LA Times Crossword 26 January 23, Thursday - LAXCrossword.com (2023)

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1 trial courses? : APPLICATIONS

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5 female turkeys: CHICKENS

A male turkey is called a tom or eater. Female turkey hens are chickens, and baby turkeys are called poults.

17 pets that frequented the Hamburglar: DETECTIVE BIG MAC (from "Officer Big Mac")

The Hamburglar is a character that appears in several McDonald's commercials. Introduced in 1971, he is known for his attempts to steal Ronald McDonald's hamburgers. The Hamburglar often meets officer Big Mac, the chief of police.

20 Dutch cheese: EDAM

Edam cheese takes its name from the Dutch town of Edam in the north of the Netherlands. The cheese is famous for its coating of red paraffin wax, a protective layer that helps Edam in transit and prevents it from spoiling. Every once in a while you'll come across an Edam coated in black wax. The black color indicates that the underlying cheese has been aged for at least 17 weeks.

23 Goatee and Tie Mascot: GENERAL SANDERS (from "Colonel Sanders")

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) "Colonel" Sanders has been portrayed in television commercials by various celebrities. The list includes Norm Macdonald, Jim Gaffigan, George Hamilton, Billy Zane, Rob Lowe, Ray Liotta, and even Reba McEntire.

28 Flying figure. : OLD

height (alternative)

29 Dismember a black diamond? : SKI

In North America, ski slopes are standardized in terms of ski difficulty. The qualifications are:

• Green Circles - Easy to ski, often referred to as "rabbit slopes."
• Blue squares: medium difficulty
• Black Diamond - steep and challenging terrain
• Double Black Diamond: Experts only (I've never faced one!)

30 Currier y __: IVES

Currier and Ives was a New York City printing company run from 1834 to 1907 by Nathaniel Currier and his partner James Merritt Ives. The company specialized in the production of affordable, hand-colored black-and-white lithographs.

33 Shade Tree: ELM

Dutch elm disease is a devastating fungus for all elm species that is transmitted by the Dutch elm bark beetle. The disease is believed to have originated in Asia and is now widespread in Europe and North America. Although a hybrid of the elm known as Dutch elm exists, the disease is not named after the tree. Rather, the disease is called "Dutch" because it was identified in 1921 by a phytopathologist (plant pathologist) in the Netherlands.

36 Mascota "Born in the Sea of ​​Milk": ALMIRANTE CRUNCH (de "Cap'n Crunch")

The first commercials for Cap'n Crunch aired in 1963 when the product line was introduced. The Captain's full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch, would you believe it? For many years, Crunch was voiced by Daws Butler, the same voice actor who gave us Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. Cap'n Crunch is a commander of the S.S. guppy

45 Content of the ocean: WATER

In Spanish, “el océano” (the ocean) contains a lot of “agua” (water).

49 Stadium cheers: OLE!

In Spain, you may hear the cry "Olé!" in a stadium".

50 pets that say "I want to eat your cereal!" : MARQUIS CHOCULA (from "Count Chocula")

General Mills introduced us to a whole line of monster-themed breakfast cereals, beginning in 1971 with Count Chocula and Franken Berry. Then came the Boo Berry, Fruit Brute, and Fruity Yummy Mummy.

55 Red anterior de Samantha Bee: TBS

Samantha Bee is a comedian from Toronto who rose to fame as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2003. Bee left The Daily Show in 2015 to pursue her own late-night talk show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS.

56 Calgary Sommerstunden. : MDT

Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)

Calgary, the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta, is named after Calgary on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. Calgary, Canada, hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics.

57 Abandoned? : PORT

The left side of a ship used to be referred to as the "port side", but it was changed to "port" because the pronunciation of "port" could easily be confused with "starboard", the right side of the ship. . The term "harbor" was chosen because it was common to dock a ship for loading in port with the ship's left side against the dock.

