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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on January 22, 2012, 09:52:55 AM

Title: LAT Sun. 1/22 Jeff Chen
Post by: magus on January 22, 2012, 09:52:55 AM
Pajama Party

 :)
What you will   ESTATE [will as in want or The Twelfth Night  ;)]
Crude gp.   OPEC [I’m sure there are those who might object to this pun; glad the editor wasn’t one of them.]
One on a “one”   UNUM [on the dollar]
Liberal group?   ARTS
Theme: two word phrases each word of which begins with P or J, respectively
Place to connect   PHONEJACK

 :-\
At 29-Down [Playboy] Bunnies is capitalized, but no longer the president or the pope.
Allergen found in most bread   GLUTEN [doctors do not consider ciliacs disease an allergy so I’m not sure gluten would be an allergen]
 8)
HR consequence   RBI [frequently used in xwords, but I wonder if it were clued “run batted in” might it be as easy]
Being hoist with one’s own petard   POETICJUSTICE [petar(d) is a Shakespearean term for bomb, which many people think means flagpole because they don’t know hoist means blown up.]
Pina colada ingredient   PINEAPPLEJUICE [tastes better without the juice]

 :( OJO

RATING:   ;D ;D Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun