other Washington Post Sunday crossword, June 12 (contains answers)

Posted December 18, 2005 • Comments Off on Washington Post Sunday crossword, June 12 (contains answers)

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I found an undone June 12 crossword lying around, so I did it. Also, the scans for November 13 and November 20 are in, and November 28 is coming soon. If anyone cares.

Title: Fowl Play
Theme entries: common phrases with one word replaced with a similar-sounding bird

25A, Avian threat of revenge?: TOUCAN play that game (toucan. I win.)
107A, Be an avian rat?: TERN state’s evidence
20D, Avian’s routine procedure?: MYNA operation
30D, Avian nut job?: RAVEN lunatic
38D, Avian commander?: RHEA admiral
41D, Pulling an avian heist?: ROBIN the bank
47D, Avian clearance sale slogan?: ROC bottom price

Things I learned, with web links (coming soon, I’m tired) so you can learn them too:

21A, Triple ___ of 1907: ENTENTE
39A, Obote’s deposer: AMIN
49A, Alabama-born singer: ODETTA
60A, Rx compound: SAL [HELP! I have no idea what this is!]
61A, Gossip columnist Joyce: HABER
62A, French clerics: ABBES
86A, Adriatic resort: LIDO
92A, 1813 battle site: ERIE
94A, Soprano Gluck: ALMA
7D, Connective tissue: FASCIA
11D, Roberts of “That ’70s Show”: TANYA [Seriously, I watch this and had no idea. It’s Donna’s mother, but she’s, like, never on.]
17D, Rag pair: ITEM [HELP! So baffling that I actually wrote a question mark. How can one item be a pair? What kills me is that if you Google <“rag pair” item> THIS BLOG ENTRY is the first hit.]
18D, “___ Dinah” (Avalon hit): DEDE
28D, Lace loops: PICOTS
61D, Big name in Dixieland: HIRT
84D, 1942 Gorcey film: MR. WISE GUY
87D, Reverend Paisley: IAN [I don’t know why I can never remember him]
112D, Pam Tillis’s “Mi ___ Loca”: VIDA
118D, Former Burmese leader: UNU [this is the only reference I can find?]

Overall:
I messed up 3 squares in this one. Only seven theme entries, but a whopping nineteen things I had to look up.