64 Mit 40-Down, legal scholar played by Kerry Washington in HBO's "Confirmation": ANITA...

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Anita Hill is an attorney who became a professor at Brandeis University in 2015. Hill garnered much attention in 1991 when she accused United States Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Judge Thomas was confirmed anyway. Many say that Hill's testimony during the confirmation hearings raised public awareness about the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace. Within a year, harassment complaints increased by fifty percent.

Confirmation is a 2016 television movie about Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearing and Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations. Kerry Washington plays Hill and Wendell Pierce plays Thomas.

65 Previous ordinance, in summary: IN THE AT

In overtime (in OT)

66 Elevator Kiss: SNOG

"Snogging" is British slang of unknown origin dating back to the end of World War II. The term is used for "kissing and snuggling," which we call "smooching" here in the US.

67 Collar for cats Tags: ID-TAG

Identity document (ID)

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1 verb on a test strip: ADD

A type of dipstick is used to measure the oil level in an internal combustion engine.

4 Greta Thunberg, in particular: SWEDEN

Greta Thunberg is an environmental activist from Sweden who came to national attention in her homeland when she was just 15 years old. In 2018, she went on strike from school and marched with banners in front of the Swedish parliament to pressure the government to take stronger action to combat climate change. She later participated in demonstrations throughout Europe and became a regular speaker at such events. Speaking at the 2019 UN climate summit at the UN headquarters, she chose to sail from Sweden to New York rather than fly. When she was named Time's Person of the Year in 2019 at the age of 16, she Thunberg was the youngest person to receive such an honor.

5 People Who Work With Bowlers & Boaters: HATS

I believe a bowler hat is generally referred to as a derby here in the US. The bowler hat was first made in London in 1849 by hatters Thomas and William Bowler, hence the name. The alternate name "Derby" comes from the tradition of wearing bowler hats at the Derby horse race (a major race held annually in England).

A boater is a straw hat often associated with boating, hence the name.

6 Yalie: ELI

"Eli" is the nickname of a Yale University graduate and a term used in honor of Yale's benefactor, Elihu Yale.

7 Supersterne: NEW

A nova (plural "novae") is basically a star that suddenly becomes much brighter, gradually returning to its original state weeks or even years later. The increased brightness of a nova is due to increased core activity, causing the star to pick up additional hydrogen from a neighboring celestial body. A supernova is very different from a nova. A supernova is a very bright burst of light and energy that occurs when most of the matter in a star explodes. The bright burst of a supernova is very short-lived compared to the sustained brightness of a nova.

9 government. Scholarship: SSI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program that provides financial relief to low-income people who are age 65 or older, blind, or disabled. The SSI program is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA), although the Social Security Trust Fund is not used for SSI payments. SSI payments come from general tax revenue.

10 Dutch banking giant with orange lion logo: ING

ING is a giant Dutch banking institution that was formed through a merger in 1991. The company's headquarters are located in a spectacular building in Amsterdam, simply called ING House. ING stands for International Nederlanden Group.

12 Alison Into The Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame: KRAUSS

Alison Krauss is a bluegrass country musician and singer from Illinois. You can hear some of her music on movie soundtracks like "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". and "Cold Mountain".

18 Sonata and Cadence: AUTOS

The Sonata is one of Hyundai's most successful models, being introduced in 1985 and still being sold today. The original model did not make it to the North American market due to problems meeting emissions standards. The first Sonatas arrived on this side of the Pacific in 1988 and were assembled in Bromont, Quebec.

The Cadenza is a full-size car sold in North America and manufactured by Kia. The same model is sold as the Kia K7 in South Korea.

19 „__-Who“ : BEN

Charlton Heston's famous 1959 film Ben-Hur is a dramatization of a book published in 1880 by Lew Wallace entitled Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ. The epic 1959 film won a record 11 Academy Awards, a feat equaled but never surpassed since. The other winners of 11 Oscars are Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Rings (2003).

