Reveal: 67. "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle: TL;DR. TOO LONG; DIDN'T READ. //Monday was a spoiler :-(
When writing a long memo, just start off with The TL;DR (Executive Summary) and give 'em the skinny.
The Themers today builds the acronym's meaning (and Monday's 5d):
17. Like an amazing and fortuitous circumstance that can't possibly exist, despite an initial promising appearance [67-Across: Suspiciously awesome]: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
26. Metaphor for the legal system that implies a criminal cannot hide or escape from that system's vast resources and unparalleled authority [67-Across: Police jurisdiction]: LONG ARM OF THE LAW.
(Do I link Kenny Rogers or Styx's Renegade?)
I went with Kenny - I love the Judge's sentence for Billy
42. Was as successful and enjoyable as early conjecture and predictions suggested it would be [67-Across: Met expectations]: DIDN'T DISAPPOINT.
51. Declaration from a person playing poker in a situation where the opponents think they have it in the bag [67-Across: "I win!"]: READ 'EM AND WEEP.
Wait, what? Five Aces? Eat Lead.
Cute build to the theme for a breezy Wednesday outing. Also note, each Theme fill and [bracketed hint - nice touch] is the TL;DR for the very wordy clues. Thanks Chase, Jeff, & Patti.
Across:
1. Wet dirt: MUD. Clear as my theme explanation, right? :-)
4. Biblical saying: PROVERB.
11. Fave pal: BFF. Best Friend Forever.
14. Sushi-grade tuna: AHI.
15. Pen with bright ink: HI-LITER.
16. Hoppy brew: ALE.
17. [see: Theme].
20. Pulsate: THROB.
21. Junior: SON.
Son, I said son.
22. Gave a leg up to: AIDED.
23. Actress Vardalos: NIA. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (even though she's Canadian) actress who came up through Second City (Chicago). Her WikiP.
25. 24/7 cash source: ATM. Automatic Teller Machine machine //from the Redundancy Department of Redundancy.
26. [see: Theme]
35. Unlock, poetically: OPE'.
36. Director Kubrick: STANLEY. [WikiP] Nothing but classic movies under his belt. For my money, I'll see Dr. Strangelove, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, or A Clockwork Orange again.
37. Wall St. debut: IPO. Initial Public Offering.
38. Plot portion: ACRE.
40. Feel bad about: RUE.
41. Successor: HEIR.
42. [see: Theme]
47. Mogul: TYCOON.
48. South Seas wrap: SARONG.
49. WC: LAV. Water Closet - LAVatory.
50. "i" topper: DOT. Dot your i's and cross your t's & zeds.
51.[see: Theme]
58. Game show creator Griffin: MERV. Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are still on the air.
59. Pesto herb: BASIL. There is nothing better than basil pesto with angel-hair pasta.
Jamie Oliver is too afraid of garlic.
60. Broad valley: DALE. Hi Lucina!
62. Brink: EDGE.
63. Joint above a foot: ANKLE. Most of our joints are - pick one. //Not to be confused with a 13" Cheech MARIN [29d] doobie.
2. "Yikes!": UH OH. Pop says UH OH was the first phrase I uttered every time he screwed up. Apparently, I was a little-rat.
3. Designer Christian: DIOR.
4. Fears: PHOBIAS.
5. Kia sedan: RIO.
6. Cutlass sedan, e.g.: OLDS. Nice callback.
7. Corleone patriarch: VITO. Hey! We no discuss business this early.
8. Henry VI's school: ETON.
9. Hoops stat: REB. Rebounds.
10. Whispery in tone: BREATHY. Why don't you go up and see her sometime?
11. Poet: BARD. There was once one upon Avon.
12. Fireplace shaft: FLUE.
13. Farm store bagful: FEED.
18. Large flat bell: GONG. Lynne Griffin (no relation to Merv (that I can find)) co-designed the set for the GONG Show.
19. Proctor's shout: TIME.
Student comes in late to the lecture hall for his final. He picks up a blue-book from the professor's desk and gets to writing his exam. The prof. calls TIME but the tardy student just keeps furiously writing.
I said, "TIME!"
As the prof begins to pack up all the blue-books, the student comes forward with his hastily written essay.
"Sorry, SON [see: 21a]. I called TIME 10 minutes ago and I won't accept your exam."
"Do you know who I am? Or who my father is?," the student asks with airs.
Not to be belittled, the professor responds, "No I don't. And frankly I don't give a damn."
