24A. Trickle here and there in the Roman Culture, perhaps: Gone Ancestry
34A. Pentathlon event: Spike Comforter. Greater acknowledged with the undivided word pierce totally than pierce condition.
51A. Enumerate quickly: RUN By
59A. "Asleep Milk Coppice" playwright: DYLAN THOMAS. A Welsh writer/poet. Unknown to me. I've never heard of the courage "Asleep Milk Coppice".
77A. Malfunctioned: WENT HAYWIRE
89A: Gardener's gift: Raw THUMB. Our KittyB sure has a green thumb.
102A. One of the Seven Sisters colleges: Tower HOLYOKE. Have fuzzily heard of this college. Wikipedia says Emily Dickinson vanished sooner or later in vogue.
121A. Educational accommodations: Apprentice Digs
And 123D. Constant alongside clandestine in eight confuse answers: NTH
I disturb "sandwich" implies that NTH is inserted in an in existence basis representation, but it's not. Just courage on our crossword tough NTH.
This confuse is of complete hindrance level to me. I was captivated in the order of the solving (some Sundays I was not), with a few "D'oh" V-8 moments, a few peeks at the deception cover and a few erasings.
As the unpleasant with our Sunday confuse, noticeably a few incisive clues and unfamilair words/names for me.
Across:
1. Nip to surf: THE NET. Internet surfing.
7. Like the best preside over, in poker: ACE-HIGH. And Narrow IN (93A. Attribute, at the poker flat terrain).
14. Core that divides to multiply: AMOEBA. The single-celled creature.
20. One-named Tejano singer: SELENA. She was murdered by a fan. J-Lo played her in the movie.
22. Scams: BUNCOS. Or Bunkos. New word to me.
23. Like hawks, vis-`a-vis doves: PRO-WAR
27. Pilot: FLIER. And AIR Repulsive (43A. Quantity with planes).
28. "You're not momentous the truth!": THAT'S A LIE
29. White Rose"-Tea, first small like a block of ice tea: REDI. It only scale "congealed", yes?
31. Last pieces from?: DISARM. Pieces=firearm. Large go in front.
33. Noodge: Bind. Forgot the meaning of "noodge", a variant of repositioning.
42. Tango actor Anderson: IVIE. No speculation. Wikipedia says she was best-known for her performances with Duke Ellington's crowd concerning 1931 and 1942.
44. "Raton, Florida: BOCA. Fair and square "natter" in Spanish.
48. Chaos: BEDLAMS
50. Slangy "OK": YEH. Suggestion it's "Yeah".
55. Gods' drink: NECTAR. Starting point word for nectarine, my favorite fruit of the summer. Gods' feed is ambrosia.
57. Bambi's aunt: ENA. Bambi "> SHIRE
62. Lunes y martes, e.g.: DIAS. Spanish for "days". Lunes y martes = Monday and Tuesday.
65. Weak songbird: WREN
66. Close relative of the Titans: GAEA (JEE-uh). The Greek earth goddess.
69. Attend: GO TO
71. Supernatural being profit at archery: AMOR. Roman love god. Eros for the Greeks.
83. Toon monster Pep'e : LE PEW. The unwavering "l'amour" huntsman.
85. Vintage auto: REO
87. "Sebastian Bach: JOHANN. The verification performer of the Fancy though.
88. Lux. neighbor: GER
92. Org. with a longstanding journal: AMA (American Medical Connect). "The Study of the American Medical Connect".
95. NC State's gp.: ACC (Altantic Slide along Chat). Stumper for me.
97. Starts: ADVENTS
101. Turner on screen: LANA. She was marital to Artie Shaw for a few months.
104. Bank-confiscated van, briefly: REPO
107. Shot vulgarly for: Transport AT
111. Hints at: ALLUDES TO. Practically a few verb + preposition ram in today's shred.
113. Poland Find competitor: EVIAN. Ours is Aquafina.
117. Bandleader's cry: HIT IT
123. "Driver carries": last deterrent: NO Resources
124. Like a constricted drink: Vituperative
125. Hand, as a rule: IN Cause to move
126. Psychologist's concern: TRAUMA. Psychological off beam is resolute to filter.
127. Horseplay sounds?: SNORTS. Why? I got the type from crosses.
128. Vegas light source: NEON GAS
129"-skelter: HELTER
Down:
1. Grouping amts.: TSPS (Teaspoons). TBSPS is tablespoons.
3. "The Era Machine" race: ELOI. Flavorsome suppertime for the Morlock.
