Color Commentary
◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2024-07-14T11:35:48.211Z
Jeff Linder
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Fashionable (a certain Arab leader would sound doubly so)
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Across
- 1AFashionable (a certain Arab leader would sound doubly so)
- 5ACram (into)
- 10ABusiness Roundtable mems.
- 14A"___, Famosa, Latina" (Spanish language Real Housewives-type show)
- 15ABusybody
- 16A"Then again," in a text
- 17AAnnoying sibling, some times
- 18AViolin that becomes a guitar if you change the last letter to "t"
- 19AIranian-American religious scholar ___ Aslan ("Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth")
- 20AParty hard, in a colorful way
- 23AGenre for Swift (Jonathan, not Taylor)
- 24AAuthors, quaintly and with sexist overtones (the two often go together)
- 25APopular hiking boots, for short
- 27AThey clink when my dogs jump up on the bed at 2 in the morning
- 30AFamous Britcom
- 33AHearing things
- 36AMauna ___ (at least you know the last letter)
- 37AAdmit defeat, in a colorful way
- 41AWarning sound
- 42AFoot or hand
- 43AEric Clapton classic that he wrote for George Harrison's wife, whom he later married
- 44ASat when I said "sit" (knowing full well a treat would appear)
- 47AHgt.
- 49AIgnores the advice on the cover of The HItchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 52AJim ______ (CNN Chief Domestic Affairs correspondent)
- 56ABe a motormouth, in a colorful way
- 59AAuthor Dinesen ("Out of Africa")
- 60AReels in
- 61ASynonym for indolent whose letters are found, in order but non-consecutively, in "indolent"
- 62ASmoking, to some
- 63AOrange Muppet
- 64ALike some tales and drinks of water, idiomatically
- 65AHitless day, in baseball slang
- 66ASketches
- 67ABest-selling Irish solo artist
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- 1D"7 come 11" source
- 2DMed'l privacy law
- 3DWhat to do with champagne or a sprained ankle
- 4DChipotle protein option
- 5DGamblers often say they have one
- 6DBreaking Bad drug
- 7DThe US's is Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
- 8DGovernment level in America that becomes the plural of its French equivalent if you read it bottom-to-top
- 9DOne who might 20 Across whenever possible
- 10DTrumpet kin
- 11DAlways
- 12DGo like goo
- 13DRoe source
- 21DOne of twelve named in the Hebrew Bible
- 22DAcronym for a dangerous arsenal
- 26DStitched
- 28DAim, or somethimg you might aim at
- 29DEpic
- 30DBig name in corn starch, mythical ships, and Ben Affleck movies
- 31DFishhook part
- 32DFloo Network node in the Potterverse
- 34DFish that becomes half of another fish when you add an "m" before the first letter
- 35DCeremony
- 38DLast-minute changes of plans (from football lingo)
- 39DChoose
- 40DOne who'd be upset (in two ways) to 37 Across
- 45DOne who does 56 Across
- 46DBambi's mother-in-law (contained in "that fill should be PENALIZED")
- 48DSome bairns
- 50DGable or Kent
- 51DLike most Muslims
- 53DCamry or Sonata, e.g.
- 54DCount bananas (or apples, or non-fruit items)
- 55D"Jungle Book" wolf
- 56DXerox:photocopy::___:record
- 57D"Yeah, right"
- 58DPerform a masthead-worthy task