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Constructed by: Robin Stears
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Reveal Answer: Get Nothing in Overtime

Themed solutions are widespread phrases ending in -OT, edited to finish in -OOT:

• 17A Filming that takes place in a vault? : BANK SHOOT (from “bank shot”)
• 25A Revenue for the Witch Museum? : SALEM’S LOOT (from “‘Salem’s Lot”)
• 36A Blast from a tugboat powered by spuds? : TATER TOOT (from “tater tot”
• 50A Fantastic show of hustle? : GREAT SCOOT (from “Great Scot!”)
• 60A Footwear worn in a meatpacking plant? : SPAM BOOTS (from “spambots”)

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Bill’s time: 7m 21s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1 Fiddler’s provide : ROSIN

Rosin is a stable type of resin derived from plant sources. Rosin is fashioned into desserts that gamers of stringed devices use to rub alongside the hairs of their bows to assist enhance sound high quality. The rosin will increase the diploma of friction between the strings and the bow. That identical friction-increasing property comes into play when baseball pitchers use rosin to get a greater grip on the ball, or when dancers apply rosin to the soles of their sneakers.

6 “Sex Education” actor Butterfield : ASA

Asa Butterfield is a actor from London whose breakthrough got here with the title position within the 2008 Holocaust film “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”. More just lately, he starred within the glorious Netflix comedy-drama collection “Sex Education”, alongside Gillian Anderson.

“Sex Education” is a wonderful Netflic comedy-drama present made for Netflix that stars Gillian Anderson as a single-mother and intercourse therapist, and Asa Butterfield as her insecure teenage son. Highly really useful …

14 Like lambs : OVINE

The Latin phrase for “sheep” is “ovis”, giving us the adjective “ovine” that means “like a sheep”.

15 ICU staffer : LPN

Licensed sensible nurse (LPN)

16 Wikipedia articles that want increasing : STUBS

The Wikipedia group makes use of the time period “stub” to indicate an article thought-about too quick. A stub is deemed insufficient in that it supplies details about a topic that’s inadequate for inclusion in an encyclopedia.

17 Filming that takes place in a vault? : BANK SHOOT (from “bank shot”)

In video games like pool and billiards, a “bank shot” is one through which the thing ball is bounced off a number of cushions previous to being pocketed.

19 Comet’s path : ORBIT

Comets and asteroids are comparable, each being comparatively small celestial our bodies orbiting the solar. Comets differ from asteroids in that they’ve a coma or tail, particularly when they’re shut sufficient to the solar. The coma and tail are non permanent fuzzy atmospheres that develop because of the presence of photo voltaic radiation. Comets are typically known as “dirty snowballs”, a reference to their composition: rock, mud, water ice and frozen gasses.

21 Tribeca neighbor : SOHO

The Manhattan neighborhood identified at the moment as SoHo was very trendy within the early 1900s, however because the well-heeled began to maneuver uptown the realm grew to become very run down and poorly maintained. Noted for the variety of fires that erupted in derelict buildings, SoHo earned the nickname “Hell’s Hundred Acres”. The space was then zoned for manufacturing and have become house to many sweatshops. In the mid-1900s artists began to maneuver into open loft areas and renovating previous buildings because the lofts have been splendid areas through which an artist may each stay and work. In 1968, artists and others organized themselves in order that they might legalize their residential use of an space zoned for manufacturing. The group they fashioned took its title from the title given to the realm by the town’s Planning Commission i.e “South of Houston”. This was shortened from So-uth of Ho-uston to SoHo as in “SoHo Artists Association”, and the title caught.

“TriBeCa” is a intelligent little acronym that expands into “TRI-angle BE-low CA-nal Street”. The title of the New York City neighborhood was developed by native residents who principally copied the naming approach utilized by residents of the adjoining space of SoHo, with “SoHo” being quick for “SO-uth of HO-uston Street”.

