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Constructed by: Jeff Stillman
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Theme (in keeping with Bill): En-Tails

Themed solutions are every widespread phrases with a letter N added:

• 17A Preference for the middle of the highway? : MEDIAN BIAS (from “media bias”)
• 29A Where a Met singer reclines between arias? : OPERA DIVAN (from “opera diva”)
• 46A Cereal that has wonderful well being advantages? : WONDER BRAN (from “Wonderbra”)
• 61A Hotel alternative main as much as Eid al-Fitr? : RAMADAN INN (from “Ramada Inn”)

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

Bill’s time: 7m 05s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

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6 Oft-misused pronoun : WHOM

The pronoun “who” is used when referring to both male or feminine people. The goal type of “who” is “whom”, and the possessive is “whose”.

10 Scholastic nos. : GPAS

Grade level common (GPA)

17 Preference for the middle of the highway? : MEDIAN BIAS (from “media bias”)

Here within the US, the realm separating opposing lanes of visitors on a divided freeway referred to as the “median strip”. Over in Britain and Ireland, that median strip is named the “central reservation”.

20 Neruda’s “__ to Salt” : ODE

“Odes to Common Things” is a group of poems by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Included within the checklist of 25 odes is “Ode to the Table”, “Ode to the Dog”, “Ode to the Artichoke”, “Ode to French Fries” and “Ode to Things”.

24 APB topic : PERP

In cop-speak, a “perp” (perpetrator) may prey on a “vic” (sufferer).

25 Biblical possessive : THINE

An All Points Bulletin (APB) is a broadcast from one US regulation enforcement company to a different.

26 “Pumice-powered” cleaning soap : LAVA

Lava is a model of cleaning soap that was launched as a heavy-duty cleanser in 1893. Unlike soaps which might be marketed utilizing a “soft” picture, Lava touts the inclusion of floor pumice that’s meant to abrade grime off the pores and skin. Pumice is present in sure kinds of lava ejected from a volcano, therefore the identify of the cleaning soap.

Pumice is volcanic rock that’s shaped by lava cooling. There are bubbles in pumice resulting from water and carbon dioxide frothing out of the lava because it cools. Because of the frothy construction, pumice is comparatively mild and is a superb thermal insulator. As such, it’s utilized in development to make insulating breeze blocks.

29 Where a Met singer reclines between arias? : OPERA DIVAN (from “opera diva”)

Divans are primarily couches with out backs or arms. The design originated within the Middle East, the place the couches have been generally discovered lining the partitions of an workplace that was referred to as a “divan” or “diwan” which means “government office”.

The time period “diva” involves us from Latin by way of Italian. It is the female type of “divus” which means “divine one”. The phrase is utilized in Italy to imply “goddess” or “fine lady”, and particularly is utilized to the prima donna in an opera. We usually use the time period to explain a singer with a giant ego.

33 Valuable violin : AMATI

The first of the Amati household to make violins was Andrea Amati, who lived within the 14th century. He was succeeded by his sons Antonio and Girolamo. In flip, the 2 brothers have been succeeded by Girolamo’s son Nicolo. Nicolo had just a few college students who achieved fame making musical devices as nicely. One was his personal son, Girolamo, and one other was the famed Antonio Stradivari.

35 Hang out in a hammock : LOLL

Our phrase “hammock” comes by way of Spanish from Haiti, and advanced from a phrase used to explain a fishing web.

36 “Odds __ … ” : ARE

… not even.

37 __ cit.: footnote notation : LOC

“Loc. cit”. is brief for “loco citato” which means “in the place cited”. Loc. cit. is utilized in a footnote as an alternative of op. cit. because it refers not solely to a previous work, but in addition to the identical web page in that work.

41 Paris article : LES

The particular article in French may be “le” (with masculine nouns), “la” (with female nouns), and “les” (with plural nouns of both gender).

42 2010 well being regulation, for brief : ACA

The right identify for what has been dubbed “Obamacare” is the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (ACA).

43 Pests handled with Nix Ultra shampoo : LICE

Lice (singular “louse”) are small wingless bugs, of which there are millions of species. There are three species of lice affecting people, i.e. head lice, physique lice and pubic lice. Most lice feed on lifeless pores and skin discovered on the physique of the host animal, though some feed on blood. Ick …

46 Cereal that has wonderful well being advantages? : WONDER BRAN (from “Wonderbra”)

The world’s first push-up bra was the Wonderbra. The Wonderbra turned very fashionable within the Nineties, though the model identify has been round since 1935.

