32-Across. Neighborhood social events ... and what the four sets of circles
are?: BLOCK PARTIES. Notice that the circles form "blocks" and the letters in the
blocks spell out a type of Party:
FÊTE: A fête is an elaborate festival, party or celebration. The
English is borrowed from the Medieval
Latin festus via the French fête,
meaning holiday or party.
BASH: A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an
official organization or attended by famous people. Origin of the Bash.
GALA: A social occasion with special entertainments or performances.
The word comes to use from the French, which is derived from
either Italian gala, or Spanish gala, both meaning festive occasion.
BALL: A formal dancing party. The ball derives from the Latin
word ballare, which means to dance.
This was an appropriate puzzle for this week. The big Saint
Patrick's Parade was this past weekend. I live near the end of the
parade route so there were big BLOCK PARTIES all over my neighborhood. It's also the beginning of
crawfish season, crawfish was served at many of these parties, along
with lots of music and adult beverages.
16. "__ I Would Leave You": "Camelot" song: IF EVER. So
many musicals are making a come-back. I
wonder Camelot will make a revival.
17. One-named singer with the 2002 #1 hit
"Foolish": ASHANTI.
18. Took the loss: ATE IT.
19. Movie critic Roger: EBERT. Roger Ebert (né Robert
Joseph Ebert; June 18, 1942 ~ Apr. 4, 2013) and Gene Siskel (né Eugene
Kal Sikkel; Jan. 26, 1946 ~ Feb. 20, 1999) hosted At the Movies together for several years.
Ebert and Sickle
20. Remarkable things, in old slang: GASSERS. It also
appears to be a term for a style of drag race car.
22. Liam who played Schindler: NEESON. In the movie,
Schindler's List, Lima Neeson portrayed a version of the German
industrialist Oskar Schindler. Schindler was a very complicated man.
26. Runs scored on a solo homer: ONE. No one on base when
the batter scores a homer. // And 10-Down. Baseball's home
__: PLATE.
27. Implied: TACIT.
29. Barn bale: HAY.
30. Singer Shore whose name is associated with a major LPGA golf
tournament: DINAH.
31. Miso soup cube: TOFU. Yummers!
36. Putin's refusal: NYET. Could also be classified under
Current Events. Enough Said.
39. Quarterback Favre: BRETT. Brett Lorenzo Fabre (b. Oct.
10, 1969) was named MVP three times in the mid-1990s.
40. "Doubt it": NAH!
43. Impediment for Moses: RED SEA. Moses may also have had
a speech impediment.
46. Golfer's appointment: TEE TIME.
48. San __: San Francisco Bay city: MATEO.
50. Steel support for concrete: REBAR.
51. Against the law: ILLEGAL.
54. Opera with Desdemona: OTELLO.
55. Spanish rice dishes: PAELLAS. Yummers. There is
a Spanish restaurant not far from my house that serves fabulous Paella.
You have to either order it before you go to the restaurant, or have
lots of tapas while you wait for it to be made, but it is well worth the
wait.
56. Very tired: DONE IN.
57. City west of Dallas: ABILENE. Quite a bit west of
Dallas.
58. Names of four of them begin with "New": STATES. I have
lived on 3 of the 4 "NEW" states.
Down: 1. Italian cheese: ASIAGO.
Yummers!
2. Beach robe: CAFTAN.
3. John of Monty Python: CLEESE. John Marwood Cleese (b.
Oct. 27, 1939) is one of the four surviving members of the original Pythons.
4. Rock 'n' roller dubbed "The King": ELVIS.
5. Like lo-cal regimens, e.g.: DIETETIC.
6.
Shakespeare's "always": E'ER.
7. Swedish
auto: SAAB. Saab ceased its car operations in 2016.
8. Not in
class today: ABSENT.
9. Skiing champ Phil or Steve: MAHRE. Phillip Ferdinand
Mahre (b. May 10, 1957) and his twin brother, Steven Irving Mahre (b. May
10, 1957), both competed in the Olympics.
11. Chaney of horror: LON. Lon Chaney (né Leonidas Frank
Chaney; Apr. 1, 1883 ~ Aug. 26, 1930) was known as the Man of a Thousand
Faces for his ability to transform himself into the images of horror for
many silent films. Sadly, he died at age 47. His son, Lon
Chaney, Jr. (né Creighton Tull Chaney; Feb. 10, 1906 ~ July 12, 1973), was
also an actor who portrayed creatures in horror films.
Lon Chaney, Sr.
12. Tolkien talking tree: ENT. Creatures from Lord of the Rings.
13. Opus __: "The Da Vinci Code" sect: DEI.
19. Prison break fugitive, e.g.: ESCAPER.
21. Corporal or private: RANK.
23. Pump or boot: SHOE.
24. Klutzes: OAFS.
25. Manhattan sch.: NYU.
28. "No choice for me": I HAVE TO.
30. URL speck: DOT.
31. __ Woodman: Oz traveler: TIN.
32. Memory unit: BYTE. Computer memory, not human memory.
33. Show the way: LEAD.
34. Baptism or
bris: RITE.
35. Ore-Ida morsel: TATER TOT.
Yummers!
36. "All Things Considered" airer: NPR. Terry Gross (b.
Feb. 14, 1951) is the host of All Things Considered, which is
aired on National Public Radio.
39. 1942 Philippine battle site: BATAAN. The Battle of
Bataan was fought between January and April 1949 by the United States against
Japan during World War II.
40. Corn kernel: NIBLET.
41. Charlotte __: U.S. Virgin Islands capital: AMALIE.
The city of Charlotte Amalie is named in honor of Charlotte Amalie of
Hesse-Kassel (Apr. 27, 1650 ~ Mar. 27, 1714), Queen consort and wife of
Christian V, King of Denmark.
42. Cousins of storks: HERONS. They are beautiful
birds.
44. Bloodhounds follow it: SMELL.
45. Two under
par: EAGLE.
47. "Lovergirl" singer __ Marie: TEENA. Teena Marie (née
Mary Christine Brocket; Mar. 5, 1956 ~ Dec. 26, 2010), sadly died young.
49. "Who __ is coming?": ELSE.
51. Hoppy brew letters: IPA. As in India Pale Ale. This has become a crossword staple.
52. Research site: LAB.
53. Floral ring: LEI.
54. Some ER cases: ODs. A drug OverDose might cause one to go to the Emergency Room.
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Notes from C.C.:
Happy 81st birthday to Pat (PK on our blog)! So glad to see you back on the blog. Hi CrossEyedDave, your cake still looks stunning to me!
