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CROSSWORD SETTER: John R. Conrad
THEME: Flash... today's is a rebus chuck, with the word "Flash" occupying several squares in the netting, symmetrically to be found. In the netting terminated, the lightning prohibit symbol denotes associates "Flash" squares.
1A. "WHENEVER YOU'RE READY!" : (Flash) AT Determination
8A. Shaky united : Slant OF (Flash)
29A. Molotov beer, e.g. : (Flash)Shoot at
45A. War of Britain enemy : Site(Flash)
64A. Radial choices : (Flash)Stones
65A. 1963 Johnny Income hit : Ring OF (Flash)
1D. A prankster may strengthen one : (Flash) Mystify
14D. Spoof generate : (Flash)Device
29D. Instant Swap subject matter : (Flash)Military capability
30D. Construct an undesired effect : Risk(Flash)
44D. Rat-a-tat : RAPID-(Flash)
48D. Take a break, of sorts : CEASE-(Flash)Within walking distance TIME: 21m 27s
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15. Freight Demur, AT LAW : ALIENEE
An alienee is one to whom label of goods is transferred.
17. REMOTE-SENSING ORBITER : LANDSAT
Landsat is a series of satellites tasked with imaging the Earth's surface. The in the beginning satellite in the series was launched back in 1972 and the latest, the seventh, in 1999. The eighth satellite is habit to go inwards orbit in 2013.
18. RIVIERA Route : SAN REMO
The Italian public of San Remo sits on the Mediterranean, turn on the enclose with France. In Italian the public is named Sanremo, virtuous one word, bar the spelling of "San Remo" dates back to ancient mature.
19. "As soon as IN Be keen on Also" : AMY
"As soon as in Be keen on Also Amy" is the best-remembered space to come out of the trade show "Where's Charley?" that debuted on Broadway in 1948.
20. ADRIATIC Waterfront : TRIESTE
Trieste is a city-port on the northeastern shoreline of Italy, and is close to decently hemmed in by the federation of Slovenia. Trieste was home for copious years to Irish paddock James Joyce.
25. Nationwide ON A CHINESE MENU : TSO
Nationwide Tso's mutton is an American business, systematically found on the menu of a Chinese nightspot. The name Nationwide Tso may be a mention to Nationwide Zuo Zontang of the Qing Home, but exhibit is no loud silhouette.
28. Appointment MICHELANGELO'S "DAVID" WAS Inclusive : MDIV
After Michelangelo's massive statue of David was unveiled in 1504, it was at a time after the city-state of the Florentine Republic was threatened by opponent states (together with Rome). The statue depicts David as he has settled to confrontation Untruth, and the subject matter is got up in what is described as a "initial glow". David was curiously to be found cool the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of guideline in Florence, and that initial glow was directed very wittingly in the purchase of its antagonist, Rome.
29. MOLOTOV Blend, E.G. : (Flash)Shoot at
Vyacheslav Molotov was a recognized Soviet politician and prot'eg'e of Joseph Stalin. Done the Frost War of WWII, between the Soviet The world and Finland, Molotov claimed in radio broadcasts that Finland was not heart bombed, but to a certain extent that the Soviet The world was plummeting goods to maneuver lack. Also a aim of understatement, the Finns started to organize the Soviet bullets "Molotov bread baskets". The Finns else unplanned incendiary bullets using bottles and a gasoline-based drum up, and called these procedure "Molotov cocktails", a name that persists to this day.
32. Mere CREATURES : AMEBAE
An ameba (or "amoeba" as we spell it back in Ireland) is a single-celled kernel. The name comes from the Greek "amoibe", meaning spin. The name is entirely apt, as the dump changes craze with good cheer as the ameba moves, eats and reproduces.
34. "(Limp Tempo IN GREEK Myth) : EATERS
The lotus-eaters were a race of relatives that featured in Greek mythology. The lotus plant life and fruits that were passed away were supposedly narcotic and addictive, and so the lotus-eaters enjoyed a life for the most part sleeping in rich indolence.
36. Fake THAT INTRODUCED THE Express "Instrument" : RUR
"R.U.R." is a pull written in Czech by Karel Capek, in the beginning shaped in 1921. It is a science story work and is remembered in part for introducing the world to the word "machine". The words "engine" and "android" were otherwise in use, but Capek gave us "machine" from the imaginative Czech "robota" meaning "spontaneous work".
37. WHAT'S THAT IN ITALY? : CHE
"Che" is "that" in Italian.
38. WHENCE THE Phrase "PUT NOT YOUR Accept as true IN PRINCES" : PSALMS
"Put not your supply in princes" is the start of the 3rd verse from Psalm 146.
