Theme: Back to School
39-Across. School area workers, and what the four pairs of intersecting starred answers depict : CROSSING GUARDS.
Eight synonyms for GUARD cross each other in this puzzle. Here they are:
21-Across. *Former Ford compact : ESCORT. crossing 4-Down. *Hypnotist's prop : WATCH.
23-Across. *Orlando newspaper : SENTINEL. crossing 10-Down. *Janitor : CUSTODIAN.
59-Across. *German __ : SHEPHERD. crossing 49-Down. *Regulation-sized fish : KEEPER.
66-Across. *"Heaven Can Wait" (1978) Oscar nominee Jack : WARDEN. crossing 42-Down. *Lawyer, at times : DEFENDER.
70 theme letters is a whole ton, leaving very little wiggle room to sparkle with the fill.
Across
1. "__ go, into ... " : OFF WE. So yes, off we...
6. Top level : ATTIC.
11. Night school subj. : ESL. English (as a) Second Language.
14. Boggy tract : MORASS.
16. Verdi aria : ERI TU.
17. Poor grade : DEE.
18. Determined : GRITTY. Like him?
19. Terms for a student loan : SEMESTERS. Not the conditions of the loan, but the length of the program it pays for.
24. Egyptian symbol of life : ANKH.
25. March time : IDES.
27. Put in one's two cents : OPINE.
28. Grammar best-seller "Woe __" : IS I.
29. Halifax hrs. : AST. Atlantic Standard Time. (UTC -4:00)
30. Not even : ODD.
32. Low island : CAY.
33. Cinque times due : DIECI. 5 x 2 = 10. It comes out the same, even in English.
36. Abysmal : HORRID.
44. Beat : PATROL.
45. Duma votes : NYETS. The Russian State Duma consists of 450 members, each one having "da" or NYET vote on any given matter.
47. Mayall of "Drop Dead Fred" : RIK. Absolutely no clue. He died last year from cardiac arrest after a run.
50. Arctic bird : AUK. The great AUK is extinct, but other birds of the family alcidae still survive in northern waters.
51. "Too many to list": Abbr. : ETC.
54. __ Fighters: Dave Grohl's band : FOO. Feel free to link away!
55. Millennium-ending year : ONE BC.
57. Month after Shevat : ADAR.
58. Optical device : LENS.
62. Historic Honolulu palace : IOLANI. So pretty!
64. Condense : CAPSULIZE.
68. __ Miss : OLE. Shout out to DH - his Alma mater.
69. Defamatory text : LIBEL.
70. Strip, as of rights : DIVEST.
71. Poetic adverb : E'ER.
72. Rodeo catcher : LASSO.
73. "Star Wars" title : DARTH. It is reserved for Sith Lords.
Down
1. Shocked letters : OMG."Oh My Goodness..."
2. Like much court evidence : FORENSIC.
3. More kittenish : FRISKIER.
5. This, in Toledo : ESTO.
6. JFK's UN ambassador : AES. Adlai Ewing Stevenson.
7. Barrette target : TRESS.
8. "Pencils down!" : TIME!
9. Coast-to-coast hwy. : I-TEN. The southernmost east-west hwy. in the continental US.
11. Blissful : EDENIC.
12. Star sometimes eclipsing Venus? : SERENA. The Williams sisters of tennis.
13. Stahl of "60 Minutes" : LESLEY. I can never remember if it is "ie" or EY at the end.
15. Fertile Crescent land : SYRIA.
20. Reward in a jar : TIP.
22. NFL six-pointers : TDs. Touch Downs.
24. Come to the rescue of : AID.
26. Prefix with biology : ETHNO-.
30. URL ending : ORG.
31. Actress Joanne : DRU. Born Joan Letitia LaCock. (Really!)
34. Steal ... or the one who catches the thief : COP.
35. War of 1812 commodore : ISAAC HULL. No clue.
37. Considered figures carefully? : OGLED.
38. Like some wit or wine : DRY. I like both that way. ;-)
40. "The Simpsons" disco guy : STU. I don't even have to think about these characters any more.
disco = STU
store = APU
bar = MOE
smart = LISA
etc etc etc...
41. Rankle : IRK.
43. Most unemotional : STONIEST.
46. "Help! We're sinking!" : SOS.
47. '70s-'80s tennis star Tanner : ROSCOE. He was not a huge star, and might be more well known to the police than to any tennis fan.
