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Jul 12, 2024

Friday, July 12, 2024, Renee Thomason, Zhouqin Burnikel



Good Morning, Cruciverbalists.  Malodorous Manatee here with the recap of a puzzle co-constructed by a couple of extemely talented folks - and you know them both very well:  CC and Renee (sumdaze).  Brava!

It did not take long for this solver to figure out that something out of the ordinary was going on with the themers because, as they filled in, not a single one of them even began to make sense.  Not only in the way of answers, but in any sense.  Complete gibberish.  Could this puzzle really be that bass-ackwards?  Well, as it turns out, yes.  The reveal at 61 Across helped to sort things out:

61 Across:  Classic film with a time-traveling DeLorean, and an apt description of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 52-Across: BACK TO THE FUTURE.

Ah ha! "On The Horizon", which was used as the clue for every themed-answer (repetition seems to be a recurring motif in this puzzle's clues) was meant to be taken as "in the future".  And the use of the word BACK in the reveal tipped us off that we might want to look at the emerging answers backwards.  With these bits of enlightenment the perps, read right to left, began to reveal the answers.  Eventually, the correct responses all fully emerged.

To wit:

17 Across:  On the horizon: RENROCEHTDNUORA   - - - > AROUND THE CORNER  Pete Seeger and The Weavers give a more literal example.

Early 1950's

 

24 Across:  On the horizon: NOOSYADEMOS   - - - >  SOMEDAY SOON  Judy Collins will illustrate its usage.

Smothers Brothers Show - 1969

38 Across:  On the horizon: EMOCOTTEY  - - - >  YET TO COME  As in "The Best is Yet to Come"

Frank Sinatra

52 Across:  On the horizon: ESRUOCEUDNI   - - - >  IN DUE COURSE  continuing with the "dinosaur" motif . . .


This is how it all looks in the grid:


.... and now for the rest of the story:

Across:

1. Golfer's vehicle: CART.


5. Lingerie purchases: BRAS.  Repetition seems to be a recurring motif in this puzzle's clues.

9. Lingerie purchase: SLIP.     Repetition seems to be a recurring motif in this puzzle's clues.



13. 21-Across in Spain: AGUA. and 
21. 13-Across in France: EAU.

Both AGUA and EAU, in English, mean water.  Clever.  A Spanish clue for a French answer and vice versa.

14. __ Raton, Florida: BOCA.  I have always wondered how a town named Mouse Mouth could be deemed to be a desireable place to reside.

15. Buenos __: AIRES.  A geography reference.  Neither buenos DIAS nor buenos NOCHES was going to fit in any event.

20. Permit: ALLOW.  Used as a verb.  As in Please ALLOW me . . .

the Jagger clip
was too long

22. Zip: NIL.  Nothing.

23. Spy-fi org.: CIA.  Interesting clue in that the CIA exists in the real world and is not merely a staple of spy fiction.  Of course, CIA does often appear in works of fiction.  KAOS or SMERSH, for example, would be Spy-fi (fiction) only organizations.

29. Counter attacker: ANT.  Cute.  Not a counterattack.  Something that attacks food items left on your kitchen counter.

30. Oft-redacted fig.: SSN.  Social Security Number

31. Burrito option: ASADA.  Repetition seems to be a recurring motif in this puzzle's clues.  For those among you who may be unfamiliar with certain aspects of Mexican food, ASADA is grilled, sliced meat.

32. "I've __ better": SEEN.  Close enough:



34. Mouth pieces?: LIPS.  Not as in the colloquial for attorney.  Literally, pieces of mouths.  Labios de boca de raton?

37. Hosp. caregivers: LPNS


41. Fish tacos fish, familiarly: MAHI.  A missed opportunity for repetition  😄

43. Foil kin: EPEE.  Not a Reynolds Wrap reference.



44. Wound covering: SCAB.  Today's "let's skip the image" moment.

48. One of five competitive figure skating disciplines: PAIRS.  Men's Singles, Women's Singles, PAIRS, Ice Dancing, Synchronized Skating.



49. Grilled fish in kabayaki: EEL.  I was not familiar with kabayaki beforenI solved this puzzle but the answer easily perp'd.  It turns out that kabayaki is aka EEL sauce and, of course, kabayaki appeared in last Sunday's NYT puzzle.  Learning new stuff is one reason we all enjoy puzzling.

