Milk: It's not just dairy anymore. Cow's milk vs plant milk, it's quite controversial.
18-Across. Slopes accessory: SKI MASK. Skim Milk
26-Across. Inauguration text: OATH OF OFFICE. Oat Milk. You can make you own at home.
38-Across. Baha Men hit single: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT. Whole Milk.
52-Across. Dystopian thriller starring Charlton Heston: SOYLENT GREEN. Soy Milk. What is Soy Milk, anyway?
And the Unifier:
64-Across. Ad campaign featuring white mustaches, and a hint to the starts of the answers to 18-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across: GOT MILK? This puzzle gives us two forms of cow's milk and two plant-based milks.
Across:
1. American marsupial, familiarly: POSSUM. Occasionally
a Possum / Opossum will wander through our yard and we live in the city.
7. "__, Brute?": ET TU. Today's Latin lesson.
11. Swimmer's unit: LAP.
17. Rideshare driver's guess: ETA. As in Estimated Time of Arrival.
19. French pals: AMIS. Today's French lesson.
20. Oinker's pen: STY.
19. French pals: AMIS. Today's French lesson.
20. Oinker's pen: STY.
22. Online store icon: CART.
28. "Searching for Italy" host Tucci: STANLEY. Although considered as a character actor, Stanley Tucci (b. Nov. 11, 1960) has been in numerous films where he really shines. My favorite Stanley Tucci movie is Big Night. [Name # 1.]
31. Stackable cookies: OREOS. A crossword staple.
The company is always trying different frosting innards to make some unique flavors of their cookies.
32. Bagel-shaped: TORIC. Everything you wanted to know
about a Torus,
but didn't know to ask. How to make your Bagel into a mathematically correct breakfast treat.
33. Jog: TROT.
35. X-ray kin: MRI. As in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
43. Alley-__ pass: OOP. In basketball, an alley-oop
is an offensive play in which one player passes the ball near the basket to
a teammate who jumps, catches the ball in mid-air and dunks or lays it in
before touching the ground.
44. Unsubtle actors: HAMS.
45. Buenos __: AIRES. I took my parents to Buenos Aires to celebrate their 80th birthdays. It was a fabulous city to visit.
46. One on the Pacific Crest Trail, say: HIKER. The Pacific Crest Trail runs from the Washington State-Canadian border to the California-Mexican border.
49. Revolved around: ORBITED.
55. Get started on, as a problem: TACKLE.
56. Ear-related: OTIC.
57. Border: EDGE.
61. 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup champs: USA. FIFA is the
French abbreviation for the Federation Internationale de Football Association. Football in this context is really soccer. The FIFA
was founded in Paris on May 21 1904 by representatives from Belgium,
Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
66. Put down: DIS.
67. Currier and __: IVES. Currier and Ives was a printmaking company known for its lithographs. Many of
their prints were of Christmas scenes, landscapes and significant historical
scenes. They occasionally ventured into political cartoons and
illustrations of current events. The company was founded by Nathaniel
Currier (Mar. 27, 1813 ~ Nov. 20, 1888) in 1835. His partner in the
company was James Merritt Ives (Mar. 5, 1824 ~ Jan. 3, 1895). [Names #
2 and 3.]
68. "Forget it!": NO SIREE!
69. Chicago-to-Orlando dir.: SSE. It's a South-SouthEast drive from Chicago to Orlando.
70. State bird of Hawaii: NENE. Everything you wanted to
know about Nenes but didn't know to ask.
71. Holiday treats served with applesauce: LATKES.
Yummers. A Chanukah staple. Latkes are potato pancakes
that are traditionally eaten during Chanukah because they are fried.
They symbolize the miracle of Chanukah when the oil of the menorah in
the Temple kept the flame alive for eight days even there was only enough
oil for one day.
Down:
1. Attention-getting hiss: PSST!
2. Like wine aged in certain barrels: OAKY. Not to be
confused with Oat milk
3. __ of the tongue: SLIP.
4. Japanese wrestling form: SUMO.
5. The NBA's Jazz, on scoreboards: UTA. The basketball
team, Jazz, formerly of New Orleans (hence the name), is now located in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
6. Smoky liquor made from agave: MESCAL.
7. Muse of poetry: ERATO.
8. Celebrity chef Colicchio: TOM. I am not familiar
with Tom Colicchio (né Thomas Patrick Colicchio; b. Aug. 15, 1962), but apparently he
has been a judge on Top Chef. [Name # 4.]
9. Customize for: TAILOR TO.
10. Treacherous: UNSAFE.
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12. Scary story?: ATTIC. I guess an attic is a scary place to venture into.
13. Venmo recipient: PAYEE. The name Venmo comes from vendere, Latin for "to sell," and "mo" for mobile.
23. Part of R&B: RHYTHM.
25. Bay Area hub, for short: SFO. The San Francisco International Airport.
26. __ in a blue moon: ONCE. According to Britannica: The term blue moon originated from the 16th-century expression “the
Moon is blue,” meaning something that was impossible. For two years
following the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia in 1883,
people around the world reported seeing strangely coloured sunsets and a
Moon that appeared blue. With this possible, but uncommon,
occurrence, “once in a blue moon” came to mean rare rather than
impossible.
27. Comestibles: FOOD.
28. NYC nabe near Little Italy: SOHO. SoHo is an acronym
for South of Houston Street in New York City. It is a neighborhood that features
galleries, and high-end commercial and luxury boutiques.
29. Place to store cups and bowls?: TROPHY CASE.
32. Pair: TWO.
34. Vacation spot: RESORT. My ideal spot would be on the beach.
36. Regretted: RUED.
37. "__ go time!": IT'S.
39. "I can't believe they did that!": THE NERVE!
40. Like Key lime pie: TART. Yummers!
41. Acquire: GAIN.
42. Word often said while holding a treat: SIT.
47. Kind: ILK.
48. Temperature unit: KELVIN. The Kelvin temperature
scale is a scale where there is an absolute zero, below which temperatures
do not exist. Absolute is the temperature where molecular energy is
at a minimum. Absolute zero is -273.15 Celsius. The
temperature scale is named after William Kelvin (1824 ~ 1907), a physicist
and mathematician. He proposed the concept of this temperature scale
over 170 years ago. How to convert Kelvin to Fahrenheit. [Name adjacent.]
50. 1952-2022, for Queen Elizabeth II: REIGN. Her Majesty the Queen.
51. "Don't embarrass me": BE COOL.
52. Small earrings: STUDS.
53. Fertile desert spot: OASIS.
54. Bird in a gaggle: GOOSE. But did you know that a
bunch of crows is called a murder?
57. Let off: EMIT.
58. NBA great Nowitzki: DIRK. Dirk Werner Nowitzki (b.
June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player. He
had a long career with the Dallas Mavericks. [Name # 5.]
59. Mirth: GLEE. It's also the name of a television
musical about a high school glee club that ran from 2009 to 2015.
60. Squeezes (out): EKES.
63. Actor Kingsley: BEN. Sir Benjamin Kingsley (né
Krishna Pandit Bhanji; b. Dec. 31, 1943) has starred in numerous films.
He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Gandhi
in 1982 movie of the same name. [Name # 6.]
65. Airport safety gp.: TSA. As in Transportation Security Administration.
Here's the Grid:
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