Theme: Going Places - each fitting the name in the clue.
20. Where Clay went to make a ceramic vase?: POTTERY STUDIO.
25. Where Penny went to deposit money?: SAVINGS BANK.
47. Where Viola went to perform with an orchestra?: CONCERT HALL.
53. Where Dean went to meet with professors and students?: COLLEGE CAMPUS.
Boomer here.
Just want to apologize to our VA cafeteria. C. C. and I spent a long day last Wednesday with four separate appointments. During the noon hour we had lunch at the VA, I selected a couple of burritos and an ice cream bar and it was delicious! A generous portion of spicy beef with lettuce and cheddar. I skipped the beans. The cafeteria has many choices and they all look pretty good. We'll be back!
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| Boomer, VA Cafeteria, 6/15/2022 |
Across:
5. Ladder rung: STEP. We have one in front of our front door. Also an anagram of a PEST squirrel out there often.
9. How-to presentations: DEMOS. Never a big fan of those. Always someone trying to sell something.
14. Lacking color: PALE.
15. Blue-green hue: TEAL. Beautiful duck or pheasant.
16. Poetry muse: ERATO.
17. Dance, music, sculpture, etc.: ARTS. Two Garfunkels.
18. Tabula __: blank slate: RASA.
19. Rolls of fabric: BOLTS.
23. Calligrapher's tool: PEN. And a pig's home.
24. Selfish shout: MINE. Dig for gold.
30. Verbalize: SAY.
33. Olympic skater's leap: AXEL. We used to have a TV show starring Clelland Card. "Axel and his dog". Cartoons and videos. I never missed it.
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34. Herbal beverage: TEA. For two.
35. Stock unit: SHARE. The market is not SHARING too much lately.
37. Boy, in Spanish: NINO.
38. Speed: HASTE. Makes waste.
41. "Sign me up!": I'M IN. This is an advertisement for the Minnesota Lottery.
42. Talks up: TOUTS.
44. Golden yrs. fund: IRA. Retirement fund. If you invested in the stock market, you may have to get a job.
45. Verse writer: POET. You're a POET and don't know it but your feet show it, they're Longfellows.
46. Mornings, briefly: AMS.
51. Lose color: FADE.
52. Cow's sound: MOO.
59. Doctor Who player Whittaker: JODIE. English actress.
60. Declare: AVER.
61. Say grace, say: PRAY. Thanks to all for your prayers as I continue healing progress.
63. Sci-fi visitor: ALIEN.
64. Gas holder: TANK. $100 bucks should fill it.
65. Quiche ingredients: EGGS.
66. Stately home: MANSE.
67. Laryngitis docs: ENTS. I'll bet he never gets yelled at!
68. Film spool: REEL. In Minnesota it is fishing gear on a rod.
Down:
2. Triangular stringed instrument: HARP.
3. Voice above tenor: ALTO. I was always a 2nd bass in the glee club, How low can you go?
4. Aerospace employee who assesses new aircraft: TEST PILOT.
5. Force: STRENGTH. I have very little.
6. Run like the dickens: TEAR. Also a drop from an eye.
7. "Nothing to it!": EASY. Crosswords are not EASY for me.
8. Blood component: PLASMA. I lost a bit in the surgery, but my body is making more.
9. Shows to be untrue: DEBUNKS.
10. Wear away: ERODE. They claim that our earth is eroding, but I do not notice that.
11. Landlocked African nation west of Niger: MALI.
12. Springfield Elementary bus driver: OTTO. Mann.
13. "Help!" letters: SOS. Save Our Ship!
21. Number of millimeters in a centimeter: TEN. Number of pins on a Lane. Not an alley.
22. Altoids container: TIN.
25. Father Christmas: SANTA. You better watch out, you better not cry.
26. Widely accepted truth: AXIOM.
28. Dead __ Scrolls: SEA. I've seen the Atlantic and the Pacific but the Pacific isn't terrific and the Atlantic isn't what it's cracked up to be.
29. No-frills: BASIC.
30. American __: U.S. territory in the South Pacific: SAMOA.
31. Disney mermaid: ARIEL. The little princess.
32. Streisand title role: YENTL. 1983 movie.
36. Rap devotee: HIP HOPPER. Never a fan of rap.
39. Tuscany three: TRE.
40. Designates for a specific purpose, as funds: EARMARKS. I leave them on a pillow.
43. Like triangles with unequal sides: SCALENE.
48. "__ to Joy": segment of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: ODE.
49. Cancel out: NEGATE.
50. Pitcher Seaver who won three Cy Young Awards: TOM. Hall of Famer with 311 wins.
51. Swatter's targets: FLIES. Many were hit and caught off Tom.
53. Pepsi or Coke: COLA. I prefer Pepsi.
54. Thor's father: ODIN.
55. "Dear __ Hansen": 2017 Best Musical Tony winner: EVAN.
56. Small change: CENT. I remember when you could get 15 minutes at a parking meter for one.
57. Strong desire: URGE. I am experiencing an URGE to bowl and play golf. Maybe 2023.
58. Poultry herb: SAGE. I always put a lot in the stuffing.
59. English muffin topper: JAM.
62. Monogram of a French fashion house: YSL. Yves. If you buy the purse, you will have nothing left to put in it.
Boomer
Note from C.C.:
1) Look at this Elvis! Boomer can't remember the exact time of this photo. It's from a Graybar Halloween party.
2) Here's a picture of sweet Charlotte (our Lemonade stand baby) at a dance party.
