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Today’s Reveal Answer: Food for Thought

Themed solutions are frequent phrases. Each begins with an adjective typically related to FOOD gadgets, and ends with a noun typically related to THOUGHT:

• 52A Something to chew on, and a touch to the solutions to the starred clues : FOOD FOR THOUGHT

• 20A *Rehearsed reply : CANNED RESPONSE
• 35A *Spoke not directly : MINCED WORDS
• 41A *Knowledge primarily based on empirical proof : GROUND TRUTH

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Bill’s time: 8m 17s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1 Young amiga : CHICA

In Spanish, a “niña” is a younger woman, a toddler. The time period “chica” applies to an older woman or maybe a younger girl. The time period “muchacha” applies to women on the whole, I believe …

6 Austen heroine performed by Anya Taylor-Joy : EMMA

The 2020 movie “Emma” is a really entertaining adaptation of the 1815 novel of the identical identify by Jane Austen. Anya Taylor-Joy performs the title function, and musician/actor Johnny Flynn performs “Mr. Knightly”. Veteran actor Bill Nighy makes a welcome look as Emma’s father “Mr. Woodhouse”. I loved this one …

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy had fairly the worldwide upbringing. She was born in Miami, and raised in Buenos Aires after which London. She is maybe finest identified for taking part in the title character within the 2020 movie adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma”, and the lead function within the Netflix miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit”.

10 Turner within the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : TINA

“Tina Turner” is the stage identify utilized by Anna Mae Bullock, the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”. Turner has all the time liked Europe and moved there within the eighties. She now splits her time between her houses in England, France and Switzerland.

17 Brolly carriers : BRITS

Our time period “umbrella” in the end derives from the Latin “umbra” that means “shade, shadow”. Famously, British people are more likely to confer with the machine as a “brolly”, a time period that’s only a shortening of “umbrella”.

22 “Mom” actor Corddry : NATE

Nate Corddry is an actor and comic who is maybe finest identified for taking part in the supervisor of the restaurant the place Christy works within the sitcom “Mom”. Corddry additionally performed lawyer Adam Branch on the sitcom “Harry’s Game” alongside Kathy Bates. Nate is the youthful brother of comic and actor Rob Corddry, whe turned up fairly continuously as a correspondent on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”.

23 Dim sum beverage : TEA

Dim sum is a Chinese delicacies made up of small parts of assorted dishes. The custom of serving dim sum is related to the serving of tea, when small delicacies had been supplied to vacationers and visitors together with tea as a refreshment. The identify “dim sum” interprets as “touch the heart” implying that dim sum is just not a major meal, only a snack “that touches the heart”.

24 Sporty choice : T-TOP

A T-top is a automobile roof that has detachable panels on both facet of a inflexible bar that runs down the middle of the automobile above the motive force.

26 Debonair : SUAVE

Someone described as debonair may be very courteous and gracious. The time period comes into English through the French “debonaire”, which itself is derived from “de bon’ aire” that means “of good race”, a phrase that initially utilized to the breeding of hawks.

30 Target of some mining : DATA

The course of of information mining is used to extract info from a database and current it in a type that facilitates additional use.

34 Omega, to an electrician : OHM

The unit {of electrical} resistance is the ohm (with the image omega) named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm. Ohm was the man who established experimentally that the quantity of present flowing via a circuit is straight proportional to the voltage utilized, (V=IR) a relationship that each faculty child is aware of as Ohm’s Law.

35 *Spoke not directly : MINCED WORDS

The verb “to mince” can imply “to make light of”, and extra particularly “to criticize using polite language”. William Shakespeare used the time period in such a way in a few his performs, though the by-product expression “mince words” was first utilized in print in Benjamin Disraeli’s first novel “Vivian Grey”, printed in 1826:

Your Lordship’s coronary heart may be very heat in the reason for a celebration, which, for I can’t mince my phrases, has betrayed you.

