Saturday, June 24, 2023, Damon Gulczynski

 Themeless Saturday by  Damon Gulczynski 

D.C.-based Damon has been published here on 2/18/10 and 12/29/22. I got this one done in 25 minutes but my smooth sledding was was slowed down when I hit some blizzards of proper names but managed to work my way through them.

                  

60 Seconds With Damon

Across:

1. Gallery display: ART which would attract an 34. Gallery visitor, perhaps: AESTHETE.

4. Sweetener option: AGAVE - If you're not making tequila out of AGAVE...

9. Penner of classic tributes: ODIST - Penner is not a proper noun, it is an unusual name for one who pens or writes 

14. Spy rings?: PEEPHOLES 😀

16. Butter up, in a way: BASTE.

17. Geographic feature of nine states: PANHANDLE - Nebraska's used to me more pronounced.

18. Unfamiliar: ALIEN.

19. Common ingredient in wellness products: ALOE.

20. Sparks st.: NEV - Sparks is 5 minutes east of Reno down I-80.

21. Writer whose first novel was adapted as a film by Wayne Wang: AMY TAN - I had no real idea but with a few letters our cwd friend AMY TAN showed up.

22. Turkey bacon?: LIRA - Bacon is a euphemism for money and one of these 100₺ = $4.23

23. First name in soul: ARETHA.

25. "Some things are best left unsaid": TMI.

26. Creamy cold beverage: LASSI however I did know (What is one and how do I make it?) 54. Creamy hot beverage: LATTE

LASSI

28. However, briefly: THO.

29. "__ bien!": TRES - "Very well" in French 

30. Appropriate time for acting unprofessionally: AMATEUR HOUR - Will this karaoke guy really sound like Jim Morrison?

34. "To put it mildly": AND THEN SOME - To put it mildly, we screwed up...

35. Spoilsports: WET BLANKETS.

36. Moccasin sound: HISS - Cottonmouth Moccasin 

37. Lack of space?: AIR - Yes, space has a definite lack of air. 

38. Hinged fasteners: HASPS.

42. Med. specialty: ENT - My ENT and my audiologist are in the same building. One day I left there with hearing aids and a CPAP machine.

43. David Rakoff compositions: ESSAYS - On leaving Canada and becoming an American citizen: George W. Bush made me want to be an American. It was a need I had not known before. A desire that came over me in a rush one day, not unlike that of the pencil-necked honors student suddenly overwhelmed with the inexplicable urge to make a daily gift of his lunch money to the schoolyard tough.


46. "This is fun!": WHEE - Would you be filled with too much 56. Apprehension: DREAD to ride this?

47. Prepare, as leftovers: REHEAT

49. Dude: BRO.

50. Easy to maneuver, at sea: YARE - Landlocked me has only seen this word in cwds

51. Looks out for, in a way: ABETS.

52. Ones fluent both in JavaScript and Klingon, perhaps: UBER NERDS - Seems right 

55. Youngest MLB player to record 100 career home runs and 100 career stolen bases: MIKE TROUT - Mike makes the list of the best MLB players to never win a World Series

57. Hide away: STASH.

58. New beginning?: NEO.

Down:

1. Shock: APPALL.

2. Teaching aids that illustrate everyday life: REALIA - After 50+ years in education, I have never heard of this word but used it constantly in my classes. At the bottom of my emails, I have, "I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand."

3. Barbershop fixtures: TENORS - Towels didn't cut it. I was a TENOR as a freshman in our barbershop quartet and a bass as a senior

4. Insightful remark: AHA.

5. Fixin' to: GONNA - Billy Williams had a 1957 hit with this old Fats Waller song about what he was GONNA sit right down and do.

6. Tree whose roots contain nitrogen-fixing organisms: ALDER.

7. Plush toy in a Margery Williams classic: VELVETEEN RABBIT - $12,500 will get you this 1922 first edition in near fine condition

8. Legal conclusion?: ESE - LEGALESE for "date": In witness whereof, the parties hereunto have set their hands to these presents as a deed on the day month and year hereinbefore mentioned.

9. "The Audacity of Hope" memoirist: OBAMA.

