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Constructed by: Chandi Deitmer
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Theme: Things That Go Bump in the Night

Today’s grid includes four instances of a “hidden” MONSTER UNDER a “hidden” BED:

• 66A Common childhood fear, examples of which may jump out at you four times in this puzzle? : THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED

• 24A Thought experiment illustrating special relativity : TWIN PARADOX
• 27A Dish garnish : MICROGREEN (hiding “OGRE”)

• 44A Ryan Gosling’s role in “The Fall Guy” : BODY DOUBLE
• 52A Italian blue cheese : GORGONZOLA (hiding “GORGON”)

• 86A Wonderland resident who starts out as a chess piece : WHITE QUEEN
• 94A Arrived nonchalantly : STROLLED IN (hiding “TROLL”)

• 115A Big name in baking products : KING ARTHUR
• 119A Conway Twitty ballad covered by Blake Shelton : GOODBYE TIME (hiding “YETI”)

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Bill’s time: 14m 54s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

8 Repeats a mantra, perhaps : CHANTS

A mantra is a word that is used as a focus for the mind while meditating. The term is Sanskrit in origin, and is now used figuratively in English to describe any oft-repeated word or phrase.

19 Big day for a startup, briefly : IPO

An initial public offering (IPO) is the very first offer of stock for sale by a company on the open market. In other words, an IPO marks the first time that a company is traded on a public exchange. Companies have an IPO to raise capital to expand (usually).

21 Zimbabwe’s capital : HARARE

Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe, and the African nation’s largest city. It was founded by the British in 1890 as Fort Salisbury (later just “Salisbury”). The outpost was named after Lord Salisbury, who was Prime Minister of the UK at the time. Salisbury was renamed to Harare in 1982, on the second anniversary of the independence of Zimbabwe. The name “Harare” applied to the area in which Fort Salisbury had been erected. “Harare” is a local word meaning “It doesn’t sleep”, a word applied to locations with constant noise.

22 Maestro Zubin : MEHTA

Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music, from Mumbai. Mehta studied music in Vienna, where he made his conducting debut in 1958. In 1961 he was named assistant director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, creating a fuss with the music director designate of the orchestra, Georg Solti. Solti resigned as a protest, and Mehta took his job. In 1978 Mehta took over as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, eventually becoming the longest holder of that position. In 2019, the Los Angeles Philharmonic bestowed on Mehta the title of Conductor Emeritus.

23 Printer tray abbr. : LTR

Letter (ltr.)

24 Thought experiment illustrating special relativity : TWIN PARADOX

The twin paradox is a thought experiment in special relativity that explores the concept of time dilation. It involves identical twins, one staying on Earth while the other travels on a high-speed space journey. Upon the traveling twin’s return, they find that they have aged less than the Earthbound twin. This discrepancy arises because time passes slower for objects in motion relative to a stationary observer.

27 Dish garnish : MICROGREEN

Microgreens are green vegetables that have been harvested very early in their life cycle. Typically, microgreens are picked just after the first pair of true leaves appear.

29 Plant also known as a strangler fig : BANYAN TREE

The banyan is a fig that germinates in cracks and crevices of a host tree and then sends roots down towards the ground. The roots that head down the host give rise to a familiar name for the banyan, namely the strangler fig. The banyan is the national tree of India.

31 Dijon darling : CHERI

Dijon is a city in eastern France in the Burgundy region. Dijon is famous for its mustard, a particularly strong variation of the condiment. The European Union doesn’t protect the name “Dijon” so anyone can use it on a label. That seems fair enough to me, given that 90% of the mustard made in and around Dijon is produced using mustard seed imported from Canada!

32 Crew team’s workout machines : ERGS

An indoor rowing machine is often referred to as an ergometer (or simply “erg”). However, the term “ergometer” really applies to a device that measures the amount of work performed.

34 Italian hard cheese, briefly : PARM

Genuine Parmesan cheese is made in and around the province of Parma in northern Italy, which province gives the cheese its name.

36 Candy with unique dispensers : PEZ

PEZ is an Austrian brand of candy sold in a mechanical dispenser. Famously, PEZ dispensers have molded “heads”, and have become very collectible over the years. The list of heads includes historical figures like Betsy Ross and Paul Revere, characters from “Star Wars” and “Star Trek”, and even British royalty like the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (“William and Kate”). The name “PEZ” comes from the first, middle and last letters of “Pfefferminz”, the German word for “peppermint”.

