Baby Animals.
18-Across. Animated Disney film set in an arcade: WRECK IT RALPH. A KIT is the term used for a baby Fox. Babies of rabbits, raccoons, minks and groundhogs are also referred to as KITs.
25-Across. Hole in an argument: LOGICAL FALLACY. Baby animals that can be called a CALF include cattle, elephants, giraffes, whales, bison, moose, and hippopotamuses.
40-Across. Rock group with flashy outfits: GLAM BAND. A LAMB refers to baby sheep.
53-Across. "Consider this ... ": NOW LET'S SUPPOSE. An OWLET refers to a baby owl.
And the unifier:
64-Across. Feeling like age is just a number, and an apt description of 18-, 25-, 40-, and 53-Across: YOUNG AT HEART. The circles spell out the names of a baby animal which is in the "heart" of the answer.
Across:
1. Asian country that dominates badminton in the Olympics: CHINA.
6. Expert who works with both feet and meters?: POET. Everything you ever wanted to know about poetic feet and meters.
10. Cape __, Massachusetts: COD. Cape Cod is a hook-shaped peninsula in Massachusetts formed by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last ice age. Extending 65 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, the Cape's geography includes diverse features like salt marshes, freshwater ponds, sand dunes, and beaches, all subject to constant change from ocean currents and storms. The Cape has a very interesting cultural history.
13. Clumsy: OAFISH.
15. Sandwich cookies: OREOS. A crossword staple. We learned last Wednesday that the Oreo was preserved in a vault as part of a 2020 publicity stunt.
17. São Paulo salutation: OLÁ. São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil. The city was founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests. It is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world.
20. Brief "I don't need the details!": TMI. Textspeak for Too Much Information.
21. "Peter Pan" pirate: SMEE. This pirate makes frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.
22. In really good condition: FIT.
23. Turkey-roasting aid: BASTER.
29. __ fide: BONA. Today's Latin lesson. The term means In Good Faith and is used to describe something as real, sincere and real.
30. Replacement car: LOANER.
31. In really good condition: LIKE NEW.
34. Letter between zeta and theta: ETA. It's Greek to me.
35. Pass over: SKIP.
39. Notable time: ERA.
43. Boise's st.: IDA. Boise is the capital of Idaho.
44. Ice cream brand: EDY'S. This ice cream brand along with the OREO are frequently the desserts of choice in the puzzles.
46. Night before: EVE.
47. Knocked to the ground: LAID LOW.
49. Rise: ASCENT.
52. Boring: DULL.
58. Pencil end: ERASER.
59. "Oh wow!": GEE.
60. "__ bien!": TRÉS. Very Good! This is today's French Lesson.
63. With 31-Down, "Life of Pi" director: ANG. // 31-Down: See 63-Across: LEE. Lee Ann (b. Oct. 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker and he will celebrate his 71st birthday on Thursday.
68. Rob __ cocktail: ROY. A Rob Roy is a classic cocktail made with Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters, garnished with a maraschino cherry or lemon peel.
69. Writer Proulx: ANNIE. Annie Proulx (née Edna Ann Proulx; b. Aug. 22, 1935) is an American novelist and journalist. She has written many books, but the only one I have ever read is The Shipping News, which takes place in Newfoundland, Canada.
70. Belgrade's country: SERBIA. The Danube River runs through Belgrade.
71. Early Beatle Sutcliffe: STU. Stu Sutcliffe (né Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe; June 23, 1940 ~ Apr. 10, 1962) was the original bass guitarist with the Beatles. In addition to playing guitar, he was a painter, which was one reason he left the band. He began studying art in West Germany. Sadly, he died at age 21 of a brain hemorrhage.
72. Auction cry: SOLD.
73. County of southeast England: ESSEX.
Down:
1. Ranch ruminants: COWS. The baby is a CALF.
2. "No __, no foul": HARM.
3. "Doing all right": I FEEL OKAY. I feel better than just Okay.
4. "Good job!": NICE ONE!
5. Request: ASK.
6. Door: PORTAL.
7. Pop singer Rita: ORA. Rita Ora (née Rita Sahatçiu; b. Nov. 26, 1990 ) makes frequent guest appearances in the puzzles. She was born in Kosovo.
8. Snakelike fish: EEL.
9. Big enchilada: TOP BANANA.
10. Terra-__ tiles: COTTA. Today's Italian lesson. Terra-Cotta is an Italian phrase that means Baked Earth.
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| Terra-cotta warriors in Xi'an. |
11. Native of Veracruz: OLMEC. Technically the OLMEC were an ancient civilization in Mesoamerica, flourishing from approximately 1500 to 300 BCE along the Gulf Coast of Mexico.
12. No-no for a vegan: DAIRY.
14. Classic LP player: HI-FI. Short for High Fidelity sound on a record player.
16. Sedimentary rock: SHALE.
19. __-tac-toe: TIC.
24. Some camera shop buys, for short: SLRs. As in Single Lens Reflex camera.
26. Crew: GANG.
27. "Stay" singer Lisa: LOEB. Lisa Anne Loeb (b. Mar. 11, 1968) first made the music scene with her hit Stay.
