Crossword Clue Game

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981
  1. Hog-preferred thoroughfare
  2. Reason for last drink
  3. Yellow brick artery
982

Oof. Lots of good choices. And while I do like a good Hope/Crosby movie, I’m going with

Over to you, Spoons.

983

Thanks, Gyrate. I’m glad you got it, but I should explain about “Avenue in Toronto.” All Torontonians know about “Avenue Road,” which is a major north-south artery in the city. I lived in Toronto for over forty years, and never knew why it was called such, but Avenue Road was Avenue Road. Might as well have called it “Street Drive.” Anyway …

Let’s try GRANT.

984
  1. Mary’s Lou
  2. I, or the government, will give you that.
  3. U.S.'s U.S?
985
  1. 2020 Salinger History series
  2. Hugh or Cary
  3. Barry portrayer
986
  1. Hollywood’s Leach
  2. He lies in Riverside Park
  3. Legal conveyance
987
  1. Who’s buried in his tomb?
  2. Kemp’s Mitchell brother
988
  1. Award funds
  2. McCutcheon’s love actually?
  3. Permit
989
  1. First U.S. four-star
  2. Bestow
  3. “Baby Baby” singer Amy
990

Many good ones this round, and it was difficult to judge. Honorable mentions have to go to Gyrate for “Mary’s Lou,” and “U.S.'s U.S.”; and to SunUp for the beautiful simplicity of “Bestow.” But the winner is Panache, for this effort:

If I was solving a puzzle with this clue, I might think that the typesetter made a typo, and it should be, “He lives in Riverside Park.” Then I’d think about neighbourhoods named Riverside Park, and anybody famous who might live there. I was thrown completely off by it.

Well done, Panache, and give us our next word!

991

Thanks, Spoons. I actually revised that clue over a dozen times before I got it right.

Here’s a fun word we haven’t tried:

WOOD

992
  1. Dante’s dark one
  2. Grant to the Chicago Institute of Art?
  3. Framing material
993

Dang, Spoons, those are genius, especially #2.

  1. Pore Jud’s layin’ in it
  2. 3 or 5 in a golf cart?
  3. A.A.'s acres
994
  1. Settlers of Cataan commodity
  2. Plan 9’s Ed
  3. Evil-warding surface
995

Beat me to it with your #2, Knowed_Out. And that #1 is devious…

OK, time to get creative:

  1. Where two roads diverged, per Frost
  2. Termite chow?
  3. With holly, Tinseltown
996

Just to note I’m going to be a bit busy IRL for a while so am bowing out for now, in case panache45 was tempted by my offerings. Didn’t want to leave you hanging.

997

Thanks, Gyrate.

And the winner is:

Your turn, SunUp!

998

Just FYI: It’s “Art Institute of Chicago.”

999

Thanks, pulykamell. Oddly, in spite of having visited that museum, I guess I had a brain fart.

1000

Thanks, panache45. That clue actually started out as “Actors Elijah and Natalie” before about three revisions.

OK, for this round let’s try CRAWL.