A Friday frolic with our musical bug man, where a T is is added as the first letter of the second word of a common phrase, resulting in a amusingly clued dessert. With only
17A. Self-preparing dessert? : AUTOMATIC TRIFLE (15).
27A. Dry, powdery dessert? : DUST TRUFFLE (11).
34D. Surreal dessert? : DADA TART (8).
36D. Like the desserts in this puzzle, literally? : DONE TO A T (8).
ANY TIME, BIDS FOR, BREWSKI, DETENTE, ETERNAL, FLAT FEE, INCUBUS, MUD PIES, NOT IN IT, YES DEAR, APIARIST, BOB FOSSE, EVIL TWIN, RETRACTS
Across:
1. Like some timers? : OLD. 20 mule team borax anyone?
4. Kids' rainy day projects : MUD PIES. The only time little boys are encouraged to 'cook.'
11. Watch kids : SIT. We get to baby sit Charlotte.
14. Piglet bud : ROO. From the world of Winnie.
15. Boring, facetiously : ETERNAL. This definition required perp inspiration, but it makes sense.
16. Kyrgyzstan city : OSH. B'gosh, I get this right away finally.
20. Supple : LITHE.
21. Red meat source : EMU. Too late for memorial day, but you can order these for the Fourth. LINK.
22. Red giant : S-STAR. This has been appearing regularly.
23. 37-Down's concerns : BEES. A tricky corss-reference but it is Friday. 37D. See 23-Across : APIARIST. A five dollar word for bee keeper. Where are Ulee and Sherlock?
24. Year during Augustus' reign : ONE BC. For all the southern readers, "How many headache powders do you need to take?"
26. Val-d'__: French department : OISE. Oise is a river you need to know because of the great use of vowels. For Splynter, you can practice your FRENCH.
30. Human __ : RACE. I thought "kind" first.
31. Big bunch : SCAD. Not used to the term in the singular.
32. Moisten, as garden cobwebs : BEDEW. A nice Shakespearean word.
35. Shingle wood : CEDAR.
39. Biological duct travelers : OVA. Eggs.
40. Wagering letters : OTB. Off track betting. I believe this has been replaced with online choices like TVG etc.
43. You'd be amazed to stand in it : AWE. Really nicely crafted clue/fill for such a simple answer.
45. Unlock, to Byron : OPEn. Read some POETRY?
46. Tries to obtain : BIDS FOR. This works two ways, both literally and figuratively.
48. Dead last, say : NOT IN IT. Tough letter string, but accurate.
50. Hourly-rate alternative : FLAT FEE. A very large part of law practice, oneof the three types of fee arrangements: hourly, contingency and flat fee.
51. Marital concession : YES DEAR. My favorite of the entire puzzle; so well put.
52. Anne Frank's father : OTTO. I did not remember this
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53. Belts : SWATS.
55. __ vez: Juan's "again" : OTRA.
56. Grassy surface : SWARD. This appears to be the LAT debut of this Friday word.
58. Bio, e.g. : SCIence.
59. Indifferent : STOIC.
60. Yes-Bob link : SIREE.
61. One of the Kardashians : KIM. If you want a link, go for it.
62. Sandwich request : TOAST.
63. Blog input : ENTRY. A CSO to us all.
64. Compound suffix : IDE. This old bromide...
65. Annie of "Designing Women" : POTTS. I enjoyed the series but I like Annie better in this ROLE (0:29).
Down:
1. Colgate rival : ORALB. I started with Crest.
2. Mascot of the NHL's Blues : LOUIE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYjP18KR-wo
3. Like pointillist works : DOTTED. My father studied and practiced this type of painting
4. Cultural idea that may go viral : MEME. According to wiki:
"The word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, as an attempt to explain the way cultural information spreads; Internet memes are a subset of this general meme concept specific to the culture and environment of the Internet."
5. Acting legend Hagen : UTA.
6. Political thaw : DETENTE. Not in fashion any more. Now the Olympic arrests are a US scheme to take the World Cup from Russia.
7. First coat : PRIMER.
8. Nocturnal demonic visitor : INCUBUS. My first thought was SUCCUBUS but it did not fit.
9. Corrode : EAT. The rust ate away my outdoor furniture.
10. Some pic takers : SLRS. Single Lens Reflexes.
11. Pushover : SOFTIE.
12. Lands in el mar : ISLAS. Spanish.
13. Pointing remark : THERE. Cute clue. An excuse for this CLIP. (0:26)
18. "And I'm Cleopatra" : OH SURE. I thought it was Queen of Sheba.
19. Wagnerian soprano : ISOLDE. Inspector Morse loved his Opera.
24. Needing no Rx : OTC. Over The Counter.
25. Ozone-threatening compound : CFC. Chlorofluorocarbon. Better known as FREON.
28. Prune : SAWOFF. A tree, not a dried plum.
29. Aspects : FACETS.
32. Choreographer with nine Tonys : BOB FOSSE. We like to see full names in puzzles.
33. Facetious scapegoat : EVIL TWIN.
38. Pulls back : RETRACTS.
41. Digits displayed on beaches : TOES. Sing-a-long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntN5JAqEtDE
42. Suds : BREWSKI.
43. "Whenever" : ANYTIME.
44. Travails : WOES.
47. Acorn woodpecker, e.g. : STORER. JL like birds and bugs, but this clue bugs me.
49. "Ditto" : I DO TOO. Fun letter string.
54. Lithographer's material : ACID. This answer should be etched in your mind.
57. "L.A. Law" actress : DEY. A partridge that grew up. Interestingly, she was replaced by Annie Potts in the TV Series Love and War. I liked her in LINK.
59. Indy initials : STP. Scientifically Treated Petroleum. Andy Grantelli.
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