Author: Byron Walden
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Residence for a parson |
MANSE |
Fictional character who cries “I am madness maddened!” |
AHAB |
Question persistently |
PUMP |
Single source? |
ALBUM |
Checks or balances, say |
REGULATES |
Animal with fused toes on each hind paw, used for grooming its coat |
KOALA |
Almond confections |
MARZIPANS |
Last |
ENDURE |
Chain with a mansard roof in its logo |
PIZZAHUT |
Auto-correction? |
UEY |
Cooper’s product |
KEG |
Woman’s name that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
KAY |
Fried turnovers from southern Italy |
PANZEROTTI |
P.R. people: Abbr. |
AGTS |
Walk way? |
GAIT |
“Round cleans better” sloganeer |
ORALB |
“Looky here!” |
OHO |
Champaign region |
EASTERNILLINOIS |
Punnery, e.g. |
WIT |
Keep cooler? |
REICE |
Shiraz and others |
REDS |
Home to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia’s “Talk to the People” program |
WNYC |
Oscar winner for “The Accidental Tourist” (1988) |
GEENADAVIS |
___ moment |
AHA |
This might come with breakfast in bed, in brief |
TLC |
Brisbane-to-Sydney dir. |
SSW |
What barflies hit |
THESAUCE |
“Turn around so I can see you” |
FACEME |
Part of the George W. Bush era … or a hint to part of 18-, 26-, 38- and 46-Across |
MIDAUGHTS |
Synonym for “seeing red” whose name derives from a shade of blue in Latin |
LIVID |
Slangy “treatment” for a disturbing visual |
EYEBLEACH |
Singer Cleo with Grammy nominations in jazz, pop and classical |
LAINE |
See 61-Down |
NANA |
World capital where Al Jazeera is headquartered |
DOHA |
Flat bottoms |
SOLES |
Down
Blush, e.g. |
MAKEUP |
Gilbert O’Sullivan hit with the lyric “Left standing in the lurch at a church” |
ALONEAGAIN |
Boston in the ’60s or Chicago in the ’90s, e.g. |
NBADYNASTY |
Recipient of the first Vulcan nerve pinch on the original “Star Trek” |
SULU |
Professional concerned with search engine optimization |
EMARKETER |
Word with band or candy |
ARM |
Supply in abundance |
HEAP |
Business opening? |
AGRI |
Major downer |
BUZZKILL |
Main ingredient in a Thai som tam salad |
PAPAYA |
“Riders of the Purple Sage” setting |
UTAH |
Course catalog? |
MENU |
Sibilant summons |
PSST |
Name at the heart of civilization? |
LIZA |
Poetic contraction |
EER |
“Club” member in a hit 1985 adventure comedy |
GOONIE |
Minor blemish |
ZIT |
Instant |
TRICE |
Roster for William Morris or Creative Artists |
TALENT |
The ultimate struggle |
GOODVSEVIL |
“I call dibs” |
THISISMINE |
Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906 |
SOS |
Live tweets? |
BIRDCALLS |
[Gag] |
EWW |
Tested, as a cask, to see how much whisky remains |
REGAUGED |
Major PBS funder, for short |
NEA |
Wrinkly-skinned fruit |
CASABA |
s sitcom puppet |
ALF |
More than 7% of Minnesotans by ancestry |
SWEDES |
Spoils |
HAUL |
Gangbusters, in old slang |
TMEN |
“Howdy!” |
HIYA |
Shangri-la |
EDEN |
Onetime labor and transportation secretary Elaine |
CHAO |
Chisel, in a way |
ETCH |
Analogue of “aloha” and “shalom” |
CIAO |
With 65-Across, “Born to Hand Jive” group |
SHA |