9. Mr. Potato Head limbs: ARMS. I think maybe the humor here is that he has feet but no legs??? 13. Feature of many a clock app: ALARM.
14. "Sunday Night Baseball" nickname: A-ROD. Alex Rodriguez
16. Lye, to a chemist: NAOH. Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH)
19. "__ Murders in the Building": Hulu series: ONLY.
21. Malty beer: ALE. Anything "beer" with 3-letters, I guess ALE or IPA. Interestingly, the A in IPA stands for ALE. So is this one of those things where all IPAs are ALEs but not all ALEs are IPAs?
22. __ party: BRIDAL.
28. Backyard border: FENCE. "Good FENCEs make good neighbors" is the theme of this Robert Frost poem.
29. "Gangsta Rap" rapper: ICE-T.
30. Gem: JEWEL.
31. Ring up: CALL.
33. Persian Gulf fed. with seven members: UAE. The 7 members of the United Arab Emirates are Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Quwain, Fujairah, and Ras Al Khaimah.
40. Old Mac platform: OSX. Operating System X
41. Superficially cultured: ARTY.
This cartoon made me think of Friday's puzzle and today's 2 Latin clues, 51A and 2D. |
predecessor to rooftop gardens??? |
45. Hunter who shines at night?: ORION.
Look for him November - February. |
51. Latin for "as originally positioned": IN SITU.
53. Wager: BET. Wanna BET Calvin's mom was not happy when she walked into the kitchen?
56. Frozen dessert brand: EDY'S.
61. Chap: GENT.
62. Type: SORT. Oh...the noun! 63. __ the Riveter: ROSIE.
link to an article from The History Channel |
65. Spanish "today": HOY.
66. Last name of the "Full House" twins: OLSEN.
Down:
1. Relaxed: CALM.
2. Et __: and others: ALIA. (Latin) We usually see et al. This is from grammarly.com:
3. Drip from a menorah: CANDLE WAX.
4. Final album in the Green Day trilogy that includes "¡Uno!" and "¡Dos!": TRÉ I got mixed up thinking about this U2 song:
5. "As I see it" shorthand: IMO. In My Opinion, it is no surprise that AISI didn't catch on.
6. Winnie-the-Pooh greeting: HALLO.
7. Legal write-up: BRIEF.
Tighty Whitie takes the stage. |
10. Dept. that tests new products: R AND D. Research AND Development
11. Back tooth: MOLAR.
12. In a timid way: SHYLY.
15. Utter fiasco: DEBACLE. (noun) a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
18. Grow dim: FADE.
23. Regret: RUE.
25. Universal donor's type, briefly: O NEG. 26. First Amendment advocacy gp.: ACLU. and 33 Down. Labor leader: UNION BOSS.
27. Activist Ledbetter for whom the 2009 Fair Pay Act is named: LILLY.
Born April 14, 1938 in Jacksonville, AL, she was the plaintiff in the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. regarding employment discrimination. |
30. Half of Bennifer, familiarly: J.LO. Jennifer Lopez married Ben Affleck last year. In 2003 they starred together in Friday's puzzle's 52 Down movie, Gigli.
31. Reef makeup: CORAL. OTOH, I am much more interested in this answer.
32. Away from the bow, on a boat: AFT. as in AFTer the front
34. Yemen coastal city: ADEN. ADEN is found in the Old Testament's Book of Ezekiel. source35. Snaky letter: ESS.
37. Lengthy rebukes: EARFULS. (noun) [informal] A prolonged amount of talking, typically an angry reprimand.
38. Big name in bike and snow helmets: GIRO. I just checked. Mine are GIROs.
Bike (left) & Snowboarding (right) I wear them to protect my grape! |
46. Feudal lord: LIEGE. When I looked this up, I kept finding pictures of LIEGE waffles. recipe
47. South American mountain range: ANDES. 3 Fun Facts:
- The summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Andes is the planet's tallest point when measured from the Earth's center.
- The Andes are the longest mountain chain in the world.
- Potatoes and tomatoes originated in the Andes. (Gotta love them for that!!)
49. Many a 101 course: INTRO. true clue!
54. 1960s pop singer Sands: EVIE. Born 1946 in Brooklyn, NY. She was the first artist to record the classic song Angel Of The Morning, but her version was overshadowed by Merrilee Rush's when legal problems rendered Evie's single out of print.
55. Many a character in YA fiction: TEEN. YA is Young Adult. These are books written for readers between the ages of 12 and 18. Need to buy a present for a YA? Check out this list: Time Magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time