Monday, May 4, 2015 Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels

Theme: Homophones - Were you aware the sound in the middle of the theme entries was a homophone?

17A. 1957 Michael Landon horror film role : TEENAGE WEREWOLF

27A. "You're going to like the way you look" clothing chain : MEN'S WEARHOUSE

46A. Place to copy keys : HARDWARE STORE

62A. "Not in my backyard" : "ANYWHERE BUT HERE"

WARNING: Strong language. George Carlin(6:05) - NIMBY (Not in my back yard) (Dealing with homelessness)(and golf)

Argyle hear. No reveal but two spanners. You ought not have any problems with this one.

Across:

1. Reject, as a sweetheart : JILT

5. Bee Gees family name : GIBB

9. Beginning : ONSET

14. Emmy winner Falco : EDIE. Both comedy and drama.

15. Comédie musicale part : ACTE. French.

16. Beautiful, in Bologna : BELLA. Italian.

20. __ Arabia : SAUDI. Arabic. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 by Ibn Saud.

21. Nightclub in a Manilow song : COPA. "At the Copa, Copacabana, the hottest spot north of Havana!"

22. Tootsies : FEET

23. Poet Khayyám : OMAR

25. Exxon's ex-name : ESSO. And current, too.

32. Isr. neighbor : SYR. (Israel/Syria)

33. Listener? : EAR

34. "I give up!" : "UNCLE!"

36. Sailor's confinement : BRIG. and the occasional Marine could be found there.

38. Struck down, in 39-Down : SMOTE

41. "Finish the job!" : "DO IT!"

42. Curved like a rainbow : ARCED

44. "So that's your game!" : "A-HA!"

45. Function : USE

51. Baseball stitching : SEAM

52. Animal on the California state flag : BEAR

53. Trig or calc : MATH

56. Words claiming innocence : "NOT I"

58. Higher-ranking : UPPER

65. Skylit courtyards : ATRIA

66. "__ fair in love and war" : ALL'S

67. Extremely dry : ARID

68. __ to be: destined : MEANT

69. Jeans brand : LEES. Trademark Lee™

70. Women in habits : NUNS

Down:

1. New York footballers : JETS. 8–8 regular season 2014.

2. Notion : IDEA

3. In __ of: substituted for : LIEU

4. Muscle-to-bone connector : TENDON

5. Vaudeville bit : GAG

6. Banana split ingredient : ICE CREAM. Standard vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, right?

7. Call in a bingo hall : B TWO

8. Paging device : BEEPER

9. U.K. honor : OBE. Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

10. Recently discovered : NEWFOUNDland (icebergs)

11. Wild plum : SLOE

12. Fashion magazine : ELLE

13. 300-pound president : TAFT. William Howard Taft, our 27th President.

18. Goals : AIMS. Not ENDS today.

19. Calamine lotion target : RASH

24. Fills with wonder : AWEs

26. Almost worthless amount : SOU. Old French coin.

27. Gift from the Magi : MYRRH

28. "Fear of Flying" author Jong : ERICA

29. Like a loud crowd : AROAR

30. Clean with elbow grease : SCOUR

31. Beethoven's "Für __" : ELISE

32. Agcy. that aids start-ups : SBA. (Small Business Administration) Formed July 30, 1953.

35. French summer : ÉTÉ

37. "Rhapsody in Blue" composer : GERSHWIN

39. Holy Scripture : THE BIBLE

40. Lighten up : EASE

43. Ike's initials : DDE. (Dwight David Eisenhower) our 34th President.

47. Wind down : WANE

48. Lacking principles : AMORAL

49. Pulled tight : TAUT

50. Many an adoptee : ORPHAN

53. Polite way to address a lady : MA'AM

54. Pot starter : ANTE

55. "America's Next Top Model" host Banks : TYRA

57. Prefix with gram or graph : TELE

59. Lima is its capital : PERU. Home of the lima bean, really.

60. Ireland, poetically : ERIN

61. Chianti and Merlot : REDS

63. Sombrero, e.g. : HAT

64. Battleship letters : USS. At least ours are.

Argyle

Sunday, May 3, 2015 Gail Grabowski

Theme: "From Beginning to End" - The beginning prefix of each compound word is moved to the end.

27A. Outstanding building manager? : STAR SUPER. Superstar.

29A. Truck at the end of the convoy? : FINAL SEMI. Semifinal.