"Good!," exclaims the student as he places his essay in the middle of the pile.
24. Graffiti, e.g.: ART. It's in the eye of the beholder.
25. Dined: ATE.
26. Laundry batch: LOAD.
27. Footnote kin of ibid.: OPCIT. Cit'd earlier.
28. Geeky: NERDY.
29. Cheech of Cheech & Chong: MARIN. "It's me, Dave, man. Open up."
Tommy Chong Explains
30. Obligation: ONUS. I was obliged to link the above video.
31. Canine pests: FLEAS.
32. Occupy, as a bed: LIE IN.
33. Copying: APING.
34. Saint-John's-__: herbal remedy: WORT.
39. Closed-off districts: ENCLAVES.
41. Derided from the stands: HOOTED AT. A step above a Bronx Cheer.
43. Pond critter: TOAD.
44. Option for soap or ice cream: DOVE BAR.
45. Ping-Pong and canoeing needs: PADDLES.
46. Boat's front: PROW.
51. Ctrl+Y action: REDO. For Mac users, it's Command-Shift-Z (which makes sense 'cuz CMD-z == undo)
52. "By that logic ... ": ERGO. Ergo, the professor didn't know who's exam it was.
//That was the crux of the joke above. Took Pop a second to get it. :-)
53. __-pedi: MANI. Lucina can fill you in.
54. Requests: ASKS.
55. Giza's river: NILE.
56. __ Grey tea: EARL. R.I.P. Abejo.
57. Implored: PLED.
58. Country singer Tillis: MEL.
61. Musician's gift: EAR.
There you have it folks. Here's the TL;DR:
WOs: N/A
ESP: OPE' Fav: Cheech MARIN. Up in Smoke was one of the first R-Rated films I ever saw (I was 9yrs?) -- I laughed my butt off even though I probably didn't get half the jokes.
A while back, I used TL;DR in this blog's comment section and, IIRC, TTP hadn't seen it before. So, thanks C.C. for picking me to expo this aptly themed grid.
Now, it's up to y'all to comment and don't be TOO LONG that we DON'T READ :-)
Today Chase's theme schools us in a bit of "circular reasoning", something
he apparently learned as a math major in college. So we don't get
too lost, we'll start with the reveal and the grid.
37A. Places with guards, and what can be found six times in this puzzle:
SCHOOL CROSSINGS. Does your
school district have formal training for its
crossing guards? The splash video above will give you some tips about how they operate.
The
"six times" Chase refers to are the 6 circles in the grid where the
answers to 10 theme clues intersect. The answer to each of the themers
has a double-meaning with the second being a type of school. Thus we have 10SCHOOL CROSSINGS:
Here are the themers:
1D. Captivate: CHARM. To entice. Or a CHARM SCHOOL, aka a
finishing school
for teaching "social graces" to young women. I think young men might
need them more.
23A. T-shirt size: Abbr.: MED. Baltimore has 2 top flight MEDSCHOOLS: at
Johns Hopkins University and the University of MD.
I use to work as a lab tech at both and in IT at the latter.
7D.
Sous-chef's work: PREP. The character Everton in the"Chef"clip at 1A below is a sous-chef. Or an abbreviation for an academic finishing school, i.e. a
college PREParatory SCHOOL.
10D. Not
permanent: ACTING. Someone filling a position temporarily or until they are officially confirmed. OTOH, if you're
interested in getting your name in lights,
here are the 25 top
ACTING SCHOOLS in the world.
55D. Swap: TRADE. Barter. OTOH a TRADE SCHOOL, (also known as a technical or vocational school) is
a post-secondary educational institution designed to train students for
a specific job in a skilled trade career. They are generally far less
costly than 4 year college programs and depending on the specialty can
pay very well (had any plumbing work done lately?). Here are some programs in the Maryland area.
53A. "How Great Thou
__": ART. "How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on an original Swedish hymn. It is often sung at
funerals. For those who'd like to hear it, here's a powerful performance by CW singer Carrie Underwood
(make sure you get out your hankies!). OTOH an
ART SCHOOL is a place to hone the skills needed for fine arts professions such as painting,
sculpting, graphic design or teaching art. The
Maryland Institute College of Art, aka "MICA" (see also 62A ) is the Baltimore school where
some of my ceramics teachers studied.
46D. Dead Sea Scrolls
language: HEBREW.
