19-Across. Restaurant that operates within another restaurant: GHOST KITCHEN. Hand up if you knew of Ghost Kitchens.
27-Across. With 32-Across, embarrassing secret: SKELETON. //
And 32. See 27-Across: IN THE CLOSET. Together, this
gives us a SKELETON IN THE CLOSET.
42-Across. Emmy-nominated TV series based on a Hilary Mantel novel: WOLF HALL. That's Dame Hilary Mantel (July 6, 1952 ~ Sept. 22, 2022) to you.
She was best known for her historical fiction. She wrote a trilogy
about Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII, King of
England. Wolf Hall was the first book in the series,
followed by Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror and the Light. [Name # 1.]
And the unifier:
48-Across. Halloween attraction, or what 19-, 27-/32-, and 42-Across all might
be a part of?: HAUNTED HOUSE.
And, what you might hear in a Haunted House:
36-Down. Evil laugh: MWA HA HA!
Across:
1. Hip-hop duo __ & Rakim: ERIC B. I am not familiar
with this duo of Eric B. (né Eric Barrier; b. Nov. 8, 1963) and Rakim (né
William Michael Griffin, Jr.; b. Jan. 28, 1968). The group was big in
the late 1980s and early 1990s. [Names # 2 and 3.]
6. Landlocked West African nation: MALI. The United States
Department of State currently lists Mali on its Do Not Travel list due to crime, kidnapping and terrorism.
10. Product prefix that evokes winter: SNO.
13. Gambling hub near Hong Kong: MACAU. Everything you
wanted to know about Macau but didn't know to ask.
14. Opinion piece: OP-ED. Opposite the Editorial Page.
15. Cloverleaf feature: LOOP.
16. Eggs (on): SPURS.
17. Gem from Australia or Ethiopia: OPAL. Hi, Kazie!
Is it bad luck to wear an Opal if it's not your birth stone?
18. Eclectic online digest: UTNE. Its full name is
the Utne Reader. It was first published in 1984 and is named after its
founder, Eric Utne.
22. Large cupboard: ARMOIRE.
25. Black belt discipline: KARATE.
26. Tosses: HEAVES.
29. Circle dances: HORAs.
30. "Finish the job!": DO IT.
31. Grass in a roll: SOD.
36. GI grub: MRE. We had the Meals Ready to Eat last Tuesday.
38. Flair: ELAN.
39. Campfire residue: ASHES.
45. Texas border city: EL PASO. The city and county of El
Paso, Texas is in the Mountain Time Zone, where as most of the rest of Texas
is in the Central Time Zone.
46. Glass raiser's opening: A TOAST.
47. Brother of Ophelia: LAERTES. A reference to Willie the
Shakes' play Hamlet. I'll let our Shakespeare scholar
expound on these characters. [Names # 4 and 5.]
51. Fighting: AT IT.
52. Christian of fashion: DIOR. Christian Ernest Dior (Jan.
21, 1905 ~ Oct. 24, 1957) was a French fashion designer. He is best
known for A-Line collection which made its debut in 1955. [Name # 6.]
53. TV channel with election night coverage: MSNBC. It's
short for Microsoft and the National Broadcasting Corporation.
57. "For __ jolly ... ": HE'S A.
58. Not new: USED.
59. Like more than 4 billion people: ASIAN.
60. Fruit juice suffix: -ADE. We miss you LemonADE!
61. Degs. for many profs: Ph.Ds. Today's Latin lesson.
The abbreviation for Doctor of Philosophy, or in the original Latin:
Philosophiae Doctor.
62. "Oppenheimer" director Christopher: NOLAN. J. Robert
Oppenheimer (né Julius Robert Oppenheimer; Apr. 22, 1904 ~ Feb. 18, 1967) was
an American theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project's Los
Angeles lab. He is sometime called the Father of the Atomic bomb.
Christopher Nolan (né Christopher Edward Nolan; b. July 30, 1970) is a
British-born filmmaker who directed this past summer's blockbuster film about
Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb. [Names # 7 and 8.]
Down:
1. Ambulance gp.: EMs. Emergency Medicine. //
And 3-Down: Hosp. recovery area: ICU. Intensive
Care Unit. // And 20-Down. Surgery ctrs.: ORs.
