Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Chandi Deitmer

Nothing Fancy today.  The Beginning word of each theme answer is another word for Humble.

18-Across. *  Unembellished facts: PLAIN TRUTH.

27-Across. *  Soda and candy, metabolically: SIMPLE CARBS.

51-Across. *  Indie rock band with the hit single "Float On": MODEST MOUSE.

61-Across. *  No-frills TV choice: BASIC CABLE.

And the unifier:

38-Across. Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have: HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.

I now humbly present you with the rest of the answers to today's puzzle.

Across:

1. Play people: CASTS.  Actors had too many letters.

6. Light-tube gas: NEON.

10. Forehead hider: BANGS.

15. Très très: ULTRA.

16. Prefix that means 2-Down: OMNI.  //  And 2-Down.  2. The whole shebang: ALL.

17. Easy-to-read font: ARIAL.  This clue and answer is written in Arial.

20. Japanese lunchbox: BENTO.  They look like so much fun.

21. Boo-Boo's buddy: YOGI.  [Name # 1, fictional.]

22. Bryant of "Shrill": AIDY.  I am familiar with neither Shrill nor Aidy Bryant (née Aidan Mackenzy Bryant; b. May 7, 1987).  Aidy was also apparently a cast member on Saturday Night Live.  [Name # 2.]

24. Clairvoyant's gift, for short: ESP.  As in ExtraSensory Perception.

25. PC alternatives: MACs.  As in an Apple computer.  //  And 55-Across. Apple platform: IOS.

31. Mobile's st.: ALA.  Mobile is on the Gulf Coast of Alabama.  If you are traveling on Interstate 10, you are forced to go through the George Wallace Tunnel which runs under the Mobile River in Mobile, Alabama.  It always causes a huge traffic jam, especially in the summer as tourist try to make their way from the west to the Florida beaches.  Little piece of Mobile trivia.

32. "Kim's Convenience" actor Paul Sun-Hyung __: LEE.  Hi, CanadianEh!  Kim's Convenience is a sit-com about a Korean-Canadian family who run a convenience store in Toronto.  Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (b. Aug. 16, 1972) portrays the patriarch in the television show.  [Name # 3.]

33. Like some forest ground: MOSSY.

34. Coke or Pepsi: COLA.  Soda fits into the spaces provided also.

36. __-rock music: ALT.  Everything you wanted to know about Alternative Rock but didn't know to ask.

37. Cruise stop: PORT.  Mobile, Alabama is a cruise port / terminal.

44. Yawn inducer: BORE.

45. Good times: UPS.  

46. Gather, as crops: REAP.

47. Former "American Gladiators" co-host Ali: LAILA.  Did you know that Laila Ali (née Laila Amaria Ali; b. Dec. 20, 1977) also wrote a cookbook?  If not, please review the answers to last Tuesday's puzzle.  [Name # 4.]

49. Ante-: PRE-.  Think Antebellum, which means before a particular war.  In the United States, it refers to prior to the American Civil War.

50. Hoppy draft choice, for short: IPA.  India Pale Ale has become a crossword staple.

54. Forevvvvvver: AGES.

56. Fuel from a bog: PEAT.

57. Sound of relief: SIGH.

59. Word before time or tire: SPARE.  Spare Time and Spare Tire.

66. Oscar winner Swinton: TILDA.  Tilda Swinton (née Katherine Matilda Swinton; b. Nov. 5, 1960) won an Oscar for her role as Karen Crowder in the 2007 legal thriller Michael Clayton.  [Name # 5.]

67. GPS figures: ETAs.  Your Global Positioning System will give you the Estimated Time of Arrival to your destination.

68. Give a wide berth: AVOID.

69. Move on tiptoe: SNEAK.

70. __ Ness monster: LOCH.  Everything they want you to believe about the Loch Ness Monster.  [Name adjacent.  Real or fictional?]

71. Really, really into crosswords, say: NERDY.  Do you consider yourself a nerd just because you enjoy doing Crossword puzzles?

Down:

1. Trophy shape: CUP.

3. "Deep breath ... ": STAY CALM.

