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Constructed by: Adam Simpson & Katie Hale

Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Theme: The Math Ain’t Mathing

Themed answers are MATH expressions, but reinterpreted to suit the the corresponding clues:

• 22A Allocation of royal flags before the King’s speech? : STANDARD DISTRIBUTION
• 33A Consideration when switching religions? : CONVERSION FACTOR
• 58A San Andreas Fault? : LONG DIVISION
• 67A Lab surface for a geneticist? : MULTIPLICATION TABLE
• 78A Birth announcement? : ADDITION SIGN
• 99A Show tune that makes no sense? : IRRATIONAL NUMBER
• 118A FOMO, for “Fear of Missing Out,” e.g.? : SIMPLIFIED EXPRESSION

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1A Sermon giver : PASTOR

A pastor is a minister or priest in some Christian traditions. “Pastor” is the Latin word for “shepherd”.

13A Part of a Sheets or Slides username : GMAIL

Gmail is a free webmail service provided by Google, and my favorite of the free email services. Gmail made a big splash when it was introduced because it offered a whopping 1GB of storage whereas other services offered a measly 2-4MB on average.

Google Sheets is the spreadsheet that is included in the “office” suite that comes free with Google Drive. I’m a big fan …

Google Slides is the presentation program that is included in the “office” suite that comes free with Google Drive. It is the equivalent of Microsoft’s PowerPoint.

20A No-handed cartwheel : AERIAL

An aerial cartwheel is an advanced acrobatic move performed just like a standard cartwheel, but without the performer’s hands ever touching the ground.

21A PD rank : SARGE

One might encounter a sergeant (sgt.) in a police department (PD).

22A Allocation of royal flags before the King’s speech? : STANDARD DISTRIBUTION

In mathematics, and statistics in particular, “standard distribution” is another name for the normal distribution, which describes how data for many subjects (like height or test scores) tends to cluster around an average. When this data is plotted on a graph, it creates the well-known symmetrical shape called a bell curve.

26A Stripes partners : STARS

Legend has it that Betsy Ross made the first American flag for General George Washington. However, this story only surfaced during the centennial celebrations of 1876, and although Betsy Ross was indeed one of several flag makers in Philadelphia in the days of George Washington, sadly there’s no definitive evidence that Ross provided that first Stars and Stripes.

30A Auto repair chain : MAACO

MAACO Collision Repair & Auto Painting was founded by Anthony A. Martino ten years after he launched AAMCO Transmissions. The names of both companies were derived from the first letters of his name, i.e. “AAM”.

31A MacGraw of “The Winds of War” : ALI

Ali MacGraw’s most famous role was the female lead in the 1970 film “Love Story”. MacGraw became romantically involved with Steve McQueen as they filmed “The Getaway” in 1972. The pair eventually wed, after they managed to unwind their first marriages. They divorced in 1978.

“The Winds of War” is a 1983 mini-series made from a book of the same name by Herman Wouk. Both book and TV movie depict events from March 1939 until the US joined WWII in December 1941. There is a large cast, with the bill topped by Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw.

33A Consideration when switching religions? : CONVERSION FACTOR

In math and science, a conversion factor is a number used to change a quantity from one unit of measurement to another, such as converting feet to meters.

37A Laotian pork salad : LARB

Larb is a traditional salad dish from Lao cuisine that is made with minced meat, fish sauce, lime juice, and various herbs and spices. It is often considered the national dish of Laos, although it is also popular in neighboring countries like Thailand and Vietnam. The word “larb” is derived from the Lao word “laap,” which means “to mince” or “to chop finely.”

41A Beer merchant selection : ALE

The many, many different styles of beer can generally be sorted into two groups: ales and lagers. Ales are fermented at relatively warm temperatures for relatively short periods of time, and use top-fermenting yeasts, i.e. yeasts that float on top of the beer as it ferments. Lagers ferment at relatively low temperatures and for relatively long periods of time. Lagers use bottom-fermenting yeasts, i.e. yeasts that fall to the bottom of the beer as it ferments.