Operating Rooms.
2. Knock sharply: RAP.
4. Moving day rental: CARGO VAN.
5. Most overgrown, say: BUSHIEST.
6. __ Tracks ice cream: MOOSE. Vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cups and chocolate fudge. Apparently the name
was inspired by a mini golf course.
7. Spot on a sked: APPT. An appointment is a spot on a
schedule.
8. Plumbing problem: LEAK.
9. "That sounds tempting": I'D LIKE TO.
10. Phrase of finality: SO THAT'S THAT.
11. Far from: NONE TOO. Meh!
12. Allowing for modification, as a mortgage: OPEN END.
15. Loot: LUCRE.
21. "She's So High" singer Bachman: TAL. Tal Bachman (né
Talmage Charles Robert Backman; b. Aug. 13, 1968) is a Canadian
singer-songwriter who is best known for She's So High. [Name
# 9.]
22. Sound at a spa: AHH!
23. __ Speedwagon: REO. The band, which was formed in the
late 1960s, was named after the REO Speed Wagon truck that first produced in 1915 by Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 ~ 1950) of
Oldsmobile fame. [Name # 9]
24. Duchess of Parma who was Napoleon's second wife: MARIE LOUISE.
Archduchess Marie Louise (Dec. 12, 1791 ~ Dec. 17, 1847) was the Duchess
of Parma in her own right. She reigned as the Duchess of Parma, Piacenza
and Guastalla from April 1814 until her death 33 years later. In 1810,
she married Napoleon (Aug. 15mm 1769 ~ May 5, 1821). He was her first
husband. After his death, she married twice more. [Names # 10 and
11.]
27. L.A.'s region: SO-CAL. Southern California.
28. Pottery oven: KILN.
30. Big name in crossword puzzle magazines: DELL. [Name
adjacent.]
33. Warmed, as leftovers: HEATED UP.
34. Arthur Miller's "Death of a __": SALESMAN. Arthur Asher
Miller (Oct. 17, 1915 ~ Feb. 10, 2005) wrote many, many plays, but is probably
best known for his short marriage to Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 ~ Aug. 4,
1962). She was the second of his three wives. [Name # 12.]
35. Strong coffee in a tiny cup: ESPRESSO. Yummers!
37. Went round and round: ROTATED.
40. WNW's opposite: ESE.
41. Emergency letters: SOS. This is becoming a crossword
staple.
43. Fruit soda brand: FANTA. [Name Adjacent.]
44. Pres. after FDR: HST. Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 ~ Dec.
26, 1972) was Vice-President until the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(Jan. 30, 1882 ~ Apr. 12, 1945). Roosevelt president to be elected for a
4th term. Truman was his 3rd Vice-President. His first
Vice-President was John Nance (Nov. 22, 1868 ~ Nov. 7, 1967). Nance
served from 1933 until 1941, Roosevelt's first two terms. Henry A
Wallace (Oct. 7, 1888 ~ Mpv. 18, 1965) was Roosevelt second Vice-President.
He served from 1941 until 1945. [Names # 13 and 14.]
45. __ de toilette: EAU. Today's French lesson.
Everything you wanted to know about Water of the Toilette but didn't know to ask.
47. Some Parliament members: LORDS.
49. Dinner plate: DISH.
50. Did a garden chore: HOED.
54. Zero, in soccer: NIL.
55. Sheep call: BAA.
56. TV channel with election night coverage: CNN. Cable News Network.
Rabbit Rabbit. Care to try your luck at cards? Husband and wife team Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman are veteran constructors for the NYT and Vu has published here as recently as last Thursday. But today is their first pairing on the Corner.
and they have some new tricks up their sleeves. We'd better start by
calling 'em:
62A. With 66-Across, images played in silent films,
and what one might use to play the games in the first parts of the answers to
the starred clues?: TITLE. 66A. See 62-Across: CARDS.
Spreading their themers on the table, we quickly see the names
of 4 films or videos that begin with the TITLE of a CARD game:
23A. *Channing Tatum film series featuring strippers:
MAGIC MIKE. Bling wise this clue was not a
good opening. No trailer for this one, as
I'm sure Merl Reagle would agree
that a flick on male strippers wouldn't pass the
Margaret Farrar "Sunday Morning Breakfast Test".
