Theme: YOLO (73. "Carpe diem" acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues)
20. *"I can't capture how amazing that was!": YOU HAD TO BE THERE.
35. *Fallible in very ordinary ways: ONLY HUMAN.
46. *Spend extravagantly: LIVE LARGE.
57. *Very rarely: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
Boomer here.
I
am pretty sure that James Bond lived twice! Well, as you are reading
this, I am probably at the big VA health center in Minneapolis learning
if my new chemo drugs are doing their job. So far the side effects have
been manageable.
Across:
1. Chocolate dogs: LABS. In the chemist's workplace.
5. Culinary plants: HERBS. Twins once had an announcer named Herb Carneal.
10. "Ready for my cat treat!": MEOW.
14. Zone: AREA.
15. Prefix with -phobia: AGORA. No, I do not have a fear of the crowded VA hospital.
16. Surfer's swell: WAVE. I remember the 1987 World Series when we all WAVED our Homer Hankies.
17. "The Great Pottery Throw Down" material: CLAY. Also great boxer Cassius.
18. Tag player's cry: NOT IT.
19. State firmly: AVER. AVOW did not work.
23. Form 1040 org.: IRS. Everyone's favorite government enemy.
24. Smell awful: REEK. In the old days - Outhouse aroma.
25. Museum-funding org.: NEA.
28. College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: COE. Twins minor league team is also there.
30. Doze: NOD OFF. Not now. CC wants me to work.
39. Enjoy with relish: SAVOR. I SAVOR a hot dog or brat with relish.
40. Country star McEntire: REBA. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
41. Divided island of Southeast Asia: TIMOR.
43. Actress Hatcher: TERI. She played Sidra on Seinfeld. I think I've seen every episode. I cannot stand George.
44. With sincerity: TRULY. Opposite of Liely.
48. Household skills class, for short: HOME EC. I went to an all- boys high school. This class was not offered.
50. "That's __-brainer!": A NO.
51. Kristen's "The Good Place" co-star: TED. Danson.
52. "Mean Girls" screenwriter Fey: TINA.
55. Egg cells: OVA.
65. Winter fabric: WOOL. Time to stock up here. December is coming.
66. Water from France: EVIAN. They sponsor an LPGA golf tournament.
67. "What fun!": WHEE. Roller coaster word.
68. Periods of time: ERAS. Pitchers' stat.
69. First responder: MEDIC. I am still able to get to the VA
center. Don't need a medic. Just my Santa Fe. Can you believe I have
not turned the odometer to 10,000 miles yet?
70. Lively, in mus.: ANIM.
71. URL destination: SITE.
72. Coeur d'__, Idaho: ALENE. My cousin lives in Twin Falls.
Down:
2. "Alice's Restaurant" singer Guthrie: ARLO. "You can get anything you want" there.
3. Sweetheart: BEAU.
4. Greet casually, with "to": SAY HI. Hello there!
5. Distributes, as flyers: HANDS OUT. Halloween is October 31.
6. "Grand slam" earned by Jennifer Hudson, for short: EGOT. "E" must have got a Homer.
7. Piece in a LEGO helicopter set: ROTOR. LEGO display at our Mall of America, C.C. really likes that shopping mall, however gunfire there made the news last week.
8. Illegal payoff: BRIBE.
9. Shiny fabric: SATEEN.
10. "Kisses, dahling": MWAH. This does not seem like a word, or am I too fussy?
11. Gutter locale: EAVE. Ours get full of leaves. Looking at "Leaf filter"
12. Eggs __ easy: OVER. I like mine scrambled.
13. Used to be: WERE. My legs WERE better.
21. Curved part of a foot: ARCH. Big one in St. Louis. I saw it when I went to game 5 of the 1987 World Series, but I did not ride up.
22. Boxing ref's calls: TKOS. Technical Knockouts.
25. Toward the Arctic Circle: NORTH. Our "Land of 10,000 Lakes" is fairly NORTH.
26. Month before febrero: ENERO.
27. Photo book: ALBUM. We also used to call 33 1/3 vinyl Albums. I still have a few, but no record player.
29. Czech track legend Zátopek: EMIL.
31. Spreadsheet input: DATA. Lotsa work.
32. Out in the open: OVERT.
33. Make a fake of: FORGE. You're almost done. FORGE ahead.
34. Like tempura: FRIED. Or chicken, fish, eggs, and rice. I'm hungry.
36. Ivy League school in Connecticut: YALE.
37. "__ dreaming?": AM I. "California Dreamin'". Mamas and Papas.
38. __ Scotia: NOVA. Old time Chevy compact.
42. Give up formally: RENOUNCE. Never give up without a fight.
45. Himalayan Bigfoot: YETI.
47. Rom-com subject: LOVE. Makes the world go 'round.
49. Movie house: CINEMA. We have not been since "Borat".
53. __ orange: NAVEL. Belly button.
54. Put up with: ABIDE.
56. Multilevel marketing giant: AMWAY. Home party brushes and stuff.
57. Has bills to pay: OWES. "I OWE, I OWE, so off to work I go.
58. Edible seaweed: NORI. I would not eat it!
59. Parka, e.g.: COAT. Parka has a hood.
60. Alternatively: ELSE. A coat usually does not.
61. Reclined: LAIN.
62. Dismayed cry: OH NO. Missed a four-foot putt!
63. Trompe l'__: optical illusion: OEIL.
64. Missing fish in a Pixar film: NEMO. Jules Verne creation.
Boomer
Notes from C.C.:
Gary and Joann and their family celebrated his mother-in-law Martha's 100-year-old birthday on Saturday. Here are a few beautiful pictures:
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| Everybody |
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| All of us watching Power Point |
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| Joann, Gary, her twin Jocye with husband Ron |
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| Martha and great-great granddaughter who is 99 years younger playing with a balloon. |