4. TLC and HAIM: TRIOS.  //  And 5-Down. Performed like TLC and HAIM: SANG.  Both TLC and HAIM are female bands.  TLC is (was?) a R&B pop group that was big in the 1990s.  HAIM is comprised of three sisters whose surname is Haim.  [Names # 6 and 7.]

TLC

HAIM

6. Scand. land: NOR.  Norway is in Scandinavia.  

 

7. Down Under bird: EMU.  The Emu makes frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.

8. Recorded, in a way: ON TAPE.  That is so last century!

9. Nothing, in Latin: NIHIL.  Today's Latin lesson.

10. Small stir-fry vegetables: BABY CORN.  What is Baby Corn?

 

11. "__ You the One?": reality dating series: ARE.  I'm not familiar with this show, but it was easy enough to suss the answer.

12. SF NFL team: NINERS.  San Francisco's National Football League team is the Forty-Niners.  [Name adjacent.]

13. "Great" West Egg resident Jay: GATSBY.  I first read The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (né Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; b. Sept. 24, 1896 ~ Dec. 21, 1940) years ago.  It is still a favorite.  It has also been adapted into several movie versions.  [Name # 8, fictional.]

14. Gets everywhere: SLOPS.

19. "__ the season ... ": 'TIS.  I guess the Christmas Season has officially begun, although I began to see Christmas decorations in shops before Halloween.  So when does the Season to Be Jolly actually begin?

23. Evil spirits: DEMONS.

25. Supersonic speed measure: MACH.  Mach is used as a unit of measurement in stating the speed of a moving object in relation to the speed of sound. A Mach number is the ratio of an object's speed in a given medium to the speed of sound in that medium.  Mach 1, then, is the speed of sound, around 761 mph at sea level on a standard day.  Thus, if an aircraft is traveling at Mach 1, it is traveling at exactly the speed of sound.  Clear as mud, right?

26. Six-time MLB All-Star Moisés: ALOU.  Moisés Alou (né Moisés Rojas-Alou Beltré; b. July 3, 1966) makes occasional guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.  He was an outfielder and played for a number National League teams, including, but not limited to the Houston Astros, the Chicago Cubs, and the New York Mets.  [Name # 9.]

28. "Imagine that!": I'LL BE.

29. Ration (out): METE.

30. Riled up: ASTIR.

35. "Three Billboards ... " actress Cornish: ABBIE.  The full name of the movie is Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.  It was a rather disturbing film which starred Frances McDormand (née Cynthia Ann Smith; b. June 23, 1957) who posted three billboards to draw attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder.  I don't recall the role that Abbie Cornish (b. Aug. 7, 1982) had in the film.  [Name # 10.]

Abbie Cornish

36. Add bubbles to: AERATE.

37. Plumbing conduits: PIPES.

39. Internet lingo from a cat meme: LOLSPEAK.  Hand up if you had heard of Lolspeak.  Apparently, it is the intentionally grammatically incorrect text accompanying a cat meme.

40. Hindu mentor: GURU.

41. Person next door: NEIGHBOR.

Ned Flanders is Homer's neighbor

42. Stare in awe: GAPE.

43. Relaxing resorts: SPAS.

47. Add to an email thread, say: LOOP IN.

48. TV revenue source: AD SALE.

49. Side that might be mashed or fried: POTATO.  Fun facts about potatoes.

51. Uses a spray bottle: MISTS.

52. Selena's "Only Murders in the Building" role: MABEL.  Only Murders in the Building is a comedy mystery about three strangers who live in a ritzy apartment building in New York.  They all decide to investigate suspicious deaths that occur in their building.  The show stars Selena Gomez (née Selena Marie Gomez; b. July 22, 1992), who portrays Mabel, Steve Martin (né Stephen Glenn Martin; b. Aug. 14, 1945), and Martin Short (né Martin Hayter Short; b. Mar. 26, 1950).  [Names # 11 and 12, one real, the other fictional.]

53. Key that exits full-screen mode: ESC.  The Escape Key.

54. Tequila plant: AGAVE.

58. "__ hardly wait!": I CAN.

60. Nutrition fig.: RDA.  As in Recommended Daily Allowance.

62. Anatomical pouch: SAC.

63. Kinda sorta: -ISH.

64. "Put a __ on it!": LID.

