20A. Dog, barking: DANGER ALERT.
30. Dog, begging: TREAT PLEASE.
46. Dog, ears erect: WHAT WAS THAT?
55. Dog, tail wagging: WELCOME HOME.
These don't require a lot of elaboration, though some of them can - and sometimes should - be interpreted in other ways. Dogs do have a rather limited vocabulary.
Hi Gang, JazzBumpa here as today's game warden. I've never had a dog, but our four kids all have a canine companion in their families, sometimes referred to as our grand dogs. Let's unleash our minds and pound our way through today's puzzle.
Across:
1. Minor misunderstanding: TIFF. Less severe than a spat
5. Long part of an arrow: SHAFT. Feathers at one end, point at the other.
10. Pride Month letters: LGBT. Now LGBQTIA+, referring to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual or allied, with a + sign in case anyone was missed. Don't judge.
14. Sticky pod: OKRA. An edible plant part coming from abelmoschus esculentus, a flowering plant cultivated in warm to tropical regions around the globe.
15. Grammy winner Jones: NORAH. [b 1979] Ravi Shankar's daughter.
17. Letter starter: DEAR ______. The salutation.
18. Speechify: ORATE. Speak to an audience.
19. Soda __: fountain worker: JERK. Maker of sodas, malts and shakes.
23. "Understand?": SEE? Get it?
24. Common Scrabble tile value: ONE. Used with the most commonly occurring letters.
25. Afflicts: AILS. Causes health or other kinds of problems.
27. Satisfied sigh sound: AAH.
36. Driving problem: GLARE. This is why dash panel tops are dark. The reflection of a light colored object on the windshield obscures the view through the glass. The technical term is "veiling glare." Of course there can also be direct glare, as when driving into the morning or late afternoon sun.
38. Sinewy: WIRY. Slender and muscular.
39. Rio contents: AGUA. Spanish water.
40. Burton of "Star Trek: TNG": LEVAR. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. [b 1957] is an American actor, author and producer. He also played Kunta Kinte in the 1977 ABC minseries ROOTS.
41. Rhea cousin: EMU. Large, flightless birds.
42. Harry's mom Lily __ Potter: EVANS. The unrequited love of Severus Snape.
43. Not buttoned, as a shirt: OPEN.
44. "Bummer!": DRAT. Exclamation of disappointment.
45. It flows below the Pont Neuf: SEINE. French river, full of eau.
49. Nada: NIL. Zero.
50. Steel-toe item: BOOT. Protective footware.
51. "Just a __!": SEC. Hang on, I'll be right there.
53. Southeast airport code: ATL. Atlanta.
62. Thigh muscle, briefly: QUAD. A group of 4 muscles in the front thigh that connect just below the knee cap. They straighten and also bend the knee.
64. "Outlander" series novelist Gabaldon: DIANA. [b 1952] Her books merge multiple genres: historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure, etc.
65. Big name in big projections: IMAX. A proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately 1.43:1 & 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating. [Wikipedia]
66. Bear overhead: URSA. Either of two constellations, named as bears in Latin. Not the highway patrol in a helicopter.
67. Sprinter Bolt: USAIN. [b 1986] Jamaican sprinter who holds the world records in 100, 200, and 4x100 relays.
68. Daughter in the 2019 film "Judy": LIZA. Garland and Minelli, respectively.
69. Unwelcome diners: ANTS. At picnics and in pantries.
70. __ hose: PANTY. Close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes.
71. Agenda bullet: ITEM. Keep the meeting on track.
Down:
1. Mary __ Lincoln: TODD. [1818-1882] Before marrying Abraham Lincoln and becoming first lady, she was courted by his political opponent Steven A Douglas.
2. Swedish superstore: IKEA. Purveyor of knocked down furniture and many other household items.
3. San __: Cal. city nickname: FRAN. Properly, San Francisco. The region is known to have been occupied 5000 years ago. The city was founded by Spanish settlers in 1776.
4. FX series inspired by a Coen brothers film: FARGO.
5. Noisy bedmate: SNORER. Guilty.
6. Traditional group dance: HORA. A circular folk dance that originated in the balkans.
7. Decimated Asian sea: ARAL. Formerly the 4th largest lake in the world, it has been shrinking since the 1960's due to Soviet irrigation projects diverting the rivers that fed it. Large portions of its four basins had dried by 1997. A restoration project by Kazakhstan had raised the water level by 12 meters between 2003 and 2008. You can read much more about it here.
8. Karma: FATE. The universe giving you what you deserve.
9. Course of treatment: THERAPY.
10. JFK-RMN link: LBJ. Readily recognizable U.S. Presidents.
11. "No, still not right": GUESS AGAIN. Try harder.
12. Snooze inducer: BORE. An uninteresting event.
13. Tot: TYKE. Moppet.
21. Go in: ENTER. Also a computer key
22. Up to, briefly: TIL. Until, more longly.
26. Split: LEAVE. Slang.
27. Luminous: AGLOW. Radiant, dazzling.
28. First Hebrew letter: ALEPH. More here.
29. Enjoy oneself immensely: HAVE A BLAST. TNT not required.
31. Fancy pitchers: EWERS. Large, wide-mouthed jugs
32. Focus on, as a bull's-eye: AIM AT.
33. Alternative to dare: TRUTH. TRUTH or dare is a game in which players must either answer a question truthfully or perform a dare. In one variant, the questions and dares are written on slips of paper, and the player must choose one of these, sight unseen, and cannot switch.
Also, a documentary movie about Madonna's 1990 Blonde Ambition world tour.
34. Branch of Islam: SUNNI. The larger of the 2 main branches. The other is Shia.
35. Watercolor prop: EASEL. An upright support typically used for working on or displaying paintings.
37. Totaled, as costs: RAN TO.
42. First name in beauty products: ESTEE. Lauder, née Josephine Esther Mentzer [1906 – 2004] was an American businesswoman. With her husband Joseph she founded the cosmetics company for which she is the eponym.
44. Went out with someone wealthier, say: DATED UP. Went out with someone higher on the social ladder.
47. Amaze: WOW. Impress excessively.
48. The same number: AS MANY. Equality.
52. __ dog: CHILI. In the Detroit metro area they're called coneys, and it's hard to get more than a mile away from a place that sells them. We like the Senate on Plymouth Rd.
53. Teal relative: AQUA. Blue-green shades.
54. Go bad: TURN. Turn sour, as milk or wine.
56. Legal thriller writer Scottoline: LISA. [b 1955] A cum laude grad in her B.A. and law degrees, both from the university of Pennsylvania. She was a legal clerk and litigator until the birth of her daughter when she left the law firm and took up writing. She has since written over 30 best selling novels.
57. Scott of "Hawaii Five-0": CAAN. [b 1976] The son of James Caan. He's been with Hawaii Five-0 since 2010
58. Tending to the matter: ON IT. Or at it.
59. Exclude: OMIT. Leave out.
60. Puzzle with dead ends: MAZE. A network of paths and barriers which one is supposed to find one's way through, into the center of, or out of.
61. Checkup: EXAM. Medical appointment
63. Prosecutors, briefly: DAS. District Attorneys.
That concludes another Wednesday. Hope this puzzle didn't bite, and you had a doggone good time.
Cool regards!
JzB
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