39 Caesar lettuce : ROMAINE

Romaine is also known as cos lettuce, with the “romaine” name being most common here in North America.

The caesar salad was created by restaurateur Caesar Cardini at the Hotel Caesar’s in Tijuana, Mexico. The original recipe called for whole lettuce leaves that were to be lifted up by the stem and eaten with the fingers.

42 Like the Vatican’s Bramante Staircase : SPIRAL

There are two separate staircases in Vatican City that use the name “Bramante Staircase”. The original, built in 1505 by Donato Bramante, is a double helix design that allows people to ascend and descend without crossing paths. It was designed for Pope Julius II to enable him to reach his private apartments by carriage. The second Bramante Staircase, built in 1932 by Giuseppe Momo, is a modern interpretation of the original. It provides a dramatic exit for visitors from the Vatican Museums.

44 Ryan Gosling’s role in “The Fall Guy” : BODY DOUBLE

“The Fall Guy” is a 2024 action-comedy movie based on a 1980s action-adventure TV show of the same name. The original TV series stars Lee Majors as Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers. Ryan Gosling plays Seavers in the film. I really enjoyed this film, although I hear that it lost money at the box office …

48 Add new audio : DUB

If voices need to be altered on the soundtrack of a film, that means double the work as there needs to be a re-recording. “Dub” is short for “double”, and is a term we’ve been using since the late 1920s. The term has been extended to describe the adding of sound to an otherwise silent film or tape.

52 Italian blue cheese : GORGONZOLA

Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese that bears the name of the town in Lombardy in which it originated.

57 Couture monogram : YSL

Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)

Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) was an Algerian-born French fashion designer. Saint Laurent started off working as an assistant to Christian Dior at the age of 17. Dior died just four years later, and as a very young man Saint-Laurent was named head of the House of Dior. However, in 1950 Saint Laurent was conscripted into the French Army and ended up in a military hospital after suffering a mental breakdown from the hazing inflicted on him by his fellow soldiers. His treatment included electroshock therapy and administration of sedatives and psychoactive drugs. He was released from hospital, managed to pull his life back together and started his own fashion house. A remarkable story …

58 Paris runway spot : ORLY

Orly is a town on the outskirts of Paris, to the south of the city. It is home to the Paris-Orly Airport, the second busiest international airport for the city after the more recently built Charles de Gaulle Airport. That said, Orly is home to more domestic flights than Charles de Gaulle.

60 Like sesame seeds in furikake, typically : TOASTED

Furikake is a dry, Japanese seasoning often sprinkled over cooked rice, vegetables, and fish. It typically consists of a mixture of dried seaweed, sesame seeds, salt, sugar, and other savory ingredients like dried fish, bonito flakes, or egg.

63 Not-so-powerful chess piece : PAWN

In the game of chess, the pawns are the weakest pieces on the board. A pawn that can make it to the opposite side of the board can be promoted to a piece of choice, usually a queen. Using promotion of pawns, it is possible for a player to have two or more queens on the board at one time. However, standard chess sets come with only one queen per side, so a captured rook is often used as the second queen by placing it on the board upside down.

80 Comic Margaret : CHO

Margaret Cho is a Korean-American comedian and actress who was born in San Francisco in 1968. As well as performing as a comedian, Cho has also had a successful acting career, appearing in films such as “Face/Off,” “Bam Bam and Celeste,” and “All About Steve,” as well as TV shows such as “Drop Dead Diva” and “30 Rock.”

83 Penicillin origin : MOLD

The antibiotic called penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. He noted that a blue-green mold growing in a Petri dish produced a substance that inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus bacteria, which was growing on the same substrate. The mold was Penicillium notatum, and Fleming named the antibiotic penicillin after the mold. I was lucky enough to visit Fleming’s laboratory on a recent visit to London …

84 Singer Zayn : MALIK

Zayn Malik is a singer from Yorkshire in northern England who found fame with the boy band One Direction. Malik quit the band in 2015 to launch a solo career. A year later, Malik became the first male artist to hit the number-one spot in both the UK and US charts with both a debut single (“Pillowtalk”) and a debut album (“Mind of Mine”).

