Greetings, Cruciverbalists. Anomalous Moderate here with a recap of today's puzzle by Katie Hale. As was the case with the puzzle reviewed by yours truly this past December 29th, Lisa Simpson leads the way to anagram-ville (well, it's kinda close to being an anagram of Margaritaville).
At five places in the grid Katie has a bit of fun by rearranging the initial three or four letters of everyday vocabulary and thereby produces humorous themed answers. After the first few of these were figured out by this solver (not in top-to-bottom order) I thought that the theme would also have an electronics angle (STEM, USB, RCA) but this was not to be.
Here are the five he terms, er themers:
18 Across: Shirts for a coders vs. physicists softball game?: STEM JERSEYS. (New York) METS JERSEYS has been rearranged. A tech reference.
24 Across: Break-even transactions involving vintage TVs and turntables?: RCA WASHES. CAR WASHES RCA was an early brand of TVs and other electronic gear (although I do not recall ever seeing an RCA turntable). A break-even transactions is sometimes referred to as "a wash". Six of one a twenty-fourth of a gross of the other.
38 Across: One issuing tickets to the over-50 crowd?: AARP TROOPER. PARATROOPER If anyone here needs AARP explained please drop me a line.
51 Across: Animated image of an apple falling on Sir Isaac?: GIF NEWTON. FIG NEWTON A popular cookie morphs into an animated illustration of an aha moment in the history of physics. Here, now, a GIF:
59. Lab work focused on data storage devices?: USB CULTURES. SUBCULTURES
This is how all of this appears in the grid:
Here are the rest of the clues and answers:
So, Cars: Oops, Across:
1. Trailhead posting: MAP. My hiking friends and I used to rely heavily on the USGS contour maps.
4. Courtroom drama on NBC from 1986 to 1994: LA LAW. Today's first TV show reference.
9. Lariat: ROPE. Drop the L from the clue and we could form RIATA.
13. Spring mo.: APR. APRIL. This could have been clued with a credit card interest rate reference.
14. Vague afternoon time: ONE-ISH. Probably not Katie's favorite fill.
16. Multicolored gem: OPAL. We have all seen some so-so posts on blogs but here are some gems: emeralds, sapphires, OPALs, rubies
17. "Gotta __!": JET. New to this solver. "I gottaJET is, apparently, a phrase that means "I have to go (quickly)".
20. Miner concern: ORES. Often found in crossword puzzles but rarely seen pluralized.
22. Water coolers: ICE. The use of the plural in the clue lead to a bit of head scratching but, I guess, ICES would not be not used in this context.
23. Water movers: MAINS. Not the first water conduit that came to mind but the clue is on target.
27. Dead set on: WED TO. Pairing Dead with WED might be perceived as a slippery slope.
29. Tangy red spice: SUMAC. Popular in middle-eastern cuisine.
30. "Jingle Bells" contraction: O'ER.
32. CSNY's "__ House": OUR. It was very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yard.
33. Making one's hair stand on end?: TEASING. A clue to be taken literally.
37. Doesn't take well?: ROBS. Don't take this wrongly . . .
40. Mark left by a bumper: DENT. If a plane has a small DENT does that make it an airline fracture?
42. Afternoon rests: SIESTAS.
43. Sprint: RUN. Did the clue jog your memory?
44. Dudes: MEN. By definition.
45. Romance novelist Dare: TESSA. Unknown to this solver although I am aware that Romance Novels exist and I have heard such books referred to as "bodice rippers".
49. Make space on the whiteboard: ERASE. Clued many ways.
55. "__ you a barrel of laughs": AREN'T. See also 63 Across.
57. Nintendo character option: MII. Completely unknown to this solver. Thanks perps. MII is a customize-able avatar used on several Nintendo video game consoles.
58. Artemis org.: NASA. With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. The first manned, excuse me, the first crewed lunar landing is scheduled for 2026.
62. Gov. or sen.: POL. POLitician. We often encounter POLs in our puzzles.
63. Barrel of laughs: RIOT. See also 55 Across.
64. Big-box shop: COSTCO. I was in one just prior to starting to work on this write-up.
65. 68-Across restroom: LOO. We often go there in our puzzles.
66. Drummer Ulrich: LARS. Of Metallica.
67. "Anything Goes" star Merman: ETHEL.
