The Screaming Meemies! The word Me is found at the end of one word, and then immediately Repeated again at the beginning of the next word.
17-Across. Permanent patrons: LIFETIMEMEMBERS.
23-Across. Line at zero degrees longitude: PRIMEMERIDIAN.
44-Across. Drastic actions: EXTREMEMEASURES.
And the unifier:
51. "I'll say it again," and what 17-, 23-, and 44-Across literally
do?: LET ME REPEAT.
Across:
1. Pose a question: ASK.
4. "__! Humbug!": BAH.
7. Word before brow or blow: LOW.
10. Cal. neighbor: ORE. Oregon is just north of California.
13. 1950s prez: IKE. [Name # 1.] Dwight David
Eisenhower (Oct. 14, 1890 ~ Mar. 28, 2969) served as the 34th President of the
United States. He served two terms from January 1953 until January 1961.
14. "My mind is blown!": I'M IN AWE.
16. Guinea pig or teacup pig: PET.
20. "Say cheese!": SMILE.
21. In vitro cells: OVA. Today's Latin lesson.
22. Impressive spread: ARRAY.
An Impressive Array of Spices in the Old Market in Jerusalem.
26. Ray gun sound: ZAP.
27. Green vegetable in samosas: PEA. Samosa are fried South
Asian pastries with a savory filling, that often includes peas as well as
other ingredients, such as spiced potatoes, onions, meat, or fish.
28. Nightclub: CABARET.
32. Uses a buddy system: PAIRS UP.
36. "Beef" Emmy winner Wong: ALI. Ali Wong (née Alexandra
Dawn Wong; b. Apr. 19, 1982) has recently become a frequent guest in the
puzzles. She is probably best known as being an X-rated stand-up comic.
[Name # 2.]
37. Florida home of the Ernest Hemingway House: KEY WEST.
You can visit Hemingway's home, complete with his six-toed cats, any day from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
[Name adjacent.]
39. Con's opposite: PRO.
40. Text status: READ.
42. Avocado center: PIT.
43. Iced dessert: CAKE.
49. Hummus ingredient: TAHINI. Tahini is a Middle-Eastern
condiment that is made from toasted ground sesame seeds.
50. Entirely: PURELY.
55. Raised, as livestock: BRED.
57. Poker declaration: I CALL.
58. Bits of advice: TIPS.
61. Glissade garb: TUTU.
62. Valparaíso's country: CHILE. Valparaíso is a port city
on Chile’s coast. It's known for its steep funiculars and colorful, clifftop
homes. It's a 14.5 hour flight from my home.
63. Sandwich cookie: OREO. A crossword staple.
64. Mourn, maybe: WEEP.
65. Shoe bottoms: SOLES.
66. Rip apart: REND.
Down:
1. Isn't 100%: AILS.
2. Pinch pennies: SKIMP.
3. Fermented milk drink: KEFIR. Everything you wanted to
know about kefir but didn't know to ask.
4. Evidence of a vampire attack: BITE MARK.
5. French friend: AMI. A French boy friend.
6. Shoutout to a parent: HI, MOM!
7. Quarterback Jackson who was the NFL's MVP in 2019 and
2023: LAMAR. Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr. (b. January 7,
1997) plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football
League. [Name # 3.]
8. Carry a balance: OWE.
9. Cry at the end of a long road trip: WE MADE IT!
10. "The Phantom of the __": OPERA. The Phantom of the Opera
is a 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux (né Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux; May 6, 1868 ~
Apr. 15, 1927). It was later made into a musical.
11. Aired again: RERAN.
12. Crafts website: ETSY.
15. "Scream" star Campbell: NEVE. Neve Adrianne Campbell (b.
Oct. 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal in horror
films. [Name # 4.]
18. Schuyler sister who married Alexander Hamilton: ELIZA.
Eliza Schuyler (Aug. 9, 1757 ~ Nov. 9, 1854) married Alexander Hamilton
(1750s ~ July 12, 1804) in 1780. He was killed in a duel in his late
40s. She never remarried and lived until age 97. [Name # 5.]
19. Prickly shrub: BRIAR.
24. Fencing blade: ÉPÉE. A crossword staple.
25. Some hoppy brews, briefly: IPAs. This beverage appears
often in the puzzles. In fact, I provided the history of the brew just
last week.
