Friday, December 26, 2025, Joe Rodini

Good Morning, Cruciverbalists.  Malodorous Manatee here with the recap of a Friday Puzzle by Joe Rodini.  Unlike the puzzle of two weeks ago, the theme of this one is quite straightforward.  Let's start with the reveal (and the clue even uses that word - nice touch):

38 Across . Revealing garment, or how to make 17-, 23-, 49-, and 53-Across match their clues: CROP TOP.

A CROP TOP is a sleeveless or short-sleeved garment that is cut short to show the midriff.  However, in the case of todays puzzle we are required to crop, as in to cut or remove, the letters T O P (or the word TOP, if you prefer) from four filled-in answers in order to make that fill properly answer its respective clue.

17 Across.  Can't and won't: CONTRACTOPTIONS.  Contract Options being an acceptable term for choices in an agreement.  However, crop the top, and we are left with CONTRACTIONS.  Can't, of course being a contraction for can not and won't being a colloquial contraction for will not.

23 Across.  Respectful title in "Bridgerton": TOPHERGRACE.  Topher Grace is an actor who was in That 70's Show (among other gigs).  Crop the top and we are left with the title HER GRACE - a form of address for royalty.

49 Across.  Tribute band's set list: COVERTOPS.  Covert Ops (operations) are a form of intel gathering.  Crop the top and we are left with COVERS.  When a band plays a song that was popularized by another band it is called a COVER of that song.  Below, the Grateful Dead at Woodstock performing a COVER of Merle Haggard's song "Momma Tried".

53 Across.  Decorator'ssamples: STOPWATCHES.  SWATCHES  A stop watch is a timer.  Crop the top and pieces of cloth, or SWATCHES, appear.

 

This is how things appear in the grid:

Here are the rest of the clues and answers:

Across:

1. Personal space, perhaps: BLOG.     A BLOG is a website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal where readers may comment on posts.  Does this sound familiar?

5. 1950s politico Stevenson: ADLAI.

10. Wax-coated cheese: EDAM.  Often eaten in our puzzles.

14. All that's left of a spent apple: CORE.  Spent as in used up.  Apple, Inc (the giant tech company paid Apple, Corps (the Beatles company) over $600,000,000 to settle a trademark dispute.

15. Rings up: DIALS.  A reference to the days when telephones looked like this:

16. Chianti o pinot grigio: VINO.  Lezione di italiano di oggi.  Chianti and Pinot grigio are both wines.  VINO in Italian.

20. Absolut rival: STOLI.   A vodka reference.

21. Actor Watanabe: KEN.  Ken Watanabe's Wiki page

22. Call off a romance: END IT.  Weird Al said it best:

26. Oracle: SEER.  A man goes to consult a SEER.  He knocks on the door and from the inside the seer shouts "Who is it?"  Disillusioned, the man walks away.

27. "__ all adults here": WE'RE.  We are?

28. Jelly bean dispenser opening: SLOT.  Remember these?

31. Reiteration opening: I SAID.  Anything I say here will be redundant.

33. Take off politely: DOFF.

37. Babe: HON.  Terms of endearment.

40. __ culpa: MEA.  Literally, my fault or my mistake.

41. Eco-friendly beauty brand: AVEDA.  Known to this solver only through crosswords.

43. To the __ degree: NTH.

44. "Army of Darkness" director Sam: RAIMI.

46. Insulation resistance tester's unit: MEGOHM.  MEG - is a slightly shortened prefix for mega, which is 1x10 6; - OHM is the basic unit of resistance, which is represented by the Greek letter omega (Ω). A megohm, therefore, is an impedance measurement that represents one million OHMs.

48. Doorway: PORTAL.  To another dimension?

55. Photo session: SHOOT.  A bit of slang derived from "to shoot a photograph".  The verb morphs into a noun.

57. Half and half?: ONE.  Basic math

58. Put into effect: ENACT.  As, for example, a law.

61. Sliced fruit in some salads: PEARS.

62. Metric weights, casually: KGS.  Kilograms.  Kilo, or sometimes "ki" (pronounced key),  was a word commonly heard in the '60s.