50 Wasabi __ : PEAS

Wasabi peas are peas which were fried after which coated with wasabi powder combined with sugar, salt and oil. They make for a crunchy snack, and are a favourite of mine …

51 Carved image : TOTEM

“Totem” is a phrase used to explain any entity that watches over a bunch of individuals. As such, totems are often the themes of worship. Totem poles are actually misnamed, as they don’t seem to be meant to signify figures to be worshiped, however moderately are heraldic in nature, and sometimes celebrating the legends or notable occasions within the historical past of a tribe.

52 Wall calendar span : YEAR

Our phrase “calendar” in the end derives from the Latin “calendae”. “Calends” have been the primary days of every Roman month. The Latin “calendarium” was an account e-book, because the money owed fell due and accounts have been reckoned on the primary day of every month.

54 First girl Speaker of the House : PELOSI

Nancy Pelosi first turned Speaker of the House in 2007, and was the sixtieth individual to carry that place. Ms. Pelosi represents a district not removed from right here, which covers most of San Francisco. She was the primary Californian, the primary Italian-American and the primary girl to be Speaker of the House. As Speaker of the House is second-in-line to the presidency, after the Vice President, Nancy Pelosi was for a few years the highest-ranking feminine politician in US historical past. That was till Kamala Harris turned Vice President in 2021.

57 Hon : BAE

“Bae” is a up to date time period of endearment. It is a pet identify that’s an abbreviation of “babe, baby”, though I’ve additionally learn that it’s an acronym standing for “before anyone else”.

60 Run __ : AMOK

The phrase “to run amok” (typically “to run amuck”) has been round for the reason that 1670s and is derived from the Malay phrase for “attacking furiously”, “amuk”. The phrase “amok” was additionally used as a noun to explain Malay natives who have been “frenzied”. Given Malaya’s troubled historical past, the natives most likely had a superb cause for that frenzy …

61 Hotel alternative main as much as Eid al-Fitr? : RAMADAN INN (from “Ramada Inn”)

Eid al-Fitr is a spiritual vacation within the Muslim custom that’s recognized in English because the “Festival of Breaking the Fast”. It marks the top of Ramadan, a interval of dawn-to-sunset fasting.

The Ramada Inn lodge chain takes its identify from the Spanish phrase for a shady resting place. A ramada is a shelter with a roof and no partitions, primarily discovered within the American southwest. Nowadays a ramada may be non permanent or everlasting, however initially ramadas have been makeshift shelters constructed by aboriginal Indians from branches or bushes.

64 Moreno of “West Side Story” : RITA

Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress Rita Moreno is among the few performers to have gained an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony (EGOT). Moreno received her massive break, and gained her Oscar, for enjoying Anita within the 1961 display adaptation of “West Side Story”. And, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2004.

Leonard Bernstein’s musical “West Side Story” relies on William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. The musical is about in New York City and options two rival gangs: the Sharks from Puerto Rico and the Jets with working-class, Caucasian roots. Tony from the Jets (performed by Richard Beymer) falls in love with Maria (performed by Natalie Wood) from the Sharks. All this parallels Romeo from the House of Montague falling for Juliet from the House of Capulet within the Italian metropolis of Verona. The stage musical was tailored into a really profitable 1961 film with the identical title.

65 Jazz singer Anita : O’DAY

“Anita O’Day” was the stage identify of jazz singer Anita Colton. She selected the identify as “O’Day” is Pig Latin for “dough”, a slang time period for “money”. O’Day had issues with heroin and alcohol habit resulting in erratic habits, incomes her the nickname “The Jezebel of Jazz”.

66 Govt. funding : T-BOND

A Treasury word (T-note) is a authorities debt that matures in 1-10 years. A T-note has a coupon (curiosity) cost made each six months. The T-note is bought at a reduction to face worth, and on the date of maturity may be redeemed at that face worth. A Treasury invoice (T-bill) is an analogous monetary automobile, nevertheless it matures in a single yr or much less, and a T-bond matures in 20-30 years.

67 Crafty web site : ETSY

Etsy.com is an e-commerce web site the place you should purchase and promote the type of gadgets that you just may discover at a craft honest.

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1 Sport with referees referred to as gyoji : SUMO

In Japanese sumo wrestling, a referee is named a “gyoji”. There are about 40 skilled gyoji working in Japan proper now, and so they have jobs for all times. They begin their coaching as youngsters, and retire at 65 years of age.

2 Linear : ONE-D

The dimension of an object is outlined because the minimal variety of coordinates wanted to specify every level within the object. Therefore, a line is one-dimensional, as you solely want an x-coordinate to specify a selected level on the road. A floor is two-dimensional, as you want each an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate to find a degree on the floor. The inside a stable object is then three-dimensional, needing an x-, y- and z-coordinate to specify a degree, say inside a dice.

4 “Pretentious? __?” : MOI?

“Moi” is the French phrase for “me”. One may say “Moi?” when feigning innocence.