43A Overnight __ : OATS

Overnight oats are a convenient, no-cook breakfast made by soaking rolled or steel-cut oats in a liquid (perhaps milk, yogurt or simply water) to soften them into a creamy, chilled meal by morning. I go for a high-powered alternative called BROL, a high-fiber blend of Barley, Rye, Oats, and Lentils (hence the acronym). I prepare it in batches that last a few days, in an Instant Pot.

45A Big cat in the sky : LEO

The constellation named Leo can be said to resemble a lion. Others say that it resembles a bent coat hanger. “Leo” is the Latin for “lion”, but I’m not sure how to translate “coat hanger” into Latin …

46A “If You __ Been There”: Dolly Parton track : HADN’T

The song “If You Hadn’t Been There” was released by Dolly Parton in 2025 as a tribute to her husband of 58 years, Carl Dean, just days after he passed away. Dean was famously private and remained almost entirely out of the public eye throughout Dolly’s career.

49A Comedian Lydic : DESI

Comedian and actress Desi Lydic is perhaps best known as a correspondent on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”, a gig that she signed up for in 2015. Lydic’s first name is short for her middle name. Her full birth name is Lani Desmonet Lydic.

56A Part of a bedding bundle : SHAM

A sham is something that is imitation, fake. In the world of bed linens, a sham is also an imitation or fake, in the sense that it is a decorative cover designed to cover up a regular pillow used for sleeping.

58A San Andreas Fault? : LONG DIVISION

The famous San Andreas Fault in California lies along the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. The faultline was named in 1885 after a small lake just south of San Francisco called Laguna de San Andreas.

61A Brand name derived from the Danish for “play well” : LEGO

Lego is manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company headquartered in Billund, Denmark. The company was founded by a carpenter called Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1934 and the now-famous plastic interlocking blocks were introduced in 1949. The blocks were originally sold under the name “Automatic Binding Bricks” but I think “Lego” is easier to remember! The name “Lego” comes from the Danish term “leg godt” meaning “play well”.

63A Gulf State leader : EMIR

The Persian Gulf is in effect an inland sea, although it is technically an offshoot of the Indian Ocean. The outlet from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean is one of the most famous maritime “choke points” in the world, and is known as the Strait of Hormuz. About 20% of the world’s supply of petroleum passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

65A Small waterway : RIA

A drowned valley might be called a ria or a fjord, and both are formed as sea levels rise. A ria is a drowned valley created by river erosion, and a fjord is a drowned valley created by glaciation.

66A St. __: English surf town : IVES

St. Ives is a seaside town in Cornwall that is famous for two very different reasons: a riddle and an art gallery. It is the presumed setting for the classic nursery rhyme and riddle “As I was going to St. Ives,” which asks the listener to calculate how many people were traveling to the town. The town is also home to the Tate St. Ives art gallery, which showcases the works of the many modernist artists drawn to the area for its unique quality of light.

74A Nice negation : NON

The French city of Nice is on the Mediterranean coast in the southeast of the country. Although Nice is only the fifth most populous city in France, it is home to the busiest airport outside of Paris. That’s because of all the tourists flocking to the French Riviera. Something described as “à la niçoise” is “of Nice”.

75A Rose Bowl org. : NCAA

The oldest of all the bowl games is the Rose Bowl and so has the nickname “The Granddaddy of Them All”. The first Rose Bowl game was played in 1902.

85A Chivalrous title : SIR

The ideal qualities found in a knight are collectively described as chivalry, and include courtesy, generosity, valor and skill with a sword. The term “chivalry” comes into English via the Old French “chevalier” meaning “knight”.

86A Old news source : CRIER

Town criers make public announcements on the streets, usually shouting “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” to attract attention. The term “oyez” derives from the Anglo-Norman word for “listen” and is used in this instance to me “Hear ye!”

87A Facial treatment : PEEL

A chemical peel is a technique used to improve the look and feel of the skin. It involves using a chemical to deliberately injure the outermost layer of the skin. The damaged skin dies and peels off, revealing regenerated skin below.

88A Pokémon that evolves into Lairon : ARON

In the “Pokémon” universe, the species known as “Aron” eats iron ore and metal to build its steel body. It can evolve into “Lairon”, a larger, bipedal version of itself.

