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Today’s Theme (based on Bill): Administrative Job Descriptions

Themed solutions are every an administrative job reinterpreted because the descriptions of a job known as out within the clue:

• 17A Part of a DJ’s job description? : KEEP RECORDS
• 28A Part of a matchmaker’s job description? : PLAN MEETINGS
• 50A Part of an umpire’s job description? : WORK FROM HOME
• 65A Part of a squire’s job description? : DELIVER MAIL

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

Bill’s time: 6m 20s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1 Savory jelly made with meat inventory : ASPIC

Aspic is a dish by which the principle substances are served in a gelatin constituted of meat inventory. “Aspic” is a French phrase that means “jelly”.

6 Focus of many HGTV exhibits : DECOR

HGTV first went on air in 1994 because the “Home, Lawn and Garden Channel”. The identify was shortened quickly after (the garden was “cut”!). Nowadays, it’s known as HGTV.

11 Animal that brays : ASS

A bray is the sound made by a donkey. Hee-haw!

14 Animal native to the 54-Down : LLAMA
[54D Chilean range : ANDES]

The llama is a camelid mammal very a lot related to the Andean cultures. Despite the affiliation with South America, it’s thought that the ancestors of the trendy llama migrated south from the Great Plains of North America about 40 million years in the past.

15 Produce concern : E COLI

Escherichia coli (E. coli) are normally innocent micro organism discovered within the human intestine, working away fairly fortunately. However, there are some strains that may produce deadly toxins. These strains could make their manner into the meals chain from animal fecal matter that comes into contact with meals designated for human consumption.

17 Part of a DJ’s job description? : KEEP RECORDS

The world’s first radio disc jockey (DJ) was one Ray Newby of Stockton, California who made his debut broadcast in 1909, would you consider? When he was 16 years outdated and a pupil, Newby began to play his information on a primitive radio situated within the Herrold College of Engineering and Wireless in San Jose. The information performed again then have been largely recordings of Enrico Caruso.

19 Gene messenger : RNA

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an important catalyst within the manufacture of proteins within the physique. The genetic code in DNA determines the sequence of amino acids that make up every protein. That sequence is learn in DNA by messenger RNA, and amino acids are delivered for protein manufacture within the appropriate sequence by switch RNA. The amino acids are then shaped into proteins by ribosomal RNA.

20 Belt-maker’s device : AWL

An axe is a pointed device used for marking a floor or for piercing small holes. The earliest awls have been used to pierce ears, apparently. The device then turned very a lot related to shoemakers.

21 Pop-folk singer Williams : DAR

Dar Williams (born “Dorothy Williams”) is a pop-folk singer-songwriter from New York State.

27 Gift to new dad and mom : ONESIE

A onesie is a child’s one-piece bodysuit, and is a standard present at a child bathe.

33 Snooty type : SNOB

Back within the 1780s, a snob was a shoemaker or a shoemaker’s apprentice. By the top of the 18th century the phrase “snob” was being utilized by college students at Cambridge University in England to seek advice from all native retailers and other people of the city. The time period advanced to imply one who copies those that are his or her social superior (and never in a great way). From there it wasn’t an enormous leap for “snob” to incorporate anybody who emphasised their superior social standing and never simply those that aspired to rank. Nowadays a snob is anybody who appears down on these thought-about to be of inferior standing.

37 Pitching stat : ERA

Earned run common (ERA)

38 Sport for Amanda Nunes, briefly : MMA

Amanda Nunes is a blended martial arts (MMA) athlete who was born and raised in Brazil.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fight sport by which opponents use a wide range of methods from a wide range of conventional fight sports activities and martial arts.

41 Single, for one: Abbr. : SYN

Synonym (syn.)

43 “Hadestown” Tony nominee Noblezada : EVA

Eva Noblezada is an actress and singer who debuted on Broadway enjoying the lead in a 2017 revival of “Miss Saigon”. That efficiency earned her a Tony nomination, as did her portrayal of Eurydice in “Hadestown”.

Anaïs Mitchell is a Vermont-based singer-songwriter. One of Mitchell’s extra well-known works is a 2010 idea album titled “Hadestown” that’s primarily based on the traditional Greek fable of Orpheus and Eurydice. She tailored the album right into a stage musical that opened Off-Broadway in 2016 as “Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical”.

