Patti V., who doubles as Rich Norris' assistant at the LAT, has turned on the creative juices again in 2016 with 5 puzzles in the last 10 weeks. Today we have a variation of the definition puzzle, where words that are associated with each other - here items in a kitchen - are used as clues for completely different things.
ARTESIAN, READ UP ON, PLEASE HOLD, DEAN MARTIN
17A. Spoon : HUG TENDERLY (11).
24A. Dish : SPREAD GOSSIP (12).
38A. Fork : BRANCH IN THE ROAD (15).
49A. Plate : COAT WITH GOLD (12).
60A. Bowl : PLAY TEN PINS (11).
Across:
1. Assuming it's true : AS FACT.
7. "Bloom County" penguin : OPUS. I gratuitously linked him recently.
11. Jams : PJS. Jammies-yes. Jams?
14. After-dinner gathering : SOIREE. The forties and fifties were filled with soirees.
15. Go in different directions : PART. Part company.
16. Service to redo : LET. Tennis.
19. Flight status info : ETA.
20. In addition : ELSE. Put it in, took it out, put it back.
21. "The Fault in __ Stars": John Green novel : OUR. if you like crying...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss
22. Leader's domain : REALM.
28. Chatter boxes? : RADIOS. I like the clue and remember the nights before we had TV and listening to all those great voices.
31. Light weight : OUNCE.
32. It may precede bad news : I FEAR. I fear we have run out of caviar, deah.
33. Beavers, e.g. : HATS. I bet you did not know all of THIS.
35. "Girls" channel : HBO.
42. Icarus, to Daedalus : SON.
43. Bar employee: Abbr. : ATTY. Please let us never have att as fill for lawyers.
44. String quartet member : CELLO. A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – two violin players, a viola player and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ... The string quartet was developed into its current form by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, with his works in the 1750s establishing the genre. Wiki.
45. Prefix with arch : MATRI. Patri anyone?
48. Bulldozer companion : LOADER. LINK. Can you name them all?
53. Marx with a horn : HARPO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFk0BnxndMA
54. Vienna's land: Abbr. : AUStria.
55. The munchies, e.g. : URGE.
59. Hairy TV cousin : ITT.
64. Flowery welcome : LEI.
65. It's retold often : LORE.
66. Greet on the street : TOOT AT.
67. Roadside shelter : INN.
68. "Oh, ew" : YUCK.
69. Fancy, and then some : ORNATE.
Down:
1. New York stadium named for a sports great : ASHE.
2. __-searching : SOUL.
3. Tree fruit : FIGS.
4. Like some wells : ARTESIAN.
5. One of a Chicago duo : CEE.
6. Group of like voices : TENORS.
7. Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas," e.g. : OPERA.
8. Four score, often? : PAR.
9. Address bar address : URL.
10. "Lie Down in Darkness" author : STYRON.
11. Request before the music starts : PLEASE HOLD. 33D. Order before the music starts : HIT IT.
12. Beijing-born action hero : JET LI.
13. Passport mark : STAMP.
18. Payable : DUE.
23. "I didn't mean that" key : ESC.
25. Bordeaux butcher's offering : PORC.
26. Eccentric : DOTTY.
27. Write effusively : GUSH.
28. Smokehouse order : RIBS.
29. Coiffure style : AFRO.
30. '60s-'70s variety show host : DEAN MARTIN. After leaving Jerry Lewis, Dean has his own show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgcCfMo1HcY
34. Colony occupant : ANT.
36. Agricultural bundle : BALE.
37. Reminder to take out the trash? : ODOR.
39. Big name in WWI espionage : HARI. Sh;e back. The 100 year anniversary of her execution will be in October 2017.
40. Green sci. : ECOLogy.
41. Research : READ UP ON.
46D. Org. for netmen : ATP. The Association of Tennis Professionals HISTORY.
47. Like some paper towels : TWO PLY.
48. Underscore? : LOSE TO. Very tricky; we use the other meaning often in legal writing.
49. Some like it hot : CHILI.
50. Like Cheerios : OATEN. To me they are more often eaten.
51. "Frida" star Salma : HAYEK. Seeing her with Antonio Banderas in Desperado was eye opening!
52. Prepare to remodel, maybe : GUT. Of the 16 definitions for this word, 4 are verbs.
13. (Cookery) to remove the entrails from (fish, etc)
14. (esp of fire) to destroy the inside of (a building)
15. to plunder; despoil: the raiders gutted the city.
16. to take out the central points of (an article), esp in summary form
56. Poet Dove : RITA. I like poetry but I am not up on my POETS.
57. Pest in a swarm : GNAT. Not a midge.
58. Where el sol rises : ESTE. Sun rises in the east even in Spanish speaking places.
61. Murderers' Row teammate of Babe : LOU. Ruth and Gehrig.
62. Part of a hinged-door floor plan symbol : ARC.
63. Fish-fowl link : NOR.
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