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Constructed by: Jack Murtagh
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Reveal Answer: Father Figures

Themed solutions every begin with a synonym of “FATHER”:

• 56A Some male position fashions, and what might be discovered on the begins of the solutions to the starred clues : FATHER FIGURES

• 20A *Spiderlike arachnid : DADDY LONGLEGS
• 33A *Does some rear-tire balancing on one’s bike : POPS A WHEELIE
• 41A *Personification of a snowy season : OLD MAN WINTER

Read on, or soar to …
… a whole listing of solutions

Bill’s time: 5m 11s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

10 Units {of electrical} resistance : OHMS

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 by a circuit is instantly proportional to the voltage utilized, (V=IR) a relationship that each faculty child is aware of as Ohm’s Law.

14 Norway’s capital : OSLO

Oslo, the capital of Norway, is an historic metropolis that was based round 1048. The medieval metropolis was destroyed by hearth in 1624 and was rebuilt by the Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV and renamed to Christiana. In 1877 there was an official change of the spelling of the town’s title to “Kristiana”, after which extra not too long ago in 1925 the title was restored to the unique Oslo. Things have nearly gone full circle and now the middle of Oslo, the realm that may have been contained by the unique medieval partitions, has apparently been renamed to Christiana.

16 TV alien performed by Robin Williams : MORK

“Mork & Mindy” is a sitcom that initially aired from 1978 to 1982. The title characters have been performed by Robin Williams and Pam Dawber. Mork is an alien from the planet Ork who reviews again to his superior known as Orson. Orson is performed by voice actor Ralph James. Ralph James was additionally recognized for offering the voice of Mr. Turtle in well-known Tootsie Pop commercials within the seventies. Nanu nanu!

17 Bank declare : LIEN

A lien is a proper that one has to retain or safe somebody’s property till a debt is paid. When a person takes out a automotive mortgage, for instance, the lending financial institution is normally a lien holder. The financial institution releases the lien on the automotive when the mortgage is paid in full.

18 Sierra __, Africa : LEONE

The Republic of Sierra Leone is a rustic in West Africa that lies on the Atlantic Coast. The capital metropolis of Freetown was initially arrange as a colony to accommodate the “Black Poor” of London, England. These individuals have been primarily freed British slaves of Caribbean descent who have been residing a depressing life within the run-down components of London. Perhaps to assist the impoverished souls, maybe to rid the streets of “a problem”, three ships have been chartered in 1787 to move a bunch of blacks, with some whites, to a bit of land bought in Sierra Leone. Those who made the voyage have been granted British citizenship and safety. The descendants of those immigrants, and others who made the journey over the following 60 years, make up the ethnic group that’s right this moment known as the Sierra Leone Creole.

19 Marketplace for distinctive presents : ETSY

Etsy.com is an e-commerce web site the place you should buy and promote the type of objects that you simply may discover at a craft truthful.

20 *Spiderlike arachnid : DADDY LONGLEGS

“Daddy longlegs” is a standard time period used to explain a number of species of insect, together with harvestmen, cellar spiders and crane flies.

Arachnids are creatures with eight jointed legs. The title of the category Arachnida comes from the Greek “aráchnē” which means “spider”.

23 French toast want : EGG

The dish made out of bread soaked in milk with crushed eggs after which fried is normally known as French toast within the US, nevertheless it additionally goes by the names German toast and Spanish toast. In France, the dish is named “pain perdu”, which interprets as “lost bread”. This title is a reference to the truth that “lost” or “stale” bread might be reclaimed by dipping it in a combination of milk and eggs after which frying it.

24 Mantra syllables : OMS

“Om” is a sacred mystic phrase from the Hindu custom. “Om” is usually used as a mantra, a spotlight for the thoughts in meditation.

25 Slushy drink : FRAPPE

A “frappé” is a frozen, fruit-flavored dessert much like sherbet. “Frappé” is a French phrase that may imply “chilled”.