46 “Christopher Robin” hopper : ROO

“Christopher Robin” is a 2018 film impressed by A. A. Milne’s collection of “Winnie-the-Pooh” kids’s books. The title character is Milne’s son, who options within the tales. In the movie, Christopher Robin has grown up, and misplaced contact together with his sense of creativeness, however is in the end reunited with the characters created by his father. Christopher Robin is portrayed by Scottish actor Ewan McGregor.

48 Portend : AUGUR

The verb “to augur” means “to bode, serve as an omen”. The time period comes from the identify of spiritual officers in historical Rome known as augurs whose job it was to interpret indicators and omens.

50 Part of an umpire’s job description? : WORK FROM HOME

Back within the fifteenth century, “an umpire” was known as “a noumpere”, which was misheard and therefore inflicting the dropping of the preliminary letter N. The time period “noumpere” got here from Old French “nonper” that means “not even, odd number”. The concept was that the unique umpire was a 3rd individual known as on to arbitrate between two, offering that “odd number” wanted to determine the dispute.

54 “Mother of Democracy,” to Filipinos : AQUINO

Corazon Aquino was the primary lady to carry the workplace of President of the Philippines. She led the favored revolt towards President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 which led to the restoration of democracy within the nation. She got here to steer the motion towards Marcos upon the assassination of her husband, probably the most seen opponent of Marcos. She took to the function reluctantly, proclaiming herself a “plain housewife”.

58 Tricky soccer strikes : NUTMEGS

In soccer (and likewise in hockey and basketball), the maneuver referred to as a nutmeg” is the passing of the ball by the opponent’s legs.

60 “__ Mubarak”: vacation greeting : EID

“Eid Mubarak” interprets from Arabic as “Blessed festival/feast”. It is a greeting utilized by many Muslins on the two fundamental holidays celebrated in Islam: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

61 L’eau land : ILE

In French, an “île” (island) is land in “l’eau” (the water).

64 “The Chronic” rapper, familiarly : DRE

“The Chronic” is a 1992 studio album by hip hop artist Dr. Dre. The title is a slang time period for high-grade hashish.

65 Part of a squire’s job description? : DELIVER MAIL

A squire will be an escort, say one attending to a lady. A squire can also be a younger nobleman who attended a knight in days of yore. A enjoyable instance can be Sancho Panza who accompanied the deluded Don Quixote.

70 One “She’s Gone” vocalist : OATES

“She’s Gone” is a music written and launched by Daryl Hall and John Oates in 1973, and later recorded by the band Tavares.

71 __-Cat : SNO

The model identify “Sno-Cat” is owned by the Tucker firm. All snowcats are tracked automobiles constructed to work in snow, and are famously utilized in expeditions to the polar areas. The trendy Sno-Cat from Tucker differs from its opponents in that it has 4 independently-mounted tracks.

72 Best Upset and Best Driver, e.g. : ESPYS

The ESPY Awards are a creation of the ESPN sports activities tv community. One distinction with equally named awards within the leisure business is that ESPY winners are chosen solely primarily based on viewer votes. The acronym “ESPY” stands for “Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly”.

73 Pet __ : PEEVE

The phrase “pet peeve”, that means “thing that provokes one most”, appears to be considerably ironic. A “peeve” is a supply of irritation, and the adjective “pet” means “especially cherished”.

Down

1 __-Seltzer : ALKA

Alka-Seltzer is a model of fizzy antacid that has been marketed since 1931. In phrases of substances, it’s a mixture of sodium bicarbonate, aspirin and anhydrous citric acid.

2 Boatload : SLEW

Our utilization of “slew” to imply “large number” has nothing to do with the verb “to slew” that means “to turn, skid”. The noun “slew” got here into English within the early 1800s from the Irish phrase “sluagh” that means “host, crowd, multitude”.

3 Redundantly named tools for a rice-and-seafood dish : PAELLA PAN

Paella is usually known as the Spanish nationwide dish, however not by Spaniards. In Spain, paella is thought to be a typical regional dish from Valencia. The identify “paella” means “frying pan” in Valencian, and is a reference to the shallow vessel historically used to prepare dinner the dish over an open hearth.

5 Spice in lots of chai mixes : CARDAMOM

The spice referred to as cardamom comes from the seeds of a number of vegetation which are native to India. Those vegetation have been launched to Guatemala within the early twentieth century, and now Guatemala produces and exports extra cardamom than another nation on the earth, even India. Cardamom is the third-priciest spice available on the market in the present day by weight, after vanilla and saffron.