51. In the style of: A LA.  A LA Mode.  A LA carte.  A LA King.
 
56. "Miracle Workers" channel: TBS.



57. Fed. health law: ACA.



58. "I knew it!": HAH.   Something that someone might say.  See?

59. Lessens: EASES.

66. Cookies with a Sour Patch Kids flavor: OREOS.  How do I clue thee?  Let me count the ways.

67. Mystical glow: AURA.

68. Fielder's need: MITT.  A baseball MITT.

69. Mangyshlak Peninsula's continent: ASIA.  This solver was not familiar with Mangyshlak but it sounded ASIAn and the answer was quickly perep'd.  The Mangyshlak Peninsula is located in western Kazakstan.  All you'd like to know:  Mangyshlak Peninsula

70. More __ meets the eye: THAN.

71. 64-Down, for one: STAT.  STATisitc


Down:

1. Capital city with Bolívar Square: CARACAS.  Venezuela.



2. Botox target: AGE LINE.  WRINKLE had the right number of letters.

3. Go long?: RUN LATE.  Not a football reference.  As in the event ran long (did not finish in it's originally allotted time)

4. Root in the Hawaiian dessert kulolo: TARO.  If it's a root it's very often TARO.

5. Television network created by royal charter: BBC.  No abbreviations in the clue.  The "royal" bit was the tip off.



6. Sushi topper: ROE.



7. Feels sore: ACHES.  Did you hear about the students complaining of aches and fatigue when they did math homework?  They're calling it fibromyalgebra.

8. Thai skewers: SATAY.   What is the best type of food to eat while wearing a suit?  Thai food.

9. Japanese title of respect: SAN.



10. Actor Simu: LIU.  Simu LIU is the first Asian lead in a Marvel movie, a sitcom star, a memoir writer and a Ken doll in "Barbie".

11. Big name in endurance events: IRONMAN.  Triathlon.  Swim, bike, run.

12. Stretches: PERIODS.  Not something you do pre-workout.  PERIODS of time.

16. Burrito option: SALSA.  Repetition seems to be a recurring motif in this puzzle.  You can put the SALSA (sauce) on your carne ASADA.

18. Doesn't rent: OWNS.  My friend OWNS a pen that can write under water.  It can write other words, too.

19. "Radical Optimism" singer __ Lipa: DUA.  A frequent visitor these days.

25. Northern European capital: OSLO.  Frequently visited.

26. In reserve: ON ICE.  As in keeping something ON ICE in case that it is needed in the future.

27. Valley: DALE.  Over hill, over DALE,  as we hit the dusty trail . . .

28. Best Upset and Best Moment: ESPYS.  Sports awards.  All You'd Like To Know

33. Indira Gandhi's father: NEHRU.  Significant figures in the history of India.

35. Soda: POP.


36. Trusty horse: STEED.  We had a government-employed doctor in our area who was half STEED and half man. We called him the centaur for disease control.

39. Japanese soup: MISO. The waitperson at my local soup restaurant recently greeted us with "Chowder you all doing today? MISO sorry for the puns.  What can I get ‎phở you folks today?"

40. Suffix with ump-: TEEN.  IRE was too short.  

41. Lash lengthener: MASCARA.



42. Decorated fighter pilots: AIR ACES.


45. Form-fitting garment: CATSUIT.



46. Columbia Icefield province: ALBERTA.  Canada.

Photo By MM (many moons ago)


47. Angela of "9-1-1": BASSETT.  An actress.  One T is the hound.

48. Soul singer Bryson: PEABO.  An occasional, if not frequent, visitor.

50. "In __ of gifts ... ": LIEU.

53. Comedian Margaret: CHO.

1993

54. Patronize, as a restaurant: EAT AT.  What's a single vowel between friends?



55. Casual agreement: UH HUH. Yup.

60. Devices loaded with cash: ATMS.  Oh, cash!



62. Fish in an ornamental pond: KOI.  Frequent swimmmers

63. LAX safety team: TSA.


64. Young fig.: ERA.  Earned Run Average.  A baseball reference.  The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitcher in each league.