86 Wonderland resident who starts out as a chess piece : WHITE QUEEN

Lewis Carroll wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” in 1865, and the sequel called “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There” in 1871. Because in the second adventure Alice went through a looking glass, the themes were deliberately chosen to be mirror images of the themes in “Wonderland”. Whereas “Wonderland” begins indoors, is set in summer, and uses playing card imagery, “Looking Glass” begins out of doors, is set in winter and uses images from the game of chess.

90 JV player’s goal : A-TEAM

Junior varsity (JV)

“Varsity” is an adjective used to describe a university or school team or competition. “Varsity” is a variant of the earlier term “versity” used in the late 17th century, which was a shortened form of “university”.

92 Gin flavorer : SLOE

The sloe is the fruit of the blackthorn bush, and the main flavoring ingredient in sloe gin. A sloe looks like a small plum, but is usually much more tart in taste.

93 Buccaneer’s cry : ARR!

Buccaneers were pirates who worked the Caribbean in the 1800s, mainly attacking Spanish vessels. The original buccaneer was a French hunter living on Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic). These hunters used a local design of frame called a “buccan” as a smokehouse for meat, and so picked up the name “buccaneer”. In the first half of the 17th century, many of the buccaneers were driven off the island of Hispaniola by the Spanish and so they turned to the sea, making their living by pirating Spanish shipping.

98 Evidence board need : PUSHPIN

What we know as a thumb tack or pushpin here in North America is called a drawing pin in British English. Thumb tacks made from brass might be referred to as “brass tacks”, giving us the expression “getting down to brass tacks” meaning “getting down to the finer details”.

100 “Case of the Ex” R&B singer : MYA

“Case of the Ex” is a 2000 song recorded by singer Mya. The lyrics were inspired by the relationship experience that co-songwriter Traci Hale was going through at the time of writing. The title refers to a strong woman refusing to tolerate her partner going back to his ex-girlfriend.

101 Big name in brut : MOET

Moët & Chandon is a French winery, and one of the world’s largest producers of champagne. The company was founded by wine trader Claude Moët in 1743. The name was changed to Moët & Chandon in the 1830s when Pierre-Gabriel Chandon, an in-law to the Moët family, was given co-ownership. Moët & Chandon owns the famous Dom Pérignon brand name, honoring the Benedictine monk who did so much to improve the quality of champagne.

Sparkling wines can be classified according to sweetness. These classifications are, from driest to sweetest:

• Brut Nature
• Extra Brut
• Brut
• Extra Dry
• Dry
• Semi-Dry
• Sweet

102 Diamond overlay? : TARP

That would be a baseball diamond.

103 Farm-centric org. : USDA

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) dates back to 1862, when it was established by then-president Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln referred to the USDA as the “people’s department” as our economy had such a vast agrarian base back then.

107 Capital on the Svislach : MINSK

Minsk is the capital of Belarus, formerly known as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. One of Minsk’s more infamous residents was Lee Harvey Oswald, who lived there from 1960 to 1962.

115 Big name in baking products : KING ARTHUR

King Arthur Baking is a supplier of flour and other baking ingredients and products. The company was founded way back in 1790 in Boston as an importer of flour from England.

118 Newspaper sect. : OBITS

Our word “obituary” comes from the Latin “obituaris”. The Latin term was used for “record of the death of a person”, although the literal meaning is “pertaining to death”.

119 Conway Twitty ballad covered by Blake Shelton : GOODBYE TIME

“Goodbye Time” is a 1988 song recorded by country singer Conway Twitty. The lyrics take the form of a man addressing a former lover, and trying to convince her not to leave him. According to co-songwriter James Dean Hicks, he was inspired to write the song while watching his brother go through a divorce, and “holding on to something that was already gone”.

122 Runs like a gazelle : LOPES

When running at a sustained speed, gazelles can move along at 30 miles per hour. If needed, they can accelerate for bursts up to 60 miles per hour.

124 Songwriter Sands : EVIE

Evie Sands is a singer from Brooklyn, New York. She is also a noted songwriter, having penned songs that have been recorded by the likes of Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, Karen Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt and Dusty Springfield.

