3 minute read
COVER WEEK IN REVIEW
e k i n 3 0 D o w n
Week in 35 Across
Advertisement
Across
1 Winter hours on the west coast 4 A wee pour of whiskey, say 8 The Cardinals, on scoreboards 11 Side of a diamond, maybe 13 Of the force, noted user 14 Words of surprise, maybe 15 _____ Thomas, famed Pistons point guard 16 Unit of laundry 17 East Side Mini ____ 18 “Mess with the honk, you’ll get the bonk” meme (two words) 20 Piece of plumbing useful for right angles 22 Personal ID number you shouldn’t give out 23 Worst day of the week, abbr. 24 Wagering words 26 Issue of the Indy in need of WiR writers? (We want you!!) 27 A Swedish foursome you can tell your mamma (mia) about? 29 Midwestern variant of 14 across often accompanied by ‘sorry!’ 30 Warm up before a game, say (two words) 33 Verticals, graphically 35 Put this in the bowl before the milk, you monsters 37 Passed quickly on the street 38 All of us, per Carl Sagan 39FedEx alternative with iconic brown shorts 40 Keep them about you! 42 System underpinning SNAP benefits 43 “Look Pops!” alternative 45 Mmm Whatcha ___ 46 Basketball stat that generates points for a teammate, abbr. 49 ______ Suleman, noted reality TV figure 50 Keeps one’s score even on a golf hole (two words)
(Look, we hate golf too, we hate it for its classism, racism, waste of public space, hoarding of water, and general icky-ness. We think they should turn all golf courses into parks and public works. That’s the world we’d like to live in. Guess in the meantime it’s fair game for the crossword.) 52 Short shot in golf (see 50 across for manifesto) 53 Last name of singers Este, Danielle, and Alana 55 Prefix with -bian and -theater 56 Bake sale organizers, abbr. 57 Birds noted for their wisdom 58 Timepiece for the ultra-wealthy 59 Suffix with organ or vegan 60 Lead in to -zeball or -zebag 61 Kind of pill, with ‘cap’
Down
1 Steps, in Seville 2 Descendant of a notable family, or a kind of Toyota 3 Coffee alternatives 4 Blowin’ in the Wind singer 5 Kind of beer you could give to a baby? 6 Toothpullers assoc. 7 Word game played by (group of people) that creates an (adjective) story for everyone to (verb)? 8 Things that Indy editors may get up on? 9 Sports feat accomplished by the Chicago Bulls and the Houston Comets 10 Where you park a car 11 Fruits you might find with a famous Newton 12 Home, broadly speaking 17 Cool amount of money? 19 Unit of 35 across 21 Went with the flow 25 Elo Mus Compan? 26 Action with a knife 27 Office helpers, abbr. 28 Apt fish for a frat house? 30 Brand of 35 Across that has experienced an acute shortage in recent weeks, depriving customers across the nation.
If anyone wants to write about this for WiR just let us know. We are honestly surprised that there is a shortage. This brand isn’t very good and we are shocked by how many people love it. 31 A very small particle, but even smaller than usual (this one is really rough I’m sorry just try and get the acrosses) 32 Kiln for drying hops, and an apt anagram for the puzzle’s theme 34 Stuck in ____ (two words) 35 Variant of ‘Bro’ 36 Noise an old floorboard might make 41 Famous potatoes? 44 Banned chemical famously written about in Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring 45 Guy who bugged out? (Or a savory Central Asian pastry) 46 Fruit you might find with a famous Newton 47 Biome just south of the Sahara 48 Brand of 35 Across that are explicitly not for silly rabbits, but rather for kids. 50 Around 1.6 kilometers 51 Pollution portmanteau 52 One measurement for inflation, abbr. 54 Tool for punching leather
