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Constructed by: Robbie Cottom

Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Theme (according to Bill): Flightless Migrations

Themed answers are all common phrases reinterpreted as birds undertaking various forms of ground-based travel:

• 16A Flightless migration on a farm? : CHICKEN RUN
• 35A Flightless migration on a pond? : DUCK TOUR
• 60A Flightless migration on Thanksgiving? : TURKEY TROT
• 10D Flightless migration in Toronto? : JAYWALK
• 40D Flightless migration in a cornfield? : CROW HOP

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Bill’s time: 6m 21s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

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5A Grow frantic : PANIC

In Greek mythology, Pan was a lecherous god who was part-man and part-goat, and one who fell in love with Echo the mountain nymph. Echo refused Pan’s advances so that he became very angry. Pan’s anger created a “panic” (a word derived from the name “Pan”) and a group of shepherds were driven to kill Echo.

13A Worker protection org. : OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

20A Nobel Peace Prize winner Sadat : ANWAR

Anwar Sadat was the third President of Egypt right up to the time of his assassination in 1981. Sadat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978, along with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, for the role played in crafting the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979. It was this agreement that largely led to Sadat’s assassination three years later.

25A The __ of one’s existence : BANE

Today, we tend to use the word “bane” to mean “anathema, source of persistent annoyance”. A few centuries ago, a bane was a cause of harm or death, perhaps a deadly poison.

28A Sicilia’s country : ITALIA

In Italian, “Sicilia” (Sicily) is an “isola” (island) in “Italia” (Italy).

31A Animal life of a region : FAUNA

The fauna (plural “faunae”) is the animal life of a particular region, and the flora (plural “florae”) is that region’s plant life. The term “fauna” comes from the Roman goddess of earth and fertility who was called Fauna. Flora was the Roman goddess of plants, flowers and fertility.

34A Penn of “Harold & Kumar” films : KAL

Indian American actor Kal Penn made a name for himself in the “Harold & Kumar” series of comedy films. These so-called “stoner comedies” are not my cup of tea, but I enjoyed him playing his more mainstream roles on TV’s “House” and “24”. He left the world of acting when President Obama won the 2008 election to work as an Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement (although he did leave the White House briefly to film the “Harold & Kumar” sequel).

35A Flightless migration on a pond? : DUCK TOUR

Amphibious “duck” tours use sightseeing vehicles derived from the 1942 GMC DUKW vehicle. These “ducks” were used by the US military during WWII and the Korean War, and are modified GMC CCKW 2½-ton trucks. The first “duck tour” opened for business in 1946 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, and the Original Wisconsin Ducks company is still operating today.

38A __ and cheese : MAC

Thomas Jefferson’s name is associated with the dish we know today as “mac ‘n’ cheese”. The future president discovered baked macaroni with Parmesan cheese while in Paris and in northern Italy. He started serving the dish to guests in the US, and even had a machine imported to make the macaroni locally. Whether or not Jefferson was the first to bring mac ‘n’ cheese to America isn’t entirely clear, but it has been popular ever since.

54A Puffin kin : AUK

Auks are penguin-like sea birds that live in colder northern waters including the Arctic. Like penguins, auks are great swimmers, but unlike penguins, auks can fly.

55A Maya of “Stranger Things” : HAWKE

Actress and singer Maya Hawke is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. Her acting break came with the role of Jo March in a 2017 TV adaptation of “Little Women”, made by the BBC. Early in her career, she was a fashion model. She appeared in “Vogue”, as did her mother Uma, and her grandmother Nena von Schlebrügge.

57A Bugs Bunny fare : CARROTS

Bugs Bunny debuted in the 1940 animated short “A Wild Hare”. Since then, Bugs has appeared in more films than any other cartoon character.

60A Flightless migration on Thanksgiving? : TURKEY TROT

The turkey trot is a dance step that was popular in the early 1900s, often performed to ragtime music. It was a dance denounced by the Vatican, as some of the positions assumed were deemed suggestive and offensive.