65. Booster: FAN.  This solver is a big FAN of today's puzzle.  YMMV.


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Jul 11, 2024

Thursday, July 11, 2024, Jared Cappel

 Theme:  It's a Jumble Out There!


SOUND MIXING usually refers to editing of audio files in a movie, whether to make sound levels even, to layer sounds, or to bring in additional sounds.  Or something like that!  We don't need to know the specifics here, because the trick is that the word SOUND is scrambled, or jumbled, in each of the answers to the starred clues.

The theme clues and answers are:

17. *Totally falls apart: COMES UNDONE.  You can unscramble the red letters to spell SOUND.



25. *Floating lunar particles: MOONDUST.  Again, red letters can be rearranged to spell SOUND.



39. *Gravity powered nourishment: INTRAVENOUS DRIP.  Another mixed SOUND.



51. *Tips to the next dollar, say: ROUNDS UP.  This ROUNDS UP our tour of mixed SOUNDs.

64. Audio technique, or a feature of the answers to the starred clues: SOUND MIXING.  This is the big reveal, letting us know that the word SOUND is mixed (or scrambled, or jumbled) in the answers to the starred clues.


Would you say that this puzzle was built on a SOUND basis?

Across:

1. Satisfied sounds: AAHS.  Satisfied, but not mixed, SOUNDs.

5. Comforting text during a bad storm, say: I'M SAFE.  I tried I'M OKAY  and I'M FINE first.  I finally remembered seeing friends "mark themselves SAFE" on Facebook during crises.

11. Popeyes rival: KFC.  Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken vs Kentucky Fried Chicken -- not Popeye vs Bluto.


14. Political coalition: BLOC.

15. Econ. figure used to highlight income inequality: CEO PAY.  This did not immediately spring to mind as an economic figure.  Note that an abbreviation in the clue calls for an abbreviation in the answer.


16. Every last one: ALL.

17. [Theme entry]

19. 20-20, say: TIE.  A tie occurs in sports when both players or teams have the same score.

20. Surgical tube: STENT.

21. "Deal": SOLD.


22. Offshore: ASEA.

23. Radiate happiness: BEAM.

25. [Theme entry]

27. Hollywood VIP: A LISTER.

30. Doc's order: MED.  A doctor orders medicine.

31. Bygone space station: MIR.  Mir was a space station operated by the Soviet Union, and later by Russia, from 1986 to 2001.

32. Wine category: REDS.  I love reds.  DH loves whites.  In summer, we agree on Rosés.

35. Breakaway groups: SECTS.

39. [Theme entry]

43. Anesthetic of old: ETHER.


44. Praise: LAUD.

45. Musician Yoko: ONO.  

46. Debtor's letters: IOU.  Short for "I owe you."

48. Words on some missing posters: LOST CAT.  It's a dangerous world for lost pets.


51. [Theme entry]

56. Wolfe of fiction: NERO.  Nero Wolfe is a fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by writer Rex Stout.

57. Professionals who work from home about a quarter of the time?: UMPS.  UMPires work from behind home plate -- as well as from other positions on the baseball diamond.


58. Asian language: THAI.

60. Channels of communication: MEDIA.

63. "__ me guess ... ": LET.

64. [Theme entry -- the big reveal]

66. "Me" problem: EGO.

67. Terrarium pet: TURTLE.  I have hosted a number of turtles in my home.  One of them had a massive terrarium. 


All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises.
(Tortoises are a land-dwelling subset of turtles.)
I photographed this Giant Tortoise on the island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos.

68. "Night" author Wiesel: ELIE.  "Night" is a terrifying Holocaust memoir.

69. __ Juan, Puerto Rico: SAN.

70. Wipes: ERASES.

71. Related groups: SETS.  I imagine some of you are playing the New York Times "Connections" game.  One of our youngsters showed it to me.  Looked challenging.

Down:

1. Building blocks: ABCS.  Building blocks, or ABCs, are basic elements that are vital to construct a thing.  Words are the building blocks of language.  Hard work and perseverance are the building blocks of success -- in crossword puzzle solving.