5 Flabbergasted : IN AWE

Apparently, there was a 1772 journal article that described “flabbergasted” as a phrase that was in vogue on the time. That article additionally acknowledged that the origin of the time period was unsure. Someone who’s flabbergasted is completely astonished. Like me, more often than not …

6 Google Docs, e.g. : WEB APP

Google Docs is a phrase processing utility that’s a part of the Google Drive suite of companies. In truth, I’m typing this weblog submit proper now in Google Docs.

8 Egg cells : OVA

“Ovum” (plural “ova”) is Latin for “egg”.

9 Private eatery : MESS HALL

“Mess” first got here into English about 1300, when it described the checklist of meals wanted for a meal. The time period comes from the Old French phrase “mes” which means a portion of meals or a course at a meal. This utilization in English advanced into “mess” which means a jumbled mass of something, from the idea of “mixed food”. The unique utilization, within the sense of a meals for a meal, surfaced once more within the army within the 1500s when a “mess” was a communal consuming place.

10 NASA’s second human spaceflight program : GEMINI

Famously, President Kennedy launched the Apollo house program in 1961. The Mercury program had been the undertaking that put Americans into house, and NASA determined that extra growth work was wanted to bridge the hole in capabilities wanted between what was recognized from Mercury and what was wanted to land a person on the moon, the target of the Apollo program. So, the Gemini program was born, during which astronauts realized to spend prolonged durations in orbit, rendezvous and dock spacecraft, stroll in house, and enhance the reentry and touchdown stage of an area flight.

12 Hammett canine : ASTA

Asta is the great little canine within the very good “The Thin Man” sequence of movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy (as Nick and Nora Charles). In the unique story by Dashiell Hammett, Asta was a feminine Schnauzer, however on display Asta was performed by a wire-haired fox terrier referred to as “Skippy”. Skippy was additionally the canine in “Bringing Up Baby” with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, the one who saved stealing the dinosaur bone. Skippy retired in 1939, so Asta was performed by different canines within the the rest of “The Thin Man” movies.

Dashiell Hammett was an American writer recognized for his detective fiction. Hammett was the creator of such enduring characters as Sam Spade from “The Maltese Falcon” in addition to Nick and Nora Charles from “The Thin Man”. Outside of writing, Hammett was additionally politically lively and served because the president of a bunch the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) after WWII. The CRC was deemed to be a Communist entrance group and was listed as a subversive group by the US authorities. At one level, he even served time in jail for contempt of court docket, after refusing to reply some questions in a trial during which the CRC was concerned.

18 Adopted son of Claudius : NERO

Nero was Emperor of Rome from 54 to 68 CE, and he had fairly the household life. When he was simply 16-years-old Nero married his step-sister Claudia Octavia. He additionally had his mom and step-brother executed.

I discover Claudius to be essentially the most fascinating of all of the Roman Emperors. He had so much going towards him, as he walked with a limp and was barely deaf. Claudius was put in workplace by the Praetorian Guard (the emperor’s bodyguards) after Caligula was assassinated. Claudius had little or no political expertise and but proved to be very forward-thinking and succesful.

23 Judy Blume books, e.g. : KIDLIT

Judy Blume writes novels for kids and younger adults. Blume’s novels for teenagers have been groundbreaking when first printed, tackling such troublesome topics as racism, divorce and bullying.

24 Butter sq. : PAT

A “pat” of butter is so referred to as due to the custom of forming it by “patting”.

25 Slangy slacks : TROU

Trousers are pants, the garment protecting the decrease physique and every leg individually. Ultimately, the phrase “trousers” evolved from the Erse word “triubhas” that described close-fitting shorts. Back within the 1600s there was a colourful saying:

A jellous spouse was like an Irish trouze, alwayes near a mans tayle

26 Dey-time drama? : LA LAW

“L.A. Law” ran on NBC from 1986 to 1994, and was one of many community’s most profitable drama sequence. It took over from the equally profitable “Hill Street Blues” within the Thursday evening 10 p.m. slot till, after a six-year run, it was itself changed by yet one more revered drama, “E.R.” The opening credit confirmed that well-known California license plate. The plate was on a Jaguar XJ for many of the sequence, however moved onto a Bentley in the direction of the top of the run. For every sequence the registration sticker was up to date, so no legal guidelines have been being damaged.

Actress Susan Dey first appeared on “The Partridge Family” when she was 17-years-old when she had no appearing expertise. Years later, Dey gained a Golden Globe for enjoying the main function of Grace Van Owen in “L.A. Law”.

27 BP subsidiary : AMOCO

“Amoco” is an abbreviation for “American Oil Company”, an oil firm that merged with BP in 1998. Amoco was the primary oil firm to introduce gasoline tanker vans and drive-through filling stations. I ponder in the event that they know what they have been beginning …?

