Theme: Letter Openers - The first word in each person is also a letter spelled out.
20. Diane Keaton's role in "The Godfather" films: KAY CORLEONE.
33. "Maude" star: BEA ARTHUR.
39. Fitzgerald's "Great" title character: JAY GATSBY.
50. "Maleficent" actress: ELLE FANNING.
Boomer here. OH GEE, I hope YOU ARE able to figure it out and have a cup of TEA.
Up
here in the Northland, we continue to set records for annual rainfall.
Sooo you know where it goes.. to a bunch of Minnesota streams and
tributary rivers to the Mississippi. So If you are near Davenport Iowa
or St. Louis Missouri and points further south. Get ready, high water
may be coming your way. Worse than 1993.
Across:
1. Only president who was also chief justice: TAFT. He was also the largest president, tipping the scales at over 330 lbs.
5. Storage structure for 30-Across: SHED. 30. Lawn cutters: MOWERS.
My family had no money for a shed. We kept the mower in our garage.
Now our homeowners association hires a lawn service to cut the grass. I
am sure this year they are tired of the deluge of rain we have had all
summer. As for me, I can hardly get a dry day to play golf. P.S. My
golf clubs are in the garage. We don't have a shed.
9. Hindu social division: CASTE.
14. Go back, on a PC: UNDO. This must be a trick. I don't see an UNDO key on our PC.
15. Arizona tribe: HOPI.
16. A, in Greece: ALPHA.
17. Match audio and video: SYNC. If you do this in your bathroom, is it a bathroom sync?
18. Frat Pack actor Wilson: OWEN.
19. Fish stories: TALES. Fish have tails.
23. Embitterment: IRE.
24. Raid targets: ANTS.
Ants are interesting. I have never seen them in our home, but it is
unbelievable how they can work right through our asphalt driveway and
make a hill.
25. Gave speeches: ORATED. We'll be hearing a lot of this up until November 2020.
27. Desert plant: CACTUS.
32. Southwestern crocks: OLLAS.
36. Boston Celtics' org.: NBA. Notice the clue does not say "Timberwolves' org." We have a lowly bunch of underperformers here in the Midwest.
37. Harness racing vehicle: SULKY. We do have harness racing here after the regular season closes. I never have been to one however.
38. Nest egg letters: IRA. Yeah, I have an Individual Retirement Account. But I never called it a nest egg.
42. Until now: SO FAR.
44. Jai alai ball: PELOTA.
It's a bit of a funny name, but I cannot talk. Seems that bowling
balls have funny names also. I have a Virtual Gravity, an Asylum, a
Combat Zone, A Lucid, and a Daredevil Trick.
45. Soft-hearted: GENTLE. "Gentle On My Mind" (Glen Campbell)
46. Japanese religion: SHINTO.
48. Sheltered, at sea: ALEE.
49. Halloween headgear: WIG. Speaking of odd names, I also have socks called WIGWAM.
56. On __: going wild: A TEAR.
58. Miniature image to click on: ICON.
59. Symphonic wind: OBOE. "Oh Boy, Igor Stravinski, Oh Boy Bo Belinsky". Allan Sherman.
60. Bond portrayer Roger: MOORE. I liked Sean Connery. The original is always the best.
61. Fitted with footwear: SHOD. If you happen to be a horse. I don't think Thom McAn calls it that.
62. Final or midterm: TEST.
63. Private, as thoughts: INNER.
64. Stew cookers: POTS. I don't use a pot. I use one of those slow cookers. Works great.
65. Former spouses: EXES. I suppose that this could be part of the theme, although it is plural.
Down:
1. Elephant tooth: TUSK.
Not sure if this is a tooth. I thought that these were those things
that protrude from the elephant's face and they are made of ivory. It
is illegal to harvest them. They have to make piano keys out of plastic
now.
2. Author Seton: ANYA.
3. Gp. responding to Big Apple blazes: FDNY. Many victims from 9/11.
4. Bach's "__ and Fugue in D Minor": TOCCATA.
5. 15-minute films, say: SHORTS.
What I wear to play golf. Maybe not tomorrow though, forecast is
pleasant, but a little chilly. I am amazed that PGA players are NEVER
allowed to wear shorts in tournaments.
6. Coyote cries: HOWLS. I expect there might be some HOWLS at Target Field tonight.
7. Blunt sword: EPEE.
8. "The Flintstones" pet: DINO. "Yabba Dabba Dooo".
9. Wedding hire: CATERER.
10. Pie-mode link: ALA. Also sometimes it is in the path of a hurricane; or maybe not.
11. Workday with a longer-than-typical break: SPLIT SHIFT.
12. Over yonder: THERE. Over there, Over there, Send the Word to Target Field Over there. That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming !
13. Let up: EASED. " You fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, EASE my troubles That's what you do."(Rod Stewart)
21. Heavy burden: ONUS.
22. "You gotta be kidding!": NO WAY.
26. Humanities major: ART. Mr. Garfunkel
27. "Nor" or "or," in a dict.: CONJ. Conjunction.
28. "Sin City" actress Jessica: ALBA.
29. Trapshooter's target: CLAY PIGEON. Interesting, these are round and I guess some are clay, but they look nothing like a pigeon.
30. Word before toast or after peach: MELBA. I have heard of melba toast but never Peach Melba. Should I know her? Is she a folk singer?
31. Like wines aged in certain barrels: OAKY. From Muskogee.
33. Head-and-shoulders sculpture: BUST. 22 at the black jack table.
34. Eurasian border river: URAL.
35. Red in the middle, as steak: RARE. 21 at the black jack table.
37. Seat at the bar: STOOL.
I like these at bowling centers. The last one I visited was a
"Bowlero", the seating was about 18 inches from the floor. Tough on an
old guy but the kids didn't seem to mind.
40. Pentagon VIP: GEN.
41. Editor or tailor, e.g.: ALTERER. I get it but I think it's a "Made up" word.
42. Perceived: SEEN.
43. Lacking variety, musically: ONE NOTE. "SKOL, SKOL".
45. Pituitary and thyroid: GLANDS.
46. Hindu guru: SWAMI. This guy makes the Liberty Mutual commercial a candidate for worst ad of the decade.
47. Discover, as a solution: HIT ON. Romeo to a pretty girl in a bar.
48. In progress, as Sherlock's "game": AFOOT. 12 inches.
51. Speech problem: LISP.
52. Repeat: ECHO. A bit of a flop for Toyota, I don't think they have made them for 10 or more years.
53. Curly-horned goat: IBEX.
54. Sniffer: NOSE. Your NOSE Knows.
55. Acquires: GETS.
57. "How __ you doing?": ARE.
Boomer
Note from C.C.:
Boomer finally got his Twins Homer Hanky yesterday. He said "No Hanky Panky here. Twins need to sweep the Hanky Yankees."
Boomer finally got his Twins Homer Hanky yesterday. He said "No Hanky Panky here. Twins need to sweep the Hanky Yankees."