65. Big name in ice cream: EDY.  A crossword staple.  [Name adjacent.]

Here's the Grid:

חתולה

Monday November 27, 2023 Carolyn Davies Lynch

  

Hello Cornerites!

sumdaze here with with more food for thought -- just when you were finally finishing up those Thanksgiving leftovers! "What's today's theme?" you ask. You're such a clever bunch, I'm sure...

Constructor Carolyn Davies Lynch gives us three parlor games with fruity names:

20 Across. Game whose cards have images of red and green fruit: APPLES TO APPLES.

28 Across. Game whose tiles are stored in a fruit-shaped bag: BANANAGRAMS.

44 Across. Game in which players compete to collect plastic fruit: HI-HO! CHERRY-O.

Are you familiar with these games?
The first one is new to me,
I often play the second one with DH (more fun than waiting for your turn at Scrabble),
and I have not thought about the third one for many, many years.

The reveal:

51. What I shouldn't do at the dinner table, except in 20-, 28-, and 44-Across?: PLAY WITH MY FOOD.

Cute! Those are all FOOD-themed (specifically, fruit-themed) games one can PLAY WITH on a dinner table...or on a coffee table...or on the floor....

Grape job, Carolyn! Also, this ap-pears to be your LA Times debut. Congratulations!

Now, orange you ready for the other clues?

Across:
1. "High Voltage" rock band: AC🗲DC.  We're starting off with a jolt!

This Australian group released their High Voltage album internationally in 1976. Track#1 is It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll). That shrill sound you hear is rocker Bon Scott (1946 - 1980) playing the bagpipes.  

5. Frozen drink brand: ICEE.  

9. Revolving entryway: STILE.  

14. "Heck no": UH UH.  Nope. Not happening. Hard pass.

15. Humpty Dumpty's perch: WALL.

16. Alleviates: EASES.

17. Freddie Mercury portrayer Malek: RAMI.  

RAMI is on the right.
He won the Best Actor Oscar in 2019 for his work in Bohemian Rhapsody.

18. Sleeve fillers: ARMS.  Cute. Not the clear plastic sleeves that go in a  binder.

19. Assists in a crime: ABETS.

23. "If u ask me": IMHO.  In My Humble Opinion, the "u" is a hint that it will be a textspeak answer.

24. Falsehood: LIE.

25. Folklore figure: ELF.

34. Concealed via sleight of hand: PALMED.   and   5 Down. "They tricked me!": I WAS HAD.

"Palming" is a technique for holding or concealing an object in the hand. It is used frequently by magicians to conceal a card, coin, or other object. This 2 min. video shows how it's done:  

36. Bled in the wash: RAN.   and   61 Across. Puts laundry into piles, say: SORTS.

Color bleeding occurs when dyes from one fabric transfer onto another during the washing process. We say, "The color RAN." This can happen due to various factors, such as the fabric's dye quality, water temperature, agitation, or improper SORTing.  

the culprit

37. Tied, as a score: EVEN.

38. "We're live!" studio sign: ON AIR.

39. Dad, or soda: POP.  CSO to -T's father!

40. Yogurt-based condiment: RAITA.  Here is Swasthi's 5-star recipe.

41. Mama of music: CASS.  Cass Elliot was born in 1941 in Baltimore, MD (Hi waseeley!). She is perhaps best known as one of four members of the late 1960s pop group sensation, The Mamas and the Papas. Sadly, she died of heart failure at the young age of 32.

This song seems like a good fit for today.  

42. U.S. spy org.: CIA.   and   43. Cease communication: GO DARK.

Here is an article on spy fiction tropes.

47. Once named: NÉE.  Pronounced "nay", English borrowed this adjective from the French (feminine) word for "born".

48. "The Raven" poet Edgar Allan __: POE.  

49. Actress Watson: EMMA.  her IMDb page

She is 33 years old now
but I still think of her as "the girl from Harry Potter.

58. Mickey or Minnie: MOUSE.

59. Base x height, for a parallelogram: AREA.  Perhaps you are thinking, "Isn't that like the formula for the area of a rectangle?" Yes! That's correct! If you take a pair of scissors and snip along the dotted line then move that piece to the other side, you will make a rectangle without adding any new area or taking any area away. Their areas are the same so you can use the same formula.  #MathIsSoCool

60. Big brass horn: TUBA.  

62. Pork or beef: MEAT.  Have you heard of uglitarians? They only eat the "ugly" animals. OUCH! I guess beauty is in the eye of the diner.

