Monday, November 9, 2026, Robin Stears

Theme:  Wham!

Robin Stears is a longtime pro at crossword construction.  This marvelous Monday is my first opportunity to blog one of her puzzles. 

The theme clues and answers are:

17-Across. *Spinach eater who's smitten with Olive Oyl: POPEYE THE SAILOR.

26-Across. *"I Don't Like Mondays" new wave band: BOOMTOWN RATS.

48-Across. *"Mighty Morphin" heroes of 1990s television: POWER RANGERS.

63-Across. Has a thrilling opening, or what the answer to each starred clue does: STARTS WITH A BANG.

Every one of the starred clues opens with the sound of a BANG:  POP, BOOM, or POW.  This puzzle is banging!  Popping!  (Booming is not the same, and powing is not a thing!)  Wham, bam, thank you, Robin!

Across:

1. "Forever Your Girl" singer Abdul: PAULA.  Paula Abdul began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18, became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, and then choreographed music videos for Janet Jackson.  She went on to become a very popular singer, talent show judge, and choreograher for films, television, and award programs.  

Paula Abdul

6. Radio band toggle: AM/FM.

10. Rotating roasting rod: SPIT. 

piggies on spits -- eww!

14. Online moderator, briefly: ADMIN.  I'm an ADMIN for a Facebook group that shares daily photos of clouds around the world.  Someone's gotta enforce the rules!

15. King, queen, or jack: CARD.

16. Hawaiian dance: HULA.

17. [Theme clue]

20. Office helper: Abbr.: ASST.  The abbreviation for "assistant."

21. Self-storage rental: UNIT.

22. Looped rope at a 31-Across: LASSO.

23. Other, in Spanish: OTRO.  I appreciate it when the answer is masculine, as it is today.  When the answer turns out to be OTRA, as it often does, I think there should be a hint that we're looking for a feminine adjective.  Otro hombre (other man), otra mujer (other woman).

25. Short choral compositions: MOTETS.  Musical compositions in which various voices sing distinct words and melodies at the same time.  Having evolved from the 13th century to the present, there have been tremendous changes in the form over time.

26. [Theme clue]

31. Official state sport of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Texas: RODEO.  And Alaska has dog mushing as its state sport!  In the category of sports not based on animal abuse, we have surfing (California), skiing (Colorado), outrigger canoe paddling (Hawaii), jousting (Maryland), archery (Missouri) and stock car racing (North Carolina), among others.

32. Lithium-__ battery: ION.  A rechargeable energy storage device.

33. Lyft rival: UBER.

37. Mattel game with colorful cards: UNO.  The goal is to be the first person to get rid of all the cards in your hand.

Uno

38. "The __ of the Opera": PHANTOM.  The Phantom of the Opera is a story created by French novelist Gaston Leroux as a 1910 serialized novel. It follows a disfigured musical genius who lives in the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House and becomes infatuated with a young chorus singer.  There was a 1925 silent horror film version starring Lon Chaney, a 1935 Technicolor version starring Claude Rains, a 1986 Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a 2004 film starring Gerard Butler.

Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera, 1925

42. St. crosser: AVE.  Streets are typically narrow roads with closely spaced buildings on both sides, whereas avenues are often wider thoroughfares with large scale landscaping, but this usage varies regionally.  In Los Angeles, streets usally run east-west, and avenues run north-south.  The house where I grew up was on a north-south avenue, but it was a narrow road with closely spaced houses, fitting the description of a street.

43. Skater Lipinski: TARA.  Tara Lipinski was the 1997 U.S. national champion and world champion in women's singles figure skating, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998), and the 1998 Olympic champion.  She was the youngest single skater Olympic champion and World champion ever (at age 15), and is currently a commentator on the sport.

45. Have bills to pay: OWE.

46. Lubricated: OILED.

48. [Theme clue]

52. College grounds: CAMPUS.

55. Auth. unknown: ANON.  An unknown AUTHor is ANONymous.

56. Opera solos: ARIAS.

57. Failed to float: SANK.

59. Slender woodwind: OBOE.

63. [Theme clue]

66. Heavy book: TOME.

67. Slowly grow dim: FADE.

68. Student of Socrates: PLATO.  Socrates taught Plato; Plato taught Aristotle.  The three of them are credited with creating the foundations of Western philosophy.