63. Florida city that hosts an annual Pirate Festival: TAMPA.

64. Shows curiosity: ASKS.  Why didn’t 4 ASK out 5?  Because he was 2²

65. Match component: SET.  A tennis reference - game, SET, match.

66. Sudden and jarring transition: LEAP.  As in "a LEAP of faith".

Down:

1. Covertly includes on an email: BCCS.  Blind Carbon Copy.  Remember carbon paper?

2. Booty: LOOT.  Buttocks would not fit.

3. "Welp, never mind": OR NOT.

4. "Amscray!": GET LOST.

5. Orthodontist's org.: ADA.

6. Hall of Famer Eric who was NFL rushing yards leader four times in the 1980s: DICKERSON.  A football reference.

7. "Peace": LATER.  Both are slang for "goodbye".

8. Accompanied by: ALONG WITH.

9. Web gateway co.: ISP.  Internet Service Provider

10. Made plain to see: EVINCED.

11. Part of LED: DIODE.  Light Emmitting DIODE.  As in LED lamps.

12. Years of Caesar's reign: ANNI.  Latin for years.

13. Guinness superlative: MOST.  A reference not to the stout (beer) but to:

18. Stinky: RIPE.  Slang

19. Wardrobe malfunction: TEAR.  Wardrobe malfunction is a term (and a bit of a euphemism) popularized by an incident involving Janet Jackson.

NSFW ?

24. Beneficiary: HEIR.

25. Mulligan: REDO.  The use has broadened from the origin in golf where a mulligan is a  shot not counted as part of the score, granted sometimes in informal play after a poor shot is made.

28. Ersatz: SHAM.  Which alcoholic drink can give you the illusion that you're hurt?  Sham-pain.

29. Not just fancy: LOVE.  Fancy as in the British English sense - to like something.

30. Universal donor's type, briefly: O-NEG.  A reference to blood typing.

32. Germane: APT.  Fitting.

34. Leave out: OMIT.

35. Disaster relief org.: FEMA.

36. Come to nothing: FAIL.  What is it called when your knee transplant FAILs?  Irony.

38. Partnership, informally: CAHOOTS.  As in "to be in CAHOOTS with someone".

39. Oracle: PROPHET.  ‘Atheism is a non-prophet organization.’ - George Carlin

42. __ Without Borders: DOCTORS.  A reference to the group providing charity medical care around the world.

45. Tottenham's opponent in the North London derby: ARSENAL.  A soccer reference.

47. Letters for a GOAT, perhap: MVP.  Goat, in this case does not refer to an animal.  Greatest Of All Time = Most Valuable Player

48. Abbreviation that refers to many racial identities: POC.  Person Of  Color

50. Tree hut dwellers on Endor: EWOKS.  A "Star Wars" reference.

51. Kitchen fixture: RANGE.  Something you might use to provide the heat for cooking.

52. Statistical tool for comparing means: T-TEST.  All You Might Want To Know

53. Water down, say: SOAK.

54. "Me too": SAME.

55. Self-care destination: SPA.

56. Chaps: HES.  Not what a cowgirl might wear.  Chaps being slang for men.

59. Busy bee in Apr.: CPA.  Certified Public Accountant

60. Draft source: TAP.  In this clue it is a reference to beer as in  "cold beer on TAP"

Well, that will wrap things up for this Friday.  A belated Merry Christmas to all and, if Tom Lehrer is correct about when to start plugging a song, then today would be the day to start:

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Friday, December 19, 2025 - Samantha Podos Nowak

 Theme:  Addition can sometimes be better than subtraction ... OR ... am I adding or losing some (L)B's?

Puzzling thoughts:

First, this is my last recap/blog of 2025.  Second, since we are one week before Christmas, my recap today will be more brief than usual

Now, with regards to today's puzzle, this is not the first Samantha Podos Nowak puzzle I've blogged. One of her earlier efforts was a collaboration with LAT assistant editor, Katie Hale.  Samantha, like I, came into constructing puzzles after/during the Covid pandemic.  In fact, she and I both had a puzzle that ran the same day (her's at WSJ and mine at LAT) but that's just a coincidence ...

