A Day at the Gym. The End word of each theme answer is a Workout one might do at the gym.
16-Across. * Device that crushes pungent cloves: GARLIC PRESS.
48-Across. * Perm style popular in the 1980s and early 1990s: JHERI CURL.
58-Across. * Very little, informally: DIDDLY SQUAT.
And the unifier:
38-Across. Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has: WORKOUT IN THE END.
Across:
1. Yahtzee cubes: DICE. // 27Across. Domino
dimple: PIP. The dimples on the dice and dominos are both
called PIPs.
5. Load to bear: ONUS. From the Latin, literally
meaning Burden.
9. Includes on an email: CC's. A shout out to our
wonderful Blog host.
12. Milky white gem: OPAL. Hi, Kazie! These gems are
prevalent in Australia.
13. Exactly right: SPOT ON.
15. Barrister's field: LAW. A Barrister is an attorney who
specializes in trial litigation, as opposed to a
Solicitor, who focuses on more transactional areas of law, such as
contracts. These terms are more common in the United Kingdom rather
than in the United States. In England, the Barrister in criminal court
wears the iconic wig.
18. Unlock, in verse: OPE.
19. Shared values: ETHOS.
20. "Tag, __ it!": YOU'RE.
22. Puts on: DONS.
28. Flexible blackjack card: ACE.
30. Letters accompanying college apps: RECS. As
in Recommendations.
31. Maker of Calm + Restore skin care products: AVEENO. We
learned from a recent crossword puzzle that Aveeno products are also vegan.
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| I know everyone won't get the joke, but it made me laugh. * |
33. Sheep sound: BAA.
34. Threesome: TRIO. Ménage à trois?
41. Wild guess: STAB.
42. P-like Greek letter: RHO. The Greek letters appear so
often in the puzzles that we should have them all memorized by now.
43. Apple AirPod, e.g.: EARBUD.
44. Qatari leader: EMIR. The letters also stand
for European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
46. __ deco: ART. We haven't seen our old friend Erté (né
Romain de Tirtoff; Nov. 23, 1892 ~ Apr. 21, 1990) in a long time. He
used to make frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles. He
was best known for his Art Deco designs.
47. Some coll. degrees: BSs. As in a Bachelor of Science degree, as opposed to a Bachelor of Arts degree.
52. Olympic sword: ÉPÉE. A crossword staple.
54. Vampire teeth: FANGS.
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| My neighbor's cat that we renamed Fang. He likes us better than his real owner. |
57. Tot: KID.
64. "World of Dance" judge, to fans: JLO. Jennifer Lynn
Lopez Affleck (b. July 24, 1969) got her start as a Fly Girl on the
television comedy In Living Color. She is well known for
her many marriages and relationships. [Name # 1.]
65. Make a minister: ORDAIN.
66. Constellation bear: URSA. I guess if you have a good
imagination, you can see the Bear in the Stars. It's easier to see the
Big Dipper. Can you find the 27-Down. Bear hands: PAWS?
67. << on a remote: Abbr.: REW. The Rewind button.
68. Rapper Lil Uzi __: VERT. Although I didn't recognize
the name, when I saw his photo, I realized that Lil Uzi Vert (né Symere
Basil Woods; b. July 31, 1995) has made appearances in the puzzles before.
Apparently, he had a $24M pink diamond imbedded into his forehead, until it was "ripped" out during a
concert. [Name # 2.]
69. Yellowstone grazers: ELKS. We learned from last
Tuesday that all Elks are Deer, but not all Deer are Elks.
Down:
1. "Best in Show" animal: DOG. One of the funniest movies
I have seen.
3. Sedan, e.g.: CAR.
4. Astronaut Ochoa who was the first Latina in space: ELLEN.
Not only was Ellen Ochoa (b. May 10, 1958) the first Latina in space,
but she was also the director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993 she
became the first Hispanic woman to go into space when she went on a 9-day
mission on the Space Shuttle Discovery. [Name # 3.]
5. Stand against: OPPOSE.
6. Scandinavian language, to its speakers: NORSK. Norsk is
one of two principal languages of Norway, but there are several others.