25 Singers/Activists Downs: PURPLE

"Lila Downs" is the stage name of Mexican singer Ana Lila Downs Sánchez. Downs has lived in both the United States and Mexico at various stages of her life. She is also known for her political activism, mainly in support of the indigenous peoples of Latin America.

32 matter of the heart: LOVE

"Amour" (love) in French is an "affaire de coeur" (affair of the heart).

34 organizations. :MLS

New York City Football Club (NYCFC) played its first game in Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2015, shortly after becoming the league's 20th expansion team. NYCFC plays most of its games at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

35 pots of freshly brewed coffee, eg: FRESH POTS

A pitcher is a glass container that does not have handles or a stopper.

37 Kirkuk Country: IRAK

Kirkuk is a city in northern Iraq, in the Kurdish region of the country.

39 Salad dressing: CRUTONS

A crouton is a small piece of toasted bread. The term "crouton" comes from the French "croûte" and means "rind".

44 Legendary Cause of Real Insomnia: PEA

The Princess and the Pea is a fairy tale by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. The gist of the story is that a prince's mother tests the royal blood of an apparent princess by placing a pea under a pile of mattresses on which the young woman sleeps. The girl complains of a restless night and shows a physical sensitivity that can only be attributed to a princess. And they all lived happily ever after...

45 Radio setting: AM BAND

In telecommunications, a radio signal is transmitted with a sinusoidal carrier wave. Information is transmitted using this carrier wave in two main ways, by varying (modulating) the instantaneous amplitude (signal strength) of the carrier wave and by modulating the instantaneous frequency of the carrier wave. The first is called an AM ("amplitude modulation") signal and the second is called an FM ("frequency modulation") signal.

48 Night Call: HOOT

Much of an owl's diet consists of small mammals. As a result, humans have used owls to control rodent populations for centuries, typically by placing an owl nest box on property. Even though owls and humans live together in relative harmony, owls have been known to attack humans from time to time. Famous English bird photographer Eric Hosking lost an eye when he was attacked by a tawny owl he was trying to photograph. Hosking wrote an autobiography ironically titled An Eye for a Bird in 1970.

51 calls to strike: UMP

In the 15th century, "an arbitrator" was referred to as "un noumpere", which was misinterpreted and thus led to the initial N being omitted. The term "noumpere" comes from the Old French "nonper", which means "neither even, nor even, odd number". The idea was that the original arbitrator was a third person who was asked to arbitrate between two, whenever the "odd number" number was necessary to resolve the dispute.

52 Elba from „The Suicide Squad“ : IDRIS

English actor Idris Elba played drug dealer Stringer Bell on HBO's hit drama series The Wire and played the title character in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Off-screen, Elba occasionally performs as a disc jockey under the name "DJ Big Driis".

The Suicide Squad is a 2021 superhero film set in the DC Comics universe and a sequel to the 2016 Suicide Squad film. It has a great cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Sylvester Stallone, and Viola Davis Peter Capaldi.

53 curling target: STONE

I think curling is a cool game (pun intended!). It's a bit like petanque but it's played on an ice rink. The sport is said to have been invented in medieval Scotland and is called curling due to the movement of granite stone on the ice. A player can make the stone take a curved path ("curl") by slowly turning it as it slides.

55 Taiwan's first female president: TSAI

Tsai Ing-wen was elected Taiwan's first female president in 2016. Tsai was also the country's first single female president.

59 "When do you board?": Estimated time of arrival?

Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)

Problema de 60 Altes Futon: CASE

Anyone lucky enough to have visited Japan may be familiar with the traditional Japanese futon. Unlike what we usually call a futon in this country, the Japanese original is a padded mattress and quilt. Japanese futons are usually rolled up in the morning so that the sleeping area can be converted during the day.

63 „__ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band“: SGT

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was the Beatles' alter ego and the title of a famous studio album released in 1967, as well as the name of the album's title track.