Hold On!
Blues Brothers Band covers Sam and Dave.
Today Barbara gives us four things one can hold. Only one you do for someone else...
20. Hard core exercise?: PLANK POSITION. It strengthens your "core."
27. Conference room activity: STAFF MEETING.
45. Portal to another level: ELEVATOR DOOR. Be nice; don't hit the close-door button.
53. Postgraduate pursuit: MASTERS DEGREE. One of my professors had this on his door:
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| Eldest just got her Masters on her way to a PhD. //if the characters look familiar that's because Matt [Letterman] is also creator of The Simpsons. |
58. "Not so fast!," or what one can do with 20-, 27-, 45-, and 53-Across: HOLD IT.
Across:
1. Make a splashy attempt: GO BIG or go home.
6. Cartoon cry of alarm: ACK.
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| IIRC, the last Cathy. |
9. Beer ingredient: MALT.
13. Expert in resolving tense situations?: EDITOR. Ha! Verb tense.
15. __ favor: please, in Spanish: POR.
16. Conversely, briefly: OTOH. On The Other Hand.
17. Mark in the margin: NOTATE. Not doodle.
18. Polish brand at a nail salon: OPI.
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| Cajun Shrimp is the color (for Lucina :-)) |
19. Egg on: URGE.
20. [See: Theme]
23. Syst. of hand symbols: ASL. American Sign Language.
25. Photographer Goldin: NAN.
26. Beehive State resident: UTAHAN.
27. [See: Theme]
30. Tofu source: SOYA.
31. Right-angle bend: ELL.
32. Actress Sarandon: SUSAN.
36. Daredevil Knievel: EVEL. As a kid, I loved his stunts.
37. Angioplasty tube: STENT.
40. Land unit: ACRE.
41. Succinct: TERSE. I would say more, but it defeats the fill.
43. Neither here __ there: NOR.
44. Oblong tomato: ROMA. Love 'em for sauce.
45. [See: Theme]
49. Sneezer's need: TISSUE.
51. Feel bad about: RUE.
52. Best 5K times, e.g.: PRS. Google says it means "Personal Records."
53. [See: Theme]
56. Constellation bear: URSA.
57. Buckeye State sch.: OSU. Ohio State University (not to be confused with Oklahoma State University).
58. [See: Theme]
61. Tart-tasting: SOUR.
62. Writing tool: PEN.
63. To the max: SO MUCH.
64. 13-Across's override: STET.
65. Yellowstone ruminant: ELK.
66. Matter of debate: TOPIC.
Down:
1. __ Z: Zoomers: GEN. My kids are. Keeps me young (at least insofar as the modern-day vernacular).
2. Automotive prefix with meter: ODO. The odometer measures milage (or kms for C, Eh!).
3. Performer with a small role: BIT PLAYER.
4. Slanted type, for short: ITAL. Italics.
5. Failed, in a way: GOT AN F. Most of my spelling tests in grade school. Spellcheck makes me look smarter than I am #dyslexia!
6. Informal pricing words: A POP.
7. Flimsy excuse: COPOUT.
8. Figure skater Yamaguchi: KRISTI.
9. Device that protects teeth and gums: MOUTH GUARD.
10. Bright and airy areas of some malls: ATRIA.
11. Connect after entering credentials: LOGON.
12. "And __ what happened?": THEN.
14. Gives a new handle to, as a rescue pet: RENAMES.
21. Prepared to propose, possibly: KNELT.
22. Writers McEwan and Fleming: IANS.
23. Money in the bank, say: ASSET.
24. Hot appliance: STOVE.
28. Sprinter's before-the-gun error: FALSE START.
Football False Starts
29. Kagan of the Supreme Court: ELENA. When she was 8yrs old, Youngest listened to Sotomayor's hearings on NPR in the back seat on the way to school. About a week later, she announced she was going to be a Supreme Court Justice. She's studying for the LSAT as I type.
33. Grabbed with both hands: SCOOPED UP.
34. Knight's suit: ARMOR.
35. Comes close: NEARS.
38. "The Hunchback of __ Dame": NOTRE.
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| Youngest was in Paris a few weeks back and snapped this. |
39. Slop holders on a farm: TROUGHS.
42. Otherwise: ELSE.
46. Liechtenstein's continent: EUROPE.
47. Boat or gravy boat: VESSEL.
48. Propagate anew: REROOT. The girls & I repotted our cacti yesterday. We rooted the "arms" of Bullwinkle that broke off in our effort.
49. Divination deck with 78 cards: TAROT.
50. Matter of debate: ISSUE.
53. Dishevel, with "up": MUSS.
54. Action with a basketball or a cookie: DUNK. Eldest bought Pepperidge Farm's London Fog w/ Earl Grey. They were delicious w/ milk. //so I got two more packages :-)
55. Ticklish Muppet: ELMO.
59. Here, in Quebec: ICI. I'm assuming that's French.
60. CBD-like compound in some edibles: THC. Can's miss the seemingly hundreds of CBD stores that have popped-up in the last few years. They're at every strip-center (along with a liquor store, a massage parlor, and a kids' learning center(?!?)). Tetrahydrocannabinol - the part of "the devil's lettuce" that makes one high.
The Grid:
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| The Grid |
WOs: N/A
ESPs: PRS, NAN, ICI
Fav: I'll go with ROMAs from ITALy :-)
Cheers, -T
