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Constructed by: Lynn Okay. Watson & Will Nediger
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Reveal Answer: The Bee Gees

Themed solutions are two-word phrases beginning with BG:

• 60A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio, and an apt title for a trio of solutions on this puzzle : THE BEE GEES

• 16A Open-air alehouse : BEER GARDEN
• 26A Kathleen Turner comedy that includes tremendous clever infants : BABY GENIUSES
• 46A Eggplant appetizer : BABA GANOUSH

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… an entire checklist of solutions

Bill’s time: 5m 03s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

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1 Rainbow flag letters : LGBT

The best-known rainbow flag is the one representing homosexual delight. Such utilization of the rainbow flag was popularized in 1978 by artist Gilbert Baker. The various colours of the flag characterize the variety of the homosexual neighborhood.

9 “The Vampire Diaries” actress Dobrev : NINA

Nina Dobrev is a Canadian actress who was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is probably finest identified for enjoying a lead function within the TV model of L. J. Smith’s sequence of books “The Vampire Diaries”.

13 Vicinity : AREA

A neighborhood is an space surrounding a spot. The time period “vicinity” finally comes from the Latin “vicus” which means “group of houses, village”.

19 Cul-de-__ : SAC

Even although “cul-de-sac” can certainly imply “bottom-of-the-bag” in French, the time period “cul-de-sac” is of English origin (the usage of “cul” in French is definitely fairly impolite). The time period was launched in aristocratic circles at a time when it was thought of very modern to talk French. Dead-end streets in France are often signposted with only a image and no accompanying phrases, but when phrases are included they’re “voie sans issue”, which means “way without exit”.

20 Goddess who wears a headdress with cow horns : ISIS

Isis was the traditional Egyptian goddess of fertility, in addition to the protector of the lifeless and the goddess of youngsters. She was the personification of the pharaoh’s energy. The title “Isis” interprets as “throne”, and he or she is often depicted with a headdress formed like a throne.

21 Underdog victories : UPSETS

The most dominant particular person in a scenario is the “top dog”. The particular person more likely to be crushed is the “underdog”.

25 Like fast-spreading TikTok movies : VIRAL

TikTok is a video-sharing service that’s based mostly in China, and could be very fashionable with the youthful set I’m advised). The TikTok cellular app offers instruments facilitating manufacturing of subtle selfie movies that use particular results.

26 Kathleen Turner comedy that includes tremendous clever infants : BABY GENIUSES

“Baby Geniuses” is a 1999 comedy film starring Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd and Kim Cattrall. There is a variety of “baby talk” within the movie, and CGI (computer-generated imagery) was used to match the motion of the lips of infants with the dubbed speech. In reality, “Baby Geniuses” was the primary film to make use of CGI to synthesize human visible speech.

Actress Kathleen Turner was favorably in comparison with Lana Turner due to her deep voice, particularly after her sultry efficiency within the 1981 film “Body Heat”. Turner commanded main roles by way of the eighties however her profession hit a roadblock within the early nineties when she discovered herself in fixed ache brought on by rheumatoid arthritis. Thankfully, the illness is now in remission, and Turner has been seen increasingly more on the stage and display screen within the final 20 years.

31 Fruit-flavored drink model : SOBE

The model title “SoBe” may be discovered on teas, juices and bottled waters. “SoBe” is an abbreviation for “South Beach”, the neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida.

35 CPR professional : EMT

An emergency medical technician (EMT) may administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

36 Largest Greek island : CRETE

Crete is the most important of the Greek Islands, and figures closely in Greek mythology. Zeus was born in a cave at Mount Ida, the very best peak on the island. Crete was additionally residence to the Labyrinth the place the Minotaur was slain by Theseus. Icarus and Daedalus, after having crafted the Labyrinth, escaped from the island utilizing wings that they crafted.

39 Nemesis : ENEMY

Nemesis was a Greek goddess, the goddess of retribution. Her function was to make pay these people who had been both haughty or boastful. In fashionable parlance, one’s nemesis (plural “nemeses”) is one’s sworn enemy, typically somebody who’s the precise reverse in character however somebody who nonetheless shares some essential traits. A nemesis is usually somebody one can’t appear to beat in competitors.

41 Untouched serve : ACE

That is likely to be tennis.

42 Eritrea’s capital : ASMARA

Asmara is the capital and largest metropolis in Eritrea. The identical metropolis is thought domestically as “Asmera”.

Eritrea is a rustic situated within the Horn of Africa, and surrounded by Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti and the Red Sea. Some scientists imagine that the realm now often known as Eritrea was the departure level for anatomically fashionable people who first left Africa to populate the remainder of the world.

