Well hot on the heels of her latest Sunday, MM makes her Friday debut with an add three letters puzzle, where NET is added to in the language phrases. Melanie who has become a bit of a Sunday specialist, here provides a Monday looking grid, with lots of blocks and short average word length, but some very hard clue/fill to make this a challenge. She did begin her publications at the LAT with Argyle blogging her work. Some of the cluing really slowed me down, but nver knowing if it was her clue or Rich's, makes it hard to pinpoint.
ANKLES, DANGER, IF ONLY, MORE SO, ENWRAPS, I MEAN IT, TACTFUL, TOPPLES, MANNERISM, TOTEM POLE
16A. Sign posted on an office computer? : NETWORK OUT (10).I remember when network only referred to TV companies.
22A. Attractive legumes? : MAGNETIC BEANS (13).
50A. Dark-haired brigade? : BRUNETTE FORCE (13).
60A. Blaze at a hat factory? : BONNET FIRE (10).
And the reveal,
36A. Taxable amount ... and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers : NET GAIN (7).
Across:
1. Unit of volume : LITER. QUART fit, so this was a slow start.
6. One of the Twelve Olympians : ARES. Also hard, as both GREEK and ROMAN deity are considered OLYMPIANS. We have ZEUS, HERA as other Greek gods, JOVE, JUNO and MARS in the roman pantheon. The we have a four letter god from Scandinavia 18A. Ruler of the Valkyries : ODIN. With 17D. Russo who plays Frigga in "Thor" : RENE.
10. Factory container : VAT. Okay maybe the downs will be easy.
13. Inexpensive opening? : ECONOlodge?
14. Bering Sea port : NOME. Just south of the Bering Strait.
19. Venison source : DEER. Cool! A 100% easy fill!!!!!
20. End of basketball? : ELS. Oh the the deception!
21. Exasperated : IRKED. Don let it get to you.
26. Overthrows : TOPPLES. Like governments.
28. Omegas, to a physicist : OHMS. A quick er PRIMER.
29. Sprang (from) : AROSE. An A word that actually gets used.
30. Train station stat : ETA. Arrival.
31. Its national anthem is "Peace to the Sultan" : OMAN. All perps.
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35. Chum : PAL.
40. Diamond standout : ACE. baseball diamond.
41. Winter vehicle : SLED.
43. Find, with "up" : DIG. What 'journalists' do these days.
44. Italian white wines : ETNAS. Never heard this term and since the Mountain is in Sicily,
46. Deuce follower : AD IN.
48. Unequivocal statement : I MEAN IT. Confusing letters to parse, but nice fill when done.
54. Thigh-toning exercise : LUNGE.
55. Stick : ROD.
56. Decoy : TRAP.
59. Pot enhancer : ANTE. Glad this was not a drug reference. It might cause a...
63. Furor : STIR.
64. Labor long hours : TOIL.
65. Turns red, maybe : RUSTS.
66. Frostbite victim : TOE.
67. Cheese manufacturing byproduct : WHEY.
68. Wes Craven film locale: Abbr. : ELM ST. If you saw these letters without the clue, you could go elmst meaning the most elm?
Down:
1. Allow to use : LEND
2. Arctic Blast maker : ICEE
3. Tlingit feature of Seattle's Pioneer Square : TOTEM POLE
4. Completely surrounds : ENWRAPS
5. Joey of fiction : ROO
6. Places for electronic monitors : ANKLES
7. Chick bar? : ROOST
8. Grounded Aussie : EMU
9. Unbendable : SET
10. Bloody Mary ingredient : VODKA.
11. "The War of the Worlds" character : ALIEN
12. Minds : TENDS
15. To a larger extent : MORE SO
21. Lenovo acquired its PC business in 2005 : IBM
23. Rural valley : GLEN
24. Smidgen : IOTA
25. Beverage flavored with cinnamon and cardamom : CHAI. Actually it is black tea that is flavored to make Chai tea.
26. Bugs : TAPS. Listening devices.
27. Like film narration : ORAL. Why film? All narration by its nature is oral?
30. Person, slangily : EGG. really? I know a good egg is an accepted phrase, but egg by itself? Is this a yolk?
32. Individual way : MANNERISM.
33. Popular palm fruit : ACAI. All you ever wanted to know about this wonder FRUIT.
34. Hornet hangout : NEST.
37. Doctor, perhaps : EDIT.
38. Color variant : TINT
39. "What, will these hands __ be clean?": Lady Macbeth : NE'ER. Nope, sorry they never will be.
42. Jeopardy : DANGER
45. Aptly sensitive : TACTFUL
47. Welsh/English border river : DEE
48. Wishful words : IFONLY
49. Manner : MODE
50. Verbally assault : BLAST
51. Eagerly head for : RUN TO.
52. Remove, as a cravat : UNTIE.
53. Bath-loving Muppet : ERNIE. Does he love the bath or his rubber ducky?
57. Culinary pursuits : ARTS.
58. Unwelcome garden visitor : PEST
60. Texter's "I almost forgot" : BTW
61. Wowed one's word : OOH
62. "I __ Piccoli Porcellini" : TRE
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