Thursday, January 28, 2021, Jeff Stillman

 

Good morning, cruciverbalists.  Malodorous Manatee, here.  It is time to rise and shine.  If your cat did not wake you up this morning perhaps your dog did.  Or, your significant other.  Or, it's now the afternoon in your time zone.  In any event, grab that morning newspaper or that electronic device and head for the puzzle page.

THEME:  THE FOUR V's

In "Big Data" the Four V's are Volume, Veracity, Velocity, and Variety.  In today's puzzle, by Jeff Stillman, the letter V, and only the letter V, is used as the clue to each of the four long answers.  A straightforward theme, this was.

In addition to being the title of a Thomas Pynchon novel and a TV show, V can, of course, take on may different meanings and Jeff has employed some of them to good advantage.  

Here are the themed answers:

17 Across. V:  VICTORY SIGN.

27 Across. V:  T-SHIRT NECK TYPE.  Self explanatory.

44 Across. V:  GEESE FORMATION.  Also, self explanatory.  The theory is that the V formation conserves energy and facilitates co-ordination.

59 Across. V:  CAESAR'S FIVE.  Roman Numeral.  If Jeff had been able to work in V, and only V, theme answers (and I would be willing to bet that he tried) then that really would have been a coup.

That's it for the theme.  Now, let's take a look at the rest of Solver v. Puzzle.

ACROSS:

1. Two-mile-high city: LA PAZ.  LA PAZ, the capital of Bolivia, sits at an elevation of 11,942 feet.

6. Numbskulls: BOOBS.  This one has certainly been teed up.  Fore!  A swing and a miss (to mix golf and baseball lingo).   Today's "It's probably best to skip the graphics" moment, shared with 57 Down.  In this instance BOOBS is a synonym for other five-letter words such as dopes, bozos, or dodos.  All of these words have multiple meanings.

11.  Ate: HAD.  As in "I had too much to drink last night."  In 1967, The Electric Prunes used that expression as the jumping off point for a song.

AMERICAN BANDSTAND

14. Sister of Euterpe: ERATO.   One, or more, of the nine muses frequently drops by to visit us in puzzles.  

EUTERPE AND ERATO

15. Satellite's path: ORBIT.

16. "I __ you one!": OWE.  In this case, the clue is most likely referring to the reciprocation of a favor.

19. Carried the day: WON.  Did you hear about the person who WON a hundred thousand dollars in the lottery and decided to give one quarter of it to charity?  She now has $99, 999.75.

20. Brainstorm: IDEA.

21. Spanish pronoun: ESO.  Given their range of dispersion, Manatees generally speak pretty good Spanish.  This one does not but has been told that ESO translates, in English,  to "that".

22. Understated way to put it: MILDLY.  "To Put It Mildly" is an idiomatic expression indicating that the thing referred to is actually larger, more important, or more serious than stated.

24. Old PC display: CRT.  Cathode Ray Tube

26. City west of Hong Kong: MACAO.   Now, officially, The MACAO Special Administrative Region Of The People's Republic Of China has a human history that goes back 6,000 years.  MACAO is sometimes referred to as "The Gambling Capital of the World" or as "The Monte Carlo of the East".

MACAO

33. Scribble (down): JOT.  I have a friend who learned Italian by JOTting down sentences that she heard.  She used the wrote learning method.

34. Read (over) closely: PORED.  Along with 35 Across, these two clues provide a good example of how constructors mess with our heads.  Read can be either present tense (reed) or past tense (red), and . . .

35. Wind into rings: COIL.  . . . wind can be a flow of gasses that blows leaves all over and lets us fly kites or, as in this case, its heteronym (wined) which means to put something into a COIL.  The chances of constructors winding up the use of these tricks is nil.

36. Look into closely: PROBE.

38. Egg: Pref.: OVI.  Today's punt from our constructor.  It could  been clued as "NE opening".  Baaaa.

39. Suspends operations, with "down": SHUTS.   It is time to turn off the computer?

40. European erupter: ETNA.

SIRACUSA AND MT. ETNA - Photo by MM

41. Low card: DEUCE.  As an alternative to the playing card reference (a two), this clue could have cited the 1932 Ford Model 18 which was known as the DEUCE Coupe.

