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Constructed by: Wendy L. Brandes
Edited by: Patti Varol

Today’s Reveal Answer: Turning Pale

Themed answers each include the word “PALE” hidden within, but with the letters TURNED about:

• 63A Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues : TURNING PALE

• 17A *Reacting to a “d’oh” moment : FACE-PALMING
• 27A *Reimbursement on the go : MOBILE PAYMENT
• 48A *Last few in a series : FINAL EPISODES

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Bill’s time: 6m 36s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

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1 “Glee” teen played by Kevin McHale : ARTIE

Artie Abrams is a character in the Fox television show “Glee”. Abrams is played by the young actor Kevin McHale, and is the character who gets around in a wheelchair.

15 Exodus 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”.

16 Making out on a park bench, say, for short : PDA

Public display of affection (PDA)

20 “Table for Two” author Towles : AMOR

Novelist Amor Towles worked as an investment banker for over a decade before turning to writing full-time as a career. The success of his first book, 2011’s “Rules of Civility”, afforded him the resources to drop the office job. Towles’ third novel, “The Lincoln Highway”, was chosen as the best book of 2021 by Amazon.

33 Astrological lion : LEO

Leo is the fifth astrological sign of the Zodiac. People born from July 23 to August 22 are Leos.

42 Brazilian port : RIO

Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil (after São Paulo). “Rio de Janeiro” translates as “January River”. The name reflects the discovery of the bay on which Rio sits, on New Year’s Day in 1502.

46 “The L Word” co-creator Chaiken : ILENE

Ilene Chaiken is the co-creator of the Showtime drama series “The L Word”. The show deals with lesbian, bisexual and transgender people living in West Hollywood. The title refers to “the L word”: lesbian.

54 Eye piece : IRIS

The iris is the colored part of the eye. It has an aperture in the center that can open or close depending on the level of light hitting the eye.

55 The Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes : RACES

The US Triple Crown horse races are, in order through the year:

1. The Kentucky Derby
2. The Preakness Stakes
3. The Belmont Stakes

62 Kimono sash : OBI

The sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress is known as an obi. The obi can be tied at the back in what is called a butterfly knot. The term “obi” is also used for the thick cotton belts that are an essential part of the outfits worn by practitioners of many martial arts. The color of the martial arts obi signifies the wearer’s skill level.

The lovely Japanese kimono is a garment worn by men, women and children. The word “kimono” translates simply as “thing to wear”, with “ki” meaning “wear” and “mono” meaning “thing”.

66 Org. for Melissa McCarthy’s “Spy” character : CIA

“Spy” is an entertaining 2015 film starring Melissa McCarthy as a CIA agent who ventures out into the field for the first time. Beyond McCarthy, this movie has a strong cast including Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Miranda Hart and Allison Janney.

Melissa McCarthy is an actress and comedian who is perhaps best known on the small screen for playing Molly on the sitcom “Mike & Molly”, and on the big screen for playing the wild and wacky Megan Price in the 2011 comedy “Bridesmaids”. According to “Forbes”, McCarthy was the third-highest paid actress in 2014/2015, after Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson.

69 Cards, on scoreboards : STL

The St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team plays at Busch Stadium. Busch Stadium is the third stadium in the history of St. Louis to have the Busch name. The first two were named for Gussie Busch, the brewing magnate and former Cardinals team owner. The current stadium is named for the brewery though, and not Gussie per se.

70 Like Tropicana Field : DOMED

Tropicana Field (“The Trop”) in St. Petersburg, Florida is home to the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. It is a domed stadium, with four catwalks hanging from the roof. Those catwalks can interfere with the flight of a well-hit ball, and I’m told that upsets a lot of people …

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1 Italian sports car, briefly : ALFA

The “Alfa” in “Alfa Romeo” is actually an acronym, one standing for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (“Lombard Automobile Factory, Public Company”). ALFA was an enterprise founded in 1909 and which was taken over by Nicola Romeo in 1915. In 1920 the company name was changed to Alfa Romeo.

4 Indisposition to change : INERTIA

Newton’s first law of motion states that a body that is moving maintains the same velocity unless it is acted upon by an external force. That resistance to changing velocity is known as inertia. Johann Kepler introduced the Latin word “inertia” to describe the physical phenomenon in the 17th century. The Latin term translates as “apathy, inactiveness”. We started using the Latin “inertia” in English to mean the same thing only in the 19th century, after the term had bopped around in science texts for a couple of centuries.

