After more than four years, Chuck D. is back. LINK. I recalled the name, but had to go to the archives to look over the puzzle I had blogged of his. I hope he stops by - he had 38 NYT puzzles published by 2012 and 3 LAT but nothing in either place until today. This effort is a variation of the 'one word' as the clue for all theme answers, but here the word not only is used if 4 different meanings, but modified.
17A. Place to take a 36-Down : EXPRESSWAY (10). Here we have the place where we drive vehicles.
25A. Place to run a 36-Down : CATTLE RANCH (11). You gather up the cows and head to Kansas City on your cattle drive.
37A. Place to install a 36-Down : DESKTOP COMPUTER (15). The office server has about 10 drives, we use mostly g and h.
47A. Place to hold a 36-Down : BLOOD MOBILE (11). They park outside the movie theater here for their blood drive.
57A. Place to hit a 36-Down : GOLF COURSE (10). With HG, Big Easy and other of our golfing group, hitting a long straight drive keeps them going back.
And the reveal:
36D. Theme of this puzzle : DRIVE (5). How direct is that for a reveal, but is it?
Across:
1. Deceptive operation : STING. Immediate clecho 10A. Deceptive distortion : SPIN.
6. Work with a number : OPUS. I always have like this piece by Chopin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E6b3swbnWg
14. Indulge : HUMOR. Nice Friday clue, as we all have humored our spouses or children or even parents at one time in our lives.
15. Probe-launching org. : NASA. CSO to HG.
16. Words often after a number : OR SO. This took me 10 minutes or so to complete.
19. Attire : WEAR.
20. Euripides drama : MEDEA. CSO to me as Jason played a large part in this Tragedy - not a nice part.
21. Cook books, say : CHEAT. Many businesses do keep different sets of books, cash accounting, GAAP accounting and regulatory accounting, Way beyond me.
22. Venomous reptile : ASP. Cleopatra another tragic figure.
28. Horror film reaction : SHRIEK.
30. Way out : EXIT. Literal.
31. __ Throne: "Game of Thrones" monarchy : IRON. Wonderful fun. LINK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ5p18wIQEI
32. They may span decades : SAGAS. The first one I heard of was THIS.
34. Tack on : ADD.
41. Pasture parent : EWE. I like the alliteration. Ma maa.
42. Members of an exclusive league : IVIES. Hmm- 53A. One percent, so to speak : ELITE.
43. Pasta choice : ZITI. Probably time for a refresher on the many shapes of PASTA.
44. Lack of focus : BLUR. My eye doctor says I am blessed with blurred vision recognition.
45. See 12-Down : ASIMOV. 12D. With 45-Across, "The Bicentennial Man" author : ISAAC. While an interesting book (which is only slightly related to the Robin Williams movie version) this was one in his robot series. He is the most impressive AUTHOR I have read because of hs facility in so many fields.
52. PC file extension : EXE. An executable file for DOS
54. Lead-in to a drink? : I NEED.
56. Fund-raiser, perhaps : GALA.
62. "Totally!" : AMEN. From Moses to Mos Def.
63. Brink : EDGE.
64. Mill output : FLOUR. Steel anyone?
65. Not : NARY.
66. Wolfish look : LEER.
67. Neighborhood posting : FLYER.
Down:
1. "__ Hate Me": Spike Lee film : SHE.
2. Prom duds : TUX.
3. Devil : IMP.
4. Social convention : NORM.
5. Country bordering three seas : GREECE.
6. Kickoff : ONSET.
7. Grab for clumsily : PAW AT.
8. "Royal Pains" network : USA.
9. Declare : SAY.
10. "Well, whoop-de-do" : SO WHAT.
11. Get duded up : PREEN.
13. Up __ : NORTH.
18. Deadwood's state: Abbr. : SDAK.
21. Like new bills : CRISP.
22. Out of the way : ASIDE.
23. Nag : SHREW.
24. Essay makeup : PROSE.
26. Locking blocks : LEGOS.
27. End-of-term ordeal : EXAM.
29. Letterpress need : INK.
32. VP after Hubert : SPIRO.
33. Expert : ACE.
34. Fairy-tale intro words : A TIME. The dreaded partial?
35. Do a juice cleanse, say : DETOX.
38. El Niño feature : TILDE. Nicely disguised.
39. Female gamete : OVUM.
40. Action film weapon : UZI.
44. Mendel's science : BOTANY.
45. Novelist Waugh : ALEC.
46. Wave to from the dock : SEE OFF.
47. Initiated : BEGAN.
48. Andean transport : LLAMA.
49. Edmonton NHL player : OILER. Splynter?
50. Hull region : BILGE. This TERM has been around 500 years.
51. Deduce : INFER. Nero Wolfe used to get apoplectic about those who misused this WORD.
55. Sigh-inducing : DULL.
57. Holder of locks : GEL. hair, silly.
58. Shelley work : ODE. For the season - the first stanza of Ode To The West Wind
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
59. Scheider of "Jaws" : ROY. He had a long and successful CAREER.
60. Seek payback, maybe : SUE. The law is the only field where one professional creates business for another.
61. Fumble, e.g. : ERR. is human, to forgive divine. Not in Cleveland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5rQmdKKQgI
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