10. Longtime "Last Call" host: DALY - Another DALY, John Charles DALY, was the longtime host of what TV show? (*answer below)

11. "Should I believe this?": IS IT TRUE.

12. Dumpling cooker: STEAMER.

13. Court activity: TENNIS 😀

15. Long-tailed birds: PHEASANTS - My friend missed my daughter's wedding because it was on the first day of Nebraska's PHEASANT season

21. In the saddle: AHORSE - Damon probably swallowed hard before he put in this archaic fill.

24. Dull sound: THUNK - How the fill above hit me.

27. Film site: IMDB - and 39. Leal of "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin": SHARON - SHARON Leal's IMDB entry

29. Twain lad: TOM SAWYER - This 1876 first edition is $45,000

31. Jazz classic with the line "My lonely days are over": AT LAST - and 48. 31-Down singer James: ETTA. ETTA sings her signature song at her 1993 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

32. Many Bangkok Post readers: THAIS.

33. Ice planet with tauntauns and wampas: HOTH - I'm told this is a Star Wars Wampa preying on a Tauntaun. 🤔

35. Pour house?: WINE BAR 😀

36. Announce with pomp: HERALD.

40. Tyson rival: PERDUE - Oops!

41. Makes sure of: SEES TO.

43. Facilitated: EASED.

44. California town near the Oregon border: YREKA - YREKA (wy REE kuh) is 645 miles north of LA on I-5 and it is like a whole different world.

45. Tender spots: SORES.

52. Hesitant sounds: UMS.

53. To the __ degree: NTH.

In case you missed yesterday afternoon, here is my view as I blog. I got this by using the PAN function on my iPhone.

*10 Down option for (John Charles) DALY

Friday, June 23, 2023, Luke Schreiber

 

Good Morning, Cruciverbalists.  Malodorous Manatee here, once again, with a Friday recap.  Today's puzzle setter is Luke Schreiber.  As seems to be more common recently, I could find no previous reference to Luke here at the Corner so this may be his L A Times debut.  In any event, today, Luke has elected to do a riff on RIGHTs.  Right turns, Right angles, human Rights.

Two weeks ago I recapped a puzzle in which the theme answers were placed vertically in the grid in lieu of the more often seen horizontal placement.  Today, we get yet another approach.  At five places in the puzzle, all identified with circles, Luke requires us to make a right-angle (90 degree) turn to the right in order to get the right answer to the Down clue.  The answer to that clue requires the combining of the Down clue's answer with the corresponding Across clue's answer. Here are the five places that make up the themed answers:

1 Down:  Bounces back: RALL with 20 Across:  "It's all untrue!": LIES.  RALLIES  I imagine that most everyone went "Huh!?" when 1 Down filled.  Or did it?

7 Down:  Some Arctic Cats: SNOWMOB  with 35 Across:  Gymnast Simone: BILES.  SNOWMOBILES

10 Down:  RuPaul's competition: DRAG with 22 Across:  Coup de __: GRACE.  DRAG RACE  This one confused yours truly for a bit as the down answer, DRAG, is able to stand alone as a real word, a feature exhibited at none of the other four theme-word combinations.  After scratching my head for a while I assumed that RALL and SNOWMOB (which had previously been filled in) were, indeed, the right answers and that it was time to stop overthinking things and move right along.

26 Down:  Extremely beautiful, perhaps: HEARTST with 54 Across: Froyo choice: TOPPING.  HEART STOPPING.  A little bit odd as FROYO was a "truncated" clue (FROzen YOgurt) but the answer was a complete word.

48 Dwon:  Quilting technique: APPLIQ with 71 Across:  "¿__ pasa?": QUE.  APPLIQUE

The unifier comes at 64 Across:

64 Across:  Freedoms protected by the Equality Act, and an apt title for this puzzle?: LGBTQ RIGHTS.  Note that, when taken in order, the pivot points spell out LGBTQ.