Three hard headed guys.

69. Garden dirt: SOIL.

70. Pundit piece: OP-ED.  An op-ed (short for "opposite the editorial page") is a piece of opinion journalism written by an outside contributor who is not on a publication's editorial board.  A pundit is a person who has deep knowledge about a specific subject and shares opinions, analysis, or commentary through mass media.

71. Mexican bucks: PESOS.

Down:

1. Smurf with a white beard and red hat: PAPA.  The Smurfs is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest.  There was an American Saturday morning cartoon series from 1981 to 1989 which continued in reruns and TV specials for several years, and is still broadcast on the cable Boomerang channel.

2. Noisy commotions: ADOS.

3. Baseball officials: UMPS.  Umpires also officiate at tennis, cricket, badminton, and field hockey games.

4. "I can't handle the truth!": LIE TO ME.  In the TV drama series Lie to Me (2009-2011), crime solving psychologists detected deception by analyzing microexpressions, body language, and vocal tones.  

5. "__ ideas?": ANY.

6. "Don't wait or you'll miss out!": ACT NOW.

7. Fish often grilled for tacos, informally: MAHI.  The fish formally known as mahi-mahi.

human being with future fish taco filling

8. Ridge on a guitar fingerboard: FRET.  Frets are usually thin metal strips inserted in the neck of a guitar, providing guidance for finger placement to create musical notes.

frets

9. Rx writers: MDS.  Medical doctors can write a prescription (Rx).

10. Japanese massage technique whose name means "finger pressure": SHIATSU.  Practitioners use thumbs, fingers, palms, elbows, knees, or feet to apply pressure along energy pathways called meridians.

11. Heart rate: PULSE.

12. "You beat me": I LOST.

13. Starchy roots used in poi: TAROS.  Taro is a tropical plant grown for its starchy roots (tubers), which are a major food staple in the Pacific Islands, Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of Asia.  In Hawaii, cooked taro roots are mashed into poi.

taro on the left, poi on the right

18. Continental currency: EURO.

19. Like crazy: A LOT.

24. Sporty car roof: T-TOP.

Corvette T-top

25. Spanish hand: MANO.  Give me your hand:  Dame la mano.

26. Dry, as champagne: BRUT.  Sparkling wines are labeled according to the amount of residual sugar per liter after fermentation.  

27. Actress Chaplin: OONA.  Oona Chaplin is a granddaughter of English filmmaker and actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill.  She had roles in HBO's Game of Thrones, BBC's The Crimson Field and Taboo, and the Avatar films.

As Talisa Maegyr in Game of Thrones, Oona Chaplin got to be married to Robb Stark -- for a minute.
She was first to die at the Red Wedding (Game of Thrones, season 3, episode 9).

28. Febreze target: ODOR.  Isn't it better to clean up the mess than to cover the odor with this sort of thing?

29. Bay Area NFLer: NINER.  The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

30. Decompose: ROT.  Febreze is not really the solution to that.

34. Hay bundle: BALE.

35. Penultimate word in many fairy tales: EVER.  "... and they lived happily EVER after."  Not the ultimate (last) word, but the penultimate (next-to-last) word.

36. Maroon, crimson, ruby, and the like: REDS.

39. "__ it going?": HOW'S.

40. Astonishment: AWE.

41. Stereo alternative: MONO.  Monophonic audio recordings use one channel, and stereophonic recordings use two.  Mono is great for voice recordings and public address systems.  For music and movies, it's nice to have different sounds playing on separate channels to mimic a natural sound environment.

44. Clothes: APPAREL.

47. Dishonorable: IGNOBLE.

49. Depose: OUST.

50. __ and raved: RANTED.

51. Egyptian cross with a top loop: ANKH.  The ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that represents "life" or "breath of life."

A god offering the breath of life to a deceased pharoah?

52. Acting ensembles: CASTS.

53. Threepio pal: ARTOO.  Artoo (technically R2-D2) and Threepio (technically C-3PO) are fictional droids in the Star Wars movies.

