Theme: GIVE ME A SIGN (36. Plea for divine guidance ... and hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues)
17. *Doctor's visit, back in the day: HOUSE CALL. Call sign.
23. *Perry Mason's secretary: DELLA STREET. Street sign.
49. *Rural station at which trains need to be flagged down: WHISTLE STOP. Stop sign.
59. *Expatriate American poet who was a WWII fascist collaborator: EZRA POUND. Pound sign.
Boomer here.
After a long week, Monday has arrived. You would not believe Minnesota's November weather. We had highs in the 60s most of last week, and tripped the 70s for a couple of days. We did not use our furnace or air conditioner at all. Neither did I use the money we saved on golf or bowling. New cases of the nasty COVID are around 5000 daily.
1. Tooth trouble: ACHE. Not for me any longer. Just toss them in a cup before bed and glue them in tomorrow.
9. Place to exchange vows: ALTAR.
14. Debit card reader opening: SLOT. It's incredible how nearly
every business large or small has a reader for a debit or credit card.
Seems that cash might be a virus spreader. Doesn't bother me because I
get a few pennies back from the card company for the purchase.
15. Nasty: MEAN. I MEAN really MEAN.
16. Chili con __: CARNE. Not sure "Y" Jackie Gleason's buddy Art has anything to do with Chili.
19. "Good grief!": EGADS. Please Charlie Brown. Don't say EGADS. Thank you.
20. "The Tomorrow Show" host Tom: SNYDER. "The sun'll come out, Tomorrow". (Annie)
21. Many a psychedelic T-shirt: TIE DYE.
22. Was in first place: LED. Being an electrical retired person,
I thought about Light Emitting Diodes. We installed an LED fixture in
our kitchen after I broke the refractor of the one we had. These LED
fixtures are amazing.
26. Takeoff ests.: ETDS. Bad memories. Sun Country delayed our
departure by over six hours last February on our flight to Las Vegas.
We are not going next year. but if we ever go again it will NOT be on
Sun Country.
28. Bone-dry: SERE.
29. Rehab symptoms, for short: DTS.
30. Chemical relative: ISOMER.
33. From the __: at the start: GET GO. I think if you pass it, you get $200.
39. Golf gimme: TAP IN. There are no gimmes on the PGA tour except in stuff like the Ryder Cup. For me it's a bit of "give and take."
40. Mama Cass __: ELLIOT. "All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray". (California Dreamin' Mama' and the Papas.)
43. "Send help!" message: SOS.
Many people think this stands for "Save our Ship". But really it is
just a distress signal that can be easily sent by Morse code.
46. Brings to a close: ENDS.
48. Beige look-alike: ECRU.
54. German "a": EIN. The first word we GI's learned when we landed in Germany. The second word of course was bier.
55. Fragrant compounds: ESTERS.
56. Rise into view: EMERGE. "When the morning sun, streaks
across my room, and I'm wakin' up from another dream of you." "You know
I love you", - Dolly Parton - Kenny Rogers.
58. Like many attics: DUSTY. We have a very small attic, with just a fair amount of insulation. There is no T206 Honus Wagner card up there. I checked.
62. Muse of poetry: ERATO.
63. Dutch South African: BOER.
64. Mega- or giga- unit: BYTE. I have no way of knowing how many bytes are in this blog.
65. New Jersey's __ Hall University: SETON. Elizabeth Ann SETON was the first U.S, citizen to be canonized a Saint in the Catholic religion.
66. Mannerless one: BOOR.
67. To be, in Latin: ESSE.
1. Baseball bat wood: ASH. Yup, I used the Louisville Sluggers in my youth baseball career. Then along came slow pitch softball and aluminum.
2. Coat-hanging places: CLOSETS. Comes with a shelf to store baseball cards.
3. Elvis classic: HOUND DOG. You ain't nothin' but
4. Website for artisans: ETSY.
5. Show host: EMCEE.
6. Oyster gems: PEARLS. I never found one. Of course around here we only have clams.
7. Amigo: PAL. My buddy Jorge calls me AMIGO.
8. NBC's "Weekend Update" show: SNL. I wonder what they will do now that the election is over.
9. Nail the test: ACE IT. Or make a hole-in-one.
10. Popular beer: LAGER. Not the kind that they sold in Germany.
11. Swapped: TRADED. Sometimes, MLB TRADED players, sometimes we TRADED cards.
12. "But still ... ": AND YET. Rich YETT pitched one game for the Twins but then was traded to Cleveland for a five or six year career.
13. Turns back, as a clock: RESETS. Yup, we did that last week, Still getting used to the new hour.
18. Onetime Leno announcer Hall: EDD.
21. Scary African fly: TSETSE.
22. Island garland: LEI. Oahu to you too.
24. Stories of the Loch Ness Monster, e.g.: LEGENDS. I am surprised that one of these professional sports teams with offensive names has not switched to LEGENDS,
25. Side squared, for a square: AREA.
27. Struck, old-style: SMIT. Never knew this was a word. I've heard of smitten.
31. Actress Longoria: EVA. Not to be confused with EVAN Longoria of the Rays or Giants.
32. Drives back: REPELS.
34. Hodges of the Dodgers: GIL. Great First Baseman for Brooklyn and LA. Finished his career as manager of the Mets.
35. Eye wolfishly: OGLE.
37. Coal site: MINE. The stuff we use in a barbecue is called charcoal and is not real coal.
38. They "finish last," per the title of Leo Durocher's autobiography: NICE GUYS. "May have been about Gil Hodges' Mets."
41. Points in the right direction: ORIENTS. Northwest once became Delta.
42. Wine cask: TUN. Never heard this word, but if you did not like EIN BIER you could get a TUN of wine for two marks.
43. Stockholm natives: SWEDES. Yah sure!
44. "Yeah, right!": OH SURE. Yah sure! again.
45. Occupies, as a desk: SITS AT.
47. Sound investment?: STEREO. Tell that to Charles Schwab.
50. Small squabble: SETTO.
51. Check for fit: TRY ON.
52. Horoscope columnist Sydney: OMARR. Pretty close to our 5th District Representative Ilhan who gets her name in the paper a lot.
53. Gusto: PEP. Once in awhile as I coach high school bowling a
PEP talk may be in order. This year the season is delayed until spring.
I only hope, because we seem to be getting 100,000 COVID positives per
day nationally right now.
57. After-bath wear: ROBE.
59. Tidal recession: EBB.
60. Place to observe animals: ZOO. Something told me it's all happening at the ZOO. Simon and Garfunkel.
61. Actor Billy __ Williams: DEE.
Boomer
