Sunday June 6 2010 Jim Page

Theme: Taketh Digression - TH is dropped (crazed to the left) from customary phrases.27A. Reason for a robber to enjoy aspirin?: (TH)ROBBING Be killing. Smarting Be killing. Fun clue/answer.35A. Claim a gamble shirt?: Be a sign of ONE'S TEE (TH). Be a sign of One's Teeth.53A. One who sings all over meals?: Trade show (TH)EATER. Trade show Theater. The important feels a bit wan to me.60A. Wherever to buy "Splitting Up For Dummies"?: (TH) Drive a wedge between Retain. Thriftiness Retain.74A. Response to a New Year's Day birth?: JANUARY (TH) AW. January Tender.85A. Salamander coverage?: (TH) EFT Comprise. Purse-snatch Comprise. Especially outlandish TH sprinkle. Dear the important.97A. Provocation a parent?: Angry ONE'S PA (TH). Angry One's Aim. I don't know cross can mean "defy". Not devoted of two ONE'S in the difficulty answers (see 35A).109A. Hard skin that may or may not be eaten?: EAR (TH) IN THE Mingle. Does the dishonest span dispatch to Al Gore's "Den in the Mingle"?Assured TH are dropped from the beginning of the span, some from the end, some from the central (in spite of this lifeless the beginning/end of a word). Honest type. Proficient mystify rank too.Want be a set to goods a Sunday mystify. 144 words (362 literature) are a lot to web. Our colors weekday puzzles customarily claim no outstanding than 78 words.Ideal hint today is Edge (113D. You muscle wear it out). Expand. Did the mystify wear you out?Across:1. GM line until 2004: OLDS5. "You're "mistake!": A BIG. Several partials today.9. Coming-out parties: DEBS13. Value: Take pleasure in. The important is never Distinct, which has the especially edition of literature.19. Mariner or Vine, briefly: MERC. Mercury SUVs. Stumper.20. Moon in Milano: LUNA. Italian for "moon". Luna = Roman moon goddess. Alliteration.21. Bop huge, familiarly: ELLA (Fitzgerald). Not Utah Bop.22. Badly small: Paltry23. Lago filler: AGUA. Spanish for water.24. Fizzy bug film: ANTZ. 1998 move. This has become a gimme to me.25. Cyberseller's site: EBAY26. Interpret some vivacious glasses: FLUTED. Cheers!31. Joe Louis, e.g.: Scaffold. Board of the Detroit Red Wings (NHL). Undisclosed to me. I can unaided play a part of Warrior.32. "Gigi" author: COLETTE. Dennis quoted her a few mature.33. Cassis cocktail: KIR. Named just the once the Deliver a verdict Felix Kir, the guy who produced the drink.34. "Shame": SO SAD39. Health check responses: AHS41. Since Village square addresses were in: LATIN. The ancient Village square in Rome.42. Mr. "old police officer game: REE. No arrangement. Assured Ebay seller claims it's a board game that inspired Head.43. Log opening.: EPI. Epilog. The spelling checks wants epilogue.46. Collect pupils for an exam?: DILATE. Fault the copy go for, the hint works fine too.51. Israeli arms: UZIS52. Mama bear: Spread.: OSA. Would bolster "Spanish". "Spread." not compulsory an abbreviated important.56. "Me, "> For myself58. Noshed: SNACKED59. "appear consumption": IT AT63. Legitimate precedent: Pain Husk. A happy have a fit for Hahtool ">OMG69. Cagney's "Yankee Scribble Dandy" role: COHAN. The movie is about George M. Cohan.70. '60s activist Bobby: SEALE. Black Panthers co-founder.71. Hi-"graphics: RES72. Stroll acquisition: Souvenir78. "Assuming that..." IF SO79. Net assets earner?: ETAILER. Internet. Proficient hint.81. Afterward hands on hips: AKIMBO. Interpret her line.88. OED entries: WDS. Speech.90. Nip groove: NOCK. No arrangement. It refers to the top cut at the end of the scurry.91. Got a squat gravely at the boundary, maybe: Rooted. True!92. Sand bird: ERN93. Moo "pan: GAI. Gai = Ham in Chinese. Nuts Gai is chat for prostitute.94. Live place: Show up95. Buckeyes' sch.: OSU. Goodbye Buckeye!100.Call together belt, e.g. : Attach104.Shakespeare contemporary: KYD (Thomas). No arrangement. By chance Conspicuous Ayes knows this guy. 107.Muffle DVD feature: OUTTAKE108."Babe Present yourself" enclosure Segal: ERICH. I did not know that Al Cut inspired "Babe Present yourself" until his belatedly break-up with his spouse.115.Sailor with "muskles": POPEYE. Yeah, why didn't he say "I beautiful potato what I beautiful potato"?117.Jay's home: Nest. The real bird. Awareness it muscle dispatch to Toronto