Friday, October 23, 2020

Gary Larson

 Title: Where are they from?




ATM FEES,  BISQUES, EMERITI, EYE EXAM, GRAFTON, GRETZKY,  GROUPIE,  HAT SIZE, SIERRAS, SKI PASS, and UNMEANT.

Across:

1. Ancient wizard: MAGE.

5. Serbian-born NBA center __ Jokic: NIKOLA.

11. Fella: BRO.

14. Speck: ATOM.

15. Bordeaux wine: CLARET.

16. Narrow inlet: RIA.

17A. Grasslands around Dakar?: SENEGAL LEAS.

19. Petition: ASK.

20. High ranges: SIERRAS.

21. Holder of 61 NHL records: GRETZKY.

23. Chamber group: TRIO.

24. Comet relative: BONAMI.

25. Retire: TURNIN.

28. Jessica of "Dark Angel": ALBA.

31. Winter vacation purchase: SKI PASS.

33. Part of a late 1900s demographic: GEN-Y-ER.

35. "The Simpsons" storekeeper: APU.

36. Feature of a map of Baghdad?: IRAQ KEY.

38. MD treating canals: ENT.

39. Oklahoma tribe: PAWNEE.

41. Accidental: UNMEANT.

43. Genesis twin: ESAU.

44. Middle of a three-part start: GET SET. On your mark ...

45. Subtly points out: INFERS. Oh, this is so wrong.

48. Present time?: X-MAS.

51. Uniform concern, maybe: HAT SIZE.

53. Late author whose daughter wrote, "As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends in Y": GRAFTON.

56. Behave: ACT.

57. Laid-back attitude in Hanoi?: VIETNAM EASE.

59. Charlotte of "The Facts of Life": RAE.

60. Bivouac: ENCAMP.

61. Times past: ERAS.

62. Uma's "Pulp Fiction" role: MIA.

63. Perceived to be: SEEN AS.

64. Caesar and others: SIDS.

Down:

1. One side of a physics equivalence principle: MASS.

2. Bit the dust: ATE IT.

3. One with no hope: GONER.

4. Honored retirees: EMERITI.

5. Indiana-based sports org.: NCAA.

6. Troubles: ILLS.

7. Penn of "House": KAL. He is all over the place. His IMDB

8. Crater Lake locale: OREGON.

9. Hear (of): LEARN.

10. Without a clue: ATSEA.

11. Longing in São Paulo?: BRAZIL YEN.

12. Take a shot at: RISK.

13. Wine nuance word: OAKY.

18. Exuberant fan: GROUPIE.

22. IRS agent: TMAN.

24. Fish restaurant offerings: BISQUES.

26. Unusual: RARE.

27. Eavesdropping org.: NSA.

29. Twisted: BENT.

30. Focus for some collectors: ART.

31. Watering holes: SPAS.

32. Hot spot in Al Ahmadi?: KUWAIT TEA.

33. Masterpieces: GEMS.

34. Test involving gradually longer lines: EYE EXAM. A wonderful clue as each successive line is longer.
EYE CHART 

35. Mimic: APE.

37. Round Table VIP: KNT. Knight abbreviation? 

40. Creatures of habit?: NUNS. Hah, hah. 

42. Some bank acct. charges: ATM FEES.

44. Homer's home: GREECE.

46. Fins: FIVES.

47. Slate, for one: E-ZINE.

49. Original Flashback games console designer: ATARI.

50. "What a pity": SO SAD.

51. Wrong: HARM.

52. Smoothie fruit: ACAI.

53. Fed. lending agency: GNMA.

54. Criticizes: RAPS.

55. Storied loch: NESS.

58. Brown shade: TAN.





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