64A Nordic noir novelist Larsson : STIEG

Stieg Larsson was a Swedish journalist and writer. Indeed, one of the main characters in his “Millennium” series of novels is a journalist as well. The first two titles in the series are “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “The Girl Who Played with Fire”. The last of the three titles in the Millennium series is “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest”, which was the most-sold book in the US in 2010. All of the books in the series were published after Larsson’s death. He passed away from a heart attack while climbing several flights of stairs, when he was just 50 years old.

The phrase “Nordic noir” is used to describe crime fiction set in Nordic countries. Two celebrated examples of the genre would be the “Millennium” trilogy by Stieg Larsson and the “Kurt Wallander” mysteries by Henning Mankell. Both are great reads, and both have excellent on-screen adaptations …

65A Some poke fish : TUNA

Poke is a Native Hawaiian dish featuring diced raw fish. “Poke” is a Hawaiian word meaning “to slice”.

66A Telepathy, e.g. : ESP

The term “telepathy” was coined in 1882 by Frederic W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research. The word comes from the Greek words “têle” meaning “afar, at a distance” and “pathos” meaning “feeling, perception”. So, “telepathy” literally means “distant feeling” or “perception at a distance” reflecting the concept of mind-to-mind communication across space without physical senses.

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1D Rx writer : DOC

There seems to be some uncertainty about the origin of the symbol “Rx” that’s used for a medical prescription. One explanation is that it comes from the astrological sign for Jupiter, a symbol put on prescriptions in days of old to invoke Jupiter’s blessing to help a patient recover.

3D Like dim sum and bao buns : CHINESE

Dim sum is a Chinese cuisine made up of small portions of various dishes. The tradition of serving dim sum is associated with the serving of tea, when small delicacies were offered to travelers and guests along with tea as a refreshment. The name “dim sum” translates as “touch the heart” implying that dim sum is not a main meal, just a snack “that touches the heart”.

A baozi (also “bou, bao”) is a steamed, filled bun in Chinese cuisine.

6D Granny flat, maybe : ANNEX

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are secondary housing units built on a single-family residential lot. They can be attached to the main house, detached in the backyard, or created by converting existing spaces like garages. ADUs can provide space for family members, be used as rental units, or just increase the value of a property going up for sale. Where I come from, back in Ireland, they are known colloquially as “granny flats”.

8D The Cyclones of the NCAA : ISU

Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) is located in Ames, Iowa. Among many other notable milestones, ISU created the country’s first school of veterinary medicine, in 1879. The sports teams of ISU are known as the Cyclones.

9D Wrestler/actor John : CENA

John Cena is a professional wrestler turned rapper and actor. Although wrestling, rapping and “Cena-style” movies wouldn’t be my cup of tea, I have to admire Cena’s philanthropic record. He holds the title for the most wishes granted by a single individual for the Make-A-Wish Foundation that benefits children with life-threatening medical conditions.

10D Flightless migration in Toronto? : JAYWALK

“Jaywalking” is mainly an American term. The original version of the word was “jay-driving”, which applied to people driving horse-drawn carriages on the wrong side of the road.

The Toronto Blue Jays baseball franchise was founded in 1977. They are the only team based outside the US to have won a World Series, doing so in 1992 and 1993. And since the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington, the Blue Jays are the only Major League Baseball team now headquartered outside of the US.

11D Australasia’s region : OCEANIA

The part of the Pacific Ocean known as “Oceania” is roughly equivalent to the area that includes the tropical islands of the South Pacific. Oceania can be divided into the regions of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

The term “Australasia” was coined in 1756 (as “Australasie”, in French). While it is agreed that Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, exactly what territories are included is more open to debate.

17D O : hug :: X : __ : KISS

In the letter sequence “X-O-X”, the X represents a kiss, and the O a hug. “O-O-O” is a string of hugs, and “X-X-X” a string of kisses. Hugs and kisses …

21D Org. with Cavs and Mavs : NBA

The Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavs joined the NBA as an expansion team in 1970.

