CROSSWORD SETTER: Elizabeth C. Gorski
THEME: Ph Balance … each of today’s themed answers is made up two words, the first beginning with P and the second ending in H:
23A. 11-part documentary with the episodes “Caves” and “Deserts” PLANET EARTH
37A. “Peanuts” Halloween setting PUMPKIN PATCH
68A. Yamaha seat, perhaps PIANO BENCH
71A. It can help you put on a coat PAINT BRUSH
100A. Soapbox delivery PUBLIC SPEECH
121A. Fruity pastry PRUNE DANISH
33D. Hybrid language PIDGIN ENGLISH
35D. A former ace might be one PITCHING COACH
BILL BUTLER’S COMPLETION TIME: 30m 22s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 2 … K-FED (Kfer), HADER (Harer)
Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
This is the last weekend of my 6-week vacation in Ireland. This is also the last weekend I am forced to make just a minimum post for the Sunday puzzle. Given the number of clues and answers, I doubt I will have time to do the look-ups today, but I will try to get back to them if I get some quiet time later. I’ve been able to keep up with the weekday posts, but the Sunday posts have been a struggle. All will be back to normal when we get back to California on Thursday. Thanks for your patience!
Bill
For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Sixth-day creation ADAM
5. Iraqi port BASRA
10. Exchange SWAP
14. Supermodel with a Global Chic collection IMAN
18. Jared of “Lonely Hearts” LETO
19. Places of worship ALTARS
21. Kent State state OHIO
22. Upscale TONY
23. 11-part documentary with the episodes “Caves” and “Deserts” PLANET EARTH
25. Lopsided win ROMP
26. Trumpeter, e.g. SWAN
27. Motorcade wheels SEDANS
28. Flea market transactions RESALES
30. Meager SCANTY
32. Happy outdoorsman? CAMPER
34. Grafton’s “__ for Malice” M IS
35. “The Little Sparrow” PIAF
36. “My Cousin Vinny” Oscar winner TOMEI
37. “Peanuts” Halloween setting PUMPKIN PATCH
42. E. African land ETH
44. Year-span separator EN DASH
47. After-dinner drink PORT
48. Noodlehead SCHMO
49. Quaint writer QUILL
51. Despondency GLOOM
53. Personal quirk TIC
54. Resort NE of Los Alamos TAOS
55. __ Reader: eclectic magazine UTNE
56. “Beats me!” I DUNNO!
58. Fancy pillowcase SHAM
61. Blast cause TNT
62. “Let __!”: “Move on!” IT GO
63. Power dept. ENER
64. __-pah band OOM
66. Personal ltrs. INITS
68. Yamaha seat, perhaps PIANO BENCH
71. It can help you put on a coat PAINT BRUSH
75. Italian fashion center MILAN
76. Get takeout, say EAT
78. “Bus Stop” playwright INGE
79. Visiting the Getty Center, briefly IN LA
80. Turkish honorific AGA
82. NASA hire ENGR
84. Landing strip TARMAC
86. Britney’s ex, in tabloids K-FED
87. Long lunches SUBS
89. Schlep LUG
91. “… farm, __” EIEIO
92. Aptly named novelist READE
93. “Dust Tracks on __”: Zora Neale Hurston autobiography A ROAD
95. Apple product IPOD
97. Bank ad number CD RATE
99. El Al home: Abbr. ISR
100. Soapbox delivery PUBLIC SPEECH
103. Humidor item CIGAR
105. Radio host John TESH
106. __ Balls: Hostess snack food SNO
107. 1942 Cooper role GEHRIG
109. Hospitality WARMTH
112. From now on ANYMORE
114. Iron target ANEMIA
118. Berry touted as a superfood ACAI
119. Org. with part of a prominent statue in its logo ACLU
121. Fruity pastry PRUNE DANISH
123. It may be ear-to-ear GRIN
124. Wild way to run RIOT
125. Doddering SENILE
126. Sussex streetcar TRAM
127. Dover delicacy SOLE
128. Breadbasket bunch PATS
129. Parts of goblets STEMS
130. It often takes place in a bar JOKE
Down
1. Skier’s mecca ALPS
2. Editing mark DELE
3. Hardly at all A TAD
4. Rainier’s locale MONACO
5. Cricket players BATSMEN
6. Bass in a glass ALE
7. It may be glassy STARE
8. Less common RARER
9. Dance and such ARTS
10. Touchy subject SORE SPOT
11. Villagers below Mount Crumpit WHOS
12. Goal AIM
13. Visits on a whim POPS IN
14. “Believe you me!” ITS A FACT!
15. Cut MOWN
16. Constitutional subj.? ANAT
17. Abbr. on Manhattan mail NY, NY
20. SeaWorld headliner SHAMU
24. Tooth coating ENAMEL
29. Tired LIMP
31. They may be used for emphasis CAPS
33. Hybrid language PIDGIN ENGLISH
35. A former ace might be one PITCHING COACH
36. Doohickey THINGAMABOB
37. Sound unit PHON
38. Reality TV matriarch Jenner KRIS
39. Ethical complaint THAT’S UNFAIR
40. “Hurry!” C’MON!
41. Olympics city, e.g. HOST
42. Furnish EQUIP
43. Everyone, in orchestral scores TUTTI
45. Noted Mayflower passenger ALDEN
46. Origin SOURCE
50. “Spanglish” actress Téa LEONI
52. Phone button sequence MNO
57. Alley in comics OOP
59. Pay (up) ANTE
60. Will Smith film series, briefly MIB
63. “Personal Witness: Israel Through My Eyes” author EBAN
65. Injured badly MAIMED
67. Playground ride TRIKE
69. Grand __ Opry OLE
70. Bowler, for one HAT
72. Lead __: EPA concern IN AIR
73. Flexible Flyers, e.g. SLEDS
74. Recent “SNL” regular Bill HADER
77. Inventor’s monogram TAE
80. Urgent acronym ASAP
81. Trusted adviser GURU
83. College hoops coach with 876 victories RUPP
85. Really funny RICH
88. Grueling workplace SALT MINE
90. Freaks out GOES NUTS
92. Capital west of Winnipeg REGINA
94. Downsizing event? DIET
96. Turn down DENY
98. Cross words TIRADES
101. Note in a D major scale C-SHARP
102. Free stuff COMPS
104. Will Smith’s role in 60-Down AGENT J
107. Weight room sound GRUNT
108. “__ Meenie”: Kingston/Bieber song EENIE
109. Wits WAGS
110. High opening ACRO-
111. Track boundary RAIL
112. Tremendously A LOT
113. Holders of buried treasures ORES
115. Joan of art MIRO
116. “Winter’s Tales” author Dinesen ISAK
117. Words of lament AH ME
120. Org. in Clancy novels CIA
122. Spreading tree ELM