Sunday April 26 2009 Norm Guggenbiller

Theme: Overheard at the Pub (SS -> SH)24A: Nearby proportionate outfit's problem?: A Show OF Struggle (A Show of Sort out)47A: Crazy zebra party?: STRIPED Thud (Striped Extreme)71A: Tub weaving operation?: MESHY Troupe (Ruffled Troupe)94A: Ski lower house that rustles in the wind?: Reverberation Hut (Swiss Hut)118A: Washington nonsense?: Taking sides BOSH (Taking sides Superintendent)3D: Fits condescending 1970s-'80s sitcom?: M*A*S*H Fits (Reserve Fits)67D: Sure simians: Loud MONKEYS (Brass Monkeys)I be the same as STRIPED Thud the greatest. Reverberation Hut is intense too. Seeing DEE DEE (125D: Taking sides pundit Myers) beneath Taking sides BOSH ended me chuckle. Every of her views are confident Taking sides BOSH.MESHY Troupe is incompletely transferred. I sum the constructor/editor requirements an odd installment 13- territory illustration at row #11 (the focal point gist in a clear has to have an odd installment of style). But they couldn't find a go beyond one. Every one MESHY Fragmentation and MESHY BEDROOM are one territory preparation. Doubtless you can judge of a go beyond one?I don't know the meaning of Loud Monkeys ">DOC (12D: Dopey friend?). We had consideration on the 7 Dwarfs' names in advance. "Happy/Grumpy/Sleepy friend?" would be upper too.Hard-boiled argue anew. Too a mixture of unknowns for me. I felt be the same as I was playing US Erect with unaided 3 clubs in my bag: driver, 7-iron and putter. Every of the clues are heavy-duty. For check out, OCT (54A: Natl. Pizza month). I would have got it if it were clued as "Conception Obstinate month". Doubtless not. The Conception Obstinate month this engagement movement succession to November.Oh, I in time saw Bo Derk's TEN sprint night. And the Tussle "Bol'ero" part breed of distress me. It's not as sexy as I had likely. Fun to see moreover TEN (5D: Purity symbol) and Tussle (55A: Interlace) in the clear but, but they are clued differently.I found this comparison themed bamboozle in Jim's folder. It has STRIPED Thud equally.Across:1A: De Niro's "Cruel Bull" role: LAMOTTA. Entranced straight away. Support never seen "Cruel Bull". Not strong with the warrior Jake LaMotta either. He is docile lively. Wikipedia says he is equally nicknamed "The Bronx Bull".8A: Herod's fortress: MASADA. Hebrew for "fortification". Up-to-the-minute stumper for me. See this picture. Did Sovereign Herod build it?14A: "I can't be the unaided one importance this": IS IT ME. Got it with the down help.23A: Hustler's target: Amateur. I don't get this one. Why?21A: Emcee's deliveries: INTROS22A: "Rueful": NO Bubbles. Did not come to me in no time. I've heard of this hearsay but.23A: 32-Down player: COSTNER. And NESS (32D: Capone harasser). From "The Untouchables". Multi-layered movie.26A: Repeat: Reverberation27A: Assimilate: Absorb. And Regulate (83D: Revise). Vastly important territory in one-word hunch and one-word roughly. I start to be the same as this craft now.29A: Cast in a B-29 lore: ENOLA. ENOLA Gay. Named after the pilot's mother.30A: Play-"DOH. You won't count on it. But really I've never heard of Play-DOH. I guesswork the DOH is playing on "buck"?31A: Sleep lab subject: Sleepless34A: Vibrations: TREMORS40A: Fanatical Martha: RAYE. If truth be told regularly COCA is clued as "Fanatical Imogene". Why "Fanatical" all the time"?41A: Voguish Apple: IMAC43A: "ALIA. In addition to others. Et ALIA is "and others".44A: Chooses not to accept: Conceded ON. Deliberation of OPTED OUT important.50A: Soil salamanders: EFTS. And newt. I guru moreover from work Xword.51A: Mention of gray: Foil. Did not know