Today's puzzle has an interesting theme, based on a famous line in a Shakespeare play:

36-across. Soliloquy dilemma, and a phonetic hint to 17-, 25-, 51-, and 61-Across: TO BE OR NOT TO BE.  I checked a few sources, and surprisingly this entry has not been seen in a published xword puzzle in almost a decade, and obviously, not used with this set of entries:

17-across. "Pencils, down!" for one: TIMBERLINE. The "Be(B)" or Not to Be(B") is highlighted in the entry.  Use the B and the entry means - literally - the upper limit of tree growth (usually in mountainous regions).  Such as this:

But if you eliminate the B the clue fits the "not to be(B)" meaning.  Think of when you were taking a timed test in school and the proctor calls out:  "Pencils, down!"  I guess (stretching one's imagination) that this would be a TIMER "LINE"

25-across. "What I did last summer" essay penned by a lifeguard?: POOL TABLE.  A pool table should not be mistaken for a billiards table.  Likewise, if you are working a summer part-time job as a lifeguard, you probably don't want to go off telling pool tales or this might happen:

51-across. Ice cream truck jingle, e.g.?: SUGAR CUBE.  When was the last time you saw a sugar cube served in a restaurant?

Now lose the B and you get a semi-ridiculous answer that fits another semi-ridiculous clue ... I never thought of the jingle from an ice cream truck as a sugar CUE.  You can thank me later for the earworm I am about to inject you with, once you click on the "play" button on the video below:

61-across. Fee for a reunion dinner?: ALBUM COVER.  With the B you get this:

IMO, the best ALBUM, ever

Without the B you get a goofy answer to a goofy clue.  At my latest HS reunion, the "ALUM COVER" was $50 which included the cost of renting the venue and what turned out to be a pretty good buffet dinner.  Here is a picture from mine this past September:

Oh, and those of you who wanted to know why Moe thinks that Led Zeppelin IV is the best ever, here is the full album on YouTube - starting with one of my top 5 favorite songs ever:

So, Moe, if you didn't like SUGAR CUBE entry, what would you have suggested, instead?  Ok, here:

51-across. Preserves made by artisans from Wisconsin resort county? DOOR JAMBS - but alas, this one would be cut as the B in JAMBS is silent ... 

How about: Comment from a Jewish kid when he realizes spring break is over? SCHOOLBOY

The Grid:  

I will address the words I disliked or stumbled with in the other clues/answers, below

Across:
1. "Black Widow" singer Rita: ORA.  She is not a singer that I listen to, so this one sat for a while before the perps appeared

4. Oodles: STACKS.  Another that took some time to fill

10. Harvest: CROP.  REAP also fits

14. Loonie currency, briefly: CAD.  For some reason I thought CND would be the answer; but come on, even for a Friday the clue for cad should've been for a noun, not an abbreviation

15. Prestige: CACHET.  It's interesting to note that when I asked the Thesaurusaurus for a synonym for cachet it provided me with prestige - but when I asked for a synonym for prestige it gave me this:

16. Lentil pancake: DOSA.  This word has been used somewhat often @ both Universal Crosswords and USA Today.  Mostly since 2020.  Was this a food item that was introduced during COVID that C-Moe possibly ignored?  I don't think I have ever had one (or two)

And of course, my puerile brain had to think of a Moe-ku:

        Do Indian chef's

        Like Square Dancing? They must. They

        Do the DOSA-dough

[theme entry]

19. Scattered: SOWN.  I originally spelled this SEWN; then, realized my mistake (which left me in stitches)

20. More than half of the world's population: ASIANS.

21. Courtroom figs.: D.A.s. Again, a clue for an abbreviation, when the clue could have been:  German article (DER, DIE, and DAS) and have been just as difficult (IMO)

23. Brief read?: MAG. What's with all of the abbreviations? Sheesh

24. Curriculum __: VITAE.  After watching this video, I am perfectly happy being retired! 

 

[theme entry]

28. USN rank: ENS.  Maybe I should have started counting abbr's ...

29. Hotel bar: SOAP.  My mind immediately thought "MINI"

31. Burrito option: ASADA.  As in "carne asada".  Asada translates to the English "grilled".  Personally, I prefer El Pastor burritos

32. Alien-seeking org.: SETI.  Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence - and the abbr's continue

34. Bind: TIE.  

35. Class with pastels: ART.  

[reveal of the theme]

41. Sculpture medium: ICE.  Phil Conners was quite the ice sculptor, as depicted in this movie by (54-across. "Groundhog Day" writer/director) Harold RAMIS.

