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Today’s Reveal Answer: Cold Spell

Themed solutions every begin with a homophone of a letter within the alphabet. Those letters SPELL out the phrase “COLD”:

• 60A Stretch of chilly climate, and what the primary phrases of the solutions to the starred clues quantity to, phonetically? : COLD SPELL

• 17A *Song sung by sailors : SEA SHANTY (giving “C”)
• 25A *”Huzzah!” : OH HAPPY DAY (giving “O”)
• 36A *Yosemite monolith within the 2018 documentary “Free Solo” : EL CAPITAN (giving “L”)
• 50A *Actress who performed Elliott’s mother in “E.T.” : DEE WALLACE (giving “D”)

Read on, or leap to …
… a whole checklist of solutions

Bill’s time: 5m 43s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1 “Skedaddle!” : SCRAM!

“Skedaddle” is a slang time period that means “run away”, one which dates again to the Civil War.

6 CSI stuff : DNA

I’ve all the time been fascinated by the truth that the DNA of residing issues is so very related throughout completely different species. Human DNA is nearly precisely the identical for each particular person (to the diploma of 99.9%). However, these small variations are ample to tell apart one particular person from one other, and to find out whether or not or not people are shut household kin.

Crime scene investigation (CSI)

14 Hockey venue : ARENA

Our time period “arena” comes from the Latin “harena”, a spot of fight. Originally “harena” was used to explain sand or a sandy place. Those Ancient Roman locations of fight had been coated with sand to absorb blood.

16 Underworld : HADES

Hades was the god of the underworld to the traditional Greeks. Over time, Hades gave his title to the underworld itself, the place the place the useless reside. The time period “Hades” was additionally adopted into the Christian custom, in its place title for hell. But, the idea of hell in Christianity is extra akin to the Greek “Tartarus”, which is a darkish and gloomy dungeon situated in Hades, a spot of struggling and torment.

17 *Song sung by sailors : SEA SHANTY (giving “C”)

A sea shanty (additionally “chantey”) is a tune sung by sailors, usually when they’re working away on some repetitive process.

19 Feathers in a quilt : EIDER

Eiders are massive sea geese. Their down feathers are used to fill pillows and quilts, giving the title to the quilt referred to as an “eiderdown”.

A quilt is a big flat bag that’s crammed with down feathers or an artificial substitute that’s used as a prime cowl for a mattress. Although a quilt is comparable to what’s referred to as a “comforter” within the US, there’s a distinction. A quilt usually has an simply eliminated cowl that’s often laundered similtaneously the underside sheet and pillowcases. We use them lots in Europe, and customarily and not using a prime sheet as a result of ease of laundering.

21 Desktop laptop initially offered in Bondi Blue : IMAC

The iMac is a desktop laptop platform that Apple launched in 1998. One of the primary options of the iMac is an “all-in-one” design, with the pc console and monitor built-in. The iMac additionally got here in a variety of colours that Apple marketed as “flavors”, comparable to strawberry, blueberry and lime.

25 *”Huzzah!” : OH HAPPY DAY (giving “O”)

“Huzzah” is a cheer, initially a sailor’s interjection, presumably accompanying the hoisting of a sail.

28 World __ of Poker : SERIES

The World Series of Poker is an annual occasion held in Las Vegas. The winner of every occasion is given a much-coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.

30 Homophone of 31-Across : TOO
31 Homophone of 30-Across : TWO

Homophones are phrases which are pronounced in the identical approach (e.g., ere, air, err and inheritor). Homonyms are a subset of homophones, and are phrases which have the identical spelling and the identical pronunciation however completely different meanings, for instance, skate (a fish) and skate (worn on the foot).

32 Old quick fliers: Abbr. : SSTS

The first supersonic transport (SST) to fly was the Tupolev Tu-144, which was constructed within the Soviet Union. The Tu-144 first flew in 1968, however didn’t carry passengers till 1977. The plane was completely grounded as a passenger craft in 1978 because of considerations about security (there had been two Tu-144 crashes). The second SST to fly was the Anglo-French Concorde, which operated at a revenue for over 27 years till it was withdrawn from service in 2003. There was one Concorde crash, in Paris in July 2000. Since then, there have been no business SST providers.