Here is how all of this looks in the grid:

Here are the rest of the clues and answers.  Content warning:  Roughly a dozen or so are proper names.  Some additional theme-related answers also appear here and there:

Across:

1. Noisy toy: RATTLE.  Shouldn't RATTLEsnake warnings be called "Cautionary Tails"?

7. Went fast: SPED.

11. Oroville structure: DAM.

14. Legends on the road: ACURAS.  An automobile make/model reference.

15. Depilatory brand: NAIR.  Was it going to be NEET or VEET?  Nope.

16. Post-op area: ICU.  The Intensive Care Unit at a hospital.

17. Beatles song with the lyric "Sunday morning creeping like a nun": LADY MADONNA.  I strongly suspect that the Beatles imagery was not meant to evoke anything quite like these self-described "nuns":

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19. Fistful of bills: WAD.  A wad of cash.  I guess the Times wished to avoid paying a royalty on this clue.

21. Possess: OWN.

24. Remorseful: ASHAMED.  Why was the pterodactyl not ASHAMED to use the toilet?  Its "P" was silent.

28. Nobelist Wiesel: ELIE.

29. Epicurious.com offering: RECIPE.  A very good web site to visit when you are looking for a RECIPE.

32. Lucille Clifton's "Homage to My Hips," for one: ODE.  In puzzles, the poems almost always turn out to be ODEs.

33. Lab container: VIAL.  Why are almost all test tube manufacturers single?  People seem to find them VIAL.

34. Bright bloom: DAHLIA.

37. "Rules __ rules": ARE.    . . and they are meant to be followed,  we are told.

 

38. Hesitant sound: ERM.  Punt!

40. Minor matter: NIT.  Idiomatic, unless you are, perhaps, a chimpanzee.

41. "Delish!": YUM.

44. SLR setting: F-STOP.  A photography reference.  The aperture setting on a Single Lens Reflex camera.

46. Halloumi, e.g.: CHEESE.  If it were Monday the clue might have been Cheddar.

48. Québec chum: AMIE.  Français dans l'indice donc Français pour la réponse.

51. Early Beatle Sutcliffe: STU.  Sometimes referred to as "the fifth Beatle".  We sometimes see this clued along the lines of "letter run after R".

52. Got bronze?: TANNED.  Not an Olympics reference.

53. Window part: PANE.  My stupid, hungry donkey decided to eat a window.  It was a pane in the ass.

56. Subject of many June parades: PRIDE.  Continuing with the theme.

58. "Awesome!": RAD.  "Bitchin'!"  "Groovy!"  "Far Out, Man!"  "Phat!"

59. Exercise aftermath: ACHE.

63. Cap: LID.  Remember when a LID cost $10?

68. "__ say!": I'LL.

69. Pouty face: MOUE.

70. Backup squads: B-TEAMS.

72. Cheek: SASS.

73. Attend without a partner: GO SOLO.

Down:

2. Berry that's a superfood: ACAI.  Frequently served in our puzzles.

"3. Truculent behavior, informally: TUDE.  Derived from attiTUDE.  "Don't Cop a TUDE, bro."

4. Seafarer's choice during a storm: TRYSAIL.  New to this solver.  "A TRYSAIL is a substitute mainsail designed solely for storm conditions. Setting independently of the boom it is loose-footed and designed to sit above the stack of your mainsail using a long tack strop."  Got it?

5. On the __: LAM.  Fleeing from the law.

6. Finnish conductor __-Pekka Salonen: ESA.  He led the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1992 until 2009 when Gustavo Dudamel succeeded him.

8. Prepared for a close-up shot: PANNED IN.  A pan shot is a horizontal camera movement in which the camera pivots left or right while its base remains in a fixed location.

9. German article: EIN.  Was is going to be DER?  Nein.

11. South Asian festival of lights: DIWALI.  A bit obscure (to us North Americans) but we have seen this reference to the Hindu Festival of Lights a few previous times.

12. Tree favored by giraffes: ACACIA.

13. Bottom-dwelling fish: MUD EEL.  Also known as Heterenchelyidae but that would not fit the allotted space.   

18. __ double take: DO A.