63. Supply-and-demand subj.: ECON.  "Subject" is shortened, so is "ECONomics".

Shortening the supply of letters creates a demand for more mental agility.

64. Kiss on both cheeks, perhaps: GREET.

I suspect this is a pre-covid map.

65. Sinks out of sight, as the sun: SETS.  

Sunrise, Sunset

from Fiddler on the Roof (original motion picture soundtrack, 1971)

66. "Better Call Saul" actress Seehorn: RHEA.  Her fans will be happy to know that Vince Gilligan (the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul) is currently working on a new series. It will be very different from those, but it is set in Albuquerque and features RHEA in a leading role.  more gouge

Down:
1. New Age-y emanation: AURA.  

2. "I say, old __": CHAP.   

3. Trash destination: DUMP.

4. Five-alarm potful: CHILI.

6. Container for eggs: CARTON.  The cardboard-y ones are great for starting your seeds indoors while you wait for the ground to warm up.  

7. Ticklish Muppet: ELMO.   and   8 Down. Anna's "Frozen" sister: ELSA.  

Here are ELMO & ELSA. We're just missing 49-A EMMA.

9. Common name for a deep-ocean cucumber: SEA PIG.  "Larry" did not fit so this one was ESP for me. The first three letters seemed logical but PIG was unexpected. Here's a video:   

10. Early run-through of a script: TABLE READ.  In film and theater, this is an organized reading of a script in which the speaking parts, stage directions, and scene headings are read out loud. more from MasterClass

11. "Makes sense": I SEE.  ...said the blind man to his deaf dog.

12. "Why don't we?": LET'S.  

13. Squiggly letter: ESS.

21. Glowing coal: EMBER.  This link will take you to my favorite YouTube fireplace video. It has cracking logs, rain pitter-patter, and smooth jazz. If you worked last Saturday's puzzle, you might call this video an ASMRtist (40-Across). Let it play in the background while you cozy up with an afghan, a cuppa, and a book. 

22. Schedule: PLAN.

25. Geologic time: EPOCH.  

Scientists are now debating the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch.

26. Hawaiian patio: LANAI.  Earlier this month, Hahtoolah gave us this helpful link. I will add that Hawaiians also call a balcony a LANAI.

27. Brief bright light: FLASH.  

Speaking of 17-A Freddy Mercury, in 1980 Queen released their Flash Gordon soundtrack.

29. Superloud: AROAR.

30. Forty winks: NAP.

31. Bird-related: AVIAN.  Also, sheep-related is "ovine" and cattle-related is "bovine".

32. British unit of length: METRE.  Hi CanadianEh!

Carolyn also used the British spelling.

33. Slithering reptile: SNAKE.  

35. Soup base made from fermented soybeans: MISO PASTE.  

Miso Soup is part of a typical Japanese breakfast.
おいしいです  (It's delicious!)

39. Fruit-filled dessert: PIE.  

Remember when Marshall (How I Met Your Mother)
made a PIE chart of his favorite bars and a bar graph of his favorite pies?

40. Like baggy pants: ROOMY.  My mind went to "Hammer pants", previously known as "harem pants" or "parachute pants".  

M.C. Hammer  U Can't Touch This (1990)

42. __ necklace: jewelry that provides soothing oral sensory input: CHEW.  At first I thought, "Huh?", but then I remembered that in the past I have bought these necklaces as gifts for new moms. Today I learned that they can be therapeutic for people of all ages.  Blog about Chewelry

Babies like to grab necklaces and put them in their mouths,
so why not make something that is good for teething and also fashionable? Brilliant!

43. Soft spots for tumblers: GYM MATS.  

45. Most demure: COYEST.  "COY" is an adjective that describes someone who is making a pretense of shyness or modesty with the intention of being alluring.

46. Pop in the microwave, perhaps: REHEAT.  Not a 39-A "Pop".

50. "Repeat __ me": AFTER.

51. Like a one-star review: POOR.  In 1877, The Odessa Courier published this POOR review of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina:

"Sentimental rubbish.... Show me one page that contains an idea."

