Demon on Wheels
◆◆ · By Ben Koster · Published 2024-10-07T04:30:05.105Z
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***Theme's wheels, which suggest his name (with 38-across)
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Across
- 1A***Theme's wheels, which suggest his name (with 38-across)
- 5AWisely and seriously consider
- 9A***Theme's simian companion (x2)
- 13AWorthy of receiving some Halloween candy
- 15AWhen put after pan or di, a specific way of viewing things
- 16APlace where things are stockpiled
- 17AHow a pirate’s bottle likely smells
- 18AShort knowledge
- 19AJimmy Reed had a big problem with one of these guys in 1960, as did Elvis in ‘67
- 21AMadrid Mrs.
- 24AIndonesia's first president
- 26AUCT -4 hours
- 27A***Captain in command of 59-across
- 29AMozart’s contemporary and storied rival
- 31ACurt command to mongrel to return home?
- 32ABait strings for “phisher” men?
- 33ANatl. exam for law sch. admission, in India
- 35ASaudi King until 2005
- 36A***Puzzle theme, with 40-across
- 37AA little thing between Theta and Kappa
- 38A***See 1-across
- 39AAA, AAA, BBB, etc….
- 40A***See 36-across
- 41AA manatee or sea cow
- 43AHalf of a troublemaking magpie pair
- 44ASilent communication letters
- 45ASubcompact crossover
- 47ANetwork: Abbr.
- 48AGetting chummy with, or “_______ around”
- 50A"I'd hate to break up ___"
- 52AStudio warning light words
- 53AThese become codified in creeds
- 58ALiterary genre for Lewis and Clarke, e.g.
- 59A***Group always at odds with theme star; “Car _________ Team”
- 60AA yurt is one, but an igloo is not
- 61AChinese currency
- 62AAfter a slip, this becomes pretty sloppy
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- 1DPeaks: Abbr.
- 2DCan be found in many a beholder’s eye, it has been said
- 3DCorner office door letters?
- 4DBig name in the espionage game
- 5DArea with a tremendous humanitarian crisis in western Sudan
- 6DPaperless novel
- 7DJeff Lynne’s 1970 move away from The Move
- 8DBiological boundaries
- 9DWord appropriately found in the phrase “crushed French grapes”
- 10DWrestling moves preferred by AWA wrestling icon “The Crusher”; Now do it, you turkeynecks!
- 11DRight now
- 12DRare and dated contraction
- 14DStretching muscle
- 15D"... ___ thought"
- 20DHow Timothy Leary spent some time
- 21D1977 Belfast punk band had little fingers like this
- 22DPeriod that brings to mind lutes, quaffing ale, jousting, and faires
- 23D***27-across to theme star
- 25DBantu borne hardwood spear
- 28DMore primitive
- 30DCousin to both Babbage’s Analytical Engine and the WWII era British Colossus
- 32D“Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny _____ ___." — Wilton E. Hall
- 34DBiblical weeds, per Matthew 13:24-43 (KJV)
- 36DWith law added by marriage, this becomes family
- 40DSound that really sticks around the studio
- 42DJapanese name meaning “to bless”
- 43DSix-time director of Bogart
- 44DWith -LE and -ATE, this makes religious opposites
- 46DAncient Roman worship transactions, either privata or publica
- 49DHow a Brit gets to his upper storey flat
- 51DBrief “warning” strokes, to an M.D.
- 54DA visible prefix
- 55DAn unknown and usually very large level
- 56DFarmer Macdonald’s refrain vowels
- 57DScientific response to a philosophical PhD?