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem
has an exhibit of the scrolls and their relationship to the Hebrew
Bible. A HEBREWSCHOOL, also called a
Yeshiva is a Jewish parochial school that does much more than just teach the Hebrew
language.
58A. Air conditioner setting:
HIGH. AC setting these days in many parts of the country, or a HIGH SCHOOL for grades 9-12, unless your district has Middle
schools for grades 7-9.
60. "Literature in a hurry," per Matthew
Arnold: JOURNALISM.
Matthew Arnold
(24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic
who worked as an inspector of schools. I think that Arnold expected
journalism to be something that it was never intended to be. But according
to this author,
that is no reason why journalism can't be well written. Here's a review of 12 US JOURNALISM SCHOOLS
that can improve the odds of that happening. The rise of the Internet
has seen the advent of a lot of amateur journalists, not always to good
effect.
IMHO, sussing the theme from just the reveal would have been tricky
without the circles, especially the 4 schools above and beyond the 6
implied
in the reveal (a red herring if I ever saw one). That said I think
this puzzle was very clever and its construction, with or without
circles,
must have been a real bear.
Here are the rest of the clues:
Across:
1. Stylish eatery word: CHEZ. A pretentious way of saying "at the
house of" and today's premier
leçon français.
This reminds me of the hilarious BBC series "Chef!" about Le Chateau Anglais,
a French restaurant in the English countryside. The Chef is
Gareth Blackstock, played by comedian Lenny Henry, as a talented,
arrogant, tyrannical obsessive who has endlessly inventive insults for his
staff, unknowing customers, and almost anyone else he encounters. Here
he locks horns with his wife Janice over the price of turkeys (2:18
min):
5. Irish icon, informally: ST PAT.
A storied saint, who seems to be the patron of crossword puzzle constructors.
His feast day is March 17th, a good day to plant peas, or so the story
goes.
14. "Buenos días": HOLA. Today's Spanish lesson, and a
double CSO to Lucina!
15. Google __: EARTH. Brought to you by the creators of Blogger,
Google Earth
is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based
primarily on satellite imagery (see also 9D). The program maps the Earth by superimposing
satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing
users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Here's a snippet
from a Google Earth view of the LA Times roof (if you look closely you can just
make out Patti's office on the top floor right Corner):
LA Times Offices 11th Street NW
16. Bit of thunder: CLAP. Please hold your applause (or raspberries) until
I'm finished.
17. Roguish: ARCH. I don't think our Archbishop is. He
seems like a nice person to me.
20. Shower unit?: RAINDROP. Technically speaking it would be an
H2O molecule.
22. Litmus reddeners: ACIDS. And BASES make litmus paper
bluer. Litmus papers indicate whether a solution is ACIDIC (e.g.
Hydrochloric acid) or BASIC (e.g. Lye):
But these are "either/or" tests. If you need to determine the
specific degree of ACIDITY or BASICITY (aka
alkalinity), then you need to determine
its pH, a scale with a range of 1 (most acidic) to 14 (most
alkaline). Rather than a simple binary
RED/BLUE response, pH paperssuch as the product shown below, give you a reading of
the specific pH. This is very useful, e.g. for testing the soil of a vegetable garden.
Most garden vegetables like a pH of about 7, but some have specific
preferences. pH can also be tested electronically. Here's some
information on
pH testers for gardens.
25. Before thou know'st: ANON Also a famous and very
prolific author.
26. Unexpected blessing: GODSEND. A
Deus ex Machina, or one of these ...?
28. Places to get in shape: GYMS.
32. Corp. shuffle: REORG. This happened to me a couple of
times. One minute you're IN THE LOOP, the next you're not.
35. Half of deux: UNE. Two divided by two = one and today'sdeuxième leçon français.
36. Small battery: AAA.
42. Old tape type: VHS.
43. "Shine a Little Love" band, familiarly: ELO. The
Electric Light Orchestra
(or at least their acronym) is a favorite of puzzle constructors. Here's
the song and
lyrics
(4:12 min):
44. Joplin's "Me and Bobby __": MCGEE.
Janis Lyn Joplin
(January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970 - sadly
a member of the 27 club) was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely
known female rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful
mezzo-soprano vocals and "electric" stage presence. She started out as
lead singer for Big Brother and the Holding Company and rose to fame
after playing at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Here's my favorite
(3:31 min),
lyrics:
45. "Hunny" bear: POOH. One of the great things about being
a grandparent is getting to watch all of those old shows over again (and over,
and over ...!)