28. "Insert this" symbol: CARET.
29. Name often said in a smart home: ALEXA. Everything you
wanted to know about Amazon Alexa but didn't know to ask. Alexa appeared in yesterday's puzzle, too. [Name adjacent.]
30. Winter Olympian with a rifle: BIATHLETE. A
Biathlete competes in a biathlon, which is a winter sport that combines
cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
31. Do some screen writing?: TYPE. Cute clue.
32. Tennis great Sampras: PETE. Pete Sampras (b. Aug. 12,
1971) is an American is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all
time. [Name #6.]
33. Attachment on the back of a Jeep: SPARE TIRE.
34. "Did I do that?" TV nerd: URKEL. A reference to a 1990s
television sit-com. [Name # 7, fictional.]
35. Sonnets, odes, and the like: POESY. The difference
between a poem and a poesy.
38. "Buena Vista Social Club" director Wenders: WIM. Wim
Wenders (né Ernst Wilhelm Wenders; b. Aug. 14, 1945) is a German filmmaker.
Some of his other films include Paris, Texas, which starred
Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski, and Wings of Desire.
[Name # 7.]
41. Evaporated: DRIED UP.
43. Art collection custodian: CURATOR.
45. Tonsillitis doc: ENT. As in an Ear Nose Throat doctor.
46. Copies: MIMICS.
47. Genius Bar computers: APPLES.
48. Bring legal action against: SUE.
52. Sound that rebounds: ECHO. Hi, Charlie!
53. Banister: RAIL.
54. French fashion magazine: ELLE.
November 1945 issue
55. "Just so you know" shorthand: BTW. Textspeak for By The Way.
56. Deeply regret: RUE. Also the French word for Street.
Street signs in Lafayette, Louisiana.
59. Bic product: PEN. These were the pens of choice when I
was in junior high school.
Dropping Your Change. The circles, when read from bottom to top, a spell out a foreign coin
that is "flipped".
3-Down. Fix for distressed genes?: DNA REPAIR. Rand. The Rand is the currency of South Africa. As of
this week, 1 Rand = $0.054 Dollars / $1.00 = 18.68 Rands.
7-Down. Carrier that makes short hops: REGIONAL AIRLINE. Rial. The Rial is the currency of Iran. As of
this week, 1 Rial = $0.000024 / $1.00 = 42,040.00 Rials.
9-Down. Source of information for vacation planners: TRAVEL BUREAU. Ruble. The Ruble is the currency of Russia. As of this
week, 1 Ruble = $0.011 / $1.00 = 90.95 Rubles.
21-Down. Reaction to a chill or a fright, to Brits: GOOSE PIMPLES. On this side of the pond, the expression would be Goose Bumps.
Peso. Several countries use the Peso as currency, including, but
not limited to, Argentina, Columbia, Cuba, and Mexico. For comparison,
I will use our closest neighbor, Mexico: As of this week, 1 Mexican
Peso = $0.060 / $1.00 = 16.80 Pesos.
35-Down. Decide by calling heads or tails, and an apt title for this
puzzle: FLIP A COIN.
Across:
1. Spots for pillow talk: BEDS. // And 55-Across.
"Sweet dreams!": SLEEP WELL.
5. 43,560 square feet: ACRE.
9. British streetcars: TRAMS.
14. Forearm bone: ULNA.
15. Agonize (over): FRET.
16. Morocco's capital: RABAT.
17. Din: ROAR.
18. Like takeout food: TO GO.
19. Love, in Italian: AMORE. Today's Italian lesson
20. Bit of rosemary: SPRIG.
22. Temperature-controlled storage for bottles: WINE VAULT.
24. Shirt that may have a V-neck: TEE.
25. Nabisco brand: OREO. A crossword staple. //
And 30-Across. Nabisco brand: NILLA.
27. Caused: LED TO.
28. Cunning scheme: PLOY.
32. Sentence part with a subject and a predicate: CLAUSE.
Did you have to diagram sentences when you were in high school?
