Theme: Californian Hoopers
18. Manicurist's tool: NAIL CLIPPER.
28. Eponymous '60s-'80s "Airways" entrepreneur: FREDDIE LAKER.
47. Attacker or defender of online information systems: CYBER WARRIOR.
62. "It" novelist: STEPHEN KING.
Reveal:
65. Org. for the ends of 18-, 28-, 47- and 62-Across): NBA
68. Home state for the ends of 18-, 28-, 47- and 62-Acr.: CAL.
Boomer here.
Well,
football season has ended here in Minnesota. Good luck to the NFL
teams that remain. Although the NBA theme of this puzzle is a different
sport and that season ended in Minnesota AROUND 1959. Luckily, bowling
season is still with us so here we go.
Across:
1. Hanks who plays Mr. Rogers: TOM. I like him in "A League of Their Own".
4. Spanish houses: CASAS.
9. Watched secretly: SPIED.
14. Dr.'s group: AMA. Stands for "I AM A Doctor"
15. Scarlett of fiction: O'HARA. Shocking line in "Gone with the Wind". "Frankly my dear. I don't give a d..." Shocking four letter word in a 1939 movie.
16. African river: CONGO. In the middle of Africa. Flows into the Atlantic.
17. Server of shots: BAR. "Bar tender" is the actual server.
20. Word with sprawl or renewal: URBAN. Also the name of Popes in the third and eleventh centuries
22. Norse trickster: LOKI.
23. Walrus feature: TUSK. "I am the egg man, they are the egg men, I am the walrus" (The Beatles)
24. Made stuff up: LIED.
26. Like Mattel's Cathy doll: CHATTY. My sister had one of these. You had to pull a plastic ring on a string to get her to chat.
33. Like desperate straits: DIRE.
34. Send with a stamp: MAIL. The first class stamp is now $.55. Besides me, who remembers when it was .03 cents?
35. Old Detroit brewer: STROH.
39. Like frozen roads: ICY.
It's really bad here. I hate to complain because Minnesota is my
home. But we had snow two weeks ago, then it melted a bit, then it got
cold again and guess what happened.
40. Resolves out of court: SETTLES. I would prefer ___ like dust, on the shoulders of the old friends. (Simon and Garfunkel).
42. Paris summer: ETE.
43. Spot for a friendly kiss: CHEEK.
45. Bit of cat talk: MEOW.
46. Mennen lotion: AFTA. I don't use it. Got some "Old Spice" for Christmas.
50. Water heater: BOILER.
53. Nuremberg no: NEIN. I learned a few words when I was in Deutschland. This was ein of them.
54. German auto: AUDI. A German vehicle. If offered to me, I am afraid I would say nein danka.
55. Movie lab assistant: IGOR. He did the monster MASH.
59. President #2: ADAMS. John.
66. Remove the chalk: ERASE. A "Stay after school" punishment.
67. Muslim holy city: MECCA.
69. Monica of tennis: SELES.
70. Beautify: ADORN. "Major League II" ADORN bought the Cleveland Indians from the lady.
71. Suffix with Japan or Milan: ESE.
Down:
1. "Forbidden" fragrance: TABU.
2. Actor Epps: OMAR. Rep. Ilhan of Minnesota makes the news too frequently with negative opinions.
3. Bakery item Jerry stole from an old woman in a classic "Seinfeld" episode: MARBLE RYE. It was the last one the bakery had.
4. Fooled in a swindle: CONNED.
5. "Figured it out!": AHA.
6. Windsurfing need: SAIL."We sail the ocean blue, in our saucy ships of beauty" Gilbert & Sullivan.
7. Guthrie of folk: ARLO. "You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant."
8. Quarterback-tackling stat: SACK. Saw a few of these on Saturday.
9. Biol. or ecol.: SCI.
10. Toaster snack: POP TART.
11. Data to enter: INPUT.
12. Spew out: EGEST.
13. Not at all cool: DORKY.
19. Kiss from a pooch: LICK. I HATE that Allstate commercial. Where do they come up with tripe like that.
21. Teacher's helper: AIDE.
25. Ten-cent piece: DIME. U.S. keeps messing with quarters and dollar coins, but the good old FDR ten center remains the same.
27. Gas brand with toy trucks: HESS. A collectable toy tow truck.
28. Bank acct.-protecting org.: FDIC.
29. Wealthy: RICH. "Happy Days RICHie Cunningham:. Not OPIE
30. Cake directive Alice obeyed: EAT ME.
First she drank the "Drink Me" potion and became too small. So than
she tried some "Eat me" cake and blew up like a balloon. A little more
potion and she was Just Right.
31. Soda bottle buy: LITER. Mostly in Europe. Also a white wine buy. I think Canadian gasoline is sold by the Liter. It sounds cheaper that way.
32. Permit: ALLOW. First you get a driver's permit. Then soon you need to spend your allowance on a car.
36. Arrange new terms for, as a loan: REFINANCE.
Banks and loan companies always make this sound like a good deal. I
feel sorry for people that have to refinance due to cash flow issues.
37. Bart's bus driver: OTTO.
38. Perceive aurally: HEAR. What??
40. Terrier type: SKYE. In an Island off Scotland.
41. McGregor of "Doctor Sleep": EWAN.
44. "Total" 2017 event visible in a coast-to-coast path from Oregon to South Carolina: ECLIPSE.
46. Very dry: ARID.
48. Soft French cheese: BRIE.
49. President #40: REAGAN. One of two Presidents whose history included a divorce.
50. Diamond quartet: BASES. The Twins used to have an announcer named John Gordon who would shout "Touch 'em all" whenever a Twin hit a home run --BORING
51. Off-the-wall: OUTRE.
52. Perfect: IDEAL. It's a wonderful toy --- "It's Ideal" (Commercial.)
56. Govt.-owned home financing gp.: GNMA. Sometimes called Ginnie Mae. They might do a refinance.
57. Gave the nod to: OK'ED.
58. Wealthy, to Juan: RICO. You would think the Hurricane was bad enough. Now they are living in the results of an earthquake.
60. Corp. execs' degrees: MBAS.
61. January "white" event: SALE. Pitcher Chris who the Red Sox got from the White Sox.
63. "For __ a jolly ... ": HE'S. --- Good Fellow.
64. ATM giant: NCR. Remember when you could request $25.00 or $50.00?? Those were pretty stingy machines.
Boomer
Notes from C.C.:
Here are three fantastic pictures from Spitzboov. Cute and handsome.
Here are three fantastic pictures from Spitzboov. Cute and handsome.
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I’m 17 mos, old. Before we moved upstate to the farm |
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I’m being hoisted into the helicopter from the ship’s fantail for transfer to the carrier Randolph in the right center background. |
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I’m in my full-dress whites - on occasion of ship’s change of command ceremony. Sporting Lt.jg shoulder boards. |