Thursday, August 22, 2024, Katie Hale, Tennessee Grimes
Chacun a Son Goût ("Every One to Their Own Taste") Here is the bored Prince Orlofsky (a "trouser role") throwing a party in Johann Straus' operetta Die Fledermaus ("The Bat"), and admonishing his revelers to behave to "their own tastes" (i.e. "do your own thing!") ... Today's constructors, veteran Katie Hale and Tennessee Grimes (making his/her Corner debut), give us a taste of lean construction, with only 10 TLWs and only a few people and places. They also give us 4 asterisked single word theme clues that fill with a synonym preceded by one of the classic four tastes: SWEET , SALTY , SOUR , and BITTER , each a two word in-the-language phrase ... 16A. *Center: SWEET HEART . Teri is ... 23A. *Hound: SALTY DOG . Slang for a seasoned sailor and the title of a sad song by Procol Harum , possibly about the sinking of a ship, but the meaning of the lyrics are disputed ... Lyrics 49A. *Memo: SOU...