125 Geologic span : EON

Geologic time is divided into a number of units of varying lengths. These are, starting from the largest:

• supereon
• eon (also “aeon”)
• era
• period
• epoch
• age

127 Kumquat color : ORANGE

The kumquat tree bears fruit that looks like a small orange, about the size of an olive. The rind of a kumquat is sweet, and the center sour, so often it is only the rind that is eaten.

128 Neptune’s domain : SEAS

Neptune was a Roman god, of both the sea and of freshwater. He was sometimes known as “Neptunus Equester” as he was also the god of horses and patron of horse-racing.

129 Retired jet : SST

The most famous supersonic transport (SST) is the retired Concorde. Concorde was developed and produced under an Anglo-French treaty by France’s Aérospatiale and the UK’s British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Concordes were mainly operated by Air France and British Airways, with both companies buying the planes with substantial subsidies from the French and British governments. The final Concorde flight was a British Airways plane that landed in the UK on 26 November 2003.

Down

1 Polaroid need : FILM

Polaroid cameras are instant cameras that were first introduced by the Polaroid Corporation in 1948. They can produce a physical print of a photograph within seconds of taking the picture with self-developing film that contains all the chemicals needed to produce a finished photograph.

3 One looking for on-deck loot : PORCH PIRATE

“Porch pirate” is a slang term describing one of those despicable people who steal packages delivered to someone’s home and left outside the door. Porch piracy continues to grow, as online shopping increases in volume. In New York City alone, it is estimated that 90,000 packages were stolen in 2019.

4 Queens neighborhood on the East River : ASTORIA

Astoria is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York. The area sits on the East River, and was originally called Hallet’s Cove after the first landowner William Hallet, who settled there in 1659. The area was renamed Astoria in a deal to get John Jacob Astor, then the wealthiest man in the country, to invest $2,000 in the neighborhood. Astor only put up $500 in the end, but the name stuck.

5 Women who “don’t cry,” per a Brooks & Dunn song : COWGIRLS

Country music duo Brooks & Dunn released the song “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” in October of 2008. A few weeks later, the duo performed the song at the CMA award with Reba McEntire. That led to a second version of the song being released credited to “Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire”.

6 Leader in Kuwait : EMIR

The State of Kuwait sits at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf, sharing a border to the north with Iraq. After WWI, Kuwait was a Protectorate within the British Empire and then gained independence from the UK in 1961. Iraq annexed Kuwait in 1990, which led to the Gulf War of 1990-1991.

7 Rapp of “Mean Girls” : RENEE

Singer and actress Reneé Rapp’s big break came with a starring role in the musical “Mean Girls” on Broadway. She played “mean girl” Regina George on stage from 2019 to 2020, and also in the big-screen adaptation released with the same title in 2024.

The 2024 musical film “Mean Girls” is based on the 2017 stage musical, and in turn on the 2004 movie, all of the same name. Tina Fey wrote both of the screenplays, as well as the book accompanying the musical.

8 Momofuku founder David : CHANG

David Chang is a celebrity chef and founder of the Momofuku group of restaurants. One of those restaurants, Momofuku Ko in New York City, was awarded two Michelin stars in 2009, and retained those stars until it closed in 2023.

11 __ colada: tropical mocktail : NADA

A “nada colada” is a “pina colada” without alcohol.

“Piña colada” is a Spanish term that translates into “strained pineapple”. The piña colada cocktail was introduced in the Caribe Hilton San Juan in 1954, and since 1978 it has been the official beverage of Puerto Rico. The mocktail version of the drink is known as a nada colada.

12 Disney movie set inside a computer : TRON

Released in 1982, Disney’s “Tron” was one of the first mainstream films to make extensive use of computer graphics. The main role in the movie is played by Jeff Bridges. The original spawned a 2010 sequel called “Tron: Legacy”, as well as a 2012 TV show called “Tron: Uprising”.

15 Nissan sedan : SENTRA

The Nissan Sentra is sold as the Nissan Sunny back in Japan.

16 Lobster __ : THERMIDOR

Lobster Thermidor is a dish from French cuisine that comprises lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, and served in the original lobster shell with an oven-browned cheese crust. While the exact origins of the dish are disputed, it does seem that it was named for the play “Thermidor” by Victorien Sardou that opened in Paris in 1891. The play in turn uses as its title the name of the eleventh month in the French Republican calendar. Thermidor was a summer month, with “Thermidor” coming from the Greek word “thermos” meaning “heat”.