39A. *Martial arts series based on the writings of Bruce Lee:
WARRIOR. Bruce Lee (Chinese: 李小龍; born Lee Jun-fan, 李振藩;
November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial
artist, martial arts instructor, actor, director, screenwriter,
producer, and philosopher. Here's the trailer for the 2019 TV series Warrior:
28D. *Netflix series starring Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury:
BRIDGERTON. Bridgerton is an American historical-romance television series based on Julia Quinn's collection of novels.
We have a friend who's been trying to get us to learn the game of BRIDGE
for years. He sometimes lurks on the Corner. Perhaps he'll stop buy
and post some corrections to this "complete tutorial": "Learn How to
Play Bridge" (in 16 minutes?):
31D. *Emmy-nominated
miniseries about a woman leaving her Hasidic community:
UNORTHODOX. Unorthodox
is a German-American drama television miniseries that debuted on
Netflix on March 26, 2020. The first Netflix series to be primarily in
Yiddish, it is inspired by Deborah Feldman's 2012 autobiography, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots. Here's the trailer:
The following are the rest of our constructors' tricks: Across:
1. Crushes it on the runway: SLAYS. A bit of fashion hyperbole used only in the present tense. You never hear "The model really SLEW them on the runway yesterday". BTW this clue hath oft been used in crossword puzzles.
6. Disapproving sound: TSK. Perhaps the politest way of expressing the increasingly widespread reaction to just about everything.
9. Wolf (down): SCARF. "eat hastily," 1960, U.S. teen slang,
originally a noun meaning "food, meal" (1932), perhaps imitative, or
from nautical slang scoff "eat hastily or voraciously, devour" which is attested from 1846 (compare U.S. tramps slang scoffing "food, something to eat," 1907). This is said to be a variant of scaff (by 1797) in the same sense, and scaff
(n.) "food, provisions" is attested from 1768, but the group is of
obscure origin. Perhaps the word comes ultimately from some survival of
Old English sceorfan "to gnaw, bite". - etymonline.com
14. __ butter: COCOA.
15. Med. condition with repetitive behavior: OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Varying degrees of this disorder are common among cruciverbalists.
43. Artist Yoko: ONO. Well before her famous partnership with John Lennon, Yoko Ono was the
"High Priestess of the Happening" and a pioneer in performance art.
Drawing from an array of sources from Zen Buddhism to Dada,
her pieces were some of the movement's earliest and most daring. With
unprecedented radicalism, she rejected the idea that an artwork must be a
material object.
47. Hawkeye projectile: ARROW. The clue and the fill connote the sagas of the French and Indian War, immortalized in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans, popularized in the 1992 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeline Stowe.
A minor nit is that while Nathaniel "Hawkeye" Poe was probably
proficient with a bow and arrow, his weapon of choice was a "Killdeer"
rifle not a bow and arrow. Here's the trailer:
49. Baseball VIPs: GMS. Even more important than the General Managers are the Owners. Apparently a dispute has broken out in the Orioles organization among two sons of long-time owner Peter Angelos over the future of the team, raising the possibility of selling or moving it. This is scary.
50. [shrug emoji]: IDK. IDon't Know.
This immediately reminded me of a story by a priest I used to know. He
was describing questions his elementary school students used to try to
trick him, e.g. "Father, can God make a rock so big that he can't pick
it up?". The priest paused for few seconds, and then shrugged "Idon't know🤷". But as this was before MS Windows, it looked more like this "¯\_(ツ)_/¯".
58. Lawn care tool: AERATOR. Every thing you'd ever want to know about lawn AERATORS.
60. Upshot: OUTCOME.
61. Body art: TATS. Plural to clecho 42D.
64. God of war: ODIN. Hand up if you expected MARS or ARES? ODIN is the Norse god of war, aka WOTAN in German. Here's Wotan singing a touching farewell ("Abschied") to his disobedient daughter Brunhilde, one of the Valkyries in Wagner's Die Walküre.