42. Bygone JFK carrier: TWA.  I'm done panning all of the abbreviations ... if I see another one, I will ignore it and move on, FWIW

43. Silver State city: RENO. Silver State = Nevada

45. Fountain spot, perhaps: PLAZA.  

48. Staffer: AIDE. 

50. Keebler baker: ELF.  Moe-ku:

        Michael Bloomberg's one

        Of the shortest billionaires

        He's an ELF-made-man

[theme entry]

56. Slip: ERR.  

57. __ Quixote: DON.

58. From the beginning: DE NOVO.  Our Latin word-of-the-day

59. Luau strings: UKES. 

[theme entry] 

64. Bambi, for one: DEER.  FAWN also fits

65. Afternoon trayful: TEA SET.  SCONES also fits

66. QB mistake: INT. 

67. Ish: OR SO.  Ballpark estimate might have worked as a clue, too

 
68. Knight mares: STEEDS.  While this definition doesn't specify, a steed can be either a stallion or a mare - and since it can be a female horse, it allowed Samantha (or maybe Patti) to use this witty clue

69. Season opener?: ESS. For those who don't "get" the wordplay, season opener usually refers to the first MLB game of the new year - but here, it's the starting letter in the word, season

Down:
1. So-so ranges?: OCTAVES.  Sometimes clues go too far ... but I am guessing that whoever came up with this one was referring to the "do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do" range, which is also an octave  

And for anyone here who learned/played their first scale (octave) on the piano - with "do" being middle C - I trust that you will "get" this Moe-ku:

        "So-so ranges" was

        The clue. I knew where to start.

        Gee, I'm one sharp guy

2. Chocolate-covered bite: RAISINET.  Did anyone else think that this chocolate-covered candy was spelled Raisinette?

3. Comes clean about: ADMITS TO.  See 2-down for MY confession

4. Tantrums: SCENES.  Having just returned from spending time with a 5-1/2 year old grandson, I endured more scenes than a Shakespeare play

5. Works on the road: TARS.  Or, sailors on a ship

6. Knee pt.: ACL. 

7. Home of the Cubbies and the Bears: CHI.

8. Martial art that began as sword exercises practiced by samurai: KENDO.  In Japan, I hear that toy stores are selling a figurine by the same name (Kendo) that's equipped with a sword, a convertible, and a girlfriend named Barbie 

9. Take the wrong way?: STEAL.  This word (steal) is among the more popular starting words for the online game, Wordle

10. Common PC inserts, once: CDS.
 
11. Floor model?: ROOMBA.  Model, as in which model Roomba would you purchase for cleaning your floor.  The one on the left below looks pretty functional, to me

12. The Penguin's first name: OSWALD.  Seriously?

13. Supercontinent of the late Paleozoic Era: PANGEA.  And if you just got over the previous clue/answer ...

18. Sheepish remark: BAA.

22. Tee off: START.  As in the start of a golf hole

25. Two of a kind: PAIR.  What's your favorite pair? These?

26. Bill with round numbers?: OPEN TAB.  More wordplay in this clue ... 

27. Mary of "The Maltese Falcon": ASTOR.  Also known as Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke

30. Oklahoma Natives: OTOE.  So, Otoe is also the plural?

33. Island near Majorca: IBIZA.  Okay.  I've been pretty lenient about the obscurity of many of today's words.  And honestly, a couple of "odd" words for a Friday are OK if the puzzle venue specifies that.  But the LA Times Friday puzzles lately have been anything but consistent.  IBIZA, PANGEA, OSWALD, ROOMBA, KENDO, RAISINET, SETI, VITAE, DOSA (and I still have a few more words to recap ...)

35. Little bit: A TAD.  You think I am a tad frustrated by today's puzzle?  I don't think I will be the only one

37. Digital greeting: E-CARD.  

38. Tot's bruise: OWIE.

39. Animated film in which Renée Zellweger voices a florist named Vanessa Bloome: BEE MOVIE.  I wonder if one of the possible titles for this film was "To Bee or Not to Bee"?