THE BEACH BOYS

43. Female antelope: DOE.  DOE an antelope, a female antelope.

48. La Scala locale: MILAN.  Il Teatro Alla Scala, what we call La Scala, e situato a MILANo, Italia.

TEATRO ALLA SCALA

49. Word with rolling or bowling: PIN.

50. Slanted, in a way: ITALIC.  Tilted and biased both came to mind before ITALIC which comes from the Latin word for Italian, Italicus.  The print style was named in honor of the Italian printer, Aldus Manutius, who is credited with being the first to use it.

52. Diamonds, slangily: ICE.  Diamonds are called ICE because of (a) their clear, colorless nature and (b) their ability to pull heat away from any warm object with which they come into contact.

54. Bar requests: ALES.  One of the most overused words in crossword-dom.  A four-letter word with three of them being two vowels and an S does come in handy.  This marine mammal does not tire of it, however, due to a significant affinity for India Pale ALES.

58. A.L. East team: BOS.  In late 1978, or early 1979, I was walking up a stairwell of The Goldminer's Daughter Hotel in Alta, Utah when I spotted a gentleman coming down the stairs.  He was wearing a T-shirt on which was emblazoned "The Yankees Suck".  Being somewhat more parochial than I am today, and the Dodgers having recently lost the 1978 World Series to the Bronx Bombers, I said to the man "You must be from Los Angeles."  He smiled broadly and replied, "Nah Bahston!"

62. It may need a boost: EGO.

63. Revered ones: IDOLS.  Humans are proscribed from worshiping false IDOLS.  This bit of wisdom seems, however, to be almost universally ignored.

64. Official Wimbledon timekeeper: ROLEX.  Not the person in charge of keeping time but, rather, the timepiece manufacturer and sponsor.  Not being a tennis buff, I first tried Omega because it fit nicely in the allotted space.

65. Summer shade: TAN.

TAN LINES THROUGH THE DECADES

66. Article of faith: TENET.

67. Title feeling "beyond power of speech," in an "Into the Woods" song: AGONY.  A reference, unfamiliar to the author, to a song by Stephen Sondheim.

AGONY

DOWN:

1. Son of Jacob: LEVI.  Coincidentally, on May 20, 1873, U.S. Patent Number 139,121 was issued to Jacob Davis and LEVI Strauss & Company for the first riveted work pants.  What we call Blue Jeans, today.

LEVI STRAUSS                 JACOB DAVIS

2. Dry as a bone: ARID.  Sometimes the answer turns out to be "sere" which also has four letters.

3. Go back and forth: PACE.  Yo Yo? No.  Sway?  No way.  Vary?  Nary a chance.

4. Include with an email: ATTACH.

5. Wild place: ZOO.  An actual ZOO is, in reality,  a pretty controlled environment.  This clue makes more sense when thought of as used in the colloquial expression "It's a real zoo out there" or something similar.

6. Clothing store department: BOYS.

7. Estimate phrase: OR SO.

THREE MINUTES  OR SO ABOUT  OR SO 

8. Kimono closer: OBI.  We see OBI often.  It is a wide sash or belt worn in Japan since ancient times to secure a kimono.

9. Classic fast-food sandwich since 1967: BIG MAC. 

10. Gift bearer, informally: STNICK.  What's a Stnick?  Oh, ST. NICK !

ONCE AGAIN, THE BEACH BOYS

11. Polite greeting: HOW DO YOU DO.  It is not really a question.

12. MP's quarry: AWOL.  Absent WithOut Leave

13. Disallow: DENY.

18. Old-school: RETRO.  RETRO is defined as imitative of a style, fashion or design from the recent past.

23. Door securer: LATCH.

A BARN DOOR LATCH

25. Ready to pluck: RIPE.

26. Soda order: MEDIUM.  This slow creature first thought of flavors, then name brands, then sparkling or flat.  Finally, with the aid of the perps, MEDIUM sized became clear.

27. Rich dessert cake: TORTE.  I always get confused between a TORTE and a Tart (I know, I know).  A TORTE is a rich, multilayered cake filled with buttercream, whipped cream, fruit or jam.  A Tart is a shallow, round pastry with no top crust.  I remain confused.

28. Building artisan: STONE MASON.  The work of  the ancient STONE MASONs of Cusco, Peru was remarkable.

 

INCA STONE MASONRY 

29. Trampled: TROD ON.  When reviewing the puzzle did you find yourself asking yourself "What's a TRODON?"  It was, of course, a species of dinosaur and a close relative of the Iguanodon, the Dimetrodon and the Thesaurus.

