other Washington Post Sunday crossword, November 6 (contains answers)

Posted November 19, 2005 • Comments Off on Washington Post Sunday crossword, November 6 (contains answers)

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Title: Hot Shots
Theme entries: a verb, then a plural noun that both starts and ends with S and the letters in between are the same as the verb.

23A, Pawn auto parts?: HOCK SHOCKS
25A, Bring weapons to Buffy?: TAKE STAKES
49A, Gather thread?: POOL SPOOLS
79A, Apprehend garden pests?: NAIL SNAILS
105A, Destroy trades?: KILL SKILLS
107A, Go trouserless?: LACK SLACKS (heehee)
3D, Outdo chic magazines?: LICK SLICKS
16D, Hit radii?: POKE SPOKES
68D, Discuss corn?: TALK STALKS
71D, Jeer at artists’ attire?: MOCK SMOCKS (heehee)

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

19A, Peter Gunn’s gal: EDIE
22A, Order to James: HOME
29A, The Big Apple’s Toots: SHOR
95A, “The Art of Loving” author: FROMM
100A, Russian city on the Oka: OREL
9D, Training table site: MESS HALL
109D, Botanist Gray: ASA

Overall:
I messed up 3 squares in this one (I had NEEDY instead of SEEDY and Eddie Murphy instead of Audie Murphy) but got no letters outright wrong. What an awesome theme. It was harder than you’d think! 11 theme entries (high), 7 things I had to look up (low). We’re right back in this thing.