0529-23 NY Times Crossword 29, May 23, Monday - NYXCrossword.com (2023)

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1 Org. that operates the James Webb Telescope: NASA

The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite in late 1957, shocking the American establishment. Within months, President Eisenhower established the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, now DARPA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The space race has begun...

9 "___, poor Yorick!": Shak. : Off

In Shakespeare's "Hamlet" there is a scene where Prince Hamlet holds the skull of the deceased court madman Yorick in his hand. At this moment Hamlet begins his famous monologue:

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; type of endless jest, supreme imagination; carried me a thousand times on his back; and now how disgusting it is in my imagination…

The opening line is often misquoted as "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well."

14 Sharif who played Doctor Zhivago: OMAR

Omar Sharif was a great Hollywood actor from Egypt, someone who played leading roles in such memorable films as "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia". But to me he was my bridge hero (meaning the card game). At his peak, Sharif was one of the best bridge players in the world.

"Doctor Zhivago" is an epic novel by Boris Pasternak first published in 1957. I haven't tried to read the book, but you should see the 1965 film version directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif. The story focuses on Yuri Zhivago, a doctor and poet, and how he is affected by the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War.

16 The longest side of a right triangle: HYPOTENUSE

The hypotenuse is the longest side of a right-angled triangle, that is, the side opposite the right angle.

22 Jerry's cartoon counterpart: TOM

"Tom and Jerry" is a series of cartoons produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera beginning in 1940. These shorts feature Tom the Cat and Jerry the Mouse always going into action, with Jerry usually coming out victorious.

31 Veers, like a ship: YAW

The word "yaw" means to deviate from the course line and is mainly used at sea and in the air. "Yaw" is derived from the Old Norse word "jaege", which means "to drive, to hunt". As such, "jaw" is etymologically related to our word "yacht".

38 Cocoa and egg white dessert: CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Our word "mousse" is an old French term meaning "foam".

41 Goldilocks complains about the first bowl of porridge: TOO HOT

The story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" was first recorded in 1837 in England, although the story existed before it was actually written down. The original adventure was quite spooky, but successive versions became more family oriented. The character who eventually became Goldilocks was originally an elderly woman, and the three "nameless" bears became Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear.

44 public prosecutors, in short: DAS

national attorney (DA)

45 Work ___ : YEARS

Opus Dei is a Roman Catholic institution founded in Spain in 1928, and officially approved by the Church in 1950. In 2010, Opus Dei had over 90,000 members, mostly lay people. The institution's mission is to promote certain aspects of Roman Catholic education. Dan Brown described Opus Dei as a sinister organization in his novel The Da Vinci Code.

46 ___ black (lane): ANIMAL

"Bête noire" translates from French as "black beast" and is used in English to describe something or someone that is disliked.

54 Bat, rat or cat, but not a mosquito: MAMMALS

There are several main characteristics that distinguish mammals from other animals:

• Mammals have fur or hair
• Mammals are warm-blooded
• Mammals are born alive
• Mammals feed their young with milk produced by mammary glands
• Mammals have relatively complex brains

60 Smoothie chain founded in 1990: JAMBA JUICE

The Jamba Juice retail chain was founded in 1990 in San Luis Obispo, California, and now has stores throughout most of the United States, as far as the Philippines and South Korea.

67 A large group of people or birds: BEVY

"Bevy" is a collective noun used for a number of bird species, including quail and swans. "Bevy" is also sometimes used as a collective noun for women.

68 Bird seen en route to Haleakala National Park: NENE

Nene is a bird native to Hawaii, also known as the Hawaiian goose. The name "nene" is an imitation of his name. When Captain Cook landed on the islands in 1778, there were 25,000 Nene living there. In 1950, the number was reduced by hunting to only 30 birds. Conservation efforts in recent years have been somewhat successful. Nene was named Hawaii's state bird in 1957.

If you are visiting the island of Maui, a trip to Haleakala National Park is a must. Part of the park has the spectacular Haleakala Crater, where you'd swear you were on the moon. Another part of the park is the Kipahulu section, which contains very scenic pools accessed via the road to Hana. When we visited (many years ago), the road to Hana was a bit undeveloped and the car rental companies wouldn't let you drive their cars there. Interestingly, the only cars you would encounter on the road to Hana were rental cars…

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2 Some sound equipment on stage: AMPLIFIERS

Concert amplifiers often use vacuum tubes (also known as valves) instead of modern solid state transistors. Vacuum tubes were the primary technology used in early amplifiers, and although they have been largely replaced by transistors in many applications, they are still popular with musicians and audiophiles for their unique warmth and rich sound.

3 Comedy Items: SPOOFS

The word "spoof" entered the language in the 1880s with the meaning "fraud, fraud". The term was coined by British comedian Arthur Roberts as the name of a card game he invented that involved tricks and nonsense. The verb "spoof" came to mean "gently satirize" beginning in the 1920s.

4 Advertisement ___ (Latin for "to the stars") : ASTRA

"Ad Astra" is translated from Latin as "To the Stars", as stated in the title of the magazine published by the National Space Society, and as the motto of my alma mater, University College Dublin...

6 Down Under bird : EMU

The emu has had a hard time in Australia since man settled there. There was even an "Emu War" in Western Australia in 1932 when migrating emus competed with livestock for water and food. Soldiers were sent in and used machine guns in an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the "attack forces". The emus were smart, breaking their usual formations and adopting guerilla tactics, operating as smaller units. After 50 days of "war", the army retreated. Subsequent requests for military aid to farmers were ignored. Emus won out…

9 Cairo anklager: ASP

A poisonous snake called an aspid was a symbol of the royal family in ancient Egypt.