68. U.K. part: ENG. United Kingdom. ENGland
Down:
1. Focuses in college: MAJORS. If marine biology was the right MAJOR for you then your grades were probably above c-level.
2. Brief sketch: APERCU.
3. Comms experts: PR TEAM. COMMunicationS experts - Public Relations TEAM
4. Rock's __ Lonely Boys: LOS.
5. Opposition parties: ANTIS. ANTIS is a word not often heard, seen or used.
6. Hanger-on: LEECH. Idiomatically and literally. Ugh.
7. Teegarden of "Friday Night Lights": AIMEE.
8. Financial paper, for short: WSJ. Newspaper. The Wall Street Journal
9. "The Jetsons" maid: ROSIE. That's ROSIE in the back. You know the other names from the theme song. Another TV reference.
10. What love is, per a "Frozen" song: OPEN DOOR.
11. Earnings report: PAY STUB. Of a sort, I suppose, for an individual but not for a company.
12. Lapel edges?: ELS. Lapel begins and ends with the letter L.
15. Take up, in a way: HEM. See also 37 Down.
19. Playful "grr" alternative: RAWR. Used to express anger, flirtation or affection.
21. Try to hit: SWAT AT.
25. Lenovo rival: ACER. DELL and SONY would also have fit the allotted space.
26. Wireless speaker brand: SONOS. Hand up for ANKER.
31. Elton John accomplishment, briefly: EGOT. Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony. Elton John is the most recent person to complete this feat and, of all who have done so (less than twenty people) he was the oldest at "completion".
34. Basilica alcove: APSE. Do you struggle to find domed recesses in cathedrals? There's an APSE for that.
35. Result of angering a wasp, probably: STING. Not the ethnic kind of WASP.
36. Fury: IRE.
37. Taken up, in a way: RE-SEWN. See also 15 Down.
38. University of Michigan city: ANN ARBOR. Go Blue!
39. Spread out at a cocktail party: PATE. Not splayed. An edible spread that might be put out (served).
40. Rap's Dr. __: DRE.
41. "1984" superstate: EURASIA.
44. Maitre d' offering: MENU.
46. Paper clip alternative: STAPLE. Alternatively: You shouldn't eat stationery. It might become a dietary STAPLE.
47. "Time to go already?": SO SOON.
48. Like a watch with hands: ANALOG.
50. Factions: SECTS.
52. "You can't stop me": I MUST.
53. Colin of "1917": FIRTH. An actor/motion picture reference.
54. Extended family member: NIECE. In Nice, nièce.
56. "No Scrubs" group: TLC. A music/"girl group" reference.
Blogging
a puzzle on the Ides of March? Be prepared, then, fellow Cornerites
for some puns (and jokes) to "celebrate" the 2068th year of
Julias Caesar's assassination. For starters:
This
is a story about a Roman. His name was Herman. His name was Roman
Herman. The fad of the era was berries. People collected berries. They
were a status symbol. One day, while Roman Herman was roaming the
outskirts of Rome, he spied a berry. It was the most beautiful berry he
had ever seen. He took the berry and brought it to his wife, who loved
berries. She saw the berry. She praised it. She said, "That's an awfully
nice berry you got there Herman!" Pretty soon, word got around about
the berry. People came from all over Rome to see the berry, and to
praise it. One night, there was a menacing knock on the door. It was
late. Herman opened it. He said, "Who are you?" They said, "We've come
for your berry." He says "It's not my berry, it's my wife's berry. Have
you come to praise her berry?" "No, we've come to seize her berry, not
to praise it."
OK, I digress ... on
this year's Ides of March, our constructor du jour (Alan Levin) decides
to tease us with a series of entries whose clues contain the "aha"
behind the reveal:
58-across. When read as
three words, suitable sponsor for "Sesame Street" and an alternate
answer for 18-, 20-, 30-, 36-, 46-, and 53-Across: THE LETTER S.
Wait,
what?? THE LETTER S?? What does that have to do with the 6 entries??
Well, let me try to use the KISS method, as I highlight the key word(s)
in each clue for you ...
18-across. It concludes The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds": CAROLINE, NO.