17 [Puts finger to nose] : IT ME

“It me” is a trendy way of saying “it’s me”.

18 “My 21st Century Blues” singer : RAYE

“Raye” is the stage name of English singer/songwriter Rachel Keen. She was signed with Polydor early in her career, and left the label after Polydor allegedly refused to release her debut album. She released that album, “My 21st Century Blues”, independently in 2023, and it won Album of the Year at the 2024 BRIT Awards.

30 Speed skater Ohno : APOLO

Speed-skater Apolo Ohno has won more Winter Olympics medals than any other American. Ohno also did a great job winning the 2007 season of television’s “Dancing with the Stars”.

39 “On the Basis of Sex” monogram : RBG

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) served on the US Supreme Court. Justice Ginsburg was the second woman to join the Court, and was nominated by President Bill Clinton. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1999 and underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. During that time she did not miss one day on the bench. In 2009 Justice Ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic cancer, and was back to work 12 days later. She had left-lung lobectomy to remove cancerous nodules in 2018, which forced Justice Ginsburg to miss oral argument in January 2019, for the first time since joining the court 25 years earlier. She finally succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2020. Much of Ginsburg’s life is recounted in the excellent 2018 movie “On the Basis of Sex”.

41 Online marketplace : EBAY

There have been some notable things sold on eBay over the years. For example:

• Ad space on a guy’s forehead, in the form of a temporary tattoo – $37,375
• William Shatner’s kidney stone – $25,000
• A cornflake shaped like Illinois – $1,350
• A single corn flake – $1.63
• A box of 10 Twinkies – $59.99
• The original Hollywood sign – $450,400
• The meaning of life – $3.26

45 Pontificate : ORATE

To pontificate is to issue dogmatic decrees with a pompous air. Back in 1818, the word had the more literal meaning, “to act as a pontiff, pope”.

61 Protozoan cell count : ONE

Protozoans are single-celled organisms that were traditionally grouped with animals. Nowadays, protozoans are considered a group by themselves, and neither animals, plants nor fungi. The term “protozoa” translates as “first animals”.

62 Spokesowl who celebrates app streaks : DUO

Duolingo is a language-learning app that can be used for free, or with no ads for a premium price. The app was launched to the public in 2012, and 2013 was chosen by Apple as its iPhone App of the Year. Duolingo has a mascot, a green cartoon owl named “Duo”.

63 Red carpet designer : PRADA

Prada started out in 1913 as a leather-goods shop in Milan, one established by the two Prada brothers. One of the brothers, Mario Prada, prevented the female members of his family from participating in the running of the company as he didn’t believe women should be involved in business (!). When the sexist brother died, his son had no interest in the business so it was his daughter who took over and ran the company for about twenty years, handing it over to her own daughter. I’d say the devil loved that …

64 Trap music city, briefly : ATL

Trap is a genre of hip hop music that originated in the early 21st century in the southern US. The name “trap” is a slang word used in Atlanta for a house used to sell drugs.

68 Vagabond : NOMAD

A nomad is someone who roams about. The term “nomad” comes from the Latin “nomas” meaning “wandering shepherd”. In turn, “nomas” comes from the Greek “nomas” meaning “roaming (especially when looking for pasture)”.

A vagabond is a person without a home who moves from place to place. The term derives from the Latin “vagabundus” meaning “wandering, strolling about”.

69 Wrapped South Asian garment : DHOTI

The dhoti is a traditional garment for men in India, Bangladesh, and some parts of Southeast Asia. It’s a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, typically about 15 feet long, that is draped and wrapped around the waist and legs.

70 Former Liberian president __ Johnson Sirleaf : ELLEN

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected President of Liberia in 2005, and re-elected in 2011. She was the first elected female head of state in the continent of Africa. Sirleaf was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work to protect women and women’s rights.

71 Help for getting to the pointe : BALLET SHOES

“En pointe” is ballet dancing on the tips of the toes, and is a French term. A ballerina wears pointe shoes (sometimes “toe shoes”) to perform this delightful-looking, albeit unhealthy, feat (pun!).