95A African grazer : GNU

The gnu is also known as the wildebeest, and is an antelope native to Africa. “Wildebeest” is a Dutch word meaning “wild beast”.

99A Show tune that makes no sense? : IRRATIONAL NUMBER

A rational number is a number that can be written as a simple fraction, i.e. a ratio of two integers. For example 1.5 is rational, as it can be written as 3/2. An irrational number is the opposite, a number that cannot be written as a simple fraction. The classic example of an irrational number is “pi”, which is 3.14159… and cannot be written as a ratio of two integers. All rational and irrational numbers are real numbers, numbers that can be written on a number line. Almost all numbers that we can think of are real numbers. Infinity is not a real number, and nor are imaginary numbers, e.g. the square root of minus 1.

112A Fictional island paradise : UTOPIA

The word “Utopia” was coined by Sir Thomas More in his book “Utopia” published in 1516 to describe an idyllic fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. More’s use of the name Utopia comes from the Greek “ou” meaning “not” and “topos” meaning “place”. By calling his perfect island “Not Place”, More was apparently making the point that he didn’t think that the ideal could actually exist.

115A Early AOL rival : MSN

The MSN (The Microsoft Network) web portal was launched in 1995 as a subscription-based dial-up online service offered alongside Windows 95. It evolved into a standalone Internet service provider known as MSN Dial-up Internet Access.

117A “Bring on the weekend!” letters : TGIF!

“Thank God It’s Friday” (TGIF)

118A FOMO, for “Fear of Missing Out,” e.g.? : SIMPLIFIED EXPRESSION

In algebra, a simplified expression is one that has been reduced to its most compact form by performing all possible arithmetic and combining any “like terms” (e.g., combining 2x and 3x into 5x). The goal is to make the expression as easy to work with as possible without changing its underlying value.

123A Dark horse and sitting duck : IDIOMS

A dark horse is a person or thing that emerges unexpectedly to predominate a situation. As perhaps expected, the term “dark horse” comes from horse racing. The phrase appears to have originated in a novel penned by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. In “The Young Duke”, published in 1831, Disraeli’s “Duke of St. James” is watching a horse race:

A dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

124A Element with atomic number 33 : ARSENIC

Arsenic is element #33 in the periodic table, and has the chemical symbol “As”. Because of arsenic’s toxicity, it was very commonly used in pesticides. These compounds are getting banned over time, but it seems there is a long way to go. Arsenic in aquifers continues to be a problem around the world, including here in the US. China has introduced limits to the amounts of arsenic permitted in food as well as water, mainly as the Chinese staple of rice is particularly effective at accumulating arsenic from groundwater.

125A Actress Rapp : 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.

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1D Italian sculptor Nicola : PISANO

Nicola Pisano was an Italian sculptor active in the 13th century. There are many of his works still on display and indeed in use all around Tuscany. He created domes on churches, and ornate altars and pulpits.

2D Diminutive Marvel hero : ANT-MAN

In the Marvel universe, Ant-Man has been the superhero persona of three different fictional characters: Hank Pym, Scott Lang and Eric O’Grady. In the 2015 film “Ant-Man”, Michael Douglas plays Hank Pym, and Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang.

3D “Temperature” rapper __ Paul : SEAN

“Temperature” was a big 2005 hit for Jamaican dancehall artist Sean Paul. The lyrics contain references to two very different TV shows. In one line, there is a reference to the surreal 2004 reality show “Strange Love” starring Flavor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen. In another, he references the classic 1970s sitcom “Sanford and Son”.

4D Q tile score in Scrabble : TEN

The game of Scrabble has been produced in many international versions, and each of these editions has its own tile distribution to suit the local language. For example, in English we have two tiles worth ten points: one “Q” and one “Z”. If you play the game in French then there are five tiles worth ten points: one “K”, one “W”, one “X”, one “Y” and one “Z”.

6D Rawhide ropes : RIATAS

A riata is a lariat or a lasso. “Riata” comes from “reata”, the Spanish word for “lasso”.

Rawhide is made from untanned animal hide that is stretched and dried until it becomes extremely hard and stiff. It is widely known as a durable, long-lasting material for dog chew toys. Its toughness also makes it ideal for braiding into strong ropes and whips.

