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Constructed by: Taylor Johnson
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Today’s Theme: Change the World

Themed solutions sound like widespread phrases, however every refers to a metropolis within the nation cited within the corresponding clue:

  • 22A Data assortment in Germany? : COLOGNE SAMPLES (appears like “cologne samples”)
  • 32A Boulder within the Czech Republic? : PRAGUE ROCK (appears like “prog rock”)
  • 43A Census taker in India? : DELHI COUNTER (appears like “deli counter”)
  • 64A Ancestry in Taiwan? : TAIPEI BLOOD (appears like “type-A blood”)
  • 71A Gems in Afghanistan? : KABUL STONES (appears like “cobblestones”)
  • 95A Crooners in South Korea? : SEOUL SINGERS (appears like “soul singers”)
  • 103A Serving dish in France? : BREST PLATE (appears like “breastplate”)
  • 116A Cuisine in Ecuador? : QUITO-BASED DIET (appears like “keto-based diet”)

Read on, or bounce to …
… a whole record of solutions

Bill’s time: 14m 46s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1 Mont Blanc’s vary : ALPS

Mont Blanc is the very best peak within the Alps. The identify “Mont Blanc” interprets from French into “white mountain”. The mountain lies on the border between France and Italy, and it has been usually accepted for many years that the summit lies inside French territory. However, there have been official claims that the summit does the truth is fall throughout the borders of Italy.

13 Vatican leaders : POPES

Vatican City is a sovereign city-state that’s walled off throughout the metropolis of Rome. Vatican City is about 110 acres in space, and so is the smallest unbiased state on the planet. With about 800 residents, it is usually the smallest state by way of inhabitants. Although the Holy See dates again to early Christianity, Vatican City solely got here into being in 1929. At that point, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini signed a treaty with the Holy See on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy that established the city-state.

19 Estrada of “CHiPs” : ERIK

Actor Erik Estrada’s large break got here with the film “Airport 1975”, by which he performed the doomed flight engineer of a Boeing 747. A few years later, Estrada started a six-year gig, co-starring on the tv present “CHiPs” as bike police officer Poncherello.

20 Grand Canyon animal : MULE

The wild donkey that we all know as a burro was launched into the Grand Canyon within the late 1800s, the place they used the animal to assist pack out mined copper, asbestos and lead. When the miners moved on, they left the burros to roam free. Feral burros basically overran the Grand Canyon in subsequent years, resulting in the compelled removing of 500 of them within the early eighties by the National Park Service. Burros wreak havoc on the canyon’s ecosystem, and particularly compete with native bighorn sheep. The bighorn sheep inhabitants has rebounded because the variety of wild donkeys has dropped.

21 Chests : BOSOMS

“Bosm” is an Old English phrase for “breast” that got here into trendy English as “bosom” which means “breast, chest” with none affiliation with both gender. It was solely within the late fifties that the which means narrowed to imply a girl’s breasts”. Terms like “bosom-friend” have been round because the late sixteenth century, and “bosom buddy” because the Nineteen Twenties.

22 Data assortment in Germany? : COLOGNE SAMPLES (appears like “cologne samples”)

Back in 1709, an Italian perfume-maker moved to Cologne in Germany. There he invented a brand new perfume that he named Eau de Cologne after his newly adopted city. The perfume remains to be produced in Cologne, utilizing a secret formulation. However, the phrases “Eau de Cologne” and “cologne”, at the moment are used generically.

Cologne is the fourth largest metropolis in Germany, and is named “Köln” in German.

25 Third-party account : ESCROW

One sort of escrow account is held by a trusted third social gathering for 2 events who’ve some contractual association, an association that’s usually in dispute. The third social gathering solely releases the funds when each events have fulfilled their contractual obligations.

26 Japanese gown : KIMONO

The pretty Japanese kimono is a garment worn by males, girls and kids. The phrase “kimono” interprets merely as “thing to wear”, with “ki” which means “wear” and “mono” which means “thing”.

27 “Heat of the Moment” band : ASIA

“Heat of the Moment” is a 1982 track launched by English rock supergroup Asia. It was co-written by the band’s bass guitarist and singer John Wetton. Wetton has stated that the lyrics have been meant as an apology for abhorrent conduct flaunted to an ex-girlfriend. He ultimately wed the younger woman, though they divorced after ten years of marriage.