R2-D2 and C-3PO

54. "The Golden Girls" city: MIAMI.  The Golden Girls, starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, aired on NBC from 1985 to 1992.  The four older ladies shared a house in Miami, Florida. 

57. Trade: SWAP.

58. Office helper: AIDE.

60. Sheep sounds: BAAS.

61. "I'm __ your tricks!": ONTO.

62. Inner selves: EGOS.

64. Bay Area hub, for short: SFO.  San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the primary international airport serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

65. iPad download: APP.  An app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet.

Here's the grid:

Solvers,

Did you get A BANG out of today's puzzle?

Tell me in the comments section!  But don't LIE TO ME!

ACT NOW!

-- NaomiZ

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - Robin Stears

 

Theme:  DAMAGE CONTROL (clued as: Jeopardize Maxwell Smart's organization?)

 

 

Puzzling thoughts:

My good friend and former crossword constructor mentor, Robin Stears, came up with a silly, yet clever way of cluing a quartet of non-related entries; non-related in their meaning but strangely related in their context 

When closely examining each of the four entries you find that not just the answer contains a synonym for the word "DAMAGE" but so does the clue:

17. Ruin the Olympic Games?: SPOIL SPORTS.

27. Destroy casual chitchat?: TRASH TALKING.

46. Wreak havoc on origami supplies?: BUTCHER PAPER. 

60. Lay waste to a dairy product?: CREAM CHEESE. 

To comment any further (on my part) about each of the entries would just be a disservice - you all should be able to figure out Robin's tomfoolery 😜

However ... if I were to nitpick just a little ... the second entry uses a present participle form of the verb "TALK" as opposed to the other three entries which use a noun to support the "theme".  Could Robin have used the word TALKERS instead and maintained the symmetry?  🤷 After checking that part of the grid, the answer is, "yes".  She could change IS SO to ESSO; NAIL to RAIL; and GYRE (not one of my favorite words today) to SYNE (as in Auld Lang); and SIR to SIN.  There! Done!! 😉

(maybe I should apply to one of the publishers as an assistant editor ...??) 

Anyhow, I am happy to provide a recap because honestly, this puzzle scored very high for me.  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and 1/2⭐!  Congrat's Ms. Stears for a well-done job

 

Here's the grid and then off to the rest of the puzzle!

(Note:  You can see my final entry letter filled in; the red highlight of the letter Y in GYRE ...)  

Across:
1. Built (on): BASED.  As opposed to Spread (on): BASTE

6. Many an A-lister: ACTOR. Somewhat of a clecho to (65-across. A-list): ELITE.

11. Swing's path: ARC.  Moe-ku:

        Paris sports car buff

        Drove his TR-6 under

        The ARC de Triumph [sic]

 

14. Cartoon canine who speaks with an "R" consonant mutation: ASTRO.  George and Judy Jetson's pet dog (surprise ending)

 

 

15. Level: PLANE.  

16. "Argo" org.: CIA.

[theme entry]

19. Every last bit: ALL.

20. Tammy Duckworth's title, briefly: SEN.

21. Merry-go-round music: LILT.  This "rendition" is hardly a "LILT" - and doesn't feature any horses going up and down - I am sure that some of our younger Cornerites who might be Mötley Crüe fans can shed some light on this.  Or not

22. Bas-__: RELIEF.  The word "Bas-" is pronounced "bah" (as in Bah, humbug!) but its meaning is oddly similar (to what those who would mispronounce it) to what's seen in this video!

 

24. Like many dirt roads: ONE LANE.  May I see a hand up for anyone else - like me - who tried UNPAVED first?

26. Home of Hawaii's Merrie Monarch Festival: HILO.  All you need to know about this annual event

[theme entry]

32. Tennis great Andre: AGASSI.  He and his wife (former tennis great Steffi Graf) will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in a couple of weeks

[per Wikipedia] - Agassi's record as a tennis player includes: 

Career Milestones

Career Grand Slam: He is one of a select group of men to win all four major singles tournaments.
Career Golden Slam: He won the Career Grand Slam plus an Olympic gold medal (1996 Atlanta Olympics).
Finals Record: 8 wins and 7 losses in Grand Slam finals (53.3% win rate) 

35. Georgia airport code: ATL.  Technically, it's the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

36. "If you ask me ... ": I SAY. Pip, pip and cheerio!

