David returns for his third 2018 Friday. and his 5th overall. I still know very little about the man other than he love obscure Victorian novels and creating crosswords, even though he has stopped by several times. His website DAVID ALFRED BYWATERS has new puzzle and new book every Saturday. Oh, and his great-grandmother loved puzzles and took a good picture. The idea is simple- the three letter word RED is added to a two part phrase. There is a sound change for each vowel preceding the RED, but thetheme clues, are all fun mental pictures. The reveal is a bit tricky as you have to see the RED infiltrating the words. Most of the fill was in my wheelhouse, but SAHM sounded like the number three in Thai. There really some fun ones, like Yo HO HO, BASS CLEF, and IN A PIE. Anyway, on with the show.
24A. State of mind induced by monotonous music?: SONIC BOREDOM (12). SONIC BOOM gets repurposed.
32A. BBQ item with a char?: SEARED DOG (9). SEA DOG becomes burned hot dog.
43A. Object of trout-fishing veneration?: SACRED FLY (9). SAC FLY (the baseball abbreviation for sacrifice fly) gets reeled in a a fisherperson.
49A. Aversion to rodeo performers?: COWBOY HATRED (12). COWBOY HAT get chased away.
And the reveal-
63A. Post-WWII fear of infiltration apparently confirmed by four puzzle answers: RED SCARE (8).
Across:
1. Grooming tool: COMB
5. Put two and two together: ADD
8. Attentive to the schedule: PROMPT
14. Pentagon measure: AREA
15. Basic substance: LYE
16. Rum accompaniment?: YO HO HO If you have been to Disney Worls, this was a gimme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98luuj8ymoQ
17. Staff symbol: BASS CLEF.
19. Handled vessel: TEAPOT
20. Ease, as thirst: SLAKE
21. Cry of one whose thirst is eased: AAH
23. Artist Magritte: RENE
28. Sphere: ORB
31. Bring into harmony: ATTUNE
35. Left-hand page: VERSO
40. Croatia neighbor: SERBIA
41. Toe problem: BUNION
42. The Beatles' "All My Loving," e.g.: OLDIE
46. Where some nursery rhyme baking occurs: IN A PIE
Four and twenty blackbirds. Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened. The birds began to sing—. Wasn't that a dainty dish. To set before the king? The king was in the counting-house. Counting out his money,. The queen was in the parlor. Eating bread and honey,. The maid was in the garden. Hanging out the clothes.
48. Deceive: FOX
55. Multicolored gem: OPAL
56. Kvbrick opvs?: MMI
57. Takes a nap, say: RESTS
61. Make over: REVAMP
66. Get all wet: DRENCH
67. Rower: OAR
68. Was aware of: KNEW
69. Big Apple Theater District restaurant: SARDIS. The food was never that good but the atmosphere was fun and it waspopulated all of the New York people.
70. Cook, in a way: FRY
71. Recognizes: SEES
Down:
1. Wine choices: CABS
2. Spoken: ORAL
3. Tableland: MESA
4. Revels (in), as praise: BASKS
5. The lot (of): ALL
6. Henna, e.g.: DYE
7. In actuality: DEFACTO
8. Big name in British comedy: PYTHON
9. Beluga yield: ROE
10. United hub: OHARE
11. Island vacation ride: MOPED
12. Amplifier switch: PHONO
13. Tribal symbol: TOTEM
18. Board boss: CEO
22. "Snug as __ ... ": ABUG
25. Uno menos uno, to Unamuno: NADA
26. "__ be a pleasure": IT'D
27. Variety show: REVUE
28. __ buco: OSSO
29. Rod attachment: REEL
30. Homer, e.g.: BARD
33. Batter's stat: RBI
34. Three-note refrain: EIEIO
36. Close: END
37. Jazz phrase: RIFF
38. Concerto cadenza, e.g.: SOLO
39. Banded stone: ONYX
41. Uncle Remus title: BRER
43. Doug of the Sir Douglas Quintet with the hit "She's About a Mover": SAHM
I have never hear of the IMPORTANT singer musician.
44. Two: A PAIR OF
45. Op. __: CIT
47. Mythological maidens: NYMPHS
49. Electrical connections: CORDS
50. Monteverdi work: OPERA
51. Go back and forth: WAVER
52. Flavorless: BLAND
53. Med. treatment areas: ERS
54. Card groups: DECKS
58. Sound: SANE
59. Shoe insert: TREE
60. Follows a pattern, perhaps: SEWS
62. 2006 Verizon acquisition: MCI
64. Listener: EAR
65. Arid: DRY
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