21. *LeBron's sport: BASKETBALL. Breadbasket (or bread basket), and butterball
32. *Insect used in genetic research: FRUITFLY. Breadfruit and butterfly
56. *Glazed morning snack: DOUGHNUT. Bread dough and butternut.
66. *Form a queue: LINE UP. Breadline and butter up
42. Primary source of income ... and words that can precede the two parts, respectively, of the answers to starred clues: BREAD AND BUTTER.
Across:
1. Muslim veil: HIJAB.
6. Behind us: PAST.
10. Fashion's de la Renta: OSCAR.
15. Self-__: personally mindful: AWARE. I find it joyous to watch babies become self-aware.
16. Trade show: EXPO. Dash-T is going to a couple. Continuing education in the security trade. He's stoked.
17. Eclipse shadow: UMBRA.
18. Synagogue scroll: TORAH.
19. Paella morsel: CLAM.
20. In poor taste: TACKY.
24. Cereal mix: MUESLI.
27. NASDAQ locale: WALL ST. The NASDAQ Composite Index is up over 12% this year.
31. Play a part: ACT. Paraprosdokian: "We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public." Old Man Keith could teach aspirants a thing or two about how to play a part.
37. Hither partner: YON. Hither and Yon. Here and there (and everywhere). Scattered.
38. Plural medical suffix: OSES.
40. NYC gallery district: SOHO. South of Howstun. Huestun is in Texas.
41. Lewd material: SMUT. None here please.
47. Part of town, in slang: NABE. Neighborhood
48. Street: ROAD.
49. Branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium: STATICS. Balanced forces.
52. Loving: ADORING.
55. Frying liquid: OIL.
59. Watery expanse: SEA.
60. Fracas: MELEE.
62. Hammer head: PEEN. The round part of a machinist's hammer, which is also commonly known as a "ball peen hammer." Ball peen hammers are harder than carpenter hammers, and are used in metalworking, versus the claw hammers that are used in carpentry and woodworking.
63. Blender selection: SPEED. Was thinking of a setting, e.g. mince.
65. Diva's delivery: ARIA.
68. Teen anti-DWI gp.: SADD. Students Against Destructive Decisions
69. Didn't stay: LEFT.
70. Of a battery terminal: ANODAL. Understanding Anodal and Cathodal Stimulation
71. Small ocean landmass: ISLE.
72. Mid-month date: IDES.
73. Pathetically tiny, as a sum of money: MEASLY. Paltry. A pittance. Meager. Like today's review. Sorry folks, exhaustion and fatigue plagued me this week. Should have called for a sub.
74. Tourney ranking: SEED. Used in some sports tournaments that use playoff brackets, such as tennis and basketball. Teams or players are first ranked (seeded) and then placed in the brackets. The NCAA's "March Madness" basketball tournament would be a prime example.
Down:
1. Boater or bowler: HAT.
2. "Letters From __ Jima": 2006 film: IWO.
3. Pickle container: JAR. In baseball parlance, a pickle is when a base runner is caught between bases in a rundown, and most likely will be tagged out.
4. Many Yemenis: ARABs.
5. On __ of: for: BEHALF.
6. Quarter of a bushel: PECK. Picked plenty of pecks in the strawberry fields back home with other 13 and 14 year olds. Think we either got a nickle or a dime for each peck picked.
7. Wheel connection: AXLE.
8. Squabble: SPAT.
9. Mausoleum: TOMB.
10. Expenditure: OUTLAY.
11. Word before fry or potatoes: SMALL. Small fry and small potatoes. Both phrases have the same idiomatic meaning: insignificant.
12. Network with its HQ in Ottawa: CBC. Hello to Canadian Eh and OAS ! CBC stands for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
13. 18-Across holder: ARK.
14. Bit of sunlight: RAY.
22. Title of respect: SIR. A few other examples: Herr in German, señor in Spanish, Pan in Polish, Vážený pane in Czech, Gospod in Slovenian, and also Sir in Slovak. Thank you Google Translate.
23. Hole-making tool: AWL.
24. Chinese chairman: MAO. Saddened when Chairman Moe said he would be leaving the blog for a while.
25. State school near L.A.: UCSB. University of California, Santa Barbara. I believe Picard knows this area and school very well.
26. Immortality: ETERNAL LIFE.
28. Tick-borne illness named for a Connecticut town: LYME DISEASE. A fellow 'shroomer got this really bad. Ended up in the hospital and then couldn't work for over a year. Since then, I make sure to blouse my pants and douse myself with Deet when traipsing through the woods chasing the elusive morels.
29. Mouth-puckering: SOUR.
30. Explosive for Wile E. Coyote: TNT.
33. Springsteen's "Born in the __": USA.
34. Physicist's particle: ION.
35. Divinity sch. degree: THD. Doctor of Theology.
36. Watch chain: FOB.
39. Senate position: SEAT.
41. Lead actress: STAR.
43. Put up with: ABIDE.
44. Art style seen in Miami's South Beach: DECO.
45. Pakistani language: URDU.
46. Friendly horn sounds: TOOTS.
49. Horn of Africa native: SOMALI.
50. Like big wedding cakes: TIERED.
51. Flat on one's back: SUPINE. A good starting point for lower back exercises.
52. Once-a-year flower: ANNUAL.
53. Pine dropping: NEEDLE.
54. Wandered (about): GADDED. Gadded makes me think old-timey, of rich Victorians, or the Roaring Twenties, Great Gatsby-like.
57. Italian salami city: GENOA.
58. Obeys: HEEDS.
61. Diner grub: EATS.
64. Three-pronged Greek letters: PSIs.
66. Beat a hasty retreat: LAM. As a verb, in the sense of escape.
67. Tissue layer: PLY.
