James is back for his second Friday this year.
17A. Novice hiker's predicament?: TRAIL MIXUP (10).
23A. Relief pitcher?: DIAMOND BACK UP (13).
38A. Flipped ... and what four puzzle answers are?: UPENDED (7).
50A. Showoff with gags?: HOTDOG STANDUP (13).
62A. Tenement for one on the lam?: PERP WALKUP (10).
Across:
1. "__ simple, duh!": IT'S SO. Well that i a challenge to starts.
6. Gobi container: ASIA. Cute clue, as the Gobi is in fact in Asia (as am I).
10. Pollutants targeted in Great Lakes cleanups: PCBS. Why were they BANNED?
14. "Sorry, bro": NO WAY. José.
15. Brits' foul-weather gear: MACS. The Mackintosh or raincoat is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made out of rubberised fabric. The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh, although many writers added a letter k. The variant spelling of "Mackintosh" is now standard.
16. Devastated sea: ARAL. We have had this so often with illustrations, I feel like I have been there.
19. Taboo: NO NO. Nanette?
20. DUI-fighting org.: SADD. Students Against Destructive Decisions has become about much more than drunk driving. LINK.
21. Card game shout: UNO.I learned this game and Skup-Bo from my grandmother who always taveled with various decks of cards. She also loved cribbage.
22. Dairy prefix: LACTO. This clue has milked dry.
27. Spot for a springbok: VELDT. This is the open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa, home to these small antelopes.
29. Allay: EASE.
30. "Cats" source: ELIOT. T.S.
31. Stopped working: DIED. My 5 year old iPhone 5 just up and died causing me to upgrade to a phone I need to learn how to use.
33. Snarky retort: AS IF.
37. Cheshire can: TIN. A dual purpose CSO yo Steve Nice Cuppa etc., as well as our toastmaster.
41. Where Charlemagne reigned: Abbr.: HRE. Holy Roman Empire.
42. Extended account: SAGA.
44. Sources of some barrels: OAKS.They are the preferred wood source for aging whiskey. Today's LESSON.
45. Salty expanse: OCEAN.
47. Boone, to his buds: DAN'L. What you need to KNOW.
49. Put oil and vinegar on, say: DRESS. A salad; you would want it nekkid in public would ya?
56. Swashbuckling Flynn: ERROL.
57. Employ: USE.
58. "¿Cómo __?": ESTA. Usted.
61. Digitize, in a way: SCAN.
65. Director Gus Van __: SANT. I hear much about this MAN but only know one movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=5_Rs8c08hM8
66. Barb: GIB
67. "A Fish Called Wanda" Oscar winner: KLINE. When Jamie Lee was young and hot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqHzMwMr22I
68. 3-Canada competitor: ESSO.
69. Erelong: ANON.
70. Worked with osier: CANED.
Down:
1. Cornerback's coups, briefly: INTS.
2. One-third of a WWII film: TORA. This is a moive which shall live in indamy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFUfY9bQMgI
3. Wrapping tightly: SWADDLING.
4. Got married: SAID I DO.
5. Olive __: OYL.
6. Acid type: AMINO.
7. Ivanhoe, e.g.: SAXON.
8. Post-OR stop: ICU.
9. Nile biter: ASP.
10. Cure-all: PANACEA.
11. Bunch of baloney: CROCK.
12. Linguistic group that includes Zulu: BANTU.
13. Single-master: SLOOP.
18. Silent: MUM.
22. __ Palmas: Canary Islands city: LAS.
24. Western tip of Alaska: ATTU.
25. Closing documents: DEEDS.
26. Expressed, as farewell: BADE.
27. Checks out: VETS.
28. Oscar-winning director Kazan: ELIA.
31. Gives a hand: DEALS.
32. Press: INK.
34. Grad's award: SHEEPSKIN.
35. Nest egg choices: IRAS.
36. Bogs: FENS.
39. Early Atari offering: PONG.
40. __-Frank: 2010 financial reform bill: DODD.
43. Enlarge, as a house: ADD ON TO.
46. First name in Disney villains: CRUELLA.
48. Verizon subsidiary: AOL.
50. "Siddhartha" author: HESSE.
51. Black-and-white cetaceans: ORCAS.
52. Mission opening?: TRANS.
53. Supercharger: TURBO.
54. Steamboat Springs alternative: ASPEN.
55. Fresh: NEW.
59. Piece of music: TUNE.
60. Impersonated: APED.
62. Woods gp.: PGA.
63. Strauss' "__ Heldenleben": EIN.
64. Pedigree-tracking org.: AKC.
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