Forget about the final song track on the Beach Boys' album "Pet Sounds" and
think about the last letter of the album's name; "Sounds" ends/concludes
with THE LETTER S
20-across. Character seen at the beginning and end of "Star Wars": AR-TOO DE-TOO. R2-D2 (the droid) is quite a character. Additionally, the movie title (name), "Star Wars" begins and ends with THE LETTER (aka, CHARACTER) S
30-across. It comes early in September: LABOR DAY. LABOR DAY is not only celebrated early in September (the first Monday, traditionally, in the US), but THE LETTER S also comes early in the "word" SEPTEMBER
This year's LABOR DAY is 9/2
36-across. One is used in basketball but not in hockey: SHOT CLOCK.
This is probably my most favorite of Alan's ... the "SHOT CLOCK" is a
timer that sits above each backboard at a basketball game. In the
NBA, e.g., the team with possession has 24 seconds to attempt a SHOT,
and at the very least, hit the rim of the net (or make the basket), or else they would turn the ball over to the other team
In
hockey, the only CLOCK is the one on the scoreboard that ticks down the minutes/seconds (20:00, to be exact) in each of three periods. The skaters/players on each team have no sense of urgency to take a shot; hence, there is no SHOT CLOCK
So what makes this clue/answer even more amazing is that the word "basketball" contains THE LETTER S; the word "hockey" does not ... very, very clever
The SHOT CLOCK is above the backboard for easy visibility
46-across. What can be seen in two placesin Missouri: MLB TEAMS.
At first, I was a bit miffed at this answer (before I solved the
puzzle) because the clue contains no abbreviated word(s). Usually, if
part of a crossword answer should be abbreviated, an abbreviation
appears in the clue.
But after further review I get it. Both the St.
Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals are MLB TEAMS in the state of
Missouri. And guess what? THE LETTER S also is seen in two places in
the "word" Missouri. Nice!
53-across. One can't print dollars without it: SPECIAL INK.
Try printing the word "dollars" without THE LETTER S; it can't be
done. The word would be "dollar". Try printing a sheet of US
Dollars without SPECIAL INK (or special paper) and you'd be arrested for
counterfeiting, if caught
Lots of SPECIAL INK used
I
highlighted all 14 of THE LETTER ESSES found in today's puzzle. Can't
wait for the rest of the clues/words to see what else is in store ...
5. Fades: DIMS. Many lighting sources come with some sort of DIMming device these days
9. Redolence: AROMA. Its literal meaning; mostly used as an adjective (redolent)
14. Strip of wood: SLAT.
15. Legendary: EPIC.
16. Participated in a regatta, maybe: ROWED. My first thought
was that a regatta was a boat race for sailing vessels, not rowing
vessels ... but this image below shows the type of boat referred to:
17. Prefix between giga- and peta-: TERA. A GIGA-byte is 1
billion bytes; a TERA-byte is 1,000 gigabytes; but a PETA byte is what
happens when a worker at the SPCA doesn't pay attention to the rescue's
bark ...
22. Gain an advantage: ONE UP. Who wants to ONE UP the Chairman today on dad jokes??!😏
23. Collection of vineyards, perhaps: ESTATE. This one is right up the Chairman's alley
28. Tune from "10": BOLERO. Been a lonnnnggggg time since I saw
this EPIC film starring Bo Derek and Dudley Moore ... the clip below is
definitely NSFW [be warned!]
32. W-2 org.: IRS. One month - to the day - and our 2023 1040 tax returns are due
33. Benefit: AVAIL. Many of us AVAIL ourselves of the blog to see where we went wrong (or succeeded)
35. Nose (out): EDGE. Also a horse racing term; when a horse "wins by a nose" and EDGEs out its rival
Also known as a "photo finish", but the inside horse EDGEd out the other
39. Hearty partner: HALE.
42. Animal also called a forest giraffe: OKAPI. Fun facts about it in this short video clip:
43. Boxer's warning: GRR. Maybe THIS is the warning made by a dog prior to giving one a "peta-byte"
49. Dinner-and-a-show platform: TV TRAY. Margaret and I still use this device
Tables for two??
