Theme: FRIED RICE (62. Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters?) - Letters of RICE are scrambled up.
17. Boss on a red truck: FIRE CHIEF.
25. Writer of arcade entertainment reviews: GAME CRITIC.
38. Frozen food biggie: MARIE CALLENDER'S.
50. National STEM Competition for middle school visionaries: FUTURE CITY. According to Wikipedia, Future City Competition is a national competition in the United
States that focuses on improving students' math, engineering, and
science skills. The program is open to students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th
grades who attend a public, private or home school.
Boomer here.
C.C. said this is Jordan Hildebrandt's LA Times debut. Congratulations, Jordan!
June
22 has good and bad memories for me. My first child, by a previous
marriage, Deborah was born on June 22, 1970. That's the good memory.
Sadly Debbie passed away from heart disease at the age of ten on June
25, 1980. I cannot imagine her at age 50. Rest in peace my sweet
little girl.
Across:
1. Transplant to a new container: REPOT. No pots for us. Our plants and flowers are in the garden.
6. Wd. modifying a noun: ADJ.
9. Triumphant shouts: TADAS. Might have been a few at the RBC Heritage last weekend, but I did not hear any.
14. Appliance maker: AMANA. Made in our neighbor to the south, Amana, Iowa. Home of the Wurst Festival.
15. CT scan relative: MRI. I suspect Abejo can tell you about his. I will never forget mine two years ago.
16. Room on the Clue board: STUDY.
19. Tuesday fare?: TACOS.
I have seen the ads for Taco John's. We have not purchased restaurant
food since the virus shutdown. Anyway, I mentioned before, C.C. and I
prefer buffets, The Mystic Lake Casino has excellent tacos in their
buffet, but it is not yet open. You need to gamble hungry.
20. Letters before "Fridays" in a restaurant name: TGI. I think the Minnesota ones have closed.
21. Campus party garb: TOGA. Good old "Animal House" - I miss John Belushi.
22. Arrange in order: SORT. I cannot even try to remember how many hours I spent sorting baseball cards. A labor of love.
23. Divisions of history: ERAS. Or "Pitcher's stats". On the backs of their baseball cards.
29. Detox facility: REHAB.
31. Long __ of the law: ARM. Saw a few of these in Tulsa on Saturday.
32. In the past: AGO. "A long, long time AGO, I can still remember how the music used to make me smile." Don McClean - "American Pie"
33. Riotous spree: RAMPAGE.
37. Per item: A POP. I am having A POP as I write this. It's diet Ginger Ale.
42. Desktop image: ICON.
43. Premier League powerhouse: ARSENAL. I thought this was a stash of weapons and ammo.
44. Progressive spokeswoman: FLO. Yup I have Progressive. I rate them third in stupid car insurance commercials. Behind #1 Liberty Mutual, and #2 GEICO.
45. Toward the stern: AFT.
In a big ship. The kind I saw docked at Harbor Town last weekend. In
the fishing boats that I commanded the motor was "AFT" (Pronounced
MOTOR, Not MO TORE)
46. French fathers: PERES.
55. Eye care brand: RENU. I wear glasses. C.C. likes contacts and I think she uses this.
56. Sword's sharp part: EDGE. Ford makes a mini SUV called an EDGE. No payments for three months. and I have no interest in this car.
57. 1857 litigant Scott: DRED.
We studied some of this in High School and it should be a topic for
today's "Black Lives Matter" movement. Dred was a black American in
Missouri. He sued for his freedom and it got to the Supreme Court but
they ruled against 7 - 2. By the way, in case you have not heard, the
Minnesota Twins removed the statue of previous owner Calvin Griffith.
He was a cheap bigot and there is no reason to honor his memory.