 

43A. Ordinary hero? : STANDARD SUB. Substandard.

67A. One auditing highway department supplies? : SIGN COUNTER. Countersign.

87A. Golfer with an array of trick shots? : CREATIVE PRO. Procreative. And 37D. Two-time Masters champ Ballesteros : SEVE. Super creative around the green.

 

103A. Rate goose feathers? : GRADE DOWN. Downgrade.

105A. Well-rehearsed swindle? : FLUENT CON. Confluent.

39D. Spock's memoir? : LOGICAL BIO. Biological.

47D. Chess champion's blog entry? : MASTER POST. Postmaster.

Lots of compound words in English, so Gail has a deep well. However, she needs the second words to be nouns & the transformed phrases conveying enough surface sense.

Once again, Gail starts her theme entry in Row 4 rather than Row 3 to accommodate the two Down 10's.

Across:  

1. It puts the blue in blue cheese : MOLD

5. Lit up : AGLOW

10. High muck-a-muck : MR BIG

15. Shell occupant : CLAM

19. Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Estelle Parsons in 2014 : OBIE. Did you try TONY?

20. Took turns? : DROVE. Great clue.

21. Lawrence partner : GORME (Eydie). Steve Lawrence.

22. Fast-moving mammal : HARE

23. Bedsheet material : PIMA. I'm often surprised buy the mount of money people spend on those designer T-shirts. It's just cotton.

24. Bored by it all : JADED

25. Puff up : BLOAT

26. Composer Stravinsky : IGOR

31. Source of inspiration : MUSE

32. Scatter : DISPEL

36. Ridicule : JEER AT

37. Like some partners : SILENT. Nailed it.

40. Big name in small trucks : TONKA. Founded here in MN. Lots of beat-up Tonka toys at our flea markets.

41. Nursery supply : SOIL

42. Genre of the band Jawbreaker : EMO

47. Co. leaders : MGT. Oh, Management. I was thinking ??S.

50. Hazy : VAGUE

53. Tiered snack : OREO

54. French bean? : TETE

55. It may be blank : STARE

57. It's a turnoff : EXIT RAMP. Simple and elegant clue.

59. How many vacations are taken : BY CAR

60. Hapless sort : LOSER

61. Shut down : CEASE

62. Pressure line : ISOBAR

64. Sacher creations : TORTES. Have you tried Egg Tarts before? You can find them in those dim sum places or Jayce's home. Much lighter than tortes.

65. All-in-one printer option : SCAN

70. Jazzman Fountain : PETE

71. Prepared : ALL SET

73. Least available : RAREST

74. More respectable : NICER

76. 1940 DC Comics debut : ROBIN. Here is the magazine. Probably costs hundreds nowadays.

77. Bogged down : MIRED

78. Held firm : STOOD PAT

81. Literary __ : GUILD. I only know Writer's Guild.

82. Flow with force : SPEW

83. Northern terminus of I-79 : ERIE. New clue!

85. Spots for dips : POOLS

86. WWII venue : ETO (European Theater of Operations)

90. Routine letters : SOP. I googled. It stands for Standard Operating Procedure.

91. Brandy letters : VSOP. Consecutive "letters" clue echo.

93. Black cats, perhaps : OMENS

94. Conservative portfolio investments : T-NOTES

97. Not so demanding : EASIER

100. Banish : DEPORT

102. In : CHIC

110. Get to : RILE

111. Begins : OPENS

113. Prime minister between two Ehuds : ARIEL (Sharon). One of the Ehuds is in serious trouble right now. Convicted of bribery.

114. With two exceptions, NFL Pro Bowl locale since 1980 : OAHU. Wiki said the exceptions are in 2010 and 2015.  What happened?

115. Canadian gas brand : ESSO

116. Contradict : BELIE

117. Distress : PERIL

118. Lowly laborer : PEON

119. They're often in hot water : TEAS. Indeed. I seldom drink iced tea.

120. Sanction : ALLOW

121. Game of chance : BEANO. I've yet to see Rich uses the "gas prevention" angle.

122. Calligrapher's supplies : INKS

Down:

1. Challenging locks : MOPS. I don't get the "Challenging" part. Difficult to maintain or difficult to sport the style?

 

 2. Departure notice? : OBIT

3. Succotash bean : LIMA. Never had succotash. Boomer loves lima beans.

4. "Goodness!" : DEAR ME

5. Fiddles with : ADJUSTS

6. Wine, with "the" : GRAPE

7. Valuable vein : LODE

8. Like some soap opera plot elements : OVERDONE

9. Abandon bachelorhood : WED. Like George Clooney, who finally found the perfect girl.  So, be patient, Splynter, you'll find your Amal!

