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Constructed by: Jeffrey Wechsler
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Theme (based on Bill): Letters Shadded?

Themed solutions are widespread phrases if we take away SH- from the beginning of the second phrase:

• 19A Storage space for Christmas toys? : SANTA’S SHELVES (“Santa’s elves” + SH)
• 24A Clippers utilized by Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail? : RABBIT SHEARS (“rabbit ears” + SH)
• 40A Analyst for Ducks and Penguins? : HOCKEY SHRINK (“hockey rink” + SH)
• 46A Earthquake-resistant? : FIT FOR SHAKING (“fit for a king” + SH)

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… an entire record of solutions

Bill’s time: 7m 27s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

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1 __ Cass : MAMA

Cass Elliot (born “Ellen Cohen”) was one of many 4 singers within the Mamas and the Papas, a sensational group from the sixties. “Mama Cass” was performing sold-out live shows in London in 1974 when she was discovered lifeless one morning, having had a coronary heart assault. She was solely 32 years previous. Eerily, Elliot died in the identical flat (on mortgage from Harry Nilsson) during which the Who’s drummer Keith Moon would die simply 4 years later.

5 Some Sappho poems : ODES

Sappho was an Ancient Greek poet born on the Greek island of Lesbos. Sappho was a lot admired for her work, though little or no of it survives right now. She was famend for writing erotic and romantic verse that handled the love of girls in addition to males. It was due to this poetry that the phrase “lesbian” (somebody from Lesbos) is used to explain a homosexual girl.

14 Ruminant with striped legs : OKAPI

The okapi is carefully associated to the giraffe, though it does have markings on its legs and haunches that resemble these of a zebra. The okapi’s tongue is lengthy sufficient to achieve again and wash its eyeballs, and may return even additional to wash its ears inside and outside.

Ruminants are animals that “chew the cud”. Ruminants eat vegetable matter however can not extract any dietary worth from cellulose with out the assistance of microbes within the intestine. Ruminants gather roughage within the first a part of the alimentary canal, permitting microbes to work on it. The partially digested materials (the cud) is regurgitated into the mouth in order that the ruminant can chew the meals extra utterly, exposing extra floor space for microbes to do their work. We additionally use the verb “to ruminate” in a figurative sense, to imply “to muse, ponder, chew over”.

17 Horror film locale : CRYPT

A crypt is a chamber that’s positioned partially or completely underground. The time period “crypt” comes from the Greek “kryptos” which means “hidden”.

22 “The Comedy of Errors,” for one : FARCE

A farce is a comedy play that options an exaggerated and unbelievable storyline, with a number of bodily humor. I like a great farce …

William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” is the shortest of all his performs, and considered one of his earliest. It’s all about two units of equivalent twins who’re separated at start. Hilarity ensues …

24 Clippers utilized by Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail? : RABBIT SHEARS (“rabbit ears” + SH)

Beatrix Potter was an English writer well-known for the youngsters’s books she wrote and illustrated. The most well-known character in her tales was Peter Rabbit, whose sisters had been Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail. Potter put her expertise as an artist to good use within the scientific world as properly. She recorded many pictures of lichens and fungi as seen by her microscope. As a results of her work, she was revered as an knowledgeable mycologist.

Remember rabbit ears tv antennas? I don’t recall being advised this once I was youthful, however to get one of the best reception the size of the “ears” must be set at about one half of the wavelength of the sign of the goal channel. If solely I had recognized …

29 Cookies that after got here in collectible tins : OREOS

How the Oreo cookie got here to get its identify appears to have been misplaced within the mists of time. One concept is that it comes from the French “or” which means “gold”, a reference to the gold shade of the unique packing. Another suggestion is that the identify is the Greek phrase “oreo” which means “beautiful, nice, well-done”.

34 Hors d’oeuvres provider : TRAY

An hors d’oeuvre is a primary course in a meal. “Hors d’oeuvre” interprets from French as “apart from the work”, which actually means “not the main course”.

35 Hand-picked instrument? : BANJO

The instrument that we all know right now because the banjo is a by-product of devices that had been utilized in Africa.

38 Canine that preys on pink kangaroo and swamp wallaby : DINGO

The dingo is a wild canine of Australia. It is assumed to have originated from domesticated canines that had been delivered to Australia with people that settled the land centuries in the past.

39 Après-ski drink : COCOA

The drinks scorching cocoa and scorching chocolate differ from one another in that the latter incorporates cocoa butter, whereas the previous doesn’t.