40. Spices up: ENLIVENS.  I suppose you could say that Moe-kus enlivens my recaps (44-down. In a way:) OF SORTS.

45. Ersatz: PSEUDO.  Don't believe this answer; it's fake

46. Forum visitor who never posts: LURKER.  How many lurkers do we have at this forum?  I'm guessing it's in the hundreds - maybe more

47. Sees eye to eye: AGREES.  

49. Raises: ERECTS.

52. Checked garments: COATS.  Do restaurants still have coat check rooms? 

53. Still in need of tenants: UNLET.  Can we add unlet to the list of weird words today?

55. "That's __-brainer!": A NO.  [see above] - maybe not

58. Contacted privately, briefly: DM'ED.

60. B'way sign: SRO.

62. Honeybunny: BAE.

63. Capitalize on: USE.  Did anyone keep a count of how many abbreviated words there were today?  Does anyone use many of these in their normal conversations, written or oral?

I hoped my last puzzle to recap this year could've been more fun.  But I have enjoyed doing these; hard to believe it's been 5-1/2 years since I volunteered to blog on C.C.'s LATCC site

Wishing everyone a safe and blessed holiday season - see you next year!

Friday, December 12, 2025, Harit Raghunathan & Joah Macosko

EXERCISING OUR MINDS

Good Morning, Cruciverbalists.  Malodorous Manatee here with the recap of today's puzzle.  That recap consists of but a single word - Oy!  Okay, see y'all in a couple of weeks.

Alternatively, as Desi famously said to Lucy, "You've got some 'splainin to do".  I shall try my best.  Please bear with me as sorting this one out requires taking several distinct steps and describing those steps in prose seems, at the time of this writing, a bit daunting.

To suss out what is going on we have to go through various physical exercises (pull-ups, chin-ups, sit-ups, push-ups), cope with life's inevitable ups and downs, and then knit together fractured answers.  Not satisfied with these challenges, today's puzzle-setters provide no unifier.  That said, the ", literally" appended to the end of the themed clues did provided a sort of guideance.  Also, we do get circles and the circles indicate the points at which we need to rearrange things.  Let's take a look at the first pair of themed clues and answers:

7 Down.  Lats-working exercise, literally: LLUP.  

20 Across.  Lift system that offers a mechanical advantage: ROPEANDPEY.

WTF would not be an inappropriate reaction.  However, try this:  First, read the answer to the Down clue from bottom to top.  Literally, P  U  L  L going/reading upwards.  As a result, we get PULL as in PULL-UP which does answer the clue

Next, at the location of the circle, insert PULL into the answer for the crossing Across clue.  Finally, at the end of the Down clue's answer (read upward that would be the top, in this case the second L) return to the Across answer, et voila, we get:

ROPE AND PULLEY  - which is an appropriate answer to the Across clue

The next pair (numerically):

22  Down.  Abs-working exercise, literally: TIS.  . . . becomes SIT  when read from the bottom to the top (as in sit-up, the answer to the clue)

27 Across.  Puts everything on the line: RISKSALL.

This one was a bit different because both RISKS ALL and 'TIS could stand on their own whereas the others answers are, standing alone, nonsensical.  Still, after taking the necessary steps, we end up with a perfectly reasonable solution to the across clue:

RISKS IT ALL

Continuing along these lines:

31 Down.  Pecs-working exercise, literally: HSUP.  . . . which becomes PUSH (push-up)

46 Across.  Challenging HS class that covers Reconstruction and Prohibition: APISTORY.

Stitched together the result is:  AP US HISTORY

Similarly:

44 Down.  Biceps-working exercise, literally: NIHC. . . . becomes CHIN (chin-up)

57 Across.  Summer forecast in the Southwest: SCORCGHEAT.

Stitch 'em together to get: SCORCHING HEAT

The completed grid looks like this:

. . . and after a well-earned rest from all that exercise we'll take a look at the rest of the clues and answers:

Across:

1. Concocts: BREWS.

6. "O Captain! My Captain!," for one: ELEGY.  Walt Wh9tman's ELEGY for Abraham Lincoln.

11. Org. with Falcons and Ravens: NFL.

14. Navel type: OUTIE.  We can go ahead and fill in the I and the E before we know if it will be an INNIE or and OUTIE.

15. Outdoor screen annoyance: GLARE.  Not a reference to the screen on your window.  The screen on your electronics (e.g. cellphone or laptop).

