Saturday’s crossword by: Barry C. Silk and edited by Rich Norris
Welcome to the answers to the Saturday November 16th 2013 LA Times crossword puzzle!
Across Answers
1. Elevates BUOYS
6. Nearly JUST ABOUT
15. Reaction to flatness ENNUI
“Ennui” is that feeling of dissatisfaction from lack of excitement or boredom. It is a French word which means “boredom.”
16. Not predestined AVOIDABLE
17. 1975 Pulitzer winner for criticism EBERT
Roger Ebert is a film critic who released a book in 2012 that is titled “A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length.” It was also the same phrase he said after watching “Transformers: The Revenge Of The Fallen.”
18. Early German fliers ZEPPELINS
The Zeppelin became famous for two things. First, for pioneering the first rigid airship in the world, and second for catching fire when a storm broke it from its mooring, causing it to crash into a tree. Another tragedy for the Germans.
19. Whiskey purchase FIFTH
20. Jolts ZAPS
21. Substantive part MEAT
22. Sanskrit term of respect SRI
“Sri” is a term used to give respect to a sacred book, a man, or a god.
23. Old Spanish bread PESETA
Peseta was Spain’s currency from 1869 to 2002. It was replaced by the Euro after that.
25. Safe investment choices T-NOTES
T-Note means Treasury Note. It’s a type of government debt, and they have a maturity of two to ten years.
28. Bad mark DEMERIT
33. “Monster” Oscar winner THERON
Did you know that Charlize Theron had quite a traumatic childhood? She was only fifteen when her mother shot her father in self-defense. He died, but there were no charges made.
34. Court service JURY DUTY
35. Accessory ADD-ON
36. “Shirt Front and Fork” artist ARP
Jean Arp or Hans Arp was a famous painter and sculptor of German-French descent. Shirt Front And Fork was created in 1922, and is displayed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
37. Drum accompanying a fife TABOR
The tabor is also called the “tabret,” and came from the French word “tambour,” and the Italian word “tamburo,” This type of portable snare drum can be held in one hand.
38. Team nicknamed the Halos, briefly LA ANGELS
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, or the Anaheim Angels, was founded in LA in 1961. Their name changed to California Angels when they moved to Anaheim in 1965, and was kept that way until it was changed to what it is now.
40. Risk GAMBLE
41. Five-time 30-game winner of early baseball CY YOUNG
Cy Young had a twenty one-year baseball career that ran from 1890 to 1911. Some of his pitching records were the hardest to beat, and have even stood for as long as a century. To honor the best pitchers in the league, the Cy Young award was made a year after his death.
Until now, Cy Young still holds the record for most career innings pitched, a total of 7,355, in the major league. He also still has the most career games started with eight hundred fifteen, and the most complete games of seven hundred and forty nine.
42. Got tight TENSED
43. Moisture overload results, in plants EDEMAS
Edema, used to be called hydropsy or dropsy, is the unusual accumulation of interstitium fluid. The interstitium is located just beneath the skin.
45. Manhattan part RYE
Manhattan is a cocktail with a mixture of whiskey, Angostura bitters, and sweet vermouth.
47. Door support JAMB
51. Source of a cc ORIG
cc means “carbon copy”
52. “Lolita” co-star, 1962 MASON
James Mason was an actor of English descent. He played Humbert Humbert in the movie Lolita, based on the novel with the same title written by Stanley Kubrick.
54. Side unit ONION RING
Yum!
56. One way to think ALOUD
I always do that…
57. Court expert TENNIS ACE
58. “The Liberty Bell” composer SOUSA
John Philip Sousa was a famous conductor and composer. He composed the American military ad patriotic marches “Semper Fidelis,” “The Liberty Bell,” “The Washington Post,” and “The Thunderer.” He earned the nickname “The March King” or the “American March King.”
59. Made more attractive, as a deal SWEETENED
60. Serf HELOT
A helot is in between a citizen and a slave in ancient Sparta
Down Answers
1. Gripes BEEFS
2. Event celebrated in “Through the Looking-Glass” UNBIRTHDAY
“Unbirthday” can be celebrated any day as long as it’s not your birthday. This “celebration” came from Lewis Carroll’s (the pseudonym used by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) novel “Through The Looking Glass,” a sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
3. When “you’re gonna want me for your girl,” in a 1963 hit ONE FINE DAY
“One fine day, you’ll look at me
And you will know our love was, meant to be
One fine day, you’re gonna want me for your girl
The arms I long for, will open wide
And you’ll be proud to have me
Walkin’ right by your side
One fine day
You’re gonna want me for your girl”
4. Mongolian dwelling YURT
The Yurt is often used by nomads in countries like Mongolia, Turkey, and Siberia. It is a type of portable tent made with either animal skins or felt.
5. Jedi foes SITH
6. Spices (up) JAZZES
7. Eye parts UVEAS
The uvea is the eye’s pgmented layer. It lies just beneath the sclera and the cornea.
8. Absorbed SOPPED UP
9. Adviser of a sort TIPSTER
10. Cannon attachment -ADE
11. Soother BALM
12. Drama Desk relative OBIE
The “Obies” is a shorter term for the “Off-Broadway Theater Awards.” The Drama Desk Award is based on New York theater.
13. Prismatic bone ULNA
The ulna is the longer and thinner bone found in the human forearm. It is just opposite the thumb.
14. Lab work TEST
23. Parker product PEN
24. “The Joy Luck Club” author AMY TAN
The Joy Luck Club was so successful that it was translated to thirty five languages. The story is about Chinese immigrant families who resides in San Francisco, and starts “the Joy Luck club” playing mahjong for money.
26. Campus town near Bangor ORONO
Orono is located in Penoboscot County in Maine. It is home to the University of Maine, and has a population of ten thousand three hundred sixty two according to the 2010 census.
27. Shoe part TONGUE
29. Semi-hard cheeses EDAMS
Edam cheese is coated with red paraffin wax. It is a type of semi hard cheese which was named after the town of Edam, located in North Holland. Edam cheeses only harden and never spoil.
30. Album that includes “Michelle” RUBBER SOUL
“Rubber Soul” is the 6th Beatles album releases in 1965. It has come out with hits like “Drive My Car,” “Girl” and “In My Life” among others.
31. Disbeliever’s comeuppance I TOLD YOU SO
32. London flat? TYRE
33. It’s 1 on the Mohs scale TALC
34. Some coll. students JRS
Jrs is short for “juniors,” usually in their 3rd year.
36. Constantine native ALGERIAN
39. Back ENDORSE
40. Some microwaves GES
42. Caught stealing, say TAGGED
44. Chop up MINCE
46. Stop by END AT
47. Little bits JOTS
48. Fresh ANEW
49. Place for a rock group? MINE
50. Something to pick? BONE
52. Plymouth potato dish MASH
53. 11-Down substance ALOE
55. Young louse NIT
A nit is the egg of a louse (lice plural) that attaches itself to the human hair for nourishment until ready to hatch. Sounds disgusting? Yes it is.
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