Another constructor in our long line of PhD's, Dr. Neville Fogarty, gives us a taxing Saturday exercise today. Here is more info on Dr. Fogarty who is a math professor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA.Neville was kind enough to write to me about this puzzle:
It has been so long since I wrote this puzzle that I don't think I remember anything about its construction of interest. I do remember explicitly that I wanted to put TRASH PANDA in this puzzle, as it's (in my opinion) such a fun, evocative phrase. I had also recently observed that WE SHALL OVERCOME was exactly fifteen letters long, so I thought it would be an interesting grid-spanning entry.
I thank Neville for that input but tell you that you don't need to take Neville's Abstract or Linear Algebra class to do this puzzle. Let's survey his work:
Across:
1. Raccoon in a dumpster, facetiously: TRASH PANDA and 29. Easy, as a job: CUSH. - All new phrases for me but pretty easy to suss
11. Speak harshly: SNAP.
15. 1950s-'90s preschool program with many local versions: ROMPER ROOM - The first one from Baltimore
16. Take cover: HIDE.
17. Daniel Radcliffe co-star in eight films: EMMA WATSON.
18. Internal prefix: ENDO.
19. Certain petty officers: YEOMEN - Navy administrative assistants
20. Well-punctuated reaction: EMOTICON - So you'd like to see a few hundred...
22. Original "King Kong" company: RKO.24. Sharp grabbers: TALONS.
25. Squat: NADA - So many synonyms for nothing.
32. Cooking acronym: PAM - An acronym for one of its inventors - Product of Arthur Meyerhoff
33. Roman : Discordia :: Greek : __: ERIS - All you need to know
34. Comfortable: AT HOME
36. __ talk: PEP.
39. 1963 folk album, and its title song: WE SHALL OVERCOME - Twenty-year-old Joan Baez sang this iconic song on the day of MLK's I Have A Dream speech 42. Summer tone: TAN - Gary Trudeau once described a TAN as a "lovely pre-cancerous glow" in Doonesbury
43. Numerical pair?: ELEVEN
44. Put on an unhappy face: POUT.
45. Sister of Helios: EOS - EOS has "dawned" on us many times here at our little literary popsicle stand
47. Poker player's problem: TELL - In one M*A*S*H episode, Major Winchester's TELL was to whistle arias when he was bluffing. He got cleaned out.48. Architectural recess: APSE.
49. Dust buster: DRY MOP.
52. Scatter: SOW.
54. Use a counseling technique: ROLE PLAY.
57. Cut back: PRUNED - A tree that is PRUNED timidly can give you this. 62. Purim month: ADAR - Today is 2 Kislev 5780 on the Jewish calendar
63. Limited retail offer: ONE DAY SALE - What a wonderful tribute to Abe and George to have a ONE DAY white SALE on President's Day
65. Traveled: WENT.
66. Pool maintenance concern: WATER LEVEL.
67. Float component: SODA.
68. Thai food staple: STICKY RICE - What is STICKY RICE?
Down:
1. Long shot, in hoops lingo: TREY Nobody does it better than Steph Curry from behind the three-point line (or the half-court line)
2. Capital of Italy's Lazio region: ROME - Italy has twenty regions.
3. Some rounds: AMMO.
4. Filter target: SPAM.
5. Cutting-edge worker?: HEWER - SEWER had to change when TRASH was obvious
6. Practical joke involving ringing: PRANK CALL - "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"
7. Dance, e.g.: ART.
8. Reporter's best sense?: NOSE - A NOSE for news
9. Unhappy ending: DOOM.
10. Rebuttal during recess: AM NOT - A playground rebuttal to "ARE TOO"
11. "Blue eyes and a ponytail" girl in a 1962 hit: SHEILA - A very pleasant musical memory of a very pleasant time of my life
12. Dummy: NINCOMPOOP - Samuel Johnson who compiled Britain's first dictionary said it come from the Latin - non compos mentis (“not of right mind”)
13. Something more: ADD ON.
14. Lowly workers: PEONS
21. Make a point: TAPER.
23. Retail store: OUTLET - No golf , book or computer stores? What's the point?
25. Garter snake prey: NEWT - Kids always say Gardener Snake
26. Quarter: AREA - The BOQ on a military base is the AREA where Bachelor Officers have Quarters
27. New Orleans Square site: DISNEYLAND - In Anaheim
28. Gray shade: ASH.
30. Play rough: SHOVE - Black Friday strategy
31. Shabby quarters: HOVELS.
35. Community in New Jersey's Edison Township: MENLO PARK - Home of the Wizard of...
37. Avian sprinters: EMUS - Up to 30mph
38. Old Red Rose: PETE - Old PETE Rose of the Cincinnati Reds is one of the best but he violated baseball rules by betting on games while still in the game and that is what is keeping him out of the baseball hall of fame. Neville told me he gladly takes credit for what I told him was a beyond-clever clue!
40. Greek storyteller: AESOP - Do any of AESOP's fables come to mind to describe PETE's arrogance and hubris?
41. Pro filer: CPA.
46. Posthumously published Puzo novel: OMERTA - Don't say nuttin' to nobody!49. Popular movies, say: DRAWS - Puzo's Godfather I, II and III were big DRAWS
50. "Buckaroo Holiday" ballet: RODEO - An Aaron Copland ballet
51. Winter storm sights: PLOWS - They are infamous for dredging up huge piles of ice and snow at the bottom of the driveway you just spent an hour clearing
53. With a twist: WRYLY.
55. Vet school subj.: ANAT.
56. Igloo competitor: YETI.
58. App tapper: USER.
59. "Avatar" race: NAVI- Two actors in this movie before and after makeup
60. Juice for PCs: ELEC.
61. Proofer's mark: DELE.
64. Mo. originally tenth in the Roman calendar: DEC - This Roman calendar starts on March 1 and underwent many changes over the centuries
I'm confident that Dr. Fogarty could handle this problem below. Can you name the movie from which this problem came before you comment on the puzzle?