40 Analyst for Ducks and Penguins? : HOCKEY SHRINK (“hockey rink” + SH)

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

The Penguins are knowledgeable hockey workforce primarily based in Pittsburgh. They have been round since 1967, and had been one of many first enlargement groups when the NHL grew from six to 12 groups. The enlargement workforce had been to play in Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena, a domed construction recognized regionally because the Igloo. It was the “Igloo” identify that impressed a fan to recommend the “Penguins” moniker, which received a contest to decide on the identify of the brand new franchise.

45 Cy who pitched the primary excellent sport of the fashionable period : YOUNG

Cy Young was a pitcher within the main leagues from 1890-1911. Young is remembered for pitching the primary excellent sport of baseball’s trendy period. Soon after he died in 1955, the Cy Young Award was created and is offered to one of the best pitcher in every baseball season.

56 Inheritance issue : GENE

A gene is a piece of a chromosome that’s liable for a specific attribute in an organism. For instance, one gene could decide eye shade and one other balding sample. We have two copies of every gene, one from every of our mother and father, with every copy generally known as an allele.

57 Records, in a manner : TIVOS

TiVo was launched in 1999 and was the world’s first commercially profitable digital video recorder (DVR).

58 Aerial enigmas : UFOS

Disc-shaped flying objects have been reported within the sky because the Middle Ages. In the fashionable period, the occasion that launched the time period “flying saucer” was a UFO sighting in 1947, which was coated broadly within the media. Kenneth Arnold reported seeing 9 unidentified flying objects in formation close to Mount Rainier in Washington. In describing the objects, he repeatedly used the phrases “saucer”, “disc” and “pie-plate”. Newspapers latched onto the terminology, and we’ve been seeing flying “saucers” ever since.

59 Set up: Abbr. : ESTD

Established (“est.” or “estd.”)

61 Some lit. levels : MFAS

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

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2 Hail, in a hymn : AVE

“Ave” is a Latin phrase which means “hail” as in “Ave Maria”, which interprets as “Hail Mary”. “Ave” can be used to imply “goodbye”.

4 Assistant in Mass manufacturing : ALTAR BOY

The principal act of worship within the Roman Catholic custom is the Mass. The time period “Mass” comes from the Late Latin phrase “missa” which means “dismissal”. This phrase is used on the finish of the Latin Mass in “Ite, missa est” which interprets actually as “Go, it is the dismissal”.

5 Pod that could be fried or pickled : OKRA

The plant generally known as okra is principally grown for its edible inexperienced pods. The pods are stated to resemble “ladies’ fingers”, which is another identify for the plant. Okra is named “ngombo” in Bantu, a reputation which may give us the phrase “gumbo”, the identify for the identify of the southern Louisiana stew that features okra as a key ingredient.

7 Actor Omar : EPPS

Omar Epps is the actor who performed Eric Foreman on the superb tv collection “House”. Prior to enjoying Dr. Foreman, Epps had a recurring function enjoying Dr. Dennis Gant on “ER”. He is sweet associates with actor and comic Marlon Wayans. Epps and Wayns had been classmates at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School within the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

8 Order of Darth Sidious : SITH

Palpatine is the Dark Lord of the Sith within the “Star Wars” universe. He is often known as “Darth Sidious” and “the Emperor”. In many of the movies within the collection, Palpatine is performed by Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid. In “The Empire Strikes Back”, he was really performed by a girl. Palpatine was portrayed bodily by the spouse of particular make-up results artist Rick Baker, and voiced by New Zealand actor Clive Revill.

10 Silk supply : LARVA

The textile generally known as silk is produced from a pure protein fiber produced from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm. Ethical vegans are inclined to keep away from silk as many, many silkworms die with the intention to produce a comparatively small quantity of material. Raw silk is obtained by boiling the silkworms alive contained in the cocoons that yield the fibers.

14 Chamber group : OCTET

Chamber music is a method of classical musical that’s written for a small group of devices, versus a full orchestra. That variety of gamers ought to have the ability to stage a efficiency in a “chamber”, historically a big room in a palace or different grand residence.

20 CBS navy drama with regional spinoffs : NCIS

NCIS is the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes within the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The service offers its identify to the CBS TV present “NCIS”, a spin-off drama from “JAG” during which the primary “NCIS” characters had been first launched. The huge star in “NCIS” is the actor Mark Harmon. “NCIS” is now a franchise, with spin-off reveals “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “NCIS: New Orleans”.

22 Grain of emmer, spelt, or einkorn : FARRO

The three hulled wheat species generally known as spelt, emmer and einkorn are referred to collectively as “farro”.