59. Road goo: TAR.
60. Super-excited: GIDDY.
64. Disney's Little Mermaid: ARIEL.
65. Sass: LIP. TU of them make a flower.
66. Hilda and Zelda, to TV's Sabrina: AUNTS. I remember playing the "Legend of Zelda" for hours on my Nintendo game.
67. Category in iTunes: GENRE.
68. Employ: USE.
69. Dough raiser: YEAST. Great Stuff!! I made pizza for a few years and we had to use yeast to tenderize the crust.
Down:
1. Roofing support: RAFTER.
2. Political refugee: EMIGRE. I guess dreamers are not in that group and are here to stay. Thank you 5 of the big robes!
3. Outcast: PARIAH.
4. Number of beers that fall off the wall in each round of the song: ONE.
It takes about thirty miles in the car to finish this song. I don't
think I ever finished. Did you like "Take one down and pass it around"
or "If one of those bottles should happen to fall." ??
5. Diplomat's skill: TACT.
6. Latina friend: AMIGA. My buddy Jorge from Chile calls me AMIGO.
7. "I Have a __": MLK: DREAM.
Again another timely reference. I know I mentioned a couple of weeks
ago regarding my experience at Fort Campbell on April 4, 1968.
8. Skippy rival: JIF.
When I was young, my Cub Scout troop toured the Skippy factory in St.
Louis Park, MN. At the end of the tour we received a small jar. The
factory is gone now, but I am still loyal to the brand.
9. Noisy weather event, briefly: T-STORM. We had a big one last week. Thunder shook our house.
10. Arcade pioneer: ATARI. Is this the same as Nintendo ??
11. All-purpose roll: DUCT TAPE. Many uses, We have used a lot!
12. Hubbub: ADO. Much ADO about nothing.
13. Part of CBS: Abbr.: SYS. Looks like CBS has landed the PGA tournaments with no fans on the course.
18. Harley, e.g.: HOG. They are a bit noisy, just like real HOGS.
22. It allows air but keeps out bugs: SCREEN. We have them, but once in awhile a Minnesota mosquito sneaks in and drives C.C. crazy.
24. Deadly nerve gas: SARIN.
26. Great Seal bird: EAGLE.
This would be two under par on one hole. something I did once about
30-40 years ago on a par five. On in two and one putt - about a 30
footer.
27. "Young Frankenstein" aide: IGOR. "Oh Boy IGOR Stravinsky, Oh Boy, Bo Belinsky." Allan Sherman.
28. Many "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" characters: COPS.
30. Sweetie, in slang: BAE.
34. Antivirus giant: MCAFEE. Maybe we could take some for the Covid-19. Just kidding, Do not try it.
35. Medicare Advantage, familiarly: PART C.
I have Medicare but don't use it. Why are there SO MANY commercials
for these add on plans. Joe Namath - Don't you have anything to do??
36. Pacino and Roker: ALS. Roker is a Joker.
37. Sherlock Holmes adversary Irene: ADLER.
38. Offend slightly: MIFF.
39. Civil rights org.: ACLU.
"Civil Rights Leaders are a pain in the neck, Can't hold a candle to
Chiang Kai Shek, How do I know, I read it in the Daily News." Tom
Paxton.
40. Based on, as opinions vis-à-vis faith: ROOTED IN.
41. Daytime snooze: NAP. No time, always have stuff to do.
45. Diamond pattern: ARGYLE. No one will ever forget our Santa.
47. Light-sensitive eye layer: RETINA.
48. Passes, as laws: ENACTS. Our Supreme Court has been busy lately. Not passing laws but deciding if they are okay.
49. Most certain: SUREST.
51. Part of a cow the milk comes from: UDDER. Which cow? This one or the UDDER one.??
52. Elba who played Mandela: IDRIS.
53. Total rubbish: TRIPE. I always thought TRIPE was the part of the fish you toss away while cleaning it.
54. "__-haw!": YEE. I used to watch "HEE-HAW" YEE HAW sounds Chinese, I'll check with C.C.
58. June 6, 1944: D DAY. I was not yet alive, But this day in history will long be remembered.
60. Gift at a white elephant exchange, say: GAG.
61. Wrath: IRE.
62. Annual shot target: FLU. Hopefully the annual shot target in the future will be Covid-19.
63. Parisian street: RUE. Or, one of the "Golden Girls".
Boomer
