Theme: 56. With 58-Across, salad fixings ... and what you'll find aptly hidden in puzzle rows 4, 6 and 10: CHOPPED. And
58. See 56-Across: VEGGIES. (Onion, Tomato and Carrot are chopped up by the black squares.)
20. Typically tricolored ice cream dessert: SPUMONI. And 22. Really tough, as tasks: ONEROUS.
26. Made to order: CUSTOM. And 29. Do penance: ATONE.
47. Witty Wilde: OSCAR.And 48. Bad to the core: ROTTEN.
Boomer here again. Hahtoolah will be back next Tuesday. She had a long drive back home from New England.
Just
a note about Spumoni Ice Cream. I was addicted when my Mom worked at a
pizza place they served it on the dessert menu, and I was hooked.
Later when I worked for a different pizza restaurant, desserts were not
on the menu.
Across:
5. Notable Titanic casualty: ASTOR. The Waldorf - Astoria is named for him.
10. Stir up: RILE. Sometimes I like to RILE a dish of ice cream.
14. Latin "others": ALIA. Four years of High School Latin and I did not know this.
15. Actress __ Neal of "Law & Order: SVU": DIANE. ADA Casey Novak.
16. Give off: EMIT.
17. Unrefined sort: BOOR.
18. Trooper automaker: ISUZU. They quit making cars in 2009. I think they might still make trucks.
19. "Ooh, fun!": WHEE. Okay to say on a roller coaster, but please stop saying it at the bowling center.
24. Either Bush, e.g.: TEXAN. Always in the news. Some good and some not.
25. Exhausts: DOES IN.
32. FreeCell or Snapchat: APP.
35. Sewn line: SEAM.
36. Multilevel, as wedding cakes: TIERED. I watched the Gophers
blow one at "Huntington Bank" Stadium last Saturday. The Stadium was
TIERED and the fans were TEARED up.
37. Auditioner's hope: PART.
39. Barcelona buddy: AMIGO. My golf and bowling buddy, JORGE from Chile calls me AMIGO.
41. Rig on the road: SEMI. Does that mean it is half a truck??
42. Sounds from sties: SNORTS.
44. Gaming novice, slangily: NOOB. Newbie.
46. Bambi's mother: DOE. "A Deer, a female deer, Re, a drop of golden sun" The hills are alive with "The Sound of Music".
50. Crowns for some queens: TIARAS.
52. Andes or Rockies: RANGE. Hotpoint or General Electric?
60. For all of us: OURS. In our home it is "For both of us."
61. __ curls: arm exercises: BICEP. I do not do this. Too weak.
63. Observes: SEES.
64. Unmitigated joy: GLEE. Spent a few years in the Benilde H.S. GLEE Club. I had a few solos.
65. Together: AS ONE.
66. Teen woe: ACNE. Never had it when I was young, but now the cancer med is causing a few bumps.
67. Bathtub bubbles: SUDS.
68. __ Island Rams: Atlantic 10 conference baseball team: RHODE.
69. Chai and rooibos: TEAS. C.C. is the TEA expert in our home. I drink Folgers.
Down:
2. Slippery __: risky course of action: SLOPE. "We'll have real ones in Minnesota soon"
3. Iowa's __ City: SIOUX. I have been through there, also the city in South Dakota named after the Sioux.
4. Airport surface: TARMAC.
5. Favorable score for a server: AD IN. They do not have "AD IN" in bowling or golf.
6. Maria's ayes: SISI.
7. Letter after sigma: TAU.
8. Like many 2020 meetings: ON ZOOM. I have heard about this but never used it. Although sometimes I hit the gas pedal a bit too hard.
9. Meet up in 25 years, maybe: REUNE. Just had my 56th High School last month. We spelled it differently though. I'm 9th from the left on the back row.
10. Second drafts, say: REWRITES.
11. "This is very flattering!": I'M HONORED.
12. Stead: LIEU.
13. Nice summers: ETES. French city Nice.
21. Burden: ONUS.
23. "Ozark" actor Morales: ESAI. I liked him in NYPD Blue.
25. Pizza Hut competitor: DOMINO'S. I can make better at home with product from Trader Joe's.
27. Red and Black: SEAS. I have been watching the Ryder Cup last weekend from Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. I suggest they call Lake Michigan a SEA.
28. Scot's cap: TAM. Goes great with a bagpipe.
30. Memorable captain's name that's a sign backwards: NEMO. Omen.
31. Actress Falco: EDIE.
32. Lhasa __: APSO.
33. Thumbs-down reviews: PANS. Teflon are the best.
34. Monitored, as an exam: PROCTORED.
36. Little honk: TOOT.
38. Walks aimlessly: TRAIPSES. I am not drunk, it's that doggone oral chemo - 4 capsules each day.
40. Understood: GOT.
43. Tough-to-get-out-of situation: TRAP.
45. Glacier chunk: BERG.
48. Peppery root: RADISH. Goes great in potato salad.
49. Bugs: NAGS AT.
51. Concrete-reinforcing rod: REBAR.
53. Dorothy, to Em: NIECE. "We're off to see the Wizard ..."
54. Thelma portrayer Davis: GEENA.
55. Mississippi quartet: ESSES. Lots of things named after our river. Even a whole state down south.
56. Wheel teeth: COGS. I don't think they put studs on tires any more. I think they ruined the roads.
57. "Castle Rock" airer: HULU.
58. Sell: VEND. Out of a machine.
59. Duel tool: EPEE.
62. Pigeon sound: COO. I thought a dove made it too.