28 Step to the bar, for brief? : LSAT

Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

29 Violin protector : CASE

Our phrase “violin” is a diminutive of the “viola”, the identify given to the bigger stringed instrument. The up to date violin is a contemporary model of the medieval viola da braccio (which means “arm viola”).

30 Former White House press secretary Psaki : JEN

The very in a position Jen Psaki served as the primary White House press secretary for the Biden administration. During the Obama administration, she held a number of positions together with White House deputy secretary and spokesperson for the Department of State.

32 Boulder within the Czech Republic? : PRAGUE ROCK (appears like “prog rock”)

The lovely metropolis of Prague is at this time the capital of the Czech Republic. Prague’s prominence in Europe has come and gone over the centuries. For a few years, it was the capital metropolis of the Holy Roman Empire.

37 Smart __ : ALECS

Apparently, the unique “smart Alec” (generally “Aleck”) was one Alec Hoag, a pimp, thief and confidence trickster who plied his commerce in New York City within the 1840s.

39 Biblical peak : HOREB

In the Book of Deuteronomy, it’s said that Moses was given the Ten Commandments on Mount Horeb. In different components of the Bible the identical occasion is described as going down on Mount Sinai. So, many suppose that Horeb is another identify for Sinai.

41 Freebies from a celebration : SWAG

Swag is loot, stolen property, and a time period that started off as prison slang in England within the 1830s. “Swag” can also be the identify given to the promotional freebies obtainable at some occasions. That stated, there’s an city delusion that the promotional model of “swag” is an acronym standing for “stuff we all get”.

42 “It’s WonderWater” drink model : BAI

Bai Brands is a beverage firm that makes a speciality of low-cal smooth drinks that embody antioxidants.

43 Census taker in India? : DELHI COUNTER (appears like “deli counter”)

New Delhi is the capital metropolis of India. New Delhi resides throughout the National Capital Territory of Delhi (in any other case generally known as the metropolis of Delhi). New Delhi and Delhi, subsequently, are two various things.

The phrase “delicatessen” (or “deli” for brief) got here into English from the German “Delikatessen”. The Germans borrowed the phrase from French, by which language “délicatesse” means “delicious things (to eat)”. The time period’s final root is “delicatus”, the Latin for “giving pleasure, delightful”.

46 ESPN datum : STAT

The initialism “ESPN” stands for Entertainment Sports Programming Network. ESPN is a cable community that broadcasts sports activities programming 24 hours a day, and was launched again in 1979. ESPN has a variety of ardent followers. Several mother and father have named their youngsters Espn (often pronounced “Espen”) in honor of the community.

49 Egg: Prefix : OVI-

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

57 Short diner orders : BLTS

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

59 Eye layer : UVEA

The uvea is the center of the three layers that make up the eyeball. The outer layer known as the fibrous tunic, and the inside layer is the retina.

60 Farm herder : COLLIE

The collie isn’t truly a breed of canine, however fairly the identify given to a bunch of herding canine that originated in Scotland and Northern England. An apparent (and great) instance can be the border collie. Many canine classed as collies don’t have the phrase “collie” within the identify of the breed, for instance the previous English sheepdog and the Shetland sheepdog.

61 Start a golf gap : TEE UP

A tee is a small system on which, say, a golf ball is positioned earlier than placing it. The time period “tee” comes from the Scottish “teaz”, which described little heaps of sand used to raise a golf ball for the aim of getting a clear hit with a membership.

64 Ancestry in Taiwan? : TAIPEI BLOOD (appears like “type-A blood”)

Taipei (formally “Taipei City”) is the capital of Taiwan (formally “the Republic of China”). “Taipei” interprets from Chinese as “Northern Taiwan City” and certainly, the capital is located on the northern tip of Taiwan. The metropolis is nicknamed “City of Azaleas” as flowers are stated to bloom higher in Taipei than in another metropolis on the island.