24 “Divergent” novelist Veronica : ROTH

The “Divergent” collection of films relies on the “Divergent” novels written by Veronica Roth. The films and novels are set in a post-apocalyptic model of Chicago referred to as the Divergent Universe. The story is a few citizenry that’s divided into 5 totally different factions primarily based on character traits. The critics weren’t loopy in regards to the first film within the collection, however I actually loved it …

25 “Boys Don’t Cry” Oscar winner : SWANK

Actress Hilary Swank had her first main function in “The Next Karate Kid” launched in 1994, during which she performed the primary feminine pupil of the sensei Mr. Miyagi. Her most notable performances had been in “Boys Don’t Cry” (1999), during which she performed a transgender man, and in “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) enjoying an aspiring boxer.

“Boys Don’t Cry” is a 1999 biographical movie a few real-life trans man who’s the sufferer of gang rape after which homicide in what was labeled as a hate crime. The sufferer was Brandon Teena, who’s portrayed within the film by feminine actress Hilary Swank.

33 Deck chair wooden : TEAK

Teak is a hardwood tree within the mint household that’s generally present in monsoon forests of Asia. Teak’s tight grain and excessive oil content material make it very appropriate for developing outside furnishings, the place climate resistance is valued. For the identical cause, teak is the wooden of selection for wood decks on boats.

35 Shaving model : BIC

Société Bic is an organization primarily based in Clichy in France. The first product the corporate produced, greater than fifty years in the past, was the Bic Cristal ballpoint pen that’s nonetheless produced right now. Bic additionally makes different disposable merchandise comparable to lighters and razors.

36 Mineral in abrasives : CORUNDUM

Corundum is a type of aluminum oxide, the colour of which may differ relying on the presence of impurities. The presence of chromium offers us pink rubies, and a variety of transition metals end in various shades of sapphire. Corundum can be very exhausting, and so it’s used as an abrasive, significantly in sandpaper.

39 Woo-shik of “Parasite” and “Train to Busan” : CHOI

Choi Woo-shik is a Canadian actor who was born in South Korea. His most memorable function must be the lead character Kim Ki-woo within the Oscar-winning film “Parasite”.

40 Hoisted : HEFTED

The heft of one thing is its weight, its heaviness. The time period “heft” is by-product of the verb “to heave” which means “to lift, raise”.

41 Wanda who performs Dr. Karl within the “Bad Moms” movies : SYKES

Wanda Sykes is a really profitable American comic and comedian actress. Interestingly, Sykes spent her first 5 years out of college working for the NSA. I noticed her carry out in Reno some years in the past, and she or he could be very, very humorous.

“Bad Moms” is a 2016 comedy film about three stressed-out moms who go on a fling, shirking their maternal tasks for a number of days. Those “bad moms” are performed by Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn.

42 Old sufficient to vote, say : OF AGE

The minimal age of voters was referred to as out within the US Constitution when it was handed in 1787. This was set at 21 years, and utilized solely to white, male property homeowners. Voting age was lowered within the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution in 1971 as a response to pupil activism. Young individuals at the moment had been pissed off that they had been mature sufficient to be drafted to struggle within the Vietnam War, but weren’t thought of mature sufficient to vote in elections.

43 “Frasier” function : NILES

In the sitcom “Frasier”, Niles Crane is the brother of the title character Frasier Crane. Frasier is performed by Kelsey Grammer and Niles is performed by David Hyde Pierce. Frasier was initially meant to be an solely youngster within the present’s storyline, however the producers determined so as to add a brother once they famous the outstanding similarity in look between David Hyde Pierce and Kelsey Grammer.

“Frasier” is a really profitable sitcom that initially ran for eleven seasons, from 1993 to 2004. Kelsey Grammer performs the title character, psychiatrist Frasier Crane. The present is a derivative of the equally profitable sitcom “Cheers” that ended its authentic run only a few months earlier than “Frasier” premiered. By the time “Frasier” aired its final present, Grammer’s portrayal of Crane tied the report for the longest-running character on primetime TV. As an apart, that tie was with James Arness’ portrayal of Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke”. As an extra apart, the report was later damaged by Richard Belzer’s portrayal of Detective John Munch on the reveals “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU”.

49 Bee flat? : HIVE

A beehive is a construction specifically constructed to accommodate a colony of bees. A bee colony that homes itself naturally is present in a nest.

54 Mauna __ : LOA

Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii is the biggest volcano on the planet (when it comes to quantity). The identify “Mauna Loa” is Hawaiian for “Long Mountain”.

55 Start of spring? : ESS

The phrase “spring” begins with a letter S (ess).

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