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Oct 5, 2021

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Craig Stowe

Shuffle the Word.  Rearrange/shuffle the letters of the word Take will give us Alternatives of that word.

16-Across. *   Ground-beef-and-gravy dish: SALISBURY STEAK.


25-Across. *     Penny-pincher: CHEAPSKATE.


36-Across. *     "Ode to a Nightingale" poet: JOHN KEATS.  It's a long poem, but you can read it here.

50-Across. *     Hung in the balance: WAS AT STAKE.

And the unifier:

59-Across. Different points of view ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues: ALTERNATE TAKES.

Across:
1. Tie named for an annual race venue: ASCOT.  The horse race is also the event where women were very elaborate and outlandish hats.


6. Destroy, as one's hopes: DASH.

10. Spanish hero El __: CID.  El Cid (né Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar; 1043 ~ 1099) was a Castilian knight in medieval Spain.  The Moors referred to him as El Cid, which is the name that has been passed down in history.

13. Land at the water's edge: SHORE.

14. Look at rudely: OGLE.


15. Genetic messenger: RNA.


19. Out of sorts: ILL.

20. Ginormous: HUGE.

21. Actor Eckhart of "Sully": AARON.  Aaron Eckhart (né Aaron Edward Eckhart; b. Mar. 12, 1968) played the First Officer Jeff Skiles in the movie about Sully Sullenberg and the plane rescue on the Hudson.

23. Hefty slice: SLAB.

28. Completely wrecks: TOTALS.


30. Pastry with a crust: PIE.  Yummers!


31. Long-jawed fish: GAR.  Everything you wanted to know about the Gar, but didn't know to ask.  Not to be confused with Picard's crush, Teri.


32. Shorthand crackerjack: STENO.  As in a Stenographer.

33. 2019 comedy "__ It Romantic": ISN'T.


35. Cuban coin: PESO.


39. Numbers game: KENO.

42. Where about one-third of Istanbul residents live: ASIA.  Cross the Bosphorus going east and you leave Europe and enter Asia, without entering a new country..


43. Yellowjackets, e.g.: WASPS.  Are Yellowjackets really Wasps?  I was stung twice by a wasp the other day while working in my garden.  The creatures had built a nest in one of my shrubs as I was trimming it back.  Ouch!  Fortunately, I didn't experience an allergic reaction.

47. George Harrison memoir "__ Mine": I ME.


48. Only partner?: ONE.  But One is the Lonliest Number!


49. "Border" breed: COLLIE.


54. Cat breed from an Irish Sea isle: MANX.


55. 101 course, typically: INTRO.

56. Commanded: BADE.

58. T'ai __: CHI.

63. NFL receivers: TEs.  As in Tight Ends.

64. "Crikey!" is a mild one: OATH.


65. Soccer shoe: CLEAT.

66. Dreyer's partner in ice cream: EDY.  Edy's Ice Cream has become a crossword staple.  It's slow churned.



67. Miss Muffet fare: WHEY.
68. Flocks' relatives: HERDS.



Down:
1. Basketball stats: ASSISTS.  Some of the greatest assists in NBA history?  You be the judge.


2. Bulb in a vinaigrette: SHALLOT.  Sometime an onion can be substituted for a shallot.


3. Collect and put in order, as document pages: COLLATE.


4. "You do it, __ will!": OR I.

5. Radio host John: TESH.  John Frank Tesh (b. July 9, 1952) also tries his hand as singing.


6. Bread-to-be: DOUGH.  I am thinking of trying my hand at making sourdough bread.

7. See eye to eye: AGREE.



8. Wily: SLY.

9. Fellows: HEs.  Meh!

10. Sound from an old staircase: CREAK.


11. Steamed up: IN A RAGE.

12. Montana neighbors, with "the": DAKOTAs.  An interesting history on why there is a North and South Dakota.


17. Tampa NFL team: BUCs.  Hi, Tin!



18. Shock, as a perp: TASE.

22. Emperor after Claudius: NERO.


24. Steve Martin's instrument: BANJO.


26. Sleep clinic study: APNEA.  People with sleep apnea often use a C-PAP to help them sleep.  The new C-PAP model by Philips is being recalled due to the noxious gas that it can produce.

27. Falafel holder: PITA.  Yummers!


29. John in the Albert Hall: LOO.  Cute clue!


33. Atlas enlargement: INSET.


34. Enjoy the slopes: SKI.
35. Song of praise: PSALM.

37. Oscar-winning composer Zimmer: HANS.  Hans Florian Zimmer (b. Sept. 12, 1957) won an Oscar for his score in the 1995 movie The Lion King.


38. Weeks in a fortnight: TWO.  Origin of the word Fortnight.

39. New Zealander: KIWI.  Why New Zealanders are called Kiwis.

40. Flow (from): EMANATE.

41. Cuddled up: NESTLED.



44. One shirking work: SLACKER.

45. "Angels dancing" site, in a theological question: PINHEAD.


46. Gender-biased sorts: SEXISTS.

48. Oklahoma tribe: OTOE.  This is becoming a crossword staple.

49. Formally give up: CEDE.

51. Pretentious: ARTSY.

52. Let up, as a storm: ABATE.



53. "My Life on the D-List" comic Griffin: KATHY.


57. Carve in stone: ETCH.  Or an Etch-A-Sketch.

60. Use oars: ROW.


Oars in a Row


61. "Don't think so": NAH.

62. Microbrewery brew: ALE.



Here's the Grid:




חתולה


Congratulations on your debut yesterday, Chairman Moe!