Saturday, October 7, 2017

Saturday, October 7, 2017 — Thanksgiving Menu


Introduction

Today's puzzle from Cox & Rathvon offers up a variety of choices for your Thanksgiving meal.

I invite you to leave a comment to let us know how you fared with the puzzle.

Solution to Today's Puzzle

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Legend:
- solved without assistance
- incorrect prior to use of puzzle solving tools
- solved with assistance from puzzle solving tools
- solved with aid of checking letters provided by puzzle solving tools
- solved but without fully parsing the clue
- yet to be solved

Legend: "*" anagram; "~" sounds like; "<" letters reversed

"( )" letters inserted; "_" letters deleted; "†" explicit in the clue

Primary indications (definitions) are marked with a solid underline in the clue; subsidiary indications (be they wordplay or other) are marked with a dashed underline in semi-all-in-one (semi-&lit.) clues. All-in-one (&lit.) clues and cryptic definitions are marked with a dotted underline. Explicit link words and phrases are enclosed in forward slashes (/link/) and implicit links are shown as double forward slashes (//).

Across

1a   A turnip’s mashed /for/ some New World settlers (8)

PURITANS* — anagram (mashed) of A TURNIPS

5a   Summarizes // first of crops in harvests (6)

RE(C)APS — C (first [letter] of Crops) contained in REAPS (harvests)

10a   Pie slice // with border (5)

W|EDGE — W (with; abbrev.) + EDGE (border)

11a   Certain turkey // tidbit stuffed in a kind of bread (5,4)

WH(ITE M)EAT — ITEM (tidbit) contained in (stuffed in) WHEAT (a kind of bread)

12a   New company/’s/ pie included in feast (5-2)

S(TART) UP — TART (pie) contained in (included in) SUP (feast)

13a   Boy eating lean // cheese (7)

S(TILT)ON — SON (boy) containing (eating) TILT (lean)

14a   One who cleans // nuts, swallowing one (4)

MA(I)D — MAD (nuts) containing (swallowing) I ([Roman numeral for] one)

15a   That woman eating fruit notices // pioneers (10)

S(PEAR)HE|ADS — SHE (that woman) containing (eating) PEAR (fruit) + ADS (notices)

19a   Funny about private // bread choice (6,4)

D(INNER) ROLL — DROLL (funny) containing (about) INNER (private)

20a   Oafs // tossed peas (4)

APES* — anagram (tossed) of PEAS

22a   Lineup includes a // bird in the oven (7)

RO(A)STER — ROSTER (lineup) containing (includes) A (†)

25a   Force // it into sauce for the turkey (7)

GRAV(IT)Y — IT (†) contained in (into) GRAVY (sauce for the turkey)

27a   Warmest, // like wraps devoured by youngster (9)

TO(AS|TIES)T — {AS (like) + TIES (wraps)} contained in (devoured by) TOT (youngster)

28a   Dye // used in kitchen napery (5)

_HEN|NA_ — hidden in kitcHEN NApery

29a   Salt a kid’s // courses (6)

S|A|LAD|S — S (salt; abbrev.) + A (†) + LAD (kid) + S ('s)

30a   Stakes holding chance // cuts of meat (8)

B(RISK)ETS — BETS (stakes) containing (holding) RISK (chance)

Down

1d   Hocks // some kitchenware around Wednesday (5)

PA(W)NS — PANS (some kitchenware) containing (around) W (Wednesday; abbrev.)

2d   Dole hugs Diana, with a // sort of glow? (9)

RA(DI|A)TION —  RATION (dole) containing (hugs) {DI (Diana; nickname) + A (†)}

3d   Attempt acquiring England’s capital by // pact (6)

TR{E|AT}Y — TRY (attempt) + containing (acquiring) {E (England's capital [initial letter]) + AT (by)}

4d   Snapper we cooked // daily, perhaps (9)

NEWSPAPER* — anagram (cooked) of SNAPPER WE

6d   Octet having okay vision (8)

E(YES)IGHT — EIGHT (octet) containing (having) YES (okay)

7d   A fellow // spy (5)

A|GENT — A (†) + GENT (fellow)

8d   Devil-worshippers /and/ saints sat around (9)

SATANISTS — anagram (around) of SAINTS SAT

9d   Turn back /for/ some small drinks (4)

NIPS< — reversal (back) of SPIN (turn)

14d   Restrains // fellow workers around Polish river (9)

M(ODER)ATES — MATES (fellow workers; informal British term) containing (around) ODER (Polish river)

16d   Reptile // snarled at gorilla (9)

ALLIGATOR* — anagram (snarled) of AT GORILLA

17d   Bananas I can set inside fruit // blender, e.g. (9)

APPL(IANC*)E — anagram (bananas) of I CAN contained in (inside) APPLE (fruit)

18d   Put another way, // Communist embraces government (8)

RE(STATE)D — RED (communist) containing (embraces) STATE (government)

21d   Binds // fifty hardwoods (6)

L|ASHES — L ([Roman numeral for] fifty) + ASHES (hardwoods)

23d   A facial covering said // to be of use (5)

A|VAIL~ — A (†) + sounds like (said) VEIL (facial covering)

24d   Some breads // respond to yeast, we hear (4)

RYES~ — sounds like (we hear) RISE (respond to yeast)

26d   Big man in Irish poetry // club has a meal (5)

Y|EATS — Y (club; YMCA/YWCA) + EATS (has a meal)

Epilogue

Here's wishing Canadian readers a Happy Thanksgiving and those south of the border a Happy Columbus Day.
Key to Reference Sources: 

[1]   - The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition
[2]   - Search Chambers - (Chambers 21st Century Dictionary)
[3]   - TheFreeDictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary)
[4]   - TheFreeDictionary.com (Collins English Dictionary)
[5]   - Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford Dictionary of English)
[6]   - Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford American Dictionary)
[7]   - Wikipedia
[8]   - Reverso Online Dictionary (Collins French-English Dictionary)
[9]   - Infoplease (Random House Unabridged Dictionary)
[10] - CollinsDictionary.com (Collins English Dictionary)
[11] - TheFreeDictionary.com (Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary)
[12] - CollinsDictionary.com (Webster’s New World College Dictionary)
[13] - MacmillanDictionary.com (Macmillan Dictionary)
Signing off for today — Falcon

5 comments:

  1. Happy Thanksgiving, Falcon et al! Thanks for the roasting, er, posting. Easy, peasy puzzle today, although not sure how 8 wangles its way into a Thanksgiving themed C&R offering.
    I think 26 was my favourite, although there were a few that could be chosen.
    Have a slice of pumpkin pie for me on Monday!

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  2. Hello Falcon and folks,
    Agree with Henry that puzzle was pretty tame today. Enjoyed it nonetheless. No favorites today.
    Thank you for posting!
    Cheers to all,
    MG
    PS. Why aren't you having pumpkin pie yourself Henry?

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    1. Let's face it, by the time I get to the pie, I'm STUFFED.

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  3. Happy Thanksgiving (Canadian) Falcon! Great job on the solution, as usual. I was wondering if the following would be more appropriate for 23d
    A|VAIL~ A(†) + sounds like (said) VEIL (facial covering)

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