2. Bushels: A LOT.

3. Residential delivery?: HOME BIRTH.  Cute!

4. Act divisions: SCENES.

5. Critical hosp. area: ICU.  Intensive Care Unit.

6. Department store department: MENS.  A fraction of the size of the women's department.  

7. Genesis city: SODOM.  Sodom and its sister city, Gomorrah, were destroyed by the Almighty for their evil ways.  Lot's wife made the mistake of looking back at the destruction of the cities as she fled with her family, and the Almighty turned her into a pillar of salt.

Or perhaps Lot's wife stopped to take a selfie.

8. Speed skater Ohno: APOLO.

9. Swifties, e.g.: FANDOM.  "Use the word fandom to talk about the community of people who admire a particular celebrity, hero, sports team, or TV show." -- Vocabulary.com.  In this case, Swifties are fans of Taylor Swift.

10. Word with public or private: EYE.  "A private eye is a detective who works for private customers, rather than with a police department."  "The public eye is the attention of the general public, or the focus of many people. Movie stars and famous criminals are both examples of people in the public eye."  -- Vocabulary.com

11. Fried Japanese cutlet: KATSU.  Breaded, fried meat.  DNK (Did Not Know).  Relied on perps (perpendicular entries, AKA crosses).

12. Takes a high way: FLIES.  Takes an airplane, sure, but long ago:

O you take the high road, and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

13. Spiked shoe: CLEAT.  A shoe with studs on the sole, or the stud itself, meant to provide grip on a slippery surface.

18. Saves or assists: STAT.  Sports again?!  Someone is keeping STATistics on every save or assist in the game.  Hey, have you heard of the new punctuation mark, the interrobang?  It's a question mark with an exclamation mark superimposed on it.  Neat, huh

22. Said more: ADDED.

24. Griffin who created "Jeopardy!": MERV.

26. Loch __ monster: NESS.  A mythical creature that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands

Nessie

27. Québec pal: AMIE.  Female friend in French.

28. __ roller: LINT.  Necessary equipment for dog and cat guardians.

29. Instagram video: REEL.

33. 23andMe material: DNA. Spit in a tube and learn about your ancestry!  Amazing, really.

34. Genre for Otis Redding: SOUL.

36. Predator with powerful jaws: CROCODILE.  The American Crocodile lives in the Neotropics, including South Florida, which is the only place it is found in the wild alongside the American Alligator.  I prefer to find them from the deck of a river boat or from a boardwalk.


Alligator on the left -- Crocodile on the right

37. Lifford of "Queen Sugar": TINA.  DNK.

38. Ad: SPOT.

40. Bridle straps: REINS.

41. Former Yank who's now part owner of the Timberwolves: A ROD.  Apparently, Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) is one of the greatest players in the history of baseball.

42. Japanese noodle: UDON.

47. American leg of a concert series: US TOUR.

49. Frozen Four game: SEMI.  Sports again

50. "Jurassic Park" dinos: T REXES.  Tyrannosaurus rex (or T. rex) lived throughout what is now western North America in the Late Cretaceous period.  It lived in the Jurassic Park movie, but not in the actual Jurassic period, which came before the Cretaceous.


My dad the paleontologist didn't raise no anachronists.

51. Principles: RULES.

52. Last Greek letter: OMEGA.

53. Supermodel Kate: UPTON.

54. Saldaña's "Star Trek" role: UHURA.  Zoë Saldaña plays Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek movies.

55. Slacks: PANTS.

59. Run in neutral: IDLE.

61. Still fighting: IN IT.  We are IN IT to win it!

62. Grows older: AGES.

64. Sault __ Marie: STE.  Sault Ste. Marie is a city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

65. Month, in Mexico: MES.


Here's the grid.  Mixed SOUNDs are in red letters.



Thanks for playing along!

-- NaomiZ
 
 
Notes from C.C.:
 
Happy birthday to CanadianEh!, who's been with our blog since 2012. Wishing you a beautiful and fun-filled day, Eh! Thanks for all the informative and caring posts all these years.
 