So, to mince phrases is to reasonable one’s language whereas nonetheless giving criticism. The associated phrase “minced oath” describes a euphemistic phrase used to switch a extra profane phrase, e.g. “gosh” for “God”, “heck” for “hell”.

37 Unlikely esports champions : NOOBS

“Noob” (typically “newb”) is a not-so-nice slang time period for a “newbie”, and infrequently refers to somebody who’s new to a web-based group.

Esports (digital sports activities) are online game competitions. The International Olympic Committee has held conferences to contemplate the inclusion of esports within the Olympic Games. What about medals for crossword fixing …?

39 Lithium-__ battery : ION

Lithium-ion and nickel-cadmium are varieties of rechargeable batteries.

The International Olympic Committee has held conferences to contemplate the inclusion of esports within the Olympic Games. What about medals for crossword fixing …?

40 “The Jetsons” canine : ASTRO

“The Jetsons” is an animated present from Hanna-Barbera that had its first run in 1962-1963, after which was recreated in 1985-1987. When it debuted in 1963 on ABC, “The Jetsons” was the community’s first ever shade broadcast. “The Jetsons” is sort of a space-age model of “The Flintstones”. The 4 Jetson members of the family are George and Jane, the dad and mom, and youngsters Judy and Elroy. Residing with the household in Orbit City are their family robotic Rosie and pet canine Astro.

45 Two-time Wimbledon winner Murray : ANDY

Andy Murray is a tennis participant from Scotland who grew to become British number-one in 2006, rising to world number-one in 2016. Much to the delight of the locals, Murray gained the Wimbledon Championship in 2013, making him the primary British male participant to win in 77 years. Murray additionally gained Olympic gold within the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and once more within the Rio Games in 2016. Sir Andy Murray was knighted in 2017.

46 Soprano Fleming : RENEE

Renée Fleming is a fabulous soprano from Indiana, Pennsylvania. Famous for her appearances in opera homes and live performance halls everywhere in the world, Fleming can be famous for her willingness to carry her craft to the plenty. She was a visitor on “Sesame Street” singing “counting lyrics” to an aria from “Rigoletto”, and she or he has appeared a couple of instances on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion”.

48 Island ring : LEI

“Lei” is a Hawaiian phrase that means “garland, wreath”, though in additional basic phrases a lei is any sequence of objects strung collectively as an adornment for the physique.

50 “Believe” diva : CHER

When Cher recorded the 1998 tune “Believe”, the audio engineers routinely corrected the sound of Cher’s voice to make sure that all notes had been sung with excellent pitch (all singers “cheat”, it appears!). The software program that does this pitch correction known as “Auto-Tune”. Then, for a little bit of enjoyable, the identical engineers performed with the Auto-Tune software program and created a particular impact in her voice that she appreciated a lot, it was left within the remaining launch. You can simply detect the unusual impact for those who hearken to the tune. The course of is now referred to as the “Cher Effect” and is utilized by different artists of their recordings.

60 Black-and-white dunkers : OREOS

There is an “official” competitors involving Oreo cookies, in case anybody is eager about collaborating. A competitor has to take a number of steps to complete an OREO Lick Race:

1. Twist open the cookie.
2. Lick every half clear of creme.
3. Show the clear cookie halves to the guy rivals.
4. Dunk the cookie halves in a glass of milk.
5. Eat the cookie halves.
6. Drink the milk.
7. Ready, set, go …

61 Black-and-white swimmer : ORCA

The taxonomic identify for the killer whale is “Orcinus orca”. The use of the identify “orca”, slightly than “killer whale”, is changing into increasingly frequent. The Latin phrase “Orcinus” means “belonging to Orcus”, with Orcus being the identify for the Kingdom of the Dead.

