Eight acquainted words with one-letter phrases have had those phrases expanded to an extended phrase that sounds alike to create wacky words:
- 22A: [“Three-base hit, hmm?”?] is “TRIPLE, EH?” in response to Triple-A.
- 35A: [“I’m not the one who’s going to change directions here!”?] is “NO, YOU TURN” in response to No U-Turn.
- 39A: [Rocker Snider, when educating students at a French school?] is MAITRE DEE in response to Maître d‘.
- 49A: [“How is that affirmative vote supposed to help?”?] is “WHAT CAN AYE DO?” in response to “What can I do?”
- 70A: [Garments with pictures of Earl Grey and Darjeeling?] is TEA SHIRTS in response to T-shirts.
- 74A: [Be in debt to the Great White North?] is OWE CANADA in response to “O Canada.”
- 85A: [Like a pirate’s favorite films?] is RATED ARR in response to rated R.
- 95A: [Way of shouting “How could this happen?!” to a group of genetic molecules?] is “WHY, CHROMOSOMES?” in response to Y chromosomes.
Take the single-letter phrases from the bottom words and say them out loud such as you do within the theme solutions, and also you get the revealer AUDITORY at 113A: [Hearing-related … and what’s spelled out by eight words in this puzzle when you say them out loud].
There are two non-theme clues on this puzzle that I wish to deal with, certainly one of which is private and the opposite of which is person who I sincerely be apologetic about. I’ll get started with the previous. 98A: [Title for the late musician Bramwell Tovey] is MAESTRO. I discussed Bramwell in this space last month after he passed on to the great beyond on July 12, however since I knew him in my view, I sought after to pay him a small homage within the crossword. I wrote extra about his affect on me as each a musician and as a pal that you’ll learn at this Twitter thread here.
The 2nd clue calls for an apology. ANNE at 51D is clued as [“Six Days Seven Nights” actress Heche]. Although the clue is factually right kind, it’s particularly terrible timing given Heche’s tragic death on Friday. I had submitted the overall draft of the puzzle every week prior to her automobile crash, however although I couldn’t have predicted this may occur after I wrote the puzzle, I’m nonetheless sorry about that clue. Crosswords are in most cases intended to be a laugh and leisurely escapes from the worries and tragedies of lifestyles, and I be apologetic about that this clue could have been a brutal reminder of certainly one of them, despite the fact that by chance. I had learn that the landlord of the house that was once destroyed within the twist of fate and her pets are alive and physically unharmed, however the entire scenario could be very unhappy.
I’m hoping you are going to revel in subsequent week’s puzzle, and once more, my apologies for the 51D clue. Thanks for studying.