72 Poet Thomas Stearns __ : ELIOT

The author T. S. Eliot was the son of Henry Ware Eliot and Charlotte Champe Stearns, so his full name was Thomas Stearns Eliot (TSE).

73 Hockey ruses : DEKES

A deke, also known as a dangle, is a technique used to get past an opponent in ice hockey. “Deke” is a colloquial shortening of the word “decoy”.

81 Leader’s spot : HELM

In its broadest sense, the term “helm” describes the whole of a ship’s steering mechanism, including the rudder and tiller. In a more specific sense, the helm is the handle, tiller or wheel that is used to control the steering gear.

82 “__ Murders in the Building” : ONLY

“Only Murders in the Building” is a comedy-mystery TV show starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as a trio of true-crime podcasters who band together to solve murders in their apartment building. Steve Martin co-created the series. Highly recommended …

87 Strong coffee : ESPRESSO

Espresso is made by forcing extremely hot water, under pressure, through finely ground coffee beans. The result is a thick and concentrated coffee drink that contains quite a lot of solids and a lot of foam. An espresso machine was first patented in 1884 in Italy, although it was a machine to make the beverage in bulk. The first patent for a machine that made individual measures was applied for in 1901, also in Italy.

88 Some swabs : Q-TIPS

Cotton swabs were originally marketed under the name “Baby Gays”. This was changed in 1926 to “Q-Tips”, with the Q standing for “quality”.

91 ABBA jukebox musical : MAMMA MIA!

The hit musical “Mamma Mia!” was written to showcase the songs of ABBA. I’m a big fan of ABBA’s music, so I’ve seen this show several times and just love it. “Mamma Mia!” is such a big hit on the stage that on any given day there are at least seven performances going on somewhere in the world. There is a really interesting film version of the show that was released in 2008. I think the female lead Meryl Streep is wonderful in the movie, but the male leads … not so much! By the way, one can tell the difference between “Mamma Mia” the ABBA song and “Mamma Mia!” the musical, by noting the difference in the punctuation in the titles.

95 Contents of un lac : EAU

In French, a “lac” (lake) is a body of “eau” (water).

97 Fancy fetes : SOIREES

“Soir” is the French word for “evening” and a soirée is an evening party. The French word “soirée” has an acute accent over the first “e”, but we tend to drop this when using the word in English.

104 Videoconferencing app : SKYPE

The main feature of the Skype application, when introduced, was that it allows voice communication to take place over the Internet (aka VoIP). Skype has other features such as video conferencing and instant messaging, but the application made its name from voice communication. The app was created by two Scandinavian entrepreneurs and the software necessary was developed by a team of engineers in Estonia. The development project was originally called “Sky peer-to-peer” so the first commercial name for the application was “Skyper”. This had to be shortened to “Skype” because the skyper.com domain name was already in use.

108 Accolades : KUDOS

Our word “kudos” means “acclaim given for an exceptional achievement”. “Kudos” is both a singular and plural noun, and comes from the Greek “kyddos” meaning “glory, fame”.

An accolade is an expression of praise. The term “accolade” originally applied to the ceremony of conferring knighthood. Said ceremony involved an embrace around the neck followed by a tapping of a sword on the shoulders. The embrace was called an accolade, from Latin “ad” meaning “to” and “collum” meaning “neck”.

110 Instrument similar to a suona : OBOE

The suona is a loud and high-pitched, double-reed, woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a flaring bell, often made of brass. It originated in Persia, and spread to China around the third century. It features prominently in traditional Chinese folk music, particularly in outdoor ceremonies like weddings and funerals.

111 Breakfast brand : EGGO

Eggo is a brand of frozen waffles that was introduced by Kellogg in 1953. The brand experienced a surge in popularity in the 1980s due to a successful ad campaign featuring a family sitting down to breakfast together and enjoying Eggo waffles. The tagline of the commercials, “Leggo my Eggo”, is still recognized today.

112 American-born Jordanian royal : NOOR

Queen Noor is the widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was born Lisa Halaby in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Najeeb Halaby. Her father was appointed by President Kennedy as the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, and later became the CEO of Pan Am. Lisa Halaby met King Hussein in 1977, while working on the design of Jordan’s Queen Alia Airport. The airport was named after King Hussein’s third wife who had been killed that year in a helicopter crash. Halaby and the King were married the next year, in 1978.