Imagine Me and You ... Each theme answer begins with U (You) and ends with ME with lots of letters in BETWEEN.
16-Across. Star-spangled garb for July 4th: UNCLE SAM COSTUME.
22-Across. "Catch you later": UNTIL NEXT TIME.
34-Across. Activity with Skip and Wild Draw Four cards: UNO GAME.
47-Across. Focus of many a murder podcast: UNSOLVED CRIME.
55-Across. Secret-teller's intro, and an apt title for this puzzle: BETWEEN YOU AND ME. Just between you and me, I'll let you in on a secret: Today is National Yo-Yo Day.
Across:
1. Sketch show with a musical guest, familiarly: SNL. Saturday Night Live provides lots of fodder for the crossword puzzles. The show made
its debut on October 11, 1975 with George Carlin (May 12, 1937 ~ June 22,
2008) as the first host. Don Pardo (Feb. 22, 1918 ~ 2014) was the first
announcer.
4. Uncovers: BARES.
9. Dollop: BLOB.
13. Secure (to): TIE.
14. South Pacific island: TAHITI. It looks like such
a romantic location.
15. Bert who played the Cowardly Lion: LAHR. Bert Lahr (né
Irving Lahrheim; Aug. 13, 1895 ~ Dec. 4, 1967) began his acting career in
vaudeville. Although he was in other films, he is best known for his
role as the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. [Name # 1.]
19. Relay race rods: BATONS.
20. Paint shade: HUE.
21. Not even half-baked: RAW.
26. Taxi prices: FARES.
28. Ref. work favoring "favour": OED. // And
33-Across. Last section of the 28-Across: ZED. The last section of the Oxford English Dictionary are the words beginning with the letter "Z", or as they say
across the pond, the letter Zed.
29. Sneaker pattern: TREAD.
30. "Best. Day. __!": EVER.
31. Tax return fig.: AGI. As in Adjusted Gross Income.
32. Pharmaceutical giant __ Lilly: ELI. The name of the
pharmaceutical company was named after its founder, Colonel Eli Lilly (July 8, 1838 ~ June 6, 1898). He died 125 years ago today.
[Name # 2.]
36. Round vegetable: PEA.
39. Goal: END. The word "Aim" also fit into the spaces
provided.
40. Pres. after FDR: HST. Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 ~ Dec.
26, 1972) immediately followed Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Jan. 30, 1882 ~ Apr.
12, 1945) as President of the United States. [Name # 3.]
41. Street: ROAD.
42. Wishing one hadn't: RUING.
45. Poor grade: DEE.
46. Observes Ramadan, say: FASTS. Ramadan is the 9th month
of the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, which
means that there is not a correction for seasons. Instead of 364 days
per year, as are in the Gregorian calendar, there are only 354 days per year.
50. Diagnostic scan, briefly: MRI.
51. Illegal turn, maybe: UIE. Meh. Not keen on this
clue and answer.
52. Inexact lunch hour: ONEISH.
59. Cut with a beam: LASE.
60. "Night" author Elie: WIESEL. I first
read Night when I was in high school.
Night is the first book in a trilogy (the other books
are Dawn and Day) and is an autobiographical
account of Elie Wiesel's experience in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
He describes his battle with G~d for a way to understand the horrors of
what he experienced in the concentration camp. I hope this book isn't
banned. Wiesel (né Eliezer Wiesel; Sept. 30, 1928 ~ July 2, 2016) was
the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy for victims of
oppression around the world. [Name # 4.]
61. Group's adjective: OUR.
62. North Carolina university town: ELON. Not to be confused
with Elon Musk (b. June 28, 1971). [Name # 5.]
63. Attach, as a patch: SEW ON. Because Iron-On didn't fit in the spaces provided.
64. Greenpeace, for one: NGO. As in a Non-Governmental Organization.
Down:
1. Short pencil: STUB.
2. Singer Simone: NINA. Nina Simone (née Eunice Kathleen
Waymon; Feb. 21, 1933 ~ Apr. 21, 2003) makes frequent guest appearances in the
puzzles. [Name # 6.]
3. Gave a good talking-to: LECTURED.
4. Low choir voices: BASSI. Here's an example of a singular
Basso voice.
5. "With you now": AHA!
6. Outer edge: RIM.
7. Engraved with acid: ETCHED.
8. __ City, Iowa: SIOUX.
9. Sandwich known by its initials: BLT. Ask in a Bacon Lettuce and Tomato sandwich.
10. Avant-garde violinist and artist Anderson: LAURIE. About
40 years ago, I went to a 2-day Laurie Anderson (née Laurel Philips Anderson;
b. June 5, 1947) concert in Brooklyn, New York. It was such a fabulous
concert. She was married to fellow musician, Lou Reed (né Lewis Allan
Reed; Mar. 2, 1942 ~ Oct. 27, 2013). [Name # 7.]
11. "Yowza": OH, MAMA!
12. Prepared, as coffee: BREWED.
14. Outdoor wedding shelters: TENTS.
17. "Table for one" type: LONER.
18. Put down roots: SETTLE.
23. Company emblem: LOGO.
24. Tried to speak horse: NEIGHED. Whyever would I want to
speak horse? I can, however, speak hoarse.
25. __-state area: TRI.
26. Brimless hat: FEZ. This clue and answer made me thing of
our friend Abejo. He had mentioned more than once that he belonged to an
organization that wore fez hats.
27. "__ Maria": AVE.
31. Plus: AND.
32. Pro in an ambulance: EMT. As in an Emergency Medical Technician. A crossword
staple.
34. Use Goo Gone, e.g.: UNGLUE. I am not familiar with
this company. Apparently there
are many iterations of this product.
35. "Hang on __!": A SEC.
36. Greek god of the sea: POSEIDON. Poseidon is also the god of earthquakes. [Name # 8.]
37. Consume: EAT.
38. Targeted social media posts: ADs.
39. Brian of Roxy Music: ENO. Brian Eno (né Brian Peter
George Eno; b. May 15, 1948) used to make very frequent guest appearances in
the puzzles. We haven't seen him for a while. [Name # 9.
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41. Instant noodles option: RAMEN. Standard fare for poor
college students.
42. Sound of distant thunder: RUMBLE.
43. Preposterous: UNREAL.
44. Rather formal "Can this be true?": IS IT SO?
45. Judy Blume novel about a girl with scoliosis: DEENIE.
Judy Blume (née Judith Susan; b. Feb. 12, 1938) is best known for her
young adult novels. Deenie was first published in 1973, and
the title character is diagnosed with scoliosis, which is curvature of the
spine. In the book, Deenie must wear a back brace to correct the
curvature. Treatments for scoliosis have advanced considerably in the 50
years since the book was published. Princess Eugenie (b. Mar. 23, 1990) has scoliosis and had surgery. [Name # 10.]
46. "And that's __": FINAL.
48. Opinions: VIEWS.
49. Cathedral city on the Seine: ROUEN. The cathedral was
made famous by Claude Monet (né Oscar-Claude Monet; Nov. 14, 1840 ~ Dec. 5,
1926).
53. Self-satisfied: SMUG.
54. Medal recipient: HERO.
56. "The Mandalorian" actress Ming-Na __: WEN. I am not
familiar with either the movie nor the actress. [Name # 11.]
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57. Evergreen tree with pliable wood: YEW.
58. Spanish bear: OSO. Today's Spanish lesson.
Here's the Grid.
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