This is our third creation by this couple, with the first two Thursday efforts. I was in Thailand when they had their debut and Steve was off watching LA LA LAND. Today we have a sound-a-like punny sort of theme, requiring some imagination.
ARMOIRE, DEMERIT, FATHEAD, FUSSPOT, GET THIS, MELISSA, RETIREE, SILICON and THIEVES
18A. Make some cote residents angry?: STEAM SHEEP (10). A Steam SHIP.
26A. Calf roper's target?: FEET TO BE TIED (12). FIT to be tied
48A. Birdwatcher's journal entry?: CARDINAL SEEN (12). Cardinal SIN.
48A. Birdwatcher's journal entry?: CARDINAL SEEN (12). Cardinal SIN.
63A. Borden, in the 1870s?: TEEN LIZZIE (10). TIN Lizzie
Across:
1. Triumphant exclamation: TADA. Reverse psychology beginning with the joy of the solve.
5. Illusion: FACADE. Not a direct synonym, but a typical Friday level clue/fill.
11. "The good is __ interred with their bones": "Julius Caesar": OFT. The speech posited by Shakespeare to be said by Marc Anthony is one of the most moving of Shakespeare's use of words.
LINK.
14. Ostrich relatives: EMUS.
15. Payday lender, perhaps: USURER. In Florida, there are special laws for these folks which allow them to collect what would otherwise be usurious interest. The latest litigation which I am working on is a reply to a collective effort by someone who committed criminal usury (under Florida Law 687.071 ). Fun stuff.
16. Extract with effort: PRY.
17. Suffers: AILS. See 5A.
20. Singer Etheridge: MELISSA. CSO to our own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaY5-LGYJKc
22. One no longer working: RETIREE. Not me, I still work, just don't make big money anymore. 47A. Savings plan IRA. Individual Retirement Account.
23. Enjoy at a leisurely pace: SIP.
24. Pikelike fish: GAR. Gars are members of the Lepisosteiformes, an ancient holosteian order of ray-finned fish (easy for them to say). LINK.
25. Nihilistic art movement: DADA. If you want to know more, you can read this INFORMATION.
31. Put away: EAT.
32. Young one: TOT.
33. Storm components?: TWEETS. It takes constructor cojones to put this fill next to 37. Ranking suit: TRUMP.
40. Giant Mel: OTT. It sounds cute, but he is part of true crosswordese history. 45A. 40-Acr. is in it: HOF. Hall of Fame.
42. Fund: ENDOW.
43. 2019 Grammy Awards host Keys: ALICIA. And an off and on judge on the VOICE.
52. "Frozen" sister: ELSA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU
55. "Live __": Taco Bell slogan: MAS. At the core of Taco Bell's DNA is a slogan introduced in 2012, Live Mas (“Live More”), which animates its brand and encapsulates the company's philosophy of enriching the lives of its customers and employees in everything it does. Forbes. I bet Roberto Duran is glad they chose this.
56. Prop for Palmer: TEE. Arnold who now plays in heaven.
57. Valley element?: SILICON. A nice clue/fill combo based on the REGION which has become the basis of a popular TV SERIES.
59. Embezzlers, e.g.: THIEVES.
65. Cloud of gloom: PALL. A pall was originally a coffin's cloak. Now pall usually means that an event or situation is — literally or figuratively — covered in gloom, like disappointing news that casts a pall on your day. The noun pall comes from the Latin word, pallium, “covering or cloak.”
66. Golden __: AGE. There have been so many, so far.
67. Singer Grande: ARIANA. Some modern wholesome music. LINK.
68. Biblical twin: ESAU.
69. Risk: BET.
70. Identified: PEGGED. A sideways CSO to my ex.
71. Editor's notation: DELE.
Down:
1. Group of playmates: TEAM. So sweet.
2. Parisian love: AMIE.
3. Hardly inspiring: DULL.
4. Good Samaritan's offer: ASSIST.
5. Persnickety one: FUSSPOT. Here is some RESEARCH.
6. "The Thin Man" canine: ASTA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKLCAHVKb0w
7. Help in the theater: CUE.
8. Biblical mount: ARARAT.
9. Unfavorable mark: DEMERIT.
10. In the past, in the past: ERST.
11. Adams' "Nixon in China," e.g.: OPERA.
12. Let go: FREED.
13. Far from laid-back: TYPE-A.
19. Out of sight: HIDDEN.
21. Work for parents: SIT.
24. Juicy tidbit lead-in: GET THIS.
26. Greek salad topper: FETA.
27. Bowling great __ Anthony: EARL.
28. Sewing case: ETUI.
29. "I can't get no satisfaction!": BOO. I guess booing is what you do when you can't get what you want, maybe?
30. Farm mom: EWE.
34. First name in the cast of "The Sopranos": EDIE. Referring to any first name of a cast member. This one plopped in immediately although there were other choices; AIDA Turturro; DREA de Matteo; and, TONY Sirico. Name the characters?
35. Sped: TORE.
36. Christmas song swimmer: SWAN.
38. 2008 presidential candidate: MCCAIN.
39. Actress Zadora: PIA. One of the earliest media darlings with no talent but a rich husband. She has not been around in a while.
41. Heavy weight: TON. More trickery, as the difference between heavyweight and heavy weight is subtle.44. Bedroom piece: ARMOIRE.
46. Dimwit: FATHEAD.
49. Polish seaport, in Germany: DANZIG. Another tricky clue, as the historic port city of GDAŃSK.
51. Leaked slowly: SEEPED. This is a creepy sounding word for me.
52. Founded: Abbr.: ESTAB. This actually slowed me down the most as I had ESTBD.
53. Feudal subject: LIEGE. This is very difficult, as the LIEGE is the Lord to whom the subjects are subordinate.
54. Reason for closed schools, perhaps: SLEET. Neither rain nor snow nor sleet.
58. Show appreciation: CLAP. Did you ever wonder where it started? LINK. I love Mozart's comment.
59. Stabber: TINE. This is a stretch, as befits Friday. We all know a tine is a prong or sharp point, such as that on a fork or antler, but thinking of stabbing in relation to a French Fry...
60. Still-life standard: VASE. You all know this Van Gogh?
61. Airline known for tight security: EL AL.
62. Turn on an axis: SLUE.
64. Half a slalom segment: ZAG. A zig, a zag. The ZIG-ZAG of my youth.
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