10. '60s-'80s Brit. sports car : MGB

11. Pocahontas' spouse : ROLFE

12. Range setting : BROIL

13. "Project Runway Canada" host : IMAN. Gimme. It was canceled after 2 seasons.

14. Find work : GET A JOB

15. Carpentry tool : CHISEL. My first boyfriend is a great carpenter. I had the cutest bookshelf in my college years.

16. Pub order : LAGER

17. Pizzeria attraction : AROMA

18. Reason for a raise : MERIT

28. Daily power source : SUN

30. Molokai memento : LEI

33. Chinese leader? : INDO. Indo-Chinese. I thought of SINO first.

34. 2 Tone revival music genre : SKA

35. Wedding day rental : PARTY BUS

38. It gives you the big picture : IMAX

40. Protective covering : TARP

41. Litigant : SUER

44. "Love Is Strange" actress : TOMEI. Never saw the film. About a same-sex couple.

45. Prepare to serve, as wine : DECANT

46. Kick off : START

48. Extend a hand to : GREET

49. Short : TERSE. Argyle will be nervous if he gets long ones from me.

 

51. Whisk, for one : UTENSIL

52. Notable time : ERA

55. __-pitch : SLO

56. Quiznos offering : TORPEDO. My boss (an ex-Marine) introduced torpedoes to me. Also Snickers bars and Long Island Iced Tea.  He speaks fluent Chinese.

58. Part of TA: Abbr. : ASST

59. Reacted to a bad call : BOOED

62. How homes may be measured : IN AREA. Does this fill sound awkward to you?

63. Cork alternative : SCREWTOP

64. The Magi, e.g. : TRIO

65. Military nickname : SARGE

66. Pull : CLOUT

68. Curmudgeonly comment : GRIPE

69. Keypad key : ENTER

72. Objective : END

75. Rights reader : COP

77. Auto ad no. : MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price)

78. Samples, in a way : SIPS

79. Water-storing plant : ALOE

80. An oz. has six : TSPS

83. "Did you __?" : EVER

84. Cheap way to live : RENT-FREE. I was just talking to my brother that every family in our factory had an apartment pre-1990. Often jammed, as three or  four families shared one kitchen and one toilet room. But it was free. Hospital visit was almost free (Less than $1 dollar for the visit).

87. City on the Guadalquivir River : CORDOBA. Spain.

88. "If you ask me," to texters : IMO

89. Cassio's commander : OTHELLO

 

91. They may be seen in streams : VIDEOS

92. Go out with : SEE

95. Diarist Anaïs : NIN

96. Well-armed swimmers? : OCTOPI. Well-armed indeed. Delicious too. 

97. Blue heron kin : EGRET

98. Originate : ARISE

99. Dip with zip : SALSA. I like it mild.

100. "Fain would I __ on form": Juliet : DWELL

101. Film composer Morricone : ENNIO. He scored The Untouchables.

102. Update : CUE IN

104. German auto : OPEL

106. Former Italian capital : LIRA

107. Battle of Normandy city : CAEN

108. "Hmm ... I guess that's all right" : OH OK

109. Sisters : NUNS

112. Seam, say : SEW. I did not know "Seam" can be a verb.

113. BOLO equivalent : APB.  BOLO = "Be On the Lookout"

In case you missed yesterday, Barry G linked this wonderful piano recital of his 10-year-old son Joshua, who's about 5 years old in our blog archive picture. Hello, Joshua, you're so talented!

C.C.

Saturday, May 2nd, 2015, C.C. Burnikel

Theme: Altered States

Words: 70 (missing Q,V,W,X,Z)

Blocks: 33

   Nice - A Saturday solve from our blog host C.C.~!  Of course, it would not be a C.C. Saturday puzzle unless it had a theme, which I got right away - but had one answer in the wrong position.  Have to say, it was looking pretty grim after the first pass; too many proper names, and some properly vague clues made my grid very blank.  I'll have to call out a few "fun sponge" answers*.  Triple 6- and 8-letter corners, two 10-letter climbers, and the 11-letter themes.  Let's take a look at the theme answers:

27. Capital that starts with a month : JUNEAU ALASKA - June - oh.  So cool how both answers had the same # of letters

45. Capital that starts with a month : AUGUSTA MAINE - August - a . Very proud for thinking of this one right away, but I put it in the 27a. spot.  Oh well.