30. Emphatic refusal: NEVER.  Well, hardly ever.

HMS PINAFORE by GILLBERT and SULLIVAN

31. Mountaineer's tool: PITON.  I do not usually think of a PITON as being a tool.  It's more a piece of hardware but it does serve a very useful purpose.

A PITON SET INTO A CRACK

32. "Is there something __?": ELSE.  A very straightforward fill-in-the-blank clue.

33. Photoshop image acronym: JPEG.  JPEG is the acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group.  JPEG is a standard image format.

37. Culinary herb: BASIL.  A Caprese salad is made with tomato, BASIL leaves and mozarella.  Season to taste.

INSALATA CAPRESE

39. Org. seeking far-out life: SETI.  SETI stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.  Often, we see YETI in our puzzles.

SETI MIGHT FIND THIS YETI  

42. Playful prank: CAPER.  I am too old for this kind of CAPER and I have no taste for the other kind.

CAPERS

45. Summon up: ELICIT.

A CENTROSAURUS

46. False appearance: FACADE.  An architectural term that has come to mean false fronts put up by people.

47. Dazed: IN A FOG.  

50. "Yeah, sure!": I BET.  Ah, sarcasm!

51. __ party: TOGA.

JOHN BELUSHI IN ANIMAL HOUSE

52. "Lost" setting: ISLE.

LOST -  OPENING SCENE - SEASON ONE, EPISODE ONE

53. Word before votes or shadows: CAST.

55. Stitch's movie pal: LILO.  Stitch, aka Experiment 626, was created by a mad scientist.   LILO Pelakai  is the young Hawaiian girl.

56. Fifty-fifty: EVEN.

57.  Hot:  SEXY.  I am informed that this is a G-rated Blog.  Today's second "Let's skip the graphics" moment, shared with 6 Across.

60.  Long division?:  EON.  At least we got the "?" to tip us off that this one was not going to be straightforward.  An EON is a long division of geologic time.  Less formally, the term refers to a span of one billion years.  Long Division is a mathematical process in which involves dividends, divisors, quotients, and remainders.

61. Mexican Mrs.: SRA.  The abbreviation for SENORA, a married woman.

That completes our voyage through this virtual venue.  Now it is time to vamoose, venture forth and face the vagaries and vicissitudes of life.

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MM OUT

Wednesday January 27, 2021 Jeffrey Wechsler

Theme: Bidding you adieu [or, actually, several.]  As we shall see, the theme entries are all spelt differently, but still rhyme. Isn't English phun? 

17 A. Later than late: LONG OVERDUE.  Said of something that should have happened a long time ago.

27 A. Gleeful Bedrock shout: YABBA DABBA DOO


 

44 A. Busywork: SOMETHING TO DO.   A task with little intrinsic value.

60 A. Moonshine: MOUNTAIN DEW.  Slang terms for high-proof distilled spirits that were and continue to be produced illicitly, without government authorization.  MOUNTAIN DEW is also the name of a carbonated, caffeinated citrus flavored soft drink marketed by the Pepsi-Cola Co.

Hi gang, Jazzbumpa here, hoping this isn't to, too, two much for a Wednesday.  Ready to go?  Let's DUE, DOO, DO, DEW it!

Across:

1. Make fun of: MIMIC.  Disrespectful Apery.

6. Consecrate: BLESS.  To consecrate is to formally dedicate something to a religious purpose.  To Bless is to confer or invoke divine favor upon.  These are not equivalent terms.

11. Like sashimi: RAW.  Uncooked victuals

14. Kind of acid in proteins: AMINO.  A molecule having both acid an amine functionality.  It is able to combine with itself, or other amino acids, to produce large complex molecules.

15. Paddled transport: CANOE.  When you are up a creek in one, it's good to have a paddle.

16. Investment acronym: IRA.  Individual Retirement Account.

19. Formal apparel: TUX.  I have one from my years of orchestra playing.

20. Ultimate goal: END-ALL.  The final outcome.

21. Welcome word in real estate: SOLD.  The house across the street from mine sold in less than two days.  They had over a dozen bids.

