Friday, November 4, 2022

QOD:  Invest in inflation.  It’s the only thing going up.  ~  Will Rogers (né William Penn Adair Rogers; Nov. 4, 1879 ~ Aug. 15, 1935), American humorist and actor

Thursday, November 3, 2022

QOD:  People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.  ~  Dame Anna Wintour (b. Nov. 3, 1949), American journalist and editor of Vogue magazine

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

QOD: Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.  ~  Warren G. Harding (né Warren Gamaliel Harding; Nov. 2, 1865 ~ Aug. 2, 1923), 29^th President of the United States

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

QOD:  Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.  ~  Kinky Friedman (né Richard Samset Friedman; b. Nov. 1, 1944), American writer and humorist

Art Class:  The last word of each theme answer is something that an artist might do.

17-Across. Ron Howard film featuring firefighters: BACK DRAFT.  Ron Howard visited us just last Thursday.

25-Across. Crossbreed with curly hair: GOLDEN DOODLE.

47-Across. "Saturday Night Live" segment, e.g.: COMEDY SKETCH.

60-Across. Toon McGraw in a Stetson hat and a matching holster: QUICK DRAW.

White Rabbit on the first day of this new month!

Across:

1. "You wish!": AS IF.  //  And 22-Across. "__ seen enough": I'VE.  //  29-Across. "None for me, thanks": I PASS.

5. Move slowly (through): WADE.

9. Words before ears and thumbs: I'M ALL.

14. Software test version: BETA.

15. Laudatory poems: ODES.

16. "Rocky" actress Shire: TALIA.  Talia Shire (née Talia Rose Coppola; b. Apr. 25, 1946) is the younger sister of  movie director Francis Ford Coppola (b. Apr. 7, 1939).  [Name #1.]

19. Fodder for a mill: GRIST.

20. Belief in nonbelief, so to speak: ATHEISM.

21. Small bite: NIBBLE.

23. More knotted, as a tree trunk: GNARLIER.

30. Jacobson of "A League of Their Own": ABBI.  Abbi Jacobson (b. Feb. 1, 1984) was in the 2022  remake of A League of Their Own, not the original 1992 film with Tom Hanks and Geena Davis.  There's no crying in baseball.  [Name # 2.]

31. "No more procrastinating!": DO IT!  Nike's slogan.

35. Candy heart word: LUV.

36. Faucet: TAP.

38. __ bran: OAT.

40. Full-contact fighting sport, for short: MMA.  As in Mixed Martial Arts.

41. Future atty.'s exam: LSAT.

43. Apple device introduced in 2010: iPAD.  //  And 33-Down. Apple computer that debuted 12 years before the 43-Across: iMAC.

45. Hipbone-related: ILIAC.

50. Register operators: CASHIERS.

53. Sch. group: PTA.  As in Parent Teacher Association.

54. Gasoline rating: OCTANE.  Everything you wanted to know about Octane ratings, but didn't know to ask.

55. Personal identifiers: BIO DATA.

59. Broccoli part: STALK.

62. Book name: TITLE.  Read each book in order.

63. Lobby for: URGE.  Change the first vowel and you get 64-Across. Fairy-tale beast: OGRE.

65. Golf legend Sam: SNEAD.  I learned about Sam Sneed (né Samuel Jackson Sneed; May 27, 1912 ~ May 23, 2002) from doing the crossword puzzles.  [Name #3.]

66. Poet Sharon: OLDS.  I am not familiar with the works of Sharon Olds (née Sharon Stuart Cobb; b. Nov. 12, 1942).  [Name # 4.]

67. "Here __ nothing": GOES.

Down:

1. Swedish pop group: ABBA.  The first letters of each of the band members forms the name of the band:  Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.  [Name # 5.]

2. Legislative position: SEAT.

3. Rash symptom: ITCH.

4. Some forged documents: FAKE IDS.

5. Deteriorate: WORSEN.

6. Patriarch from Eden: ADAM.  The name Adam (אדם) is the Hebrew word for man.  It is pun on the   Hebrew word  adamah (אֲדָמָה) which means "earth" or  "soil", since Adam was said to be formed from the dust of the earth.  [Name # 6.]

7. Rapper Mos __: DEF.  Mos Def (né Dante Terrell Smith; b. Dec. 11, 1973) makes occasional guest appearances in the puzzles.  [Name # 7.]

8. Ballpark fig.: EST.  As in Estimate.

9. Dated term for a celebrity socialite: IT GIRL.  Silent screen starr, Clara Bow (née Clara Gordon Bow; July 29, 1905 ~ Sept. 27, 1965), was the original It Girl.

10. Multicolored, as some rye: MARBLED.  As in Rye Bread, not the alcohol.

11. "I was somewhere else" statement: ALIBI.

12. Hosiery thread: LISLE.  Not a Tuesday word.

13. Not now: LATER.

18. Let go (of), as assets: DIVEST.

21. Olympic gymnast Comaneci: NADIA.  Nadia Elena Comăneci (b. Nov. 12, 1961) was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 at the Olympics Games.  She competed in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.  In 1996, she married fellow gymnast Bart Connor (b. Mar. 28, 1958).  [Name # 8.]

23. Lump: GOB.

24. "I'm __! Who are you?": Dickinson poem: NOBODY.  A poem by Emily Dickinson (née Emily Elizabeth Dickinson; Dec. 10, 1830 ~ May 15, 1886) [Name # 9.]

25. Fish organ: GILL.

26. "Bloom County" penguin: OPUS.  [Name # 10.]

27. Volcanic flow: LAVA.

28. Smartly dressed: DAPPER.

32. Leave out: OMIT.

34. Dashboard RPM dial: TACH.

37. "Save Me" singer Mann: AIMEE.  Aimee Mann (née Aimee Elizabeth Mann; b. Sept. 8, 1960) was in the 1980s band 'Til Tuesday before she began her solo career.  [Name # 11.]

39. Video-sharing app: TIKTOK.

42. "Black Panther" hero: T'CHALLA.  A character from Marvel Comics.  [Name # 12.]

44. Commercials: ADS.

46. Iditarod front-runner: LEAD DOG.  The Iditarod origin story.

48. Sounded like a pig: OINKED.

49. Kitchen rack array: SPICES.

50. Sells for: COSTS.

51. Be part of, as a play: ACT IN.

52. Kansas or Arkansas: STATE.

55. Texas city nickname: BIG D.

56. Mythical ship sailed by Jason: ARGO.  Hi, Lemonade.  I hope you are getting better.

57. Button on a deli scale: TARE.  What is the difference between Zeroing out and Tare?

58. Bowls over: AWES.

60. Quid pro __: QUO.

61. Clickable link: URL.

Here's the Grid:

חתולה

Monday, October 31, 2022

QOD:  Did you know that fruit was actually the original inspiration for candy?  ~  Patti Harrison (b. Oct. 31, 1990), American actress and comedian

Sunday, October 30, 2022

QOD:  Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy.  There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.  ~  John Adams (Oct. 30, 1735 ~ July 4, 1826), 2^nd President of the United States