QOD: Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

QOD: There is no wealth but life. ~ John Ruskin (Feb. 8, 1819 ~ Jan. 20, 1900), British art critic and philanthropist.

I Felt the Earth Move.

The letters in the circles spell out one of the 7 Continents, but the letters are not consecutive, but rather they have Drifted to give us a Continental Drift.

18-Across. Stringed instrument played by Jerry Garcia in the intro to CSNY's "Teach Your Children": PEDAL STEEL GUITAR. Asia.

29-Across. Have high aspirations, despite being warned not to: GET YOUR HOPES UP. Europe.

49-Across. "Based on what they tell me ... ": AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. Africa

63-Across. Land movement spanning millennia ... or what each set of circles suggests: CONTINENTAL DRIFT.

Across:

1. Salon tool: COMB.

5. Bay of Naples isle: CAPRI. Also mid-calf pants.

10. Underworld boss: SATAN. Not the Mafia boss ...

15. Actor Sharif: OMAR. Omar Sharif (né Michael Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub; Apr. 10, 1932 ~ July 10, 2015) was an Egyptian actor and was fluent in 5 languages, including Arabic, English, Spanish, French and Italian.

16. Setting for some van Gogh works: ARLES.

17. Salad fruit: OLIVE. Not in your typical fruit salad, although this recipe for a blood orange salad with olives looks interesting.

21. Says, "We're through!": ENDS IT.

22. Aspire laptop maker: ACER. I learned about this computer from doing the crossword puzzles. Then I noticed that it is the computer used by the receptionist at my doctor's office.

23. Jar top: LID.

24. Silky to the touch: SMOOTH.

26. Flip chart holders: EASELS. // 6-Down. Class with easels: ART.

33. Environmental prefix: ECO-.

34. __ kwon do: TAE. A form of Korean martial art.

35. Say over and over: ITERATE.

38. Model Campbell: NAOMI. Naomi Elaine Campbell (b. May 22, 1970) is a British model and actress.

41. Stumble: TRIP.

43. Protection: AEGIS.

44. Home of the NBA's Magic: ORLANDO.

46. Nintendo's Super __: NES.

48. CPR specialist: EMT. The Emergency Medical Technicians make frequent appearances in the crossword puzzles. I hope no one here needs one.

53. Water depth unit: FATHOM. As a noun, Fathom is a unit of length equal to 6 feet. As a verb, I can fathom that.

55. Newspaper space measurement: LINAGE. Keep Linage in mind when writing your obituary. Longer the obit, the more costly to your heirs.

56. Laudatory verse: ODE. Anything can be the subject of an Ode.

57. Cries of discovery: OHOs!

59. Regal domains: REALMS.

67. Like a loud crowd: AROAR.

68. In unison: AS ONE.

69. Hebrides hillside: BRAE. Today's Scottish lesson.

70. Author Carroll: LEWIS. Lewis Carroll (né Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; Jan. 27, 1832 ~ Jan. 14, 1898) has a rather creepy interested in young children that probably wouldn't be tolerated today.

71. Warning opening: DO NOT!

72. Rural agreement: YES'M.

Down:

1. Deal with it: COPE.

2. Gathering clouds, maybe: OMEN. It was a dark and stormy night ...

3. Anti-DUI acronym: MADD. As in Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

4. Like trumpet music: BRASSY.

5. Remove, as a demon: CAST OUT.

7. Synthetic sofa portmanteau: PLEATHER. Pleather is faux leather made from Polyurethane, hence the "P" in its name.

8. Bounce back again: RE-ECHO.

9. Archipelago part: ISLE. Another little dupe.

10. Trifling amount: SOU.

11. Boxing legend: ALI. Mohammad Ali (né Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; Jan. 17, 1942 ~ June 3, 2016).

12. Book names are on them: TITLE PAGES.

13. Benefit: AVAIL.

14. Comic-Con attendees: NERDS. Comic-Con is a comic book convention. If you are interested, here is a list of some up-coming dates.

19. Fancy airport ride: LIMO.

20. Say hi to: GREET.

25. Soapbox speaker: ORATOR. Why a soapbox?

27. Between ports: ASEA. The dreaded "A" word.

28. "You bet!": SURE.

29. UConn women's basketball coach __ Auriemma: GENO. Geno Auriemma (né Luigi Auriemma; b. Mar. 23, 1954) isn't your usual Tuesday guest celebrity. He was born in Montella, Italy, and came to the United States when he was 7 years old. He has been at the University of Connecticut since 1985.

30. Plug-in vehicle, briefly: E-CAR.

31. "You missed your chance": TOO LATE NOW.

32. Supply, as Muzak: PIPE IN.

36. It's up at the end of the test: TIME.

37. Sunrise dirección: ESTE. Today's Spanish lesson. Hi, Lucina!

39. Sitcom set in Korea: M*A*S*H.

40. Scoop: INFO.

42. Be emphatic about: INSIST ON.

45. Private Ryan portrayer Matt: DAMON. Saving Private Ryan was a 1998 film that starred Tom Hanks who was tasked {Spoiler Alert!} with going behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan who's three brothers had been killed in combat.

47. Hester Prynne's letter color: SCARLET.