SUNDAY, June 20, 2010 — Julian Lim (syndicated)

Theme: "Course Humor" — Golf puns!

[Note: This is the syndicated L.A. Times puzzle. It does not appear in the actual newspaper, but is available for free at cruciverb.com.]


Theme answers:

• 23A: Golfer's excuse for a bad chip shot? (IRON DEFICIENCY).
• 29A: Golfer's shot into a water hazard? (STROKE OF MISFORTUNE).
• 49A: Golfer's lament about failing to recognize different ball positions? (I CANNOT TELL A LIE).
• 65A: What a golfer who's not playing well doesn't do? (GET IN THE SWING OF THINGS).
• 84A: Mind-set for a golfer wary of sand? (BUNKER MENTALITY).
• 109A: Golfer's admission after missing fairways? (I HAD A ROUGH TIME).

Crosswordese 101 Round-up:

• 52A: Digs up? (AERIE).
• 71A: Greek marketplaces (AGORAE).
• 80A: Indian nurses (AMAHS).
• 90A: Long bones (ULNAE).
• 57D: Muslim general (AGA).
• 105D: 1847 novel set on Tahiti (OMOO).
• 107D: Paris possessive (SES).
• 114D: Craggy crest (TOR).

Everything Else — 1A: Some bars (BREW PUBS); 9A: Benjamin (C-SPOT); 14A: Political fugitive (ÉMIGRÉ); 20A: Communications collectible (RADIO SET); 21A: Overgrown tract (HEATH); 22A: Intolerant (NARROW); 25A: Swing one's hips (GYRATE); 26A: It's multifaceted (GEM); 27A: Bridge opening, for short (ONE NO); 28A: Checking line (REIN); 38A: Naval officer (ADMIRAL); 41A: Volume-control devices, in recording (FADERS); 42A: Scads (A LOT); 43A: Stared salaciously (LEERED); 44A: Where to get off: Abbr. (STA.); 47A: Categories (TYPES); 48A: Like Key lime pie (TART); 53A: Green light (NOD); 54A: Baseball great Combs (EARLE); 55A: Fills with cargo (LADES); 57A: Dols. and cts. (AMTS.); 59A: Start of a 1961 inaugural quote (ASK NOT); 60A: Religious rift (SCHISM); 72A: Got watery, in a way (TEARED); 73A: Thugs' pieces (GATS); 74A: Friendship bracelet items (BEADS); 78A: Drawn fawn (BAMBI); 79A: "Kung Fu" actor (AHN); 89A: __ of Silence: "Get Smart" security device (CONE); 91A: Melancholic (SAD); 92A: Mike user, maybe (ORATOR); 93A: Minuscule amount (IOTA); 94A: Brad of "Deuces Wild" (RENFRO); 96A: Noms de guerre (ANONYMS); 97A: Golfer's slicing tee shot? (DRIVE AROUND THE BEND); 102A: Describe in drawing (LIMN); 103A: Ties (EVENS); 104A: Crowd around, as a celebrity (MOB); 107A: Pope who met with Attila the Hun (ST. LEO I); 115A: 1974 Mocedades hit (ERES TU); 116A: Fix, as a green (RESOD); 117A: Ford 1925 "Tin Goose" aircraft, e.g. (TRIMOTOR); 118A: Vegas strategy (SYSTEM); 119A: Neural impulse carriers (AXONS); 120A: Sitcom sewer worker (ED NORTON); 1D: Sea cell (BRIG); 2D: Hard to come by (RARE); 3D: Kingdom south of Moab (EDOM); 4D: Prevail (WIN); 5D: Cast intro? (POD-); 6D: "__ the force ..." (USE); 7D: Hoodwink (BEFOOL); 8D: Play terribly (STINK); 9D: Trouser material (CHINO); 10D: Yell "Bon voyage!" to (SEE OFF); 11D: Searing utensil (PAN); 12D: Non-Rx (OTC); 13D: Your, of yore (THY); 14D: Rivet (ENGROSS); 15D: "Waiting on the World to Change" singer John (MAYER); 16D: Chafe (IRRITATE); 17D: Like salt (GRANULAR); 18D: Baloney (ROT); 19D: One in a flock (EWE); 24D: Start to cry? (CEE); 29D: Soldier's barked denial (SIR NO SIR); 30D: General heading (TREND); 31D: Maker of the V10K, the world's hardest watch (RADO); 32D: __ Hari (MATA); 33D: Tennyson work (IDYLL); 34D: Old photo tint (SEPIA); 35D: Unfettered (FREED); 36D: Sushi seaweed (NORI); 37D: Luncheon end? (-ETTE); 38D: Husband of Fatima (ALI); 39D: Fourth-qtr. month (DEC.); 40D: Predestined, with "be" (MEANT TO); 44D: Gambler's fund (STAKE); 45D: Ocean fliers (TERNS); 46D: Tolerate (ALLOW); 50D: New Ager John (TESH); 51D: Beatles' last album (LET IT BE); 52D: Writer Sholem (ASCH); 56D: Abbr. pertaining to origin (ESTD.); 58D: Gig fraction (MEG); 59D: To __: exactly (A TEE); 61D: Plateau (HIGHLAND); 62D: Foolishness (INANITY); 63D: Snorkel, e.g.: Abbr. (SGT.); 64D: Ed.'s workload (MSS.); 66D: Apprehends (NABS); 67D: Gets close to (NEARS); 68D: Harmful ray type (GAMMA); 69D: Spherical (ORBED); 70D: Sinn __ (FEIN); 75D: More likely to get hired (ABLER); 76D: "I'm stumped!" ("DUNNO!"); 77D: Big mess (SNAFU); 79D: Claire's baby, on "Lost" (AARON); 80D: Battery fluid (ACID); 81D: Peaty wasteland (MOOR); 82D: CuraÁao's chain (ANTILLES); 83D: Most weighty (HEAVIEST); 85D: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" composer (KERN); 86D: Vocal quality (TONE); 87D: Mix in oaters (TOM); 88D: Hist. class data (YRS.); 90D: Coffinite element (URANIUM); 95D: Had way too much (OD'ED ON); 96D: Preposterous (ABSURD); 98D: Ham it up (EMOTE); 99D: Super Bowl highlights? (TV ADS); 100D: "Talk to __": 2002 Almodóvar film (HER); 101D: Online reminder (ENOTE); 104D: Chef's protection (MITT); 106D: Alpine capital (BERN); 108D: Effort (TRY); 109D: Tax-deferral vehicle, for short (IRA); 110D: Bewitch (HEX); 111D: Japanese prime minister who succeeded Fukuda in 2008 (ASO); 112D: Gimlet choice (GIN); 113D: Insurance gp. (HMO).