36 *Yosemite monolith within the 2018 documentary “Free Solo” : EL CAPITAN (giving “L”)

El Capitan is a shocking vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park in California. The prime of El Capitan has been used because the take-off level for a lot of BASE jumps, parachute jumps made by diving off the highest of the rock face. The National Park Service put a cease to the apply in 1999. Soon afterwards, a BASE jumper made an unlawful leap to protest the ban. She died …

“Free Solo” is a wonderful, albeit horrifying (to me), 2018 documentary about Alex Honnold’s record-setting free-solo ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The movie received that season’s Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, as properly it ought to …

48 __ Bros. Discovery: media conglomerate : WARNER

The Warner Bros. movie studio was based by 4 Warner brothers, though their authentic household title was Wonskolaser. The brothers Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack emigrated from Poland as kids with their mother and father, and altered their title once they landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1889.

50 *Actress who performed Elliott’s mother in “E.T.” : DEE WALLACE (giving “D”)

Actress Dee Wallace is finest identified for taking part in younger Elliot’s mom within the Steven Spielberg 1982 masterpiece “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Moving past performing, Wallace grew to become a public speaker and writer of self-help books. She gave a TED discuss on the topic in 2018.

56 Computer large : DELL

Computer producer Dell is called for the corporate’s founder Michael Dell. Michael Dell began his firm in his dorm room at school, delivery private computer systems that had been custom-made to the particular wants of his prospects. He dropped out of college with a purpose to deal with his rising enterprise, a choice that I doubt he regrets. Michael Dell is now one of many richest individuals on the earth.

59 Bee’s protection : STING

A queen bee has a stinger, similar to employee bees. When a employee bee stings, it leaves its stinger in its sufferer. The employee bee dies after shedding its stinger because the loss rips out a part of its insides. However, a queen bee can sting with impunity as her stinger’s anatomy is completely different.

66 Spider creation : WEB

The silk that makes up an internet is a protein fiber that’s “spun” by a spider. Spider silk is about one sixth of the density of metal, but has a comparable tensile energy.

67 Made docile : TAMED

Something described as “docile” is definitely managed or readily skilled. The time period in the end derives from the Latin “docere” that means “to teach”.

Down

5 Half a menu fish : MAHI

“Mahi-mahi” (that means “very strong”) is the Hawaiian title for the dolphinfish, which is often known as the dorado. The mahi-mahi is an unpleasant trying creature if ever I noticed one …

6 Blues singer Washington : DINAH

“Dinah Washington” was the stage title of the blues and jazz singer Ruth Lee Jones. When she was as soon as performing on the celebrated London Palladium, she introduced (with Queen Elizabeth II sitting within the Royal Box), “There is but one Heaven, one Hell, one queen, and your Elizabeth is an impostor.” That would have created a little bit of a stir …

9 Chintzy : CHEAPO

Chintz is a calico material that could be very florid, and which originated in India. Indian chintz was in such nice demand in Europe within the Seventeenth-century, and a lot was offered, that each England and France banned its import. This contributed to the time period “chintz” being utilized derogatively to a cloth, and from there to something low-cost or gaudy.

10 Church attendees : LAITY

Anything described as laic (or “laical, lay”) is expounded to the laity, these members of the church who aren’t clergy. The time period “laic” in the end comes from the Greek “laikos” that means “of the people”.

13 Outdated geopolitical letters : SSR

The former Soviet Union (formally “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” or “USSR”) was created in 1922, not lengthy after the Russian Revolution of 1917 that overthrew the tsar. Geographically, the brand new Soviet Union was roughly equal to the previous Russian Empire, and comprised fifteen Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs).

18 Singer-songwriter Tori : AMOS

Tori Amos is an American pianist and singer. She began taking part in the piano at two years previous, and was composing piano items by age 5. Amos was taking part in in piano bars (chaperoned by her father) when she was 14. I’m going to have to seek out a few of her music …

22 Cricket or squash : SPORT

Cricket is the nationwide recreation of England. The time period “cricket” apparently comes from the Old French phrase “criquet” that means “goalpost, stick”.

