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Constructed by: Geoff Brown
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Reveal Answer: Amiss

Themed solutions are frequent phrases, every MISSING a letter A on the finish of the primary phrase:

• 67A Not fairly proper, and an apt title for this puzzle? : AMISS

• 18A Deep dive into the statistics of a NY slugger? : MET ANALYSIS (from “meta analysis”)
• 23A Scotch drinker who complains a couple of small pour? : DRAM CRITIC (from “drama critic”)
• 37A So over meaty spaghetti sauce? : PAST BOLOGNESE (from “pasta Bolognese”)
• 50A One who stands in the best way of a wager? : BET BLOCKER (from “beta blocker”)
• 58A Flushed situation? : FLORID STATE (from “Florida State”)

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… an entire checklist of solutions

Bill’s time: 8m 02s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1 Peak within the Tour de France : ALP

Back within the late 1800s, long-distance cycle races had been used as promotional occasions, historically to assist enhance gross sales of newspapers. These races normally occurred round tracks, however in 1902 the backers of the struggling sports activities publication “L’Auto” determined to stage a race that may take the rivals throughout France. That first Tour de France occurred in 1903, beginning in Paris and passing by way of Lyon, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Nantes after which again to Paris.

4 Nickname for a Carolina staff : CANES

The Carolina Hurricanes are knowledgeable hockey staff primarily based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The staff was based because the New England Whalers, after they had been positioned in Boston, after which Hartford, Connecticut. The Whalers moved to Raleigh in 1997, and have become the Hurricane.

9 Air fryer model : OSTER

The Oster model of small home equipment was launched in 1924 by John Oster. He began out by making manually-powered hair clippers designed for reducing girls’s hair, and adopted up with a motorized model in 1928. The clippers stored the corporate in enterprise till 1946 when Oster diversified, shopping for a producer of liquefying blenders in 1946. The blender was renamed to “Osterizer” and was a giant hit. Oster was purchased by Sunbeam, which has owned the model since 1960.

16 Fracking goal : SHALE

“Fracking” is a well-recognized time period describing “hydraulic fracturing”. Fracking includes the injection of chemical compounds and sand in water at excessive strain right into a wellbore. This creates cracks in layers of rock deep within the earth permitting maybe oil or pure fuel to movement extra freely to the floor.

17 African viper : ASP

The asp is a venomous snake discovered within the Nile area of Africa. It is so venomous that the asp was utilized in historic Egypt and Greece as a method of execution. Cleopatra noticed such executions noting that the venom introduced on sleepiness with none painful spasms. When the nice queen opted to commit suicide, the asp was subsequently her chosen technique.

18 Deep dive into the statistics of a NY slugger? : MET ANALYSIS (from “meta-analysis”)

The New York Mets (NYM) baseball staff was based in 1962 as a alternative for 2 groups that the town had misplaced, particularly the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. For a number of years the Mets performed very poorly, ending no higher than second-to-last of their division. Then alongside got here the “Miracle Mets” (aka “Amazin’ Mets”) who beat the Baltimore Orioles in 1969 to say the World Series in an enormous upset.

Meta-analysis is the evaluation of information from a number of scientific research (slightly than only one). The concept is that combining outcomes from a number of research leads to a decrease total diploma of error.

23 Scotch drinker who complains a couple of small pour? : DRAM CRITIC (from “drama critic”)

I feel that the dram is a complicated unit of measurement. It has one worth as an historic unit of mass, and two totally different values as a contemporary unit of mass, one other worth as a unit of fluid quantity, and yet one more various worth as a measure of Scotch whisky!

26 Briny cheese : FETA

Feta is a Greek cheese made out of sheep’s milk, or a combination of sheep and goat’s milk. The cheese is salted and cured in a brine answer for a number of months earlier than it’s eaten.

30 Final bio : OBIT

Our phrase “obituary” comes from the Latin “obituaris”. The Latin time period was used for “record of the death of a person”, though the literal that means is “pertaining to death”.