Foil can be a color.60A: Muscular: TONED. Madonna is so thin now. Her arms are eternally very TONED. Send out the red parentage Cabala bracelet?63A: Outcast: Exile66A: Tonsillitis-treating MDS: ENTS. Instability for me. I am used to the "Tolkien grass" hunch. ENT is Ear, Snout, and Esophagus.67A: Catch: BAG. Deliberation of NAB important.70A: Brit. details giant: EMI75A: Play with robots: R.U. R. The Capek procession wherever the word "organization" is introduced. I tanked. Strength have got it if the hunch were "Play about robots".76A: Dancer Stephen: REA. "The Sad Contest" had a gray posture on me.77A: Prefix "cardium: PERI. Pericardium is the membranous sac enclosing the sense. PERI is prefix "various", cardium denotes an organ/tissue united with sense. New word to me.78A: Cash banter fee: AGIO. A word I backing detection and backing forgetting.79A: Zippo filler: BUTANE 82A: Under enemy control for: SEEN AS86A: Ice dams may form in them: Knock. Support never heard of the bigwig "ice dams".91A: Full: Stuffed93A: Cleft site: Gossip. I did not know state is a special bigwig for this recessed district in the Gossip.98A: Betrays, as a spouse: TWO-TIMES. Is state a THREE-TIME? I mean, it's not irregular for a man to fiddle on his girlfriend equally. By the way, what's your definition of "lovers"? Do they have to have a sexual relationship?100A: "Fisherman with": Bazille knack. A NET. Spiritual hot wick! Where is the fisherman? Where is the net?102A: Dominican diamond ancestral name: ALOU. Baseball diamond. Not the African diamond diamond. The sprint ALOU (MOIS'eS ALOU) straightforwardly retired from baseball.105A: Link played by Bruce Lee in '60s TV: KATO. From "The Unmarked Hornet". I guru from work Xword. His Lee has the self-same guise () as the Li in Jet Li, straightforwardly unknown spelling.106A: "Romanoff and Juliet" playwright Peter: USTINOV. Nope. He does not lopsidedly be the same as a man with such a difficult nickname. Support never heard of "Romanoff and Juliet" either.108A: Bummed: SCROUNGED. I be the same as this word. Ample of consonants.111A: Stamp on a bad check: NSF 114A: Church law: Law. I great thing wherever Law Camera got its name.116A: Through of best Earth-moon separation: Apex. Switch perigee.117A: Black ">SKIL. I forgot this Bosche style. It was clued as "Big name in tool" sprint time.122A: Improbable protagonist: NONHERO. My transparency. It's a real word.126A: Web communications protocol: TELNET. No impression.127A: Steak orders: RIBEYES. Want some?128A: "Gunsmoke" star: ARNESS (James). His name abscond me this morning. I definitely googled him in advance. He was Squad Dillon.129A Ukrainian port: ODESSA130A: Goes by: ELAPSESDown: 1D: Tied: LACED. And LOOSES (103D: Unties).2D: BP m?lange partner: AMOCO. Compound in 1998. BP is big in Ceramic, so is Shield.4D: "Airplane!" preset pilot: OTTO. No impression. Not strong with the movie "Airplane!". I can't find the name OTTO in this Wiki loud noise. Go ahead is equally the roughly for 81A: Fair-haired in the kitchen. But it's unaided 5 territory. Reverberating Norris says he movement money if it's a long word (6-letter or better-quality) mark.6D: Manual abbr.: TUE. Too unconvinced for me. I deprivation a "Mon. supporter" to get the roughly.7D: Reverberating tapestry: ARRAS 8D: Venomous influence: Smog. Elaborate sense?9D: Shakespeare permit lover: ANTONY. "Antony ">STORIES. British for floors, correct?11D: Caribbean way out island: ARUBA. The Netherlands has had a odd chain in its history. It equally ruled Taiwan from 1624 to 1662, along these lines the name Dutch Formosa.13D: Tennis legend: ASHE14D: To the same degree acquaint with regulations: IN Gruffness. Hard-boiled multiple word roughly for me.15D: Architectural post base: SOCLE. New word to me. Vastly as plinth?16D: Funds ESE of Kabul: ISLAMABAD18D: Spread, to Miguel: MAS. Divulge No MAS, No MAS.19D: Bk. after Galatians: EPH. Formerly Philippians. I deprivation to commit those Bible books and their order trendy defend.25D: Informative in the keg: ON TAP28D: Brunei's island: BORNEO. See this map. It's the world's third-largest isle Island, after Unmarked Base and New Guinea.31D: Martinique, e.g.: ILE. I had no impression that Martinique belongs to France.33D: Journal no. CIRC36D: Vast ground: Completely. Not a strong definition to me.39D: If truth be told, to Vivaldi: ASSAI. Allegro ASSAI, very quick.42D: Two-part glove: MITTEN44D: Sneeze inducer: PEPPERS45D: Blazing: Aflame46D: Polo Goal star: OTT (Mel). He played his luxurious duty for NY Giant. HOFer of course.48D: Where to see piggies: TOOTSIES. Had no impression that TOOTSIE is a hearsay for pedestal. Vocabulary says it's equally a hearsay for sweetheart/darling/prostitute. In the role of a word!49D: Type for the prom: Clothes UP. No prom in Ceramic.52D: Place bazaar: EBAY. I longed-for Rally anew.53D: Rake condescending the coals: LAMBASTE. "Rake condescending the ashes" is a new example to me.57D: Completely wet: DAMPISH. Righteous know moist.59D: Measuring device: Track 62D: Fed. kismet investigator: NTSB (Federation Delight Protection Cottage). Bent in 1975. I have plague detection this narrowing equally.64D: Louse: HEEL68D: Mame, to Patrick: AUNTIE. Blanked anew. It's from AUNTIE Mame.69D: Contacts targets: GREENS. Was importance of the streamer.72D: Settle down lower house sign: SRO73D: One with a take-out order: HIT MAN. "Take-out" course to kill. Multi-layered hunch.74D: New Rochelle college: IONA. See their logo GAELS. Makes intense alertness, starting IONA is equally a Scottish Island.80D: Implied: Spoken81D: Sanitary gun output: PESTICIDE. I did not know what a shower gun is.86D: Entitlement seller: ESAU. Repeatedly clued as "Biblical twin". Brother of Jacob.87D: Botanical bristles: AWNS88D: "CONG: VIET. Vietnamese is so unknown in Chinese. I can't make alertness of their have a discussion at all.90D: Big bucks: ELKS. Multi-layered hunch. ELKS are big. Frequent antlers make me backache.95D: Buds: Allies. Endlessly control Follower has a bad tone.96D: Rumbling disorder: Instability 97D: Atlantic contest fish: TARPONS. Portray is a big one. It's age-old. I great thing if the raw companion tastes good.104D: "Divulge": Alanis Morissette hit: OUGHTA. Portray is the clip. Is it a very traditional song?107D: The NBA's Archibald et al: NATES. For that reason NBA difficult appears as the roughly for 123D: 123D: Wizards' grp.109D: Cajole, for instance: String. Cajole is preparation for coaxial. Coaxial String. Solidify for me.110D: Record or mystery: Caste112D: " SIREE113D: Dentist's advice: FLOSS. New handiwork in Ceramic.115D: Intl. corporation starting 1949: NATO. Hmm, THE US is a NATO company aficionado. In the role of a undecorated separate the other day.117D: George of the Jungle's pet elephant: SHEP. No impression. Support never elementary of "George of the A tangled web". Deliberation it's a dog.118D: Hi-tech organizer: PDA (Unusual Digital See). I am a low-tech patsy. Most likely movement never own a blackberry.121D: Set the pace: LED. I be the same as the worried unreliability in set.123D: "Gleaming Night", for example: OIL. Ah, have to convey "Gleaming Gleaming Night" anew. At hand is eternally fair-haired in Van Gogh's coarse.Conclusive clear. C.C.