48. Yoga instructor's direction : INHALE.
52. Mai __ : TAI.
53. Get too close to : CROWD.
56. ER vitals : BPs.
57. Carpentry tools : ADZES.
58. Cocoon dweller : LARVA.
60. Director Kazan : ELIA.
61. Pokes fun at : RIBS.
63. Ascribed, as blame : LAID.
65. "Telephone Line" rock gp. : ELO. Electric Light Orchestra. "The British guys with the big fiddles."
67. Last degree : Nth. So we have reached the Nth...
And I'm out!
Marti
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Aug 19, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Mary Lou Guizzo
Theme - INTO THE WOODS. The theme answers are the names of trees, but clued differently, of course [though cluing as the trees' woods or fruits is only slightly different] and they are located at the puzzle's periphery, thus surrounding all the other fill.
1 A. Hearth dust : ASH. That is what is left of the wood when the fire is done burning. Sadly, the ASH tree is under attack from a green boring beetle. I thought this might be why fewer baseball bats were being made from ash and more from MAPLE, but that turns out not to be the case. The word is derived from Latin, via Old English, meaning spear in both languages, which can provide another hint as to one of its uses
4 A. Snapple's __ Madness : MANGO. A fruity beverage made of kiwi and vegetable juices, MANGO puree and other stuff. The eponymous tree is tropical and cultivated for its fruit.
9 A. Jet black : EBONY. A deep black color, named for the wood of the EBONY trees - several species of the genus Diospyros native to Africa and Asia. The wood is used for decorative and ornamental purposes.
65 A. Syrup type : MAPLE. Made by boiling down the sap of the tree of the same name. There are other syrups made from corn and sugar cane, but only pure MAPLE syrup will adorn my pancakes!
66 A. __ Rapids, Iowa : CEDAR. Iowa's second largest city straddles the CEDAR River, named for the red CEDAR trees that grow in its Minnesota and Iowa watershed.
67 A. C&W's __ Ridge Boys : OAK. They started in the 40's as country group Wally Fowler and the Georgia Clodhoppers [I am not making this up] who evolved into the OAK Ridge Boys [because that was where they usually performed,] a gospel singing quartet that changed their focus in the 70's, thus generating several country and crossover hits. Of course many personnel changes occurred over the years. The tree whose name is at the heart of all this is native to the northern hemisphere.
1 D. Jam fruit : APRICOT. Well, this could have been just about anything - but as is it is one of my favorites. Apricot trees are from the genus prunus - bearing fruits with a stone seed at the core.
13. Robin Hood's bow wood : YEW. Again, the wood and its tree. "The secret to the Yew bow’s strength and beauty is it’s natural laminate of heartwood and sapwood. The heartwood is where the power comes from, it’s ability to be compressed and return back to its original shape is almost unmatched in any other wood. The sapwood of the tree is superior under tension and protects the heartwood from being able to break, but also adds beauty. This is why some Native North American tribes believe this tree was put on earth for the making of bows and referred to it as the chief of the forest, being a small tree mostly almost vine-like under towering Old Growth forests."
27. Cookie fruit : FIG. Fruit and tree - an Asian species in the mulberry family, cultivated since ancient times.
39. Trident, e.g. : GUM. Well - this is different - and confusing. Trident is a brand name for sugar-free chewing gum. People have been chewing gum made from various tree bark extracts for millennia. In recent decades, though, natural gums have been replaced by polybutadiene, a synthetic polymer (yum!) GUM tree can refer to various types of trees from the eucalyptus, angophora or corymbia genera, native to Australia and/or Tasmania. The American Sweet GUM tree is completely different, native to the southeastern U. S., Mexico and Central America.
46. Poison drunk by Socrates : HEMLOCK. Here, we have a case of mistaken identity. Socrates' bane, corium maculatum, is a poisonous biennial herb of the carrot family, also known by several other names such as carrot fern, poison parsley and devil's bread. These plants contain several chemically similar highly potent alkaloids that attack the nervous system leading to paralysis of resperitory muscles. The completely unrelated and nontoxic HEMLOCK tree includes several species of the genus tsuga, tall conifers in the pine family, pinaceae. The crushed foliage exude an aroma similar to that of the poisonous plant, hence the name.
