it'd be cool to see drano in the clue and LIQUID-PLUMR in the grid some time, wouldn't it? 38a: Liquid-Plumr alternative (DRANO). it's not tricky if you don't hide the capital M of Mad. i've never seen "lefty" used in a political context, but most lefty baseball players stay lefty (unlike, say, billy wagner, who was right-handed until he broke his arm in 9th grade and learned to throw with his left). this song contains one of the most famous mondegreens ever: "excuse me while i kiss this guy." good song, though. 19a: "Purple _" (Jimi Hendrix song) (HAZE).i thought it meant "teacher." i guess they could be the same thing. One of the many bets one can lay is the over/under, where you bet whether the two teams' combined scores will be over or under the specified number. 43d: Place to play the race card?: Abbr.Why GI, exactly? This one felt a little over-clever. Easy enough to figure, even if you didn't know it. 18d: "Tuff _" (1986 hit for the Fabulous Thunderbirds) (ENUFF).I just this morning was listening to "Slap and Tickle" by Squeeze, which includes the line "He drove off to his local where he felt anti-social." How strange that it shows up in a puzzle that same day. 3d: Neighborhood pub, to a Brit (LOCAL).Didn't know it, but didn't see the clue either. 2d: Queen of the Misty Isles, in the comics (ALETA).Honors are ace, king, queen, jack, and ten. 58a: Jim's "Man on the Moon" role (ANDY).The yawl has the mizzen mast "yawl the way back" behind the steering. Yawls and ketches are two-masted sailboats. This movie got really great critical reviews, but I thought it was really slow and dull. 42a: "Lost in Translation" setting (TOKYO).41a: With 1-Across, money-saving event (FIRE / SALE).34a: "The Merry Widow" composer Franz (LEHAR).Degrees are made up of minutes and seconds, just like hours are. 16a: Words said when standing in front of a train? (I DO).I'm not crazy about references to other clues at the 1a spot, especially when it's the second half. On the neutral side, the theme entries themselves were neither stellar nor duds, but were decent enough. And I wouldn't have noticed it at all without the title to make me look at it right. On the minus side, the theme didn't help me at all in fact, I had to go back afterwards to figure out what it was. Also, it's cool not only that there are six 4-letter synonyms for REAR, but that they all can be formed as above using common names and phrases. On the plus side, there were six theme entries (assuming I didn't miss any today) and the theme involved asses, which plays to my admittedly juvenile sense of humor. Thematically, this puzzle was a mixed bag for me. 62a: Endorse without question ( RUBBER STA MP) => RUMP.50a: "Pardon My Sarong" costar ( BUD ABBO TT) => BUTT.
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