This is puzzle number 6 here at the LAT for retired PROFESSOR MENDELSOHN a well-published Psychology researcher from McGill University in Montreal. He first published twice in the NYT followed by 5 LATs last year with one being a Friday. MJM uses a theme which we have seen before, where words in the down fill are clued to represent B(under)A phrases. He makes it his own by locating 4 unique to the puzzle world phrases that work. He adds triple stacks of 6 letter words in the NW and SE corners, with doubled up 8 letter fill in the NE and SW which include the sparkly LOOKED IN, MERE HINT and USO SHOWS. He sprinkles some amusing word combos and some geography. So, we have:
4D. Carefully consider, literally: ADVISEMENT TAKE (14). Take UNDER Advisement.
8D. Add to the list of possible perps, literally: SUSPICION PUT (12). Put UNDER Suspicion.
16D. Ail, literally: THE WEATHER FEEL (14). Feel UNDER the Weather.
20D. Rein in, literally: CONTROL BRING (12). Bring UNDER Control.
1. Fix: ATTACH. Not an easy start for me.
7. Egyptian symbols of royalty: ASPS. All you need to know about these SNAKES.
11. Fitness stat.: BMI. Body Mass Index. Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson (6'5" 262 pounds) comes in as "obese" with a reading of 31.1.
14. Greeted casually, with "to": SAID HI. I did not need the "to."
15. Grill: QUESTION.
17. Classic London theatre: OLD VIC. The Old Vic, originally named the Royal Coburg Theatre, was designed in 1818 by Rudolph Cabanel, where it stands now south-east of Waterloo Station.
18. They raise camp spirit: USO SHOWS. SO? Hmm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KoybhArM6A
19. Arrive on an air taxi: FLY IN. Air Taxi?
20. Cereal box rank: CAP'N. I guess this makes this puzzle crunchy.
21. North-of-the-border gas: ESSO. We have all this week showing up in this puzzle.
22. "Could be better": SO SO. Cute next to ESSO.
24. Second of a Caesarean three: I SAW. VIDI.
26. Undressed: BARE.
29. "Squawk Box" channel: CNBC.
31. Feinted: DEKED. We hockey fans know this term,
35. Cheese town: EDAM. Edam is a semi-hard cheese that originated in the Netherlands and is named after the town of Edam in the province of North Holland. Packed in red.
36. Abruzzi bell town: ATRI. Long ago there was a king in Italy who was known for his goodness and wisdom. King John of Atri believed in justice, and so one day he purchased a great bell to hang in a tower in the village square...
37. The Congo, formerly: ZAIRE.
38. Tune (out): ZONE. Not related to 33D. White out: ERASE.
39. Agonize (over): BROOD. This verb was originally used with an object, i.e., ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th century), a figurative use of the notion of a hen nursing chicks under her wings.
41. Catching strategy: TRAP. For C.C. What is Trapped? A baseball term that describes the state of a fly ball or line drive that touches the ground just prior to being concealed and secured by a player's glove.
42. Key wood: EBONY. It took a moment too long for me to see this LINK.
44. Hyatt competitor: OMNI. The one in Miami closed but THESE are still open.
45. Horde: HOST.
46. Slow movement: LENTO. In music. 58A. Major relative to F minor: A-FLAT. JzB, help me!
47. Canter: LOPE.
48. Pre-event periods: EVES.
49. Pyramid, to Tut: TOMB.
51. Kindle reader, say: USER. One who uses the Kindle not the device.
53. Quartet named for its members: ABBA. Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
56. Q.E.D. word: ERAT. Quod Erat Demonstrandum.
62. Checked (on): LOOKED IN. With so many oldsters living here, we look in and bring homecooked treats to them.
64. Mock: PSEUDO.
65. Barely a trace: MERE HINT. Like good perfume.
66. Party to a search: SEEKER.
67. Is for some: ARE. Cute, think about it.
68. Declines: SAGS. nothing but un-pc comes to mind.
69. Least well: ILLEST. Not a favorite.
Down:
1. Dating from: AS OF.
2. Hard to believe: TALL. Tale. The HISTORY?
3. Not like a sty: TIDY.
5. Slacks material: CHINO. Versus KHAKI?
6. Kool-Aid alternative: HI-C.
7. Marine opening?: AQUA.
9. Lowly laborers: PEONS. Not since the serf days?
10. Cooking-burger sound: SSS.
11. Dust jacket blurbs: BIOS.
12. Manicures, in a way: MOWS. The lawn, or for Steve and NC and others, the garden.
13. __ many words: IN SO.
23. One who crosses the line: SCAB. From blemish … to strikebreaker, the history of the word scab … shows a displacement of meaning from the visceral or physical to the moral register … Just as a scab is a physical lesion, the strikebreaking scab disfigures the social body of labor—both the solidarity of workers and the dignity of work.
25. Wood dresser: ADZ.
26. Gem mounting: BEZEL. Bezel settings use a type of elevated collar which wraps the rim of the diamond in a complete metal edging
27. Pueblo building material: ADOBE.
28. Talked nonstop: RAN ON. Like many of my sentences.
30. Stomach relief, briefly: BROMO.
34. Firm parts: Abbr.: DEPTS.
40. Runs out of juice: DIES.
43. Hoo's first?: YOO. Chocolate drink.
50. Social __: MEDIA.
52. Brainstorming staple: EASEL. Whiteboard these days.
53. Operatic Gluck: ALMA.
54. Dutch colonist: BOER. More cute pairing with...
55. Put to sleep: BORE.
57. Unwanted workers: ANTS.
59. Uncle to Ben Solo: LUKE. Ben Solo, Princess Leia's son. A dark warrior strong with the Force, Kylo Ren commands First Order missions with a temper as fiery as his unconventional lightsaber.
60. Vitamin C sources: ADES. Yay! CSO for me!!!!!
61. Libel or slander: TORT. A civil wrong.
63. Doubtful interjections: EHS.
64. Tire shop meas.: PSI. Pounds per Square Inch.
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