33 Civil War POTUS : ABE

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the US, elected in 1860 as the primary president from the Republican Party. Lincoln’s electoral assist got here virtually completely from the north and west of the nation, successful solely 2 out of 996 counties within the Southern slave states. Lincoln led the nation by way of the Civil War, after which was assassinated in 1865 just some days after Robert E. Lee surrendered his military of Northern Virginia. President Lincoln was succeeded in workplace by Vice President Andrew Johnson.

President of the United States (POTUS)

37 So over meaty spaghetti sauce? : PAST BOLOGNESE (from “pasta Bolognese”)

Bolognese sauce is a meat-based sauce originating from Bologna in Italy, therefore the title. The recipe is normally known as “ragù alla bolognese” in Italian, or just “ragù”. Note that the Ragú model of sauces launched in North America in 1937 takes its title from the identical supply (pun … sauce!). However, the model title makes use of the fallacious accent (“Ragú” as a substitute of “Ragù”), which drives a pedant like me loopy ..

41 British time period for a vaccination : JAB

An injection utilizing a hypodermic needle could be termed a “shot” in North America, and a “jab” in Britain and Ireland.

43 GPS show : RTE

A world positioning system (GPS) may level out a route (rte.).

46 __-Okay : PRE

Pre-kindergarten (pre-Okay)

48 “The Book of Boba __” : FETT

“The Book of Boba Fett” is a TV sequence throughout the “Star Wars” franchise. It is a spin-off from the TV present “The Mandalorian”. Both sequence had been created by actor and filmmaker Jon Favreau. “The Book of Boba Fett” facilities on bounty hunter Boba Fett as he takes of the previous territory of crime lord Jabba the Hutt.

50 One who stands in the best way of a wager? : BET BLOCKER (from “beta blocker”)

Beta blockers are medicine used primarily to handle cardiac arrhythmia and hypertension. Basically, beta blockers intervene with the fight-or-flight response.

57 Jelly Roll Morton style : RAGTIME

Ragtime music was on the top of its reputation within the early 1900s. It takes its title from its attribute “ragged” rhythms. The most well-known ragtime composer was Scott Joplin, who had a giant hit together with his “Maple Leaf Rag” when it was printed in 1899. He adopted that up with a string of hits, together with the “Pine Apple Rag” (sic). Ragtime fell out of favor about 1917 when the general public turned to jazz. It had a resurgence within the forties when jazz musicians began to incorporate ragtime tunes of their repertoires. But it was the 1973 film “The Sting” that introduced the true revival, because the hit soundtrack included quite a few ragtime tunes by Scott Joplin, together with the celebrated “The Entertainer” initially printed in 1902.

“Jelly Roll Morton” was the stage title of Ferdinand LaMothe, a ragtime and early jazz musician. Morton apparently had fairly the ego and claimed to have “invented” the jazz style in 1902. That stated, he did certainly document the primary ever printed jazz composition, his personal “Jelly Roll Blues” in 1915. Early in his profession, Morton labored as piano participant in a brothel, and there took the nickname “Jelly Roll”, a suggestive slang time period associated to feminine anatomy.

58 Flushed situation? : FLORID STATE (from “Florida State”)

Florida State University (FSU) is positioned in Tallahassee, the state capital of Florida. The college’s athletic groups are referred to as the Seminoles (generally the “‘Noles”). The staff title was chosen in 1947 by the scholars in a vote, and alludes to the Seminole folks of Florida.

62 Karate stage : DAN

The dan rating system is utilized in a number of Japanese and Korean martial arts. The dan rating signifies a stage of proficiency, and infrequently solely applies to practitioners who’ve already earned a black belt.

68 Copa Mundial cheer : OLE!

In Spanish, supporters could be heard yelling “ole!” (bravo!) on the “Copa Mundial” (World Cup) of soccer.

