September 8, 2016 by Joanne Sullivan Crossword
CROSSWORD SETTER Jacob Stulberg THEME Lightning each answer on today's theme ends with the word LIGHTING, but in Hebrew, French and German 58A What ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across is Hebrew, french and German, respectively LIGHTNING.
16A Israeli P M before Ariel Sharon EHUD BARAK in flash treat Custard filled Hebrew 26A CHOCOLATE FLASH French in flash 42A Luftwaffe attack on the British Midlands, 1940-1943 Lightning BLITZ BIRMINGHAM German BILL butler TIME END 7m 02s ANSWERS I Missed 0.
Wiki is now Googlies Amazonian Across 9 One of Baldwins ALEC Alec Baldwin is the oldest of the acting Baldwin brothers, I think big break Alec played Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy Hunt for Red October, but God thank you, this role was taken over by Harrison Ford for the following films Jack Ryan Baldwin made a name for itself these days plays Jack Donaghy on 30 rock, opposite Tina Fey.
The four acting Baldwin brothers - Alec Baldwin b 1958 - Daniel Baldwin b 1960 - William Billy Baldwin b 1963 - Stephen Baldwin b 1966 16 Israeli prime minister before lightning Ariel Sharon EHUD BARAK in Hebrew Ehud Barak served as Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001 Barak resigned after calling a special election for prime minister and lost the vote in Ariel Sharon Barak resigned from the Knesset and took a consulting job with the US company Electronic Data Systems EDS, and did work related to safety with a private equity firm in 2007, Barak headed the Israeli labor Party.
Ariel Sharon was a former Prime Minister of Israel While still in power in 2005, Sharon suffered two debilitating strokes that left him in a permanent vegetative state from early 2006 until finally died in early 2014.
18 Honda Accord, for example SEDAN American sedan is the equivalent of the British car sedan By definition, a saloon car has two rows of seats and a trunk of separate trunk in the UK, although in some models, the motor can be at the back of the car.
Honda began manufacturing its Accord model in Marysville, Ohio in 1982, making the agreement of the first Japanese car to be produced in the US The Accord was the best-selling Japanese car in America from 1982 to 1997 and 1989 was the first import to become the best selling car in the United States.
19 price Mushy PAP A sense of pap is soft or semi-liquid foods for babies and small Pap children in English by the French, from the Latin word used by children for food In the 1500s, pap came as mean a simplistic idea This gives us a use that is common today, describing the literature or perhaps television programs that has no real value or substance hands up those who think it is much pap there, especially on television.
25 DIE cube Randomization numbers on the dice are arranged so that opposite sides add seven Given this arrangement, the numbers 1, 2 and 3 all meet at a common apex There are two ways to arrange the 1, 2 and 3 about the common vertex, a right-handed so-called die in the clockwise direction or a 1-2-3 left mold counterclockwise direction 1-2-3 Traditionally, the dice used in Western cultures are right handed, while the dice are very interesting Chinese lefties.
26 Custard-filled treat CHOCOLATE flash FLASH in French Name of dough known under the name Lightning clearly is of French origin, the French word for lightning is lightning, but no one seems too sure how he came to be used for the rather delicious bakery item.
31 Worshiper Jah, abbreviated RASTA Jah is a shortened form of Jehovah, and is often associated with the Rastafari movement name.
34 Play as Phish, Phish JAM say is a group of rock and roll who trained at the University of Vermont in 1983 after interruption from 2004 to 2009, the group is going strong to this day.
35 weapons Gladiator SPEAR The term means Gladiator swordsman, from gladius, the Latin word for sword.
42 Luftwaffe attack on the British Midlands, 1940-1943 BIRMINGHAM BLITZ lightning in Birmingham German is a large industrial city in the Midlands of England which was the subject of a campaign of heavy bombing by the Luftwaffe of August 1940 to April 1943 about 2000 bombs were dropped on Birmingham during World War II, making it the third most heavily city in the UK after London and Liverpool.
48 record producer Brian Brian Eno ENO is a musician, composer and producer from England who knows a reputation as a keyboard player with Roxy Music as a producer, Eno has worked with David Bowie, Devo and U2.
49 s affliction Wino, DTS short episodes of delirium that can accompany alcohol withdrawal are called Delirium Tremens Delirium tremens The literal translation of this Latin phrase is trembling madness.
51 Grp formed in a merger in 1955 AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor AFL was founded in 1886, making it one of the first federations of trade unions of the country over time the AFL was dominated by unions crafts, unions representing skilled workers in specific disciplines in the early thirties, John l Lewis led a movement within the AFL to organize industrial workers, believing that this would be more effective for members but the trade unions refused to change his mind, if Lewis has set up a rival trade union federation in 1932, the Congress of industrial organizations CIO federations both became rivals for more than two decades until finally merging in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO.
