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Constructed by: Zachary Edward-Brown

Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Reveal Answer: Go Green

Themed answers each end in a shade of “GREEN”:

• 37A Strive to reduce one’s carbon footprint, or what the answers to the starred clues do? : GO GREEN

• 16A *University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina : WAKE FOREST (forest green)
• 24A *Hall of Fame wide receiver who was drafted by the Vikings in 1998 : RANDY MOSS (moss green)
• 49A *Person looking for employment : JOB HUNTER (hunter green)
• 60A *Major coin producer in Colorado : DENVER MINT (mint green)

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Bill’s time: 5m 43s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

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1A Tapioca pearls in some tea : BOBA

Bubble tea, sometimes called “boba tea”, is a tea-based drink from Taiwan. The “bubbles” are chewy tapioca balls that are usually added to the drink.

10A WNBA stat: Abbr. : PTS

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) was founded in 1996, with just eight original franchises. The league is well on the way to meeting its goal of 18 teams participating by 2030.

16A *University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina : WAKE FOREST (forest green)

Wake Forest University is a private research school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was founded by the Baptist Church in 1834 as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute in an area known as Forest of Wake, just north of Raleigh. The school’s name reflected the requirement that students and staff spend half of each day working the plantation on which the institution was located. A town grew up around the college, and adopted the name “Wake Forest”. The university eventually relocated to Winston-Salem, in the 1940s and 1950s.

18A Norse god of mischief : LOKI

Loki is a trickster god in Norse mythology known for continually creating chaos. He is the father of sons with his wife Sigyn. Because Loki is also a shape-shifter, he gave birth to children “himself” by assuming the shape of the opposite sex.

19A “That’s all __ wrote” : SHE

No one seems to be very certain of the origin of “that’s all she wrote”, meaning “there’s nothing more to be said”. One popular story is that it stems from the unfortunate “Dear John” letters that some soldiers received during WWII.

21A Forty-__ : NINER

The California gold rush actually started in 1848. The first to exploit the find were those people already in California. By 1849 the word had spread and gold-seekers started to arrive from all over the world. The “out-of-towners” who arrived in 1849 became known as forty-niners.

24A *Hall of Fame wide receiver who was drafted by the Vikings in 1998 : RANDY MOSS (moss green)

Randy Moss is a former NFL wide receiver. He holds the league’s single-season record for touchdown receptions, catching 23 scoring passes during the 2007 season. He is known for his leaping ability on the field. Today, whenever a receiver jumps over a defender to snatch a high pass, the unfortunate defender is said to have been “mossed”.

27A Name of 12 popes : PIUS

There have been twelve popes named Pius, the latest being Pope Pius XII. He led the Roman Catholic Church until his death in 1958.

30A Nearly five billion people : ASIANS

Most of the world’s population lives in Asia (60%), and Asia is the largest continent in terms of landmass (30% of the world). Asia also has the highest population density (about 400 people per square mile), and the most populous city on the continent is Shanghai, China.

33A Rugged ride, briefly : ATV

All-terrain vehicle (ATV)

34A Stanley Cup org. : NHL

The Stanley Cup is named for Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. Lord Stanley’s sons became avid fans of ice hockey while in Canada, and so he donated the trophy in 1892, originally as a challenge cup for the country’s best amateur club.

51A “Othello” villain : IAGO

Iago is the main antagonist in William Shakespeare’s 1603 tragedy “Othello”, and is considered one of the most sinister villains in literature. The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge coined the phrase “motiveless malignity” to describe Iago’s lack of a clear and rational justification for systematically destroying Othello’s life. He’s just a bad guy …

55A Italy’s capital : ROME

According to tradition, Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. The pair had a heated argument about who should be allowed to name the city and Romulus hit Remus with a shovel, killing him. And so, “Rome” was born, perhaps instead of “Reme”!

59A __ queen : DRAG

The etymology of the term “drag”, as used in the cross-dressing world, seems to be unclear. It perhaps relates to the tendency of a cross-dresser’s skirts to drag along the ground in days of old (although why they just didn’t hitch up their skirts is beyond me!).

60A *Major coin producer in Colorado : DENVER MINT (mint green)

The Denver Mint opened up for business in 1906, and today produces more coins than any other mint in the whole world.

64A Fire sign of spring : ARIES

Each of the twelve astrological signs is associated with one of the classical elements:

• Fire signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
• Earth signs: Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo
• Air signs: Libra, Aquarius, Gemini
• Water signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

66A Middle-earth’s Treebeard, for one : ENT

Treebeard is the elder of the tree-like people called Ents in J. R. R. Tolkien’s series of novels set in Middle-earth.

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2D Nebraska city : OMAHA

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska. It is located on the Missouri River, about 10 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River. When Nebraska was still a territory Omaha was its capital, but when Nebraska achieved statehood the capital was moved to the city of Lincoln.

11D Admits defeat, informally : TAKES THE L

Just take the L, take the loss.