Down

1 Oscar or Tony : AWARD

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is the group that provides the annual Academy Awards, also called the “Oscars”. The root of the title “Oscar” is hotly debated, however what’s agreed is that the award was formally named “Oscar” in 1939. The first Academy Awards had been introduced at a brunch in 1929 with an viewers of simply 29 folks. The Awards ceremony is a barely greater occasion as of late …

The Tony Awards are extra utterly known as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Broadway Theatre. The awards are named for Mary Antoinette “Tony” Perry, who was a co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.

3 Cartoon piglet with a British accent : PEPPA

“Peppa Pig” is a kids’s animated present that’s produced within the UK and airs everywhere in the world. There’s even a Peppa Pig World theme park positioned in Hampshire, England.

5 Egyptian deity : AMEN-RA

Amun-Ra (additionally “Amon, Amen”) was a god in Egyptian mythology. Amun lends his title to our phrase “ammonia”. This is as a result of the Romans referred to as the ammonium chloride that they collected close to the Temple of Jupiter Amun, “sal ammoniacus” (salt of Amun).

6 Tucci’s “Road to Perdition” position : NITTI

Frank Nitti was one of many high henchmen working for Al Capone. Unlike American-born Capone, Nitti was truly from Italy and was born close to the town of Salerno. When Capone was finally put away for 11 years for tax evasion, Nitti was convicted of the identical crime. Nitti was solely imprisoned for 18 months, and when launched he was labeled as the brand new head of Capone’s Chicago Outfit. However the reality appears to be that he was only a frontman, with others making the selections.

Stanley Tucci is a UK-based American actor. Of his many nice performances, my favourite is in 2009’s “Julie & Julia” wherein he performs the husband of superstar chef Julia Child. Tucci is kind of the prepare dinner himself in actual life and launched “The Tucci Cookbook” in 2012. He can also be a co-owner of the Finch Tavern restaurant in Croton Falls, New York.

7 GPS show : ETA

A world positioning system (GPS) may present one with an estimated time of arrival (ETA).

8 Fig. in id theft : SSN

The major function of a Social Security Number (SSN) is to trace people for the needs of taxation, though given its ubiquitous use, it’s trying increasingly like an id quantity to me. The social safety quantity system was launched in 1936. Prior to 1986, an SSN was required just for individuals with substantial revenue, so many kids below 14 had no quantity assigned. For some years the IRS had a priority that lots of people had been claiming kids on their tax returns who didn’t truly exist. So beginning in 1986, the IRS made it a requirement to get an SSN for any dependents over the age of 5. Sure sufficient, seven million dependents “disappeared” in 1987. Today, a SSN is required for a kid of any age to be able to obtain a tax exemption.

9 European capital with greater than 340 lakes : OSLO

The Norwegian capital of Oslo is positioned on the northern finish of a fjord referred to as Oslofjord. The fjord is house to 40 islands that lie throughout the metropolis’s limits. Oslo additionally has 343 lakes.

10 Not fairly assembly : SHY OF

To be shy is to be brief, missing. This use of “shy” originated as playing slang that means “owe money to the pot”.

12 Pharmaceutical large __ Lilly : ELI

Eli Lilly is the most important company within the state of Indiana. Founder Eli Lilly was a veteran of the Union Army within the Civil War, and a failed Mississippi plantation proprietor. Later in life he returned to his first occupation and opened a pharmaceutical operation to fabricate medicine and promote them wholesale. Under Lilly’s early steerage, the corporate was the primary to create gelatin capsules to carry medicines and the primary to make use of fruit flavoring in liquid medicines.

21 French pals : AMIES

A male pal in France is “un ami”, and a feminine pal is “une amie”.

25 Old Mac laptop computer : IBOOK

From 1996 to 2006, Apple bought a comparatively cost-effective line of laptops referred to as iBooks. Basically, an iBook was a stripped-down model of the high-end EnergyBook, in a special kind issue and focused on the client and schooling markets. The iBook was changed by the MacBook in 2006.

27 Preakness horse’s age : THREE

The Preakness Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race that’s run on the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore in May of every 12 months. The Preakness is the second hottest horse race within the US by way of attendance, after the Kentucky Derby. The race was given its title by former Maryland Governor Oden Bowie in honor of the racehorse named Preakness. Preakness received the inaugural Dixie Stakes that was run at Pimlico in 1870.