22. Prez on a fiver: ABE.  Mr. Lincoln.

23. Word with sky or spy: CAM.  Types of cameras.

25. "Gypsy" star, 1959: MERMAN.  Ethyl [1908 - 1984]  was an American actress, artist, and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage".

33. Happening, to Holmes: AFOOT.  Something is going on, and we need to get moving.   The first use of 'the game is afoot' is found in Shakespeare's King Henry IV Part I, 1597: "Before the game is afoot, thou still let'st slip.'

34. Campus leader: DEAN.  The head of a college or university faculty or department.

35. "Main" road: DRAG.   The biggest or most important thoroughfare of a town or city. “Drag” came from a term for a wagon or carriage that a horse would pull or drag. By extension the road on which the vehicle was dragged became a slang word for “street”—think of drag racing.

38. Discontinued iPods: NANOS.  It was produced from 2005 to 2017.

39. [There's another doc]: ENC.  A written abbreviation for enclosed or enclosure: used in a business letter to say that one or more documents are included with a letter.

40. Tearful: WEEPY.  [Sob]

41. Food on the trail: GRUB.  Sounds appetizing.

42. Ailing: SICK. 

43. __ strength: INNER. Stable traits, an enduring source of well-being, wise and effective action, and contributions to others.

47. Caterpillar casing: COCOON.  A silky case spun by the larvae of many insects for protection in the pupal stage.

49. Bug: NAG. Annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging.

50. Word of good cheer?: RAH.  Hooray!

51. Layered mineral: MICA.   A shiny silicate mineral with a layered structure, found as minute scales in granite and other rocks, or as crystals. It is used as a thermal or electrical insulator.

54. Flannel patterns: PLAIDS.  Checkered or tartan twilled cloth, typically made of wool.

Read more here

59. Salem-to-Boise dir.: ESE.  East-south-east.

62. [Not my mistake]: SIC.  It is used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands in the original,

63. Adler of Sherlock Holmes fame: IRENE.   Irene Norton, née Adler, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. She was featured in the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891. She is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlock Holmes series, despite appearing in only one story.

64. Stealthy warrior: NINJA.  In historical Japan, a person trained in ancient Japanese martial arts and employed especially for espionage and assassinations.  More recently, certain teenaged superhero anthropomorphic mutant turtles.

65. Sound of disapproval: TSK.  Tongue clucking

66. County bordering London: ESSEX.  To the north.

67. Toot one's own horn: GLOAT.   Dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.

Down:

1. Like blokes: MALE.  Just us guys

2. "My turn to sing!": I'M ON.  Or lip synch.

3. Be concerned with: MIND.  Care about.

4. "Young Frankenstein" role: INGA.

 

The lovely Teri Garr

 5. Hipsters: COOL CATS.  

6. Pre-A.D.: BCE. Before the Common Era.

7. Metallica drummer Ulrich: LARS. [b 1963]  A Danish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica.

8. Root canal procedure, briefly: ENDO. Short for endodontic treatment.

9. Classic 1967 Sam & Dave hit: SOULMAN.

 

 10. Like some rye: SEEDED.  Don't get carawayed away. 

11. EGOT-winning actress from "West Side Story": RITA MORENO.  Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. Her career has spanned over 70 years; her notable acting work includes supporting roles in the musical films Singin' in the Rain (1952), The King and I (1956) and West Side Story (1961), 

12. Curaçao neighbor: ARUBA.  Islands off the coast of Venezuela, both controlled by the Netherlands.

13. Like candles: WAXEN.

18. Prince who inspired Dracula: VLAD.  [ca 1430-1477]  Read about him here.

24. Finally got there: MADE IT.

26. Rat or squirrel: RODENT.  Mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

27. Yin's partner: YANG.  In Ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang; Chinese: 陰陽 yīnyáng, lit. "dark-bright", "negative-positive") is a concept of dualism, describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.

28. In the distance: AFAR.

29. Employee's end-of-year reward: BONUS CHECK.  Extra money.

30. Owie: BOO-BOO.  A child's minor minor injuury

31. Park seat: BENCH.

Who's old enough to get the reference?