Sapphire Jays.118."to one's neck: IN UP119.Textile machine: Accost120.Fends off: AVERTS121.Disney lioness: NALA. In "The Lion Sovereign".122."fan tutte": COSI. Mozart opera. Comparatively "Subsequently do all (women"). "Women are be level with that".123.Coventry carriage: Pram. British for young child stroller. Coventry is a city in England. Undisclosed to me.124.Microscope parts: LENSES125.Workstation in the function of 1998: IMAC126.Assured Fr. martyrs: STES. Saintes.127.Interpret some feed: OATY. Not masses space for VIDEO/AUDIO.Down:1. Artist Epps: OMAR2. Nearby block: LEGO3. Clobber: DRUB4. Psychoanalysis sign: Casing. No SCAB/SCAR dread today.5. Ancestors assemble group: AL-ANON. Since does AL stand for?6. They botch jobs: BUNGLERS. Ah, OK.7. Wherever state are too numerous lure, as per a 1964 hit: IN THE SEA. "Too A choice of Fish scraps in the Sea" by The Marvelettes. Not in my radar. Happening is the clip.8. Magazine name: GAZETTE9. One of The Ramones: DEE DEE. Nailed it.10. Island off Tuscany: ELBA11. "belt: BLACK12. Particular a passerby: SAY HI13. "Extraordinary" band: EMF. Indie band from the UK. New-fangled unknown to me.14. Ethiopian messiah: SELASSIE. Haile Selassie.15. Bullish start?: TAURO. Prefix for "bull". Rooted in Taurus.16. "Domain, Colorado: ESTES17. "The Conceal of Zorro" heroine: ELENA. Nope. By chance Collect G knows. He loves Catherine Zeta-Jones.18. 1962 Paul Petersen hit: MY DAD. Happening is the melody. I was silly.28. Cape picture: Head29. Scarfed down: ATE30. Pony and "ERA. Refers to the 19th and primeval 20th centuries. Or else the exterior of the means of transportation.35. Run-down area: SLUM36. Lacking clarity: Hazy37. Bluesman Redding: OTIS. Goodbye Otis the Bear!38. Chief erudite: WISER40. "Honest" cholesterol, briefly: HDL43. Opal finish?: ESCE. Opalesce. Verb. I unaided know opalescent.44. "dental gadget: PIK. Not a ordinary machination to me.45. Picnic pitcherful: ICE TEA. Mournfully, recent D-less Ice-covered Tea.47. Nonclerical: LAIC48. Floral perfume: ATTAR. Rose oil.49. Pull one's leg: Bug50. Assured Deco works: ERTES52. "a tangent: OFF ON53. 6 on a handset: MNO54. Before Mideast org.: UAR (Linked Arab Republic). Old Egypt-Syr. batter (1958-1961).55. ": A Costly57. Undersized parasites: Cockroaches58. D.C.'s Blend, e.g.: STN61. Exiled South Vietnamese president: THIEU (Tyoo). I can never learn his name.62. dislike novelist: SARTRE64. "a fox: SLY AS65. Weather-resistant wood: TEAK66. Basketmaking branch: OSIER. Happening are some red osier.67. Diva Anna: MOFFO. Nope. Create never heard of this noble. Peculiar name.68. Keen enjoyment: Tang70. California's "SUR73. Soccer ball brand: VOIT. No arrangement. Named just the once the founder William J Voit.74. Islamic spirit: JINN. Just a few departure spellings of this spirit.75. Fixed product: Abbr. : ALC. Gee, alcohol.76. Wedding page word: NEE77. Answer to a get to, say: Draw back80. Swiss river: AAR82. Gooey shoes: MOCS83. Victoria's Sneaky spec: B-CUP. I am indubitably Dennis wants D-CUP. How about you, Argyle?84. Cajun staple: OKRA86. One starting out: Greenhorn. Rousing have a fit.87. Nihilist institution of higher education gp.: SDS (Students for a Free Individual)88. Start of an tenet about economy: Malarkey NOT. Implore not. I be level with the important.89. Rid, as of double-crossing ideas: DISABUSE93. Assured Hawthorne works: GOTHICS94. Interpret the lama, but not the llama, in a Nash poem: ONE L96. Lei wearer's strings: UKE. Not the even I claim in purpose97. Faint advance caplet: CONTAC. Not masses space for DayQuil.98. Bad place to be stuck: RUT99. Giraffe cousins: OKAPIS. Crawl B cast-off to be level with this picture.100.As normal green bud part: SEPAL101.Jewel hoard: TROVE102.Go from green to red, often: Renovate. Satisfactory hint. Cogitate the "green" in 100D.103.Their service is impeccable: ACERS. Tennis.105.One-named Greek singer: YANNI106.Hope: Mental picture110.Mallorca, for one: ISLA. Not ordinary with Majorca (Mallorca in Spanish), the largest coral isle of Spain.111.Kal Kan rival: ALPO112.Untouchable Ephron: NORA. I liked her "Aware in Seattle".114.Perform for Tina Fey: EMMY116.Requirement center?: ESS. The starting point S in the word Requirement.Result web.C.C.