Chai is a drink constituted of spiced black tea, honey and milk, with “chai” being the Hindi phrase for “tea”. We typically known as tea “a cup of char” rising up in Ireland, with “char” being our slang phrase for tea, derived from “chai”.

8 Plank goal : CORE

The plank is an isometric train that strengthens the abdominals, in addition to the again and shoulder muscle groups. There are variations of the plank, such because the aspect plank and the reverse plank.

9 Nouveau riche counterpart : OLD MONEY

The nouveau riche are individuals who have achieved their wealth themselves, and never from an inheritance. “Nouveau riche” is French for “new rich”.

11 Griffith Park’s 4,210+ : ACRES

Griffith Park in Los Angeles is sometimes called the town’s “Central Park”, a reference to magnificent park in New York City. However, Griffith Park covers over 4,300 acres, and Central Park is lower than a fifth of that dimension, at just below 780 acres.

12 Largest division of Islam : SUNNI

The Islamic sects of Sunni and Shia Muslims differ within the perception of who ought to have taken over management of the Muslim trustworthy after the dying of the Prophet Muhammad. Followers of the Sunni custom agree with the choice that the Prophet Muhammad’s confidante Abu Bakr was the correct option to turn into the primary Caliph of the Islamic nation. Followers of the Shia custom consider that management ought to have stayed inside the Prophet Muhammad’s circle of relatives, and favored the Prophet’s son-in-law Ali.

23 Loch in hoax images : NESS

The Surgeon’s Photograph is a picture that was taken in 1934, supposedly of the Loch Ness Monster. It is maybe probably the most well-known image of Nessie to at the present time, the one with a “head” and “neck” sticking up out of the water. The image’s renown doesn’t appear to have abated, though within the mid-nineties the {photograph} was proven to be a hoax. The image known as the Surgeon’s Photograph as a result of it was taken by a Dr. Wilson.

25 Tolkien speaking tree : ENT

Ents are tree-like creatures that dwell in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth in his collection of books “The Lord of the Rings”. “Ent” is an Old English phrase for “giant”.

26 Metro cease: Abbr. : STA

Station (sta.)

The Paris Métro is the busiest underground transportation system in western Europe. The community carries about 4.5 million passengers a day, which is about the identical ridership because the New York City Subway. The system took its identify from the corporate that initially operated it, specifically “La Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris”, which was shortened to “Métro”. The time period “Metro” was then adopted for related methods in cities everywhere in the world.

29 Greiner of “Shark Tank” : LORI

On the TV present “Shark Tank”, Lori Greiner is among the “sharks”, one of many buyers who select whether or not or to not again entrepreneurs making a pitch for his or her companies. Greiner has been described as a “serial inventor” and made tens of millions promoting these innovations on QVC. Her success on the procuring channel earned her the nickname “the Queen of QVC”.

“Shark Tank” is a actuality tv present that options aspiring entrepreneurs making pitches to potential buyers (the “sharks”) as they attempt to develop their companies. The present is a Mark Burnett manufacturing and is predicated on a British collection known as “Dragons’ Den”.

30 Org. to report tax fraud to : IRS

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

35 Certain gamete : OVUM

A gamete is a reproductive cell that has half the total complement of genes wanted to make a standard cell. In sexual copy, it takes two gametes, one from every dad or mum, to fuse into one cell which then develops into a brand new organism. The feminine gamete is the ovum, and the male the sperm.

39 Neighborhood man : MR ROGERS

The “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” TV present starred Fred Rogers. It was the second-longest working collection on PBS tv, after that different iconic kids’s present “Sesame Street”.

40 Hunky-dory : A-OK

Our time period “A-OK” is supposedly an abbreviation for “A(ll systems are) OK”, and arose at NASA within the sixties through the area program.

Surprisingly (to me), the time period “hunky-dory” has been round a very long time, and is documented again within the mid-1800s. Nobody’s actually certain of its origin, however some say it’s an Anglicization of Honcho dori, that again within the day was a road of unwell reputation in Yokohama, Japan.