32. Start to park, perhaps: BACK IN.  The first maneuver in parallel parking.

36. Acted like: APED.  Mimicked. [1. A echo]

37. Greek food truck offering: GYRO.   A lamb-based meatloaf sandwich on flatbread.

40. Moving, as one's toes: WIGGLING.

42. Many prom attendees: SENIORS.  High school seniors, not old men like me.

45. Christina Crawford's "__ Dearest": MOMMIE.  A memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford. Published in 1978, it described the author's upbringing by an unbalanced alcoholic mother, whom she judged unfit to raise children. The book attracted much controversy regarding child abuse and child trafficking, with many family friends denouncing it as fiction. It was turned into a 1981 film of the same name starring Faye Dunaway.

46. Big wine valley: NAPA.  In California.

47. Pepsodent rival: CREST.  Tooth pastes.

48. Welcome desert sight: OASIS.  A fertile spot in a desert, where water is found.

52. Pool equipment: CUES.  Referring to the sticks used in games played on a billiard table,  not a place for swimming.

53. Hathaway married to Shakespeare: ANNE. Read about her here.

Nope!

55. Actor Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire": ANIL. [b1956]   He is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi-language films, as well as international films and television series. His career has spanned 40 years as an actor, and as a producer since 2005.

56. Online sign-in fig.: I.D. NO.  Personal Identification Number.

57. __ vu: DEJA.   The feeling that one has lived through the present situation before. This is a French phrase that translates literally as "already seen."

58. Law enforcement acronym: SWAT.  Special Weapons And Tactics - the militarization of police units.

61. Ranch nickname: TEX.  Presumably referring to somebody from Texas.

OK, Gang, now all our doing here is done.  Enjoy your Wednesday.

Cool regards!

JzB

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Paul Coulter

A Horse is a Horse, of Course, of Course!  What color is your horse?

17-Across. French national observance: BASTILLE DAY.  Everything you wanted to know about a Bay Horse.

29-Across. Disastrous path: ROAD TO RUIN.  Everything you wanted to know about a Roan Horse.

46-Across. Start without hesitation: PLUNGE INTO.  Everything you wanted to know about a Pinto Horse.

And the unifier:

63-Across. Roughhouse, and a hint to each set of circles: HORSE AROUND.  The circles spell out different types of horses.  I know absolutely nothing about horses.

Across:

1. Smacked into: RAMMED.

7. Window framework: SASH.

Anatomy of a Window.

11. Cabernet, e.g.: RED.

14. 1998 PGA Player of the Year Mark: O'MEARA.  Mark Francis O'Meara (b. Jan. 13, 1957), is a professional golfer.  He is unfamiliar to me.

15. Snowman's smoke: PIPE.

16. Pitching stat: ERA.  As in Earned Run Average.

19. Objective: AIM.

20. Davis of "Dr. Dolittle": OSSIE.  Ossie Davis (né Raiford Chatman Davis; Dec. 18, 1917 ~ Feb. 4, 2005) was married to Ruby Dee.  He portrayed Grandpa Archer Dolittle in the 1998 film.

21. Pitcher sans arms: EWER.  Maybe this explains the difference between a Ewer and a Pitcher.

22. MLB semifinal: NLCS.  The penultimate round of the Major League Baseball games before the World Series games are National League Championship Series and the American League Championship Series.

23. Army NCO: SSGT.  As in Staff Sergeant.

25. Harold's "Ghostbusters" role: EGON.  Egon Spengler was one of the ghostbusters in the 1984 film of the same name.  He was portrayed by Harold Ramis (né Harold Allen Ranus; Nov. 21, 1944 ~ Feb, 24, 2014).

27. Humanities degs.: MAs.  As in Master of Arts degree.

 

34. PC take-out key: DELETE.

36. McCarthy lawyer Roy: COHN.  Roy Cohn (né Roy Marcus Cohn; Feb. 20, 1927 ~ Aug. 2, 1986) made his name as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy (né Joseph Raymond McCarthy; Nov. 14, 1908 ~ May 2, 1957) during the Red Scare.

37. Longtime label for Elton: MCA.

38. Georgia airport code: ATL.  The Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is located in Atlanta, Georgia, hence, its ATL airport code.  Hi, ALTGranny!

39. Kind of lamp: HALOGEN.

41. Sitcom co-star of Betty and Estelle: BEA.  Bea Arthur (née Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 ~ Apr. 25, 2009), Betty White (née Betty Marion White; b. Jan. 17, 1922), and Estelle Getty (née Estelle Scher; July 25, 1923 ~ July 22, 2008) were three of the four stars of The Golden Girls.  I never watched this show, but Betty White just celebrated her 99th birthday.

