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Constructed by: Hoang-Kim Vu & Jessica Zetzman
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Reveal Answer(s): Wrap It Up

Themed solutions are all issues we would WRAP UP:

• 60D With 61-Down, “Get a move on!” and an instruction for the solutions to the starred clues : WRAP …
• 61D See 60-Down : … IT UP

• 18A *Overnight supply, perhaps : NEWBORN BABY
• 29A *Injury handled with ice and elevation : SPRAINED ANKLE
• 50A *Secret Santa merchandise : CHRISTMAS GIFT
• 62A *Meatless meal in a tortilla : BEAN BURRITO

Read on, or leap to …
… an entire record of solutions

Bill’s time: 7m 26s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1 Election night time graphic : MAP

On political maps, purple states are normally Republican and blue states normally Democrat. The designation of purple and blue states is a really latest idea, solely launched within the 2000 presidential election by TV journalist, the late Tim Russert. In retrospect, the selection of colours is shocking, as in different democracies world wide purple is normally used to explain left-leaning socialist events (the reds beneath the mattress!), and blue is used for conservative right-wing events. In election cycles, swing/battleground states are sometimes depicted in purple.

4 __ vu : DEJA

“Déjà vu” is French for “already seen”.

8 Noon : MIDDAY

Our phrase “noon”, which means “midday”, comes from the Latin “nona hora” that interprets as “ninth hour”. Back in historic Rome, the “ninth hour” was three within the afternoon. Over the centuries, traditions corresponding to church prayers and “midday” meals shifted from 3 p.m. to 12 p.m., and so “noon” grew to become understood as 12 midday.

15 Stunt legend Knievel : EVEL

Daredevil Evel Knievel contracted hepatitis C from the various blood transfusions that he wanted after accidents incurred throughout stunts. He needed to have a liver transplant because of this, however his well being declined after that. Knievel ultimately handed away in 2007.

16 Padre de tu padre : ABUELO

In Spanish, the “padre de tu padre” (father of your father) is your “abuelo” (grandfather).

18 *Overnight supply, perhaps : NEWBORN BABY

In German and Dutch society, storks resting on the roof of a home have been thought of an indication of fine luck. This custom led to nursery tales that infants have been delivered to households by storks.

23 __ Speedwagon : REO

REO Speedwagon is an American rock band that fashioned in 1967, and remains to be going sturdy. The band’s greatest hits are “Keep On Loving You” (1980) and “Can’t Fight This Feeling” (1985). The founding members selected the identify for the REO Speed Wagon flatbed truck. Note that the band’s identify is one phrase “Speedwagon”, whereas the automobile’s identify makes use of two phrases “Speed Wagon”.

24 National Poetry Month : APRIL

April was chosen as National Poetry Month by the Academy of American Poets in 1996.

26 First-years : ROOKIES

The time period “rookie”, used for a uncooked recruit, first appeared in Rudyard Kipling’s assortment of songs and poems referred to as the “Barrack-Room Ballads”, which was initially revealed in 1892.

33 “Ella Enchanted” beast : OGRE

“Ella Enchanted” is a fantasy novel written by Gail Carson Levine, and revealed in 1997. It is a retelling of the story of Cinderella, with plenty of legendary creatures added. A movie adaptation was launched in 2004 that options Anne Hathaway within the title position.

35 “Frozen” sister : ELSA

“Frozen” is a 2013 animated feature from Walt Disney Studios that is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Snow Queen”. The movie is all concerning the exploits of Princess Anna, the youthful sister of Elsa, Snow Queen of Arendelle. Spoiler alert: Prince Hans of the Southern Isles appears to be man for many of the movie, however seems to be a baddie ultimately. And, a snowman named Olaf offers some comedian aid.

37 __ bunt : SAC

To bunt in baseball is to barely hit the ball, simply sufficient to have it roll slowly in entrance of the infielders.

49 Reddit Q&A session : AMA

Reddit.com is a networking and information web site that began up in 2005. It is basically a bulletin board system with posts which can be voted up and down by customers, which determines the rating of posts. The identify “Reddit” is a play on “read it”, as in “I read it on Reddit”. One widespread characteristic of the Reddit web site is a web based discussion board that’s just like a press convention. Known as an AMA (for “ask me anything”), contributors have included the likes of President Barack Obama, Madonna, Bill Gates, Stephen Colbert and Gordon Ramsay. President Obama’s AMA was so widespread that the excessive degree of site visitors introduced down many components of the Reddit web site.

50 *Secret Santa merchandise : CHRISTMAS GIFT

The Christmas custom often called “Secret Santa” is commonly used for gift-giving by a gaggle of associates or colleagues. Each particular person is randomly assigned one other member of the group to whom they provide a present. The id of the gift-giver is saved secret, therefore the identify of the custom.