Here is an approximate distribution of blood sorts throughout the US inhabitants:

  • O-positive: 38 p.c
  • O-negative: 7 p.c
  • A-positive: 34 p.c
  • A-negative: 6 p.c
  • B-positive: 9 p.c
  • B-negative: 2 p.c
  • AB-positive: 3 p.c
  • AB-negative: 1 p.c

66 Heats shortly : ZAPS

The first family microwave oven was launched to the market in 1955, by the Tappan Stove Company in Ohio.

68 Pastoral poems : IDYLS

An idyll (additionally “idyl”) is a brief poem with a pastoral theme, often depicting the scene in romantic and idealized phrases. The phrase “idyl” comes from the Greek “eidyllion”, which accurately interprets to “little picture” however was a phrase describing a brief poem with a country theme.

70 Garage sale caveat : AS IS

A caveat is a warning or a qualification. “Caveat” is the Latin for “let him beware”.

71 Gems in Afghanistan? : KABUL STONES (appears like “cobblestones”)

Kabul is the capital and largest metropolis of Afghanistan. The metropolis has been the location of main battle for a lot of the three,500 years that it has been in existence. In the previous, this battle was primarily pushed by the town’s strategic location on the most important commerce routes of south and central Asia.

A cobblestone is a stone of a selected dimension that’s used as a constructing materials, and a fabric utilized in paving particularly. There is a scale that defines a “cobble” as a stone that’s bigger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder, and extra exactly measures between 2.5 and 10.1 inches.

75 Driveway floor : TAR

The phrases “tarmac” and “macadam” are brief for “tarmacadam”. In the 1800s, Scotsman John Loudon McAdam developed a mode of street generally known as “macadam”. Macadam had a top-layer of crushed stone and gravel laid over bigger stones. The macadam additionally had a convex cross-section in order that water tended to empty to the edges. In 1901, a big enchancment was made by English engineer Edgar Purnell Hooley who launched tar into the macadam, bettering the resistance to water injury and virtually eliminating mud. The “tar-penetration macadam” is the premise of what we now name “tarmac”.

77 Pushpins, e.g. : TACKS

What we all know as a thumb tack right here in North America known as a drawing pin in British English. Thumbtacks produced from brass could be known as “brass tacks”, giving us the expression “getting down to brass tacks” which means “getting down to the finer details”.

82 Place with 9 circles, per Dante : HELL

In Dante’s “Inferno”, Hell is represented as 9 circles of struggling. The 9 circles of Hell are:

  1. Limbo
  2. Lust
  3. Gluttony
  4. Greed
  5. Anger
  6. Heresy
  7. Violence
  8. Fraud
  9. Treachery

83 Bank deposit : SILT

Today, we largely consider silt as a deposit of sediment in a river. Back within the mid-1400s, silt was sediment deposited by seawater. It is assumed that the phrase “silt” is expounded to “salt”, as present in seawater.

86 Toyota subcompact discontinued in 2020 : YARIS

The Yaris is a subcompact automotive made by Toyota since 1999. The Yaris was bought into some markets from 1999 to 2005 because the Toyota Echo. The identify “Yaris” was impressed by the Charites (singular “Charis”), the Greek goddesses of appeal and wonder.

87 Beer named for a Dutch river : AMSTEL

Amstel is a Dutch beer and brewery that was based in 1870 in Amsterdam. The brewery takes its identify from the Amstel river that runs by means of the town.

89 Rig behind a cab : SEMI

A “semi” is a “semi-trailer truck”. The car is so known as as a result of it consists of a tractor and a half-trailer. The half-trailer is so known as as a result of it solely has wheels on the again finish, with the entrance supported by the tractor.

91 Power hitter’s 46-Across : RBI
[46A ESPN datum : STAT]

Run batted in (RBI)

92 ProFlowers mother or father co. : FTD

ProFlowers is a web based retailer of flowers and present baskets that opened for enterprise in 1998. The firm was sued by FTD, its major competitor, in 2005 for false promoting, and the case was settled in 2006. FTD ended up shopping for ProFlowers in 2014.

93 “Barry” ranking : TV-MA

TV Parental Guidelines (TV-PG, TV-MA, and so forth.) have been launched within the US in 1997. Use of the ranking system by broadcasters is totally voluntary.

“Barry” is a darkish comedy TV sequence starring Bill Hader as an Ohio hitman who questions his lifetime of crime. Veteran actor Henry Winkler performs an award-winning supporting function because the trainer of an performing class that the hitman joins.

