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NOVEMBER 2024.03A

By Pete Wascher
Across
Vertical meas.
Coffeemug slogan: “More ________, Less Depresso”
Bride's pre-wedding party
Species are a natural bee slayer yet others parasitize almost every pest insect, making it valuable in horticulture for biological pest control. --Wikipedia
College in CO's biggest city (initials)
Separating AM and PM
Thou plural --google.com
Not yet scheduled (3 words, initials)
Hot chocolate
What a “sweater” is called in England
Strange, peculiar
Greatest composer of all time? (last name) --Wikipedia
Japanese pond fish
4-corner state (abbrev.)
His “New Look” featured rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. (fashion designer last name) --metmuseum.org/toah/hd/****/hd_****.htm#:~:text=Christian%20Dior's%20reputation%20as%20one,femininity%20and%20opulence%20in%20women's
Cover thoroughly
Outback retailer
Hospital speciality area (abbrev.)
MIA
Atop
"The Big Easy" (initials)
Fish limb
No longer owed
Man enroute to Oz
Cruiseline offers 4-year, all-expense-paid voyage to escape _____ for $40,000/year. (last name) —joemygod.com/2024/11/cruise-line-offer-four-year-voyage-to-escape-*****/
Returned repeats (acceptable spelling)
2 popular songs from “Bells Are Ringing”, the 1956 Broadway musical and later movie: “The Party’s Over” and “____ __ ____” (3 words) —Wikipedia
CLVI/III
Music perception/appreciation --google.com
Necessary, a ____
Prefix with "genital" (medical)
Province between QC and MB --google.com/maps
“2/3 of Trump’s _____ were immigrants . . . proving once again we need immigrants to do jobs most Americans wouldn’t do.” (spouses) —facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1222743841154453&set=a.868972503198257
Dusk-to-dawn period
Et al (abbrev.)
Pleasure, entertainment
Police informant --vocabulary.com
Shares the island of Hispaniola with DO (nation) --Wikipedia
Not in Education, Employment or Training (initials) --Wikipedia
Foreign Minister --abbreviations.com
Lapse; get speedily into or out of clothing --merriam-webster.com
Military rank achieved by Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense
"washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” --Picasso. --masterpiecesociety.com
“I’m staying in bed Snoopy, it’s too_______ out there.” (crowded) —Charlie Brown. —facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122250801788007357&set=a.122129208818007357
Brazilian "hello"
Ticket for inebriated behavior (3 words initials)
Not An Emergency --abbreviations.com
Pickle, problem
Symbol for 46 ACROSS
Bloomington college (initials)
Early computer operating system (initials) --merriam-webster.com
Trump choice who lost in first ballot for Senate Majority Leader (last name)
Julia Morgan (1872-1957), first woman registered architect in California, designed this iconic structure. (3 words) —National Geographic & Wonderful Nature. —FB, 11/11/24
WV to MA direction (abbrev.) --google.com/maps
A lot
Late Princess of Wales, familiarly
W, E on a map, usually
(CCLI) (II)
State touching within the US only NH
Uncertain
Herb especially popular in Asian, North African, and Latin American cuisines --thespruceeats.com/what-is-*****-995638
AG relieved by then-President Trump for not firing Mueller who was pursuing Russian interference in the 2016 election. (last name) —bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46132348
Mag., founded in 1888 as a scientific journal, noted today for its nature pictorial essays (2 words, initials) --Wikipedia
Plaything
Decisive bout outcome (initials)
Cause advocate (suffix)
Between RI and NY --google.com/maps
Length measure
Arrived
Debt note (3 words, abbrev.)
Circling or circuitous paths (e.g., doctors' scheduled checks on inpatients)
“That’s a ____ ‘no’.” (solid) —David Rose, “Schiff’s Creek”.
Congrats on not putting your great country in the hands of a woman. —__________ to US, 11/08/24. (country)
Central rooms of a Roman house
Response Time --abbreviations.com
Amazed expression (3 words, initials)
3 (prefix)
Do to excess (abbrev.)
2 letters before "xi" --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet
Its gov. is Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Before (Fr.)
"Sometimes the _____ in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of another.” (tome) —from “To Kill a Mocking Bird”.
Between ND and WI --google.com/maps
"Earth" without "81 ACROSS" is just “__”.
We rest in ______. Why don’t we live in it too?” (serenity) —facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3817710861892334&set=gm.1357498498561059&idorvanity=1239032987074278
Dirt carried by running water --google.com
Ronald ________, Trump nominee for deputy Secretary of HHS, should be confirmed, given his “unique perspective” and “extensive experience in the fast food industry”. —Mike Johnson, SOTH. —PJW satire
Citrus skin
South of 150 ACROSS
Partial vowel listing, alphabetically
Plot, chart --google.com
Romania to Ukraine direction (abbrev.) --google.com/maps
XXII/XI
Establish
His hometown paper, Florida’s largest, says his appointment as the nation’s top law enforcement officer would be a disgrace. (last name) —sun-sentinel.com/2024/11/14/matt-*****-is-trumps-tool-for-pure-revenge-editorial/
Open Topic --abbreviations.com
She can’t talk, sing or act. She’s terrific. (actress) —Louis B. Meyer, cofounder, MGM. —TCM host David Karger introducing “The Killers”
While
Food between meals (pl.)