34. Many an Omani: ARAB. The Sultanate of Oman is a country
on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
35. Vaccine-approving org.: FDA. As in the Food and Drug Administration.
38. Trusting to a fault: NAIVE.
39. Sort: ILK.
40. Like some monuments at night: UPLIT.
42. Listener-supported news source: NPR. National Public Radio.
43. Dad: PAPA. We saw Ain't Too Proud recently, which is a musical about The Temptations.
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.
45. Confident poker declaration: I RAISE.
46. Red Sea peninsula: SINAI.
47. Fill-in worker: TEMP.
48. "__ and Punishment": CRIME. Did you know that Crime and Punishment, an 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (November 11, 1821 ~ Feb. 9, 1881)
was initially published in a Russian literary journal in 12 monthly
installments? I read this book in high school.
50. Alabama-born activist Parks: ROSA. When she died, Rosa
Parks (née Rosa Louise McCauley; Feb. 4, 1913 ~ Oct. 24, 2005) lay in honor in
the Rotunda of the Capitol. She was the first woman and second
African-American to receive that honor. A bronze sculpture depicting the
Rosa Park can be found in the United States Capitol's National Statuary
Hall.
52. Kerfuffle: ADO.
57. Open, as toothpaste: UNCAP.
59. Gem from an oyster: PEARL.
60. Kristen of "Bridesmaids": WIIG. Kristen Carroll Wiig (b.
Aug. 22, 1973) was on Saturday Night Live for many years.
62. Move like sap: OOZE.
63. Close-knit group: CADRE.
64. Jealous feeling: ENVY.
65. Neck and neck: TIED.
66. Districts: AREAS.
67. "We __ to be at an impasse": SEEM.
68. Puts the kibosh on: ENDS.
Down:
1. Fly into pieces: BURST.
2. Get hitched in a hurry: ELOPE.
4. Draped garment in Hindi films: SARI.
5. Toward the rudder: AFT.
6. "Jerry Maguire" director Cameron: CROWE. "You had me at
Hello." This Cameron Crowe (né Cameron Bruce Crowe; b. July 13, 1957)
movie was first released in 1996. Cameron Crowe's first film was the
1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High when he was still in
his 20s.
8. Elite British boarding school: ETON. Prince William (b.
June 21, 1982) and Eddy Redmayne (né Edward John David Redmayne; b. Jan. 6,
1982) were classmates at Eton.
10. Best Western rival: RAMADA. Both are hotel chains.
11. Approximately: ABOUT.
12. "The Wire" drug lord Stanfield: MARLO. Marlo Stanfield
is a fictional character, portrayed by Jamie Hector (b. Oct. 7, 1975) on the
HBO series The Wire.
13. Editor's "Actually, don't cut that": STET.
23. Fitzgerald of jazz: ELLA. We haven't seen Ella
Fitzgerald (née Ella Jane Fitzgerald; Apr. 25, 1917 ~ June 15, 1996) on a
Tuesday in quite some time. She is a frequent guest in the puzzles.
26. Pastrami on __: RYE.
29. Hon: LUV.
31. Nettle: IRK. A crossword staple
32. "Erin Burnett OutFront" channel: CNN.
33. Friendly cat's spot: LAP.
36. Bad-mouth: DIS.
37. Devoured: ATE.
39. Hoppy brew, briefly: IPA. India Pale Ale. Everything you wanted to know about India Pale Ale but didn't know to ask.
41. Cooking spray brand: PAM. It comes in lots of flavors.
44. Again: ANEW.
45. "__ Always Sunny in Philadelphia": IT'S. It's Always
Sunny in Philadelphia is a comedy series that follows a group of misfit,
narcissistic sociopaths, referred to as "The Gang", who runs a meager,
unsuccessful Irish bar called Paddy's Pub in the neighborhood of South
Philadelphia.
46. Word before Leone or Madre: SIERRA.
48. "Understood?": CLEAR.
49. Duane __: New York drugstore chain: READE. I learned
about the Duane Reade drugstore chain from doing the crossword puzzles.
51. Mediterranean oil source: OLIVE.
53. In a mental fog: DAZED.
54. Newspaper pundit pieces: OP-EDs. The term Op-Ed means
Opposite the Editorial Page.
55. Pet adoption org.: SPCA. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.