62 “Veep” award : EMMY

“Veep” is a political satire sitcom on HBO that may be a remake of the British present “The Thick of It” (Warning: robust language!). “Veep” is ready within the workplace of fictional US Vice President Selina Meyer, performed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

63 Cosmic comeuppance : KARMA

Karma is a spiritual idea with its foundation in Indian faiths. Karma embraces the notion of trigger and impact. Good deeds have good penalties at some later level in a single’s life, one’s future life, or one’s afterlife. And, unhealthy deeds have unhealthy penalties.

64 Spa remedy : PEEL

A chemical peel is a way used to enhance the feel and appear of the pores and skin. It entails utilizing a chemical to intentionally injure the outermost layer of the pores and skin. The broken pores and skin dies and peels off, revealing regenerated pores and skin beneath.

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1 “American Greed” channel : CNBC

CNBC is a enterprise information channel owned by NBC. Launched in 1989, CNBC was referred to as the Consumer News and Business Channel up till 1991.

“American Greed” is a documentary sequence within the “true crime” style that’s aired weekly on CNBC. The crimes explored are company and white collar crimes.

2 Wedding ring? : HORA

The hora is a circle dance that originated within the Balkans. It was dropped at Israel by Romanian settlers, and is usually carried out to conventional, Israeli people songs. The hora (additionally “horah”) is a daily sight at Jewish weddings. Sometimes the honoree at an occasion is raised on a chair in the course of the dance.

7 “Dibs!” : MINE

The phrase “to have dibs on” expresses a declare on one thing. Apparently, the time period “dibs” is a contraction of “dibstone”, which was a knucklebone or jack utilized in a youngsters’s recreation.

8 Rx orders : MEDS

There appears to be some uncertainty in regards to the origin of the image “Rx” that’s used for a medical prescription. One rationalization is that it comes from the astrological signal for Jupiter, a logo placed on prescriptions in days of outdated to invoke Jupiter’s blessing to assist a affected person get better.

10 Storms which may be chased : TORNADOS

Although a twister (plural “tornadoes, tornados”) may be encountered in lots of areas around the globe, it’s more than likely to be skilled in North America, and notably in “Tornado Alley” within the central US. The Canadian Tornado Alley in southern Canada is the place one is second more than likely on the planet to come across a twister.

11 Some “hazy” brews, for brief : IPAS

Hazy IPAs are usually unfiltered, and so retain some yeast sediment. These days, I’m virtually compelled to drink IPAs (what else is on the market?!), and normally go for a hazy IPA. Please, please, brewers, carry again hefeweizens …

12 State chicken that typically nests on lava fields : NENE

The nene is a chicken that’s native to Hawaii, and is often known as the Hawaiian goose. The identify “nene” is an imitation of its name. When Captain Cook landed on the islands in 1778, there have been 25,000 nene residing there. By 1950, the quantity was diminished by searching to simply 30 birds. Conservation efforts in recent times have been considerably profitable. The nene was named State Bird of Hawaii in 1957.

21 “The Daily Show” correspondent Lydic : DESI

Comedian and actress Desi Lydic is maybe finest referred to as a correspondent on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”, a gig that she signed up for in 2015.

24 Fiji neighbor : TONGA

The Kingdom of Tonga is made up of 176 islands within the South Pacific, 52 of that are inhabited and scattered over an space of 270,000 sq. miles. Tonga was given the identify Friendly Islands in 1773 when Captain James Cook first landed there, a reference to the nice and cozy reception given to the guests. The nation’s capital is the town of Nukuʻalofa on the island of Tongatapu.

The island nation of Fiji is an archipelago within the South Pacific made up of over 330 islands, 110 of that are inhabited. Fiji was occupied by the British for over a century and eventually gained its independence in 1970.

25 Side difficulty? : THORN

A “thorn in the side” (typically “thorn in the flesh”) is an idiom describing an irritant. The phrase comes from the Second Epistle to the Corinthians within the Christian Bible:

And lest I must be exalted above measure via the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn within the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I must be exalted above measure.