7. Native people of Colorado: UTE. A crossword staple.
8. Distress call: SOS. This is becoming a crossword
staple. It has appeared in several of the past Tuesday puzzles.
9. Sun block?: CLOUD. Great misdirection.
10. __ pants: warm-weather wear: CAPRI. Where did they come from?
11. Use a broom: SWEEP.
13. PTA meeting place: SCH. The Parent Teacher Association meetings take place at the School.
14. "Bye Bye Bye" boy band: NSYNC. [Name adjacent.]
17. "Hard pass": IT'S A NO.
21. Bivalve in a bed: OYSTER.
22. Golfer's gouge: DIVOT.
23. Rossini composition: OPERA. Gioachino Antonio Rossini
(29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) wrote 39 operas, as well as many
pieces of music, including chamber music and sacred pieces. He is
probably best known for his 1816 opera The Barber of Seville.
[Name # 4.]
25. Tehran's land: IRAN.
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26. Less of a mess: NEATER.
29. Journalist Katie who guest-hosted "Jeopardy!" in
2021: COURIC. Katherine Anne Couric (b. Jan. 7, 19957)
always seemed a little too cheerful for me. [Name # 5.]
32. Actress Anita of "La Dolce Vita": EKBERG. Anita Ekberg
(née Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg; Sept. 29, 1931 ~ Jan. 11, 2015) was a
Swedish actress. In 1964, she became a permanent resident of Italy.
She is known for her role as Sylvia in the 1960 film La Dolce Vita, which was directed by Federico Fellini (Jan. 20, 1920 ~ Oct. 31, 1993).
[Name # 6.]
33. Sci. course: BIO.
35. Yeshiva leader: REBBE. Rabbi vs Rebbe.
36. Occupied: IN USE.
37. Betting numbers: ODDS.
39. Drive-__ window: THRU.
40. Trash-talking types: HATERS.
45. Bungle: MIS-DO.
46. Writing movement rooted in internet culture: ALT LIT.
Alternative Literature.
48. Jackie O's son: JFK, JR. Tragically, JFK, Jr. (né John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.; Sept. 25, 1960 ~ July 16, 1999) and his wife,
Caroline (née Caroline Jeanne Bessette; Jan. 7, 1966 ~ July 16, 1999) were
killed in a plane crash while on their way to the wedding of a Kennedy
cousin. After the death of President John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy
(née Jacqueline Lee Bouvier; July 18, 1929 ~ May 19, 1994) married shipping
magnate Aristotle Onassis and became known as Jackie O. [Names # 7 and
8.]
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| Caroline Kennedy, JFK, Jr., and Jackie Kennedy Onassis |
49. Selassie of Ethiopia: HAILE. Everything you wanted to
know about Emperor Haile Selassie (né Täfäri Mäkonnän; July 23, 1892 ~ Aug. 27, 1975), but didn't know
to ask. When he became emperor, he changed his name to Haile Selassie
which means Power of the Trinity in Amharic. [Names # 9.]
50. Fund: ENDOW.
51. Storm-tracking aid: RADAR.
53. Arouse, as interest: PIQUE.
56. Author Rand: AYN. Ayn Rand (née Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; Feb. 2, 1905 ~ Mar. 6, 1982) was a
Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is best known for
her novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead,
both of which I read when I was in college. [Name # 10.]
59. Hip-hop producer Gotti: IRV. I am not into the hip-hop
scene, so am not familiar with Ive Gotti (né Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr.; b.
July 26, 1970). [Name # 11.]
60. 1950s political monogram: DDE. As in Dwight David Eisenhower (Oct. 14, 1890 ~ Mar. 28, 1969). [Name # 12.]
61. Bookmarked link: URL. The Uniform Resource Locator has become a
crossword staple.
62. Invite (to): ASK.
63. Prof's assistants: TAs. As in Teaching Assistants.
Here's the Grid:
* Avinu Malkeinu (Hebrew: אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ; "Our Father, Our King")
is a Jewish prayer recited during the High Holidays. Avinu is
pronounced like Aveeno.
