Monday June 28, 2021 Susan Gelfand

Theme: HAT TRICKS (62. Three-goals-in-one-game hockey scoring feats ... or what the ends of 17-, 28- and 46-Across are when they're rearranged?) - The last word of each answer is an anagram of a hat.

17A. Auto on-off baking gadget: OVEN TIMER. Miter.

28A. Artisan who makes delicate items: GLASS BLOWER. Bowler.

46A. Exact repetition of what was said: DIRECT QUOTE. Toque.

 

Boomer here. Pretty fancy hat for an Archbishop.  Of course I am a bowler, but I never wore a hat like that. In fact, most bowlers do not wear bowlers but a  few wear baseball caps.  Finally the chef wearing a Toque.  I never knew it was called that. We learn something new every day, no matter how old we get.

Across:

1. Skedaddled: FLED.

5. Spontaneous notion: WHIM.

9. Leveled, as a building: RAZED.  Seems as though Mother Nature or some atmospheric development did a number on the tall highrise in Florida.  Hard to believe.

14. Tahoe or Titicaca: LAKE. On one of my bowling trips to Reno,  I took a ride by Lake Tahoe to visit a casino in Tahoe.  We have 10,000 lakes here at home but very few are a beautiful as Tahoe.

15. Role model: HERO.

16. Bakery emanation: AROMA. When it smells as good as a bakery you have to use the word AROMA.

19. Like a legally binding contract: VALID.

20. Volkswagen sedan: PASSAT.

21. Bring to life, as cartoons: ANIMATE.  When I was young, it was Mickey Mouse, Bugs bunny, and Porky Pig.  Later in life it became Fred "Yabba Dabba Do" Flintstone.

23. Opposite of WSW: ENE.  Black sidewall tires did not fit.

24. Golfer Aoki: ISAO.  We do not see him much on the PGA.  He is Japanese so we could see him in Tokyo in a few weeks.

25. Tongue twister seashell seller: SHE.  SHE sells seashells on the seashore. -- say it four times real fast.

34. Locate precisely: PINPOINT.

36. "You win": I LOSE.  One of my phrases in golf and bowling (since I got old).

37. Fascinated by: INTO.

38. Prefix with centric: ETHNO.

41. Deco artist Romain de Tirtoff's pseudonym: ERTE. His initials.

42. Plant swelling: EDEMA. I  don't know about plants but this is dangerous swelling usually in the legs or feet.  You don't want to mess with this. 

44. Tutored: MENTORED. Hoping to return to mentor the Benilde St. Margaret's  High School Bowling team again this fall.  We missed all of last year.  You know why.

49. "You bet!": YES.

50. Sorority T's: TAUS.  A Greek letter.  My knowledge ends with Delta.

51. Shoo-__: easy winners: INS.

53. Indonesia's capital: JAKARTA.

57. Idaho product: POTATO.  My uncle left with his family to grow POTATOES in Twin Falls, Idaho years ago.  I still trade occasional news with my cousin.  He plays golf and does not play potatoes.

61. Banish: EXILE.

65. Perry of fashion: ELLIS.  Interesting that ELLIS happened to be my Idaho aunt Gerry's maiden name.  

66. Buckeye State: OHIO.  They have Two MLB Teams, Minnesota is scratching to call the only team we have as Major League.

67. Latticework piece: LATH.

68. Hits with snowballs: PELTS.  In my youth I was guilty of this in the winter.

69. Checkers or chess: GAME.  Bowling or Golf.

70. Crossword-solving Simpson: LISA. This is the episode featuring Will Shortz and Merl Reagle.

Down:

1. Broadway bomb: FLOP.  I have never seen a Broadway play.  In fact the closest I ever got to New York was a bus stop in New Jersey with a view of the Statue of Liberty.

2. Volcano flow: LAVA.  "Only one way to get those hands clean mister."

3. __ out a living: barely manages: EKES.  I am sure this stupid Covid has caused some EKEing.

4. Thick, as fog: DENSE.

5. "Little" fib: WHITE LIE.  I am not sure why LIES have colors.

6. Skirt's edge: HEM.

7. Wrath: IRE.

8. Boggy tract: MORASS.

9. Stuffed pasta pockets: RAVIOLI.  I've never tried this.  I use curly pasta and make Goulash.

10. Composer Khachaturian: ARAM. A Los Angeles Football player.

11. "Nana" novelist Émile: ZOLA.

12. Give off: EMIT.

13. Florida's Miami-__ County: DADE.  I guess I mentioned this tragedy earlier.

18. Dance that "takes two": TANGO.

22. Capture: NAB.

24. __ of Panama: narrow landform: ISTHMUS.  THIS MUST be an interesting word.

25. Went undercover: SPIED.

26. Language of India: HINDI.

27. Key in: ENTER. 

29. Colony crawler: ANT.  Have not seen many this year.  We used to have ANT hills in our driveway.  Never sure how they got through the black tar.

30. Butter substitute: OLEO.  We call it Margarine now.  I remember when OLEO was not for sale in Wisconsin.  Then later it could not be yellow.  Wisconsin's cows needed the work.

31. Fret: WORRY.

32. Makeup mogul Lauder: ESTEE.

33. Clarinets and oboes: REEDS.  Also actress Donna in the Donna Reed Show.  Yes I am that old.

35. Apple or pear: POME.  Do not MOPE waiting for them to get ripe.

39. Prefix with natal or -phyte: NEO.

40. How ballerinas often dance: ON TIPTOE.  "Through the Tulips. Tiny Tim.

43. Monroe or Taylor: ACTRESS.  Or Donna Reed..

45. Pavarotti, vocally: TENOR.  I was a Bass (not a fish) in the high school glee club.

47. Pic on a pec, say: TAT.

48. Clam used in chowder: QUAHOG.  This one got me.

52. "In the __ of the Night": doo-wop classic: STILL.  Written by Cole Porter and sung by many.

53. Cherokee automaker: JEEP.  Pretty tough looking but we are enjoying our Santa Fe.

54. Wheel shaft: AXLE.

55. While away, as time: KILL.  I've heard that many people KILL time by solving a crossword puzzle.

56. Landed: ALIT.

58. Antioxidant-rich berry: ACAI.

59. Sign on a B'way booth: TKTS.  I've never been to THE B'way.  We have a Broadway Avenue close to our home.  Is there any city of over 10,000 people that does not have a Broadway ??

60. Fed. workplace monitor: OSHA.

63. "Bingo!": AHA.

64. Apple CEO Cook: TIM.

Boomer