She has fallen from grace and is now banished from Valhalla to spend
the remainder of her days on Earth as a mortal. Teri and I saw this
very same performance years ago sung by bass James Morris, a Baltimore native and protégé of the great Rosa Ponselle(lyrics). The soprano was Hildegard Behrens. A CSO to opera lovers Jayce and Ol' Man Keith.
65. God of love: EROS. The Norse goddess of Love was FREYJA, who also makes brief appearances in Wagner's The Ring of the Niebelung:
68. "Auld Lang __": SYNE. We'll be singing this before you know it. This version has ALL of the lyrics:
69. Helen who was the first actress to achieve the EGOT:
HAYES. Helen Hayes MacArthur (néeBrown;
October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career
spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre"
and was the second person and first woman who have won an Emmy, a
Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (an EGOT). She was also the first
person to win the Triple Crown of Acting; as of December 2020, the only other person to have accomplished both is Rita Moreno.
Helen Hayes
70. Austin festival, briefly: SXSW. South XSouthWest Festival. Hand up from anyone who's been to it?
Down:
1. Con: SCAM.
2. Kinks woman with "a dark brown voice": LOLA. The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. LOLA wasn't the only song they wrote. Here's their SUNNY AFTERNOON:
6. Auction winner, probably: TOP BID. In addition to Antiques Roadshow the BBC had a long running comedy series (1986 - 1984) called Lovejoy about an antiques dealer extraordinaire. Lovejoy was a "divinator" with a second sense that immediately told him not to BID on an antique that was fake. Played by actor Ian McShane, Lovejoy
did however occasionally fake antiques himself, as he was an
all-around rogue. In Series 1 Episode 1 he first meets his friend Lady Jane Felsam, played by Phyllis Logan. You may remember Phyllis for her later role as Mrs Hughes in Downton Abbey:
7. In short supply: SCARCE.
8. TV series from Seoul, e.g.: K DRAMA. As Korean dramas (Korean: 한국 드라마; RR: Hanguk deurama), more popularly known as K-dramas,
are television series in the Korean language, made in South Korea.
They are popular worldwide, especially in Asia, partially due to the
spread of Korean popular culture (the "Korean Wave"), and their
widespread availability via streaming services which often offer
subtitles in multiple languages
9. Selfie __: STICK. In ancient Greek times they were called Narcissus Sticks.
10. Insalata of tomato, mozzarella, and basil: CAPRESE. See the clue for the recipe.
11. Sunburn treatment: ALOE. Very popular with constructors because of its VTCR of 75%. Suntan lotion is much better though. Not only does it prevent sunburn, but skin cancer as well.
12. Purges (of): RIDS.
13. Lickety-split: FAST.
24. Rodriguez of "Jane the Virgin": GINA. Gina Alexis Rodriguez-LoCicero (néeRodriguez; born July 30, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Jane Villanueva in satirical romantic dramedy series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 2015.
Gina Rodriguez
25. Playground comeback: IS SO. IS NOT.
26. Served past: ACED.
27. Lingerie brand: BALI. See 21A for one of their products. And here's their eponymous island in the Indonesian archipelago:
Bali
32. T. rex, e.g.: DINO. I think this may be a mistake. I'm pretty sure DINO was a Snorkasaurus.
Dino
33. Freight boat: SCOW. A scow is a small type of barge. Some scows are rigged as sailing scows.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, scows carried cargo in coastal
waters and inland waterways, having an advantage for navigating shallow
water or small harbors. A CSO to Jinx.
40. Result of a bases-loaded walk, for short: RBI. Run Batted In, even though it wasn't batted in.
41. "Tubular!": RAD. Surf culture slang for cool or awesome, derived from catching a wave and getting in the "tube".
42. Body art: INK. Singular of clecho 61A.
45. Stalemate: IMPASSE.
48. Updates the backstory to accommodate new material, for short: RETCONS. Retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, is a literary device in which established diegetic
facts in the plot of a fictional work (those established through the
narrative itself) are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted
by a subsequently published work which recontextualizes or breaks continuity with the former. [Hey, I'm not making this up!]