95 Crooners in South Korea? : SEOUL SINGERS (appears like “soul singers”)

Seoul is the capital metropolis of South Korea. The Seoul National Capital Area is dwelling to over 25 million individuals and is the second largest metropolitan space on the planet, second solely to Tokyo, Japan.

99 ProActive Health model : IAMS

Iams pet food was launched by animal nutritionist Paul Iams. He felt that family pets have been struggling considerably by being fed a food plan of desk scraps, so he developed dry pet food that he felt was extra nutritious and appropriate for pet canine. He based the Iams firm, now a part of Procter & Gamble, in 1946.

102 Priests with prayer wheels : LAMAS

Prayer wheels are cylindrical wheels that rotate on a spindle with a mantra written on the surface of the wheel itself. They are most intently related to the Buddhist custom.

103 Serving dish in France? : BREST PLATE (appears like “breastplate”)

Brest is a port metropolis in northwest France, and is the second largest navy port within the nation. Brest was an vital base for German U-boats throughout WWII when France was occupied by the Nazis. Brest is essentially the most westerly metropolis in the entire nation.

107 Sudoku fill: Abbr. : NOS

Number puzzles much like our modern-day Sudoku first appeared in French newspapers within the late 1800s. The format that we use at this time was created by Howard Garns, a 74-year-old freelance puzzle constructor from Connersville, Indiana and first revealed in 1979. The format was launched in Japan in 1984 and given the title of “Sūji wa dokushin ni kagiru”, which interprets to “the digits are limited to one occurrence”. The fairly elaborate Japanese title was ultimately shortened to Sudoku. No doubt a lot of you’re followers of Sudoku puzzles. I do know I’m …

108 Big identify in 126-Across : TAZO

The Tazo Tea Company was based in 1994 in Portland, Oregon. Tazo was bought in 1999 by Starbucks, after which by Unilever in 2017.

109 Raison d’__ : ETRE

“Raison d’être” is a French phrase which means “reason for existence”.

116 Cuisine in Ecuador? : QUITO-BASED DIET (appears like “keto-based diet”)

The full identify of the capital metropolis of Ecuador is San Francisco de Quito. Quito is the second highest administrative capital metropolis on the planet, after La Paz, Bolivia.

A ketogenic (additionally “keto”) food plan is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate food plan. When a physique consumes inadequate carbohydrates to fulfill the necessity for vitality, then the liver converts fats into fatty acids and ketone our bodies as a way to make up the vitality deficit. An elevated stage of ketone our bodies within the bloodstream is named “ketosis”, a time period that provides rise to the identify “ketogenic diet”. Medical professionals generally prescribe a ketogenic food plan as a way to management epilepsy in youngsters. A situation of ketosis can scale back the frequency of epileptic seizures.

121 State whose motto is “Industry” : UTAH

When Mormon pioneers have been settling what’s at this time the state of Utah, they referred to the realm as Deseret, a phrase meaning “beehive” in response to the Book of Mormon. Today Utah is named the Beehive State and there’s a beehive image on the Utah state flag. In 1959, “Industry” was even chosen because the state motto, for the time period’s affiliation with the beehive.

125 Suffix with fluor- : -ESCE

Fluorescence is radiation emitted in response to publicity to radiation of a special wavelength. A typical instance is the usage of a blacklight. Such a lightweight emits UV gentle inflicting some substances to emit seen (often blue) gentle. Humans can’t see the UV gentle, however can observe the ensuing blue radiation. Although the phenomenon has been noticed for hundreds of years, the identify “fluorescence” was not coined till 1852, by Irish-English physicist Sir George Stokes. Stokes noticed the mineral fluorspar emitting blue gentle when uncovered to UV radiation. He named the impact “fluorescence”, from the mineral “fluorspar” (aka “fluorite”).

126 Assam, oolong, pekoe, and so forth. : TEAS

Assam is a state within the far northeast of India, and simply south of the Himalayas. Assam is famous for its tea, in addition to its silk.

The identify for the Chinese tea known as “oolong” interprets into English as “black dragon” or “dark dragon”.

