Today’s Theme: Did You Take Your Medicine Today? The PHARMACISTS dispense the medicines today. Three of the theme clues are forms of medicine delivery methods, united by the professionals who prepare the medicines.
18. Historic Cache for Future Millennia = TIME CAPSULE.
25. Investing Largely in Money Markets, Say = STAYING LIQUID.
42. Item for Doodling or Note-Taking = WRITING TABLET.
55. Dispensers of the Ends of 18-, 25-, and 42-Across = PHARMACISTS.
Across:
1. Hydroelectric Project = DAM.
5. Makes Improvements To = EMENDS. I learned a new word today. I first tried “Amends” but that didn’t work for 5-Down. Emends pertains to the written word, so is a cross between Edits and Amends.
10. California Wine Valley = NAPA. I love visiting California’s wine country.
14. Ipanema’s City = RIO. As in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. I learned that Ipanema is a neighborhood of Rio from a recent article in the Smithsonian magazine.
15. “Anything You Want” = “NAME IT.”
16. Petri Dish Gel = AGAR.
17. Geological Span = EON. // And 24-Across: Geological Span = ERA.
20. Take Turns = ALTERNATES.
22. Name of Two Presidents = ADAMS. Bet you were looking for a first name! Both John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, were early U.S. Presidents.
23. Fuel for Big Rigs = DIESEL.
32. Money Market Fund, e.g. = ASSET.
34. Follows a Recipe = COOKS. What I failed to do yesterday when making a cake. The result was a disaster!
35. ___ Championship: August Golf Tournament = PGA. No idea. I don’t follow golf.
36. Jordanian Queen Dowager = NOOR. She is the widow of King Hussein. She was an American, born Lisa Najeeb Halaby, and converted to Islam when she married King Hussein.
37. Negative Quality = MINUS.
38. Beginning On = AS OF. Hmm…
39. Canal Site = EAR. Loved this clue.
40. Ate Sumptuously = DINED.
41. Heads-Up = ALERT.
45. “Mighty” Tree = OAK.
46. Power Failure = OUTAGE.
49. Really Bad = AWFUL. I was thinking that bad meant “evil.”
52. “No Way, José” = “NOT ON A BET!” I was expecting a phrase in Spanish.
57. Lennon’s Widow = ONO.
58. Emerald Isle = EIRE. For some reason, this crossword staple never sticks in my brain. I always have to wait for the perps to get the spelling of this word.
59. Supplanter of the Silent Movie = TALKIE. The first feature talking movie was the Jazz Singer, which was released in 1927.
60. Coffee Holder = URN.
61. Attracted a Trooper, Maybe = SPED. The troopers seem to be especially on alert for speeders in the rural parishes.
62. Mary Hartman Portrayer Louise = LASSER.
63. Your, in Tours = TES. French.
Down:
1. Live in Fear Of = DREAD.
2. Garlicky Sauce = AIOLI. Aioli is a French sauce made of lemon, eggs, garlic and olive oil.
3. Education Pioneer Maria = MONTESSORI.
4. Ask on Bended Knee = ENTREAT. I tried really hard to fit in “Marry Me.”
5. For the Most Part = MAINLY.
6. John’s Partner in “The Avengers” = EMMA. Once again this is a piece of trivia I learned from doing crosswords.
7. Nair Competitor = NEET.
8. Cubes that are Rolled = DICE.
9. Where Many Commuters Wait: Abbr. = STA. Stands for Station.
10. Tech-Heavy Stock Exchange = NASDAQ. Stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
11. Contents of Un Lago = AGUA. Lago is Spanish for Lake, hence is filled with Agua, which is Spanish for Water.
12. Arboreal Miami Sight = PALM.
13.Greek God of War = ARES.
19. Louvre Location = PARIS.
21. Fragrant Compound = ESTER.
24. BPO ___ = ELKS. Apparently, this stands for Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
26. Cupcake Topper = ICING.
27. Nine-Piece Combo = NONET.
28. Mild Dutch Cheese = GOUDA.
29. Distraught Over = UPSET ABOUT.
30. Composer Stravinsky = IGOR.
31. Off One’s Rocker = DAFT.
32. All Over Again = ANEW.
33. Attract Upward-Looking Onlookers = SOAR.
37. Stole Fur = MINK.
38. Prince Valiant’s Wife = ALETA. Not familiar with this comic character or his family.
40. Hitchcock’s “_____” For Murder” = DIAL “M.”
41. Oldest Driver to Win the Indy 500 = AL UNSER.
43. Went on the Road = TOURED. I wonder if you Toured in Tours?
44. Baby’s Footwear = BOOTIE.
47. Country or Folk = GENRE. I initially thought of Music.
48. Preppy Collars = ETONS.
49. Mimics = APES.
50. Lion Tamer’s Handful = WHIP.
51. Taxi Rider or Payment = FARE.
52. March Madness Org. = NCAA. Stands for National Collegiate Athletic Association. The college baseball tournament takes place in March.
53. Sounds of Disapproval – TSKS.
56. Part of NATO: Abbr. = ATL. Stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