Jul 10, 2024

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Seth Bisen-Hersh

 FLEETING MOMENT

While I am pleased to see a constructor I have not blogged before ( I checked, and found two grids back in 2022, one in 2019 ), this was a real struggle for me, as it felt a little more than Wednesday-level.  Another 16x15 Grid, another set of circles (yay), another run of 26 Three-Letter Words, another set of some really vague people ( I'm looking at you, 56A. ) crossing names with vague clues, and I ended up with two bad squares - see the grid at the end.  I'm feeling "unsuccessful" with this puzzle - I didn't catch a BREAK, I just feel "broken"; Yem Beady.  Two 12-letter, two 10-letter themes, and a centered 8-letter reveal;

37. Opportunity for success, or what 17-, 29-, 45-, and 61-Across each have: BIG BREAK - synonyms for BIG, with a 'break' in between

17. Small, rustic house on a game reserve: HUNTING LODGE

Apparently, there's nothing "small" about Greystone Castle; I would say it's HUGE

29. Vacation spot in the Adirondacks: LAKE GEORGE - I once lived in upstate New York, so I got this; at 45 Sq. Mi., it's quite LARGE

45. Joins the table: GRABS A SEAT

Knights of the "unfound" table - they're not doing "GREAT"

61. Changing price: VARIABLE COST - oof.  A looooong way to go for VAST

And Away We Go~!

ACROSS:

1. Stage name of actor Raiford Chatman Davis: OSSIE - I begin with the down clues, but even with perps this was still a non-starter for me (#1)

6. Spanish 53-Down: CARNE - AND - 53D. 24-Across, for one: MEAT - sometimes, I am not a big fan of circumreferential clues like this

11. Band also known as the Bangtan Boys: BTS - Their Wiki (#2)

14. Shapewear brand: SPANX - it should be no surprise that I knew this one



15. Trojan War hero: AENEAS - I could not recall this name (#3)

16. "Shine Ya Light" singer Rita: ORA - no clue about this name (#4)

19. Say "Bingo," say: WIN - Shout would have been better

20. "Another thing ... ": "AND ALSO..." - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy follow-up

Not Douglas Adams, but part "six" of "three"

21. Aired: RAN

22. Recurring TikTok post: VLOG - Video bLOG; ya know, I don't think I have ever visited TikTok, but I do have a friend on Long Island who uploads clips of car repairs/modifications

23. Mauna __: KEA - Dah~!  I had KEA, switched to LOA, had to switch back to KEA, missed the "K"

24. Antipasto choice: SALAMI

 "Yummers"  :7))

26. Wine sale units: CASES - Dah~!  Wine CasKs is a perfectly acceptable answer~!

33. Shaq's alma mater: LSU - it helped to know who Shaq is, but I still didn't know where he attended school - from his Wiki page (#5)

34. Meadow: LEA

35. Muppeteer Jerry: NELSON - No clue - his Wiki, and here's his most popular character (#6)

I had to do the pipe organ, of course
36. Cash provider: ATM

40. Large container: VAT - why isn't it Huge, Great, or Vast~?

41. Polite refusal: NO, MA'AM - I like this fill

43. Nobel winner Hammarskjöld: DAG - Died in a plane crash - or was it something more~? (#7)

Air Disasters

44. Gloves, gowns, and goggles in the ER: PPE - I had to take the "1D." 30-hr course to qualify for work at the National Cathedral; they used the term "PPE" about a thousand times in the tutorials - Personal Protective Equipment

48. Fabled hare, e.g.: LOSER - ah.  I was looking for a name - go figure.

50. "Star Wars" heroes: REBELS

May The Force Be With You

51. Andrew Lloyd Webber title: SIR - "Ektorp" (#8)

52. Actress Watson: EMMA - name, and it messed up my "LYFT" at 54D. (#9)

55. Green hotel opening?: ECO - something something crossword 'green' = ECO; again, Ektorp, but the whole clue seems 'meh' to me

56. Chinese American fashion icon: ANNA SUI - my apologizes, C.C., but I had no idea who she is; double digits, #10

60. Director Ang: LEE - I knew this one, but still name #11

63. Yield to gravity: SAG

64. Latin for "actually existing": IN ESSE - I got it because I took 4 years of Latin

65. "A Delicate Balance" playwright: ALBEE - gee, another name - #12

66. GPS guess: ETA - I hardly call it a "guess"; in fact, I notice that it is extremely accurate, and the longer the trip, the more accurate it gets; as a result, it's pretty clear that one simply cannot go any faster to get there sooner - as shown in this Mythbusters clip, the whole weaving in traffic shaves a mere two minutes off a 46 mile drive - so what do you plan to do with your "extra" two minutes~?

