Crossword by: Erik Agard and edited by Rich Norris
Welcome to the answers to the Monday November 2013 LA Times crossword puzzle! Things are fine and DandDy today! Each of the themed answers are made up of two words both starting with the letter ‘d’ and joined together by ‘and’. These are; Dasher and Dancer, Drag and Drop, Dos and Don’ts and Dumb and Dumberer. How did you go with Monday’s crossword? Let me know in the comments below. Bye for now, until our paths cross again tomorrow.
Across Answers
1. Michael who plays Alfred in many Batman movies CAINE
Sir Michael Caine, who was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, has been nominated for an Oscar 6 times. FOr his performance in the 1983 film “Educating Rita,” he won a Golden Globe and a Bafta for best Actor.
6. Mess maker SLOB
10. Remote FAR
13. Lightweight synthetic ORLON
14. Nothing, in Nicaragua NADA
15. Scheme in which three of four lines rhyme AABA
16. First two reindeer named in Rudolph’s song DASHER AND DANCER
The names of the reindeers are as follows: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen, Donner, Cupid, Blitzen, and of course, who could forget Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer?
19. Jai __ ALAI
Jai Alai is a sport that uses curved wicker baskets to bounce a ball back into a walled space.
20. Fury IRE
21. Baseball legend Mickey MANTLE
Mickey Mantle has earned the nicknames “The Mick” and “The Commerce Comet. He was a centerfielder for the Major League Baseball and was with the New York Yankees for eighteen seasons as a first baseman.
22. It has a trunk but no wheels TREE
24. Layered cookie OREO
Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company. Now, it is called Nabisco. The factory where it’s being made is located on 9th Avenue, and is now known as “Oreo Way.”
25. Use a mouse to move a file between folders, say DRAG AND DROP
30. Queue between Q and U RST
Q-R-S-T-U
33. Charged, infantry-style RAN AT
34. The Beatles’ “Abbey __” ROAD
“Abbey Road” is the eleventh studio album of The Beatles, released in September 1969. It produced hits like Come Together and Here Comes The Sun.
35. Administer, as justice, with “out” METE
36. Eden exile ADAM
According to the book of Genesis in the bible, Adam was the first man, and Eve was the first woman made in the likeness of God.
37. Thorax organs LUNGS
The thorax is located between the neck and the abdomen, and is where the chief organs of respiration and circulation are contained.
38. Thor’s father ODIN
Odin is the Allfather of all gods from the Norse mythology.
39. Book part PAGE
40. Former Atlanta arena OMNI
41. Lopsided ATILT
42. Make a typo ERR
43. List of behavioral recommendations DOS AND DON’TS
45. Cry of dismay ALAS!
47. Ten-speed unit GEAR
48. Prisoner INMATE
50. “How can __ sure?” I BE
51. Ring of light HALO
55. 2003 prequel subtitled “When Harry Met Lloyd” DUMB AND DUMBERER
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is the prequel to 1994’s Dumb and Dumber. The title is also a pun at the old movie “When Harry Met Sally.”
58. Many Keats poems ODES
John Keats, the famous English poet, had written a total of six odes: “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, “Ode on Indolence”, “Ode to a Nightingale”, “Ode to Psyche”, and “To Autumn.” The first five mentioned were written in the spring. The last one was written in September.
59. Stunt rider Knievel EVEL
Robert Crag Knievel was a painter, an entertainer, and a very popular daredevil in the US. He can be considered an international icon with his daring stunts that involved ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. He earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for surviving “the most broken bones in a lifetime.”
60. Sprinkles or drizzles RAINS
61. Was in first LED
62. “Don’t touch that __!” DIAL
63. Supplement ADD TO
Down Answers
1. Sonata ending CODA
2. Inland Asian sea ARAL
3. “Casablanca” heroine ILSA
Ilsa was played by Ingrid Bergman in the 1942 movie “Casablanca”
4. Diamond gem NO-HIT GAME
5. Santa Barbara-to-Las Vegas dir. ENE
6. Marching band percussion instruments SNARE DRUMS
7. Freeway division LANE
8. Unusual ODD
9. Snits BAD MOODS
10. Accounted for, as during calculations FACTORED IN
11. 36-Across’ second son ABEL
Abel, a shepherd, was the second son of Adam and Eve. Their first-born was Cain, a farmer, who killed Abel because of anger and jealousy.
12. Steak request RARE
15. Diarist Frank ANNE
Anne Frank was one of the most famous Holocaust victims. Her diary, has been printed and sold for millions of copies, and has been adapted several times into film.
17. Nothing, in Nice RIEN
Rien is a French word that means “nothing.”
18. 50-and-over org. AARP
AARP stands for the American Association of Retired Persons, which is an organization for Senior citizens.
23. Critter before or after pack RAT
25. Fall in folds DRAPE
26. Plane tracker RADAR
27. Made “talent” from “latent,” e.g. ANAGRAMMED
An anagram is a kind of word play wherein you can rearrange the letters of a word to form another word
28. Prima __ DONNA
Prima Donna is Italian that means “first lady” used as a term in opera. They are the company’s lead female singers.
29. 1980 De Niro film about a boxer RAGING BULL
Robert De Niro starred as Jake LaMotta in the Martin Scorsese film Raging Bull. The story is about Jake who was a self-destructive behavior that destroyed his relationships with family and other people.
31. Clown heightener STILT
32. Camp shelters TENTS
35. British heavy metal band with the album “Ace of Spades” MOTORHEAD
37. Not as tight as before LOOSENED
41. Cavity filler’s org. ADA
ADA stands for American Dental Association
43. Census gathering DATA
44. Regard DEEM
46. Research sites LABS
48. Revered entertainer IDOL
49. Naked NUDE
50. Inventor’s spark IDEA
Eureka!!!
52. Bone-dry ARID
53. Gave for a while LENT
54. Roughly OR SO
56. 506, in old Rome DVI
57. Bikini top BRA
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