22 Peak southeast of Olympus : OSSA

Mount Ossa in Greece is situated between Mount Pelion within the south, and the famed Mount Olympus within the north. Mount Ossa is also referred to as Kissavos.

23 Cracker with seven holes : RITZ

I’ve all the time preferred Ritz crackers. They’ve been round since 1934 after they have been launched by Nabisco. The title Ritz was chosen as a result of the advertising and marketing of us felt that the affiliation with Ritz-Carlton would evoke photographs of wealth and the highlife.

25 Revenue for the Witch Museum? : SALEM’S LOOT (from “‘Salem’s Lot”)

The Salem witch trials have been a collection of hearings held in 1692 and 1693 in colonial Massachusetts, most famously in Salem. As a results of mass hysteria, twenty folks have been convicted of practising witchcraft and have been executed. The occasions have been deemed to be a horrible injustice virtually instantly. As early as 1696, there was a authorized ruling by the Massachusetts General Court that referred to the result of the trials as a tragedy. In 2001, the Massachusetts legislature formally exonerated all of these convicted.

“Loot” is the title given to something taken by dishonesty or pressure, significantly throughout warfare. The time period got here into English from the Hindi “lut” that means “goods taken from an enemy”.

Stephen King’s “’Salem’s Lot” was revealed in 1975, his second novel. It belongs to the horror style, so that you gained’t catch me studying it. The title refers back to the Maine city of Jerusalem’s Lot, or ‘Salem’s Lot for brief. There’s an attention-grabbing story concerning the precise publication of the primary version. The meant value of $8.95 was modified on the final minute to $7.95, however not all the worth modifications have been made earlier than launch. A number of copies “escaped” with the mud cowl marked $8.95, and they’re now value some huge cash. Go examine your bookshelves …

31 Reprobate : LOWLIFE

A reprobate is a wicked or unprincipled particular person, and specifically is a misplaced soul, one rejected by God.

33 Horned herbivore : RHINO

There are 5 varieties of rhinoceros that survive at the moment, with the smaller Javan Rhino being probably the most uncommon. The rhinoceros might be the rarest massive mammal on the planet, because of poaching. Hunters primarily prize the horn of the rhino as it’s utilized in powdered type in conventional Chinese medication.

35 Mil. officers : LTS

Lieutenant (lt., and “looie” in slang).

36 Blast from a tugboat powered by spuds? : TATER TOOT (from “tater tot”

Ore-Ida’s founders got here up with the thought for Tater Tots after they have been deciding what to do with residual cuts of potato. They chopped up the leftovers, added flour and seasoning, and extruded the combo by way of a big gap making a sausage that they reduce into small cylinders. We eat 70 million kilos of this extruded potato yearly!

39 U.Okay. lawmakers : MPS

Member of Parliament (MP)

43 Cavalry blade : SABER

A saber (typically “sabre”) is a sword with a curved blade and a comparatively massive hand guard. It is assumed that the time period originated with the Hungarian verb “szabni” that means “to cut”.

Back within the late-Sixteenth century, a cavalier was a horseman, with the title coming from the Italian “cavalliere”, which described the identical factor. Collectively, cavaliers type items often called “cavalry”. In Elizabethan England, the usage of “cavalier” got here to explain a courtly gentleman, but in addition an individual with swagger, in an obnoxious manner. It is the latter use of the time period that provides us our fashionable adjective “cavalier” that means “high-and-mighty”.

47 Negroni ingredient : CAMPARI

Campari is an alcoholic beverage with a particular pink taste and a nice, but bitter style. It is a key ingredient in one in every of my favourite cocktails: an Americano (one half Campari, one half candy vermouth and a splash of membership soda).

The Negroni is a stunning cocktail, one which hails from Italy. A traditional recipe requires equal elements gin, candy vermouth and Campari. According to legend, the drink was first made by bartender Forsco Scarselli on the request of Count Camillo Negroni, therefore the title. The depend needed a stronger model of an Americano, and so Scarselli dropped the Americano’s soda water and changed it with gin!