~!

ACROSS:

1. Caret-shaped letter : LAMBDA - ah, Greek letter                    

=      ^

7. Entertainer whose name is Spanish for "churches" : IGLESIAS - I cheated; Helen at the restaurant helped me out with this, and 28d.

15. Film set in 2035 : I,ROBOT - I thought "I Am Legend", also with Will Smith, was better

16. Connected with : TRACED TO - I had "LEANEST" at 9d., which messed me up

17. Chinese discipline : TAI-CHI - not taOISM

18. Hood : GANGSTER - I was looking for the place, not the person

19. Duke collaborator : ELLA - Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald (p.s., Helen tells me "ella" is "she" in Spanish; I need to learn the language)

20. Sign of a spill : SLICK - Oil spills; think BP

22.* __ Chicago : EAST - fun sponge~!  Not too vague....

23. Torments : MISERIES - the noun, in this case

26. Fast sports cars : GTs

31. Lacking heat? : UNARMED - har-har~!  Gun = 'heat' in the gangster 'hood

32. 2009 MTV Generation Award winner : STILLER - Ben - I don't watch the MTV awards, so this was unknown

36. Carol kings : MAGI - I was thinking of the people who sing at your doorstep, not the subject of the song itself (oh, and har-har on your pun, C.C.)

37. Stud site : LOBE - earring reference; not "wall"

38. Medium : PSYCHIC - we have a famous one, right here on L.I.

42. Desert : ABANDON - ah, the verb, not the place

47. Pay stub? : OLA - payola

50. Common knowledge : NO SECRET - it's common knowledge what image I am thinking of for 9d.

51. "__ again?" : COME

53. One of four Holy Roman emperors : OTTO I

54. "A Few Good Men" gp. : USMC - Did you hear what the toll collector's supervisor told him the day he got fired~? "You can't handle the booth~!"

58. Item required to be included on Nutrition Facts labels since 2006 : TRANSFAT - nailed it

60. Predicament : SCRAPE - I am still trying to solve my little "predicament"; C.C. knows why "Alexa" was only 55.5% correct in last week's puzzle

62. Walter White on "Breaking Bad," for one : ANTI-HERO - never watched, but I am told I need to - that and "Dexter"

63. Rode : TEASED

64. Placed a confident bet : LAID ODDS

65. Claim : ALLEGE

DOWN:

1. Like some salad dressing : LITE

2. Sea ruined by extensive irrigation projects : ARAL

3. Work like a dog : MOIL - not Toil; not to be confused with a Jewish 'mohel'

4. "Doctor Who" airer : BBC AMERICA - also carries Top Gear, but I am no longer watching due to the firing of Mr. Clarkson

5. "Am I an idiot!" : D'OH~!

6. Debatable : AT ISSUE

7. Certain media darling : "IT" GIRL

8. Word of thanks : GRACIAS - and yet more Spanish

9. Most long and slender : LANKEST - I don't associate "lank" with sexy, so I'm gonna pass on a gratuitous legs image

10. Hosp. readout : ECG

11. Zaire's Mobutu __ Seko : SESE - Popular in crosswords, but it took me a minute to commit to "Sese"; didn't seem right

12. Security aid : ID TAG

13. Blast from the past : A-TEST - nuclear blast, that is

14. Thing that's no fun to be out of : SORTS - toyed with "Synch"; out of sorts, out of sync(h)

21. Pet controller : LEAD - I think this is more British than America's "leash"

24. Sum, to Claudius : I AM - not the adding 'sum', just straight up Latin

25*. Footwear item for Bode Miller : SKI

27. __ shot : JUMP - Could have been "LONG", too.  The third verse in this song mentions 'jump shot'

Paul Simon - Boy in the Bubble

28. Article in El Sol : UNAS - Helen tells me it's "some"; ergo a part of speech found in the local Latino paper

29. '90s Cleveland Indians pitching standout Charles : NAGY - no C.C. crossword would be complete without a baseball clue.  In the Stanley Cup playoffs, my NY Rangers blew their first game against Washington; better hope they pull back tonight