28 Sitcom title position for Brandy : MOESHA

“Moesha” is a sitcom that initially aired within the late nineties starring singer Brandy Norwood within the title position, a highschool pupil in LA. “Moesha” could also be a sitcom, nevertheless it had a status for coping with very actual social points reminiscent of teen being pregnant, race relations, and infidelity.

30 Alien-hunting org. : SETI

“SETI” is the title given to plenty of tasks looking for extraterrestrial life. The acronym stands for “search for extraterrestrial intelligence”. One of the primary SETI actions is the monitoring of electromagnetic radiation (reminiscent of radio waves) reaching the Earth within the hope of discovering a transmission from a civilization in one other world.

32 Large deer : ELK

The elk (additionally “wapiti”) is among the largest species of deer on the earth, with solely the moose being larger. Early European settlers have been aware of the smaller crimson deer again of their homelands, so after they noticed the “huge” wapiti they assumed it was a moose, and incorrectly gave it the European title for a moose, specifically “elk”. The extra appropriate title for the beast is “wapiti”, which suggests “white rump” in Shawnee. It’s all very complicated …

36 Mother Earth, in Greek fantasy : GAIA

The Greek goddess personifying the earth was Gaea (additionally “Gaia”, and which means “land” or “earth” in Greek). The Roman equal goddess was Terra Mater, “Mother Earth”.

40 Pub orders : ALES

The many, many various kinds of beer can typically be sorted into two teams: ales and lagers. Ales are fermented at comparatively heat temperatures for comparatively quick intervals of time, and use top-fermenting yeasts, i.e. yeasts that float on high of the beer because it ferments. Lagers ferment at comparatively low temperatures and for comparatively lengthy intervals of time. Lagers use bottom-fermenting yeasts, i.e. yeasts that fall to the underside of the beer because it ferments.

46 Female deer : DOE

A male deer is normally known as a buck, and a feminine is a doe. However, the male crimson deer is normally known as a stag. The males of even bigger species of deer are sometimes known as bulls, and the females known as cows. In older English, male deer of over 5 years have been known as harts, and females of over 3 years have been known as hinds. The younger of small species are often known as fawns, and of bigger species are known as calves. All very complicated …

52 Rudder locales : STERNS

A rudder is normally a flat sheet of wooden or metallic positioned on the stern of a ship, and beneath the waterline. The rudder is connected to a rudder submit, which rotates to vary the orientation of the rudder therefore steering the boat. That rotation of the rudder submit might be achieved by pulling or pushing a lever known as a tiller, which is positioned on the high of the submit.

54 Computing pioneer Lovelace : ADA

Ada Lovelace’s actual title and title was Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. She was the one authentic youngster of Lord Byron, the poet. Lovelace was fascinated by arithmetic and wrote concerning the work executed by Charles Babbage in constructing his groundbreaking mechanical pc. In a few of her notes, she proposed an algorithm for Babbage’s machine to compute Bernoulli numbers. This algorithm is acknowledged by many because the world’s first pc program and so Lovelace is usually known as the primary “computer programmer”. There is a pc language known as “Ada” that was named in her honor. The Ada language was developed from 1977 to 1983 for the US Department of Defense.

60 Protruding a part of a fedora : BRIM

A fedora is a stunning hat, I believe. It is fabricated from felt, and is much like a trilby, however has a broader brim. “Fedora” was a play written for Sarah Bernhardt and first carried out in 1889. Bernhardt had the title position of Princess Fedora, and on stage she wore a hat much like a modern-day fedora. The play led to the ladies’s trend accent, the fedora hat, generally worn by ladies into the start of the 20th century. Men then began sporting fedoras, however solely when ladies gave up the style …

63 Post-it __ : NOTE

The Post-it notice was invented at 3M following the unintended discovery of a low-tack, reusable adhesive. The precise intent of the event program was to supply a super-strong adhesive.

66 Actress Arlene : DAHL

Arlene Dahl is an American film actress who was fairly well-known through the Fifties. Among her display credit was enjoying the feminine lead in 1959’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, alongside James Mason and Pat Boone.