Hah! Shows what reviewers know. Oh, wait, I'm a reviewer....

52. Plastic worm, e.g.: LURE.  fishing tackle

53. Healthy Kitten brand: IAMS.  

54. Walnut or chestnut: TREE.

55. "You wound me!": OUCH.

56. Double-reed woodwind: OBOE.

57. "The X-Files" agent Scully: DANA.  The X-Files is an American sci-fi TV series that aired on the FOX network in 1993-2002, 2016, and 2018. The show attracted a huge cult following. Gillian won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her portrayal of an FBI agent investigating paranormal occurrences.

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder and DANA Scully.

58. Flavor enhancer, for short: MSG.  MonoSodium Glutamate 

what the Mayo Clinic says about MSG

And now, for a berry special grid:

I apple-solutely hope you will share your thoughts below!

Sunday November 26, 2023 Ricky Sirois

Theme:  "Lend Me Your Ears!" - The first word of each theme entry ends with an EAR sound, and EAR is dropped from the start of the last word.

22. Promo for a production at the Globe Theatre?: SHAKESPEARE PLUG.

33. Sign of impending bad weather?: ATMOSPHERE DROP.

49. Essay by the author of "The Martian"?: ANDY WEIR PIECE.

67. Jewelry displayed next to keychains and fridge magnets?: SOUVENIR RINGS.

87. Polish for posh light fixtures?: CHANDELIER WAX.

102. School friends in Troy, New York?: RENSSELAER BUDS.

116. Soreness after a long day working at Sotheby's?: AUCTIONEER ACHES.

I don't think there's any extra layer to further cohere the set, right? 49A is an exception with 3 words. All those EAR sounds have different spellings.

Sunday debut for Ricky Sirois. Congrats, Ricky!

Across:

1. Kid around: JEST.

5. Agcys.: ORGS.

9. "The Goonies" role for Ke Huy Quan: DATA. Unknown to me. He was born in Saigon, South Vietnam. Quan is a Chinese surname. He's of Chinese descent.

13. Wind instrument?: CHIME. 45. Crash site?: SPARE BED. 35. Euro pop?: PERE. All fun clues.

18. Chapati flour: ATTA.

19. Former Ford div.: MERC.

20. Discover, as a solution: HIT ON.

21. Organ __: DONOR.

25. Cygnets' parents: SWANS.

26. Comics unit: PANEL.

27. Proprietor: OWNER.

28. Image file type: GIF.

30. Bobby honored at Boston's TD Garden: ORR. His statue.

31. Pitch tents: ENCAMP.

38. Scuba spot: REEF.

39. Pup's bark: YAP.

41. Canadian prov.: PEI.

42. Escarole kin: ENDIVE. Curly endive.

43. Doone of fiction: LORNA.

48. Madre's sister: TIA.

53. Country with the southernmost capital city in the Americas: URUGUAY.

55. "Yes __, Bob!": SIREE.

56. Rich dessert: TORTE. Graybar used to have this on their Christmas luncheon menu.

57. Fall loosely: DRAPE.

58. Memorizes: LEARNS.

60. Tennis do-over: LET.

61. "We've all __ there": BEEN.

62. Milky birthstone: OPAL.

66. "Crikey!": ACK.

72. "No seats" sign: SRO.

73. Bygone depilatory brand: NEET.

75. GPS lines: RTES.

76. Chinese tea: CHA. Yum cha is a Cantonese tradition. Cha & dim sum. Retired folks do this almost every day. Very affordable.

77. "Whichever": EITHER.

79. Bit the dust: ATE IT.

81. Invents, as a word: COINS.

83. Taurasi who was the first WNBA player to score more than 9,000 points: DIANA. I knew this!

84. Regular expense for an employer: PAYROLL.

90. Taking after: ALA.

91. Shoe reinforcement: TOE PLATE. Never had this.

93. Parsonage: MANSE.

94. Jibes: AGREES.

96. French masculine pronoun: LUI. Opposite Elle.

97. Winter Games gp.: IOC.

98. Quaint contraction: TWAS.

107. Angular abode: A-FRAME.

109. __ World Service: international news org. based in London: BBC.