51. Small accident: MISHAP.
52. One-named K-pop singer: IRENE. This filled in with perps; Her
62. Powdery mineral: TALC. I'm sure the sales of this powder plummeted once the discovery of its connection to cervical cancer was made public
64. Inbox filler: EMAIL.
65. Cut down to size: CROP. Most of my images in this blog are CROPped from its original size
66. Poetic tributes: ODES.
67. Study aids: NOTES. I was a prolific NOTES taker when I was in school
68. Physicist Bethe portrayed in "Oppenheimer": HANS. The movie "Oppenheimer" is bound to provide us with many new clues/entries this year in xword puzzles
69. Moon landing org.: NASA.
Down:
1. Summer hrs.: DST. Not here in AZ (except for the Navajo Nation) ... apparently there is a bill before the Senate (and/or House) that would make DST permanent ... YMMV ... having more daylight here in the desert SW during the summer would not be welcomed
2. Roosevelt whom Truman called the "First Lady of the World": ELEANOR. FDR's wife
3. Crude carriers: BARRELS. TANKERS also fit as an answer
4. Square figure?: STATUE. Nice misdirection for a clue ...
square, as in "town square", where many statues reside, though many that
had to do with Civil War figures (CSA) have been torn down/removed.
Here is a joke related to square figures ... (just one cuss word)
For decades, two heroic statues, one male and one female, faced each other in a town square until one day, an angel came down from heaven. "You've been such exemplary statues," the angel said, "that I'm going to give you a special gift. I'm going to bring you both to life for thirty minutes, during which time you can do anything you want."
And with a clap of his hands, the angel brought the statues to life. The two approached each other a bit shyly and dashed for the bushes, from whence there came a good deal of giggling, laughter, and shaking of branches. Fifteen minutes later, the two statues emerged from the bushes with wide grins on their faces.
"You still have fifteen more minutes," said the angel, winking at them. Grinning even more broadly, the female statue turned to the male statue and said, "Great! Only this time you hold the pigeon down and I'll shit on its head!" [Jokes4us dot com]
5. Ert 's style: DECO. as in Art DECO
6. Tablet since 2010: iPAD. No tablets in the Moe household; just PC's and cellphones
7. Marshy spot: MIRE. BOG didn't fit
8. Dundee resident: SCOT.
9. Melodic passage: ARIOSO. Here is a nice Bach ARIOSO:
10. Director Howard: RON. He's come a long way from playing Opie
11. Have debts: OWE. Mine include just a car payment and mortgage payment; credit cards, no
12. Guys: MEN. MALES was too long to fit
13. Flap: ADO. Had to check all of the synonyms ... does the thesaurussaurus agree?
Nope; ADO didn't make it
19. "Stay" singer Lisa: LOEB. Lots of proper names in today's puzzle; who kept track of them? Not I
21. 2021 interviewer of Meghan and Harry: OPRAH.
22. Kimono sash: OBI. Lots of 3-letter words (TLW) today; who kept track of them? Irish Miss, perhaps?
24. Arduous journey: TREK.
25. Append: ADD.
26. Graffiti signature: TAG. This, maybe??
27. Needle hole: EYE.
29. Lacto-__ vegetarian: OVO. One who consumes dairy and eggs in their non-meat diet
30. Soundly defeats: LICKS. I have been known to "soundly defeat" a lollipop ...
31. Penne __ vodka: ALLA. Italian for "with"
34. Speck: ATOM. IOTA fits, too
36. MacFarlane or Green of "Family Guy": SETH. The man of many voices. Does anyone else here watch The Graham Norton show? It's one of our favorites - shown on BBC America
37. Elect (to): OPT. OPT in or OPT out; that's the "election"
38. Polite: CIVIL. Unlike the CIVIL War, which was anything but "polite"
39. "Let me see ... ": HMM. HMM and GRR in the same puzzle?? ARRGGHH
40. Mahershala with two Oscars: ALI. Not the "boxer's" family member
41. Nt. wt. units: LBS.
43. Southernmost of the Windward Islands: GRENADA.
Grenada
is situated to the northeast of Venezuela; to the northwest of Trinidad
and Tobago; and to the southwest of Saint Vincent and Grenadines.
