Theme: "Really!"
17A. "Really!": SURE ENOUGH.
60A. "Really!": FOR CERTAIN.
11D. "Really!": I KID YOU NOT.
28D. "Really!": BY ALL MEANS.
Boomer here.
These answers kind of remind me of the host of "America Says" John Michael Higgins. "I'm not kidding!" Any one of the teams has a chance to win fifteen thousand dollars! "By all Means !" "Really!"
Across:
6. Alaskan malamute team's burden: SLED. That would be a huge
sled. We kids had sleds our size and rode down a hill in Minnesota.
Not sure if they have sleds in Texas but the could have probably used
them last week.
10. __ Field: Mets' home: CITI. I believe Citi Field replaced Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows in 2008. Both ballparks could seat over 55,000 patrons.
14. Lose strength: ABATE. My bowling strength ABATED last week.
15. Attire for Caesar: TOGA. A party for "Animal House"
16. Closely related: AKIN. Shea is AKIN to Citi Field.
19. Pinball flub: TILT. In the old days, my friends and I would
play Pinball after bowling. I was gentle and never tilted the game. I
had good money in the machine, three games for a quarter, and I wanted
my money's worth.
20. Metal-shaping tool: STAMPER. Sounds like the name of a rabbit in "Bambi"
21. Defame verbally: SLANDER. With old age and health issues, I am too slender to SLANDER.
23. Fifth Avenue retailer: SAKS. Minneapolis has three SAKS stores that I know about. None are on Fifth Avenue.
25. Final word: SAY SO.
26. Even though: ALBEIT.
30. Low-cost and inferior: CHEAPO. We have a CHEAPO record store in Minneapolis. They buy and sell those vinyl things with a hole in the middle.
33. Early synthetic fiber: RAYON. Most of my stuff is real cloth. RAYON is too thin for wear in the cold northland.
34. Pinch, as piecrust: CRIMP.
35. D.C.'s nation: USA. Today - Another paper that sometimes features a crossword from C.C. Fred Piscop used to be the editor.
38. Kilt-wearing family: CLAN. I don't remember the Beverly Hillbillies wearing kilts.
39. Hotel visitor: GUEST. We have not visited a hotel for over a year. Cannot trust that crummy virus that's going around.
40. Soon, to a bard: ANON.
41. Rogue computer in "2001": HAL.
42. Uses a fireplace tool: POKES. We have a fireplace in our
basement. I have not used it for many years. Nasty to clean up the
ashes. I suppose the southern states homeowners wish they had one last
week.
43. Sci-fi robot: DROID.
44. Really rich: LOADED. The San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis
will be loaded since he signed a 14- year contract for 340 million $$$.
I thought baseball teams were hurting for cash since a short season
with no tickets sold last year.
46. With dexterity: DEFTLY.
47. Davis Jr. of the Rat Pack: SAMMY. Performed at the Sands
Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. It's gone now. I think it was in the
area of the now popular Fashion Show Mall. I visited the Sands Hotel a
long time ago, however I never saw the show.
49. Pig's meal: SLOP. Sometimes it's Boomer's meal.
51. Source of maple syrup: TREE SAP. Argyle used to send us maple syrup.
54. One of 12 at the Last Supper: APOSTLE. The season is upon us. The last supper occurs on the Thursday before Easter.
59. Straight from the mouth: ORAL. I was not able to deliver my
humor to my retired Graybar friends this year at the Orleans in Las
Vegas. Wait 'til next year, I'll be back!
62. Subside: WANE.
63. Cleveland's lake: ERIE. Trivia - Cleveland is one of the three largest cities in Ohio that start's with a "C". Can you name the other two?
64. Carried in a bag: TOTED.
65. The "S" in CBS: Abbr.: SYST.
66. Gets hitched: WEDS.
67. Reaches across: SPANS. We have a favorite dam that spans the
Mississippi up here. We have walked across it many times. The
Mississippi width is a relatively short distance north of Minneapolis.
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Down:
2. Share a boundary with: ABUT.
3. "Gone With the Wind" estate: TARA.
4. Checklist detail: ITEM. I bring a list to the grocery store but sometimes they are out or don't stock what I want.
5. Represses, as emotions: KEEPS IN.
6. Storied baby-bringing bird: STORK.
7. Gehrig in Cooperstown: LOU. Gehrig played in 2130 consecutive
games for the Yankees. The record seemed unbreakable until Cal Ripken
came along and went for 2632.
8. Dairy case dozen: EGGS. 45. Brunch fare made with 8-Down: OMELET. Three eggs with a little milk whipped in. Load with ham and cheese and fry it slowly. Yum!
9. Roald who created Willy Wonka: DAHL.
10. Bit of shuteye: CATNAP. This happens to me sometimes as I am watching one of the stupid game shows on TV.
12. Scrabble pieces: TILES. What four letter word yields the highest point score ?
13. Emcee's lead-in: INTRO.
18. In apple-pie order: NEAT.
22. "Hurry!" on a memo: ASAP. I am not known to hurry any more.
24. Windbags' speeches: SCREEDS.
26. One of two in McDonald's "M": ARCH. C.C. and I once drove
through Des Plaines, Ill. and stopped by the original Ray Kroc
McDonald's there. It's a showplace of the original McDonald's golden
arches that were famous in the 1950s. If your hungry you can get a
three course meal at a brick McDonald's down the street from the
original. I think it may cost more than 45 cents though.
27. In __ land: spaced-out: LA LA. The Original McDonald's is part of a museum in San Bernardino. just east of La La Land.
29. A billion years, in geology: EON.
31. Tire leak sound: HISS. Usually the tire does not leak. It's the stubborn valve stem.
32. 911 responder: Abbr.: EMT. Having worked for Graybar
Electric for more than a few years, I sold thousands of feet of EMT.
Electrical Metallic Tubing, aka EMT pipe.
34. Pickled veggie: CUKE. We keep trying to grow these in our small garden. No luck ... Maybe this spring.
36. Gardener's bagful: SOIL. Useful for growing cukes.
37. Warhol of pop art: ANDY.
39. Thor or Zeus: GOD.
40. Comics bark: ARF. I prefer RUFF - Dennis the Menace.
42. Forks over: PAYS.
43. Kicks out of the country: DEPORTS.
46. Dimwit: DOPE.
47. Stashes in a hold: STOWS.
48. Assortment: ARRAY.
50. Shoe strings: LACES. Got them on my bowling and golf shoes. Tennis shoes use Velcro.
52. Not very many: A FEW.
53. Skin opening: PORE. Sure, and if you hold your breath your PORES will close and bees cannot sting you.
55. Word on an octagonal sign: STOP. Trivia - They used to be
yellow. Now they are all red. In Minnesota, sometimes they get covered
with snow but you must still stop for an octagon.
56. Brit's goodbye: TA TA. I guess Harry and Meghan mumbled this a few years ago.
57. Legal claim on property: LIEN.
58. Comes to a halt: ENDS. Just while I was finishing up here, I
received one of those fake calls from someone stating that we ordered
some huge $$$$ from Amazon. That's what I wish would end.
61. Get __ of: dump: RID. We pay to get rid of garbage every week. Recycle every other week.
Boomer