Pooh and his hunny
47. Flub, as an easy grounder: MISPLAY.
50. Kitchen initialism popularized by Rachael Ray: EVOO. A
frequent ingredient in crossword puzzles because of its high vowel
content.
Here's everything you'd want to know about extra virgin olive oil . The freshly pressed olive oil we once bought at an olive grove in the
Texas hill country actually had a peppery taste, unlike any we've had
since.
52. West Coast NFL team, on scoreboards: LAR. Los Angeles
Rams.
56. Plane area: CABIN.
58. Big blow: HAYMAKER.
62. Layered mineral: MICA. When I was about 12 I found a very large piece of MICA
in a gully. It appeared very exotic and extraordinarily different
from anything I'd ever seen before (12 year olds are easily impressed).
Here is the transparent variety
of the mineral (known as Muscovite), large sheets of which were used in
the past as windows in furnaces and horse drawn carriages:
68. Levelheaded: SANE. From the Latin
sanus "sound, healthy".
More etymology.
Down:
2. Goddesses of the seasons: HORAE. As the Greeks recognized only
three seasons: spring, summer, and autumn, there were only three main HORAE,
but there were others who represented the "natural positions of time".
Their naming and genealogy seems a bit complicated.
3. Iberian folk hero: EL CID.
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
(c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain.
Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned
the Arabic honorific al-sīd, which would evolve into
El Cid ("the lord"), and the Spanish moniker El Campeador ("the
champion"). By all accounts he was a remarkable warrior and a master
strategist and tactician.
El Cid
4. Journalist Paula: ZAHN.
Paula Ann Zahn
(/zɑːn/; born February 24, 1956) is an American journalist and newscaster who has
been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. She currently
produces and hosts the true crime documentary series
On the Case with Paula Zahn
on the Investigation Discovery channel. And a CSO to Husker.
Paula Zahn
5. Get sore: SEERED. SEETHED wouldn't fit, but
"Singed" would have fit as a clue.
6. Claws: TALONS. The weapon of choice of
birds of prey. Here's everyone's favorite raptor on this side of the pond:
American Bald Eagle
8. NCR device: ATM.
NCR Corporation, previously known as National Cash Register, is an American software,
consulting and technology company providing several professional services and
electronic products. It manufactures self-service kiosks, point-of-sale
terminals, automated teller machines, cheque processing systems, and
barcode scanners.
9. Highest mountain range outside of Asia: THE ANDES. They may
not be the highest in the world, but they are the longest. You can display them from Google Earth by clicking on this link (if you're prompted for which app to use, click on Earth) Zoom in and rotate the globe with your mouse if you like. Don't forget to take along some oxygen! [NOTE: running this on a smartphone requires the Google Earth app].
The Andes Mountain Range
11. Pleased: GLAD.
12. Hearing things: EARS.
13. View: SPY.
19. Sgt. or cpl.: NCO.
Non Commissioned Officer.
21. Khal __ of "Game of Thrones": DROGO. This is all about
Jason Momoa, who played Drogo. This is all about
Drogo.
Khal Drogo
25. Dating profile word?: ANNO. Swipe right if you thought
this was a Kinder reference?
26. Miracle-__: GRO. My father swore by it. We like the
kinder, gentler organic fertilizer Epoma Garden Tone:
27. Continental capital: EUROS. Dollar wouldn't fit, so it
couldn't have been Australia.
30. World of Warcraft class: MAGE.
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)
released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. A mage (also called
magus, magician or wizard) is a
damage-dealing spell-caster. Scary looking!
Mage Crest
31. Enc. for a 32-Down: SASE. Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.
32. Invitation letters: RSVP. Répondez š'il Vous Plaît.
"Please respond". The troisième leçon français.
33. Zoom meeting annoyance: ECHO. LAG was too short.
34. Extremely: OH SO.
38. Beyoncé album and film of 2016: LEMONADE. A CSO to our
Corner Historian. Also
the sixth studio album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on April 23, 2016 and was accompanied by a 65-minute film
of the same title. It's her second "visual album" and also a concept album with
a song cycle that relates her emotional journey after her husband's
infidelity. I was not familiar with her work and found it
impressive. Here's the first track, Pray You Catch Me (3:16 min);
lyrics:
39. Award named for a Muse: CLIO. The Clio Awards (also
simply known as the Clios) is
an annual award program
that recognizes innovation and creative excellence in advertising, design, and
communication. The program was named for Clio,
the Greek Muse of history. I'm not sure what the connection is, but I think they could put a
little more "creative excellence" into their logo:
40. Insincere flattery: SMARM. I suspect we'd see a lot of
this at the 39D awards ceremonies.