A pekoe (or extra generally “orange pekoe”) is a medium-grade black tea. There is not any orange taste in an orange pekoe tea. The “orange” identify almost definitely derived from the identify of the buying and selling firm that introduced the tea to Europe from Asia.

127 Kitchen qtys. : TSPS

Teaspoon (tsp.)

Down

1 Pop-up path : ARC

That can be baseball.

5 __ alla vodka : PENNE

Penne alla vodka is a pasta dish with a sauce fabricated from vodka, cream, tomatoes, onions and sausage or bacon.

6 Sweet sandwich : OREO

Oreo cookies truly are available a number of flavors, nevertheless it takes some work to seek out them. For instance, Green Tea Oreos are solely obtainable in China and Japan. Many flavors are solely obtainable for a restricted time. For instance, Watermelon Oreos have been solely bought in the summertime of 2013, and Cookie Dough Oreos have been solely obtainable in March 2014.

10 Dutch bulb : TULIP

We often affiliate the cultivation of tulips with the Netherlands, however they have been first grown commercially within the Ottoman Empire. The identify “tulip” in the end derives from the Ottoman Turkish phrase “tulbend” meaning “muslin, gauze”.

12 Chaps : HES

“Chap” is a casual time period which means “lad, fellow” that’s used particularly in England. The time period derives from “chapman”, an out of date phrase which means “purchaser” or “trader”.

13 Entourage : POSSE

Our phrase “posse” comes from an Anglo-Latin time period from the early fifteenth century “posse comitatus” which means “the force of the county”

14 NBA nice Robertson nicknamed “The Big O” : OSCAR

Oscar Robertson is a former skilled basketball participant who had the nickname “The Big O”. Robertson was named Player of the Century by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 2000.

15 Meaty mushroom : PORTOBELLO

The widespread mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) goes by quite a lot of names. When immature and white in coloration, the names “common mushroom” and “button mushroom” could be used. When immature and brown in coloration, they’re known as “cremini mushrooms” and “chestnut mushrooms”. When mature, they’re marketed as “portobella/portabella mushrooms”.

16 Motion City Soundtrack style : EMO

Motion City Soundtrack is a rock band from Minneapolis that shaped in 1997. One of the distinctive facets of the band’s fashion is the usage of a Moog synthesizer.

21 “Baby __”: Raffi track a few whale : BELUGA

“Raffi” is the stage identify utilized by Canadian singer and creator Raffi Cavoukian. He is greatest recognized for his music written for youngsters.

23 Scuttlebutt : GOSSIP

Our phrase “gossip” comes from the Old English “godsibb” which means “godparent”. Back then, the time period was used for feminine buddies who attended a delivery, and later for anybody partaking in idle discuss.

Just as modern-day workplace staff collect across the water cooler to gossip, on board a ship again within the early 1800s the sailors would collect across the water barrel on the deck to shoot the breeze. That water barrel was known as a “scuttlebutt”, from “scuttle” (opening in a ship’s deck) and “butt” (barrel). Quite fascinating …

24 Some Musée d’Orsay works : MANETS

Édouard Manet was a French painter whose works are primarily categorized as Realist and Impressionist. Manet was buddies with Impressionists masters like Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and significantly influenced the Impressionist motion. The record of Manet’s marvelous work consists of “Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe”, “Le Repose” and “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère”.

The Musée d’Orsay is without doubt one of the premier museums in Paris, and holds the world’s largest assortment of impressionist artwork. A really lovely constructing, the d’Orsay is a former Beaux-Arts railway station.

30 Uses a lance quite a bit : JOUSTS

“Jousting” and “tilting” are synonyms describing the medieval competitors by which two horsemen yielding blunted lances try and unseat one another. Such an occasion has been known as “jousting” because the 1300s. At some level, the trail of the 2 charging horsemen was separated by a fabric barrier generally known as a tilt (“tilt” meant “cloth covering”). The time period “tilting” was utilized to the game within the 1500s, though by then the fabric barrier had been upgraded to a picket fence.

31 Sea eagle : ERN

The ern (generally “erne”) is often known as the white-tailed eagle or the ocean eagle.

