Dr. Goddard paved the way for rockets to go into space, where there is no air to support oxidation, as they carry their own oxygen with them.
This program shown here was signed on this day in 1965 by General Bernard A. Schriever, USAF, Commander of Air Force Systems Command and Dr. Goddard's widow Esther.
You may remember that earlier this year I blogged a puzzle Erik created with Andy Kravis which had a picture of Erik recoiling from a pie about to be thrown by Alex Trebek on the Jeopardy set. Erik had created a puzzle that had frustrated the host who is also a big crossword fan.
The word play on this puzzle was devilish and amazing, e.g. 45. Montana team in the '80s: NINERS - It was Joe Montana not the state!
Triple 10-letter horizontal stacks in the corners (the upper stack more "gettable" than the bottom) and double vertical 10-letter stacks amaze me.
For Dr. Goddard, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 blast off!
Across:
1. Some halftime performers: MAJORETTES - Talking heads have replaced them on TV
11. Galaxy array: APPS - APPS for your Android phone
15. Home to Gotham City, Metropolis, etc.: DC UNIVERSE - Fictional home for some big comic book characters
16. Persian for "king": SHAH.
17. Technology term from the Greek for "far sight": TELEVISION “TELEVISION won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night,” Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, 1946.
18. Rhode Island's motto: HOPE - Right on their State Flag
19. Factory problems: RECALLS
20. Maintained: STATED.
22. Queen who sings, "The cold never bothered me anyway": ELSA - It takes seven seconds to say it
23. Holy one?: TERROR - I have never had a student I would call a Holy TERROR and they are all 54. Hardly a lost cause: CORRIGIBLE.
24. Church marriage notice: BANNS - These used to be in our church bulletin but not any longer
27. Red head of the 20th century: MAO - What? The Chinese leader and not Lucille Ball
29. Cut off: APART - "Isabel stepped away from Joanna and stood APART"
31. Fathom, e.g.: UNIT - Below is as low as you can go in the ocean in fathoms and feet
32. Old-timey proof of purchase: BOXTOP - 25¢ and one Grape-Nuts Flakes box top for this!
34. Hawaiian for "long": LOA - Moana LOA (Long Mountain) runs for about 74 miles on the Big Island
36. Slangy "Please call": HIT ME UP - My use of this phrase is "It was not good when my relatives HIT ME UP for money"
37. Rough case: BUR - SaneBURS can be a challenge to remove
38. "The More You Know" segment, briefly: PSA - Public Service Announcement - Here's one
39. Tribute opening: A TOAST
40. Green roller: PUTT - Golf courses roll the greens with machines like this so your PUTT will roll nicely
41. "What a tragedy": SO SAD - This befits the horrible flooding that is going on in Eastern Nebraska right now
43. Messenger substance: RNA - Ribonucleic Acid is a frequent visitor
44. Play __: GAMES - Google Play GAMES Services
47. Subject of the 1975 film "Overlord": D-DAY - I better remember The Longest Day
49. Triangular pastry: SAMOSA - One of South Africa’s favorite treats, as popular as bobotie, boerewors and biltong. No, really!
50. Fair treat: CORN DOG - Featured at this Lincoln, NE eatery
53. Walk with effort: PLOD.
57. Pine product: CONE.
58. Jicama or rutabaga: EDIBLE ROOT - Them and more
60. Parts of a bigger picture: SUBSYSTEMS.
Down:
1. Colo. summer setting: MDT and 35. 1-Down part: Abbr.: MTN - MounTaiN Daylight Time
2. Dell alternative: ACER.
3. "Three Coins in the Fountain" composer Styne: JULE - Young Julius Kerwin Stein (he later changed the spelling of the last name and the pronunciation of the first to "Julie")
4. The slightest change: ONE CENT - Very cute guys!
5. Watterson's Calvin and Susie, at times: RIVALS.
6. What Pandora released: EVILS.
7. Model X maker, before 2017: TESLA MOTORS - Samuel told me via email,
"I think it’s because “Tesla Motors” formally shortened its name to “Tesla” in February, 2017."
8. "Divergent" heroine __ Prior: TRIS All you need to know
9. Spanish "that": ESO ¡ESO está en rompecabezas muy a menudo! (ESO is in puzzles very often!)
10. Contextual meaning: SENSE
11. Note near B: A SHARP - A SHARP is a half step below B
12. Facebook upload: PHOTO ALBUM - Sometimes that album is TMI
13. One way to spread the news: PAPER ROUTE - This was a great way for me to learn about responsibility and capitalism
14. Lose: SHED
21. "The Sound of Music" name: TRAPP - These are the kids who played The Trapp Family Singers on Broadway in 1960 appearing on What's My Line. Arlene Francis correctly guessed who they were.
23. Squee-worthy: TOTES ADORBS - These three words will never pass my lips but here ya go: Squee is slang for squeal which is an expression of great joy, TOTES is Totally and ADORBS is Adorable. Thus something that is Squeal-worthy is TOTALLY ADORABLE. Constructor Samuel wrote, "Gary, For better or worse, I think I came up with this clue"
24. Goose __: BUMPS.
25. Snack that doesn't sound very appetizing: ANTS ON A LOG - There are several "ants" surrounding the log here
26. "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" singer: NINA SIMONE Her Bio
28. Guitarist, slangily: AXMAN - A guitar is called an AX slangily thus...
30. Wonderland trial evidence: TARTS - Of course, the Knave Of Hearts stole them!
32. Was fooled by the fake: BIT - Several defender "BIT" on these moves
33. Unsafe?: OUT - The baseball umpires decision
36. Underworld: HADES.
40. Prospector's prize: PAYDIRT - Those 49er's looking for PAYDIRT in California mostly enriched only the suppliers
42. Cell terminals: ANODES - An interesting way to connect an ANODE and a cathode
44. Sacred Indian river: GANGES.
46. Runs: RACES
48. Deadpan: DRILY - 20 great ones from the master of deadpan
49. Spot saver?: Abbr.: SPCA - Here, Sally is saving Spot from Dick and Jane not the SPCA
51. Wind in a pit: OBOE - Fabulous clue! The OBOE is the wind instrument in the orchestra pit starts everyone off on with an A. (:23)
52. Grab (onto): GLOM.
56. Search subjects for 100+ yrs.: ETS - Nevada has a good sense of humor about all this
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