JW is here for another Friday (thank again HG for the blogs while I was gone) and with what I believe is his first punny quotation puzzle. " If I tolled them once, I tolled them a hundred times."
The tolled-told homonym the key to the humor. We also have some related fill with QUASIMODO and BELL TOWER. This is a rather upbeat puzzle for a very dark story. VICTOR HUGO was quite political in his writings.
CHIPS AWAY, EVIL DEEDS, LIVIDNESS, MIAMI VICE
17A. Hugo character memorably portrayed by Charles Laughton: QUASIMODO.
23A. With 36- and 44-Across, what 17-Across might have said when his job became too repetitious? : IF I TOLLED THEM (13).
36A. See 23-Across: ONCE, I TOLLED THEM (15).
44. See 23-Across: A HUNDRED TIMES (13).
57A. 17-Across' workplace: BELL TOWER (9).
Across:
1. Qualifier for a hall entry? : FAME.
5. Excuse descriptor: LAME. So we start with a nice rhyme.
9. Med. recordings: EKGS.
13. Over, in much Twain dialogue: AGIN. As opposed to agin/ fer.
14. "__ my way": I'M ON.
15. Relatives of windsocks: VANES. I guess.
19. Fuming: IRATE.
20. Uncle__: SAM.
21. Risk pieces: DICE.
22. Type of large TV: PLASMA.
26. Sitarist Shankar: RAVI. Norah Jones' mother.
28. Metal sources: ORES.
29. Important part of a whale's diet: KRILL. The look like small SHRIMP.
31. Feigned: FALSE.
33. Many an IRS employee: CPA. Certified Public Accountant.
39. "Got it now?" : SEE.
40. Parts of Walmart work uniforms: VESTS.
41. Frodo's home, with "the": SHIRE.
42. Gentlemen: SIRS.
43. Actor Omar: EPPS. Once again this week; who is his publicist?
51. Lengthy account: LITANY. Usually of bad things.
52. Participate in a race, maybe: RIDE.
53. Fluoride-touting org.: ADA. American Dental Association.
56. Blazing: AFIRE. Ooh, an a-word.
59. Problems electric razors should prevent: NICKS.
60. Avoid getting into deep water? : WADE.
61. "Lobster Telephone" artist: DALI.
62. "__ who?" : SAYS.
63. Monthly Roman calendar occurrences: IDES. Twice this week. With the fate of Julius Caesar in mind, this is an interesting juxtaposition with....
64. Turned yellow, perhaps: DYED.
Down:
1. Customer info sources: FAQS.
2. Lago contents : AGUA. Lake:Water. Spanish.
3. '80s cop show featuring Ferraris : MIAMI VICE. An interesting story. LINK. Ferraris twice this week.
4. USN rank : ENSign.
5. Keep in check : LIMIT.
6. Merged gas company : AMOCO. Gobbled up by BP, this brand may be BACK.
7. Auto datum : MODEL.
8. Brian of music : ENO.
9. What superheroes seek to thwart : EVIL DEEDS. This needed many perps.
10. Gold fineness units : KARATS. From a JEWELER.
11. Grind : GNASH.
12. "They __ up!": scapegoat's cry : SET ME.
16. Alteration target : SEAM. My mother was a wonderful nurse and mother, but she could not sew. My brothers and I had to stand with one leg up on stair after she shortened the pants.
18. Infamous Amin : IDI.
22. Intrinsically : PER SE. This is not a legal term, per se.
24. Rank partner : FILE. READ and discuss.
25. Doesn't do much : LOLLS.
26. Classic movie theaters : RKOS.
27. "Alfred" composer : ARNE. Not his most famous work. LINK.
30. Red state? : LIVIDNESS. This was very difficult, but when you are livid you turn red.
31. Broadway choreographer for "Chicago" : FOSSE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5gv_pdxEcw
32. PC key : ALT.
33. Cuts into, with "at" : CHIPS AWAY.
34. Cop's collar : PERP. Not her.
35. Iowa college town : AMES. Not Ed this time.
37. Jones or Gilliam of Monty Python : TERRY. The only AMERICAN in Monty Python is Terry Gilliam.
38. Passé pronoun : THEE.
42. Impertinent in tone : SNARKY.
44. PBS "Mystery!" host Cumming : ALAN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_EOXlEXds
45. LP players : HI FIS.
46. Erie Canal city : UTICA.
47. More than fear : DREAD.
48. Circumflex cousin : TILDE. Diacritic marks. COMPLICATED.
49. Doesn't do much : IDLES.
50. Satisfied : MET.
54. Editor's mark : DELE.
55. Like much of New Mexico : ARID.
57. Md. airport serving D.C. : BWI. Baltimore Washington International.
58. Not quite right : ODD. We have one living at our condo complex...not easy.
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