28. Like some programming errors: FATAL.
29. Feathered friend: BIRD.
32. Subatomic particles with a negative charge: ELECTRONS.
33. "... amber __ of grain": WAVES. America the Beautiful
36. Core muscles to die for: KILLER ABS.
37. Venerated object: IDOL.
38. Furry foot: PAW.
41. Department store section: MEN'S.
42. First queen of Carthage: DIDO.
45. "Do the Right Thing" pizza place: SAL'S. Do the Right Thing was a 1989 Spike Lee film that addressed racism in Brooklyn. Sal Fragione was the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. Non-Italinan neighbors became upset when they saw that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors.
48. Fluffy cleaners: DUSTERS.
51. Yanked: TUGGED.
53. Approaches: NEARS.
54. "... up to you, though": OR NOT.
55. Japanese cattle breed: WAGYU. Their babies are referred to as 子牛 or Koushi.
56. Word after "chick" or before "hen": PEA. A Chickpea is a legume, also known as a garbanzo bean. A Peahen usually refers to a female peacock.
57. Feathered or furry friends: PETS.
61. Cleveland's lake: ERIE. Whenever I see Erie in the puzzle, I think of our friend Abejo.
62. Lay's chips in a tube: STAX.
65. __, due, tre: UNO. Today's Spanish math.
66. Soccer zero: NIL.
67. Tee-__: HEE.
50-Down. "Toodles!": SEE YA. I will be out next week, but I am confident that you will have a fantastic substitute.
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10 comments:
With the second themed
entry I understood the gimmick, which was important because I would never have gotten “Wagyu” if I hadn’t known what was going on already.
Other than that, it was a pretty easy puzzle.
FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Failed to notice the circles. Failed to read the complete reveal clue. Grrrrr. Failed, but managed to finish cleanly. Seemed difficult for an early week puzzle -- maybe the Prevagen is letting me down. TUGGED is an unpleasant reminder that I'm off for an extraction this morning. I've tried to keep them all, but I'm losing the battle. Thanx, Kieran, Brian, and Hahtoolah. (Enjoy your week off.)
FIR. Ignored the circles completely. They weren't necessary for the solve. Despite that I did notice the baby animals immediately with kit and knew the theme, lame as it was.
We've had wagyu before, so my recollector kicked in and I was able to fill it in. But several answers definitely required well placed perps.
But overall not an enjoyable puzzle.
Did this puzzle “in BONA fide”. …but it was a close one. Almost went with LOEw/GLAMwAND but used the B to cross the answers instead. If I had solved the theme earlier it would have resolved the dilemma easily. “Young’uns”
Inkover: icon/IDOL,
This year is the bicentennial of the ERIE canal.
Didn’t know you put bananas in enchiladas. Have heard the expression “the whole enchilada” to mean “the whole thing” but not this phrase.
Prefer wildebeest meat: ____… LIKE NEW
What is Tabu…. ASCENT
Vote in Reagan and Paul … ELECTRONS
Warning to a confused dog: Don’t let your tail ____ …. WAGYU
Have a nice day
Fairly easy puzzle for the most part. The term "Big Enchilada" is new to me, but TOPBANANA filled in quickly.
My one quibble is LAIDLOW for "knocked to the ground." Typically, one would use "laid out."
"Laid low" usually refers to someone who has gone into hiding.
Took 5:02 today to get out of the CUBicle.
I didn't know the Greek letter, the Veracruz native, the Sao Paolo greeting, the English county, the Carthage queen, or today's writer (Annie), but I knew uno and the singers (Loeb and Ora) - Ora only from crossword puzzles.
I'll take a CSO at Lake Erie.
Oh joy, circles!
A nice straightforward puzzle with a few challenges along the way to make it fun.
Gimmes - We have friends who raise WAGYU beef cattle here and supply local farm to table restaurants
When I was in high school I was a part of an ensemble that sometimes sang at local community groups. Some of them were senior citizens, so we learned the song "YOUNG AT HEART" which was always a big hit. My favorite name of one of them was The XYZ club - for Xtra Years of Zest"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMLbBcTfi-c
We have been trying to catch up on movies in our personal black hole of culture (late 80s to early 90s when I was in med school/residency/babies with no VCR) and recently watched "Do the Right Thing", so SAL'S was recent in the memory banks. Such a heart-wrenching movie.
Thanks Susan for the fun blog and Kieran & Brian for the puzzle
p.s. The director is ANG LEE - not the other way around
FIR, but ascend->ASCENT.
Bob Seger had a big hit with Feel Like a Number.
Ha2la, I think your thoughts may already be focused on enjoying your next venture. A "pea hen" isn't (at least correctly) known as a female peacock, but it is often called a peafoul. Nice birds. And " __, due, tre": for UNO is today's Italian lesson. But thanks for the always-fun review. I especially liked the dog quiz. And thanks to Kieran and Brian for the fun puzzle. I thought it was Tuesday-easy with convenient perps for the stuff I didn't know.
After filling WRECK IT RALPH (never heard of it), the puzzle was a sprint until I got to DIDO. Other than Hannibal, my knowledge of Carthage is NIL. YOUNG AT HEART was also filled by perps, and I looked at the clue and went back to see the young animals.
Rita ORA and Lisa LOEB- Thanks for the pictures as I've always wondered what those crossword staples looked like. I learned long ago to NOT look up anything on the internet unless you want to be inundated with articles and ads about that person, place, or item.
STAX- I remember a lawsuit between Fito-LAY and Procter & Gamble about P&G's claim Pringles were 'potato chips. They weren't, because they only contained 42% potato and they weren't 'chips' of potatoes
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