45 Triathlon half : SWIM

An Ironman Triathlon is a race involving a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike experience, and a marathon run of simply over 26 miles. The concept for the race got here out of a debate between some runners within the 1977 Oahu Perimeter Relay. They have been questioning whether or not runners, swimmers or bikers have been probably the most match athletes. The debaters determined to mix three native occasions to find out the reply, inviting athletes from all three disciplines. The occasions that have been mimicked within the first triathlon have been the Waikiki Roughwater swim (2.4 miles), the Around-Oahu Bike Race (115 miles) and the Honolulu Marathon (26.2 miles). The concept was that whoever finishes first can be known as “the Iron Man”. The first triathlon was run in 1978, with fifteen starters and solely twelve finishers. The race format is used everywhere in the world now, however the Hawaiian Ironman is the occasion that everybody desires to win.

47 Switch place : OFF

Not solely did I’ve to study new spellings of phrases after I moved right here from Ireland (right here I am going, whining once more!) however I needed to study that down is the “off” place for a change most occasions, and up is the “on” place. It’s precisely the other on the opposite aspect of the pond. Aaargh …!

52 Actor who performs himself in “Always Be My Maybe” : REEVES

Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor whose most celebrated roles have been a metalhead in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989), a cop in “Speed” (1994) and the protagonist Neo in “The Matrix” collection of movies. Although Reeves is a Canadian nationwide, he was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Reeves has some Hawaiian descent, and the identify “Keanu” is Hawaiian for “the coolness” or “cool breeze”.

“Always Be My Maybe” is a 2019 romantic comedy movie starring Ali Wong and Randall Park. The pair play two people who find themselves reunited as adults after having skilled a romantic fling as youngsters that had ended badly. Keanu Reeves has an attention-grabbing supporting function within the film enjoying himself, and a love curiosity for the feminine lead.

54 Chilean vary : ANDES

The Andes vary is the longest steady chain of mountains on the earth. It runs down the size of the west coast of South America for about 4,300 miles, from Venezuela within the north to Chile within the south. The highest peak within the Andes is Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, at an elevation of twenty-two,841 ft. Interestingly, the height of Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest level on the Earth’s floor from the middle of the planet. That’s due to the equatorial “bulge” across the Earth’s “waist”.

The nation of Chile has a really distinctive form. It is a slender strip that runs up the west coast of South America. The common width of the nation is simply a bit of over 100 miles, and but its size is about 2,700 miles. Chile is touted because the longest nation on the earth, though I’m not so certain what which means precisely. I imply, Russia extends about 4,800 miles from east-to west, so possibly “longest” implies lengthy within the north-south route?

55 Sacred textual content learn throughout Tarawih : QURAN

The Koran is often known as the “Qur’an” and “Quran” in English. “Qur’an” a transliteration of the Arabic identify for the holy textual content of the Muslim religion. The literal translation of “Koran” is “the recitation”.

In the Islamic custom, Tarawih (typically “Taraweeh” in English) is a particular evening prayer that entails the studying of lengthy parts of the Quran. It is simply carried out within the month of Ramadan. “Tarawih” comes from the Arabic phrase that means “to rest and relax”.

56 In __: not but born : UTERO

“In utero” is a Latin time period that means “in the uterus”. The Latin “uterus” (plural “uteri”) interprets as each “womb” and “belly”. “Uterys” comes from the Greek “hystera” that additionally means “womb”, which supplies us the phrases “hysterectomy”, and “hysterical”.

62 Actor Schreiber : LIEV

Liev Schreiber is very thought to be a stage actor, and has many classical roles beneath his belt. He gained a Tony in 2005 for his Broadway efficiency in “Glengarry Glen Ross”, and earned glorious critiques for his efficiency in Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline”.

66 Needing salt, possibly : ICY

Halite is the mineral type of sodium chloride, and is often known as “rock salt”. Halite is used to soften ice, as salt water has a decrease freezing level than pure water. Adding salt to icy sidewalks can due to this fact trigger any ice to soften (so long as the ambient temperature isn’t too low). A mix of halite and ice can be used to chill issues beneath the freezing level of water, maybe to make ice cream.

67 Actress Whitman : MAE

Actress Mae Whitman performed “the daughter” in some profitable films early in her profession. She was Meg Ryan’s daughter in “When a Man Loves a Woman”, George Clooney’s daughter in “One Fine Day” and Bill Pullman’s daughter in “Independence Day”. More just lately, she performed the lead within the 2015 teen comedy movie “The Duff”.

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