37. Massage: RUB.  Moe-ku:

 

        A massage client

        Refused to leave tip when they

        Were RUBbed the wrong way  

38. Super vision?: ESP.  How did I know that this would be the answer?? Must be psychic

39. Polite title: SIR.  MA'AM was too long to fit

40. A in geometry: AREA.  At first I tried SIDE (as in the sides of a right triangle, e.g.) thinking it was referring to Area = ab/2.  But a capital "A" does mean AREA

42. French wine classification: CRU.  CRU wine refers to a legally defined vineyard, group of vineyards, or village officially recognized for producing wine of superior quality based on its unique terroir (soil, climate, and topography) - Oh, and a Moe-ku:

 

        Heavy-metal band

        Owns a Napa winery

        Called "The Motley CRU" 

         

43. Annette of "Virgin River": O'TOOLE.  A bit of information about her 

[theme entry]

49. Forever and ever: EONS.

50. Repeat for emphasis: ITERATE.

54. "Who __!": DOESN'T.  "Love pizza!!"

57. Burlesque bit: SKIT. One of my all-time favorites!

 

58. Light touch: TAP. Second clecho du jour, with (66-across. Light touch): PAT.

59. Sometimes called, for short: AKA.  I am sometimes called MOE but don't call me short!! 😀

[theme entry]

63. Virginia Woolf's "__ Dalloway": MRS.  This is a 1925 modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class London hostess preparing for an evening party

64. "__ mañana": HASTA. "Until tomorrow"

67. Elizabeth who plays the Scarlet Witch: OLSEN.

For my buddy, Splynter (IYKYK)

68. Trig ratios: SINES.  Geometry AND trigonometry in the same puzzle!  Robin, were you by any chance into mathematics as a high schooler?

Down:
1. Common voice for an opera villain: BASSO.  Nothing villainous about this Christmas carol rendition by one BASSO who is singing all 5 parts

 

 

2. Colorado town near Snowmass: ASPEN.  One of our regular Cornerites (MalMan) is staying in a condo, very close to ASPEN, as we speak (the view he gets to see is pictured below)

3. Curling piece: STONE.  Actually, BROOM fits, too

 

4. "__ tu": Verdi aria: ERI.  A snippet

 

5. Brunei money: DOLLARS. [per Wikipedia] "The Brunei dollar, is the currency of Brunei Darussalam since 1967. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively B$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. The currency is divided into 100 cents and is issued by the Brunei Darussalam Central Bank"

6. Orchard fruit: APPLES.  PEARS, PEACHES, PLUMS, APRICOTS are also orchard fruits; they unfortunately won't fit into this "bushel basket"  

7. Congeal: CLOT.  Here is a link to a recipe for CLOTted cream

8. Viscous goo: TAR.

9. Having one's day in court?: ON TRIAL.  You don't like this clue and answer?  Then sue me!

10. Deal in, as vintage clothing: RESELL.  Clothing items such as these are found at places like Goodwill and Salvation Army stores, as well as on Etsy

11. Breakfast bowl berry: ACAI.  BLUE was my first thought - that's what Ms Margaret and I have in our morning breakfast bowl

12. Annoy but good: RILE.

13. Baby camel: CALF.  A few fun facts about camels

18. Africa-to-Asia land bridge: SINAI.

23. Trickster in Norse mythology: LOKI.

25. Jr. officers: LTS.  Abbr. for Lieutenants 

26. URL starter: HTTP.

28. Invites to one's apartment, say: HAS UP.  ASK UP fits, too, and is probably the more recognized phrase

29. Childish comeback: IS SO.  This was the area of the puzzle that had me flummoxed for the longest time.  I could have bet money that this was AM SO but then again, it's been a long time since I have been a child ... 