7D Rollerblading gear : PADS

“Rollerblade” is actually a brand name. The brand name led to the use of the term “rollerblading” for what is more correctly described as inline skating. Inline skates have wheels arranged in a single line the underside of each boot. This design allows for greater speed and maneuverability than traditional “quad” roller skates.

9D Disney villain with a garden of trapped merpeople : URSULA

In the original 1837 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Little Mermaid”, there is a villainous sea witch who plays a relatively small part in the story. When Disney made the big-screen, animated adaptation of the tale, the sea witch’s role was expanded, and she was given the name “Ursula”.

“Merpeople” is the collective, gender-neutral term for the mythical race of half-human, half-fish creatures who dwell in the sea, i.e. female mermaids and male mermen.

10D __ acid : NITRIC

Nitric acid has the formula HNO₃. It is highly corrosive, and is also known by the Latin name “aqua fortis” meaning “strong water”.

12D “Hostel” director Roth : ELI

“Hostel” is a series of horror movies directed by Eli Roth. I don’t do horror …

13D Aviator’s outfit : G SUIT

A G suit is needed when astronauts and aviators are subject to high accelerations. Such acceleration can cause blood to pool in the lower part of the body, reducing the supply to the brain and possibly leading to a blackout. A G suit is basically a special pair of tight-fitting pants that are fitted with inflatable bladders. The bladders inflate during high accelerations (high g forces), tightening around the legs and abdomen, reducing the amount of blood pooling. So, a “G suit” is more correctly referred to as an “anti-G suit”.

14D Toymaking giant : MATTEL

Mattel is the world’s largest toy manufacturer. Mattel was founded by Harold “Matt” Matson and Elliot Handler in 1945, and they chose the company name by combining “Matt” with “El-liot” giving “Matt-el”.

15D Singer India.__ : ARIE

India Arie (sometimes “india.arie”) is an American soul and R&B singer who was born India Arie Simpson in Denver, Colorado.

16D Composer Stravinsky : IGOR

Composer Igor Stravinsky’s most famous works were completed relatively early in his career, when he was quite young. His three ballets “The Firebird”, “Petrushka” and “The Rite of Spring” were published in 1910-1913, when Stravinsky was in his early thirties.

17D Binoculars part : LENS

In effect, a pair of binoculars is a set of two small telescopes mounted side by side. The telescopes are aligned so that they point in the same direction. This allows the user to use binocular vision, to use both eyes to view distant objects.

19D “Last Call” singer Braxton : TRACI

“Last Call” is the lead single from Traci Braxton’s 2014 debut solo album “Crash & Burn”.

25D __ Hopper: “The Muppet Movie” villain : DOC

Doc Hopper is the main antagonist in 1979’s “The Muppet Movie”. He is the owner of a chain of fast-food restaurants called “Doc Hopper’s French Fried Frog Legs”. Hopper relentlessly pursues Kermit the Frog across the country because he wants him to be the celebrity “spokesfrog” for his restaurant.

32D South American kin of a raccoon : COATI

A coati is a member of the raccoon family and is also known as the Brazilian aardvark, or the snookum bear. The coati is native to Central and South America, but can also be found in the southwest of the United States.

34D The Mystery Machine, e.g. : VAN

The Mystery Machine is the psychedelically-painted van that transports the Mystery, Inc. gang in the “Scooby-Doo” franchise.

39D Change ZIP codes : RELO

ZIP codes were introduced in 1963. The acronym “ZIP” stands for “Zone Improvement Plan”, a name indicating that mail travels more efficiently when the codes are included in the postal address.

40D Chief on deck : BOS’N

A boatswain works on the deck of a boat. He or she is unlicensed, and so is not involved in the navigation or handling of the vessel, and instead is in charge of the other unlicensed workers on the deck. “Boatswain” is pronounced “bosun” and this phonetic spelling is often used interchangeably with “boatswain”. The contraction “bo’s’n” is also very popular.

