tide need only to survive a mediocre Missouri team to make it to the first final four.
5. Seating choice : AISLE. Yes, now that I am no longer young.
10. Skills : ARTS. A practitioner of the secret ways.
14. Islamic leader : IMAM.
15. What recon may provide : INTEL. Cyberspeak for intelligence data; not related to 26A. "Hooked on Bach" company : KTEL.
16. Famille member : PERE. Father in French, only tangentially related to 39A. Hemingway and others : PAPAS.
19. Award for Jessica Tandy : OBIE. The theater award for Off-Broadway (OB=obie) performances, I think started by the Village Voice.
20. Poetic preposition : ERE. I hope you did not err here.
21. Short time, shortly : NSEC. Now if you had not read the author, the next two fill would tell you this is created by our marti who loves these type words. I cannot find any support for this abbreviation, which I assume is for nanosecond. Wiki and the dictionaries say it is ns. But I understood.
22. Wood shop tool : CCLAMP.
24. Scoff at : DERIDE. Hmmm.....
33. Spread : STREW.
36. "A Challenge for the Actor" author : HAGEN. We usually get UTA.
37. Commercial ending? : IZE. Something Ms. Hagen did not so with her craft.
38. Appear dramatically : LOOM. Though she often did this.
40. Letters on a cross : INRI. Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum. Like this puzzle, there is no letter "J" in Latin, so this phrase translates to Jesus of Nazarene King of the Jews. Pontious Pilate is credited with attaching this name.
41. Tulsa sch. : ORU. Oral Roberts University.
42. Shell rival : MOBIL.
43. Ryan of "Bones" : O'NEAL. Ryan as a fun ex-con.
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47. __ block : CITY. Luckily the perps were solid because my mind went to LEGO.
48. Certain evergreen seed : NUTMEG. Coming from Connecticut helped here.
52. One taking a shot : CAMERA. Really clever cluing.
55. Grub : EATS.
57. One or more : ANY.
58. "Sin City" actress : ALBA. She is always worth a look. LINK. (1:49)
62. Buck : STAG. The message learned in this AD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=902pOWgwH_I
63. Its second movement translates to "Play of the Waves" : LA MER ('The Sea' in French). This orchestral WORK from Debussy was hidden from me for a long while, each answer I had was lamer than the first.
64. First name in design : COCO. Chanel.
65. Socks : HOSE.
66. Delight : ELATE.
67. Hill workers : ANTS.
Down:
1. Human, e.g. : BIPED. Walking on two legs.
2. Love abroad : AMORE.
3. Auto attachment? : MAKER.
4. "__ being unreasonable?" : AM I.
5. Like some rescues : AIR SEA.
6. "Picnic" playwright : INGE. He wrote many PLAYS.
7. Mus. direction : STACcato. JzB?
8. 10-Down vehicle : LEM. Thanks for the CSO, from this Lunar Excursion Module. Excursion on the Moon is such a cool concept.
9. Ins : ELECTEES. Not the outs.
10. Mission program : APOLLO.
11. Self-named sitcom : REBA. Gone but not FORGOTTEN. (6:10)
12. Cut : TRIM.
13. Percolate : SEEP.
18. Fund : ENDOW. The lifeblood of private universities and schools come from alumni endowments.
23. Large Hadron Collider acronym : CERN. This may be Friday, but this clue is too misleading, as the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The name CERN is derived from the acronym for the French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire. The combination of the secondary nature of the relationship and it being a French acronym seem very unfair, but I confess I had it filled before I saw the clue. I had to google to get the information. How many of you knew CERN? I like learning new things, but one level at a time.
25. It's checked when it's done : ITEM.
26. Capital of Rwanda : KIGALI. I did not recall this. MAP.
28. Inferior : SHABBY. A Friday answer for sure.
29. Piglike animal : TAPIR.
30. Grape site : VINE. This clue/answer grew on me.
31. Poet friend of T.S. : EZRA. Pound, not a friend of mine.
32. 10-Down first name : NEIL. Armstrong.
33. Challenging roommate : SLOB.
34. 1989 Lawn-Boy acquirer : TORO.
35. Gravy base : ROUX. I regret that my mother did not teach me her gravy secrets.
39. Easily moved : PORTABLE.
40. Part of MIT: Abbr. : INSTitute.
42. Yom Kippur War prime minister : MEIR. Golda, her HISTORY.
43. Helpful : OF USE.
45. Film with Manny the Mammoth : ICE AGE.
46. Complete : ENTIRE.
49. "Heart of Georgia" : MACON.
50. Sign into law : ENACT.
51. Wrap relatives : GYROS.
52. Get money for : CASH.
53. "__ Rhapsody": Brahms vocal work : ALTO.
54. Many CEOs have them : MBAS.
55. Stone of "The Help" : EMMA. Is she a redhead?
56. Miffed, with "in" : A PET. Never heard of this IDIOM.
60. Flier with Chicago H.Q. : UAL. United Airlines
61. Kelly Clarkson label : RCA. Radio
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