49 __ Tuesday : SHROVE

To shrive is to acquire absolution by confessing and doing penance. The previous tense of “shrive” is “shrove”. The verb offers its title to Shrove Tuesday, the day earlier than the season of fasting often called Lent. Shrove Tuesday is called in recognition of the early Christian custom of confessing the week earlier than Lent.

50 Fantastic show of hustle? : GREAT SCOOT (from “Great Scot!”)

No one appears to know for certain who the “Scott” is within the exclamation “great Scott!”. One idea is that the reference is to the commander-in-chief of the US Army through the Civil War, General Winfield Scott. Scott weighed in at 300 kilos later in his life, and was so overweight that he couldn’t trip a horse.

53 Back up on the job? : ABET

The phrase “abet” comes into English from the Old French “abeter” that means “to bait” or “to harass with dogs” (actually “to make bite”). This sense of encouraging one thing dangerous to occur morphed into our fashionable utilization of “abet” that means to help or encourage somebody in against the law.

57 Rapper Dr. __ : DRE

“Dr. Dre” is the stage title of rapper Andre Romelle Young. Dr. Dre is thought for his personal singing profession in addition to for producing information and beginning the careers of others corresponding to Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent.

58 “Solutions and Other Problems” author Brosh : ALLIE

Allie Brosh achieved fame by publishing a blog-cum-webcomic titled “Hyperbole and a Half” beginning in 2009. Brosh has a difficult life, which is mirrored in her works. She suffers from ADHD and extreme melancholy.

60 Footwear worn in a meatpacking plant? : SPAM BOOTS (from “spambots”)

Spam is a precooked meat product that’s offered in cans. It was launched by Hormel Foods in 1937. The important meat elements are pork shoulder meat and ham. The title “Spam” was chosen as the results of a contest at Hormel, with the winner incomes himself 100 {dollars}. According to the corporate, the derivation of the title “Spam” is a secret identified by just a few former executives, however the hypothesis is that it stands for “spiced ham” or “shoulders of pork and ham”. Spam is especially widespread in Hawaii, so widespread that it’s typically known as “the Hawaiian steak”.

Spambots are nasty little laptop packages that ship out spam emails and messages, typically from faux accounts. This weblog will get about 300 spam feedback a day that I’ve to delete, virtually all of that are written by spambots.

63 Communication sys. at Gallaudet : ASL

American Sign Language (ASL)

Gallaudet University is a personal college in Washington, D.C. that’s targeted on the training of the deaf and exhausting of listening to. Gallaudet was based in 1864 and is formally a bilingual establishment, with lessons held in each English and American signal language (ASL).

65 Equivocate : HEDGE

The verb “to equivocate” comes from the Latin “aequus” that means “equal” and “vocare” that means “to call”. So, to equivocate is “to call equally”, and is used within the sense of giving equal emphasis to 2 sides of an argument, to be non-committal, to hedge, to equivocate. So, one thing described as “unequivocal” is the other, is unambiguous and clear.

66 Bad begin? : DYS-

The prefix “dys-” comes from the Greek for “bad”. Examples of the usage of the prefix can be: dyslexia (dangerous + phrase), dyspepsia (dangerous + digested).

Down

1 The MLB’s __ Clemente Award : ROBERTO

Roberto Clemente was a Major League Baseball participant from Puerto Rico who performed for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1972. Clemente devoted a lot of his spare time to charity work in Caribbean international locations, and in 1972 flew to Nicaragua to ship support to earthquake victims. While en route, Clemente was killed in a airplane crash. The Roberto Clemente Award has been introduced yearly since 1971 to an excellent baseball participant who is thought for his private involvement in group work.

