Tag: It’s not worth what it seems crossword clue

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15 “___, sing America” : I TOO

Langston Hughes was a poet active in the Harlem Renaissance, and someone who helped develop the literary form known as “jazz poetry”. His poem “I, Too, Sing America” was published in 1925.

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed–

I, too, am America.

18 Downward-facing dog? : CANIS MAJOR

Canis Major is Latin for “greater dog”, and is the constellation containing the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius. Because of its location in Canis Major, Sirius is also known as the Dog Star.

19 ___ text (label for a screen reader) : ALT

Alt text, short for “alternative text,” is a description of an image that is used to provide information to people who cannot see the image, either because they are visually impaired or because the image cannot be loaded for some reason.

20 ___ Robert Jr., 2020 Gold Glove Award winner : LUIS

The Gold Glove is an annual award given by Major League Baseball to the player judged to be the best in each fielding position in a season. The award was instituted in 1957 by the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings.

22 What might be caught Red-handed? : FLY BALL

The Red Scare (i.e. anti-communist sentiment) following WWII had such an effect on the populace that it even caused the Cincinnati baseball team to change its name from the Reds. The team was called the Cincinnati Redlegs from 1953-1958, as the management was fearful of losing money due to public distrust of any association with “Reds”.

24 Cracker topper : BRIE

Brie is a soft cheese that is named for the French region in which it originated. Brie is similar to the equally famous (and delicious) Camembert. Brie is often served baked in puff pastry with fig jam.

35 Roughly 62% of its claimed territory is in Antarctica : CHILE

The nation of Chile has a very distinctive shape. It is a narrow strip that runs up the west coast of South America. The average width of the country is only a little over 100 miles, and yet its length is about 2,700 miles. Chile is touted as the longest country in the world, although I am not so sure what that means exactly. I mean, Russia extends about 4,800 miles from east-to west, so maybe “longest” implies long in the north-south direction?

37 Unfettered flow of goods : FREE TRADE

A fetter is a chain or shackle for the feet. Less literally, the term “fetter” describes anything that restrains or confines To be unfettered is to be unrestrained.

39 It might turn up a turnip : SPADE

The names of veggies cause me grief sometimes. What’s called a turnip here in the US, we call a swede back in Ireland. An Irishman’s turnip is a rutabaga over here. Thank goodness a potato is a potato, or I’d just give up altogether …

41 Minuscule : TEENY

“Minuscule” is one of those words that’s often misspelled, usually as “miniscule”.

49 R&B’s ___ Hill : DRU

Dru Hill is an R&B singing group from Baltimore, Maryland. Dru Hill was formed in 1992, and is still going strong today. The name “Dru Hill” comes from Druid Hill Park which is found on the west side of Baltimore.

54 First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature : TONI

Writer Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Amongst other things, Morrison is noted for coining the phrase “our first black President”, a reference to President Bill Clinton.

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1 Fragrant rice dish : PILAF

“Pilaf” is a Persian word, one that we use to describe rice that is browned in oil and then cooked in a seasoned broth. It can also be called “pilau”.

5 Like practices associated with pentacles : OCCULT

The adjective “occult” means “secret, beyond the realm of human comprehension”. The term derives from the Latin “occultus” meaning “hidden, concealed”.

A pentagram is a star-shape with five points that has been drawn using five straight lines. The name “pentagram” comes from the Greek for “five line”. The shape is sometimes also called a “pentacle”, “pentalpha” or “pentangle”. The pentagram is used as a prominent symbol in several religions and movements, notably in modern occultism.

7 Some scuba diving gear : FINS

Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA)

8 “OMG, I didn’t need to know that!” : TMI!

Too much information! (TMI!)

9 “She’s everything. ___ just Ken” (2023 movie tagline) : HE’S

The 2023 fantasy comedy movie “Barbie” stars Margo Robbie in the title role and Ryan Gosling as Ken. It was directed by Greta Gerwig, who also co-wrote the script with her partner Noah Baumbach. I highly recommend this one …

10 Genre heard at many raves, for short : EDM

Electronic dance music (EDM)

11 Pioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after her : GRACE HOPPER

Grace Hopper College is one of the undergraduate residential colleges at Yale University. It was originally founded in 1933 as Calhoun College, named after US Vice President John C. Calhoun. The college was renamed in 2017 after significant debate and controversy surrounding Calhoun’s legacy as a white supremacist and defender of slavery. It was dedicated to the pioneering computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper, a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who earned her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Yale.

12 Asian royal : RAJA

“Raja” (also “rajah”) is a word derived from Sanskrit that is used particularly in India for a monarch or princely ruler. The female form is “rani” (also “ranee”) and is used for a raja’s wife.

20 Colleen : LASS

“Cailín” is the Irish word for “girl”, and is usually anglicized as “colleen”.

24 James Baldwin’s “If ___ Street Could Talk” : BEALE

“If Beale Street Could Talk” is a 2018 film based on a 1974 novel of the same name by James Baldwin. Both novel and movie tell the story of a young woman working to clear the name of her lover, who was wrongfully charged with rape.

25 One-named singer in the 2023 hit “Prada” : RAYE

“Raye” is the stage name of English singer/songwriter Rachel Keen. She was signed with Polydor early in her career, and left the label after Polydor allegedly refused to release her debut album. She released that album, “My 21st Century Blues”, independently in 2023, and it won Album of the Year at the 2024 BRIT Awards.

31 Title heroine who says “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you” : EYRE

“Jane Eyre” is a celebrated novel written by Charlotte Brontë, under the pen name Currer Bell. The love story is perhaps represented by the oft-quoted opening lines of the last chapter, “Reader, I married him”. There is a wonderful 4-hour television adaptation made by the BBC that I highly recommend to fans of the novel …

32 Stir-fry protein option : TOFU

“Tofu” is a name for bean curd, and is a Japanese word meaning just that … bean that has curdled. It is produced by coagulating soy milk, using either salt or something acidic. Once the protein has coagulated, the curds are pressed into the familiar blocks. Personally I love tofu, but my wife absolutely hates it …

38 Not yet final, in brief : TBA

To be advised/announced (TBA)

39 Number of kings en España named Felipe : SEIS

Spain is the second largest country in the European Union (after France). “Spain” is an anglicized form of the Spanish name “España”, which comes from the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula “Hispania”.

43 Throng : HORDE

A horde is a large crowd. “Horde” ultimately derives from the Turkish “ordu” meaning “camp, army”.

46 Superboy’s crush : LANA

Lana Lang is a character in the DC Comics universe. She grew up in Smallville, and was a friend of the young Clark Kent. As an adult, Lana became a rival to Lois Lane for the adult Kent’s affections. Lang has been portrayed by several actresses on the big and small screens. A unique portrayer of Lang is Annette O’Toole in the 1983 film “Superman III”. O’Toole went on to play Martha Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive mother on the TV show “Smallville”. Apparently, the producers of “Smallville” cast O’Toole as Clark’s mother without realizing that she had once played Clark’s girlfriend.

51 Antidiscrimination legis. of 1990 : ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)