41. Less than friendly: ICY. The 39D losers would probably
be ICY.
48. Red Cross supply: PLASMA.
PLASMA is one of 4 major components of the blood. IIRC you can donate plasma only and get your
RED CELLS back, if you don't mind waiting for them to spin the whole blood down and
transfuse the cells back into your system.
49. Nonprofessional: LAYMAN.
51. "The Voice of the Dodgers" Scully: VIN.
Vincent Edward Scully
(November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022), the announcer for the Dodgers for
67 (!!!) series. And not just their voice, but "The voice of
baseball". We lost him just a little over two weeks ago.
Vin Scully 1985
Listen to him narrate some of the openings of some classic World Series
...
53. Director Kurosawa: AKIRA.
Akira Kurosawa
(March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998)
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career
spanning over five decades. He is regarded as one of the most important and
influential filmmakers in film history.
Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo, became the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at
the 1951 Venice Film Festival. Kurosawa, is probably best known as the creator
of the
Seven Samurai, which was later adapted in the American western The Magnificent Seven.
Akira Kurosawa on the set of the Seven Samurai 1953
54. Intel mission: RECON.
56. Last name of both "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" filmmakers:
COEN. Favorite directors of crossword constructors.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a 2018 American Western
anthology film written, directed, and produced by the Coen brothers. It had a
limited theatrical release, being primarily intended for Netflix television (this one flew under my radar scope)
and features six vignettes that take place on the American frontier.
Here's the trailer:
57. Wheels: AUTO. Components of a noun used as its synonym.
And thanks as always to Teri for proof reading and for her constructive
suggestions.
Cheers,
Bill
Chase Dittrich, you are invited to post anything you'd like to share about this puzzle,
its evolution, the theme, or whatever, in the Comments section below. We'd love to hear from you.
Saturday Themeless by Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen
Chase with Tiny Tina and JB
My research shows that Chase has had three solo Tuesday puzzles in the LA Times but today he teams up with a familiar mentor, Jeff Chen, for this entertaining themeless entry. Hmmm...a guy who was a math major and likes kitties and crosswords? I can dig it!
Hi Gary!
Since I’m the one writing this, and for once Jeff can’t comment, I’ll just assume what he would have said.
Jeff: “Despite less time in the field, Chase is by far the better constructor. He’s superior in every way and is definitely better at tennis and trivia. I probably owe him several beers.”
Wow, thanks Jeff. That means a lot.
As for this puzzle, the seed was THE QUEENS GAMBIT – it also happens to have my favorite clue. I loved the show and wanted to pay some homage to it, so I teamed up with Jeff since this was my first themeless attempt (we’ve made about a dozen or so puzzles together at this point)
It’s funny that we ended up with STOP AT NOTHING being the other long entry, because that’s the revealer to another puzzle Jeff and I made around the same time. I think we likely had the phrase on our minds when we built this.
Despite Jeff’s lavish praise above, the man is a humble pro and knows good fill. As a relative rookie, I tend to still want to justify some questionable fill here and there, but he won’t have it. In the end I was very happy with how this came out. I hope solvers enjoy it!
I've included a photo of me with my two cats and our Patriots blanket...and if you look hard enough you just might find JC.
Personal info:I grew up in Maine and majored in
Amazon Hdqrs Seattle
math at Trinity College (please don't test my math skills), then joined the Marine Corps and got out as a Captain in 2013. Headed off to Columbia Business School and moved out to LA for a logistics job at a video game company. And I just started work as a Program Manager at Amazon in Seattle (coincidentally the same city Jeff lives in!). Been here two months.
Across:
1. Gets debriefed?: STRIPS - High school nightmare
15. Hot sauce with a rooster logo: SRIRACHA - A type of hot sauce or chili sauce made from a paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar, and salt. One report has it that the sauce was first produced by a Thai woman named Thanom Chakkapak in the town of Si Racha (or Sriracha, Thailand)
16. __ Ravenclaw, founder of a Hogwarts house: ROWENA - Here ya go
17. Like one who can't even hit an easy pitch: TONE DEAF.
18. Matter makeup: ATOMS.
19. Galoot: LOUT.
20. Like some humor or meat: DARK. Here is some DARK humor from Sara Bernhardt using both words 48. Care: MIND
21. Causes: WHYS and 29. Behave: ACT. - We teachers can see how kids ACT but we have to determine the WHYS that generate that behavior.