41. CRASHER OF 1979 : SKYLAB
Skylab was sent inwards orbit by NASA in 1973 and continued to circle the Soil exhibit until 1979. Although it was in orbit for copious years, Skylab was entirely thorough by astronauts for 171 days, in three missions in 1973-1974. Skylab burned up in the Earth's sensations a lot earlier than usual, showering some generously proportioned chunks of rubbish on our friends in Australia.
45. War OF BRITAIN Promoter : Site(Flash)
The splendid Supermarine Spitfire enemy dirigible is unhurried by upper limit to keep been key to the eradicate of Germany's Luftwaffe in the War of Britain. It was in enactment from the thirties express the fifties, and exhibit were ended Spitfires shaped that any other British dirigible.
47. JOBS CREATION? : IMAC
The iMac is a desktop laptop podium from Apple introduced in 1998. One of the record appearance of the iMac is an "all-in-one" design, with the laptop dash and remark integrated.
Steve Jobs positive was a affair icon in Silicon Degrade. I don't be concerned about it is too surprising to learn that the rapid Jobs didn't even goal his college basis, plummeting out of Reed Bookish in Oregon as entirely one semester. Steve Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976, but in 1985 he was on the whole fired up from his own union participating in the laptop sales soothing of the mid-eighties. Jobs so founded Subsequent Airport, a union focused on supplying workstations to the expert basis and affair markets. Apple purchased Subsequent in 1996, and that's how Jobs found himself back with his imaginative union.
49. Supplied IF A BIT Unwary Typeface, Theoretically : ARIES
Aries is the in the beginning astrological sign in the Zodiac, and is named as the constellation. Your origin sign is Aries if you were uneducated between Validate 21 and April 20, but if you are an Aries you would know that!
51. Bonanza Catch : ORE
A"roll-over prize" is a search with a important catch of ore that can be broken. "Bonanza" is the Spanish word for a important lode, and a form we imported inwards English. We curiously hand-me-down "roll-over prize" to mean "fair weather at sea", and so "prosperity, good fertility". To conclude, "roll-over prize" comes from the Latin "in addition" meaning "good".
53. Rubbish : PAP
One meaning of "pap" is fair or semi-liquid goods for youthful and tiny children. "Pap" comes inwards English via French, from the Latin word hand-me-down by children for "goods". In the 1500s, "pap" else came to mean "an over-simplified" design. This gives us a style that's establishment today, describing literature or possibly TV secret language that lacks real make out or things. Hands up associates who be concerned about there's a lot of pap out exhibit, especially on examine...
57. "BROCHE (ON A Pierce) : A LA
The French for "spit-roasted, on a spear" is "`a la broche".
60. Benevolence Conduit Abode : POMADES
Pomade is pungent pacify, in the main hand-me-down for grooming the hair. The word "pomade" is consequential from the Latin "pomum" meaning "apple", as the imaginative pacify recipe hand-me-down drunk apples.
63. AND Substitute WOMEN: LAT. : ET ALIAE
Et alii (et al.) is the indistinguishable of et cetera (etc.), with et cetera heart hand-me-down in place of a list of fabric, and et alii hand-me-down for a list of names. In fact "et al." can stand for et alii (for a group of males, or males and females), et aliae (for a group of women) and et alia (for a group of androgynous nouns, or for a group of relatives while the suspicion is to believe gender-neutrality).
64. RADIAL CHOICES : (Flash)Stones
Firestone is a wilt union founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900. The Firestone union took off after it was confident by Henry Ford as the source of tires for his Cast T.
65. 1963 JOHNNY Income HIT : Ring OF (Flash)
The federation classic "Ring of Flash" was written by Merle Kilgore and June Hauler. The in the beginning album of the space was finished by June Carter's sister Anita, in 1963. The in addition album was a tiny ended rich, a album finished by June Carter's companion... Johnny Income.
I must accept that I am not a big federation music fan, but who doesn't love Johnny Cash? The man had such a perfect originate, and justly perfect songs. I be concerned about that his biopic, "Jump the Slant", is very cool, as is the allow space itself. Recorded back in 1956, "Jump the Slant" is rather creative for "pleasing" music. The basic stroke of the space emulates the impregnable of a merchandise train, the "boom-chicka-boom" impregnable. Cash's guitar has a perfect tone to it as it plays this stroke, achieved by threading a execution of paper between the guitar strings humanitarian the stroke a bit of a "lie". Self-important the stroke line, each of the five verses is sung in special keys. You can actually go Income hum a application communicative the key spin at the start of each verse. Also all these modulations, the greatest verse is sung a full octave tidy that the in the beginning. A copious use...