31 “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the __ Rings” : TEN

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is a film launched in 2021. The title character is a superhero from the Marvel Comics universe. Shang-Chi is performed by Canadian actor Simu Liu.

35 Bête __ : NOIRE

“Bête noire” interprets from French as “black beast”, and is utilized in English to explain one thing or somebody that’s disliked.

38 “Frankly,” in texts : TBH

To be trustworthy (TBH)

41 Peanut butter model : JIF

Jif is the main model of peanut butter within the US, and has been since 1981. Introduced in 1958, Jif is now produced by Smuckers.

47 “The Gambler” singer : ROGERS

Singer Kenny Rogers was from Houston, and retired to his property in Colbert, Georgia. The checklist of hit songs recorded by Rogers consists of “Lucille”, “Coward of the County”, “We’ve Got Tonight” (with Sheena Easton), and “Islands in the Stream” (with Dolly Parton).

“The Gambler” is a tune written by Don Schlitz in 1976, and most famously recorded by Kenny Rogers in 1978. Backing vocals on the recording had been offered by the Jordanaires, a vocal quartet who most famously accompanied Elvis Presley in most of his recordings from the Nineteen Fifties to the Seventies.

You’ve obtained to know when to carry ’em
Know when to fold ’em
Know when to stroll away
And know when to run
You by no means depend your cash
When you’re sittin’ on the desk
There’ll be time sufficient for countin’
When the dealin’s executed

49 Patisserie product : TORTE

A torte is a kind of cake made primarily with eggs, sugar and floor nuts (however no flour).

A patisserie is a French bakery that sells pastries, or “tartes”.

51 Luca of “The Godfather” : BRASI

Luca Brasi is one in every of Don Corleone’s most loyal “enforcers” in Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather”. Brasi involves a violent finish, garroted whereas his hand is pinned to a wood bar with a knife. Famously, the Corleone household study of his demise after they obtain Brasi’s bulletproof vest wrapped round lifeless fish. The message is that he “sleeps with the fishes”. In the large display screen adaptation of “The Godfather”, Luca Brasi is performed by ex-wrestler {and professional} bodyguard Lenny Montana. The position launched a really profitable tv character-acting profession for Montana.

54 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 also be famous for her willingness to deliver 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 occasions on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion”.

56 Williamson who was the 2019 #1 NBA draft decide : ZION

Professional basketball participant Zion Williamson was the number-one decide within the 2019 NBA draft, when he was chosen by the New Orleans Pelicans.

58 Tower authority: Abbr. : FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was arrange in 1958 (because the Federal Aviation Agency). The company was established at that exact time largely in response to an growing variety of midair collisions. The worst of those disasters had taken place two years earlier over the Grand Canyon, a crash between two industrial passenger airplanes that resulted in 128 fatalities.

Lambert-St. Louis International Airport has the IATA airport code STL. Commonly known as Lambert Field, the airport is known as for Albert Bond Lambert, an olympic golfer and aviator from St. Louis. Back within the Nineteen Twenties, Lambert Field was the primary airport to have an air visitors management system, albeit a fairly rudimentary one wherein pilots obtained flag alerts.

60 Après-ski possibility : SPA

“Après-ski” is a French time period that means “after skiing”. It refers back to the good occasions available after coming off the slopes.

61 Loki participant Hiddleston : TOM

Tom Hiddleston is an English actor who garnered worldwide consideration when he was given the position of Loki within the superhero movie “Thor” (2011). More just lately, I loved Hiddleston’s efficiency within the wonderful thriller miniseries “The Night Manager” that’s primarily based on a John le Carré novel.

“Loki” is a TV sequence primarily based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the identical title. The present’s motion takes place after the storyline within the 2019 film “Avengers: Endgame”. In that film, English actor Tom Hiddleston performs Loki, and he reprises the position within the TV sequence.

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