52. Provides enough: SATES. IMHO it may be impossible to SATE cruciverbalists.
55. Speculate: GUESS. Hand up if you had to speculate about any of today's fill?
56. Radiates: EMITS.
57. Extend, in a way: RENEW.
59. Gold-certifying org.:
RIAA. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
is a trade organization formed in 1952 that represents the music
recording industry in the United States.
Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA
says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all
legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered
in Washington, D.C. I was 5 years old when they got their start, and
they promptly pulled the plug on my business pushing bootlegged 78's.
60. Shoppe descriptor: OLDE.
63. Tackle: TRY. I'm too tuckered out to tackle this one.
waseeley
And thanks as always to Teri for her proofreading and constructive suggestions.
Hoang-Kim Vu & Jessica Zetzman, 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.
61D. *Dish commonly made with cod: FISH AND CHIPS. Fan serviceis new to me.
Reveal:
33. President's protector ... and a hint to the circled letters: SECRET SERVICE.
Great to see Hoang-Kim Vu back. He gave us this puzzle last year. Congrats, Jessica, on your LA Times debut.
For
this type of "Secret" or "Hidden" theme, we normally we get the key
words fully embedded in each theme entry. This is a variation.
Heavy themage. I like how two of the Across themers intersect two Downs. This grid can be flipped and then we'd have a normal Sunday grid with theme entries mostly in Across.
Across:
1. Features of many beds: SLATS.
6. Curly coif: AFRO.
10. Evite request: RSVP.
14. Like half a towel set: HERS.
18. Cliff dwelling: AERIE. It's also the name of American Eagle's underwear line.
19. Place at the pier: SLIP.
20. World's smallest island nation: NAURU.
21. Lamb pen name: ELIA. Charles Lamb.
24. "... but maybe I'm wrong": OR NOT.
25. Took off: WENT.
26. Rest, in Rioja: SIESTA. Alliteration.
27. Nutmeg State Ivy Leaguer: ELI.
28. Social media movement since 2017: ME TOO.
29. Movie SFX: CGI.
30. Fashion monogram: YSL.
31. Speeds up: HASTENS.
34. Carolina quarterback with a Heisman Trophy: CAM NEWTON. And 37. Kneeling quarterback Tim with a Heisman Trophy: TEBOW.
38. Mount: GET ON.
40. State to be true: AVER.
41. Part of CDC: Abbr.: CTRS. Never paid attention to who the CDC director was until the virus hit us. Dr. Robert Redfield at the helm now.
43. How some like it?: HOT.
45. NFL sportscaster Collinsworth: CRIS.
46. Green film on bronze: PATINA.
49. Down in the dumps: BLUE.
50. Style of earrings: HOOP.
51. Kylo in "The Rise of Skywalker": REN.
52. Commonly misplaced camera part: LENS CAP.
53. Run, as a museum: CURATE.
55. Sees: DATES.
57. Features of many 48-Down: ADS. 48. Phone downloads: APPS.
58. Celeb, say: VIP.
59. Dojo instructor: SENSEI. Literally "born before". Japanese and Chinese have the same characters. The second character here means "born".
60. Visibility reducer: MIST.
61. Enemy: FOE.
62. Comes together: GELS.
63. Rise to an exalted level, as spirits: SOAR.
64. Early Southwestern natives around the Virgin River: ANASAZI. New word to me. The Smithsonian says "Their descendants are today's Pueblo Indians".
67. Persian for "king": SHAH.
69. Rode teacups, say: SPUN.
71. Inc. relative: LLC.
73. Squeezes (out): EKES.
74. "Fiddler" toasting song: TO LIFE.
77. Dadaist Jean: ARP.
78. __ the line: TOE.