16. Part of IPA: ALE.  Frequently imbibed here in the crossword world.

17. Collect: AMASS.

18. Busiest port in South Korea: BUSAN.  A bit obscure for many solvers.

19. Chaps: MEN.  Not a reference to Western Wear.

22. Schoolbook: TEXT.  As in textbook.

23. Fantasize about: DREAM OF.  Hmm, now just what was it that Major Nelson was fantasizing about?

 
24. Open the door for, say: SEE IN.  Sometimes we get ASK IN or ASK UP as answers.

26. Cartoon frame: CEL.

30. The "Thunder" of Marvel's "Love and Thunder": THOR.

33. "Thank you," in Swahili: ASANTE.  Also, a bit obscure.

35. "Excusez-__": MOI.  leçon de français d'aujourd'hui

36. Clambake leftovers: ASHES.  Shells was too long.

38. Smack: HIT.

39. Bit of witchcraft: SPELL.

41. "Everybody knows that!": DUH.  Well, duh!

42. Like some patches: IRON ON.  Versus sew-on.

45. Future atty.'s exam: LSAT.

48. __ Jima: IWO.  The site of a famous WWII battle and a well-known photograph.

50. Pay for: TREAT.

51. "Guilty as charged": THAT'S ME.  To be read as THAT WAS ME, I suppose.

55. Plant inspection org.: OSHA.

59. Lobster eggs: ROE.  I went to a sushi bar and ordered the salmon roe...It was a spawn-taneous decision.

60. Condition: STATE.  As in "a fine STATE of affairs".

61. __ Dakota: NORTH.  We can fill in the O and the TH before we know the full answer.

62. Wheels: CAR.  Slang.  As in "that's a nice set of wheels".

63. Tea option: PEKOE.

64. Top-notch: ELITE.

65. "Rules __ rules": ARE.   And, some would say, they are meant to be broken.

66. Sets loose: FREES.

67. Allude (to): REFER.  Is it hard to find a two letter pronoun that can be used to refer to oneself as an object?  Or is it just me?

Down:

1. Surf shop purchase: BOARD.

2. Hearsay: RUMOR.

3. Tour de France stage: ETAPE.  Literally "stage" in French.

4. Smart aleck: WISEACRE.

(n.) "one who thinks himself wise, one who makes pretension to affects wisdom," 1590s, a partial translation of Middle Dutch wijssegger "soothsayer" (without derogatory connotation).

The deprecatory sense of "one who pretends to know everything" may have come through confusion with obsolete English segger "sayer," which also had a sense of "braggart" (mid-15c.).

5. Halvah flavor: SESAME.

6. Staff lines with a notable mnemonic: EGBDF.  A musical reference.

8. Enters, as a hot tub: EASES INTO.

9. Most overcast: GRAYEST.  At least they didn't clue this one with a reference to age.

10. Japanese money: YEN.  156 JPY = 1 USD

11. "Who put you up to this?": NAME NAMES.

12. Show off at the gym: FLEX.  I flexed my glutes and got a cramp.  That was a pain in the butt.

13. Period after Ash Wednesday: LENT.  Tom Lehrer gave up LENT for her . . .

21. Po'boy city: NOLA.  New Orleans, Louisiana

25. Squeezes (out): EKES.

27. Hardly fair: RAINY.  Not a reference to a concept of ethics.

28. "Copacabana" showgirl: LOLA.  LOLA and NOLA.  Nice.  No, not the city.

I Have Used This Clip Before But It Is A Classic

29. Singsongy cadence: LILT.

30. Unveiling shout: TADA.

32. "Didn't expect to see you!": OH HI THERE.

34. Dessert with a sconelike texture: SHORTCAKE.

37. Location: SITE.

40. Narrative incongruity: PLOT HOLE.

43. Oven pan: ROASTER.

47. Sp. honorific: SRA.  SenoRA

49. Honus whose baseball card is one of the rarest and most expensive in the world: WAGNER.

51. Orchard makeup: TREES.  Today, we'll take all the easy ones we can get.

52. Font flourish: SERIF.

53. Not glossy: MATTE.

54. Upper regions of space: ETHER.  Before an operation, my doctor gave her patient the option to be knocked out with gas or a boat paddle.It was an ether/oar situation.

55. Killer whale: ORCA.

56. Fly high: SOAR.

58. __-Missouria Tribe: OTOE.  Frequent visitors.

60. Beach bottle no.: SPF.

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M M Out
(with a CSO to Chairman Moe for the graphic)