Down

1 Texas __: poker selection : HOLD ‘EM

In the cardboard sport known as Texas maintain ‘em, two gap playing cards are dealt to every participant, and 5 group playing cards are dealt face up on the desk. The group playing cards are dealt within the three phases. The first three playing cards are dealt in a single stage (the flop), then the fourth card is proven (the flip), and at last the fifth card (the river).

2 Nutty Italian cheese : ASIAGO

Asiago is a cheese that’s named for the area in northeastern Italy from the place it originates. It is available in various textures relying on its age. Fresh Asiago could be very clean, whereas aged Asiago might be very crumbly.

3 R&B singer Percy : SLEDGE

Percy Sledge is an R&B singer who’s most well-known for recording the nice music “When a Man Loves a Woman” in 1966.

6 Cookies that got here in limited-edition Neapolitan and Snickerdoodle flavors in 2022 : OREOS

Nabisco presents personalized packets of Oreo cookies by its OREOiD web site. Users of the stie can select filling colours and decorations, and may add a photograph or a message to the cookie itself.

7 Waffle __ : IRON

Waffle irons have been round for the reason that 1300s, within the Low Countries. The unique model comprised two iron plates linked by a hinge, and two picket handles. The plates have been usually solid with a sample that left a picture on the waffle. The waffles have been baked within the iron over a hearth in a fire.

9 Last of a dozen : TWELFTH

Our phrase “dozen” is used for a bunch of twelve. We imported it into English from Old French. The trendy French phrase for “twelve” is “douze”, and for “dozen” is “douzaine”.

10 Greek letter that represents 10-Across, in physics : OMEGA
[10A Units of electrical resistance : OHMS]

11 Tough stretch of summer time : HOT SPELL

Omega is the final letter of the Greek alphabet and is the one that appears like a horseshoe (Ω) when in uppercase. The lowercase omega appears like a Latin W. The phrase “omega” actually means “great O” (O-mega). Compare this with the Greek letter Omicron, which means “little O” (O-micron).

12 __ Claus: North Pole resident : MRS

If you need to ship a notice to Santa from Canada, he has his personal particular postal code: “North Pole, HOH OHO”. The US Postal Service means that we ship mail for Santa to zip code 99705, which directs it to the town of North Pole, Alaska.

21 Start of a pirate chant : YO-HO- …

The fictional sea shanty known as “Dead Man’s Chest” was launched in Robert Louis Stevenson’s nice novel, “Treasure Island”. In the guide, Stevenson solely describes the refrain, which matches:

Fifteen males on the lifeless man’s chest–
…Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the satan had executed for the remainder–
…Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

22 New York canal : ERIE

The Erie Canal runs from Albany to Buffalo within the state of New York. What the canal does is permit delivery to proceed from New York Harbor proper up the Hudson River, by the canal and into the Great Lakes. When it was opened in 1825, the Erie Canal had a right away influence on the economic system of New York City and areas alongside its route. It was the primary technique of “cheap” transportation from a port on the Atlantic seaboard into the inside of the United States. Arguably it was an important issue contributing to the expansion of New York City over competing ports reminiscent of Baltimore and Philadelphia. It was largely due to the Erie Canal that New York turned such an financial powerhouse, incomes it the nickname of “the Empire State”. Paradoxically, one of many challenge’s principal proponents was severely criticized. New York Governor DeWitt Clinton acquired a lot ridicule that the canal was nicknamed “Clinton’s Folly” and “Clinton’s Ditch”.

26 Ballet class bend : PLIE

The French phrase for “bent” is “plié”. In the ballet transfer often known as a plié, the knees are bent. A “demi-plié” is an analogous transfer, however with much less bending of the knees. A fondu is much like a plié, besides that just one leg stays on the bottom.