44. Really irks: RANKLES.
45. Saloon pour: RYE. As opposed to a "salon" pour, which
would've been DYE. RYE is one of the Chairman's favorite whiskies -
especially when used to make a Manhattan cocktail
47. Stands in front of artists: EASELS. MODELS could've answered this clue, too ... yes??
48. Dr. visit: APPT. I like to make mine (APPT.'s) mid-morning
50. Son of Poseidon: TRITON.
54. Engrave: ETCH.
55. "Life & Beth" actor Michael: CERA. Michael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor and musician. He is known for
his awkward, offbeat characters in coming of age comedy films and for
portraying George Michael Bluth in the sitcom Arrested Development
(2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019). He is also known for voicing Brother Bear
in The Berenstain Bears
56. Curling __: IRON. RINK also fit, though I bet most Canadians refer to the surface for curling as a sheet
57. Egyptian snakes: ASPS. Cleo's foil
58. Number of digits on a keypad: TEN. Note: the final five clues in today's puzzle yield TLWs, Irish Miss ...
59. Med. care provider: HMO.
60. "Don't let it get cold": EAT.
61. Whopper: LIE.
63. Farm-share program, for short: CSA. Clues that match this answer to the group that split from the USA in 1861 are no longer allowed, methinks
And
there you have it! The IDES of March puzzle fell with no additional stab wounds.
Curious to know YOUR thoughts ... in the comments section below.
On
another note, the Chairman and Margaret will be attending the funeral of
her mom today, so I won't be coming here until tomorrow, or much later
tonight to see your comments. Her mom passed peacefully a few weeks ago
(at the age of 94). May she RIP; she is now reunited with the love of her
life who passed away in 2019, just a few days after their 68th
wedding anniversary
Greetings, Cruciverbalists. Malodorous Manatee here with a recap of today's puzzle by veteran constructor Joe DiPietro. Let's jump right in with the reveal at:
57 Across: "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle: YOU'RE MISSING OUT.
Alternatively, you might say to the writer "That's not what Timothy Leary meant!" At four places in the puzzle, Joe has literally dropped OUT from the clue. In other words, we are, indeed, MISSING OUT. As solvers, we must mentally append OUT to the sole remaining letter and thereby create a perfectly acceptable, albeit brief, crossword puzzle clue. Here are the four places where the gimmick is employed and what can we say except, "Far out, man!":
17 Across: R. When we add OUT to R we get ROUT. LOPSIDED VICTORY.
24 Across: B. Tack OUT onto B and the result is BOUT. PRIZEFIGHT.
38 Across: P. P plus OUT equals POUT. SULKY EXPRESSION
46 Across: T. A CSO ! Appending OUT to T results in TOUT. CREATE HYPE.
The perps were certainly helpful in sussing out the above answers but, after the gimmick was recognized, none were overly difficult or obscure. Of course, prior to grasping the gimmick, this solver was seriously considering WTF as a possible title for this blog.
The completed grid appears near the end of this recap. For now, here are the ins and outs of the rest of the clues and answers:
Across:
1. Sanitizer targets: GERMS. Bacteria was too long. HANDS was, briefly, considered.
6. "Mad Money" cable network: CNBC. The first of about a dozen (depending on one's criteria) abbreviated answers in today's puzzle. TBH SMH IYKWIM
10. Actress Mazar: DEBI. Per Rotten Tomatoes: A character actress known for feisty and heavily accented New York roles.
14. Lab vessel: FLASK. Not Lab as in Labrador Retriever. Lab as in chemistry lab.
15. Does some horticultural work: HOES. We had several horticultural/botanical references in today's puzzle. This was one of them.
Otis Lee - Hard Row To Hoe - Circa 1968
16. Group with reserves: OPEC.
20. Widespread alert, for short: APB. All Points Bulletin
21. "The Tilled Field" painter Joan: MIRO. A surreal botanical reference. I wonder what MIRO was dropping (ingesting).
22. Speed: RACE. Used as a verb. Otherwise, PACE?
23. Leaves in hot water?: TEA. Not leaves as in departs. Another botanical reference.
27. Trifle (with): TOY.
29. __ pen: VAPE.Doctor to patient: Do you smoke?
Patient: Yes.
Doctor: Cigarettes, VAPE, cigars, marijuana?
Patient: Brisket and pork shoulder, mostly.
30. Whit: IOTA. A crossword staple although clued many different ways.
32. What coastlines and hairlines may do: RECEDE. This solver would have preferred a slightly different clue.
35. Reel Big Fish genre: SKA. SKA Punk, actually.
Take On Me
41. "Three Little Kittens" treat: PIE. Lose your mittens. Then find them and get rewarded with PIE.