Squash is a racket sport that’s just like racquetball, with the latter being extra frequent right here within the US. Squash is derived from the older sport of racquets, and was launched round 1830 by college students at Harrow School in London. It was initially referred to as squash racquets as the primary ball used was a racquets ball that was punctured. It was very, very squashable and far softer than that used within the father or mother recreation.

24 Web pages : SITES

In essence, the World Wide Web (WWW) is an enormous assortment of paperwork that’s accessible utilizing the Internet, with every doc containing hyperlinks which level to different paperwork within the assortment. So the “Web” is completely different from the Internet, though the phrases are sometimes used interchangeably. The Web is a set of paperwork, and the Internet is a world community of computer systems on which the paperwork reside. The Web was successfully the invention of British laptop scientist Tim Berners-Lee. The key to Berner-Lee’s invention was bringing collectively two applied sciences that already existed: hypertext and the Internet. I, for one, am very grateful …

29 Course for intl. college students : ESL

English as a Second Language (ESL) is typically known as English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

34 Wall St. launch : IPO

An preliminary public providing (IPO) is the very first supply of inventory on the market by an organization on the open market. In different phrases, an IPO marks the primary time that an organization is traded on a public trade. Companies have an IPO to lift capital to increase (often).

37 Tub sealant : CAULK

The time period “caulk” comes from previous Norman French “cauquer”, and described the motion of filling gaps with lime. “Caulk” has the identical root as our phrase “chalk”.

38 Atty.’s group : ABA

American Bar Association (ABA)

44 California house of the Angels and the Ducks : ANAHEIM

The California metropolis of Anaheim is known as house to the Disneyland resort. Prior to Disneyland opening in 1955, Anaheim was largely an agricultural neighborhood. It had been based in 1857 by a gaggle of German-Americans who had been in search of an space appropriate for rising grapes. The title “Anaheim” comes from “Ana”, referring to the close by Santa Ana River, and from “Heim”, a German phrase that means “home”.

The Anaheim Angels baseball workforce is immediately extra appropriately referred to as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (LAA). The “Angels” title dates again to 1961 when the workforce was based within the “City of Angels”, Los Angeles. When the franchise moved to Anaheim in 1965 they had been generally known as the California Angels, then the Anaheim Angels, and most not too long ago the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Angels are often known as “the Halos”.

The Walt Disney Company based the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim hockey workforce in 1993, with the franchise’s title being a nod to the 1992 Disney film referred to as “The Mighty Ducks”. The title was modified to the Anaheim Ducks when Disney offered the workforce earlier than the 2006-2007 season.

45 Rossini’s “The Barber of __” : SEVILLE

“The Barber of Seville” is a particularly well-liked comedian opera by Gioachino Rossini that’s primarily based on a play of the identical title by Pierre Beaumarchais. Beaumarchais wrote a sequel referred to as “The Marriage of Figaro”, on which Mozart primarily based his comedian opera of the identical title.

Gioachino Rossini was a prolific and really profitable composer from Pesaro, Italy. During his lifetime, Rossini was lauded as probably the most profitable composer of operas in historical past. His best-known opera immediately might be “The Barber of Seville”. His best-known piece of music might be the finale of the overture from his opera “William Tell”.

57 Future atty.’s examination : LSAT

Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

59 “Murder, __ Wrote” : SHE

“Murder, She Wrote” is a thriller tv present with the lead character Jessica Fletcher, a thriller author who can also be an newbie detective. Fletcher is performed by the charming Angela Lansbury. The present was created by Richard Levinson and William Link who had simply failed with the TV collection “Ellery Queen”, which was pulled after just one season. “Ellery Queen” was additionally a few thriller author who was an newbie detective.

61 Links org. : PGA

The Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) was based in 1916 and immediately has its headquarters (unsurprisingly) in Florida, the place so many golfers stay. Back in 1916, the PGA was primarily based in New York City.

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