If a topic is tabled, it is brought “off the shelf” and put “on the table” for discussion. These “tabling” and “shelving” idioms drive me crazy, because they are often misused. Our term “wimp”, describing a “timid person”, is probably an alteration of “whimper”, the sound that such an individual might make. Pho (pronounced “fuh”) is a noodle soup from Vietnam that is a popular street food. The manufacturer was founded by Vietnamese refugee David Tran, who escaped from Vietnam in 1978 on a Taiwanese freighter called the Huey Fong, after which he named his new company.
Here in North America, we are most familiar with the Sriracha sold in a red bottle with a green that is made by Huy Fong Foods in the city of Irwindale, California. Sriracha hot chili sauce is named for the coastal city of Si Racha in eastern Thailand, where the recipe likely originated. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 108A Census-taking of a Midwest capital? : MADISON COUNT (“Madison County” – Y).96A Battle between Tinker Bell and Princess Ozma? : FAIRY FIGHT (“ fair fight” + Y.80A Doctor’s description of the birth of triplet sons? : THREE TIMES A LAD (“Three Times a Lady” – Y).71A Harvesting machine that needs cleaning? : GRIMY REAPER (“ Grim Reaper” + Y).58A Sleep phase? : SLUMBER PART (“slumber party” – Y).
51A Lawyer with absurdly exaggerated humor? : CAMPY COUNSELOR (“ camp counselor” + Y).29A Stephen Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage,” e.g.? : COMBAT READ (“combat ready” – Y).24A Places where some belts are tightened? : BELLY BOTTOMS (“ bell bottoms” + Y).115A Become aware of … or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle’s grid : WISE UP TO or Ys UP TWO.That Y moves UP TWO lines in the grid and there is added to a second common phrase.
The lower element of the pair is a common phrase that has lost a Y. Themed answers come in pairs in the grid.
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