PLUS FOURS
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Across
1. Strip in a sammie
6. Preceded
11. With 52-Across, mic check phrase
14. Rub the wrong way
15. Broadway star Menzel
16. Member of a skulk
17. What one does for ice cream, in a saying + FOUR =
19. “___ effect” (raising of forensic science due to pop culture)
20. They assign G’s and R’s
21. What a firewalker might step on
23. Zonked out
26. ___ vivant (pleasure seeker)
27. Hold the throne
28. 1990’s post-punk band with the classic album “Spiderland”
29. Hit the treadmill
30. Denim worn in the summer
31. Miso soup protein
32. Burning activity?
34. Award for Damon Albarn: Abbr.
35. What you should to each of the theme answers formulas to get their answers
36. I as in Intro to Psychology
39. Questionably named
41. From the top
42. All grown up
44. Raging hot
45. Identical twin
46. Deal with
47. Something to shoot for
48. Gave, as a shock
49. Leaves, as an unwanted responsibility
51. A lot
52. See 11-Across
53. Ophelia’s brother in “Hamlet” + FOUR =
58. The Storting’s nat.
59. Green grunts in fairy tales
60. Area 51 being
61. Make a choice
62. Formal dress shoes
63. Hemorrhage
Down
1. Dating letters
2. [finger snap, points upward}
3. It’s always tired
4. Like special orders?
5. Virtual dog, say
6. Capital served by Jorge Chávez International Airport
7. Temple address part
8. Brought shame upon
9. Dues collector
10. Agreement
11. SNL’s driving cat + FOUR =
12. Margarita request
13. People kicked out of their country
18. Ice Spice song
22. Swamp creature
23. Regarding
24. Mess maker
25. Painting technique using lots of dots + FOUR =
26. One taking thing the wrong way
29. “Why don’t you act your age!”
30. Comic Gaffigan
32. Navarro of “The View”
33. Ill-behaved
35. Partake in play time?
37. Hereditary unit
38. Was obliged to
40. Cries during El Clásico
41. Everybody in the South
42. Check fig.
43. “___ (That Thing)”
45. Informal discussion
47. Ger rid of
48. Place for change
50. “But let’s consider,” initially
51. Forest carpet
54. Fish in unagi sushi
55. Create whoppers
56. Make sure
57. Where this clue is, appropriately
~SOLUTION BELOW~
