What I perceive is a debut puzzle for Mr. Abrams gives us words beginning with SH (sound)(vowel) in progression. A very straight forward puzzle with a very fast solve time and a mini-theme of Hawaiian words. I know of an Archaeology Professor who wrote about historic architecture in the MAYAN culture. My oldest wrote about ancient architecture in his time studying in that field. Anyway, on to the puzzle...The theme fill except OVERWHELM are all new to the LAT. The rest including forty-six 3/4 letter fill many of which are common crossword fodder. I am always impressed with those who grid their own first effort. I enjoyed the puzzle, especially all the Js. After last week's pangram, we are just a Q short this week.
18A. Shaq : EX-NBA CENTER (11). Shaquille is a very entertaining guy.
24A. Sheik : ARAB NOBLE (9).Sheikh, Shaik, Shayk, Shaykh, Shaikh, Cheikh, and Shekh— is an honorific title in the Arabic language. wiki
37A. Schick : RAZOR BLADE MAKER (15). The "C" makes this the outlier, Thismay have been his seed entry. If he chose SHI... maybe: Shirk: LIE DOWN ON THE JOB. Of course that would cause a complete rewrite. Life is not easy.
49A. Shock : OVERWHELM (9). All perps
55A. Shuck : OPEN OYSTERS (11).My first thought was corn, but I do not eat shellfish.
Across:
1. Backtalk : LIP.
4. Went into second, in a way : SLID. A gimme for the baseball crowd.
8. Energy units : JOULES. I love J words: It is equal to the energy transferred (or work done) to an object when a force of one newton acts on that object in the direction of its motion through a distance of one metre (1 newton metre or N·m). It is also the energy dissipated as heat when an electric current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second. It is named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889) wiki.
14. She played Mia in "Pulp Fiction" : UMA. She died and came back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6XZwHAqjxA
15. Mackerel relative : TUNA. I forgot that.
16. Opposite of down : ACROSS. Crossword inside joke
17. AWOL pursuers : MPS. Military Police. Probably not a legitimate plural.
20. Combat : BATTLE.
22. Long, on Lanai : LOA. Then an immediate clecho 23A. Hi, on Lanai : ALOHA.
30. Exceptional : RARE.
31. Team members : OXEN. Cute yoke.
32. "Darkness at __": Arthur Koestler novel : NOON.
33. Fortress of Solitude statue honoree : JOR-EL. Since the creators were both Jewish, they named their central family EL אֵל. Did you know Superman had his own WIKI?
35. Formal assessment : REPORT. I am not the report type. Michelle does lots of them for clients.
41. Calls up : EVOKES.
42. Pip : BEAUT.
43. Mudville number : NINE. How many on the field in baseball.
44. 2015 Emmy winner for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series : VEEP. Not only born into a fabulously wealthy family but in her third Emmy winning series, JULIA is one lucky woman.
45. Wheels : RIDE. Nice ride...
52. Hardly a socialite : LONER.
53. It may be humbly held in hand : HAT. Nice cluing.
54. Stumble : FALTER.
61. Nixon admin. creation : EPA.
62. __ effect : RIPPLE. Not to be confused with the butterfly effect.
63. Israeli writer Oz : AMOS.
64. Nothing but __ : NET. Steph Curry...
65. Church symbols : SPIRES.
66. Not for here : TO GO. They added to go service at the Cattleman.
67. Helical strands : DNA. Helix like.
Down:
1. Like the vertebrae directly above the pelvis : LUMBAR. Where by herniated discs live.
2. 1958 Chevy debut : IMPALA. Remember it well.
3. Sermon giver : PASTOR.
4. Inscribed stone : STELA
5. Elegance : LUXE
6. Comfort __ : INN
7. Touch : DAB
8. Biblical twin : JACOB
9. Large amount : OCEAN
10. "Thou," in the Keats lines "When old age shall this generation waste, / Thou shalt remain ... a friend to man" : URN
11. Building site : LOT
12. End of much language? : ESE
13. Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. : SSR
19. Late actor Rickman : ALAN
21. 1989 Jack Nicholson role : THEJOKER
24. Double __ : AXEL
25. Mark down, perhaps : RE-LABEL.
26. Keeping the beat? : ON PATROL.
27. Secure, as a room : BOOK.
28. Past wisdom : LORE.
29. __'acte : ENTR.
31. Mars and others : ORBS.
34. Vein yield : ORE.
35. Get as a return : REAP.
36. Aussie runner : EMU.
37. Nevada city on I-80 : RENO.
38. Tel __ : AVIV.
39. Defense choice : ZONE. Football and basketball.
40. Consider : DEEM. Again.
44. Dachshund docs : VETS. We had dachshunds. One of our wiener dogs ate so much she became a knockwurst.
46. Plan : INTEND.
47. Become more heartfelt : DEEPEN.
48. Printing problems : ERRATA.
50. __ milk : WHOLE.
51. Last Reconstruction president : HAYES. Rutherford B. All you need to KNOW.
52. Rodeo rope : LASSO.
54. One that may be transformed by a kiss? : FROG.
55. Scenes of many stitches: Abbr. : ORS. Operating Rooms.
56. Knight supporter? : PIP. Very tricky for me, but not for Gladys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_mhPTuV5o
57. Prefix with genetics : EPI. I becoming more convinced this must be the same man. I did not know: Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression (active versus inactive genes) that does not involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence — a change in phenotype without a change in genotype — which in turn affects how cells read the genes. Wiki.
58. "All Things Considered" home : NPR. National Public Radio.
59. Many a pro athlete's pride : TATtoo.
60. Rock genre : EMOtional.
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