35 Aerobic routine, familiarly : CARDIO

Aerobic train is reasonable exercise designed to be at a low sufficient depth that little or no anaerobic exercise takes place. In different phrases, the train is at a stage the place oxygen is taken in to burn fats and carbohydrate and to create vitality. Anaerobic train is extra intense and makes use of carbohydrate (glycogen) within the muscle to offer vitality, with out the necessity for oxygen. Aerobics are additionally known as “cardio” because the workout routines strengthen the cardiovascular system.

38 Flood preventer : LEVEE

A levee is a synthetic financial institution, often fabricated from earth, that runs alongside the size of a river. It is designed to carry again river water at a time of potential flooding. “Levée” is the French phrase for “raised” and is an American time period that originated in French-speaking New Orleans round 1720.

44 Ursa minor? : CUB

“Ursa” is a Latin phrase which means “bear”.

47 Insignificant : TWO-BIT

The American quarter is a bit of uncommon on the planet of decimal forex, if you consider it. Most currencies have a “20-cent” coin, which is simpler to work with mathematically. The US went for the quarter in deference to the follow of dividing Spanish Milled Dollars into eight wedge-shaped “bits”. That’s additionally why the quarter is usually known as “two bits”. We’ve been utilizing the adjective “two-bit” to imply “cheap, tawdry” at the least since 1929. State quarters have been launched in 1999.

52 Certain individuals of religion : DEISTS

Deism (from the Latin “deus” which means god) is the assumption {that a} supreme being created the universe, a perception primarily based on statement and motive, and with out the necessity for religion. Further, a deist doesn’t settle for divine intervention and fairly believes that the supreme being, having created the universe, leaves the world to its personal gadgets.

56 Japanese bike model : SUZUKI

Suzuki is a Japanese producer, primarily of automobiles, bikes and all-terrain automobiles. The firm was based in 1909 by Michio Suzuki, initially to construct weaving looms for the silk business.

60 Prefix with gender : CIS-

The time period “cisgender” is used as the other of “transgender”. Cisgender individuals have a gender identification that matches the intercourse they have been assigned at delivery.

65 Like sure monitor lizards : EARLESS

Monitor lizards are so known as as a result of they have a tendency to face up on their hind legs and “monitor” their environment.

67 Ltr. addenda : PSS

One provides a PS (put up scriptum, or just “postscript”) on the finish of a letter (ltr.). A second postscript is a put up put up scriptum, a PPS.

69 Shoulder muscle tissue, briefly : DELTS

The deltoid “muscle” is definitely a bunch of muscle tissue, those that cowl the shoulder and create the roundness underneath the pores and skin. The deltoids (delts) are triangular in form resembling the Greek letter delta, therefore the identify.

71 Unlocking system for a automotive : KEY FOB

A fob is connected to an object to make it simpler to entry. And so, a key fob is a sequence connected to a key in order that it may be retrieved simply. There are additionally watch fobs, and the pocket in a vest by which a watch will be positioned known as a fob. In truth, the unique use of the time period “fob” was for a small pocket by which one might carry valuables.

79 Brazilian muralist Eduardo : KOBRA

Eduardo Kobra is a muralist from Sao Paulo who has painted hundreds of murals world wide. He began his profession at solely 11 years of age, as a road artist. Some of his works are extraordinarily massive, with one road mural measuring nearly 1½ acres!

80 Sandwich cheese : SWISS

“Swiss cheese” is a comparatively generic time period for a kind of cheese produced in numerous international locations and never essentially in Switzerland. What all of them have in widespread although, is a resemblance to the unique Swiss Emmental cheese.

84 “OMG! Stop talking!” : TMI!

Too a lot data (TMI)

87 International lawyer Clooney : AMAL

Amal Alamuddin married celebrated Hollywood actor George Clooney in 2014. Alamuddin was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved together with her household to London when she was a toddler. She is a lawyer specializing in worldwide legislation, with considered one of her extra famend shoppers being the founding father of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

94 Poisonous reptiles : VIPERS

The Viperidae are a household of venomous snakes generally known as vipers.

96 Card participant’s name : UNO!

UNO is a card sport that was developed within the early seventies and that has been bought by Mattel since 1992. It falls into the shedding household of card video games, which means that the objective is to eliminate all of your playing cards whereas stopping opponents from doing the identical.