The Mavericks (also “Mavs”) are an NBA franchise in Dallas, Texas. The team was founded in 1980, and the Mavericks name was chosen by fan votes. The choice of “Mavericks” was prompted by the fact that the actor James Garner was a part-owner of the team, and Garner of course played the title role in the “Maverick” television series.

22D Boxer Muhammad : ALI

Boxer Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942. Clay joined the Nation of Islam in the early sixties, at which point he changed his name to Muhammad Ali. The name he chose translates into “one who is worthy of praise” (Muhammad) and “most high” (Ali).

24D Paleontologist’s prize find : DINOSAUR EGG

Dinosaurs were reptiles that roamed the Earth from the late Triassic period until the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The term “dinosaur” was coined by English paleontologist Sir Richard Owen in 1842. He used the Greek words “deinos” meaning “terrible” and “sauros” meaning “lizard” to come up with the name.

29D Greek “T” : TAU

Tau is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, and the letter that gave rise to our Roman “T”. Both the letters tau (T) and chi (X) have long been symbolically associated with the cross.

32D Org. that oversees NYC’s Museum of the Dog : AKC

Manhattan’s Museum of the Dog was founded by the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 1982. It is home to almost 2,000 works of art featuring dogs.

36D Delivery company with brown trucks : UPS

United Parcel Service (UPS) is based in Sandy Springs, Georgia and has its own airline that operates out of Louisville, Kentucky. UPS often goes by the nickname “Brown”, because of its brown delivery trucks and brown uniforms.

37D Like some poke fish : RAW

Poke is a Native Hawaiian dish featuring diced raw fish. “Poke” is a Hawaiian word meaning “to slice”.

38D The “M” of ATM : MACHINE

ATMs are Automated Teller Machines, and are called “cashpoints” back in Britain and Ireland. Well, as students we also called them “drink links”, for obvious reasons …

39D Geography texts : ATLASES

The first modern atlas was published in 1570 by Abraham Ortelius, a Flemish cartographer. It was called “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” (Theater of the World).

45D Civil rights leader honored in Jan. : MLK

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a US federal holiday taking place on the third Monday of each year. It celebrates the birthday of Dr. King, and was signed into law by President Reagan in 1983, and first observed in 1986. However, some states resisted naming the holiday MLK Day, and gave it alternative names (like “Civil Rights Day”). It was officially celebrated as MLK Day in all 50 states from the year 2000 onwards.

47D Brief “No clue” : IDK

I don’t know (IDK)

53D “Star Trek” legend George : TAKEI

Actor George Takei is known for his presence on social media platforms like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. He explores that presence in a 2012 memoir “Oh Myyy! There Goes the Internet”.

58D Director Preminger : OTTO

Otto Preminger was noted for directing films that pushed the envelope in terms of subject matter, at least in the fifties and sixties. Great examples would be 1955’s “The Man with the Golden Arm” that dealt with drug addiction, 1959’s “Anatomy of a Murder” that dealt with rape, and 1962’s “Advise and Consent” that dealt with homosexuality. If you’ve seen these films, you’ll have noticed that the references are somewhat indirect and disguised, in order to get past the censors.

61D The Jazz, on scoreboards : UTA

The Utah Jazz professional basketball team moved to Salt Lake City in 1979. As one might guess from the name, the team originated in New Orleans, but only played there for five seasons. New Orleans was a tough place to be based because venues were hard to come by, and Mardi Gras forced the team to play on the road for a whole month.

62D Swift, to Swifties, when doubled : TAY

Taylor Swift is affectionately referred to as “Tay Tay” by many of her fans. She has a bit of a musical heritage, as her maternal grandmother was opera singer and TV personality Marjorie Finlay. Swift wrote her 2020 song “Marjorie” as a tribute to her grandmother.