44D Deity of destruction : SHIVA

Shiva (also “Siva”) is one of the major deities of the Hindu tradition, and is known as the destroyer of evil and the transformer. Shiva is also part of the Hindu trinity known as the Trimurti, along with Brahma and Vishnu.

46D A.I. of 1960s cinema : HAL

In Arthur C. Clarke’s “Space Odyssey” (famously adapted for the big screen as “2001: A Space Odyssey”) the computer system that went rogue was called HAL 9000, or simply “HAL”. HAL stands for “Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer”. Even though Clarke denied it, there’s a good argument that can be made that the acronym HAL is a veiled reference to IBM, the big player in the world of computing at the time of the novel’s publication (1968). The acronym HAL is just a one-letter shift from the initials “IBM”.

50D Expressionist painter Nolde : EMIL

Emil Nolde was a German expressionist painter. He was actually born Emil Hansen, near the village of Nolde in the Prussian Duchy of Schleswig in 1867. Hansen officially changed his name to Nolde on the occasion of his marriage in 1902.

57D Supermodel Klum : HEIDI

German-born Heidi Klum was married to the successful English singer, Seal. Klum is a talented lady and has built a multi-faceted career based on her early success as a model. She is the force behind the Bravo reality show called “Project Runway” that has been on the air since 2004. Klum has been nominated 4-5 times for an Emmy for her association with the show. Klum was also signed up as the official ambassador for Barbie in 2009, the 50th anniversary of the Barbie Doll, and for her service that year a Heidi Klum Barbie was produced. She has been adding a touch of class to the judging panel on the show “America’s Got Talent” from 2013 through 2020.

59D Red-haired ape : ORANG

Orangutans (also “orangs”) are arboreal creatures, the largest arboreal animals known to man. They are native to Indonesia and Malaysia, and live in rainforests. Like most species in rainforests these days, orangutans are endangered, with only two species surviving. The word “orangutan” is Malay, meaning “man of the forest”.

62D Jump on board? : OLLIE

An ollie is a skateboarding trick invented in 1976 by Alan “Ollie” Gelfand. Apparently it’s a way of lifting the board off the ground, while standing on it, without touching the board with one’s hands. A similar move can be performed on a snowboard. Yeah, I could do that …

64D Step on a shampoo bottle : RINSE

Back in the 1760s, the verb “to shampoo” was an Anglo-Indian word meaning “to massage”. A century later we started “to shampoo” our hair.

68D Neon-striped fish : TETRA

The neon tetra is a freshwater fish that is native to parts of South America. The tetra is a very popular aquarium fish and millions are imported into the US every year. Almost all of the imported tetras are farm-raised in Asia and very few come from their native continent.

70D Uno más siete : OCHO

In Spanish, “ocho” (eight) is “uno más siete” (one plus seven).

71D Tikka masala side : NAAN

Chicken tikka masala is a dish consisting of chicken tikka (chunks of marinated chicken) served in a masala sauce. Masala is the Hindi word for “mixture”, and describes a mixture of spices. A dish named “masala” uses the spices incorporated into a sauce that includes garlic, ginger, onions and chili paste. Although served as part of Indian cuisine, there seems to be a lot of evidence that chicken tikka masala was actually invented in an Indian restaurant in Britain.

72D Cedar Point expanse : ERIE

Cedar Point is an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio and is the second-oldest such park in the country that is still operating (the oldest is Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, which opened in 1846). Cedar Point is located on a peninsula that juts into Lake Erie, and specializes in roller coasters.

78D Fictional company with wacky products : ACME

The Acme Corporation is a fictional company used mainly by Looney Tunes, and within the Looney Tunes empire it appears mostly in “Road Runner” cartoons. Wile E. Coyote is always receiving a new piece of gear from Acme designed to finally capture the Road Runner, but the equipment always leads to his downfall.

79D Wee drink : DRAM

I think that the dram is a confusing unit of measurement. It has one value as an ancient unit of mass, and two different values as a modern unit of mass, another value as a unit of fluid volume, and yet another varying value as a measure of Scotch whisky!

