LAT Sat. 10/21 Venzke & Daily

[magus]

6 @ 15

 
Window shopper’s buy?   PANE
Comic intro?   SERIO
Hook’s right hand   SMEE

 
Must be tough to get six entries of fifteen letters each in a 15x15 grid.

 
OPRAH and OPAH in the same puzzle!  When she first became famous and when I saw her name, I would always think of the fish --- still do.

 
Uses up one’s minutes, and then some   GABS [took me awhile to get this one and now I know why --- “gabs” does not imply “using up one’s minutes --- and then some.”  It could be a reason as could doing a lot of business, but gabbing is what people do on phones.

NLER

RATING:    Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = No fun

[SJS]

Uses up one’s minutes, and then some   GABS [took me awhile to get this one and now I know why --- “gabs” does not imply “using up one’s minutes --- and then some.”  It could be a reason as could doing a lot of business, but gabbing is what people do on phones.

Yes, but "using up one's minutes" is a reference to cell-phone usage.