30 South Asian clothes : SARIS

The merchandise of clothes known as a “sari” (additionally “saree”) is a strip of fabric, as one may think, uncommon maybe in that it’s unstitched alongside the entire of its size. The strip of fabric can vary from 4 to 9 meters lengthy (that’s quite a lot of materials!). The sari is normally wrapped across the waist, then draped over the shoulder leaving the midriff naked. I need to say, it may be a good looking merchandise of clothes.

31 Actor McGregor : EWAN

Ewan McGregor is a really gifted Scottish actor, one who acquired his break within the 1996 movie “Trainspotting”. McGregor’s first massive Hollywood position was enjoying the younger Obi-Wan-Kenobi within the “Star Wars” prequels. Less recognized is his televised marathon bike journey from London to New York by way of central Europe, Ukraine, Siberia, Mongolia and Canada. The 2004 journey was proven as “Long Way Round” on TV. McGregor did an analogous journey in 2007 known as “Long Way Down”, which took him and the identical touring companion from the north of Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa.

35 Wyatt of Tombstone : EARP

Wyatt Earp is legendary as one of many members within the gunfight on the O.Ok. Corral. Earp was a metropolis policeman in Wichita, Kansas and likewise in Dodge City, Kansas. Earp was additionally deputy sheriff in Tombstone, Arizona the place the O.Ok. Corral gunfight occurred. Years later, Earp joined the Alaska Gold Rush and with a companion constructed and operated the Dexter Saloon in Nome.

The Arizona city of Tombstone constructed up round a mine that was owned by one Ed Schieffelin. Schieffelin had been advised by US troopers stationed within the space that the one stone (ore pattern) he would discover within the space was his tombstone. Regardless, he did file a declare, and it was centered on the grave web site of considered one of his males who had been killed by Apaches. Schieffelin filed papers beneath the title “the Tombstone claim”.

36 Neil Gaiman’s “American __” : GODS

“American Gods” is a 2001 fantasy novel by English writer Neil Gaiman. The guide has been tailored right into a TV sequence, with the primary season airing on Starz in 2017. It’s all about gods and mythological creatures in up to date America. Not my cup of tea, though there’s a leprechaun named Mad Sweeney within the combine …

Neil Gaiman is an English writer whose works embrace novels, comedian books and graphic novels. He has a really noteworthy friendship with musician Tori Amos. Amos has included “Neil” within the lyrics of a number of of her songs. In flip, Gaiman included her as a personality in his comedian guide “The Sandman”, and Amos penned the introduction to the comedian “Death: The HIgh Cost of Living”, and options on the quilt.

38 French phrase which means “obsession” : IDEE FIXE

An “idée fixe” (a French time period) is principally a hard and fast thought, an obsession

50 Sprout incisors : TEETHE

The incisors are the entrance tooth, of which people have eight. The time period “incisor” comes from the Latin “incidere” which means “to cut”.

51 Art studio stands : EASELS

The phrase “easel” comes from an previous Dutch phrase which means “donkey”, would you consider? The thought is that an easel carries its load (an oil portray, say) simply as a donkey can be made to hold a load.

53 Budget noodle dish : RAMEN

Ramen is a noodle dish composed of Chinese-style wheat noodles in a meat or fish broth flavored with soy or miso sauce. Ramen is normally topped with sliced pork and dried seaweed. The time period “ramen” can be used for precooked, on the spot noodles that are available in single-serving, stable blocks.

57 Miami Heat coach Spoelstra : ERIK

When Erik Spoelstra was appointed head coach for the Miami Heat in 2008, he turned the primary Asian-American to function head coach in any of the 4 main North American sports activities leagues.

58 Sitarist Shankar : RAVI

Ravi Shankar was maybe essentially the most well-known virtuoso (to us Westerners) from the world of Indian classical music, and was famous for his sitar enjoying. Shankar was the daddy of the pop singer Norah Jones.

60 Sandwich letters : BLT

The BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) is the second-most widespread sandwich within the US, after the plain previous ham sandwich.

The submit LA Times Crossword 16 Jan 23, Monday appeared first on LAXCrossword.com.

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