Yoga Class: The last word of each theme answer is also a yoga pose.
17-Across. * George Plimpton football memoir set in Detroit: PAPER LION. [Name # 1.]
25-Across. * Courtroom hotshot: LEGAL EAGLE.
35-Across. * Informer: STOOL PIGEON. This is my favorite yoga pose.
48-Across. * Cowardly type: SCAREDY CAT.
And the unifier:
57-Across. Asanas found at the ends of the answers to the starred
clues: YOGA POSES. Everything you wanted to know
about Asana Yoga,
but didn't know to ask.
Over a decade ago, C.C. interviewed Mangesh Sakharam Ghogre. You can read the interview here.
Across:
1. "Sorry, rules __ rules": ARE.
4. Dizzying designs: OP ART. Short for Optical Art.
9. __ up on: unites against: GANGS.
14. Villain Luthor: LEX. [Name # 2.] // Change
the vowel, and you get 29-Across. Bagel topper: LOX.
15. Prefix with -lithic: PALEO-. Paleolithic. Also
known as the Old Stone Age.
16. Love to pieces: ADORE.
19. One awarding stars, perhaps: RATER.
20. "... the __ of defeat": "Wide World of Sports" phrase: AGONY.
21. "Black Panther" director Coogler: RYAN. [Name # 3.]
Ryan Kyle Coogler (b. May 23, 1986) has directed a number of films.
23. Excite, with "up": AMP.
24. King or queen, but not prince or princess: CARD.
28. House pest: ANT. Remove a consonant from the Pest and the ANT becomes
a house Pet. Yesterday, the ANT was an Unwelcome Picnic Guest.
30. Manage to achieve: ATTAIN.
31. Reciprocal of cosine: SECANT. // And 39-Down.
Inverse trig function: ARCSINE. We all remember our high
school math class, right?
34. Trace: HINT.
38. Water-to-wine town: CANA. A Biblical reference where
Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding.
40. Hiking sites: TRAILS.
41. Maker of Zesty Curly frozen French fries: ORE-IDA.
Yummers! Actually, I have never tried these, but I do like
Ore-Ida's Tater Tots, which appeared in yesterday's puzzle.
44. D.C. stadium: RFK. Formally known as the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. It is currently being demolished. [Name adjacent.]
45. D.C. fundraising org.: PAC.
51. Love, in tennis: ZERO. Why does Love mean nothing in Tennis?
52. Chiding syllable: TSK.
53. Milne bear: POOH. Winnie the Pooh is a fictional teddy bear created by A.A. Milne (né Alan Alexander
Milne; Jan. 18, 1882 ~ Jan. 31, 1956) in the 1920s.
54. Puts in order: SORTS.
55. Sibling's daughter: NIECE. Word origin.
60. Scandal-plagued energy company: ENRON. This company disintegrated almost overnight back in 2001.
61. Nebraska city: OMAHA. Hi, Husker Gary! Years ago,
when I was first looking for a job, I was offered a job in Omaha. My
potential boss told me, however, that moving from the Northeast, I would
experience "extreme cultural shock" living in Nebraska. So instead, I
moved to the South. No cultural shock there, eh?
62. Mined resource: ORE. Not to be confused with the
41-Across and the Ore-Ida potato products.
63. Patch, as a lawn: RE-SOD.
64. Fruit-hitting-the-floor sound: SPLAT.
65. Big Apple paper, for short: NYT. As in the New York Times.
Down:
1. Llama kin: ALPACA.
2. 1980s president Ronald: REAGAN. Ronald Wilson Reagan
(Feb. 6, 1911 ~ June 5, 2004) was the 40th President. Can it really be
over 40 years since he began his term as President? [Name # 4.]
3. Commodity sold abroad: EXPORT.
4. The Grand Ole __: OPRY. The home of country music.
5. Chum: PAL.
6. Boxer who said, "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I
am": ALI. Muhammad Ali (né Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; Jan.
17, 1942 ~ June 3, 2016) would "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
[Name # 5.]
7. Corp. shake-up: RE-ORG. As in Reorganize. It seems
like the banking industry is always undergoing re-orgs.
8. Skater Harding: TONYA. Tonya Maxene Harding (b. Nov. 12,
1970) is best known for her troubles past. In 1994, her ex-husband
attacked her rival, Nancy Kerrigan. Tonya was banned from competitive
skating and turned to boxing. [Name # 6.]
9. January birthstone: GARNET. I have 3 options for my
birthstone.
10. Oral health org.: ADA. As in the American Dental Association.
11. "Why does this keep happening!?": NOT AGAIN. Yup.
I'll be out next week again.
12. Unseen troublemaker: GREMLIN. Also the model of a
vehicle that was manufactured in the 1970s.
13. Garden of Eden creature: SERPENT.
18. Terminate: END.
22. Mobile's st.: ALA. Mobile, Alabama is on the Gulf of
Mexico. The George Washington Tunnel on I-10 runs under the Mobile
River, then emerges to join the bridge that spans the Bay of Mobile. The
tunnel is a bottleneck on the interstate and there is always a long line of
traffic of cars waiting to go through the tunnel. Interesting fact about
Mobile: the first Mardi Gras in the Americas was held in Mobile.
25. El Pollo __: southwestern restaurant chain: LOCO. El Pollo Loco is a California-based chain. I was about to say I had never heard
of this restaurant, but our local paper recently announced the company is
expanding in south Louisiana.
26. Glorify: EXALT.
27. One of the Musketeers: ATHOS. The Three Musketeers is a French historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It was
written in 1844 and is on my TBR list. The novel, which is set in the
1620s, recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan who befriends
Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who are the musketeers. [Name # 7.]
29. Summer sign: LEO. Hi, Leo III!
31. Flight part: STAIR.
32. "Fresh Air" airer: NPR. Fresh Air is a radio
talk show hosted by Terry Gross. She has been hosting the show since
1975. [Name # 8.]
33. Small crown: TIARA. Apparently in the British royal
family there are strict rules about wearing Tiaras.
35. Tennis shoes: SNEAKERS.
36. Birthday present: GIFT.
37. Caribou cousin: ELK. What's the difference
between an Elk and a Caribou?
38. Kevin of "Yellowstone": COSTNER. Kevin Costner (né Kevin
Michael Costner; b. Jan. 18, 1955) plays the patriarch in the television
show Yellowstone. [Name # 9.]
42. Rely (on): DEPEND.
43. Commotion: ADO.
45. Human being: PERSON.
46. Major thoroughfare: ARTERY.
47. Pamper: COSSET. Not a Tuesday word.
49. Toys on strings: YOYOs.
50. Bite hard: CHOMP.
51. Opening setting of "Madagascar": ZOO.
54. Squabble: SPAT.
56. Dove's sound: COO.
58. "Death on the Nile" actress Gadot: GAL. Gal Gadot (b.
Apr. 30, 1985) is an Israeli actress. [Name # 10.]
59. "I understand now!": AHA!
Here's the Grid:
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