6 Reaching REM : ASLEEP

“REM” is an acronym standing for “rapid eye movement”. REM sleep takes up 20-25% of the sleeping hours and is the period associated with one’s most vivid dreams.

7 Peruvian metropolis : LIMA

Lima is the capital city of Peru. It was founded in 1535 by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, who named it “la Ciudad de los Reyes” (the City of Kings). He chose this name because the decision to found the city was made on January 6th, the feast of the Epiphany that commemorates the visit of the three kings to Jesus in Bethlehem. Lima is home to the oldest university in all of the Americas, as San Marco University was founded in 1551 during the days of Spanish colonial rule.

26 Clean Air Fund target : SMOG

Clean Air Fund is a philanthropic organization founded in 2018 and based in London that works worldwide tackling air pollution.

27 Home to the largest known volcano in the solar system : MARS

The largest known volcano in the Solar System is located on Mars. Known as Olympus Mons, it has about three times the elevation of Mount Everest.

35 The whole __ yards : NINE

We use the phrase “the whole nine yards” to mean “everything” or “all the way”. It first appeared in an 1855 short story “The Judge’s Big Shirt”. In the story, a judge is pranked by having a massive shirt made for him by a tailor. The prankster feigns innocence saying, “What a silly, stupid woman! I told her to get just enough to make three shirts; instead of making three, she has put the whole nine yards into one shirt!”

36 Baby piggies? : TOES

This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy went wee wee wee all the way home.

39 River to the Caspian Sea : URAL

The Ural River rises in the Ural Mountains in Russia and flows for half its length through Russian territory until it crosses the border into Kazakhstan, finally emptying into the Caspian Sea. It is the third-longest river in Europe, after the Volga and Danube. The Ural is often cited as defining a long stretch of the border between Europe and Asia, although the exact position of that border is open to debate.

The Caspian Sea is a landlocked body of water lying between Asia and Europe. By some definitions, the Caspian is the largest lake on the planet. The name “Caspian” comes from the Caspi people who lived to the southwest of the sea in the South Caucasus.

40 No-call list no. : TEL

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was established in 1914 with the mission of protecting consumers. It is the agency that runs the National Do Not Call Registry, which can limit the amount of telemarketing calls that consumers receive. To register your number, simply go to the website www.donotcall.gov.

41 “Yes! Yes!” in Yucatán : SI! SI!

Yucatán is one of Mexico’s 31 states and is located in the east of the country, on the northern tip of the Yucatán peninsula.

44 “The Runaway Bunny” writer Margaret __ Brown : WISE

Margaret Wise Brown was a prolific American writer of children’s books, the most famous being “Goodnight Moon” (1947) and “The Runaway Bunny” (1942). Her books had such an impact that she was referred to as “the laureate of the nursery”. By the time she died in 1952, she had authored over 100 titles, and left behind over 70 unpublished manuscripts.

51 Persepolis locale : IRAN

Persepolis is located in modern Iran, just northeast of the city of Shiraz. The earliest remains of the city date back to around 500 BC. Much of the city’s construction took place during the reign of King Xerxes the Great.

52 Comfy water shoes : CROCS

Crocs are foam clogs that were originally designed as shoes to be worn at health spas. I bought a pair of crocs, and then my kids said they would stop talking to me …

57 Poet Sexton : ANNE

Anne Sexton was a poet from Massachusetts who won the 1967 Pulitzer for poetry for her collection titled “Live or Die”. Sexton’s style of poetry is sometimes classified as “confessional”, and reveals details of her private life, including her battle with depression. She finally committed suicide in 1974 at the age of 45.

59 Fabulous racer? : HARE

“The Tortoise and the Hare” is perhaps the most famous fable attributed to Aesop. The cocky hare takes a nap during a race against the tortoise, and the tortoise sneaks past the finish line for the win while his speedier friend is sleeping.

A “fabulist” is a writer of “fables”.

60 Lebanese designer Saab : ELIE

Elie Saab is a Lebanese fashion designer based in Beirut. Saab also goes by the name “ES”.

64 “In Treatment” star Aduba : UZO

Uzo Aduba is an actress best known for playing prison inmate Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on the Netflix TV show “Orange Is the New Black”.

The HBO series “In Treatment” stars Gabriel Byrne as a psychologist who holds weekly sessions with his patients, and with his own therapist. The show is a remake of an Israeli TV series titled “BeTipul” (meaning “In Therapy”), and indeed some episodes use the same script as the original show, just translated into English.