Mike Buckley

Theme: BOGO, get one pun and then a second one for free.

We get our third Mike Buckley effort of 2015 with this one a sound-alike pun effort.



18A. Composer Dvorák in hiding? : CACHED CZECH (11). This cashed check transforms into a musical clue. LINK.

38A. Demands for quiet from the downstairs tenant? : CEILING WHACKS (13). Sealing wax is not commonly used anymore, but the clue does bring back this SONG (3:00).

58A. Wildebeests slowing down? : BRAKING GNUS (11). My favorite mental picture comes from this breaking news.

3D. Walked by a campsite? : PASSED TENTS (11). Walked is whimsically past tense.

26D. Poor jousters? : WEAK KNIGHTS (11). Can you watch them on week nights on ESPN?



ASSISI,  DEANNA, I RAISE,  MAZDAS,  PINDAR,  PRAWNS,  SINKER,  TICTAC,  YTTRIA, DEPECHE, MIAMIAN,  SURGEON, AS EASY AS,  NEPOTIST, PECOS BILL, SAWHORSES


Across:

1. Spot : PIP. Like on a die.

4. "My Name Is Asher Lev" author : POTOK. Chaim Potok has written may wonderful books and appeared in puzzles often.

9. Normandy beachhead : OMAHA. No Nebraska clue on a Friday; will the next generation remember?

14. Rollover __ : IRA.

15. Send packing : EVICT.

16. Jazz section : SAXES.

17. "Hip Hop Is Dead" artist : NAS.
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20. Misrepresent : DISTORT.

22. Main part : LEAD.

23. No harder than : AS EASY AS. An odd looking stretch of letters in a partial.

25. Edible decapods : PRAWNS.

29. Provide new audio for : REDUB.

30. More than square : CUBE.

32. Council position : SEAT.

33. Adjust, as sails : TRIM.

35. Mythical elephant carriers : ROCS.

37. "Aladdin" monkey : ABU.

41. Your Moment of __: Jon Stewart's show ender : ZEN. Obama ordered him to stay.

42. Spike : LACE. As in the punch; this was very tricky 4 letter fill.

43. Fuzzy Endor native : EWOK.

44. They're often smashed : SOTS. No Tinbeni comments here, please.

46. Ellington's "__ Indigo" : MOOD. The Duke.
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48. Nearby : HANDY.

51. Umbria tourist town : ASSISI.

53. One who keeps it in the family : NEPOTIST. WE all have heard of nepotism, so I guess this word exists.

55. Sports gp. with three divisions : NCAA.

57. "The Kids Are __": 1979 The Who documentary : ALRIGHT.

62. One of Kramden's hardy followers? : HAR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4DPI1hegc

63. Staff symbol : C CLEF. Music notation. 8D. "Hooked on Classics" co. : K TEL. 49D. Note in the key of B major : D SHARP. A mini-theme ?


64. Singer's asset : RANGE.

65. Ode opener? : TRI.

66. Resort off the Sorrentine Peninsula : CAPRI.

67. Gather together : AMASS.

68. Post-workout destination : SPA.

Down:

1. "The test of any man lies in action" odist : PINDAR.

2. Game challenge : I RAISE.

4. Lover of Slue-Foot Sue : PECOS BILL.

5. Subject for Italian anatomist Fallopius : OVARY. He also invented the English subway, hence its name- the Fallopian Tube.

6. Certs alternative : TICTAC. Paddy whack...

7. "Alas!" from a lass : OCH.

9. Grouch in a can : OSCAR.

10. Protegés, e.g. : MAZDAS.

11. Fire : AXE.

12. Crime-solver Ramsey of 1970s TV : HEC. The second incarnation of Richard Boone, perhaps more famous as Palladin.

13. Krakatoa output : ASH.

19. "Exciter" band __ Mode : DEPECHE.

21. Alpha __, star in the Bull constellation : TAURI. This huge ORANGE star, known as Alderbarran is not related to the more familiar Alpha Centauri.

24. Cutting-edge professional? : SURGEON. Really sharp humor.

27. Snares : NABS
28. Former Beatle Sutcliffe : STU
31. Defer : BOW
34. Dolphin, e.g. : MIAMIAN
36. Cutting supports : SAWHORSES
38. Co. VIPs : CEOS
39. Sgt. maj., e.g. : NCO
40. Tropical raccoon kin : COATI
41. Half a Gabor? : ZSA
45. Angling aid : SINKER
47. Counselor in Jean-Luc's command : DEANNA

50. Oxide in incandescent gas mantles : YTTRIA. I do not even know what a gas mantle is, but this was interesting to READ.

52. Space opera genre : SCI-FI.

54. Promotions : PLUGS
56. Uttar Pradesh tourist city : AGRA
58. Discreet email letters : BCC
59. Nipper's label : RCA
60. High peak : ALP
61. Moll's leg : GAM. A great