other Washington Post Sunday crossword, October 9 (contains answers)

Posted November 4, 2005 • Comments Off on Washington Post Sunday crossword, October 9 (contains answers)

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Title: Sounds Like a Line to Me
Theme entries: familiar old pickup lines with one word replaced with a homonym, and clued with a profession.

23A, Sailor’s line?: “You have nice ayes”
36A, Stylist’s line?: “You comb here often?”
68A, Oilman’s line?: “Kiss me, you fuel”
93A, Chess player’s line?: “The knight is young”
113A, Dramatist’s line?: “Your plays or mine?”
3D, Pizza maker’s line?: “You knead a lift?”
58D, Mathematician’s line?: “What’s your sine?”

Things I learned, with web links so you can learn them too:

1A, Rogers‘s real surname: SLYE [Ohhh. Roy Rogers. Duh. I knew that. And can I just say, it sucks when I don’t get 1 Across right away. It’s just so awful.]
21A, France’s Petain: HENRI
28A, Former justice Abe: FORTAS [rang a bell at least]
62A, Saloon workers of yore: B-GIRLS
81A, Derrick parts: JIBS [but not as in the cut of; that’s a sail. That is a great reference link, by the way. Click ittttt.]
111A, Lake near Banff: LOUISE [see note on 111 Down]
118A, Place for oakum: SEAM
11D, Novelist Seton: ANYA [This is one of those classic crossword clues that work as tools in the grid, like elan and eke and ante and aper. For some reason I simply cannot retain this one. I think it’s because I am from New Jersey and when I see Seton I instantly think of Mother Seton, of Hall fame.]
53D, Pastoral work: IDYL
89D, Soap ingredient: SODA ASH
111D, Sr.’s exam: LSAT [I had PSAT here and was righteously indignant. Lake Pouise? I’m stupid.]

Overall:
I technically, at the time, messed up no squares in this one (the streak ends at 4, which is just as well; the following week was a clusterfuck) but I actually got one letter outright wrong. This was a fun theme, but honestly it was too easy. As soon as I got it, I was looking for 58 Down so I could put in the inevitable “what’s your sine.” 7 theme entries (average), 11 things I had to look up (high).