Theme: DREAM SEQUENCE (53. Storytelling technique ... or what is altered in this puzzle's circles) - DREAM is scrambled.
19. 1936 anti-drug movie originally titled "Tell Your Children": REEFER MADNESS.
27. Anthropomorphic holiday cookies: GINGERBREAD MEN.
42. It restricts peacetime quartering of soldiers in private homes: THIRD AMENDMENT.
Boomer here again, filling in another Thursday slot.
"Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream. All I have to do, is Dream." Everly Brothers. I hope everyone is healthy and safe. Graybar treated us to a great display of tasty food, since the annual Christmas luncheon has been cancelled. C.C. and I are having Thanksgiving dinner, probably today, tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there.
Across:
8. "Love Story" author: SEGAL.
13. 17-Across opposite: SHUT. 17. 13-Across opposite: OPEN. Perry Mason used to solve these OPEN and SHUT cases.
14. W competitor: OMNI. Traveling to Atlanta for a Braves game?? You may want to stay at the OMNI. Bring your credit card
15. Out of it: LOOPY.
16. Targets: AIMS.
18. Come after: ENSUE. Willie - "My name is SUE, How do you do? "
22. Ski jump's approach ramp: IN RUN. I have never RUN IN to one of these.
23. Not turn: KEEP. As food.
24. Actress Graynor: ARI.
31. "The Last Jedi" heroine: REY. My son was a Star Wars fanatic. I thought a Lightsaber was a roll of candy.
32. Pronoun-shaped girder: I BEAM.
33. Scan used to diagnose migraines: HEAD MRI. My head was fine, but I needed the MRI to find why my back wasn't healthy. MRIs are not too much fun but it is what it is.
38. Cold War military force: RED ARMY.
40. Big name in metal: ALCOA. Mainly aluminum.
41. Bid the most: WON. It seems odd to say you WON a bid, because the next step is you have to pay.
49. Vicious on stage: SID. Punk rocker Sid Vicious. Our Minneapolis Star Tribune is still bemoaning the loss of sportswriter SID Hartman. Age 100.
50. Give off: EMIT.
51. "'And hast thou __ the Jabberwock?'": Carroll: SLAIN.
57. Assemblage: ARRAY. I hope all of you have a tasty ARRAY of food on your table.
59. Get rid of: OUST.
60. Soda selection: COKE. Sorry, I drink Diet Pepsi straight up.
61. Spirits: BOOZE. I said straight up!
62. Emphatic Acapulco assent: SI, SI.
63. Didn't conceal: TOLD.
64. Deals with things: COPES.
65. Perched upon: ATOP.
66. __ blue: SKY. "Blue SKY, smilin' at me, nothin' but blue sky, do I see." Willie Nelson.
Down:
2. Upper arm bones: HUMERI. Funny bones I guess.
3. Carnival ride cry: IT'S FUN. "We had joy, we had FUN, we had seasons in the sun." Terry Jacks.
4. Like a grade of D: POOR. Better than an "F".
5. Alarm clock toggle: AM PM. I have not used an alarm clock in years back when we used to get up around 3 AM to get a good spot at the flea market.
6. Quietly evade: SNEAK BY.
7. App with much swiping: TINDER. I think it might burn also.
8. Melatonin, for one: SLEEP AID. Never tried that. Sometimes I might use a Motrin PM. They work pretty well.
9. Long periods: EONS.
10. Delicate fabric: GOSSAMER. A light weight backpack, until you fill it up.
11. "The Simpsons" character with an 18-letter last name: APU.
12. Caustic chemical: LYE.
13. Delhi dress: SARI.
20. Lang. of Belize: ENG.
21. Used to be called: NEE. Some ladies keep it as a middle name.
25. Paper package: REAM. 500 sheets
26. "__ Life": Beatles: IN MY. "There are places I'll remember, all my life though some have changed."
28. Throw wildly, say: ERR.
29. Portuguese king: REI.
30. Letters before a trade name: DBA. Doing Business As
33. Kepi and kufi: HATS. Kepi is military. Kufi is like this.
34. K-12, in brief: EL HI.
35. Candy made with sour sugar: ACID DROP.
36. Palme __: film award: D'OR.
37. Flirted with, with "at": MADE EYES. "I only have eyes for you" The Flamingos.
38. Biographer Chernow: RON.
39. Get done with: END. We are not there yet.
41. Diver's attire: WET SUIT.
43. Reddit interview, briefly: AMA.
44. Midmorning drink: MIMOSA.
45. The NCAA's Spartans: MSU. In the Big Ten. Tough competition
in basketball for our Gophers. Seems that a Gopher versus a Spartan is
a bit of a mismatch.
46. Votes in: ELECTS. We just did that.
47. Title Inuit in a 1922 film: NANOOK. NANOOK of the north is a silent film mystery. I think she was Paul Bunyan's girlfriend.
48. Sensitive, as a subject: TICKLY.
52. One in Maslow's hierarchy: NEED. "As long as he NEEDS me". Judy Garland.
54. Level: RAZE. Interesting. RAZE is the opposite of RAISE.
55. Standard Oil brand: ESSO. We do not have ESSO in Minn. I think it's mainly farther north in Oh Canada.
56. Personal hygiene aid: Q TIP.
57. Robin Roberts' network: ABC.
58. Joey in the Hundred Acre Wood: ROO.
Here's my Turkey of the Year for the MN Bowling site.
Once again, enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday and stay safe. Vaccines are coming! Our turkey is now in the oven. Will be our meal for the next four days.
Boomer