30. Get just right: NAIL.  I did "nail" this one but it looked odd next to AM SO

31. Giant oceanic surface current: GYRE.  Total swing and a miss - I want to say that I had to Google this to finish solving the puzzle

32. Part of UAE: ARAB.

33. Hindu mentor: GURU.

34. Lie for, say: ABET.

38. Goes astray: ERRS.

41. Las Vegas WNBA team: ACES.  Fun Fact:  Former NFL QB Tom Brady is a part owner

42. Primary: CENTRAL.

43. __ nerve: OPTIC.

44. Shows signs of growth?: TEETHES.  Clever enough clue - core definition of TEETHE is: The process of baby teeth pushing through and emerging from the gums.  This occurs, generally, as a baby reaches 6 months of age

45. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby: ORR.

47. Top dog: HONCHO. Moe-ku:

 

        An alpha male dog

        Sported a slicker. It's called

        A HONCHO poncho  

48. Three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Troy: AIKMAN.

51. Saved on supper, perhaps: ATE IN.  With today's higher grocery prices, it doesn't always "feel" like we are saving anything when we dine; IN or out.  Remember these days?

52. Sample size?: TASTE.  This term (TASTE) doesn't always mean something that is consumed orally.  Our summer vacation this year was a guided tour called TASTE of Portugal; and it was just that.  We stayed in one hotel for 7 nights and took short bus hops to several touristy areas.  It gave us a good TASTE of the country - we stayed another week, though, as we wanted more than just a "sample"

53. Stage combat props: EPEES.  Huh!  First time I think I've seen THIS clue used for the fencing sword.  "Curses, foiled again!"

54. Not quite dry: DAMP. A rare sighting here in Arizona - although our Monsoon this year provided us with more rain than I recall in the seven years I've lived here

55. Sticky pod: OKRA.  My favorite way to prepare it - and always one of the side dishes I order when eating at a Cracker Barrel

56. From Perth to Sydney: EAST.  Geography lesson.  Perth sits on the far western coast of Australia on the Indian Ocean whilst Sydney is on the east coast (Pacific Ocean).  Visiting Perth is on Moe and Ms. Margaret's bucket list of places, as there is a wine region to the south of Perth that lies along the Margaret River!  Few folks know of how wonderful these wines are.  Here is a link

57. Make full: SATE. Do you feel SATEd from solving today's puzzle and reading Moe's blog?  Hope so

61. Curvy letter: ESS.

62. Yale grad: ELI. 

For those keeping "score":  I think ELI was the 18th 3-letter word used in today's puzzle; I counted just 7 abbr's; and 4 proper names - I know that this statistic has to please many of our solvers!  Please stop by and say "Hi!" Robin

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Robin Stears

I Double Dare You:  The word Check can follow the first and second word of each theme answer.

16-Across. *  Video game boost that may repair damage: HEALTH SPELL.  Health Check / Spell Check.  I am not familiar with the term Health Spell as it refers to video games.

23-Across. *  Waterproof garment: RAIN COAT.  Rain Check / Coat Check

34-Across. *  Internal setting controlled by thermoregulation: BODY TEMPERATURE.  Body Check / Temperature Check

49-Across. *  High-intensity workout program: CROSSFIT.  Cross Check / Fit Check

And the unifier:

59-Across. Go over twice, or what can be found in the answer to each starred clue: DOUBLE CHECK.

Here's the Grid, so you can Double Check my responses.

Across:

1. Corn cores: COBS.

5. Pet rehoming org.: ASPCA.  As in the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.  The ASPCA has been around for over 150 years.

10. Sandwich letters: BLT.  As in the Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.

13. Opera solo: ARIA.  A crossword staple.

14. Replacements for flat tires: SPARES.  Here's to you, Desper-Otto!

15. "__ la la!": OOH.

18. __ Lanka: SRI.

19. "Absolutely out of the question!": NO SIREE.

20. Wall surface: PLASTER.

22. Quick snooze: NAP.

24. Unleashed: FREED.

27. Cry for attention?: HEY.

28. "You're __ human": ONLY.

29. Charged particle: ION.

30. Barely gets (by): EKES.

32. Vietnamese soup: PHO.  Pho is a Vietnamese soup dish consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and some sort of meat. 