58. Common street name : ELM. Many American cities once had shady tree-lined streets - hence the name transfer from the tree. In the mid 20th century, elm growth in North America and Europe was devastated by dutch ELM disease, an affliction caused by three related fungus species spread by the ELM bark beetle. It's ben a mightmare.
13. Robin Hood's bow wood : YEW. Again, the wood and its tree. "The secret to the Yew bow’s strength and beauty is it’s natural laminate of heartwood and sapwood. The heartwood is where the power comes from, it’s ability to be compressed and return back to its original shape is almost unmatched in any other wood. The sapwood of the tree is superior under tension and protects the heartwood from being able to break, but also adds beauty. This is why some Native North American tribes believe this tree was put on earth for the making of bows and referred to it as the chief of the forest, being a small tree mostly almost vine-like under towering Old Growth forests."
58. Common street name : ELM. Many American cities once had shady tree-lined streets - hence the name transfer from the tree. In the mid 20th century, elm growth in North America and Europe was devastated by dutch ELM disease, an affliction caused by three related fungus species spread by the ELM bark beetle. It's ben a mightmare.
And the unifier: 36 A. Like a shady boulevard ... and like this puzzle, in terms of its 12 border answers : TREELINED. Which by this time should need no further explanation.
Hi gang, it's JazzBumpa, back after a long hiatus. Despite what you may be thinking, I was neither lost in the woods nor up a tree. Wood you like to go exploring in today's sylvan adventure? I wood, so let's discover if we can find the forest for the trees.
But beware -- there may be danger!
But beware -- there may be danger!
Across
14. Shade of green : PEA. Like olive drab, but slightly less exciting.
15. Exemplary : IDEAL. Serving as a good example. Am I exemplary when I DEAL at the poker game?
16. "Irma la __" : DOUCE. Sweet Irma, the central character in a 1956 romantic comedy about prostitution, intrigue and moral degradation, starring Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemon. Sweet, indeed!
17. Flock member : RAM. Likely to be an old goat.
18. Intimate : CLOSE. I guess this explains white intimate apparel is close fitting.
19. Trailing : IN TOW. Pulling something along.
20. Provence pronoun : ILS. Google translate tells me this means "they."
21. Structures with many layers? : HEN HOUSES. Would you like more of this kind of yolk? Do you think I'm egging you on? Are you shell shocked? [Extra credit for anyone who can make a pun involving "albumin."]
23. "My Antonia" novelist : CATHER. Willa, 1873 - 1947. After growing up first in Virginia, which her family left in 1882 to avoid a TB outbreak, and Nebraska, she graduated from Nebraska U, thus becoming an official Husker! She then lived in Pittsburgh for 10 years and finally settled in New York City, though "settled" is probably a bit misleading, since she traveled extensively and spend her summers in New Brunswick.
25. To some degree : SORT OF. So you might say she SORT OF lived in New York.
28. Situation before a two-run homer : ONE ON. Baseball! The condition of having ONE runner ON base - any base.
29. "Barnaby Jones" star : EBSEN. Buddy (1908-2003.) I remember him as Holly Golightly's [Audrey Hepburn] abandoned husband, Doc, in Breakfast at Tiffany's, a thoroughly ghastly movie, in a way that only something from the early 60's could be. But that gives me an excuse to link to this wonderful Henry Mancini song featuring Dick Nash on trombone, from the score album. Mysteriously, the song is never heard in the movie.
32. Lilly of pharmaceuticals : ELI. (1838-1898) He was a successful pharmacist, Union army hero in the Civil War, and unsuccessful plantation owner after the war. He returned to pharmacy and became wealthy by making several advances in the manufacture of medicines.
33. Hardly talkative : TERSE. And that's all I have to say.
34. Strange: Pref. : XENO-. From the Greek
35. Take down __ : A PEG. Reprimand someone for being arrogant.
39. Long-jawed fish : GARS. No hint that a plural is needed.
42. Order in the court : WRIT. Clever, but I'm not sure it's correct. A WRIT is an order issued by a court, but generally sent to a recipient outside of the court. That may be a lower level court, but still. I rest my case
43. "Happy Pills" singer Jones : NORAH. Ravi Shankar's daughter.
48. Lavish affairs : FETES. Borrowed from the French, meaning holiday or party.
49. Ambition : DRIVE. Get up and go.
50. Ally in a TV courtroom : McBEAL. I totally misread this one, having forgotten about the TV show I might have watched once or twice.