53 French cake : GALETTE

A galette is a flat, spherical bakery merchandise in French delicacies. The time period “galette” consists of gadgets corresponding to pancakes and crepes, and even massive cookies.

55 The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just __” : BEGUN

The Carpenters’ hit “We’ve Only Just Begun” began out as music for a wedding-themed TV business for a financial institution. Richard Carpenter noticed the business in 1970, and made preparations for the Carpenters to file an entire model of “We’ve Only Just Begun” later that 12 months.

57 Chicago workforce : BEARS

The Chicago Bears have been based in Decatur, Illinois in 1919 and moved to Chicago in 1921. The Bears are one among solely two franchises within the NFL that have been round on the time of the NFL’s founding (the opposite being the Arizona Cardinals, additionally primarily based in Chicago in 1921).

59 Fuzzy fruit or fuzzy chicken : KIWI

What we name kiwifruit right now (and generally simply “kiwi”) was once referred to as a Chinese gooseberry. Marketing of us within the fifties determined to name it a “melonette”, after which New Zealand producers adopted the identify “kiwifruit”.

The kiwi is an uncommon chicken in that it has a extremely developed sense of odor and is the one one among our feathered associates with nostrils situated on the tip of its lengthy beak.

62 *Meatless meal in a tortilla : BEAN BURRITO

A burrito is a typical dish served in Mexican delicacies. It is a flour tortilla crammed with all types of fine stuff. The time period “burrito” is Spanish for “little donkey”, the diminutive of “burro” which means “donkey”. It’s thought that the identify was utilized as a burrito seems like a bedroll or pack that may be carried by a donkey.

66 Gere title position : DR T

The 2000 film “Dr. T & the Women” is a reasonably good movie, and stars Richard Gere within the title position. It’s a romantic comedy a couple of gynecologist, and the ladies in his non-public and public life. The record of actresses taking part in these ladies is spectacular, and consists of Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler.

Richard Gere has performed such nice roles on the display, and I discover him to be a really attention-grabbing character off the display. Gere has been finding out Buddhism since 1978 and is a really seen supporter of the Dalai Lama and the individuals of Tibet. Gere has been married twice; to supermodel Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995, and to mannequin/actress Carey Lowell from 2002 till 2016. Gere’s breakthrough position was because the male lead within the 1980 movie “American Gigolo”.

67 Nation with a Star of David on its flag : ISRAEL

Magen (additionally “Mogen”) David is Hebrew for “Shield of David”, and is one other identify for the Star of David. The use of the distinctive hexagram as a logo for the Jewish group began in Seventeenth-century Europe, and right now the image is discovered on the middle of the flag of Israel.

71 Hoity-toity kind : 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 consult with 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 a giant 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 seems down on these thought of to be of inferior standing.

Believe it or not, the time period “hoity-toity” has been within the English language because the 1660s, however again then it meant “riotous behavior”. It started to imply “haughty” within the late 1800s, just because the “haughty” sounds just like “hoity”.

Down

1 Spice cookie ingredient : MACE

The fruit of the nutmeg tree yields two very completely different spices. What we name “nutmeg” comes from the seed of the tree. “Mace” is the dried masking of the seed.

3 Toaster pastry model : POP-TARTS

Pop-Tart is probably the most profitable single model for the Kellogg firm, as tens of millions of the sugary treats are bought yearly. The US Military purchased fairly just a few in 2001, and dropped 2.4 million Pop-Tarts into Afghanistan in the course of the invasion after 9/11.

6 Experts with rings, hoops, and loupes : JEWELERS

A loupe is a small magnifying lens that’s held within the hand. “Loupe” is the French identify for such a tool.

7 Jessica of “L.A.’s Finest” : ALBA

Actress Jessica Alba acquired her massive break when she was forged within the Fox science fiction present “Dark Angel”. Alba had a tricky life rising up as she spent a variety of time in hospital and so discovered it tough to develop friendships. As a teen she twice had a collapsed lung, ceaselessly caught pneumonia, suffered from bronchial asthma, had a ruptured appendix and a tonsillar cyst. On high of all that, Alba acknowledges that she suffered from obsessive-compulsive dysfunction as a baby.

10 Confer knighthood on : DUB

Kneel, and a monarch may “dub thee a knight” should you’re fortunate. “Dub” is a particular time period derived from Old English that was used to imply “make a knight”. As the knight was additionally given a knightly identify on the similar time, “dub” got here to imply “give someone a name”.