80D Verdi’s realm : OPERA

Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian composer, mainly of operas, who was active during the Romantic era. Equally as famous as Verdi’s operas, are arias and choruses from those operas such as “La donna è mobile” from “Rigoletto”, “The Drinking Song” from “La Traviata” and “The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from “Nabucco”. Verdi was a big fan of William Shakespeare and wrote three operas based on the Bard’s plays: “Macbeth”, “Otello” and “Falstaff”.

82D Second intro? : NANO-

“Nanosecond” is more correctly abbreviated to “ns” (as opposed to “nsec”) and really is a tiny amount of time: one billionth of a second.

84D “Black Swan” costumes : TUTUS

The 2010 movie “Black Swan” is a psychological thriller (described by some as a horror film) set against the background of a ballet company staging Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”. Natalie Portman plays an obsessive ballerina who seems perfect for the role of the White Swan in “Swan Lake”, but doesn’t seem to have the passion to also play the Black Swan. Then things start to go wonky …

91D Aberdeen topper : TAM

The Scottish city of Aberdeen is located amidst plentiful supplies of granite that were actively quarried until the 1970s. Many local buildings incorporate some of that granite in their structure. Aberdeen granite is especially prized for its high levels of mica, which can cause the stone to sparkle like silver. It’s no surprise then, that the list of Aberdeen’s nicknames includes “Granite City” and “Silver City”.

94D Biblical mount : SINAI

According to the Bible, Mount Sinai is the mountain on which Moses was given the Ten Commandments. The Biblical Mount Sinai is probably not the mountain in Egypt that today has the same name, although this is the subject of much debate. The Egyptian Mount Sinai has two developed routes that one can take to reach the summit. The longer gentler climb takes about 2 1/2 hours, but there is also the steeper climb up the 3,750 “steps of penitence”.

100D Rappel, in British parlance : ABSEIL

What we call “rappelling” in this country is known as “abseiling” in the rest of the world (from the German “abseilen” meaning “to rope down”).

101D Achilles __ : TENDON

The Achilles tendon is located at the back of the leg, above the heel. The name is a reference to Achilles, the hero of Greek myth who was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel.

102D West African capital : ACCRA

Accra sits on Ghana’s coast and is a major seaport as well as the country’s capital city. The name “Accra” comes from a local word “Nkran” meaning “ants”, a name chosen because of the large number of anthills found in the area when the city was founded.

103D Los Angeles cagers : LAKERS

The Los Angeles Lakers (LAL) basketball team started out in 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team chose the Lakers name in honor of the nickname of Minnesota, “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. The Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960.

104D Shell industry : BIG OIL

The company previously known as Royal Dutch Shell was formed in 1907 when the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the UK’s Shell Transport and Trading Company merged to compete with John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil. Although it was headquartered in the Hague for over a century, the company restructured in 2022, officially becoming Shell plc and moving its headquarters to London, England. Its major US-based subsidiary is headquartered in Houston, and is known as Shell USA, Inc.

108D French city that sounds small : LILLE

Lille is a large city in the very north of France that sits right on the border with Belgium. The name “Lille” is a derivation of the term “l’isle” meaning “the island”. The former name “L’Isle” dates back to 1066, and is a reference to a castle that once stood on an island in the Deûle river that runs through the city. The city grew around the island and the castle.

112D Cold War rival, initially : USSR

There is some debate about the timing of the start and end of the Cold War, the period of geopolitical tension between the US and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. One significant factor at the start of the Cold War was the Truman Doctrine, the foreign policy adopted by President Harry S. Truman that firmly ended America’s pre-WWII isolationism in favor of support for nations threatened by Soviet influence. A clear sign of the end of the Cold War was the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

113D Proctor’s call : TIME!

A proctor is a supervisor, and especially a person overseeing a school examination or a dormitory. The word “proctor” originated in the late 1500s, and is a contraction of the word “procurator”, the name given to an official agent of a church.

114D Harbinger : OMEN

A harbinger is a person or a thing that indicates what is to come. The word comes from the Middle English “herbenger” describing a person sent ahead to arrange lodgings.

116D Austin, TX, festival : SXSW

South by Southwest, also known as “SXSW”, is an annual festival that has been taking place in Austin, Texas since 1987. SXSW is a melded event, combining a music festival, a film festival and an interactive festival.