110. Oil field apparatus: RIG.

111. "Bridesmaids" actor Chris: O'DOWD. Irish actor.

113. Wears: HASON.

114. Expansive: BROAD.

120. Room brighteners: LAMPS.

121. Home of the southeast route to Everest: NEPAL. And 124. Home of the northeast route to Everest: TIBET.

122. Pixar clownfish: NEMO.

123. NBA legend Bryant: KOBE.

125. Dutch cheese: EDAM.

126. Tiny particle: ATOM.

127. Wet septet: SEAS.

Down:

1. Fforde who writes the "Thursday Next" mystery novels: JASPER. Learning moment for me. Never saw a word with ff start.

2. Hydrocarbon gas: ETHANE.

3. Position: STANCE.

4. Gamble (on): TAKE A FLYER.  Not famliar with this expression.

5. Sounds of meditation: OMS.

6. Bank's takeback: REPO.

7. Lost intimacy, say: GREW APART.

8. Negligible: SCANT.

9. Quick swim: DIP. I took a dip the other day and bumped into Boomer's old colleague Steve. He said he saw me there a few times but "is she, isn't she?". Guess how tall he is? I was wrong about Tom Pepper's height.

 

                                                     Boomer, Steve, Jerry & J.C. 12/8/2009

10. The Hawks, on scoreboards: ATL.

11. Head-scratcher: TOUGHIE. 14. [Scratches head]: HOW ODD.

12. Harmon of "Rizzoli & Isles": ANGIE.

13. LP successors: CDS.

15. Two-time Best Director Oscar winner Alejandro González __: INARRITU. For "Birdman" and "The Revenant".

16. Liberia's capital: MONROVIA.

17. Triage ctrs.: ERS.

20. Protagonist: HERO.

23. Furniture wood: ELM.

24. Sleep cycle letters: REM.

29. Allowed to graze: FREE RANGE.

32. Funeral rite pile: PYRE.

34. __ bar: SPACE.

36. Land: END UP.

37. Austin __: Tennessee university: PEAY. Learned from doing xwords.

40. Singer DiFranco: ANI.

44. Berlin Olympics star Jesse: OWENS.

45. Part of an emergency warning system: SIREN.

46. Frilly underskirt: PETTICOAT.

47. Martin Van __: BUREN.

49. Narnia lion: ASLAN.

50. Female kin: NIECE. And 51. Male mallard: DRAKE.

52. Flag bearers: POLES.

54. Cable TV's Nat __ Wild: GEO.

57. Agnus __: DEI.

59. Player who pouts after a rout: SORE LOSER. 78. Mustang's prints?: TIRE TRACKS.  Two great fill. 

61. __ new: BRAND.

63. "As if!": PSHAW.

64. Place for matches: ARENA.

65. "I speak for the trees" Seuss character: LORAX.

68. Practical: UTILE. I just use "useful".

69. Zoo doc: VET.

70. Cologne's river: RHINE.

71. Heads and tails: SIDES.

74. La Brea abundance: TAR.

80. "Completely," casually: TOTES.

81. Committee leader: CHAIR.

82. Like some chocolate: SEMI-SWEET.

84. Jack of early talk TV: PAAR.

85. Ninth grade math course, often: ALGEBRA I.

86. Crafty street art: YARN BOMB.

87. "Professor Plum, in the library, with the candlestick" board game: CLUE.

88. Southeast Asian language: LAO. Laos celebrate the New Year in April.

89. Peru native: INCA.

92. Troubled greatly: PLAGUED.

95. Get away from it all: ESCAPE.

99. Nevada's second-most populous county: WASHOE.

100. Pond protozoan: AMOEBA.

101. Has a feeling: SENSES.

103. "Big Little Lies" novelist Moriarty: LIANE. Knew it before I used this clue once.

104. More than simmer: BOIL.

105. Asparagus-like vegetable in some miso soup recipes: UDO. Our local Asian store does not carry this veggie.

106. Disco legend Summer: DONNA.

108. Govt. mortgage insurer: FHA.

112. Many a helpful video, for short: DEMO.

114. Letters on a lunch menu: BLT.

115. "Spring forward" letters: DST.

117. Bk. reviewer?: CPA.

118. Flat cap: TAM.

119. __-com: ROM.

C.C.