4. Old movie keep on staple: NEWSREEL
5. Canine coat?: ENAMEL. D'oh, teeth.
8. Child's plea: CAN I
12. Classy fellows: GENTS. Harmon Killebrew is a true gent, so is the guy on his accurate, of course!
13. "yoga: HATHA. The most uncultured form of yoga, isn't it, KQ/Moon?
14. Merely improved than one can tolerate: A BIT Considerably. Multi-word ram tiptoe around me systematically.
15. Dishevel: MUSS
16. Recorded with a VCR: ON Keep a note
17. French school: ECOLE. The students are 'el`eves.
18. Tennis hot Becker: BORIS. No speculation. According to Wikipedia, he is the youngest-ever arrive at of the men's singles tag at Wimbledon at the age of 17.
19. So far: AS YET
25. "Portia is Brutus' "not his partner": Shak.: HARLOT. From Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". I was silly. Enthusiast does not fit.
27. All done, in Verdun: FINI. French for "higher than". I've never forefront of Verdun, a urban in NE France. It's picked to rhyme with "done".
30. Radius times two: DIAMETER
32. "a Multi-layered Man": I WERE. From "Violin player on the Shelter".
34. Were in accord: JIBED. And Plaza (60D. Go out of action).
35. Big name in labels: AVERY
36. Jab who wrote "Lincoln": VIDAL. His mother was afterward marital to Jackie Kennedy's step-father.
37. "see it my way...": Beatles lyric: TRY TO. No speculation. Ancestors are the opening words of the Beatles' "We Can Deed It Out".
38. Letter-shaped girder: H-BEAM. Actual as I-BEAM, correct? I forgot our cite spin-off persevere time.
39. Enthusiastic: RAH-RAH. Scorching is six-letter too.
41. It's bad to be underneath them: BARS. Downhill the bars. Model go in front. I was in the deadline dispensation.
44. "B'rith: B'NAI. Fair and square "Sons of". B'nai B'rith = Sons of the Compact.
45. Conservationist John: MUIR. The founder of Sierra Organization.
47. Request word: Previously
49. "The Emperor and I" teacher: ANNA. Anna and the Emperor.
52. Berlin conjunction: UND. German for "and".
53. "I'm amazed!": OH WOW
56. Indian tea: CHAI. "Chinese tea" is just CHA.
63. Turkish general: AGHA. Or AGA.
64. %#">SO AND SO'S. I disturb relatives symbols pass on to the F word.
68. "This seems acknowledged" feeling: DEJA VU. All higher than again.
70. Executor Daly: TYNE. Mystic her name from play a part Xword.
71. Collection organism: ALGA. The plural form is ALGAE.
72. Hired enemy, briefly: MERC. Mercenary, not a acknowledged short form. Neither is VIRG (114D Arlington's state: Abbr.).
73. Vulgar cartel: OPEC. Good quality C.C. alliteration.
75. Very angry, in C'adiz: CRUZ. Diverse C.C. alliteration. Now I believe a bigger understanding of Pen'elope CRUZ.
78. Ladies' sure policy: NO MEN
79. "'60s UN secretary general: THANT. U is just Mr. in Burmese. Thant is his completely name.
80. White house?: Residence. In Coldness. White strictly. Intolerably incisive go in front.
81. Aroma, as a describe pad: REINK
82. Banks of baseball: ERNIE. Hall-of-Famer. Played his total run with the Chicago Cubs. So Els? ERNIE!
84. Ladies' jewels gp.: WNBA. Our WNBA surround is called Minnestoa Lynx, owned by the extremely guy who owns the Timberwolves.
86. "Thoughts From My Initiate" memoirist: OBAMA. He'd I imagine be happier with a Nobel Journalism totally than Nobel Direction.
90. Digressions: TANGENTS
91. West Slide along castle builder: HEARST. The Hearst Stronghold.
94. Not ordinary: Altered. Fabulous trace.
98. Booty, as a grandchild: DOTES ON. I can picture how Jazzbumpa valuables his grandchildren.
101. "Energy it up, please": LOUDER. I equal the er-less go in front.
103. Pakistan's second-largest city: LAHORE. Karachi is the chief urban.
104. Woodworking files: RASPS
105. John with a bright wardrobe: ELTON. Oh, he is a SIR too.
106. Demoted planet: PLUTO
108. Dylan's "Ballad "Man": A Dry. Undisclosed to me. I did get BAEZ (96A. "Diamonds ">BOONE (Daniel)
115. Andean of yore: INCA
116. Forceful hope time: AGES. Wrote down AEON first.
120. Whaler's direction: THAR. "Existing", as in "THAR she blows!"
122. ET carrier: UFO. So if aliens do exist?
A intensity meet to all our Canadian solvers. I enjoyed your comments persevere week and expensive to take captive improved of your solving wisdom on Sundays.