79. Chart with lines: GRAPH.
80. Largest U.S. federation of unions: AFL- CIO.
81. Aerospace task: MISSION. And the Mars-obsessed 86. Musk in the news: ELON.
83. Head, for short: LAV.
84. Cloud of gloom: PALL.
87. Dre protégé: EMINEM.
88. Gp. that looks to the stars?: SETI. OK, the real stars.
89. Soul mate, with "the": ONE.
90. Salon colors: DYES. What's the first thing you'll do when this virus is over? Haircut for me.
91. Pub flier: DART.
92. Dog: POOCH.
94. Reps' pitches: DEMOS.
96. Peels out: STEPS ON IT.
99. Have humble pie: EAT CROW.
101. Side dish piece: FRY.
104. Taken in: HAD.
105. Chinese gambling mecca: MACAO. Macau is more common. Love their egg tarts and pork chop buns.
107. Informal rejection: NAH.
108. Dish: ENTREE.
110. Scores: A LOT.
112. Bitter: ACERB.
115. Christchurch native: KIWI. Wiki says Christchurch is the "largest city in the South Island of New Zealand."
116. Lands like a rock: THUDS.
117. Like some inappropriate comments: UN-PC.
118. Navel variety: OUTIE.
119. Pull hard: YANK.
120. "My bad!": OOPS.
121. Combat vet's affliction: PTSD.
122. Highlighter hues: NEONS.
Down:
1. Fresh: SASSY.
2. Narnia creator C.S.: LEWIS.
3. Disney mermaid: ARIEL.
4. Check additions: TIPS.
5. Boils: SEETHES.
6. Syst. with hand signals: ASL.
8. Search through hastily: RIFLE.
9. Selecting: OPTING.
10. Numismatist's prize: RARE COIN.
11. Basking goals: SUNTANS.
12. Big engine sound: VROOM.
14. Take down: HEW.
16. Jewelry-inspired pop nickname: RINGO. Wow, it has a ring connection?
17. Lustrous fabric: SATIN.
20. Happy eating word: NOM. Looking forward to making this, as soon as I receive my Amazon salted kelp. Amazon is soooo slow these days.
23. Swedish auto: SAAB.
32. NYC or London area: SOHO.
35. Captain America portrayer Chris: EVANS.
36. Waters: WETS.
37. Quisling's crime: TREASON.
39. "__ bien!": TRES.
41. Idea: CLUE.
44. "Rappa Ternt Sanga" artist: T PAIN.
47. Stick, as a landing: NAIL.
49. Former NCAA football ranking sys.: BCS. Bowl Championship Series. Replaced by College Football Playoff.
52. Vientiane people: LAO.
54. Important Kenya export: TEA. Mostly black teas.
56. Flight safety org.: TSA.
62. Proofreaders' proofs: GALLEYS.
65. Pseudonym letters: AKA.
66. One of the Marx Brothers: ZEPPO.
68. Where stars are honored: Abbr.: HOF. Boomer is in this Hall of Fame. Ha ha. Our hallway is full of his plaques and patches.
69. "Ditto": SAME.
70. Kat's sister in "The Hunger Games": PRIM.
72. Novelist Deighton: LEN.
75. Verizon bundle: FIOS. Acronym for Fiber Optic Service.
76. Long time span: EON.
78. Fancy cake feature: TIERS.
79. Felino doméstico: GATO. Domestic feline.
82. Digital sound?: SNAP. Hand!
83. Ballet garb: LEOTARDS.
85. Discomfiting look: LEER.
88. Add zest to: SPICE UP.
90. Dear Abbey for many?: DOWNTON.
93. Emotional problem: HANGUP.
95. Bubbly brand: MOET.
96. Unreliable: SHAKY.
97. __ al Ghul: daughter of a Batman enemy: TALIA. Learning moment for me.
98. Salsa holder: NACHO.
100. Bleachers' dig: TAUNT.
101. Crunchy snack: FRITO.
102. Adjust on a lapel, perhaps: RE-PIN.
103. Ayes: YESES.
106. Birthing room docs: OBS.
109. Loyal: TRUE.
111. __Tok: video sharing service: TIK.
114. HDTV choice: LCD.
Kazie (Kay) kindly sent me this lovely picture with below note:
"I'm attaching a recent photo if you'd like it--Lea's school beginning
last August, which the whole family attended. The large school bag, an
item of pride to her that day, distinguishes schoolkids from the
Kindergartners, and the huge cone called a Zuckertüte in Saxony, is
filled with candy and gifts. In most German states, they have a huge
ceremony to introduce the 1st graders to real school, after they're done
with kindergarten. In Lea's case, she had been going to kindergarten
since she was about a year old. She just turned 7 this January, but of
course has been home with her sister and mom since the virus closed
everything down."