30. Label on some whole foods : ALL NATURAL

33. California's self-proclaimed "Zinfandel Capital of the World" : LODI - toyed with Napa, but that's the valley; both are towards the top of CA

34. "... crafty seer, with __ wand": Pope : EBON - Alexander Pope, poet

35. Kevin's "Tin Cup" co-star : RENE - I loved her in this movie; great, great story

39. Horde member : HUN - not "ORC"

40. Embarrassed admission : "I GOOFED"

41. Tart filling : CUSTARD

42. Early Bee Gees label : ATCO - 50% perps, 50% WAG

43. Bean expert : BARISTA - coffee bean, and I was not fooled

44. Soul, to Sartre : ÂME - Frawnche; in Latin, we have Sum, Esse (Fui, Futurus) - "to be"

46. Dustups : SET TOs

47. In base eight : OCTAL

48. Daughter of Lady Dugal, as it turns out, in an 1869 novel : LORNA - perps

49. Violin pioneer : AMATI

52*. Two-part poem in "Idylls of the King" : ENID - the Wiki

55. Convenient encl. : S.A.S.E.- self-addressed, stamped envelope

56. Video file format : MPEG

57. Turn over : CEDE

59. "Homeland" sta. : SHO

61. Dopey picture? : CEL - Dopey, the dwarf, from the animated movie "Snow White"

Splynter

Friday, May 1, 2015, Max Carpenter

Theme: I love U double!

In my current fog I have not located the record for the most use of the letter "U" in the LAT 15x15 puzzles, but the NYT record is 19. This puzzle has 34 "U"s. This I guess is as close to a rebus as Rich will allow, sort of an antonym to rebus with a letter spread into two spaces instead two squeezed into one. Anyway, white rabbit, white rabbit and welcome to the new month. May 1 has so many histories two examples LINK, and LINK.

We appear to have yet another debut puzzle, with his previous published work maybe in a college paper. Anyway, the puzzle was a gridding challenge to not only fit in 34 "U"s but to match up the perps. Max also gives us some lively intermediate fill, ACCUSE,  ALAMOS,  ANORAK, ARAFAT, BIKINI,  BRETON,  ERES TU, EUCLID, MOUNDS, YEASTY, ALGEBRA, CRITERIA, DICAPRIO,  RENOUNCE and  TOLERANT, which are nice contrasts. With theme answers ranging from 3 letters to a grid spanner and 18 of them we have work to do. (18 is a lucky number to some.) I look forward to the comments as without understanding the theme this would be impossible, and I know some do not like fill that is not a real word, yet creativity must be rewarded....

17A. Tennis shot delivered from between one's legs : TUUEENER (8). TWEENER. Not familiar with the term in tennis so the start was slow

20A. Duo : TUUO (4). TWO. Obviously the cluing cannot be too deceptive.

22A. Conference, informally : POUU UUOUU (9). POW WOW. The visual is so cool.

37A. Blogosphere backdrop : UUORLD UUIDE UUEB (15). WORLD WIDE WEB. This also is awesome, finding a 15 letter one.

44A. Quarterback's target: Abbr. : UUR. (3) WR, wide receiver. (Not part of the theme but a clecho) 46A. One targeting the quarterback : CENTER.)

48A. Socially inept : AUUKUUARD (9). AWKWARD. As is the look of the fill.

58A. Slapstick performer : CLOUUN (6). CLOWN.

2D. Sad : LOUU (4). LOW.  Feeling down.  (Not part of the theme but a clecho follows)

3D. Sad : GLUM.  This fill was key to my unlocking the theme.

6D. Really let loose : RAN UUILD (8). RAN WILD. One of my favorites of the theme fill.

7D. All over again : ANEUU (5). ANEW. With this many themers we were bound to get an A word.

10D. Declare : AVOUU (5). AVOW.

25D. High-profile caucus locale : IOUUA (5). IOWA. Election time coming soon along with the robocalls.

33D. Function : UUORK (5). WORK. Needed perps.

36D. Rod with power : UUAND (5). WAND.

38D. Court case : LAUUSUIT (8). LAWSUIT.

45D. Pigtailed redhead in a restaurant logo : UUENDY (6). WENDY. Dave Thomas' little girl.

48D. Leather craftsperson's beltful : AUULS (5). AWLS.

50D. Hospital division : UUARD (5). WARD.

And the reveal, 64A. Letter that hints at how 18 answers in this puzzle should be filled in : DOUBLE U (7).