100 Strong brews : STOUTS

The time period “stout” was first used for a kind of beer within the 1600s when it was used to explain a “strong, stout” brew, and never essentially a darkish beer as it’s at this time.

104 Hofbrau mug : STEIN

Outside of Germany, a hofbrau is a casual restaurant or tavern that’s German-themed.

105 Prefix with gender : TRANS-

A transgender individual is somebody with a gender identification that’s completely different from that assigned at delivery.

106 Room-sized laptop unveiled in 1946 : ENIAC

The acronym ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (though many people insist that the C was for “Computer”). ENIAC was launched on the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, at which period it was the primary general-purpose digital laptop, and dubbed “Giant Brain” by the press. Its authentic objective was the calculation of artillery firing tables, nevertheless it ended up getting used early on to make calculations needed for the event of the hydrogen bomb. Given its makes use of, it’s not stunning to listen to that growth of ENIAC was funded by the US Army throughout WWII.

112 Workplace security org. : OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in 1970 in the course of the Nixon administration. It is a direct successor to the Bureau of Labor Standards that handled some work questions of safety since its founding in 1934. OSHA regulates workplaces within the personal sector and regulates only one authorities company, specifically the US Postal Service.

113 Maryland athlete, for brief : TERP

The sports activities groups of the University of Maryland are known as the Maryland Terrapins, or “Terps” for brief. The identify dates again to 1932 when it was coined by the college’s president on the time, Curley Byrd. He took the identify from the diamondback terrapins which might be native to the Chesapeake Bay.

114 Gambling venue letters : OTB

Off-track betting (OTB) is the authorized playing that takes place on horse races exterior of a race monitor. A betting parlor will be known as an OTB.

115 Sportage automaker : KIA

Kia’s Sportage is a compact SUV that has been manufactured since 1993.

116 “¿__ pasa?” : QUE

In Spanish, ¿Qué pasa? interprets actually as “what’s happening?” It is used to imply “how are things going for you?”.

117 Cricket membership : BAT

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

118 “Helpful hardware folks” firm : ACE

The Ace Hardware chain of shops was based in 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. The identify “Ace” was chosen after “ace” fighter pilots from World War I.

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Mont Blanc’s vary : ALPS
5 __ and pans : POTS
9 Urge : ITCH
13 Vatican leaders : POPES
18 Cheer (for) : ROOT
19 Estrada of “CHiPs” : ERIK
20 Grand Canyon animal : MULE
21 Chests : BOSOMS
22 Data assortment in Germany? : COLOGNE SAMPLES (appears like “cologne samples”)
25 Third-party account : ESCROW
26 Japanese gown : KIMONO
27 “Heat of the Moment” band : ASIA
28 Step to the bar, for brief? : LSAT
29 Violin protector : CASE
30 Former White House press secretary Psaki : JEN
32 Boulder within the Czech Republic? : PRAGUE ROCK (appears like “prog rock”)
37 Smart __ : ALECS
39 Biblical peak : HOREB
41 Freebies from a celebration : SWAG
42 “It’s WonderWater” drink model : BAI
43 Census taker in India? : DELHI COUNTER (appears like “deli counter”)
46 ESPN datum : STAT
48 Hectic hosp. areas : ERS
49 Egg: Prefix : OVI-
50 Sets (down) : PUTS
51 Declined : SAID NO
53 Desolate areas : WILDS
55 Writes : PENS
57 Short diner orders : BLTS
59 Eye layer : UVEA
60 Farm herder : COLLIE
61 Start a golf gap : TEE UP
63 “More or less” : ISH
64 Ancestry in Taiwan? : TAIPEI BLOOD (appears like “type-A blood”)
66 Heats shortly : ZAPS
68 Pastoral poems : IDYLS
70 Garage sale caveat : AS IS
71 Gems in Afghanistan? : KABUL STONES (appears like “cobblestones”)
75 Driveway floor : TAR
77 Pushpins, e.g. : TACKS
81 Battery-powered rides : E-BIKES
82 Place with 9 circles, per Dante : HELL
83 Bank deposit : SILT
85 Cry of ache : YEOW!
86 Toyota subcompact discontinued in 2020 : YARIS
87 Beer named for a Dutch river : AMSTEL
89 Rig behind a cab : SEMI
91 Power hitter’s 46-Across : RBI
92 ProFlowers mother or father co. : FTD
93 “Barry” ranking : TV-MA
95 Crooners in South Korea? : SEOUL SINGERS (appears like “soul singers”)
98 “That’s gonna leave a mark!” : OOF!
99 ProActive Health model : IAMS
101 Window sections : PANES
102 Priests with prayer wheels : LAMAS
103 Serving dish in France? : BREST PLATE (appears like “breastplate”)
107 Sudoku fill: Abbr. : NOS
108 Big identify in 126-Across : TAZO
109 Raison d’__ : ETRE
110 “I got this!” : ON IT!
112 Put on the correct path : ORIENT
114 “Sure, hon” : OK, DEAR
116 Cuisine in Ecuador? : QUITO-BASED DIET (appears like “keto-based diet”)
120 Marketing gimmicks : TIE-INS
121 State whose motto is “Industry” : UTAH
122 Post-gym feeling : ACHE
123 Dynamic chief? : AERO-
124 Farm constructions : BARNS
125 Suffix with fluor- : -ESCE
126 Assam, oolong, pekoe, and so forth. : TEAS
127 Kitchen qtys. : TSPS

