Crossword by: Bruce Venzke & Gail Grabowski and edited by Rich Norris
Welcome to the answers to the Tuesday October 22 2013 LA Times crossword puzzle. Okay wrap it up everyone! Today’s themed answers are The Deep End, Lustrous Finish and Pitcher’s Windup and all of their last words are in relation to the theme given away by 63 Across, That’s A Wrap!
Across Answers
1. Jay who’s on late LENO
The famous Jay Leno collects and maintains motorcycles and classic cars as one of his hobbies. That being said, he revealed that he got into his very first car accident just eighty one hours after he got his driver’s license.
5. Crop up ARISE
10. 1974 CIA vs. KGB spoof SPYS
This 1974 comedy film starred a younger Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould as CIA agents who were stationed in Paris, and were almost killed in a public urinal. It turns out, their numbers were switched to someone else’s… Phew.
14. Vehicle behind dogs SLED
15. Summer skirt material LINEN
16. McDonald’s founder Ray KROC
Ray Kroc didn’t become filthy rich until he was past his fifties. He built McDonald’s into a phenomenal fast food chain all over the world, and he was one of Time’s 100 Most Important People Of The Century. Until his death in 1984, he owned the San Diego Padres from 1974.
17. It’s heedless to go off it THE DEEP END
Be careful.. Be very very careful..
19. Davenport’s state IOWA
Davenport is located halfway between Chicago and Des Moines, and sits along the Mississippi River. The 2010 Census gave a figure of 99,685 however, the city claims that the numbers are incorrect saying that a section was missed. It would have been over a hundred thousand.
20. One-__: biased SIDED
21. Ancient Mexican AZTEC
The Aztecs had a god called Tezcatlipoca. Every year, on the fifth month, the most handsome man on the land would have his way for one night with four women. On the next day, the women will dance their way to the sacrificial stone and will be slaughtered there with the man as the Aztecs’ sacrifice to their god.
Is there anything more gruesome than that?
23. HIV-treating drug AZT
Azidothymidine (AZT), also called Zidovudine, is the very first treatment for HIV therapy approved by the US government. It helps reduce virus replication which can lead to significant improvements to the patient’s condition. However, it must be noted that AZT does not really stop the virus, rather, it just slows it down.
24. “Hold on __!” A SEC
26. Family nicknames MAMMAS
28. Car-waxing result LUSTROUS FINISH
33. Letters linking real and assumed names AKA
AKA stands for “also known as.”
34. Lures ENTICES
35. Himalayan republic NEPAL
Nepal, located in South Asia in the Himalayas, is bordered by China and India. More than 80 percent of the population practice Hinduism.
38. Invoice add-on TAX
39. Choir room hangers ROBES
43. “Over my dead body!” NO SIREE!
46. MouthHealthy.org org. ADA
ADA stands for American Dental Association
47. Motion on a mound PITCHER’S WINDUP
51. Dwarf planting BONSAI
Bonsai is the Japanese art of creating miniature trees in containers.
52. Polish prose EDIT
53. Mil. training center OCS
OCS stands for Officer Candidate School
54. Wood shop tool LATHE
58. Prefix meaning “culture” ETHNO-
“Ethno” is a Greek word which means “people”
61. Work hard TOIL
63. Director’s cry, and hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 47-Across THAT’S A WRAP!
65. Savvy about ONTO
66. __ voce: softly SOTTO
Sotto Voce means singing or speaking in a low or quiet voice.
67. Skye of “Say Anything …” IONE
Ione Skye, born in England but raised by her mom in the US, is the daughter of the sixties folk singer Donovan.
68. Mark for removal X OUT
69. Deplete USE UP
70. Start of a classic Christmas poem 禅WAS
This famous poem, which has become more of a tradition for many families around the world to read it Every Christmas eve, was written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822.
“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.”
Down Answers
1. D-Day fleet LSTS
Landing Ship, Tank (or LST) is a large ship used during World War II to transport war vehicles across the seas, then roll them off out onto the beach.
2. Pre-college, for short ELHI
ELHI is anything related to elementary and high school.
3. Must have now, in memo-speak NEED ASAP
4. Most peculiar ODDEST
5. Stein filler ALE
The stein is a large earthenware beer mug that originated from Germany
6. Kelly in Electrolux ads RIPA
Kelly Ripa used to be a cheerleader in high school. She was the 19th Top 25 blondes on a list released by E!
She was also the 81st sexiest woman on FHM’s “100 Sexiesst Women in The World for 2006”
7. Mother of Don Juan INEZ
“Don Juan” was written by Lord Byron. He wrote Inez based on his wife.
8. Transmitted SENT
9. Natural to a region ENDEMIC
10. Enjoy a winter sport SKI
11. Some charity golf tournaments PRO-AMS
12. Cry of surprise YOWZAH!
13. Sings like Ella SCATS
Ella Fitzgerald is known for her scat singing, a popular vocal jazz improvisation, which hold no words, just a string of nonsense melodies sung on the spot.
18. German river EDER
The Eder river, found in the western North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, is one hundred seventy seven kilometers long, and is connected to the Fulda River.
22. Wicker worker CANER
25. Runner Sebastian COE
Sebastian Coe, winner of 4 Olympic medals as a middle distance runner, became a member of the parliament and headed the Summer Olympic games in 2012.
27. Sushi bar soup MISO
28. PC linkup LAN
LAN stands for Locan Area Network
29. Tiny Tim’s instrument UKE
Tiny Tim was Herbert Khaury in real life. He was famous for playing the “Tiptoe Through The Tulips” in his ukelele. He died of a heart attack in 1996 just as he was starting to sing at a ukelele festival.
30. Loosen, as laces UNTIE
31. “Act Naturally” singer Ringo STARR
Ringo Starr was the last member to join The Beatles band, and though Paul McCartney was regarded to be the most successful among the four, Ringo Starr actually had more solo hits in the US Top Ten.
32. Puts back together FIXES
36. Picnic crashers ANTS
37. From around here LOCAL
40. Infielder’s mistake BAD THROW
41. Academic address ending EDU
.edu
42. Breakfast syrup source SAP
44. Massage technique SHIATSU
Shiatsu is a very popular massage style which originated from Japan. It means “finger pressure” when translated.
45. Female in the flock EWE
47. __ Raceway: Pennsylvania NASCAR track POCONO
48. Latin for “where it originally was” IN SITU
49. Creative output IDEA
50. Blockhead NITWIT
51. Anti-crow’s-feet treatment BOTOX
Botox is a contraction of Botulinum Toxin. It is known to reduce wrinkles.
Have you ever had one? (Ssshh.. It’s the celebrities’ best kept secret)
55. Pres. Jefferson THOS
56. Despise HATE
57. Words to a traitor ET TU
“Et tu, Brute?” was the famous last words of Julius Caesar to Brutus in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” Although these are famous lines, no one knows for certain what Caesar said before he was assassinated. “Et Tu” means “and you?”
59. Grandma NANA
60. Unlocks, poetically OPES
62. Subdivision unit LOT
64. Bread for dipping, say SOP
I hope you enjoyed the answers to Tuesday’s crossword. Let me know how you went in the comments section below.
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