15D Goodyear airship : BLIMP

There is an important difference between an airship like the Goodyear Blimp and an airship like a zeppelin. The latter is a rigid structure with an internal framework that helps maintain the shape of the airbag, whereas the former uses the pressure of the helium gas inside the airbag to give it shape.

21D Empire St. paper : NYT

“The New York Times” (NYT) has been published since 1851, and is sometimes referred to as “the Gray Lady”. These days a viable alternative to buying the paper is to read the news online. NYTimes.com is the most popular online newspaper website in the country.

New York is famously known as the “Empire State”. While the precise origin of the moniker is a little hazy, it’s widely believed to have been inspired by George Washington. In a 1783 letter, remarking on New York’s strategic importance with its excellent harbor and access to the interior via the Hudson River, Washington supposedly referred to it as the “Seat of the Empire”.

23D Hoppy beer letters : IPA

India pale ale (IPA) is a style of beer that originated in England. The beer was originally intended for transportation from England to India, hence the name.

25D Post-it __ : NOTE

The Post-it note was invented at 3M following the accidental discovery of a low-tack, reusable adhesive. The actual intent of the development program was to produce a super-strong adhesive.

26D Bed covers : DUVETS

A duvet is a large, flat bag that is filled with down feathers or a synthetic substitute that is used as a top cover for a bed. Although a duvet is similar to what is called a “comforter” in the US, there is a difference. A duvet often has an easily removed cover that is usually laundered at the same time as the bottom sheet and pillowcases. We use them a lot in Europe, and generally without a top sheet due to the ease of laundering.

28D Last Grand Slam event of the year : US OPEN

To win the Grand Slam of tennis, a player must win the four major tournaments in the same season:

• The Australian Open (in mid-January, played on hard courts)
• The French Open (in May/June, played on clay)
• Wimbledon (in June/July, played on grass)
• The US Open (in August/September, played on hard courts)

30D Concert device : AMP

An electric guitar, for example, needs an amplifier (amp) to take the weak signal created by the vibration of the strings and turn it into a signal powerful enough for a loudspeaker.

31D Upstream migration that feeds grizzly bears : SALMON RUN

“Salmon run” is the name given to the “run” that salmon make annually from the ocean, upstream to spawn in freshwater. Even though the mature salmon have wandered huge distances throughout the ocean, they return to the very same spawning ground where they themselves were hatched. Remarkable …

The North American brown bear is usually referred to as the grizzly bear. The name “grizzly” was given to the bear by Lewis and Clark. The term “grizzly” might mean “with gray-tipped hair”, or “fear-inspiring”. Both definitions seem to be apt …

33D Museum display : ART

The term “museum” comes from the ancient Greek word “mouseion” that denoted a temple dedicated to the “Muses”. The Muses were the patrons of the arts in Greek mythology.

35D __ Angeles : LOS

California’s Los Angeles (L.A.) is the second most populous city in the country, after New York. L.A. was established in 1781 as a pueblo named “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula”, which translates as “The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciúncula River”. This name evolved into “Los Angeles”, and the Porciúncula River is now called the Los Angeles River.

44D Tour gp. for Coco Gauff : WTA

Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).

Coco Gauff is a professional tennis player from Atlanta whose career really got a boost when she beat Venus Williams in the opening round of Wimbledon in 2019. Ironically, Venus, and her sister Serena, were the players who inspired Gauff to take up tennis as a girl.

46D Quadriceps locale : THIGH

The quadriceps femoris is the muscle group at the front of the thigh. It is one of the largest and most powerful muscle groups in the human body. The “quads” are actually a group of four muscles in the upper leg, hence the use of the prefix “quad-”.

50D Orange Muppet who sings “When Bert’s Not Here” : ERNIE

In the world of “Sesame Street”, the muppet Ernie sang the ballad “When Bert’s Not Here” in a 1985 episode. He was bemoaning the emptiness of the apartment while his buddy Bert was off attending a pigeon festival.

60D Stereotypical teller of terrible jokes : DAD

I collected a few more Dad jokes to annoy the family:

• Why shouldn’t you ever iron a four-leaf clover? Because you really shouldn’t press your luck.
• What kind of dog does a magician have? A Labracadabrador.
• Why do the French serve snails at big family weddings? Because they absolutely refuse to cater fast food.
• Why don’t skeletons ever go trick-or-treating? They have no body to go with.
• What do you call a pony with a cough? A little hoarse.

62D Barkeeper who is a frequent target of Bart’s prank calls : MOE

On the animated TV comedy “The Simpsons”, Bart likes to prank-call Moe’s Tavern. Bart asks Moe to “page” someone in the bar using a fictitious name, a name which sounds like a rude phrase when called out loud. This running joke on “The Simpsons” is a homage to a series of legendary calls made in real life to the Tube Bar in Jersey City by John Elmo and Jim Davidson that were taped and circulated widely in the mid-seventies. Some of the milder names used in the original prank calls were:

• Al Cholic (alcoholic)
• Cole Kutz (cold cuts)
• Sal Lammy (salami)
• Anita Bath (I need a bath)