42. Plan (out), as a route: MAP.

43. Computer operator: USER.

44. Collect copiously: RAKE IN.

49. West end?: -ERN.  As in Western.

50. Coarse file: RASP.

51. Burgundy brainstorm: IDÉE.  Today's French lesson.

53. Future junior: SOPH.  Today's Sophmore is Tomorrow's Junior in High School or in College.

55. Bit attachment: REIN.  This fits in well with today's theme.

58. Surrey town known for salts: EPSOM.  Epsom salts are a chemcal compound known as Magnesium Sulfate.  It is believed to have health benefits.

62. Moody genre: EMO.

65. "Fill 'er up" fluid: GAS.  I can't remember the last time I went to a full-service station.  I always have to fill up the gas tank myself.

66. Knock about: ROAM.

67. Rummages (through): RIFLES.

68. Cal.'s northern neighbor: ORE.  Oregon is north of California.  A new clue with a different meaning for the usual item found in a mine.

69. New newts: EFTs.  A crossword staple.

70. Turn down: REFUSE.

Down:

1. "__Cop": ROBO.  RoboCop was a 1987 Sci-Fi film.

2. Reddit Q&A sessions: AMAs.  Ask Me Anything.

3. Handle carelessly, with "with": MESS.

4. "La Danse" painter Henri: MATISSE.  Henri Matisse (né Henri Émile Benoît Matisse; Dec. 31, 1869 ~ Nov. 3, 1954) painted many versions of dancers.

5. Natives for whom a Great Lake is named: ERIES.  This makes me think of our friend, Abejo.

6. NFL's Cowboys, on scoreboards: DAL.  As in the Dallas Cowboys.

7. Gush forth: SPEW.

8. Adjutant: AIDE.

9. Eschew punishment, in an old saw: SPARE THE ROD.

10. "Listen up!": HEY!

11. Integer, e.g.: REAL NUMBER.

12. Clapton who sang "Layla": ERIC.  Eric Patrick Clapton (b. Mar. 30, 1945).

13. River blockers: DAMS.

18. Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club": LETO.  Jared Joseph Leto made an appearance in the puzzle last Tuesday.

22. "__ any drop to drink": Coleridge: NOR.  "Water, Water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" is a line from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Oct. 21, 1772 ~ July 25, 1834).

24. Like fat-repellent cooking paper: GREASE PROOF.

26. Fixin' to: GONNA.  The first time I heard someone say "I'm fixin' to ...." I thought something was broken.

27. Copper or nickel: METAL.

28. Useful in many ways, as flour: ALL PURPOSE.

30. Some kind of a nut: ACORN.

31. Collie or cocker spaniel: DOG.

32. Strand at a ski lodge, say: ICE IN.  Sorry, Tin!

33. Indian bread: NAAN.  You, too, can make your own naan.

34. Like many cellars: DAMP.  Not too many houses have cellars in Louisiana.

35. Tough guys: THUGS.

40. Floral necklace: LEI.

45. Lawn warning: KEEP OFF!

That's one way to say it.

47. "Don't think so": NAH!

48. Utensil sticker: TINE.

52. À la King?: EERIE.  Think of the horror writer, Stephen King (né Stephen Edwin King; b. Sept. 21, 1947).  He was born in Portland, Maine and is a graduate of the University of Maine.  He was there several years before I attend, so we weren't classmates.

53. Utah lily: SEGO.  It is a pretty flower.

54. "A Jug of Wine ... " poet: OMAR.  Omar Khayyam (1048 ~ 1122) was a Persian mathematician, poet, philosopher and astronomer.

56. Q.E.D. word: ERAT.  Today's Latin Lesson.  QED is stands for the Latin phrase: Quod Erat Demonstrandum, which literally means "what was to be shown".

57. Doctrines: -ISMS.  

59. "Star Trek" helmsman: SULU.  Hi, Picard!

60. Change for a five: ONES.

61. Gds.: MDSE.  Goods and Merchandise.

63. Charlemagne's domain: Abbr.: HRE.  As in the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither Holy nor Roman.

64. LAX listing: ARR.  As in Arrival.

Here's the Grid:

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