22. Conciliatory gestures: SOPS - Usually too little, too late
23. "Enemy of the State" org.: NSA
National Security Agency movie that got a 78% on Rotten Tomatoes
24. Snacks on: HAS.
25. They circle worlds: EQUATORS - As you can see, Apollo 15 and 17 landed quite a ways north of the Moon's EQUATOR
30. Stopped working, as an engine: QUIT.
31. Celebratory bar buys: ROUNDS - After my hole-in-one, I bought a single ROUND
35. Miniseries given a 5-star rating (out of 6) by Magnus Carlsen: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT - A fortuitous discovery by me on Netflix and a seed entry for Chase.
38. Croatia neighbor: SERBIA - Europe's reaction to an assassination by a young SERBIAN in 1914 was WWI.
39. Autumn gemstone: OPAL.
40. Carrier to Osaka: ANA.
41. Wide receiver, historically: SPLIT END - Player X is a SPLIT END. He is on the line but is SPLIT out wide. Player Y is a tight END because he is right next to the rest of the line.
43. Scuba diver's item: FIN.
44. Name-linking trio: AKA - Zhouqin Also Known As C.C.
53. Exam involving a pupil: IRIS SCAN - No password needed
55. Lake on the California/Arizona border: HAVASU - The city paid $10M to have the London Bridge dismantled, shipped and reconstructed at Lake HAVASU. It is now the second most popular tourist attraction in Arizona after The Grand Canyon.
1. Boaters, e.g.: STRAW HATS - Boaters and the wonderful Buffalo Bills!
2. Canine woe: TOOTHACHE - Oh, the ones next to my incisors
3. Shucked edible: RAW OYSTER - In land-locked Nebraska we shuck raw corn
4. Express lane sign word: ITEMS
5. Source of some black and blue marks: PENS
6. Java __: SEA - If you fly from Indonesia to Borneo, you will fly over the Java SEA
7. "Remembrance of Things Past" author: PROUST - A seven-volume work whose original title was In Search Of Lost Time (À la Recherche Du Temps Perdu) but became Remembrance Of Things Past when translated from the French.
9. Dr. without a degree: DRE.
10. Actress Cheryl: LADD.
11. Indian __: OCEAN - A more familiar body of water than the JAVA Sea
12. Seals in the juices of: CHARS.
13. "All language is but a poor translation" author: KAFKA - Semantics was a college course that changed my life and annoyed my girl friend
15. Do whatever it takes: STOP AT NOTHING
19. Disney duck: LOUIE - I'll bet you know Donald Duck's other two nephews as well
22. Delighted sound: SQUEAL.
25. Furnish: EQUIP.
26. Hearts, e.g.: ORGANS - Last month modified pig heart was transplanted into this 57-yr-old man. Results are still unknown but twenty people per day die waiting for a heart transplant
27. "The BFG" author Dahl: ROALD - The story of a Big Friendly Giant and a ten-yr-old girl
32. Bulls dominated them in the '90s: NBA FINALS - Michael Jordan "retired" for the '94 - '95 seasons
33. China can be found in one: DINING SET.
34. Humdingers: STANDOUTS
36. Montana et al.: Abbr.: QBS - Signed Joe Montana helmets
37. Arrival time factor: SPEED - I just calculated that I can get to Lincoln one minute and fifteen seconds faster at 74 mph instead of the legal 70 mph
42. Kitchen prep spot: ISLAND.
44. It may check out: ALIBI - Did OJ's ALIBI check out? Google at will
45. Arabic holy book: KORAN.
46. Breed in "Hachi: A Dog's Tale": AKITA.
48. Dolly user: MOVER.
0. Part of Caesar's boast: I SAW - "Veni, vidi, Comedi" "I Came, I SAW, I Ate"
51. Toon lion voiced by Jeremy Irons: SCAR.
Life imitating art?
52. Grunt wear: CAMO.
54. Sellout letters: SRO - Standing Room Only tickets for Husker VB are not cheap! Every one of the 8,500 seats for every match are already sold. They are one of two college VB programs that actually make money
55. Method: HOW.
* From 59 Across: The correct question for "Three-razzie winner" is "What was The Love Guru?". BTW, it lost $20M and Mike Myers hasn't made a movie of his own since
