Store Closing: All Sales are Final.
I'll start with the unifier today:
56-Across. Going-out-of-business bargain event, and an apt description of this puzzle's circles: CLOSING SALE. Notice how there are fewer and fewer letters in-between the SA-LE as we progress down the grid. Crazy Eddie finally closed for good due to SEC violations. I remember the Crazy Eddie ads from my days in Connecticut.
20-Across. Muppet with blue feathers and a black unibrow: SAM THE EAGLE. 7 letters.
34-Across. Ceramic piece in a kitchen backsplash, say: MOSAIC TILE. 3 letters. Some of the most magnificent mosaic tiles can be seen at the Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Because the Roman ruins are so remote, they have been well preserved.
40-Across. Laryngeal projection: ADAM'S APPLE. 2 letters.
Here's the grid, so you can see the circled SALE.
Let's not forget this little homophone:
28-Down. Cruise (along): SAIL.
What else is for Sale in today's puzzle?
Across:
1. Lasting mark: SCAR.
5. Hairstyle with upturned ends: FLIP. A style favored by
Mary Tyler Moore.
9. Neckwear worn by Fred in "Scooby-Doo": ASCOT.
14. Worker's compensation: WAGE.
15. More than fix up: REDO.
16. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff: RHODA. [Name #
1.] // And 41-Down. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and 16-Across,
e.g.: SIT-COMS.
17. "Words fail me!": I CAN'T EVEN.
19. Mexican title: SEÑOR. Today's Spanish lesson.
Hi, Lucina!
22. __-la-la: TRA.
23. Flower bed tool: HOE.
24. Poems that may begin "For a ... ": ODEs. A crossword
staple. An Ode could also be musical.
25. __ before: deadline words: ON OR. I have to finish the
blog commentary on or before 3:30
a.m. each Tuesday.
27. "No seats" sign: SRO. As in Standing Room Only.
28. Access ticket at a snowy resort: SKI PASS.
31. Farm mom: MARE.
37. Burn soother: ALOE. A crossword staple. So is
this cartoon.
38. "Parlez-vous français?" reply: OUI. Today's French
lesson. The alternative answer could have been NON.
39. Cabbage dish: SLAW. Why is it called Coleslaw? Yummers!
44. Belief systems: -ISMS. Think Theism, or deism, or as
Waseeley gave us last Thursday, there is Darwinism.
45. Fill-in-the-blanks diversion: MAD LIBs.
46. Dudes: MEN.
48. Memory unit: BYTE. Computer memory.
49. Naval lockup: BRIG. Origin of the meaning of Brig as a naval prison.
51. Journalist Koppel: TED. Ted Koppel (né Edward James
Martin Koppel; b. Feb. 8, 1940) is a British-born American journalist.
He is probably best known for hosting Nightline.
[Name # 2.]
54. Good friend: PAL.
59. Vinegary stew of Filipino cuisine: ADOBO.
Apparently, countries all over the world have a variation of Adobo.
61. Zoom call, say: VIDEO CHAT.
62. "Attack!": SIC 'EM.
63. Genesis garden: EDEN. Another crossword staple.
64. Reusable bag: TOTE.
65. Lifts: TAKES.
66. Home made of sticks: NEST.
67. Zig or zag: VEER.
Down:
1. Sound of a clean jump shot: SWISH.
2. Crème de __: sweet liqueur: CACAO. Everything you
wanted to know about Crème de Cacao but didn't know to ask.
3. Athlete's best effort: A-GAME.
4. Tenant's monthly expense: RENT. Also the name of a
Broadway musical.
5. Liberty: FREEDOM.
6. Structure with high-water marks: LEVEE.
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| Aerial view of the Levee in Baton Rouge. |
7. "Any more bright __?": IDEAS.
8. Early Atari release: PONG. Pong was first released over 50 years ago!
9. "__ and Old Lace": ARSENIC. Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1939 play, later made into a movie, about two old women who
begin murdering lonely old men by poisoning them.
10. That woman: SHE.
11. Air lines?: CONTRAILS. Everything you wanted to know
about Contrails but didn't know to ask.
12. Skunkiness: ODOR.
13. Stanford basketball coach VanDerveer: TARA. Tara Ann
VanDerveer (b. June 26, 1953) has been the head women's basketball coach at
Stanford since 1985. [Name # 3.]
18. God of Thunder: THOR. Norse mythology. [Name #
4.] // And 21-Down. God of Mischief: LOKI. [Name #
5.] More Norse mythology.
26. Chooses to join: OPTS IN.
27. Appropriate: SEEMLY.
29. Grand __: bases-loaded homer: SLAM.
30. Fixes with thread: SEWS.
31. Hat-tipping word: MA'AM.
32. Actor Alan honored with a SAG Life Achievement Award in
2019: ALDA. Alan Alda (né Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; b.
Jan. 28, 1936) is probablybest known for his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce on
M*A*S*H. [Name # 6.]
33. Highway barricade: ROAD BLOCK.
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| A major road block. |
35. "Clumsy me!": OOPS!
36. Slangy greeting: 'SUP. This slangy greeting has made many
appearances in the puzzles recently.
42. Cain's brother: ABEL. A Biblical reference.
Cain, who was a farmer, slew his brother, Abel. (See Genesis
4:8). [Name # 7.]
43. Prestigious: EMINENT.
47. Waffle-maker: EGGO.
49. Less-played song, usually: B-SIDE. A list of B-Side songs that became hits.
50. Harley outings: RIDES.
51. Chevrolet SUV model: TAHOE. I've heard there is also
a lake with this name
on the border of California and Nevada.
52. Fill with joy: ELATE.
53. Turn aside: DETER.
54. Historian's field: PAST.
55. Sarah McLachlan ballad: ADIA. Not to be confused with
Aida, which is both an opera and a Broadway musical. [Name # 8.]
57. Pizza cooker: OVEN.
58. "SNL"-like show filmed in Canada: SCTV. As in Second City TeleVision.
60. Spelling contest: BEE.
That's all for this week.
חתולה
Passover begins tomorrow night with the first Seder. Chag Pesach
Sameach to all who celebrate.
Notes from C.C.:
Happy birthday to dear Agnes (Irish Miss), who helped me so much during
the last few years of Boomer's life. I can't imagine the mistakes I
would have made without her always prompt and practical advice. Thank
you so much for the love and care you've been so generously giving to
me, Agnes!