45 Black gemstone : ONYX

Onyx is a type of quartz that is available in many alternative shades, however most frequently it’s the black model that’s used for jewellery. The title “onyx” comes from the Greek phrase for “fingernail”, as onyx within the flesh coloration is claimed to resemble a fingernail.

46 Eggplant appetizer : BABA GANOUSH

Baba ganoush (additionally “baba ghanouj”) is an Arab dish with the primary ingredient of mashed eggplant. It is typically served as a (scrumptious) dip.

49 Actress Barkin : ELLEN

Ellen Barkin is an actress from the Bronx in New York City. I largely know Barkin from her roles within the 1989 film “Sea of Love” and 2007’s “Ocean’s Thirteen”.

53 Shrub with colourful flowers : AZALEA

Azaleas are very poisonous to most animals. If you go to Korea, you may come throughout “Tug Yonju”, which is azalea wine constituted of the plant’s blossoms. Azaleas are often grown as shrubs, however are additionally seen as small bushes, and sometimes indoors.

55 Slugger Juan who gained the 2022 Home Run Derby : SOTO

Juan Soto is knowledgeable baseball participant from Santo Domingo within the Dominican Republic. He made his MLB debut with the Washington Nationals in 2018, and in so doing grew to become the youngest participant within the majors (at 19).

Major League Baseball holds the Home Run Derby yearly, on the day previous to the league’s All-Star Game. The Derby is a house run hitting competitors held between 4 gamers from the National League, and 4 gamers from the American League.

60 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio, and an apt title for a trio of solutions on this puzzle : THE BEE GEES

The Brothers Gibb (therefore, the title “Bee Gees”) had been born in England however grew up and began their musical careers in Australia. They moved again to Manchester within the north of England as youths, and there hit the massive time.

63 __ 500 : INDY

The Indianapolis 500 race is held yearly on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race is run round a 2.5 mile oval, therefore requiring 200 laps for completion. The first Indy 500 race was held on Memorial Day in 1911. The winner that day was one Ray Harroun. Harroun had seen somebody utilizing a rear view mirror on a horse-drawn automobile, and determined to suit one on his Marmon “Wasp” motor automobile. Supposedly, that was the primary ever use of a rear-view mirror on a motorcar.

65 Ginger cookie : SNAP

Ginger snap cookies are often known as ginger nut biscuits again in Ireland the place I come from …

66 Model Holliday : TESS

Tess Holliday is a plus-size mannequin and “body-positive activist”. She was born Ryann Hoven and adjusted her title to Tess Munster when she began modeling. That selection was purely as a result of she was a fan of “The Munsters” TV present. In 2015, she adopted the household title of Nick Holliday, the daddy of her two youngsters.

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2 Australia’s __ Barrier Reef : GREAT

The Great Barrier Reef is situated within the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is a system of just about three thousand particular person reefs, and is the most important such system on the planet. The Great Barrier Reef can be the one dwelling factor on Earth that may be seen from outer area.

3 Tree with clean grey bark : BEECH

Beech bark could be very skinny and delicate, and is usually scarred by folks carving their initials or different types of graffiti. These markings are everlasting as a result of the tree can’t heal itself. There can be a fungal an infection that damages the American beech that known as beech bark illness, which may be deadly to the tree.

5 South Asian wraparound costume : SARI

The merchandise of clothes known as a “sari” (additionally “saree”) is a strip of material, as one may think, uncommon maybe in that it’s unstitched alongside the entire of its size. The strip of material can vary from 4 to 9 meters lengthy (that’s a variety of materials!). The sari is often wrapped across the waist, then draped over the shoulder leaving the midriff naked. I have to say, it may be an attractive merchandise of clothes.

8 Bona fide : GENUINE

“Bona fide(s)” interprets from the Latin as “in good faith”, and is used to point trustworthy intentions. It may imply that one thing is genuine, like a bit of artwork that’s represented in good religion as being real.

9 Largest metropolis within the Bahamas : NASSAU

Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas, and was once known as Charles Town. Located on the island of New Providence, the unique settlement was burnt to the bottom by the Spanish in 1684. It was rebuilt and named Nassau in honor of King William III of England (“William of Orange”), a Dutchman from the House of Orange-Nassau. Nassau is a well-liked location for the James Bond sequence of flicks. The metropolis and environment function in “Thunderball”, “Never Say Never Again”, “Casino Royale” and “For Your Eyes Only”. Bond portrayer Sean Connery lived for a few years at Lyford Cay, which is only a 30-min drive from the middle of Nassau.