57 Warrior in a Disney movie MULAN Mulan is a 1998 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Studios The film is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, a woman who takes the place of his father in the army and served with distinction for twelve years without major Disney character award was given the name Fa Mulan Donny Osmond provided the singing voice for one of the main characters, after which his son remarked that he had finally made in show business as he was in a Disney movie.
61 wind descended from the shawm HAUTBOIS The shawm is a double reed woodwind instrument which was at its peak of popularity in the Middle Ages through the Renaissance The shawm name entered in English by a winding road of the meaning of Calamus the shawm Latin Reed lost his popularity with the arrival of the oboe family of instruments.
65 Org breathalyzer ignition locks advocating MADD Candice Lightner lost her child, aged 13 to a drunk driver in 1980. Soon after, Lightner formed the group Mothers against Drunk Driving MADD.
Netherlands 4 End of ZED Oxford English Dictionary The letter of the name Zed has been around since 1400, and is derived from the Greek letter zeta Spelling and pronunciation zee used today in America arises first in the 1670s, with Zed persistent in the British Isles to date.
The Oxford English Dictionary OED contains over 300,000 main entries and 59 million words in total, it is said it would take one person 120 years to enter in full the longest entry for a word in the second edition of the OED is the verb set when the third edition was published in 2007, the longest entry for a single word has become the verb may be no surprise, the most cited author in the OED is William Shakespeare, with his most cited work being Hamlet the most quoted female author George Eliot alias Mary Ann Evans.
6 Pablo poet who won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature Neruda Pablo Neruda was the pen name and possibly the legal name used by Chilean writer Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto Basoalto chose the name in honor of Czech poet Jan Neruda.
7 Old Testament patriarch ADAM According to the Bible, Eve was created as a companion to Adam by God in creating the sound of Adam's rib.
8 Lo mein ship WOK Wok is a Cantonese word, the pan of the name now used in many Asian cuisines.
Chow mein has two slightly different meanings on the east and west coasts of the United States on the East Coast, chow base mein is a crispy flat, while on the west coast is a steamed dish that is relatively gentle on coast is the steamed food is available, but as the lo mein on the West coast, crispy dish is also on the menu, such as Hong Kong chow mein style.
9 partner using ABET ABET The word comes into English from the Old French meaning abeter bait or harass with dogs, it literally means to bite the sense of encouraging something bad to happen is transformed in our modern use of ABET meaning to help or encourage someone in a crime.
11 And others, in the notes and al And al et al is the equivalent of et cetera, etc., and so on to be used instead of a list of items and et al used a list names actually et al et al can rest for a group of men, or men and women, aliae for a group of women and others, and for a group of neutral names, or to a group of people whose intention is to keep the gender neutrality.
12 Tallest player on the field, generally CENTER It would be in basketball.
17 With 24 Across, article 24A west haberdashery BOLO TIE See 17 down, I've never worn a tie bolo, and was surprised to discover that it is a relatively recent invention The first bolo tie was apparently produced Wickenburg, Arizona in the late 1940s by a goldsmith named the bolo the boleadora, an Argentine lasso.
24 diamond new team would be a baseball team.
26 Anderson Cooper channel CNN Anderson Cooper is a big news on CNN personality on various shows around the dial My favorite of his appearances, although he would call trivial I'm sure, was as host of a big show reality game called The Mole which aired in 2001.
34 Pricey British cars for short JAGS Jaguar began as a sidecar manufacturer of motorcycles in 1922, when the company was known as the Swallow Sidecar Company SS for short The company changed its name to Jaguar after World War II, because of the unfortunate connotations of the SS letters at this time to say, the Nazi paramilitary organization.
36 allowed to leave a country EXIT VISA A visa is usually a stamp in one, his passport, an indication that one is allowed to enter and less likely to leave a country visa comes word in English, by french intermediary, from the Latin phrase meaning Charta paper visa that was seen or verified paper.
38 New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast Roz Chast had his first cartoon published in The New Yorker in 1978, and had more than 800 published since.
42 Return to the company, for example teleport This story of his do not know if it is really true about an Irishman who was sentenced to dock in a few years ago courtroom Dublin Questioned by the judge, did you something to say before passing sentence, the convict pulled out a pocket cigarette pack, opened the cardboard cover and brought the package to his lips, then said, Beam me up, Scottie.
45 Home Catherine ARAGON Aragon Henry VIII is one of the autonomous communities of Spain, located in the northern part of the country on the border with France.