52. Payment for a return : RANSOM. Of a hostage or kidnapped person.
53. Brunch cookware item : OMELET PAN.
57. Like mil. volunteers : ENL. Enlisted, I presume.
60. Get (a ship) ready to sail again : RERIG. Or, simply to upgrade a ship with new riging.
61. __-pitch softball : SLO. What justifies dropping the "W" from this word?
62. Second of 13 popes : LEO II. (611-683) Served as Pope from Aug 17, 682 until his death on June 28, 683.
63. "You beat me" : I LOSE.
64. Gumshoe : TEC. DeTECtive.
Down
26. "Hip, hip, Jorge!" : OLE. Spanish cheer, here presented as a ghastly pun and a reach too far.
2. Maritime route : SEA LANE. Best route across a large body of water, as determined by land masses and prevailing winds. "Whale road" to Beowulf.
3. Wheel-spinning rodent : HAMSTER. Do hamsters get caught up in the rat race?
4. Author of "Hawaii," "Alaska," and "Texas" : MICHENER. James Albert (1907 - 1997) His novels are too big and sprawling for me.
5. Psychologist Alfred : ADLER. Alfred (1870-1937) founder of individual psychology, a post-Freudian method influential in counseling.
6. Lamp gas : NEON. It glows.
7. Cut that may need stitches : GASH.
8. Parkay, say : OLEO. Ersatz butter. What do Hungarians put on their toast? Magyarine! [Actually, we're pretty big on bacon grease.]
9. New Jersey township named for an inventor : EDISON. Thomas Alva (1847-1931.)
10. Silly blunder : BONER. Probably derived from making a bone-headed play.
11. Walk faster than : OUT STEP. I wanted OUT PACE, which seems more in-the-language.
12. PX shopper : NCO. Non Commissioned Officer at the Post Exchange.
22. Try to tempt with : USE ON. You can use all your charms on your next victim.
24. Party throwers : HOSTS. Etymology, via Wictionary: From Old French oste (French: hôte), from Middle Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sourjourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóspot- (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.
26. "Hip, hip, Jorge!" : OLE. Spanish cheer, here presented as a ghastly pun and a reach too far.
29. Wield : EXERT. As force, as in using a weapon.
30. Prove otherwise : BELIE. Debunk.
31. Piques : SNITS. Little anger episodes. Aren't they cute?
35. Beautify : ADORN. Decorate.
37. "The Seven Year Itch" actor Tom : EWELL. Star of the stage play and the movie.
38. Jeopardize : ENDANGER. As one's marriage, per the above clip.
40. Anti-apartheid org. : ANC. African National Congress, the ruling national political party of the Republic of South Africa since 1994.
41. 1987 title law-enforcing cyborg : ROBOCOP.
44. Meets, as a challenge : RISES TO.
45. "Anne of Green Gables" community : AVONLEA. A fictional community on Prince Edward Island
48. Spenser's "The __ Queene" : FAERIE. Read all about it.
51. Online letter : EMAIL.
54. Old Norse explorer : ERIC. (Eiríkr Þorvaldsson; 950 – c. 1003) The turn-of-the-millennium Norse had spent the previous couple of centuries earning a reputation as nasty people. Þorvald Ásvaldsson was so nasty that the other Norse could not tolerate him. He was exiled from Norway and settled with his family on the West coast of Iceland. Continuing the family tradition, his son Eric - called "The Red" due to his Marxist leanings the color of his hair and beard - was exiled in turn for committing "some killings" in Iceland, ca. 982. Per Wikipedia, he spent his three years of exile exploring Greenland, and established the first successful Norse settlement there. Lovely fellow.
55. Marketing leader? : TELE. TELEmarketing is a rude intrusion. This type of affix clue always annoys me.
56. Nudge : PROD. As with an elbow.
59. Pastoral expanse : LEA. From Middle English for a grass land, and what you might find when you emerge from the woods.
Well, here we are on the lea-ward side, safe and sound. IMHO we had a successful excursion. We were able to branch out a bit, and I only barked my shins a couple of times. Hope you enjoyed it, too. [Full disclosure: I used Wikipedia and Mr. Google to root out the information contained herein.]
Cool regards!