28 Oak of the longer term : ACORN

These days, we don’t normally think about acorns (the fruit of the oak tree) as a foodstuff. But in days previous, many cultures around the globe have used acorns as meals. Usually, bitter tannins that happen in acorns have to be leached out in water. Acorn meal is usually a substitute for grain flour, which may then be used to make bread. Acorns have additionally been used as an alternative choice to espresso, particularly when espresso was rationed. Notably, acorn espresso was brewed up by Confederates in the course of the American Civil War, and by Germans throughout World War II.

29 Locale : VENUE

A venue is a specified locale used for an occasion. The time period “venue” got here into English through French from the Latin “venire” that means “to come”. So, a “venue” is a spot to which individuals “come” for an occasion.

31 Museum curator’s concern : ART FORGERY

The time period “curator” is Latin and applies to a supervisor, guardian or overseer. In English, the unique curators had been the guardians and overseers of minors and people with psychological illness. Today, we use the time period “curator” notably for somebody answerable for a museum, zoo or different exhibition.

32 Successful dash to the tip zone, briefly : TD RUN

Touchdown (TD)

35 Bing firm : MSN

The Microsoft Network (MSN) was an Internet service supplier (ISP). These days, MSN is principally a Web portal.

Bing is the search engine from Microsoft. Bing is the newest identify for an engine that Microsoft used to name Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search.

42 Vagabond : DRIFTER

A vagabond is an individual and not using a residence who strikes from place to put. The time period derives from the Latin “vagabundus” that means “wandering, strolling about”.

43 Georgia __ : TECH

The Georgia Institute of Technology (generally “Georgia Tech”) is positioned in Atlanta. The faculty was based in 1885 as a part of the reconstruction effort to rebuild the infrastructure within the South after the Civil War. President Theodore Roosevelt delivered an deal with to the college in 1905, after which shook arms with each single scholar. Back then the college didn’t have over 20,000 college students because it does right now …

47 Like some organic networks : NEURAL

It was that “neural network” was simply the identify given to a community of nerve cells in an organism. In the fashionable world, the time period “neural net” (quick for “neural network”) additionally applies to digital or digital units designed to imitate the operate of the human mind, and particularly studying from previous experiences.

49 Dreyer’s companion in ice cream : EDY

Dreyer’s ice cream sells its merchandise below the identify Dreyer’s within the Western United States, and Edy’s within the Eastern states. The firm’s founders had been William Dreyer and Joseph Edy.

52 Uber cost : FARE

When transportation firm Uber went public in 2019, it was a well-subscribed providing. However, Uber’s shares dropped in worth quickly after buying and selling opened, and completed the day 11% down. As a consequence, Uber shares suffered the largest IPO first-day greenback loss in US historical past.

53 “Fool me __ … ” : ONCE

The idiomatic phrase “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” implies that for those who’ve taken benefit of me twice, I solely have myself guilty. The expression dates again at the least to the seventeenth century when it seems in a 1651 e book by Anthony Wheldon titled “The Court and Character of King James”:

The Italians having a Proverb, “He that deceives me once, it’s his fault; but if twice, it’s my fault.”

So true …

55 Hindu epic hero : RAMA

In the Hindu custom, the god Vishnu has a number of completely different avatars i.e. incarnations or manifestations. Rama is the seventh of those avatars.

56 Short “Chat again soon” : TTYL

Talk to you later (TTYL)

57 Second novel in Marilynne Robinson’s “Gilead” sequence : HOME

Author Marilynne Robinson gained the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005 for her 2004 novel “Gilead”. Her different notable work is her 1980 novel “Housekeeping”, which was a Pulitzer finalist.

58 Winter Palace monarch : TSAR

The Winter Palace is an impressive constructing in St. Petersburg in Russia that was residence to the Russian tsars (and tsarinas). Today, the Winter Palace homes the well-known Hermitage Museum. I used to be fortunate sufficient to go to the Palace and museum some years in the past, and I’ve to say that I’ve hardly ever been extra impressed by a historic constructing.

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