3 “From Here to Eternity” Oscar winner : SINATRA

Frank Sinatra was the one baby of Italian immigrants dwelling in Hoboken, New Jersey. Like so lots of our heroes, Sinatra had a tough upbringing. His mom was arrested a number of occasions and convicted of working an unlawful abortion enterprise within the household house. Sinatra by no means completed highschool, as he was expelled for rowdy conduct. He was later arrested as a youth on a morals cost for “carrying on” with a married lady, which was an offense again then. But Sinatra straightened himself out by the point he was twenty and began singing professionally.

“From Here to Eternity” is a 1953 movie adaptation of a James Jones novel of the identical title. The important characters within the story are three troopers stationed in Hawaii within the days previous to the assault on Pearl Harbor. The troopers are performed by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed play the love pursuits. The movie (and novel) title is a citation from the 1892 poem “Gentlemen-Rankers” by Rudyard Kipling:

5 Loch close to the Moray Firth : NESS

Scotland’s Loch Ness is legendary for its fabled “monster”, referred to affectionately as “Nessie”. The loch is the second-largest lake within the nation (Loch Lomond is the most important). Loch Ness takes its title from the River Ness that flows from the loch’s northern finish.

Moray Firth on the northeast coast of Scotland is the most important firth (inlet) within the nation. Several rivers move into Moray Firth, probably the most well-known of which might be the River Ness, which flows from the “monstrous” Loch Ness.

6 “Welcome to Hawaii!” : ALOHA!

The Hawaiian phrase “aloha” has many meanings in English: affection, love, peace, compassion and mercy. More just lately, “aloha” has come to imply “hello” and “goodbye”, however solely for the reason that mid-1800s.

8 Industrious insect : ANT

“Formicary” is one other title for “ant nest”, and comes from the Latin “formica” that means “ant”. The phrase “ant colony” describes the ants dwelling in an ant nest. A formicarium is much like an aquarium, and used to deal with an ant colony maybe for research. The phrase “ant farm” is normally reserved for ant nests constructed by an ant colony in a formicarium.

12 “Just Dance” sport firm : UBISOFT

Ubisoft is a online game firm headquartered within the suburbs of Paris. I’m no video gamer, so I solely acknowledge one of many firm’s titles, specifically “Assassin’s Creed”.

18 One anticipating an RSVP : HOST

“RSVP” stands for “répondez s’il vous plaît”, which is French for “answer, please”.

24 Time, in German : ZEIT

“Zeit” is the German phrase for “time”, as in “zeitgeist”, a phrase imported into English that means “the spirit of the times”.

26 Not for the hoi polloi : ELITE

“Hoi polloi” is a Greek time period that interprets actually as “the majority, the many”. In English, “hoi polloi” has come to imply “the masses” and is usually utilized in a derogatory sense. Oddly, the time period has additionally come to explain “the elite”.

27 Hi-fi setting : MONO

Monophonic sound (“mono”) is sound reproduced utilizing only one audio channel, which is normally performed out of only one speaker. Stereophonic sound is reproduced utilizing two audio channels, with the sound from every channel performed out of two totally different audio system. The pair of stereo audio system are normally positioned aside from one another in order that sound seems to return from between the 2. Quadraphonic sound (4.0 encompass sound) makes use of 4 audio channels with the sound performed again by way of 4 audio system which can be typically positioned on the corners of the room through which one is listening.

Hi-fi techniques have been launched within the late Forties. They are items of audio tools designed to provide a a lot greater high quality copy of sound than cheaper techniques accessible as much as that time. “Hi-fi” stands for “high fidelity”.

28 Sports brand since 1972 : SWOOSH

I bear in mind seeing a woman named Carolyn Davidson on the tv present “I’ve Got a Secret”. Davidson created the Nike “swoosh” again in 1971 when she was a design pupil at Portland State. She did it as freelance work for Blue Ribbon Sports, a neighborhood firm introducing a brand new line of athletic footwear. The “swoosh” is taken from the wing of the Greek goddess of victory, Nike. Years later, BRS modified its title to Nike, so I suppose the corporate must be grateful to Carolyn for each the good design, and an important firm title.