JzB
Well, here we are on the lea-ward side, safe and sound. IMHO we had a successful excursion. We were able to branch out a bit, and I only barked my shins a couple of times. Hope you enjoyed it, too. [Full disclosure: I used Wikipedia and Mr. Google to root out the information contained herein.]
Cool regards!
JzB
Aug 18, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 C.C. Burnikel
Theme: AR rears - Both parts of the theme entries end in 'AR'.
17A. *Arctic carnivore : POLAR BEAR
48A. *Puréed fruit drink : PEAR NECTAR
66A. *Period between consecutive spring equinoxes : SOLAR YEAR
11D. *Gelatin made from algae : AGAR AGAR. (alternate name)
40D. *"Well said!" : "HEAR, HEAR!"
47D. Unpaid debts ... or, read differently, what both parts of the answers to starred clues have? : ARREARS. AR rears.
Argyle here. When IS talk like a pirate day? 'Ar matey, 'tis a fine offerin' from Cap'n C.C. Six theme entries with a properly hidden reveal. A couple of columns longer than the theme entries but it wasn't confusing due to the stars.
Across:
1. Somewhat : A BIT
5. Garter material : LACE
9. Level of learning : GRADE
14. Entitled to the entire estate, as an heir : SOLE. (unique clue/answer)
15. Org. with a "Speak Freely" blog : ACLU. (American Civil Liberties Union) Easy guess.
16. Seth of "Pineapple Express" : ROGEN. 2008 movie with no pear nectar.
19. Texas mission : ALAMO
20. Outward flow : EBB
21. Shout from a knocker : "IT'S ME". It's Dave, man.
22. Postal motto word : NOR, 46A. Post office buy : STAMP
23. Strong-arm : COERCE
25. Tyke : KID
27. Home for mil. jets : AFB. (Air Force base)
30. Expo freebie, often : TOTE bag
35. Autumn bloom : ASTER
37. __-Lorraine: former German region : ALSACE
38. Blockhead : SCHMO
41. Little bark : YIP
43. Major artery : AORTA
44. Make available, as time : FREE UP
50. Breaks bread : EATS
54. German article : DER
55. Spicy lentil stew : DAL. Wolfgang's recipe.
56. Like raffle drawings : RANDOM
58. Airport with many connecting flights : HUB
60. "Well, shucks!" : "OH, GEE!"
63. "Girls" cable channel : HBO. (Home Box Office)
64. French darling : CHERI
68. Distributed cards : DEALT. Be careful with these, 6D. Highest deck quartet : ACEs
69. Mideast bigwig : EMIR
70. Egg on : URGE
71. Not very chatty : TERSE
72. Anti-Union figures : REBs
73. Some August births, astrologically : LEOs
Down:
1. Viewpoint : ASPECT
2. Owie : BOO-BOO
3. "As if!" : "I'LL BET!"
4. Herbal drink : TEA
5. Cholesterol check, e.g. : LAB TEST
7. Chowder morsel : CLAM
8. "I got it!" : "EUREKA!"
9. Bases loaded opportunity : GRAND SLAM
10. Cylindrical caramel candy : ROLO
12. Rep.'s counterpart : DEM.
13. Brian who co-produced many U2 albums : ENO
18. Wrestler Flair : RIC
24. Citrus juice extractor : REAMER. Help thin out that pear puree.
26. Tax shelter initials : IRA. (Individual Retirement Account)
28. Reference book tidbit : FACT
29. La __ Tar Pits : BREA
32. Slangy turnaround : UEY
33. Fodder for a mill : GRIST
34. Major event in golf or tennis : US OPEN
36. Brief broadcast clip : SOUNDBITE
38. "48 HRS." law gp. : SFPD. (San Francisco Police Department)
39. Canadian tribe : CREE
42. School meeting org. : PTA. (parent-teacher association)
45. Veggie often in fried rice : PEA
49. More intimate : CLOSER
51. Cling (to) : ADHERE
52. Trinidad and __ : TOBAGO. Argyle Falls, Tobago.
53. Messy campfire treats : S'MORES
57. __ Lingus : AER. The airline of Ireland.
59. Bing search results, for short : URLs. "Web addresses"
61. Where the heart is? : HOME
62. Smooth-talking : GLIB
64. Mo. summer hrs. : CDT. (Central Daylight Time)
65. Half a giggle : HEE
67. Actor Brynner : YUL
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Say "Hello" to Kazie's granddaughter Mila Josephine! Kay said that Mila was born Thursday in Germany and she weighed in at 3340 grams and 78 cm.