Cairo is the capital of Egypt. It is nicknamed the "City of a Thousand Minarets" because of its impressive skyline filled with Islamic architecture. The name "Cairo" is a European corruption of the city's original Arabic name, "Al-Qahira".

13 "___-ching!" : CHA

A shout of "cha-ching!" it is used to celebrate an unexpected gain, an unexpected receipt of a lot of money. The term is an imitation of the sound of a mechanical cash register when a transaction rings. "Cha-ching!" popularized the 1992 movie "Wayne's World." It was also used around the same time in a television spot for Rally's hamburgers that featured a young Seth Green.

17 UFO Drivers: ETS

It could be speculated that the unidentified flying object (UFO) is controlled by an extraterrestrial (ET).

24 Estate "Gone with the Wind" : TARA

In Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara's home is Tara Plantation. Tara was founded not far from Jonesboro, Georgia by Scarlett's father, Irish immigrant Gerald O'Hara. Gerald won the square mile of land on which Tara was built in an all-night poker game. He named his new abode after the Hill of Tara in his homeland, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland. Rhett's rival for Scarlet's affections is Ashley Wilkes, who lives at the nearby Twelve Oaks Plantation.

25 Aided and ___ (illegally aided) : INVITING

The word "ape" comes in English from the Old French "apeter", which means "to entice" or "to torment the dogs" (literally "to cause to bite"). This sense of encouraging something bad to happen has morphed into our modern use of the word "incite," which means to help or encourage someone in a crime.

26 The island on which Honolulu is located: OAHU

Honolulu is the largest city in Hawaii and the state capital. Located on the island of Oahu, the name "Honolulu" is translated from Hawaiian as "refuge, calm harbor, sheltered bay".

28 Four + four: eight

In Spanish, "ocho" (eight) is the sum of "cuatro y cuatro" (four plus four).

34 Ctrl-___-Del : ALT

Ctrl-Alt-Delete is a keyboard command on IBM PC compatible systems used to perform a soft reboot or, more recently, to launch the task manager in the Windows operating system. Bill Gates tells us that the command was originally just a device used during development and was never meant to be "active". He once said that "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" was a mistake and that he would have preferred a dedicated keyboard key that performed the same function.

35 "If you ask me..." : IMO ...

In my opinion (IMO)

36 Aspirerende J.D.-ispit: LSAT

Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

A law degree that is abbreviated "J.D." stands for "Juris Doctor" or "Doctor of Jurisprudence".

40 One of the great lakes: ERIE

Lake Erie is the fourth largest of the five Great Lakes by surface area (Lake Ontario is the smallest). The lake was named after the Erie Indian tribe that lived along its southern shore. Erie is the smallest of the Great Lakes by volume and the shallowest, something nearby residents are very grateful for. Because the Erie is relatively shallow, much of the Erie partially freezes during most winters, terminating most of the lake-effect snow that falls in the snow belt that extends from the lake's edge.

49 A headdress whose name means "curtain" in Arabic: HIJAB

Some Muslim women wear the hijab in the presence of men outside their immediate family. Hijab is a veil that covers the head and chest. Some also use the niqab as part of the hijab, which is a cloth that covers the face. Other Muslim women wear a burqa that covers the entire body from the top of the head to the ground.

50 Actress Thurman from "Pulp Fiction" : UMA

Uma Thurman started her working career as a model at the age of 15. She appeared in her first films at 17, and her most acclaimed early role was as Cécile de Volanges in 1988's Dangerous Liaisons. Thurman's career really took off when she played mobster Mullah Mia in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction in 1994. My favorite of all Thurman's films is The Truth About Cats & Dogs, a lesser-known romcom released in 1996. She took a few years off from play. from 1998 to 2002 after the birth of her first child. It was Tarantino who relaunched her career and gave her the lead role in the "Kill Bill" films.

I'm not a big fan of director Quentin Tarantino or his work. His movies are too violent for me and the size of his ego just turns me off. That being said, I think "Pulp Fiction" is an excellent movie. If you can look past the violence, it's really well written. And what a legacy he has. John Travolta's career was at its peak and he shot the film with practically no money and it turned out to be his relaunch. Uma Thurman became a top celebrity overnight from her role. Even Bruce Willis got some good out of it, breaking a string of poorly received performances.

51 Louisiana style of cuisine: CAJUN

Cajun cuisine is named after the French-speaking Acadians who were deported from Acadia, Canada to Louisiana in the 18th century.

55 Personal appearance : MIEN

One's appearance is one's behavior or behavior. "Mien" has the same etymological root as our word "behaviour".

56 Land unit: AKR

A morning was once defined as the amount of land that a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Then an acre was more precisely defined as a strip of land "a furrow long" (ie, a furrow long) and a chain wide. The length of a step was equal to 10 chains or 40 rods. The area of ​​a track multiplied by 10 rods was a road.

57 "___ Wretches": THE

The musical "Les Misérables" from 1980 is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same name from 1862. The play opened in London in 1985 and is the longest-running musical in the history of London's West End. My wife and I saw "Les Miz" at the Queen's Theater in London many years ago, but were only able to get back row tickets. The theater seats are very steep, so the last row of the balcony is extremely high above the stage. One of the major events in the story is the construction of a street barricade around which the rebels fight. At the height where we sat, we could see the stage workers behind the barricade, sitting and drinking Coke, even smoking cigarettes. At a signal, the stagehands rose and caught a dropped gun or a shot actor. It was quite comical. I didn't enjoy the show that much, to be honest. Some good songs, but the musical version of the story just didn't seem to fit together for me.

61 The cable channel that launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" : MTV

The first video was played at the launch of MTV Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" (I love that song), followed by Pat Benatar singing "You Better Run".

62 San Francisco/Oakland Divider: BAY

The San Francisco Bay Area consists of nine counties that touch the San Francisco Bay itself: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. The region also includes the larger cities of San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland.