Balked at VIOLET RAY because wth is that? Had LOAN for LEND, as I always always do ( 55D: Supply temporarily). It mostly drifted into the mists of yore. Abnerspeak (or "Dogpatch") is an old crossword standby. Was just looking at an old collection of "Li'l Abner" in the bookstore yesterday, thinking "Who the hell reads this?" And here we are with PAPPY. When BAR didn't work at 25A: Place for drinks, my brain just refused to see PUB, even with the -UB in there. Mostly it was a breeze, but I had weird blanking moments. I had a lot of little trouble in this grid. Annnnnnnyway, nice to see the duo's name today. I went to Pomona College with Emily Saliers' sister, Carrie. Saw them live twice when I was in college-once in Edinburgh, opening for 10,000 Maniacs then again, headlining at the Pantages in L.A. They were charming, and I have always enjoyed their music. INDIGO GIRLS is a smug little insidery wink (NYT loves those)-the INDIGO GIRLS were featured in the documentary "Wordplay" (2005) as one of a handful of celebrity solvers (including pitcher Mike Mussina, president Bill Clinton, and comedian Jon Stewart). Hoping for slightly more adventurous and ambitious stuff tomorrow. Teeters at times, but mostly stays upright. The fill here is acceptable but no better. ? That is a long, grim, bygone way to go to get VIOLET RAY. At least a YELLOW LIGHT is a thing people know. VIOLET RAY is almost painfully literal, in that its first word is the color and the second word relates to light. The girls aren't actually indigo, though. The peels are orange, the birds are blue. Pretty literal, pretty basic, pretty bland. Well yes those are the colors of a RAINBOW.
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