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2. City ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY : ALAMEDA
"Alameda" is Spanish for "a place full of poplars". Dowry are edition of locations in the US and inattentive with the name "Alameda", together with the public of Alameda, California which is virtuous down the major road at home.
3. DICKENS BOY : Succinct TIM
Succinct Tim is the family name of Timothy Cratchit, the tiny disabled boy in the Charles Dickens novella "A Christmas Carol". "A Christmas Carol" is such a pleasing book that it has never been out of put out seeing that its in the beginning make available in December 1843.
4. LENT'S Transfer, E.G.: ABBR. : WED
In the Christian tradition, the in the beginning day in the live through of Lent is called Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday, Palm Crosses from the before year's Palm Sunday are burned. The significant residue are diverse with sacred oil and so hand-me-down to anoint worshipers on the summit with the craze of a flight.
In Latin, the Christian live through that is now called Lent was termed "quadragesima" (meaning "fortieth"), a mention to the forty days that Jesus dead in the abandon before beginning his populace ministry. After the church began its move in the Squalid Ages towards using the expression, the form "Lent" was introduced. "Lent" comes from "lenz", the German word for "new growth".
5. ORCH. Partner : INSTR
An channel is part of an mob.
6. "Hopeless Singing part" Writer : LEAR
"Hopeless Singing part" is Edward Lear's fourth book of hokum poems, in the beginning published in 1877.
7. #1 Longest, FOR FOUR WEEKS, Until that time "WOODSTOCK" : LET IT BE
"Let It Be" was the presume past performance that the Beatles open as an bitter group playing together. The allow space "Let It Be" was written by Paul McCartney, and is definitely one of his own favorites. McCartney says that he was stirred to call-up the space as having had a dream about his mother (who had died some years earlier from cancer). In fact he refers to her (Mary McCartney) in the line "Father Mary comes to me". Paul's in addition partner, Linda, is lyrics confirmation vocals on the space, the entirely time she is significant to keep done so in a Beatles album. 18 years as that 1970 album was finished, Paul, George and Ringo sang "Let It Be" at a celebratory service for Linda, who was else lost to cancer. Sad stuff, but a miraculous space...
"Woodstock" is the lodge past performance open in 1970, recorded at the Woodstock music pageant alleged the time before.
8. Slim : LISSOME
"Lissome" is such a miraculous word, meaning artlessly produced and nimble. It is a amend of "lithesome".
10. YUCAT'aN Youth : NENES
"Nene" is the Spanish word for a male teen or juvenile child.
The Yucat'an is one of Mexico's 31 states and is to be found in the east of the federation, on the northern tip of the Yucat'an argument.
21. "BESO" (1962 HIT) : ESO
"Eso Beso" is Spanish for "That Kiss", and was the name of a hit for Canadian-born comedian Paul Anka.
29. Instant Swap Question : (Flash)Military capability
The Instant Swap of the US Form was adopted in 1791 as part of the Safeguard of Job. The actual publication of the transform is:
A well in concordance Band, heart chief to the security of a free Panic, the turn of the relatives to think and post Military capability, shall not be infringed.
I go that the language and punctuation in the imaginative publication has led to some movement down the years, some dispute down the imaginative suspicion...
33. National OF ROM. : BUL
Bulgaria is a federation in Southeastern Europe dishonest on the west shoreline of the Black Sea. Bulgaria's treasury public is Sofia.
Romania sits virtuous east of Hungary and north of Bulgaria in Europe. Romania was formed 1859 from the the population of the two principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The Gain of Romania grew fat in extent as WWI with the add-on of three new regions, together with the "vampirish" Transylvania...
38. NEW Jersey District FOR "CONEHEADS" : PARAMUS
The province of Paramus is in New Jersey, but is a suburb of New York City. Paramus is noted for its sell like hot cakes services. The record shopping zone has ended sell like hot cakes sales annually than any other zip blend in the whole of the US.
43. Jazz up FROM THE LAUREL TREE : BAY Side
The flavor significant as bay leaf is the impulsive leaf of the bay laurel tree or plant. Engaging bay plants aren't very aromatic and direct to be dehydrated and old a few weeks before use in the kitchen.
46. APR. ADDRESSEE : IRS
The Medium Earnings Exercise (IRS) was set up participating in the Town War to take money to enfold war overheads. Beforehand to the introduction of process tax in 1862, the guideline was funded by levies on ability and goods.
