Wednesday, August 23, 2012 C. C. Burnikel
Theme:
13,203.58 down 68.06 (0.51%) This is the level of the DOW Jones 30 Industrial Average stock index, commonly referred to simply as the DOW, as of Tuesday's close. Each of five theme entries contains the name of one of the component corporations, split across two words of the answer.
16 A. Certain music teacher :
VOCAL COACH. This singing instructor has a heart of Aluminum, indicated by the firm formerly known as the
Aluminum
Company Of
America. [
8.82 up 0.02 (0.23%)]
21 A. Outmoded street fixture :
COIN TELEPHONE. Back in the day, this chip maker's products were not at the heart of pay-per-use telecommunications devices. Now, its hardware and software are in computers, disk players, mobile phones, and possibly in places where you would least expect them. Now you know
INTEL. [
26.11 down 0.12 (0.46%)]
36 A. Succulent part of a rack :
RIB MEAT. Hmmmm. The closer to the bone, the sweeter is the meat. In this RIB cage we find not a heart, but the
International
Business
Machine Corporation. [
198.65 down 1.85 (0.92%)]
48 A. International Tennis Hall of Famer who won consecutive US Opens in 1997 and 1998 :
PATRICK RAFTER. News to me, since I don't follow tennis. Did you know that Oreo cookies and Oscar Meyer meats are brands owned by KRAFT Foods? [
41.11up 0.34 (0.83%)]
59 A. Louisiana nickname :
THE BIG EASY. Is N'walins the heart of LA? Maybe Hatoolah can fill us in. This is the nickname of that famous city. Hidden deep in the 9th ward we find the initials of the
General
Electric Company. [
20.85 down 0.08 (0.38%)]
And the unifier: 67 A. With “the,” much watched index, a different component of which is hidden in 16-, 21-, 36-, 48- and 59-Across :
DOW. The DJIA is one of many indexes presented by DOW Jones and Company.
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