17 Actress Lollobrigida : GINA

Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, and likewise a photojournalist and sculptor. After her profession in films began to decelerate within the seventies, she turned to photojournalism. She has photographed lots of the greats, together with Paul Newman, Salvador Dali, Audrey Hepburn and even the German nationwide soccer group. In reality, she was additionally in a position to prepare an unique interview with Fidel Castro, a lot to the chagrin of the world’s skilled journalists.

22 Start of a title by 44-Down : PRIDE …
[44D “Emma” novelist Jane : AUSTEN]

Perhaps Jane Austen’s most well-known ironic assertion comes at first of her 1813 masterpiece “Pride and Prejudice”:

It is a fact universally acknowledged, {that a} single man in possession of a success, have to be in need of a spouse.

25 Shoelaces various : VELCRO

The hook-and-loop fastener that we now name “Velcro” was invented in 1941 by Georges de Mestral, a Swiss engineer. Mestral seen that the seeds of the burdock plant (burrs or burs) caught to his garments. Under the microscope he discovered hooks on the burrs that grabbed maintain of loops in his clothes. After years of growth, he got here up with a means of simulating the pure hook utilizing man-made supplies, and Velcro was born.

30 Mythical river of the underworld : STYX

The River Styx of Greek mythology was the river that shaped the boundary between the Earth and the Underworld (or “Hades”). The souls of the newly lifeless needed to cross the River Styx in a ferry boat piloted by Charon. Traditionally, a coin could be positioned within the mouths of the lifeless “to pay the ferryman”.

32 Black-and-white sea creature : ORCA

The taxonomic title for the killer whale is “Orcinus orca”. The use of the title “orca”, reasonably than “killer whale”, is changing into increasingly more widespread. The Latin phrase “Orcinus” means “belonging to Orcus”, with Orcus being the title for the Kingdom of the Dead.

33 Buzzing facial adornments : BEE BEARDS

Some apiarists (beekeepers) may be seen sporting hundreds of bees on the face, forming a bee beard as a type of leisure for an viewers.

37 Sharp-eyed chook : EAGLE

The eyesight of an eagle is extraordinarily highly effective, and is estimated to be 4-8 occasions stronger than that of a mean human. A big eagle, weighing about 22 lb, has the identical measurement eyes as a human weighing about 200 lb.

40 L.A. arts district : NOHO

The NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles takes its title from “North Hollywood”, though the abbreviation is a play on the title of the well-known SoHo Arts District in New York City.

44 “Emma” novelist Jane : AUSTEN

Jane Austen’s novel “Emma” is the story of Emma Woodhouse and the great George Knightley. At the top of the story, Emma marries Knightley and her younger pal Harriet marries Robert Martin, who had been making an attempt to get Harriet’s consideration virtually from web page one of many novel. Emma interfered in that troubled courtship.

47 Places for bowling : ALLEYS

Bowling has been round for an awfully very long time. The oldest identified reference to the sport is in Egypt, the place pins and balls had been present in an historic tomb that’s over 5,000 years outdated. The first type of the sport to come back to America was nine-pin bowling, which had been highly regarded in Europe for hundreds of years. In 1841 in Connecticut, nine-pin bowling was banned resulting from its affiliation with playing. Supposedly, an extra pin was added to get across the ban, and ten-pin bowling was born.

48 Espadrille, e.g. : SHOE

An espadrille is sandal, with its origins within the Pyrenees. The shoe is historically constituted of rope and canvas, and sometimes laces lengthen from the shoe and wrap across the ankle to safe the shoe to the foot.

52 T-bone, for one : STEAK

The T-bone and porterhouse are associated cuts of meat, with the latter being a bigger model of the previous, and each being minimize from the brief loin.

55 Big rig : SEMI

A “semi” is a “semi-trailer truck”. The automobile 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.

56 Solemn bio : OBIT

Our phrase “obituary” comes from the Latin “obituaris”. The Latin time period was used for “record of the death of a person”, though the literal which means is “pertaining to death”.

58 Egyptian serpents : ASPS

The venomous snake known as an asp was a logo of royalty in historic Egypt.

61 Magic spell : HEX

“Hexen” is a German phrase which means “to practice witchcraft”. The use of the phrase “hex” in English began with the Pennsylvania Dutch within the early 1800s.

62 Fed. property company : GSA

The US Government’s General Services Administration (GSA), because the title suggests, offers normal companies to different federal companies. So for instance, the GSA manages workplace area for the opposite companies, and transportation.

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