Theme: SNOW JOBS
(60. Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the
last words of the answers to starred clues) - The last words can follow
"snow".
17. *Emulate Bonnie and Clyde: ROB A BANK. Snowbank.
22. *Highly aware and ready to act: ON THE BALL. Snowball.
37. *Grasps an underlying meaning: CATCHES THE DRIFT. Snowdrift.
52. *Kellogg's cereal morsel: CORN FLAKE. Snowflake.
Boomer here again.
Ha Ha, I live in Minnesota. I am not able to print the words I use to follow snow. However I cannot remember the white stuff right now. We have had about 9 days in a row over 90 degrees, and my newspaper tells me that most of the United States is being treated the same way. I hope you all stay cool!
Across:
6. Poker stake: ANTE. So many nickel ANTE games I remember in the Caddy Shack at Oak Ridge Country Club.
10. Sandwich known by its initials: BLT. Delicious!
13. Odysseus' journey, for example: ORDEAL.
14. Sulk: POUT. There's a strange fish in Minnesota called an EelPOUT. Not too good to eat.
15. "Now I __ me down ... ": LAY. Down to sleep. Wait, I am not finished yet!
16. Least wild: TAMEST. Last Monday on the 5th hole of the
course I play we all saw a deer near the edge of bushes. It seemed
pretty tame but the green is only about 50 yards from the Interstate so
we hope it stayed safe.
19. Birdbrains: TWITS.
20. Fab competitor: TIDE. I heard that transit has slowed everything sold in the grocery store. Time to stock up on soap and toilet paper again.
21. Fairy tale start: ONCE.
24. Does some programming: CODES. I have started to use eBay a
bit again. I used to sell many baseball cards out there. But it seems
that maybe programmers have too much to drink and not enough sleep.
25. Airline to Israel: EL AL.
26. Dutch cheese town: EDAM.
28. Before now: AGO. "A long, long time AGO, I can still remember how the music used to make me smile." "American Pie" - Don McLean.
31. Poe's "Annabel __": LEE.
33. Threat-ending words: OR ELSE.
41. Take for granted: ASSUME. They say it makes an ASS out of U and ME.
42. Part of GPS: Abbr.: SYS.
43. Carrot chomper's "What's up, __?": DOC. I have a bowling
buddy named "Don". His job was at the U of M Medical Center Preparing
patients for surgery. So we call him a Gas Passer or sometimes just
"DOC"
44. Rice-A-__: RONI. The San Francisco Treat!
46. Goes kaput, as an engine: DIES. I imagine a large number of air conditioners met their fate this past week.
49. University VIPs: PROFS. Some are just "DOCs"
57. D.C. helper: AIDE.
58. Nevada gambling mecca: RENO. It's also a bowling mecca with a
huge bowling stadium. I used to go each year there was an ABC
tournament there. A nice place to visit but I could not afford to live
there.
59. Senseless endeavor: FOLLY.
62. Hairpiece: TOUPEE. I still have my real hair. Many of my friends close to my age do not.
63. Pre-1991 map letters: SSR. This is a Russian thing. For me, I am now a Super Senior at bowling tournaments.
64. Slender woodwind: OBOE.
65. Prom corsage: ORCHID. I don't see them much anymore. In our
garden we are growing perennial Asian Lilies but a rabbit ate all the
leaves. Looks like we will still have flowers soon.
66. Wide shoe sizes: EES.
67. "OMG" or "TTYL": TEXT. Not sure how the world survived before cell phones.
68. Hawke of "Boyhood": ETHAN.
Down:
2. Fess up: ADMIT. It seems the Majors are admitting more and more fans to the ball games.
3. Simmer with anger: SEETHE.
4. Fez feature: TASSEL. I never was a Shriner but they do good deeds.
5. PC key used in combinations: ALT.
6. Month that may start with a gag: APRIL. One sister and one son and his wife all have birthdays in April. Sometime after the 1st.
7. Noggin: NOODLE.
8. You__: online video site: TUBE. Years ago we used to bring inner tubes to the lake and pretend we were swimming.
9. Zeta-theta link: ETA.
10. Tasteless: BLAND. Popcorn without salt.
11. Jousting weapon: LANCE.
12. Little ones: TYKES.
13. "The Simpsons" bus driver: OTTO.
18. Many a Gen Xer parent: BOOMER. I expect half of you will go
to comments and complain how hard it was to answer this clue. I am not a
Gen Xer, I am a Baby BOOMER. We all know that.
20. Yarns: TALES.
23. Whale's food-filtering system: BALEEN. I wonder how much those things eat each day. I remember one munched on a boat in "JAWS".
24. Check the ID of: CARD. My license expires in 2023. I wonder if I will still look like my picture.
27. Wears out: DOES IN.
28. Here, in Havana: ACA.
29. Oxygen, e.g.: GAS. I get my oxygen from the air. I get gas from a pump for about $2.75 per gallon.
30. NFL tiebreakers: OTS. Overtimes. OTs can also be Offensive Tackles.
32. Mars residents, in sci-fi: ETS.
34. It may be flipped: LID. PANCAKE did not fit.
35. Bay Area hub inits.: SFO. I have two sisters living there.
They like it, I have visited. I remember once we had a meal out side
overlooking the Pacific and Alcatraz.
36. And so on, briefly: ETC.
38. Teen's witching hour: CURFEW.
39. Med. care plans: HMOS. I get my plan at the VA. It is far better than an HMO.
40. Electric starter?: HYDRO.
45. Fridge of yore: ICEBOX. Some still refer to their fridge as their ICEBOX.
47. Serious attempt: EFFORT. Okay, as you read this I am out on the course making a serious EFFORT at Par. I have given up on birdies.
48. Posture issue: SLOUCH. I have one of those Copper Fit Waistbands but I still SLOUCH when I putt.
49. So last year: PASSE. Hmm! Last year almost everything was closed.
50. Washer cycle: RINSE.
51. Air freshener targets: ODORS. I don't want to talk about him.
53. Initial stage: ONSET. I really don't want to talk about this.
54. Top dog: ALPHA.
55. Fashion's Anne or Calvin: KLEIN. Calvin Klein is most famous, but there is a company named Klein Tools that makes pretty good stuff.
56. Looked over: EYED.
58. Spa cover-up: ROBE.
61. Write quickly: JOT. Whenever I JOT, I have trouble reading it later.
62. Digital water tester?: TOE. I think a finger might be easier but it did not fit in the grid.
Boomer
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| Boomer, 6/14/2021 |
