DON'T EAT THE FISH~!
Today's puzzle, I believe, is Daniel's debut, at least for the LA Times. Way to Go~! And - it's NOT from Rebecca, and NOT 16x15 - but still about food. Hey, I'm getting there, slowly but surely - "and don't call me Shirley". Five foods, or "snacks", with movie title adjectives, and no reveal. The themers:
17. Wrapped movie snack for a Rowan Atkinson comedy?: BEAN BURRITO
23. Spicy movie snack for a Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze fantasy romance?: GHOST PEPPERS
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38. Roasted movie snack for a Leslie Nielsen disaster comedy?: AIRPLANE PEANUTS
The best comedy movie ever~? Airplane~! Trailer
50. Cold movie snack for a Disney princess musical?: FROZEN YOGURT
62. Sweet movie snack for an Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy?: JUNIOR MINTS
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Like a bad Goodyear: BALD - and, unfortunately, a "good" Splynter's fate, as well 5. Media network based in Ontario: THE CBC - the Wiki, and a shout-out to our friends up north 11. Tanqueray liquor: GIN 14. After-lunch sandwich: OREO - I really like BJs chocolate-chip cookies 15. Nickelodeon toon tyke: RUGRAT 16. Blackjack card: ACE 19. Not quite break, as a record: TIE 20. Seasonal mall worker: SANTA 21. Exam: TEST 22. Slough off: SHED
26. Monastery leaders: ABBOTS - I recommend the "Cadfael Chronicles" by Ellis Peters, Cadfael being a Crusader turned Benedictine monk, set in 1100 England, and a great set of mystery novels
29. Christian name?: DIOR - Christian Dior, designer, very clever 30. __ Lanka: SRI 31. "Very funny": HA-HA 35. Shasta and Fanta: SODAS 42. __ dish: lab container: PETRI - Spellcheck doesn't like this 43. Graph lines: AXES 44. Ready to go: SET 45. LP player: Hi-Fi
I don't think the music has the dog's attention
47. Eases: ABATES 55. Passed-down tales: LORE 56. Mower brand: TORO - Mine is a Massey-Ferguson, and I am getting better at driving it~!
57. On the open ocean: AT SEA - I ordered a piece of art from China, and the website supplied the tracking info for the vessel it was loaded on, then I found this site, which is incredible - the number of ships AT SEA. . . .
64. Itty-bitty: WEE 65. Apply a cipher to: ENCODE 66. "__ quote you on that?": "CAN I~?" OK boys, let's get some pictures 67. Den. neighbor: NORway - sorta; Sweden is much more "neighborly"
61. Not even: ODD
top left corner - Norway is peekin' a teensy bit
68. Itty-bitty: TEENSY - Spellcheck doesn't care for this, either 69. Bridge distance: SPAN
DOWN:
1. "And __ your uncle": Brit's "Voilà!": BOB'S - my parents were born and raised in England; while I did not hear this phrase often, one that did come up on a day of thunderstorms was "It's a bit black over Bill's mother's" = more here
2. Field: AREA - think "expertise"
4. "Stay!": "DON'T GO~!"
3. Favor one side: LEAN - like that tower in 25D.
5. Hilton brand: TRU - On my first trip with the pipe organ company to Lynchburg VA, we had to stay at a different hotel for ONE night due to some convention at the usual place; the second spot was a "Tru", sort of like the "trendy", wacky color scheme, odd art, Millennial vibe version of Hilton
6. Causes pain: HURTS 7. Wading bird found in salt- and freshwater marshes: EGRET 8. Crunchy: CRISP 9. Swung for the fences, maybe: BATTED 10. Engineering exec at a startup, e.g.: CTO - Chief Technology Officer
11. Sit untouched: GATHER DUST - my drum set has been sitting untouched the whole time I have lived in CT; I am planning a music room in the basem*nt - complete with pipe organ - once my new kitchen is done - but that can't happen until the side porch gets done, and so on and so on....
13. Requires: NEEDS 18. Thai currency: BAHT 22. Sour cream utensil: SPOON - I prefer the newer squeezee bottle
12. More slick: ICIER
A dollop of 63D.~?
24. Plant inspection org.: OSHA - the National Cathedral insisted on steel-toe boots for all who work with the pipe organ company, so we went shopping at Skechers last week, and I got some new, free kicks~!
25. Tuscan tower town: PISA
26. Rush job letters: ASAP 27. "The Marvels" star Larson: BRIE - no clue, filled via perps
28. Factor in sibling relationships: BIRTH ORDER - I am first born, have but one sibling, a brother, and he has some sort of inferiority issue with me - so he comes across as the Alpha male in most instances; it doesn't make any difference to me
33. Bad spell: HEX - ah. Missed this. A "?" would have helped. 34. Large primate: APE 36. Fit to __: A TEE - Crosswordese 37. Old fleet fleet: SSTs - I am fascinated by the TV Show "Air Disasters", mostly because of how the show depicts the investigation progresses, and how a very tiny part failure can make a very big tragedy 39. Cherish: PRIZE - Dah~! not ADORE 40. Word with hack or coach: LIFE - Life-hack, Life-coach; I like watching the mini Life Hacks and carpentry tips on Facebook 41. Biblical twin: ESAU
32. The NHL's Ducks, on sports tickers: ANAheim - Florida could have hoisted the Stanley Cup last night, but they're going back to Edmonton
46. Not sharp or flat: IN TUNE - Meh. "Natural" did not fit. Being musical, I am not entirely in agreement with this clue; e.g. Van Halen songs are all tuned a half-step down, or "flat", but they are "in tune"; pipe organs can be sharp and/or flat and still be "in tune" - the temperament Wiki
49. Rooms that often have little room: ATTICS - Meh. My attic is huge, and I plan to make it into a loft one day; I prefer the "top floor" kind of clue for this answer 50. __ the coop: escaped: FLOWN 51. Event with clowns and bulls: RODEO
48. Gothic horror novelist Stoker: BRAM
52. Part of the Queen Bey song "Partition": YONCÉ - Beyoncé - her Wiki, and that's as far as I go 53. Hunter in the night sky: ORION - this is more like my musical tastes
R.I.P. Cliff Burton, bass player, Metallica - Orion
54. Merchandise: GOODS - I tried WARES first 58. Pic: SNAP - semi Meh.
59. Volcano on Sicily's east coast: ETNA - ah, trying to throw us for a loop with the whole "east coast" thing~? I wasn't fooled~!
62. East Coast NFLer: JET - yes, us long-suffering NY Jets fans. . . . can we get a quarterback in here~? 63. Daisy Ridley's "Star Wars" role: REY - I am a huge Star Wars fan - saw the original at a drive-in when I was six - but the last trilogy was lacking, sadly
60. Q __ Quebec: AS IN - more Canadien, Eh~?
Splynter
And a Juneteenth to all~!
Good Luck, we're all counting on you....
