17. "Horsefeathers!": BALDERDASH.
27. Imbibes to excess: DRINKS LIKE A FISH.
45. Wee-hours program with James Corden: THE LATE LATE SHOW.
Boomer again, filling in a blog schedule gap. LA Times debut for Margit Christenson. Congratulations!
C.C. has me on a short LEASH but I am happy to be here, I just want to help the ball club (Crash Davis).
Across:
1. More ironic, as a smile: WRYER.
6. Bunyan's blue ox: BABE. Babe lives at the Paul Bunyan Center in Brainerd, Minnesota..
10. Questlove hairdo: AFRO. I wonder if Colin Kaepernick will be offered a job this year.
14. "... said __ ever": NO ONE.
15. "Jeopardy!" host Trebek: ALEX. I sort of backed off from Jeopardy, I guess they can not tape new shows due to the virus, so they are showing replays. Last week they showed the one where James got beat.
16. Dull: BLAH. "The force can't do a decent job 'cause the kids have no respect for the law today ... and BLAH, BLAH, BLAH." Save the Life of my Child. - Simon and Garfunkel.
19. "Piece of cake!": EASY.
20. One-celled creature: AMOEBA.
21. Artist's paint holder: PALETTE.
23. Having prolonged success: ON A ROLL. The only time I was ever "ON A ROLL" was in a bowling center.
26. Air traffic branch of the DOT: FAA. The Federal Aviation Administration is probably not too busy these days.
32. Actress Chaplin: OONA. Granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin.
33. Instrument from the French for "high wood": OBOE. "On Base On an Error?" MLB is opening soon they say. From a Twins fan - "Miguel Sano tested positive."
34. Cal. column: MON. "Monday, Monday, So good to me". Mamas and the Papas.
35. Sea debris: JETSAM.
37. Eateries' outdoor seating areas: PATIOS. We have a few here, without problems so far. It seems that the indoor restaurants and bars have trouble with social distancing.
40. Boater or bowler: HAT. I am a BOWLER but no one ever called me a hat. I've been called lots of other names though.
41. Sleeper agent: MOLE.
44. Org. that collects workplace injury data: OSHA. I remember when Graybar had to reorganize the warehouse stock so nothing heavy fell on my head.
49. "Ouch!": YOW.
50. Take up again: RE-ADOPT.
51. Treatise on verse: POETICS.
53. Confession about the last piece of cake: I ATE IT.
58. Fencing sword: EPEE. This is not a sign in a men's bathroom.
62. Alan of "M*A*S*H": ALDA. "The game of life is hard to play, you're gonna lose it anyway."
63. Head of France: TETE.
64. App with pics, familiarly: INSTA. Instagram.
65. Get fresh with: SASS.
66. Canadian gas: ESSO. "Canadian gas eh"
67. Early fur trader: ASTOR. John Jacob had a few bucks.
Down:
1. Org. with the Sun, Storm and Sky: WNBA. We have the LYNX. With former star Lindsey Whalen. She now coaches the Minnesota Gopher Women's team.
2. Go here and there: ROAM. Montana - Room to Roam.
3. "Life is short" initialism: YOLO. You Only Live Once.
4. "The Neverending Story" author: ENDE. Michael.
5. Adidas subsidiary: REEBOK. No shoes, but I do have a comfortable pair of stretch pants perfect for bowling. I also have bowling equipment. Now all I need is a vaccine.
6. Word that oddly can mean "good" in slang: BAD. or it could mean "Leroy Brown".
7. Chicken __ king: A LA. "Oh moon of Alabama, we now must say goodbye". The Doors.
8. Custom-made: BESPOKE. I used to have these on my beecycle wheels.
9. Sigh, say: EXHALE.
10. Have __ in one's bonnet: A BEE. I have never owned a bonnet but I have swatted a few bees.
11. Common paint choice for ceilings: FLAT FINISH. Only for FLAT ceilings.
12. Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer: RASTAS.
13. "I remember now": OH YEAH.
18. Kidnapper's demand: RANSOM. I have never been kidnapped. I must not be worth a RANSOM
22. Peruvian pack animal: LLAMA. Since the Washington team is changing their name, Maybe Chicago NFL team could become the LLAMAs ?? Sorry TTP, I didn't mean it.
24. Neighbor of Greece: Abbr.: ALB.
25. 2016 Olympics city: RIO. Now they are holding the Covid - 19 Olympiad
27. Attorney General's org.: DOJ. You may want to pronounce it DODGE. Oops, no politics.
28. __ v. Wade: ROE.
29. Overwhelmed with diner orders, as a server: IN THE WEEDS. Where some of my tee shots land.
30. Like Fran Drescher's voice: NASAL.
31. Pics: FOTOS. This seems to be spelled incorrectly.
36. Pong game maker: ATARI. I spent hours attacking "PACMAN" back around 1980. Now he shows up on the computer now and then.
37. Domesticated farm squealer: PET PIG. Nice to call them pigs. I think most are not pets, but rather a supply of pork.
38. "What have we here?!": OHO.
39. Carpenter's tool: SAW.
41. The first "M" in the MMR vaccine: MEASLES. I had measles when I was a kid. Must have been before the vaccine was invented.
42. Same __ story: OLD. "Who you callin' OLD."
43. Philosopher __-tzu: LAO.
45. Ambitious, outgoing sorts: TYPE A's.
46. Hubbub: HOOPLA. Quite a bit going on last weekend. Celebrating USA's 244th Birthday.
47. Beer named for a Baja city: TECATE.
48. Latin "and others": ET ALIA.
52. High times?: TEAS. C.C. is the TEA expert in our home.
54. Change for a twenty, maybe: TENS. I don't think you can get change when spending a twenty, Everything costs more than that.
55. Toward sunrise: EAST. Most of the beaches on the EAST coast are closed, but a few are hangin' in there.
56. Analogy words: IS TO.
57. "__ she blows!": THAR.
60. Tie-breakers: Abbr.: OTS.
61. Classical prefix: NEO.
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