Today, June 23, is National Let It Go Day. Here is some wonderful advice that flows from that sentiment
On this day of introspection, Debbie Ellerin has a given us a very nice exercise. Debbie is a "longtime puzzle solver" who caught the constructing bug in 2014. She has been published in the NYT, the LA Times and the WSJ. She is a former computer programmer who splits her time between LA and Boston. She spends her free time reading, watching MSNBC and traveling to visit her two children.I was going to grump about 39. Rear ends?: ARS where Debbie was indicating the R's that serve as the front and back end of the word REAR yield the fill AR'S. I decided that in the spirit of the day I will LET IT GO! 😉
Now after taking my tongue out of my cheek, I must aver that I am in awe of all constructors and especially those who produce these wonderful Saturday gems like Debbie has for us today!
Now let's take a look at what Debbie has for us before we LET IT GO!
Across:
1. "The __ Book": JUNGLE - Rosemary DeCamp is the only actor I recognized in the cast from this 1942 movie version
7. Eyjafjallajökull output: ASH - This Icelandic Volcano is pronounce Ay-yah-fyad-layer-kuh-tel
10. "C'mon, be __!": A PAL.
14. Straighten out: UNCOIL - Often said about a baseball swing
15. It often has twists: PLOT LINE - My binge watching of Grey's Anatomy revealed PLOT LINE twists that made me shake my head. A man is attacked by his date's full grown pet lion but wait, she's upset with him...
17. Treaty of Versailles region: ALSACE - This small area bordered by France, Germany and Switzerland was returned to France after WWI in 1919 as Germany had taken it 40 yrs. previously
18. Apparent displacement due to observer movement: PARALLAX - This is a very useful tool in astronomy but here is a simple explanation
19. Website with a Certified Fresh seal: ROTTEN TOMATOES - If I had only gone to ROTTENTOMATOES.COM I would never have gone to see Morgan, Rene and Tommy Lee in this worst movie I have ever paid money to see!
21. "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" singer: EVA - Peron
22. Word sung after the ball drops: AULD - AULD Land Syne - Scottish for "Times Long Past"
23. Ivan the Terrible, e.g.: TSAR - He used Ива́н Васи́льевич on his business cards
25. Frat letters: ZETAS
28. Loses focus: BLURS.
31. Gun designer __ Gal: UZI - UZI Gal and his famous/infamous invention
32. Object: DEMUR.
34. Hostile environment: SNAKE PIT - Some basketball arenas with rowdy student sections are called a SNAKE PIT
36. Neatnik's nemesis: SLOB - We can all complete this analogy - SLOB : Oscar = Neatnik : ______
38. Work on a muffler: KNIT.
39. Invasion, for example: ACT OF WAR - Nazis dressed as Poles "attacked" a German radio station on 8/31/39. The Nazis declared this as an ACT OF WAR and history students know what Hitler did the next day
43. Big name in publishing: KNOPF - The first books KNOPF published were under Borzoi Books because his wife loved that dog breed. He kept the dog as a symbol for KNOPF Books.
47. Makeup exam?: ASSAY - An ASSAY report on the makeup of an ore sample from a Utah mine in 1943
49. Bergen's dumbest dummy: SNERD - Mortimer
51. Fox relative: SAUK - A young Abraham Lincoln fought against the SAUK and Fox tribes in the Black Hawk War in 1832
53. One with a unicorn as a heraldic symbol: SCOT.
55. "The __ of Pooh": TAO - According to Benjamin Hoff and 46. Hundred Acre Wood denizen: ROO didn't make this list
56. Online exchange medium: CRYPTO CURRENCY - A decentralized, peer-to-peer method of payment. That's all you're getting from me! Yikes!
61. Sarcastic "What a shame": OH BOO HOO - One tire on your new Maserati is low...
62. Make sparkle, in a way: AERATE - Now I have to AERATE my birdbath?
63. Particle name that Fermi introduced to the scientific community: NEUTRINO - This physics guy won't make this esoteric journey with you. You're welcome.
64. Alligator kin: CAIMAN - Not spelled with a "Y" it turns out
65. Bone on a menu: OSSO - A scathing review of the OSSO restaurant in Peebles, Scotland
66. IRS ID: SSN.
67. Cars that misfired badly?: EDSELS - Wrong car at the wrong time. I doubt many kids get the name Edsel any more like Edsel Ford did
Down:
1. City across the river from El Paso: JUAREZ - From space at night
3. Wolfpack's home: NC STATE.
4. Far from a fan favorite: GOAT - What a change! This error by Billy Buckner made him an 2. Far from popular: UNLOVED GOAT but today GOAT also stands for Greatest Of All Time. Ah, 13. "The Joy of __": Brandreth's book for word buffs: LEX.
6. John Paul's successor: ELENA - Cute clue! No she was not a pope.
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| ELENA Kagen replaced John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court in 2010 |
7. Team-ranking surveys, briefly: AP POLLS.
8. Sure thing: SLAM DUNK - Most Nebraskans thought legendary Husker FB coach Tom Osborne was a SLAM DUNK to be elected governor in 2006 but my golfing friend Dave Heineman beat him.
9. "Hava Nagila" dance: HORA.
10. Dole out: ALLOT - On a good day, I ALLOT about an hour to do the puzzle, read the comments and comment myself
11. Accumulates: PILES UP.
12. Cliff Palace dwellers: ANASAZI
16. Body image?: TAT.
20. Popcorn buy: TUB - One site said that $5.75 popcorn costs 37¢ to make
24. Musical dir.: RIT - Slow down, as is shown here in a place familiar to us all
26. Schoolyard comeback: AM SO.
27. Bacteria-fighting drug: SULFA - Not for everyone as you can see by this warning29. Private, for one: RANK.
30. Pickup game team: SKINS - Playing SHIRTS vs SKINS only works for one gender
33. Spats: ROWS - If they happen in movie theaters you could have ROWS in the ROWS
35. Henry VI founded it in 1440: ETON.
37. Some winds: BASSOONS - Between its size and required air pressure through the double reeds, this looks like a very hard instrument to play. Jazz, et al?
40. Manager's staff: COACHES - All these COACHES can't make KC a winner this year. It seems you need good players 😜
41. Gig transport: TOUR BUS.
42. Animal in a Beatles ballad: RACCOON - Rocky Racoon was a man in Dakota seeking revenge
44. Term of endearment: PET NAME
45. Repeating geometric pattern: FRACTAL - Don't look too long!
48. "With or Without __": U2 song: YOU.
50. Elders: DOYENS - Usually prominent ones
52. 1997 protocol city: KYOTO - The U.S. delegation signed this protocol but the Senate did not ratify it
54. Bit: TRACE - Such as these TRACE elements that we need in small amounts
57. Favor preceder?: POR - POR favor, introduzca un comentario después de terminar el rompecabezas (PLEASE enter a comment after you finish the puzzle)
58. It's not that: THIS.
59. Consume Food and Wine, say: READ - Food and Wine are capitalized
60. Most massive known dwarf planet: ERIS - Slightly bigger than fellow dwarf planet Pluto
61. Beatle bride: ONO.
Now before you post a comment, I invite you to sing along with the beautiful song sung by a crossword regular about today's day of celebration. Words are provided, including the word FRACTALS!
DA GRID