42. Quick bursts: SPURTS.
43. Go: EXIT. Used as a verb.
Snagglepuss
44. Like racehorses: SHOD. Hand up for FAST.
45. Skin pic: TAT. TATtoos are frequently visible in our puzzles.
51. "Go me!": YAY. See also 63 Across
54. Harvest: REAP. Possibly another botanical reference. Anyone first think of this?:
55. "__ Flux": 1990s MTV series: AEON.
56. HHS agency: FDA.
61. Spoonful, perhaps: DOSE. Hmmm, should we go with Julie Andrews here? Nah.
Royal Albert Hall - 2005
62. __ learning: ROTE. Memorization, basically.
63. "Go me!": I RULE. See also 51 Across
64. Brief timetable: SKED. Right up there with SESH on the "Come on, enough of this type of thing already" scale.
65. Takes to court: SUES.
George Harrison
66. Organizes: SORTS.
Down:
1. Major key for some piano works by Chopin and Schubert: G-FLAT. We knew that this answer had to begin with either A B C D E F or G
2. Travel to an away match?: ELOPE. Cute clue. Match as in wedded pair.
3. Climactic scene in the Eminem film "8 Mile": RAP BATTLE.
4. Bks.-to-be: MSS. A punt that we have seen before. Books-to-be are ManuScriptS in this instance.
5. Revealing, in a way: SKIMPY. Today's "I had better pass on the GIF" moment.
6. French endearment: CHERI.
Pepe LePew
7. Help for the overnight shift, maybe: NODOZ. UPPER would have fit but is not "crossword friendly".
8. Writer/activist Harris in the documentary "Hacking Democracy": BEV. The documentary explored the level of integrity of electronic voting machines.
9. Procedural franchise since 2000: CSI. A TV show reference often viewed in puzzles.
10. Mental decline: DOTAGE.
11. Unit in geochronology: EPOCH. Has geochronology previously appeared in our puzzles? Geochronology is the scientific study of the age and history of Earth's rocks and rock assemblages.
12. Top of the art world?: BERET. Cute clue, although TOP more often refers to a shirt or blouse than it does to a hat. Artists are stereo-typically depicted wearing BERETs.
13. Distant: ICY. Not as in far away. A behavioral reference.
18. Hollywood VIP: DIR. DIRector, I suppose. Probably not the constructor's favorite answer in this grid.
19. "Jinkies!": CRIPES. Not previously a part of this solver's vocabulary.
25. Chris who won four straight US Opens in the 1970s: EVERT. A women's tennis reference.
26. Tapered haircuts: FADES. FADES, to this observer, seem to combine the worst elements of two older hairstyles.
28. Wine cask wood: OAK. Another botanical reference.
30. Web access co.: ISP. Internet Service Provider
31. "Certainement!": OUI. Clue en français / Answer en français
32. Tend to an overgrown plant: REPOT. Smoke another doobie?
33. Give off: EXUDE.
34. EMT skill: CPR. A common crossword pairing.
35. Number of squares on a chess board: SIXTY FOUR. Eight by eight.
36. Fish that can transform into a dragon, per Japanese legend: KOI.
37. Little pest: ANT. Anyone try IMP first?
39. Tuning fork feature: Y SHAPE. I have an A-440 tuning fork lying around somewhere. These days, one uses an electronic gadget.
40. Neptune's realm: SEA. A reference to the god and not to the eponymous planet.
44. Pan-__ scallops: SEARED.
45. Game of love: TENNIS. Cute. In a tennis match love means zero.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders
46. Thief: CROOK. Or not. Or not not.
47. Get more mileage out of: REUSE. I tried to change the color of my monk's cowl costume so that I could REUSE it but old habits dye hard.
48. Celerity: HASTE. Anyone first misread this as Celebrity? Celery?
49. Some 20 Questions answers: YESES.
50. Luau fare: POI. Often served in our puzzles.
52. Not for minors: ADULT. When my children were little they sometimes said "When I grow up I want to be a dult."
53. "Revolutionary Road" author Richard: YATES.
57. NFL stat: YDS. YarDS A football reference.
58. "__ Doubtfire": MRS. You are missed, Robin Williams.
59. Letters of credit?: IOU. Not letters of credit as your bank might issue. I OWE YOU.
60. Syllable in some lawn product names: GRO. Today's final botanical reference.
As promised, here is the completed grid:
And now, in keeping with today's theme . . .
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