67. Will of "Blue Bloods": ESTES -ARGH~!  SIX names in just 10 clues = #13

68. Set a security system again: REARM - I'm a REBEL, about to take up arms in the fight against proper names~!


DOWN:

1. Div. of Labor: OSHA - well, whaddya know~?  BTW, the Organ renovation is scheduled to be finished in 2028, not 2029, but it's still going to take FOUR years; I am cleaning the biggest wood pipes this week

Low C of the Pedal Division

2. Played dreidel: SPUN - played~?  I thought it was the top, not the activity

3. Castle makeup: SAND - Dah~!  Got me.  I was too deep into real castles, like Greystone, and the beach kind never occurred to me

Wow. And I found a HUGE/LARGE/GREAT/VAST collection of others, too

4. Output opposite: INTAKE - intaLK seems like a very reasonable word in our text-speak society

5. Ostracizes: EXILES

6. Bambi still, e.g.: CEL - a single frame of animation

7. Winter hiker's coat: ANORAK - I knew this, but was not clear on the spelling at first

8. Irish brew: RED ALE - I know of Killian's, and here's the process, plus I found this one . . . .

Beer; it's not just for...uh, wait a minute....

9. "You always tell me what to do!": NAG NAG NAG - clever clue/answer

10. Jargon suffix: ESE - e.g. legal-ESE

11. Pitch, in cricket: BOWL - Dah~!  Another one got me - the verb pitch, but I have an excuse - my parents were born & raised in England, so I knew the (noun) "pitch" was the field.

12. Snap, Crackle, and Pop, e.g.: TRIO - oof.  Vague for Wednesday; ZZTop, Rush~? Better.

13. Performed an aria: SANG - nice to see ARIA in the clues, not the grid

15. Before today: AGO

18. SIGINT org.: NSA - I had no clue, but the perps gave me _SA; strangely, I can link their site

22. Baroque instrument: VIOL - Smile, it's a "VI-al"

24. Bygone Swedish carmaker: SAAB - I had one; buy now, "Saab" later - get it~?

25. Mouselike: MEEK

26. Trolley sound: CLANG - meh.  Trolley BELL . . . .

27. Fur tycoon: ASTOR

28. __ cum laude: SUMMA - MAGNA or SUMMA~?  I got it wrong; but 40% was 20% correct

29. Pants part: LEG - ooh~!  Another opportunity~!


Thanks for the shoutout Sunday, CanadianEh!

30. Attendance records?: RSVPs - in the plural noun, it just seems "meh"

31. Rant and rave: GO APE

32. [Run program]: ENTER - my WAG, but still a bit "meh"

34. Legumes from the Andes: LIMA BEANS - now that I see the answer, it seems obvious; some info from the USDA

37. Possible litmus test result: BASE - or ACID~?  Guess which one I picked.  Bzzzt~!

38. Nutritional stds.: RDAs - again, in the plural, a bit meh.

39. Snack: EAT - ah.  The verb again

42. Syllables for a stage magician: ABRA - is this not just ONE syllable~?

46. Like some alter egos: SECRET

47. Plaza Hotel girl: ELOISE - Never heard of this; the Wiki, and the Plaza site, too

48. Straight: LINEAR - like my thinking a lot of the time

49. Seer: ORACLE

51. Bowen Yang's show, for short: SNL - perps got me S_L; this clue/answer has shown up three days in a row.  sumdaze linked his Titanic iceberg skit Monday

52. "Can I get you anything __?": "ELSE~?"

54. Ãœber relative: MEGA - ah.  Not the taxi service from yesterday, but the adjective

Kill Die~?  Oh, I see - the first "D" got damaged....phew

56. Only pres. to hold a patent: ABE - Dah~! I was looking for DDE, HST, FDR - his patent

57. Japanese noodle: SOBA - I can never remember which one this is NORI, ROTI, MISO - four-letters crossword something . . . .

58. Password keeper: USER - Fooled me; clever

59. Agenda listing: ITEM

61. Fight (for): VIE

62. Jack or jenny: ASS - second time this week, and speaking of which, we are at the "bottom"

Splynter