Kay further said that "I love Lea's smile in the first one--she looks so delighted. But Geoff told us Friday that she thought it was "her" baby. Maybe the delight will wear off now Mila is home, though I hope not."
Mila, her older sister Lea and Mom |
Mila and her parents |
Aug 17, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015 Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski
Theme: vowel progression - Monday starts with B-vowel progression-D.
17A. Shuttlecock swatter : BADMINTON RACKET
23A. Footwear with pajamas : BEDROOM SLIPPERS
40A. Competitive struggles at Sotheby's : BIDDING CONTESTS
50A. Collective expertise in a field : BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
62A. Spending plan approximations : BUDGET ESTIMATES
Argyle here. So...we have five grid spanners, a Q short of a pangram, and decent fill but it was still 22-Across for me.
Across:
1. "Hooked on Bach" record co. : KTEL
5. Cool cat's music : JAZZ
9. Sudden muscle contraction : SPASM
14. "Rule, Britannia" composer Thomas : ARNE. Clip(3:32)
15. Suffix with sock or smack : EROO. sockeroo - a notable success / smackeroo - 1. a hard slap or swat, 2. a dollar, 3. a noisy kiss.
16. Scrumptious : TASTY
20. Concert hall : ODEUM
21. Hat tipper's word : MA'AM
22. "I'm underwhelmed" : "MEH"
27. Org. for marksmen : NRA. (National Rifle Association)
28. Last word of "Gone With the Wind" : DAY
29. French lady friend : AMIE
33. Take __: doze : A NAP
36. Pie cover : CRUST
43. Online business : eTAIL
44. Capital of 42-Down : OSLO and 42D. Neighbor of Swed. : NORWay
45. TV warrior princess : XENA
46. Sunshine State rapper __ Rida : FLO
48. Tax-collecting agcy. : IRS. (Internal Revenue Service)
59. Bird: Pref. : AVI
60. Actress Sorvino : MIRA
61. Figure skating leaps : AXELS
66. Otherworldly : ALIEN
67. Face hider : MASK
68. "__ Lisa" : MONA
69. Rips to shreds : RENDS
70. Sommer of Hollywood : ELKE
71. PlayStation maker : SONY
Down:
1. Shish __ : KABOB
2. Baseball transaction : TRADE
3. Wrapped up : ENDED
4. Madagascar tree climber : LEMUR
5. Actress Garner, familiarly : JEN. CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the ABC series Alias, 2001 - 2006.
6. Museum display : ART
7. Goes like heck : ZOOMS
8. Broken into regions : ZONAL
9. 1765 statute imposing a tax on printed documents : STAMP ACT
10. Oregon's ocean: Abbr. : PACific
11. "I welcome your questions" : "ASK ME"
12. Range rover : STEER
13. Urban legends, e.g. : MYTHS
18. "That's my cue!" : "I'M ON!"
19. Fridge foray : RAID
24. Algerian seaport : ORAN
25. Tropical fruit : MANGO
26. Oven-safe glassware : PYREX
29. Civil War prez : ABE. (Abraham Lincoln [1809 - 1865] 16th President 1861 - 1865)
30. Cambridge sch. : MIT. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
31. State east of Wash. : IDAho
32. Spiritually enlighten : EDIFY
34. Apt. coolers : ACs. (air conditioners)
35. Salk vaccine target : POLIO
37. Draw upon : USE
38. Dot on an MTA map : STN. (station)
39. Bag-screening org. : TSA. (Transportation Security Administration)
41. Foreboding phenomena : ILL OMENS
47. "Think nothing __" : OF IT
49. Close with force : SLAM or 57D. "Fatal Attraction" actress Close : GLENN
50. Elephant in picture books : BABAR
51. Elementary seed : OVULE. Wiki.
52. Brought to ruin : DID IN
53. Doughnut brand word : KREME. (Krispy Kreme)
54. Twangy-voiced : NASAL
55. Academic hurdles : EXAMS
56. Artoo's "surname" : DETOO
58. Opinion piece : ESSAY
63. H.S. equivalency test : GED. (General Educational Development)
64. "That's a no-no" : "TSK!"
65. Cold War prez : IKE. (Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower [1890 – 1969] 34th President 1953 - 1961.)
Argyle
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