23. Cranks (up): REVS.

25. Spots: SPIES.  Used as a verb.  Not, for example, a Dalmatian dog reference.

27. Corpus __: prosecutor's concern: DELICTI.

29. Nutrition fig.: RDA.  For those of you who have may not read a food product information label in the last twenty or thirty years, Recommended Daily Allowance.

30. Sideburn neighbor: EAR.

31. Michael of "SNL": CHE.

36. Actor Hawke: ETHAN.

39. Tour vehicle, quaintly: MOTOR BUS.

41. Osaka currency: YEN.  Money in Japan.

42. Exploit: USE.  Used as a verb.

43. __ school: MED.  DAY?  OLD?  LAW?  ART?  At least those are not abbreviated as is MEDical in response to a non-abbreviated clue.

44. Satellite signal: FEED.

45. Leaves the larval stage: PUPATES.  Rarely seen in our puzzles as a verb.  More often we see PUPA as in the insect stage between larva and adult.

47. Ties up: ENGAGES.  Perhaps a new take on an ENGAGEment announcement?

49. Henner of "Taxi": MARILU.  A TV sitcom reference.  There should be no trouble picking her out in this photo:

50. Warming up the car, say: IN IDLE.

55. ASAP kin: PDQ.  Pretty Darn Quick

57. Trees with many streets named after them: ELMS.  And streets with many movies named after them.

60. Rosalind of 2020's "Mulan": CHAO.

61. Web page standard: HTML.  HyperText Markup Language is used, among myriad other applications, to produce our daily Crossword Corner blogs.

62. Petro-Canada rival: ESSO.  A reprise from two weeks ago.  This time without the "petrol" reference.

65. Indian state known for white-sand beaches: GOA.  At 18 Down we had DO A.  Do these fit ___  T?

66. First member of SCOTUS to officiate a same-sex wedding: RBG.  Supreme Court Of The United States justice The "Notorious" Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

67. Manga artist Junji: ITO.  Often clued with reference to Judge Lance ITO.

As I am otherwise engaged, this seems like the right time to bid adieu for this morning  . . .

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Thursday, June 22, 2023, Taylor Johnson

 Let the Good Times Roll!

Today veteran constructor Taylor Johnson (7 previous LAT and 4 NYT puzzles) presents us with an interesting challenge.  It's not uncommon for puzzles to have clues that reference other clues, but I've never seen one where all the theme clues just referenced another clue, which of course had to be the reveal:

57A. "Time to go," and a phrase that could be uttered by a 15-, a 21-, a 32-, or a 48-Across?: LET'S ROLL.   This is an idiom that can have at least four different meanings, depending on who the "utterer" is ...

15A. See 57-Across: DIRECTOR.  This utterer is the one who says "Lights, camera, action".  In this case LET'S ROLL means "start the film reels that record the action".  This is an anachronism these days as most video is recorded digitally or generated by CGI.   We see a few examples of the latter in the clues below.

21A. See 57-Across: CRAPS DEALER.  The role of this utterer is not a simple one.  As near as I can tell her/his job is to direct the activities at the craps table, determining who "shoots" next and how much, if any the players at the table will win or lose, depending on their bets prior to the roll.  In this case the dealer might say LET'S ROLL to keep the action going and maximize the house's cash intake. This video explains it all (you've got nothing to lose, so good luck!) ...

32A. See 57-Across: SUSHI CHEF.  This utterer might say LET'S ROLL to his crew if a party of 8 has just placed a big order for makizushi.  Of course if the order is for sashimi or nigiri sushi, the chef might say LET'S SLICE.

48A. See 57-Across: JAZZ DRUMMER.  Actually I think the utterer in this case would be the band leader who would cue the DRUMMER: "it's time for your solo", LET'S ROLL.  In this case he points to TWO of the greatest drummers of all time to show their chops: Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich:

Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich
The Famous Drum Battle

Did the guy who came down stage at the end look familiar? He played Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess in last Thursday's puzzle.

Here's the grid ...

Here's the rest ...

Across:

1. Oscar, __, Quebec: NATO sequence: PAPA.  From the The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.  It's the most widely used set of clear code words for communicating the letters of the Roman alphabet.