Well with well over 100 spaces of theme let's see what he managed with the rest.

Across:

1. Math course : ALGEBRA. We also have Geometry below.

8. Oslo Accords participant : ARAFAT.Not politics, but HISTORY.

14. Broad-minded : TOLERANT. How appropriate to be next to a clue about Middle East peace talks.

16. Ranks : LEVELS. In the UK, students used to take O levels and then A levels to determine their academic future. I will let NC and our own Steve elaborate.

18. Cold-climate coat : ANORAK. In the US we usually call them parkas.

19. "Sounds good!" : YUM. Look good as well.

21. Almond Joy cousin : MOUNDS. Some days you feel like a nut....

24. Suit at a shoot : BIKINI. Nice word string in the clue, but I wondered if I am the only one who thought of this use of the ATOLL and the inclusion of 8D. Los __, New Mexico : ALAMOS,  the home to the Manhattan project and site of many tests. Coincidence?

27. Nine-digit no. : SSN.

28. Secretly send a dupe email to : BCC.

31. Unique : LONE.

32. Large moth : LUNA. Now this feels like a John Lampkin. He clued them as pale green moths in 2012 NYT.

35. Spicy Indian dish : CURRY. I will curry favor with my wife and mention her delicious versions of this Asian DISH.

40. Oklahoma city : TULSA.

41. Marriott competitor : OMNI. OMNI is luxury hotel, Marriott has many classes of hotel in their chain.

42. One way to get a hand : ANTE.

43. IBM-inspired villain : HAL.

51. Point one's finger at : ACCUSE. A reminder from Monday's puzzle/write up, and a very disturbing silent movie about war. J'ACCUSE.(5:42).

54. Apartment manager, for short : SUPE. Short for Super, short for superintendent.

55. Chronological start? : CEE. The old first letter trick.

59. Ceremoniously ushers : MARSHALS. Parades?

61. Geometry giant : EUCLID. I leave commentary to Fermat and Bill G and others more qualified. I was a math major for three months.

62. Yardsticks : CRITERIA.

63. Like the smell of rising dough : YEASTY. Is that what starts the juices flowing?

Down:

1. ABA member : ATTY.

4. Broad shoe size : EEE.

5. Jacques Cartier or Jules Verne, e.g. : BRETON. I found this FACT very obscure, but I was aware of the Celtic influence in France.

9. Formally abandon : RENOUNCE. I really liked this next to AVOW.

11. Fronded bit of flora : FERN.Alliteration abounds.

12. "__-in His Lamp": Bugs Bunny cartoon : A LAD. A Jerome worthy movie pun.

13. Impatient utterances : TSKS.

15. Slacks, briefly : TROUsers. Drop trou has so many connotations....

22. Strolling areas : PIERS.

23. Bolt with great speed : USAIN. A Super STAR.

24. "Arrested Development" surname : BLUTH.

26. Hillock : KNOLL. My generation will only think about a grassy one in Dallas.

28. Main impact : BRUNT.

29. Minos' kingdom : CRETE.

30. Modern crime head? : CYBER. Cybercrime. Anyone watching this SPIN-OFF which tries to meld their franchise shows with the popularity of nerds?

34. O.T. book : NUM. The beginning of a biblical mini-theme with 57 and 60D.

39. "The Wolf of Wall Street" star : DICAPRIO.

47. 1974 Mocedades hit : ERES TU. I had heard the song but had no idea of the ARTISTS. (3:14)

49. DOD branch : USMC. Semper Fi CSO to Argyle Dennis and all who served.

51. __-deucey : ACEY. The card game? The backgammon variation?

52. Footprint, maybe : CLUE.

53. Partner of Caesar : COCA. Imogene. A wacky woman who had a turn in the Vacation movies.

55. Swedish King __ XVI Gustaf : CARL. The reigning King, and has been for 42 years.

56. "Night" author Wiesel : ELIE. The Holocaust Remembrance Day was recent and we had a band which had two survivors as members perform at the ceremony at our little synagogue.

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my G-d and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as G-d Himself. Never.”
 Elie Wiesel, Night 

57. Isaac's hirsute son : ESAU. From Genesis, Old Testament to Christians, simply Torah to Jews.

60. N.T. book : HEBrews. New Testament, i.e. Christian TEXT.

UUell that was quite a UUorkout; UUhat did you all think? I hope Max stops by and I thank you all. Lemonade out.