Wednesday August 4, 2021 Sean McGowan

Theme: ABOUT FACE (58. Military command, and a hint to each set of circles). Face parts are hidden in the theme answers. (Added later: The face parts are reversed in each theme entry.)

 17. Trite: HACKNEYED. This one is easy to see. The others need to be anagrammed.

 24. Exodus participant: ISRAELITE. Ear.

 35. Desirable vocal quality: RESONANCE. Nose

 50. Environmental catastrophes: OIL SPILLS. Lips

Boomer here. 

Doog gninrom enoyreve.  Happy first week of August from smoky Minnesota.  The weatherman says that Canada is on fire and of course we are on the border of that great country.  Most of us are wishing Jose Berrios well in his new Blue Jays uniform also. 

 

Across:

1. Cuba, por ejemplo: ISLA.

5. Laundry brand: TIDE.  Did Proctor & Gamble get the name from the Ocean?

9. Surveys, as a crowd: SCANS.  I've been SCANning Target field from my TV chair and even though the Covid restrictions have been removed, no one seems to be showing up for this team, including me. 

14. XXX: CHIS.  THIRTY did not fit.

15. Bad doings: EVIL.

16. App with personalized celebrity videos: CAMEO.

19. Two-tone treats: OREOS.  I am not allowed because of diabetes.  I do manage to sneak in a chocolate chip cookie once in a while.

20. Thompson of "SNL": KENAN.

21. Overwhelming fear: TERROR.  Well My PSA is a bit too high.  It is not overwhelming fear, but I will have to listen to the doctor next week.

23. Vine variety: PINOT.

27. Corp. attention grab: PR STUNT.  I guess I cannot call this a PR Stunt, but CC and I got our Pfizer shots at the first opportunity.  Now our governor is bribing the unvaccinated people with $100 dollars of federal money.  I wrote my congressman, I will let you know if I hear back. 

29. They're sometimes slashed: PRICES.  Not at the gas pump.  We are right around $2.99 per gallon here.

30. West in old movies: MAE.

31. Start over: RESET.  I call that a Mulligan.

34. Nicknames for grandmas: NANS.  I have only heard NANA.  Reminds me, C.C. and I visited Interlachen, an exclusive golf course in Edina, MN,  for the 2006 U.S. Women's Open which was won by Annika.  Now there is a senior Woman's Open I watched on TV and the NANAs still have it. 

38. "Anybody __?": ELSE.

41. Divided Asian peninsula: KOREA.  North and South.  Our car came from South.  Nothing but trouble comes from the North.

42. Hosp. crisis area: ICU.  Filling up with Covid patients again.  I sincerely hope that everyone in our blog venue is safe and healthy.

45. Exactly right: DEAD ON.

48. Ron of "Hellboy" (2004): PERLMAN.

53. Composure: POISE.

54. Arnold Palmer ingredient: ICE TEA.  I am sure there is another ingredient also.  I miss Arnold.  We have acquired some of the post office's commemorative stamps honoring Arnold.

55. Wasteland: HEATH.  I think this is also a candy bar I am not supposed to eat.

56. Do some housework: CLEAN.

61. Jazz but not Bulls: GENRE.

62. Dance partner?: SONG.  Cloudy, the sky is gray and white and cloudy, sometimes I think it's hanging down on me.  Simon and Garfunkel.

63. LAX postings: ETAS.

64. Start to twine?: INTER. Intertwine.

65. Family ___: TREE.

66. Burden for many students: DEBT.  Not just students.

Down:

1. Start of an iconic JFK quote: ICH.  He visited Berlin a few years before I was stationed in Hardheim.

2. Super Bowl LIV performer: SHAKIRA.

3. Driving need?: LICENSE.  We have a state congressman who lost his Minnesota License so he got one from Wisconsin.  Now he was stopped for a traffic violation and he is in trouble.

4. Start of an iconic JFK quote: ASK NOT. what your country can do for you.

5. Prom attendee: TEEN.  Prom has been a long time ago for me.  High school reunion #55 is coming soon. It's really been 56 but it got covided back one year.

6. Wall climber: IVY.

7. Tries to lose: DIETS.  I never tried to lose.  Once diabetes hit me, the pounds just fell off and I had to buy new clothes.

8. Senior: ELDER.

9. Ball game official: SCORER.

10. JFK daughter who inspired a Neil Diamond hit: CAROLINE.  Sweet.

11. Miss __: AMERICA.  Is Burt Parks still around ??

12. Liberal start: NEO.

13. Distress call: SOS.  Steel wool cleaning pad.

18. Disposition: NATURE.

22. Knock sharply: RAP.  I do not like the music.

23. Meas. of concentration: PPM.  Parts Per Million.

24. "There, there": IT'S OK.

25. Big __ Conference: TEN.  It is now the BIG 14.

26. One of a sisters trio: ESS. Letters in sisters.

28. Vintage video game console: NES.  Home of Super Nintendo.  I got hooked on the Legend of Zelda.

32. Ambient musician Brian: ENO.

33. Rain delay sights: TARPS.  The Tarps are back at Target Field. While we had the air-conditioned Metrodome, tarps and jackets were not needed.  This summer has been a run of 90+ degree days and I bet they wish they had the dome back.

35. Post-world-war paranoia: RED SCARE.

36. Formerly named: NEE.  I don't have a "NEE", but I've been called other names.

37. "Magic" flier: CARPET.

38. Long-ago Tokyo: EDO.  I don't follow the Olympics much.  They don't have bowling as one of the sports.

39. Garden garland: LEI.  Somewhere, over the rainbow. Judy.

40. Notable: SALIENT.

42. Copy: IMITATE.

43. On-the-go game show: CASH CAB.  I never watch this.  It's a terrible show.

44. Avignon article: UNE.

46. Season's first game: OPENER.  They cannot sell beer at Target Field this year.  The Twins lost the Opener.

47. Coll. hoops tourney: NIT.

49. Lounged: LOAFED.

51. Bare minimum: LEAST.

52. Work: LABOR.  Labor Day is about a month away.

55. Enormous: HUGE.  There's a huge number of three letter solve words.

56. Sci-fi film FX: CGI. Computer-generated imagery.

57. Dance judge Goodman: LEN.

59. Hydrogen's atomic number: ONE.  "ONE is the loneliest number"  Harry Nilsson, then the Beatles.  

60. N.J. winter hrs.: EST.

Boomer