"For Hire" detective: SPENSER. See the black beans on the red lacquer plate? Jabba, for one: HUTT. Where there's a quill?
Letter-shaped bike locks: U-BOLTS. Marne moms: MERES And 104. I was thinking of "ONCE upon a time... ". Warning about an escaped horse? Actress Gardner: AVA. Embossed cookies: OREOs. Apple for the teacher: iMAC. Needed crosses for both of the 9's. Sharer of the prize: CO-WINNER. Unusual first themer placement today. I spotted lotus roots immediately. Comply with: ABIDE BY.
"Pearly Shells" singer: DON HO. Redistricting eponym: GERRY. Part of a foot: TOE. Department of Labor. In bed, maybe: ILL. Lots of fresh but tricky clues in this puzzle. Early cinema sex symbol: HARLOW (Jean). Martin told me he soaked them for 8 hours, then simmered for 6 hours with rusty nails. Those triple stacks of 9's on the top right and lower left are hard to fill in cleanly. One in a wallet: BILL. Reform Party candidate Perot: H. ROSS. Former u.n. chief kofi crossword clue. She also founded The Honest Company. Henry VI's "O, God forgive my sins, and pardon thee!
Service station offering: AIR. Port SW of Buffalo, N. Y. : ERIE, PA. Nailed it. We gave Marco Rubio his only win so far. Some window extensions, for short: ACs. Studied here at the Macalester College.
Site of the world's longest railway: SIBERIA. I miss David Gregory. French postcard word: AVION. Sources of heavenly strains? Look at this Japanese New Year's food spread Martin Herbach prepared two months ago. New, to Dante: NUOVA. News anchor Burnett et al.
Mine, in Montreal: A MOI Also 61A. Mubarak of Egypt: HOSNI. Fours, on most Augusta National holes: PARS. Not going to touch this brand after what D-Otto went through. Blue-and-yellow megastore: IKEA. Not my college dorm. Minnesota is a caucus state. Flaky mineral: MICA. Command to a boxer: SIT. Whatever number: ONE OR MORE.
Yoga position: LOTUS. It's just called U-locks, right? Source of a fond melody: SERENADER. Drew a blank, though I've heard of Leopold and Loeb. Ross on a commemorative 3-cent stamp: BETSY.