Monday August 2, 2021 Joe Schewe

Theme: NOTEWORTHY. (60. Distinguished ... and what 17-, 27- and 44-Across literally are?: NOTEWORTHY.

17A. Space-saving TV display: FLAT SCREEN.

27A. Deadeye: SHARP SHOOTER.

44A. Cotton, wool or silk: NATURAL FIBER.

Boomer here.  

Happy Monday everyone. As you read this, I am probably out on the golf course in 81 degree temperatures.  My sister came to town last week and wanted to play miniature Putt Putt golf so we went in 97 degree heat. C.C. bowed out a little early and I do not blame her.  I only managed 16 holes and I was toast.  But we had a good time.

Sherie, Bret, Connie, Boomer & C.C, 7/28/2021

 

Across:

1. Up to the task: ABLE.  Was this Cain's Brother?

5. Bounce off a wall: CAROM.  "It's a POOL table, don't you understand. Friend, either you are closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge or you are unaware of the Caliber of disaster indicated by a pool table in your community." Prof. Harold Hill.

10. __ 'n' roll: ROCK.  I am a ROCK, I am an Island.  Simon and Garfunkel.

14. Faucet brand: MOEN.

15. Goodnight woman of song: IRENE.  She was seen in many dreams.

16. Wrinkle remover: IRON.

19. Property measure: ACRE.  Also a bad tooth.

20. Mason of "The Goodbye Girl": MARSHA.

21A. Life in it is exciting but risky: FAST LANE.

23. Tax form ID: SSN.  It's a good thing to have.  I paid payments in for many years, now they are paying me back.

24. Do sum work: ADD.  "What did you learn in school today, dear little boys of mine?"  Ton Paxton.

26. Camp bed: COT.  We all had one of these in basic training.  I do not remember getting too much sleep on that hard thing.

33. Jokes around: JAPES.

36. Primp: PREEN.

37. 2001 boxing biopic: ALI.  I thought his name was Cassius Clay.

38. Eye creepily: OGLE.

39. Does some sous-chef work: CHOPS.  C.C. sometimes eats with CHOPS ticks.

40. Word after final or physical: EXAM.  I have passed them both, a long time ago.

41. "Roth" investment: IRA.  Sorry, talked about this last week.

42. Prohibition agent Ness: ELIOT.

43. Its State Crustacean is lobster: MAINE.  They are pretty good, but I do not prefer to pay the price.  Minnesota Walleye is just as good.  My opinion.

47. Neither's partner: NOR.

48. Old PC monitor: CRT.  I think this used to stand for Cathode Ray Tube.

49. Deep __: diving area: END.   That's a memory when we went swimming in Shady Oak Lake.

52. Watches kids for cash: BABYSITS.  My older sister did this.  I earned my money at the golf course caddying.

57. End opposite the pencil point: ERASER.  For people who make mistakes doing crosswords.

59. Longtime Hydrox rival: OREO.

62. Seven-foot NBAer Nowitzki: DIRK.  I am sure DIRK made more money than I did on the golf course, but I am glad that I am not 7 feet tall. 

63. Give the slip to: ELUDE.

64. Extra: MORE.

65. Barely beat: EDGE.  They used to sell Oldsmobiles in Hopkins at Town's EDGE Olds.

66. Opera hero, often: TENOR.  I was a Bass.  My High School Class reunion is coming up in August.  I wonder if they will want me to sing. The MTA.

67. On the __ of the moment: impulsively: SPUR.

Down:

1. Std. car radios: AM FMS.  I think I just have AM.  Sirius FM kept bugging me.  I guess they did not understand what "NO" means. 

2. Gauchos' weapons: BOLAS.

3. Memorize: LEARN.  "What did you EARN in school today, dear little boys of mine ??"  Tom Paxton again.

4. Tolkien tree creatures: ENTS.

5. Insect that may live for 17 years: CICADA.

6. LAX incoming abbr.: ARR.  C.C. and I have not been on a plane for almost two years.  We are still a little Covid shy.

7. Atoll barrier: REEF.

8. __ Day VitaCraves: ONE A.

9. Good people, from the Yiddish: MENSCHES.  I am thinking the organist at Target Field is a MENSCH.  She plays "Hava Nagila"  a lot between innings.

10. Venetian market: RIALTO.  I think we used to have movie theatres with that name.

11. Killer whale: ORCA.

12. Kerneled veggie: CORN. Our CORN grows as high as an elephants eye.  We drive by a couple of corn fields on the way to grocery stores and I am really surprised by the field because we have had      90 + degree weather for the last 6 weeks. 

13. Commonly replaced joint: KNEE.  I don't know about KNEES, but I know of a few local beer joints that have been replaced.

18. Persian potentates: SHAHS.

22. Donald or Daffy Duck: TOON.

25. TV advice show co-created by Oprah: DR PHIL.  I have never taken advice from the TV, sorry.

27. "Savvy?": SEE.

28. DA's burden: PROOF.  If it's 80, I think it's Vodka.

29. Type of tank: SEPTIC.  I know what this is, I am glad we do not have one.  we pay for city water and services.

30. City curbside call: TAXI.  We do not need one of these either.

31. Distinctive style: ELAN.

32. "The __ of the Ancient Mariner": RIME.

33. Become a member: JOIN.  Once I coached a Little League team that was sponsored by a local Elks Lodge.  I only went there a few times.  They had pull tabs.

34. Taj Mahal city: AGRA.

35. Surveyor's map: PLAT.

39. Benny Goodman's "licorice stick": CLARINET.

40. 12-Down unit: EAR.  Pick it and peel it.

42. Greek Cupid: EROS.

43. MGM's first "M": METRO.  Goldwyn Mayer.

45. Disconnect, as oxen: UNYOKE.

46. Milwaukee MLBer: BREWER.  C.C. and I went to Miller Park quite a few years ago.  Of course it was a Twins game and A.J. Pierzinski hit a home run.  The Brewers won, I don't remember the score.

49. Bar, in court: ESTOP.

50. India's first prime minister: NEHRU.  He has a collar named after him.

51. Washer's partner: DRYER.  We got a new washer last year.  Now our dryer is jealous.

52. Foreshadow: BODE.

53. Dry as a bone: ARID.  It was awful last Wednesday.  Now it seems that the heat is history.

54. Shipping hazard: BERG.  I cannot imagine that there are any icebergs in shipping lanes this time of year.

55. Tin-painting art: TOLE.

56. Daze: STUN.

58. Refs raise them to signal a successful field goal: ARMS.  Also a Touchdown.

61. Tokyo, formerly: EDO.  I took a look at the Olympic golf.  I am not too interested in all the sports that I never did and cannot do.

Boomer