12 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright : ALBEE

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is an Edward Albee play that premiered on Broadway in 1962. The play gained a Tony in 1963, and was tailored right into a profitable movie in 1966 starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal and Sandy Dennis. The stage model is a prolonged manufacturing lasting over three hours.

25 __ de Janeiro : RIO

Rio de Janeiro is the second largest metropolis in Brazil (after São Paulo). “Rio de Janeiro” interprets as “January River”. The identify displays the invention of the bay on which Rio sits, on New Year’s Day in 1502.

28 Bauhaus artist Paul : KLEE

Artist Paul Klee was born in Switzerland, however studied artwork in Munich in Germany. We can see a lot of Klee’s works within the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. If you get to Bern in Switzerland, much more of them could be seen on the Zentrum Paul Klee that was opened in 2005. Klee’s most celebrated work is his pointillist portray from 1932 referred to as “Ad Parnassum”, which is owned by the Kunstmuseum, additionally situated in Bern.

The literal translation of the time period “Bauhaus” is “House of Building”. It was a college (i.e. schooling institution) that operated from 1919 to 1933. It grew to become well-known for its method to design throughout many disciplines, every part from artwork to typography.

30 Chum : PAL

A pal is a good friend. The time period “chum” originated within the late 1600s as a substitute spelling for “cham”. In flip, “cham” was a shortened type of “chambermate”, a roommate at college.

36 Blue-Emu goal : ACHE

Blu-Emu is a line of topical ache relievers that was launched in 2002. As urged by the identify, Blue-Emu merchandise embrace emu oil as an ingredient. Emu oil is extracted from the fats of emu carcases which can be processed for meat.

38 Geological interval with a famous “explosion” : CAMBRIAN

The Cambrian explosion was a time interval within the Cambrian Period that occurred about 540 million years in the past. The ‘explosion” is usually known as the Biological Big Bang because it marks the interval when practically all multicellular animal phyla began to look, as proven by fossil data.

41 Global finance org. : IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established on the finish of 1945 with 29 main economies supporting and funding an effort to stabilize economies throughout the globe after WWII. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., right now the IMF has 187 member nations.

45 Champion on “Parks and Rec,” for one : PIT BULL

Sadly, the pit bull breed of canines have earned themselves a poor repute. Apparently, pit bulls make up about 2% of the canines within the US however about 40% of the canine assaults within the nation have been attributed to the breed.

“Parks and Recreation” (generally simply “Parks and Rec”) is a sitcom that began airing on NBC in 2009, and is a present that has grown on me. It stars the “Saturday Night Live” alum Amy Poehler. The creators of “Parks and Recreation” are a part of the workforce liable for the American model of “The Office”, so that you’ll discover some similarities within the type of the 2 reveals, and a few actors which have appeared in each.

47 Baton holder : MAESTRO

“Maestro” is commonly used to deal with a musical conductor. “Maestro” (plural “maestri”) is the Italian phrase for “master, teacher”. The plural in English is normally “maestros”.

48 Messi’s workforce, familiarly : PSG

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) soccer membership was based in Paris in 1970, and performs its house video games in Parc des Princes. The workforce fashioned with the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain. PSG was bought by the Emir of Qatar in 2011.

50 Resets, as one’s browser historical past : CLEARS

An internet browser is a bit of software program used to entry the World Wide Web. The first internet browser was referred to as “WorldWideWeb” and was invented in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee, the person who created the World Wide Web. The browser often called Mosaic got here out in 1993, and it was this browser that drove a lot curiosity within the World Wide Web, and certainly within the Internet usually. Marc Andreessen led the workforce that created Mosaic, and he then arrange his personal firm referred to as Netscape. Netscape created the Netscape Navigator browser that additional popularized using the Web beginning in 1994. Microsoft responded by introducing Internet Explorer in 1995, which sparked the so-called “browser war”, a warfare that Microsoft clearly gained. As Netscape floundered, the corporate launched the open-source Mozilla challenge which ultimately led to the Firefox browser. Apple then got here out with its personal Safari browser in 2003. Google’s Chrome browser, launched in 2008, is by far the preferred solution to view the Web right now.

52 Soup, in Koreatown : GUK

“Guk” is the identify given to a gaggle of dishes in Korean delicacies. Guk is just like “tang”, with guk extra resembling soup, and tang extra like a watery stew.

64 Buzzworthy creature? : BEE

There are over 16,000 species of bees, with the best-known most likely being the western honey bee, the commonest of the honey bees worldwide. Bees feed on nectar and pollen, and in so doing play a vital position within the pollination of many crops. That’s one of many primary causes there may be nice concern about diminishing populations of untamed bees.

65 Wagering web site, initially : OTB

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

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