Catherine of Aragon was the first wife of King Henry VIII Catherine had been married to his elder brother Henry Prince Arthur, who was heir to the throne at the time of their engagement Arthur died five months after the wedding, leaving Henry as heir Nearly eight years later, Catherine married the newly crowned Henry in 1509 Famously, Catherine wore no life son Henry, but they had a daughter who later became Queen Mary I in 1525 the lack of son and a craze Anne Boleyn led Henry to seek annulment of marriage with the refusal of Catherine Pope Clement VII to declare a marriage invalid led to split with Rome Henry and establishing the Church of England.
Danced in a 46 MOSHED pit moshing slam dance is also the jostling that takes place in the audience during a concert in general a punk or heavy metal concert The area directly in front of the stage is known as the pogo When an artist is a stage dive, it is or I guess the mosh pit me it doesn t sound fun to injuries are common in the mosh pit, and deaths are not unknown.
55 Home Railway Museum Oklahoma Enid, Oklahoma gets its name from the old railway station around which the city developed in 1889, this train stop station called Skeleton An official who didn t like the name changed to Enid station, using a character from Alfred lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Maybe if he hadn t changed the name, the city of Enid is now called Skeleton, Oklahoma Enid has the nickname of Queen Wheat city because it has a huge capacity of grain storage, the third largest grain storage capacity in the world.
59 Where Forrest Gump fought for NAM short film the epic 1994's Forrest Gump in 1986 based on a novel of the same name by Winston Groom Groom said he had considered John Goodman plays the title role, and not Tom Hanks.
For the sake of completion, here's a complete list of all responses Through 1 WHIZ Brainiac 5 Make a mouse hole, say Gnaw 9 One of Baldwins ALEC 13 With 40 down, gradually enter EASE 14 Give a face- Redo lift 15 Decrease ABATE 16 Israeli PM Ariel Sharon before lightning EHUD BARAK in Hebrew agreement 18 Honda, for example SEDAN 19 price Mushy PAP 20 cells fertility clinic OVUM 21 Slant toward the sky UPTILT 22 in a pile Pine 24 See 17 Down TIE-DIE 26 25 randomized cube Custard treat -filled CHOCOLATE Flash FLASH 30 in French body sometimes pierced NOSE 31 Worshiper Jah, for short RASTA 32 can not do without NEEDS 34 Play as Phish, say JAM 35 Gladiator weapons SPEAR 39 words on Wanted posters ALIAS 41 world's fair, for example EXPO 42 Luftwaffe attack on the British Midlands, 1940-1943 BIRMINGHAM BLITZ lightning in German 48 Brian ENO record producer 49 affliction Wino, for short SDR 50 Awaken ROUST 51 Grp formed in a fusion AFL-CIO 1955 53 seemingly endless VAST 54 forms VEE neckline 57 Female warrior in a Disney movie MULAN 58 that the ends of 16-, 26- and 42- Across means in Hebrew, french and German, respectively 60 61 LIGHTNING normally have taken with the wind down of the shawm 62 HAUTBOIS many emerging markets Locale ASIA Staples 63 bank machines Pens 64 Fudge in rule 65 BEND Org advocating ignition locks breathalyzer MADD.
Down 1 Cry WEEP 2 Laugh HA-HA 3 can I Suppose 4 End of the Oxford English Dictionary ZED 5 Allée material GRAVEL 6 poet Pablo won the literature from 1971 Nobel Prize Neruda 7 Old Testament ADAM patriarch 8 Lo mein ship WOK 9 partner using Artsy-fartsy ABET 10, say lA-DI-DA 11 and others, in the notes and al 12 Tallest player on the field, generally CENTER 15 things to consider ASPECTS 17 with 24 Across point west trimmings BOLO 21 180s Uies 23 Gutter locking winter ICE DAM 24 diamond nine TEAM 26 Anderson Cooper CNN channel 27 Make a chore PREPLANTING HOE 28 destroy completely TRASH 29 seats to flower brooch ejaculates setback 33 as doors or sliding scales 34 pricey British cars for short JAGS 36 allowed to leave a country 37 eXIT VISA well set APT 38 New Yorker cartoonist Chast ROZ 40 See 13 Across in 42 bring to the company, say teleport introduce 43 pers Infuse 44 th flavoring fog coils Arrive 45 Featuring Henry VIII Catherine of Aragon April 6 Danced in a pit 47 MOSHED BUTT target 52 s Joke Sends packaging BOXES 53 intuitive feeling, informally VIBE 55 Home Railway Museum of Oklahoma Enid 56 Great Scott LRE 58 Arcing LOB shot 59 Where Forrest Gump fought, for short NAM.
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