BP is an oil and gasoline firm headquartered in London, UK. BP began out because the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909 with the remit of exploiting oil found in Iran. The firm identify was modified to British Petroleum in 1954, and at present the identify used is just “BP”.

30 Cartoon hunter who tries to take a trip in “Wabbit Twouble” : ELMER

Elmer Fudd is among the most well-known Looney Tunes cartoon characters, and is the hapless nemesis of Bugs Bunny. If you could have by no means seen it, take a look at Elmer and Bugs within the marvelous “Rabbit of Seville”, a brief cartoon that parodies Rossini’s “Barber of Seville”. Wonderful stuff …

31 Boxing 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 have been coated with sand to take in blood.

34 Archipelago models : ISLETS

“Archipelago” is our spelling of the Italian “arcipelago”, a phrase that has Greek roots. The Aegean Sea was as soon as referred to as the Archipelago. The utilization of “Archipelago” migrated over time, finally making use of solely to the Aegean Islands. As a outcome, we use the time period “archipelago” at present not for a sea, however for a bunch or chain of islands.

39 Flat-changing device, as soon as : TIRE IRON

You gained’t see tire irons in lots of trunks anymore, as they have been instruments utilized in working with tires that had internal tubes. That stated, when you’ve got a bicycle you may need a set of tire irons.

40 Disarmament subj. : ICBM

An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with the vary essential to cross between continents. Being ballistic (in contrast to a cruise missile), an ICBM is guided throughout the preliminary launch section, however later in flight simply depends on thrust and gravity to reach at its goal. It is outlined as intercontinental because it has a variety better than 3,500 miles. ICBMs are actually solely used for delivering nuclear warheads. Scary stuff …

45 Spring mo. : APR

The precise etymology of “April”, the identify of the fourth month of our yr, appears to be unsure. The historical Romans referred to as it “mensis Aprilis”, which roughly translated as “opening month”. The suggestion is that April is the month during which fruits, flowers and animals “open” their life cycles.

Apparently, we name the season “spring” as a result of it’s related to the interval when most crops and flowers “spring up” out of the bottom.

49 Young Sheldon, e.g. : NERD

“Young Sheldon” is a derivative prequel to the hit sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” that follows the lifetime of a 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper. The title character is performed by youngster actor Iain Armitage. Jim Parsons, who performs Sheldon on “The Big Bang Theory”, is the narrator for the spinoff, and can also be an govt producer. In one other hyperlink between the reveals, younger Sheldon’s Mom is performed by actress Zoe Perry. Perry is the real-life daughter of Laurie Metcalf, who performs “old” Sheldon’s mother within the unique sequence.

56 MTV statuettes with an astronaut holding a flag : VMAS

The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) have been offered yearly since 1984, and honor the very best on the earth of music movies. The award itself is a statue that includes an astronaut on the moon, which was a picture related to MTV when it launched within the early Eighties. The statues are recognized colloquially as “moon men”.

57 Many Wiki entries : BIOS

A wiki is a web site on which customers are allowed to create and edit content material themselves. The time period “wiki” comes from the identify of the primary such website, launched in 1994 and referred to as WikiWikiWeb. “Wiki” is a Hawaiian phrase for “quick”, and is used as a result of complete content material is created in a short time, as there are such a lot of collaborators contributing to the location.

58 Queen performed by Olivia Colman in “The Favourite” : ANNE

Anne, Queen of Great Britain dominated from 1702 till 1714. She ascended to the throne on the loss of life of King William III. She was the final monarch of the House of Stuart, and was succeeded when she died by her second cousin George I, the primary monarch of the House of Hanover.

Olivia Colman has been a favourite actress of mine for a few years, drawing my consideration for the numerous comedic roles that she has had on primarily British TV and radio. I believe that she reached a wider viewers beginning in 2013 portraying Detective Sergeant Ekkie Miller within the glorious crime drama “Broadchurch”. She gained a Grammy for enjoying Queen Elizabeth II on the Netflix drama “The Crown”, and an Oscar for enjoying Anne, Queen of Britain within the 2018 film “The Favourite”.

“The Favourite” is an entertaining 2018 comedy about two ladies vying to be “the favourite” on the court docket of Queen Anne. The two opponents are portrayed by Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, and the marvelous Olivia Colman performs the queen. Recommended …

63 Slam Dunk Contest org. : NBA

In basketball, a participant makes a slam dunk by leaping up and powering the ball downward into the basket together with his or her arms over the rim. The time period “slam dunk” was coined by Chick Hearn, an announcer for the L.A. Lakers. The NBA even holds an annual Slam Dunk Contest.

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