40. Span of epoch proportions?: EON.

41. Frozen dessert brand: EDY'S.

42. NBC show that inspired "30 Rock," for short: SNL.  The Saturday Night Live abbreviation is a crossword staple.

43. Dull pain: ACHE.

46. Superhero franchise initials: MCU.  As in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

47. Steel girder: I-BEAM.

52. Kissing in the open, for short: PDA.  As in Public Display of Affection.

53. Beeper on the road: CAR HORN.

54. Promo in a magazine: PRINT AD.

58. Sci-fi visitors: ETs.  As in ExtraTerrestrials.

61. Alumna bio word: NÉE.  Today's French lesson.

62. Add to a kitty: ANTE UP.

63. Lo __: noodle dish: MEIN.  Lo Mein was part of the theme of last week's puzzle.

64. Take a crack at: TRY.

65. Cook in a basket: STEAM.

66. Annual May auto race, informally: INDY.

Down:

1. "High Hopes" lyricist Sammy: CAHN.  Sammy Cahn (né Samuel Cohen; June 18, 1913 ~ Jan. 15, 1993), was a lyricist and songwriter.  He is also known for the song, Let it Snow!

2. "Milk's Favorite Cookie" brand: OREO.  A crossword staple.

3. Skewed view: BIAS.

4. __ solution: contacts wearer's need: SALINE.

5. Cathedral recess: APSE.  Another crossword staple.

6. Sticky tree juice: SAP.

7. Purchase in advance: PRE-PAY.

8. String section instruments: CELLI.  Today's Italian lesson.  Celli is the Italian plural for Cello.

9. Lion of Narnia: ASLAN.  A reference to C.S. Lewis's novels The Chronicles of Narnia. 

10. Paul Revere House city: BOSTON.  The Paul Revere House is a historic house museum at 19 North Square in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts.

11. Cosmetics giant: L'ORÉAL.

12. Two points, in tennis: THIRTY.  Anyone know why tennis has such a weird scoring system?

14. TV soccer analyst Messing: SHEP.  Shep Norman Messing (b. Oct. 9, 1949) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper.

Back in his soccer-playing days.

17. Swap with: TRADE TO.

21. "Amscray!": SCOOT.

23. High regard: RESPECT.

24. Bit of baloney: FIB.

25. Milne youngling: ROO.

26. Infinity sign's lack: END.  There is no beginning, either.

27. Stitched border: HEM.

31. "Jeopardy!" host Jennings: KEN.  For years, Ken Jennings (né Kenneth Wayne Jennings, III; b. May 23, 1974) co-hosted a podcast called Omnibus.

32. Be nosy: PRY.

33. Like some Orthodox Jews: HASIDIC.  They are not equivalent terms.  Hasidic Judaism is a specific 18th-century mystical branch focused on joyful spirituality, distinct clothing, and a hereditary leader called a Rebbe.

35. "For crying out loud!": YEESH!

36. School URL suffix: EDU.

37. Draw upon: USE.

38. Molecule in some vaccines: RNA.

 

39. Shade tree with serrated leaves: ELM.

43. Regional speech pattern: ACCENT.

44. Meteorite's mark: CRATER.

45. Rocking toy, in baby talk: HORSEY.

46. Very hard to see: MINUTE.

48. Vietnamese sandwich: BÁNH MÌ.  It looks like a po-boy.

50. Combo meal drinks: SODAS.

51. Moving line on a weather map: FRONT.

52. Work overseen by a sous-chef: PREP.  Today's French lesson.  The word sous means under.  The sous-chef is second-in-command in the kitchen.

54. Deep purple: PLUM.

55. Adolescent: TEEN.

56. Tart: ACID.

57. Big Apple fashion letters: DKNY.  DKNY stands for Donna Karan New York.  The fashion company was founded by fashion designer Donna Karan (née Donna Ivy Fake; b. Oct. 2, 1948) in the late 1980s.

60. Arthur of "The Golden Girls": BEA.  Did you know that Bea Arthur (née Beatrice Arthur; May 13, 1922 ~ April. 25, 2009) served in the military during World War II?  She served in the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve and worked as a typist, truck driver, and dispatcher.

I Dare You to Complete this Puzzle.

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