5. Wand-waving org.: TSA.  Transportation Security Administration.

8. Peas, for a peashooter: AMMO.

12. Thou: ONE G.  One Grand.  Parse this differently and you get O NEG, the blood type of 13% of blood donors.

13. Dated: OLD.

14. Scout group: TROOP.

15. [Theme clue]

17. Wears away: ERODES.

18. Dickens miser: SCROOGE.  Ebenezer Scrooge is the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.  He has been played by countless actors over the years in a wide variety of media.  This one was neither filmed digitally nor via CGI (with apologies to any Scots on the Corner) ...

19. Silent performer: MIME.

20. SLC athlete: UTE. Salt Lake City athlete.  That was easy. 😀

21. [Theme clue]

25. Season with heavy rainfall: MONSOON.  A MONSOON is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean

27. Faux __: PAS.  "False step" (pl. FAUX PAS), today's French lesson.  I make a lot of FAUX PAS when creating reviews  (as opposed to TYPOS, which Teri catches) and I rely on the early crew (you know who are), to point them out in their comments and give me a chance to fix them.   It's likely that the Cornerites who get up at a reasonable hour don't even know I made them.

28. The Cavaliers of the NCAA: UVA.  The Virginia Cavaliers football team represents the University of Virginia in the sport of American football (not the one played in most other parts of the World).  Here's why they're called The Cavaliers.

29. Not behind: ANTI.  "Not behind" as in "Does not support".

30. Fated: DESTINED.  See 64A.

32. [Theme clue]

36. Put the final touches on, say: POLISH UP.  Sometimes I just don't know when to stop.

39. Some bros: SIBS.

43. Tan line cause: BRA.  Colorful cue.

44. "Mangia!": EAT.  Today's Italian lesson.

45. Core-sculpting apparatus: AB TONER.  This is not a well-defined term.  Presumably anything, whether it be machines, electrical stimulation, or stuff that you strap to your body to make your ABS look like a 6-pack of beer.

48. [Theme clue]

51. __ Paulo, Brazil: SAO.  Saint Paul.   Today's Portuguese lesson.  A city in Brazil named for a famous letter writer.

52. Strong dark beer: BOCK.  The dark lager known as BOCK beer was first brewed in the 14th century in the town of Einbeck in Lower Saxony.  Definitely not a good way to get 6-pack ABS.

53. Buoys: UPLIFTS. 

55. Palm leaves: FRONDS.

57. [Theme reveal]

59. "Oh, I remember now!": AH YES.  Said by people all over the Corner every day.

60. "__ you serious?": ARE.  R.U. Sirius is the name of the space station where most of the action takes place in the daily cartoon Brewster Rockit, drawn by Tim Rickard.  Here's Dr. Mel Practice counseling Oldbot in the June 13th 2023 episode ...

61. Region: AREA.

62. Big cheese: BOSS.

63. Homer's "okily-dokily" neighbor: NED.  Apparently NED has a lot of relatives ...

64. "Champagne Life" R&B singer: NE-YO.  I'm not sure if he was DESTINED for this fill or it was just perped in by a Google search, but Champagne Life does qualify as Rhythm and Blues, and he can sing it.  Here's NE-YO and his posse having a good time with some bubbly ...

Down:
 
1. "__ Save America": Crooked Media production: POD.  In the review racket this clue is called a political "hot potato" and I'm punting. 

2. Jennifer of "The Morning Show": ANISTON.  The Morning Show, is an American comedy-drama television series starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, that premiered on Apple TV+ on November 1, 2019. The series is inspired by Brian Stelter's 2013 book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. The series has been renewed through 2023.

3. Degree of interest?: PERCENT.

4. Antiquing agent: AGER.

5. "My Neighbor __ ": 1988 Miyazaki film: TOTORO.  This one was right on the tip of my tongue (where it stayed until perped).  My Neighbor TOTORO is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film that was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli. The film stars tells the story of a professor's young daughters Satsuki and Mei, and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan.  Beautiful animation (English voice overs provided by the Fanning sisters, Dakota and Elle) ...