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1 Pop-up path : ARC
2 “Check it out!” : LOOK!
3 “Do not cross” space marked with yellow tape : POLICE LINE
4 Handle : STOMACH
5 __ alla vodka : PENNE
6 Sweet sandwich : OREO
7 Poetic contraction : ‘TIS
8 Reggae kin : SKA
9 Mischief-makers : IMPS
10 Dutch bulb : TULIP
11 Nets : CLEARS
12 Chaps : HES
13 Entourage : POSSE
14 NBA nice Robertson nicknamed “The Big O” : OSCAR
15 Meaty mushroom : PORTOBELLO
16 Motion City Soundtrack style : EMO
17 U-turn from NNE : SSW
21 “Baby __”: Raffi track a few whale : BELUGA
23 Scuttlebutt : GOSSIP
24 Some Musée d’Orsay works : MANETS
30 Uses a lance quite a bit : JOUSTS
31 Sea eagle : ERN
33 “Shoot!” : AW SNAP!
34 Spanish cat : GATO
35 Aerobic routine, familiarly : CARDIO
36 Barely touched : KISSED
37 Vote to simply accept : ADOPT
38 Flood preventer : LEVEE
39 Catalog of private favorites : HOTLIST
40 A bit of additional shut-eye : BEAUTY SLEEP
44 Ursa minor? : CUB
45 Archenemy : RIVAL
47 Insignificant : TWO-BIT
52 Certain individuals of religion : DEISTS
54 “Amen to that!” : I’LL SAY!
56 Japanese bike model : SUZUKI
58 Rises to the highest : SHINES
60 Prefix with gender : CIS-
62 Least flush : PALEST
65 Like sure monitor lizards : EARLESS
67 Ltr. addenda : PSS
69 Shoulder muscle tissue, briefly : DELTS
71 Unlocking system for a automotive : KEY FOB
72 Nuisance remover, in legislation : ABATOR
73 Backyard seed holder : BIRD FEEDER
74 “Dang, baby!” : OH, MAMA!
76 Shopping facilities? : AISLES
78 Solemn rituals : CEREMONIES
79 Brazilian muralist Eduardo : KOBRA
80 Sandwich cheese : SWISS
84 “OMG! Stop talking!” : TMI!
87 International lawyer Clooney : AMAL
88 Let use for some time : LOAN TO
90 Like some tiles : INLAID
94 Poisonous reptiles : VIPERS
96 Card participant’s name : UNO!
97 Stared upon : GAZED AT
100 Strong brews : STOUTS
104 Hofbrau mug : STEIN
105 Prefix with gender : TRANS-
106 Room-sized laptop unveiled in 1946 : ENIAC
108 Canopy make-up : TREES
111 “Am __ only one?” : I THE
112 Workplace security org. : OSHA
113 Maryland athlete, for brief : TERP
114 Gambling venue letters : OTB
115 Sportage automaker : KIA
116 “¿__ pasa?” : QUE
117 Cricket membership : BAT
118 “Helpful hardware folks” firm : ACE
119 Talking-__: stern lectures : TOS

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