Worn --google.com
Accomplish
Newly Emerging Economy --abbreviations.com
Reboot
At the same time
Down
<Tres, in English
Employee Stock Option --abbreviations
Room; outside the Earth's atmosphere
"The foundation for the preservation of freedom and happiness" (gaining knowledge) --Thomas Jefferson. --heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-16-2024
Total
Less than 2 DOWN
Obamas' dog
Honor with oil; rhyme and synonym of "appoint"
Operated by water (adj.)
Double vowel
By mouth
See other cultures through one's own (adj.)
Only a small proportion of people who get infected with __ will get it and realize symptoms. (infectious illness, abbrev.) --who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/
Fail to consider (3 words)
The balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet" occurs here in the play; popcorn brand (2 words) --reddit.com, Wikipedia
West of ID (state)
Enlisted personnel trained to give first aid and minor medical treatment
ASAP, stat
Phy., but not an MD
Ammo pellet
Walking stick
Redding, Mayberry town drunk (first name) --google.com
Hospital speciality area (2 words, initials)
Its capital is Santa Domingo --abbreviations.com
Per (abbrev.)
Come in first
“impossible to underestimate” (initials) —Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Lawrence O’Donnell show.
(CCLI) (IV)
Michelangelo sculpted it at age 23.
"Bali ___," song from "South Pacific"
Famous director came into where I was “hosting at a charming gas station” for a Reuben. “Little did he know he would bite into something far more _____________.” (satisfying) —Moira Rose, “Schitt’s Creek”, on how she was discovered. —facebook.com/reel/1289771095256705
The only Presidents to server split terms, Cleveland and _____. --whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/#:~:text=The%20first%20Democrat%20elected%20after,1889%20and%201893%2D1897).
Less-formal hotel
4-7 a.m., e.g. (2 words)
Indigenous people of present-day Utah, western Colorado, and northern New Mexico --Wikipedia
Palm Springs utility (3 words, initials)
Carry
In the role of
Coupon Income --abbreviations.com
Republicans will have “the smallest _____ majority since there have been 50 states”. (portion of Congress) —heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-18-2024
Bathroom tissue (2 words, initials)
Male pronoun
Republicans won with less money using social media, blogs and ________ while Democrats used old-school, more traditional efforts to get out the vote (e.g., door-to-door canvasing, telephoning). (serial internet shows) —Van Jones, CNN host.
Catholic Sunday ritual
Lawyer degree (initials) --google.com
With "on", squeal, tell --merriam-webster.com
Directions other than W, N
Borrow antonym
CLVI/III
So good!
Authorized extended time off (3 words, initials)
2024 grammy nomination for Best Audit Book for his series of Sunday School lectures. (name)
Province touching MN and NY --google.com/maps
Won’t be listed on the Sex Offender Registry January 20, 2025. (residence, 2 words) —Snoopes.com, 11/18/24, dismissing rumor.
Not my fault (Lat.)
Whitney, Manning, Lilly --google.com
CXXII/II
Obstinate, unyielding, implacable (noun)
Govt. social safety net prog.
Apposition indicating entity's personnel are not personally liable (abbrev.)
Fe, fi, __, fum
Land on the Edge —thetravelbible.com/translation-of-country-names-around-the-world/
Earth natural satellite
Bumpersticker: “Don’t like abortions? Ignore them like you do ______ shootings.” (education sites) —facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122204619908056364&set=a.122108644286056364
Second Time Around --abbreviations.com
3, 13, 27, 49, e.g.
“54% of [American] adults have a literacy below _____-grade level.” (number, adj.) —crossrivertherapy.com/research/literacy-statistics#:~:text=Top%2010%20U.S.%20Literacy%20Rate,older%20are%20illiterate%20in%202022. 
Over 80% of its mammals, reptiles, amphibians and plants can’t be found anywhere else in the world. (country) —twinkl.com/blog/35-facts-about-*********n-wildlife
Touching WY and NE --google.com/maps
Towards the rear
Weight meas.
Operating Income --abbreviations.com
Erase, delete
Before noon
Tax Rate --abbreviations.com
Vowel listing alphabetically
Everyone likes Jon, but reelection in Montana for him this time was like trying to benchpress 1,000 pounds. (last name) —Sen. John Fetterman, (D-PA).
Can do
Sequence of vowels alphabetically
Obesity is <10%, 2nd best healthcare system in the world (in terms of access, spending efficiency). (nation, abbrev.) --Wikipedia
“I don’t whine, I _____.” (express feelings) —Husband to wife, “Baby Blues” cartoon, 11/19/24
Abutting PA, DE & VA --google.com/maps
Land like a DMZ (2 words)
“No sane man would want the ______. The men who are dangerous are the ones who do want it.” (head organization of the Roman Catholic Church) —“The Conclave”. —video, joemygod.com/2024/11/chatter-away-overnight-open-thread-2423/
Clues; very small amounts --merriam-webster.com
Ask for leniency
Landmark mound --google.com
Owing to the fact that, for short
Western hemisphere continent (initials)
Harris spent too much time addressing HER ____? (core supporters)
State with the highest unemployment (5.6% in 3rd quarter 2024) (abbrev.) —bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Observe
Hottest state of an element
Vowel sequence
CE synonym
Depart
Philippines to Japan direction (abbrev.) --google.com/maps
Between FR and SU