6. Branding words: SLOGAN.

7. Pro pitcher?: AD REP.  EWER was too short.

8. Something in the air: AROMA.

9. Gp. with student diplomats: MODEL UN.  MODEL UN is a popular activity for those interested in learning more about how the UN operates. Hundreds of thousands of students worldwide take part every year at all educational levels.
 

Model UN Assembly

10. One of the Three Stooges: MOE.  A CSO to our Chairman!  Here's hoping he and Margaret are enjoying their vacation.

11. Curtailed missions?: OPS.  "BLACK" was chopped off the front?

14. Italian port neighboring Slovenia: TRIESTE.  TRIESTE is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies approximately 8 km (5 mi) east and 10–15 km (6–9 mi) southeast of the city, while Croatia is about 30 km (19 mi) to the south of the city.

Trieste

16. Pixar film with the song "Remember Me": COCO.  COCO is a 2017 American computer-animated fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.  The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel (Gonzalez) who is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where he seeks the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather to return him to his family among the living and to reverse his family's ban on music.

17. Punctuation found in many Emily Dickinson poems: EM DASH.  Here's a brief bio of the Bell of Amherst -- and a selection of her poems -- see if you agree with Taylor on that assessment.

Emily Dickinson

20. Actress Thurman: UMA.

22. Blueprint info: SPEC.

23. Part of NYE: EVE.

24. "Cool, man": RAD.  A truncation of RADICAL -- Dude!

26. "Absolutamente": SI SI.  Yes Yes.  Italian lesson #2 (idiomatic).

30. Party bowlful: DIP.

31. "In that case ... ": IF SO.

33. Bargain bin stock at some music stores: USED CDS.  Most music is streamed from the Cloud these days, free or with a fee -- e.g. Spotify -- so USED CDS can be had cheaply.  Or you can listen on your favorite radio station -- e.g. WBJC -- streamable free from anywhere in the world (I assume you have Internet service or you wouldn't be reading this) --  I think Emily is starting to rub off on me.

34. San Jose team: SHARKS.  The San Jose SHARKS are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference.

The Sharks website.

35. Native Rwandan: HUTU.  The HUTU, also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic or social group which is native to the African Great Lakes region. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they form one of the principal ethnic groups alongside the Tutsi and the Great Lakes Twa.

Rwanda Burundi

36. Vegan sandwich, initially: PBJ. 

37. "Your Song" singer Rita: ORA.  No automobiles were damaged in the making of this (rated PG13) video ...

38. Some recliners: LA-Z-BOYS.

40. Forthcoming: IN STORE.

41. "Moonlighting" actress Allyce: BEASLEY. Moonlighting is an American comedy drama television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989, starring Cybill Shepherd (Maddie) and Bruce Willis (David) as private detectives, and Allyce Beasley (Agnes) as their quirky receptionist. In this scene Agnes has arrived early at the office, but David has arrived earlier ...

42. Full house indicator: SRO.

45. Electrical unit: AMPERE.   The amount of current (AMPERES (I)) passing through a conductor of a given resistance (OHMS (R)), for a given voltage (VOLTS (V)), as defined by Ohm's Law.

46. Sang with gusto: BELTED.  Here's the late, great Dimitri Hvorostovsky BELTING out the aria Largo al Factotum from Giaochino Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville ...
 

47. Swim/bike/run races, briefly: TRIS.  Short for Triathlon, and a CSO to sumdaze, who has done several TRIS and 10 marathons!!!

The three legs of a Triathlon

49. Regions: ZONES.

50. Disney retelling of a Chinese folk legend: MULAN.   As it turns out, Disney made two versions of this legendary story: an animated version in 1998 and a live action version in 2020.  As I avoid decisions wherever possible, here are trailers for both.

 

54. Drescher of "The Nanny": FRAN.  "The Nanny" is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from November 3, 1993 to June 23, 1999, starring FRAN Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashionista from Flushing, Queens, New York, who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York–British high society.  Here's her job interview ...

55. Groovy: FAB.  A sibling of 24D.

56. Sigma preceder: RHO.

58. Asian language: LAO.


Cheers,
Bill

As always, thanks to Teri for proof reading, for her constructive criticism.

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