Theme: FOUR H (51. Club with 20-, 32-, 42- and 57-Across as members?) - Each theme entry has four H's.
20. English king married six times: HENRY THE EIGHTH.
32. "Three cheers" cry: HIP HIP HURRAH.
42. How wealthy people live: HIGH ON THE HOG.
57. Keep something in mind: HOLD THE THOUGHT.
Boomer here.
It
was thirty years ago this month, and the Twins had taken care of the
Tigers and were preparing to host the Cardinals in the World Series. A
young lady named Terrie Robbins was in the marketing department of the
Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper and came up with an idea for a Homer
Hanky. The Trib ordered 100,000 of them and gave them to the fans
entering the Dome for game 1. I cannot help but notice that it seems
like nearly every pro team aiming for a championship, now has a Rally
Rag or a Touchdown Towel for fans to wave at the games. They are all
Homer Hanky copycats.
Across:
1. Online auction venue: EBAY. I have sold (and purchased) many baseball cards on this site.
5. Waffle House competitors: IHOPS. Pumpkin Spice pancakes in October.
10. Mine extracts: ORES.
14. Wind-driven device: VANE. You're so vain, you probably think this puzzle is about you.
15. Complete extent: GAMUT.
16. City founded by Pizarro: LIMA. Capital of Peru and succotash beans.
17. Simple __ of kindness: ACTS.
18. Cause of squinting: GLARE.
19. Sometimes-puffy I's?: EGOS. Lego my Ego!
23. Circular coaster feature: LOOP. Here we go loop de loop !
24. Guthrie at Woodstock: ARLO. And you can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.
25. Vietnamese export: TEA.
I suppose, but I thought China was the main exporter of tea. Mainly to
England. I see cars lined up 10 deep at Starbucks drive through here
in the US.
26. Vietnamese soup: PHO.
28. Denials: NOS.
30. Site for crafters: ETSY. Heavens to ETSY !
36. Inventor's spark: IDEA. Thomas Edison is my IDEA hero.
37. Prefix with -gram: ANA. Insta did not fit.
38. Govt. workplace monitor: OSHA. Occupation Safety and Health Administration is a good thing for the workplace.
47. Arrived: CAME. '''Saw... Conquered" Caesar (Julius, not Sid)
48. One-man show about Capote: TRU. Famous for "In Cold Blood" (not my favorite).
49. Salt Lake City athlete: UTE.
50. Bay Area airport letters: SFO. San Francisco / Oakland - Wear a flower in your hair.
52. Gillette razor: ATRA. I get better life from a Bic
55. Bluesman Redding: OTIS. Famous for "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay". Died in a Wisconsin plane crash at age 26.
61. Christmastide: YULE. Sleigh Bells ring, are you listenin'
62. In first place: ON TOP. Of old Smoky.
63. Perjurer: LIAR. Pants on fire
65. Bana of "Hulk": ERIC.
66. Orange Bowl city: MIAMI. How 'bout them Dolphins!
67. Sole: ONLY. Only the Lonely, dum dum dum dummy do wah. Orbison.
68. Perlman of "Cheers": RHEA. Hello Carla.
69. Kenneth Lay's scandalized company: ENRON. Still have the golf balls, bought them on EBAY.
70. Eye rudely: OGLE.
Down:
1. Longoria of "Desperate Housewives": EVA.
2. One of music's Three Bs: BACH. plus Beethoven and Brahms.
3. Savanna springer: ANTELOPE. For Ants that don't want a big wedding.
4. Simple question type: YES NO. or Maybe
5. Singer known as the "Godfather of Punk": IGGY POP.
6. Put the kibosh on: HALT. Who goes there ?
7. Nebraska city: OMAHA. Not Lincoln where the Golden Gophers were thrashed last Saturday.
8. Less tainted: PURER.
9. Pittsburgh footballer: STEELER. Bradshaw was great, but Big Ben is not too bad either.
10. Cassini of fashion: OLEG.
11. Southpaw's opposite: RIGHTY. True, but why not call him a Northpaw ?
12. Be a ham: EMOTE.
13. Obama daughter: SASHA. The younger of two daughters. Her full name is Natasha
21. Rice-A-__: RONI. The San Francisco treat.
22. Tiny bit: IOTA. It's Greek to me.
26. Honor society letter: PHI. Common sorority letter. (Also Greek to me).
27. Got ready for the surprise party surprise: HID.
29. Deposed Iranian despot: SHAH. In the Jimmy Carter era. I remember he used to come to Rochester Mayo for medical treatment.
31. Clog or moc: SHOE. One two, buckle my _____.
33. Bad-joke response: HA HA. When will we see Green Bay Packer Clinton Dix as a clue ?
34. Tres menos dos: UNO. 3 - 2. You can't fool me.
35. Speak wildly: RANT. and Rave.
39. Saying "Quiet!" to: SHUSHING.
40. Very popular: HOT. When you're hot you're hot, when you're not you're me.
41. Get on in years: AGE. Older but wiser.
43. "__ the end of my rope!": I'M AT.
44. Return from work: GET HOME. Object for those on third base.
45. Enter steadily, as a line of students: TROOP IN.
46. Rwandan native: HUTU. Odd word
47. "Border" dog: COLLIE. Who of us who have "gotten on in years" cannot forget Lassie.
50. More lamb than tiger: SHYER.
53. Kidney enzyme that regulates blood pressure: RENIN.
54. Essential rose oil: ATTAR. C.C. is the rosehip oil expert of our family.
56. Snow house: IGLOO. Yes we live in Minnesota. No we have a regular house.
58. Prefix for "ten": DECA. So that's why December is 12.
59. __ sapiens: HOMO.
60. Towering: TALL. The NBA is in full swing. I cannot imagine what it's like to be 7 feet tall and rich!
64. Pastrami bread: RYE. I like rye bread, but never made a sandwich with pastrami.
Boomer
Note from C.C.:
Let's send positive thoughts and prayers to Big Easy's wife Diane, who's having knee replacement surgery today.
Let's send positive thoughts and prayers to Big Easy's wife Diane, who's having knee replacement surgery today.
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| Big Easy (George) and Diane |