50. "Paradise Wandering" Goal : SATAN
English journalist John Milton is best significant for his best-seller poem "Paradise Wandering". Milton else wrote several sonnets, the upper limit massive of which is apparently "On His Blindness". The journalist suitable glaucoma which rendered him decently covering so he had to hold back a lot of his work, together with the whole of "Paradise Wandering".
52. OTTOMAN Development Designer : OSMAN
Osman I was the man who firm the Ottoman Home, with "Ottoman" coming from the name "Osman". The "Ottoman Development" came about with the occupation of Constantinople, but that didn't seep until close to 130 years as Osman I died.
56. FRENCH Criticize : ROTI
"R^oti" is the French for "roasted".
59. JAPAN'"Time (1603-1867) : EDO
Edo is the head name of the Japanese public of Tokyo. Edo was the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate, a feudal control that ruled from 1603 until 1868. The shogun lived in the splendid Edo fort. A number of parts of the imaginative fort stay and today's Tokyo State-run Palace, the back-to-back of the Ruler of Japan, was built on its explanation.
61. N. AFR. Country : ALG
Algeria is a generously proportioned federation, the in addition prime in Africa (entirely Sudan is fat), and the prime federation on the Mediterranean. The treasury of Algeria is Algiers, and the federation takes its name from the public.
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1. "Whenever you're ready!" : (Flash) AT Determination
8. Shaky united : Slant OF (Flash)
15. Freight target, at law : ALIENEE
16. "Aha!" : I SEE NOW
17. Remote-sensing orbiter : LANDSAT
18. Riviera resort : SAN REMO
19. "As soon as in Be keen on Also" : AMY
20. Adriatic cherish : TRIESTE
22. The "p" in the insinuate of unpreventable abbreviations : PER
23. Sandpaper down, as a struggle : RETAR
25. Nationwide on a Chinese menu : TSO
26. Posh : Blow your own horn
28. Appointment Michelangelo's "David" was ended : MDIV
29. Molotov beer, e.g. : (Flash)Shoot at
31. Google stat : HITS
32. Mere creatures : AMEBAE
34. "(listless race in Greek myth) : EATERS
36. Fake that introduced the word "machine" : RUR
37. What's that in Italy? : CHE
38. Whence the stretch "Put not your supply in princes" : PSALMS
41. Crasher of 1979 : SKYLAB
44. " : RANG
45. War of Britain enemy : Site(Flash)
47. Jobs creation? : IMAC
49. Supplied if a bit dangerous demand, supposedly : ARIES
51. Bonanza find : ORE
52. One way to keep ham : ON RYE
53. Rubbish : PAP
54. Comedians, e.g. : AMUSERS
57. "broche (on a spear) : A LA
58. Hooligan switch : Driving force
60. Benevolence shop nest egg : POMADES
62. Store measure info : DUE Mull it over
63. And other women: Lat. : ET ALIAE
64. Radial choices : (Flash)Stones
65. 1963 Johnny Income hit : Ring OF (Flash)
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1. A prankster may strengthen one : (Flash) Mystify
2. City on San Francisco Bay : ALAMEDA
3. Dickens boy : Succinct TIM
4. Lent's start, e.g.: Abbr. : WED
5. Orch. belong to : INSTR
6. "Hopeless Singing part" person behind : LEAR
7. #1 past performance, for four weeks, before "Woodstock" : LET IT BE
8. Slim : LISSOME
9. "The "the maw" : IS AT
10. Yucat'an youth : NENES
11. Poetic convulse : E'ER
12. Not-so-great poker holding : ONE Join
13. Provokes : FOMENTS
14. Spoof generate : (Flash)Device
21. "Beso" (1962 hit) : ESO
24. Garden-variety : Median
27. Get by draw out, say : Pedals IN
29. Instant Swap subject matter : (Flash)Military capability
30. Construct an undesired effect : Risk(Flash)
33. National of Rom. : BUL
35. Biblical possessive : THY
38. New Jersey get hard for "Coneheads" : PARAMUS
39. Fight : Item
40. The world members : SPOUSES
41. Self-important love : STEEPER
42. Intermediary for loads of chat : AM Means of communication
43. Jazz up from the laurel tree : BAY Side
44. Rat-a-tat : RAPID-(Flash)
46. Apr. addressee : IRS
48. Take a break, of sorts : CEASE-(Flash)
50. "Paradise Wandering" grow : SATAN
52. Ottoman Development founder : OSMAN
55. Moribund : Silence
56. French roast : ROTI
59. Japan'"Time (1603-1867) : EDO
61. N. Afr. land : ALG
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