30 Oslo Accords participant : ARAFAT

Yasser (additionally “Yasir”) Arafat was born in Cairo in 1929, the son of two Palestinians and the second-youngest of seven kids. Arafat was overwhelmed by his father as a baby and so didn’t have a superb relationship with him. Arafat didn’t attend his father’s funeral, nor did he go to his grave. The beatings have been apparently administered as a result of the younger Arafat was repeatedly attending non secular providers within the Jewish quarter of Cairo. Arafat’s clarification was that he needed to “study the mentality” of the Jewish folks.

The Oslo Accords grew out of secret negotiations between the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel in a residence in Oslo within the early nineties. The delegates shared the identical home whereas they carried out 14 conferences. While consuming all their meals collectively on the identical desk, the negotiators got here to respect each other and apparently, friendships developed.

33 Smithsonian artifact : RELIC

A relic is one thing that has survived from the previous, reminding us of that previous.

The Smithsonian Institution was established in 1846 because the United States National Museum. The establishment was renamed in honor of British scientist James Smithson who not directly offered the preliminary funding. The funds have been collected from England on the orders of President Andrew Jackson, and arrived within the type of 105 sacks containing 104,960 gold sovereigns.

34 Appt. guide divisions : HRS

Appointment (appt.)

37 Patches up, as a driveway : TARS

The phrases “tarmac” and “macadam” are quick for “tarmacadam”. In the 1800s, Scotsman John Loudon McAdam developed a mode of highway often called “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 perimeters. In 1901, a major 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”.

38 “Teen Titans Go!” voice actress Strong : TARA

Actress Tara Strong is maybe greatest identified for her voice work. The record of her voice roles contains Dil Pickles on the TV collection “Rugrats”.

39 “Supergirl” actress Katie : MCGRATH

Katie McGrath is an actress from Ireland who is maybe greatest identified on this aspect of the Atlantic for taking part in Lean Luthor, a recurring position within the TV present “Supergirl”.

40 One on conditional launch : PAROLEE

“Parole” is a French phrase that we use in English, with the French “parole” that means “word, speech”. Of explicit curiosity is the French phrase “parole d’honneur” which interprets as “word of honor”. In the early 1600s we began utilizing “parole” to imply a promise by a prisoner of warfare to not escape, as within the prisoner giving his “word of honor” to not run off. Over time, parole has come to imply conditional launch of a prisoner earlier than she or he has served the complete time period of a sentence.

44 1996 also-ran : BOB DOLE

Despite all Bob Dole’s success on the planet of politics, he’s remembered by many because the VP candidate who misplaced to Walter Mondale (and Jimmy Carter) and the presidential candidate who misplaced to incumbent Bill Clinton. The man is a real warfare hero. He joined up in 1942 and fought with the Army’s tenth Mountain Division in Italy. In 1945 he was hit by machine gun fireplace in his proper arm and again Dole was so badly injured that his comrades may solely dose him up with morphine, write “M” on his brow together with his personal blood (in order that one other, deadly dose of morphine wouldn’t be administered) and proceed preventing the battle. Dole needed to wait 9 hours to be evacuated from the battlefield, and wait one other three years earlier than being discharged from hospital again within the States.

49 Much of a sunflower : STEM

The widespread sunflower is so referred to as as a result of it has a flower head that appears just like the Sun. Famously, younger sunflowers exhibit heliotropism, tilting through the day to face the solar. As the sunflowers mature and bloom, they typically face east and not observe the motion of the Sun throughout the sky.

56 Hitting stat : RBIS

Runs batted in (RBIs)

59 Word with non-public or public : … EYE

A personal eye is a personal investigator, a PI, a personal “I”.

61 Pacific Coast Highway’s route quantity : ONE

“Pacific Coast Highway” is the title given to a number of sections of California State Route 1, which runs alongside a lot of the state’s Pacific shoreline.

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