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Today’s Reveal Answer: Yes and Yes
Themed answers each include two identical foreign translations of the word “YES” hidden within:
- 62A “Totally agree!” … or what the circled letters are, in different languages : YES AND YES
- 16A Well-dressed guy : DAPPER DAN (da i da, in Russian)
- 38A Containers for fruit preserves : JAM JARS (ja und ja, in German)
- 10D 1963 Kingsmen hit with a repetitive title : LOUIE LOUIE (oui et oui, in French)
- 27D On-location inspections : SITE VISITS (si y si, in Spanish)
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Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies
I’ve been feeling under the weather for a few days now, hence this very tardy and abbreviated post.
Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.
Bill
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1A One of two fruit flavors in Sprite : LIME
5A Has no choice : MUST
9A “The ___ thickens” : PLOT
13A Islamic prayer leader : IMAM
14A Poker player’s buy-in : ANTE
15A Italian “Paul” : PAOLO
16A Well-dressed guy : DAPPER DAN (da i da, in Russian)
18A Arctic Indigenous group : INUIT
19A Venomous arachnid : SCORPION
20A Not dormant, as a volcano : ACTIVE
21A A, in German : EIN
22A Autobahn speedometer meas. : KPH
24A Take, as advice : HEED
25A It captures ballpark smooches : KISS CAM
29A Stand for a poster : EASEL
31A Egyptian fertility goddess : ISIS
32A Hilarious person : RIOT
34A Doll with neon hair : TROLL
37A Ping-Pong table divider : NET
38A Containers for fruit preserves : JAM JARS (ja und ja, in German)
40A Burj Khalifa’s country, for short : UAE
41A Birds in V-formations : GEESE
43A Capital with fjord tours : OSLO
44A Facility that produces coins : MINT
45A Casts a ballot : VOTES
47A Lengthy rants : SCREEDS
49A Sulky state : SNIT
51A ___ Geo Wild (cable channel) : NAT
53A Popular chain for RVers : KOA
54A Snacked : NOSHED
56A Hot pepper named for Cuba’s capital : HABANERO
61A Off Broadway awards : OBIES
62A “Totally agree!” … or what the circled letters are, in different languages : YES AND YES
63A Like throwbacks : RETRO
64A Abbr. before a recipient’s name on an envelope : ATTN
65A The Roaring Twenties and the Swinging Sixties : ERAS
66A Otherwise : ELSE
67A Hotel worker : MAID
68A Overhaul : REDO
Down
1D Covers for pots : LIDS
2D Apple with a big screen : IMAC
3D ___ tofu (Sichuan dish) : MAPO
4D Catherine the Great, e.g. : EMPRESS
5D Sauce for mozzarella sticks : MARINARA
6D Erase : UNDO
7D Reeked : STANK
8D Half a score : TEN
9D “Pink” animal of film : PANTHER
10D 1963 Kingsmen hit with a repetitive title : LOUIE LOUIE (oui et oui, in French)
11D Martini garnish : OLIVE
12D Schlepped : TOTED
15D Insta posting : PIC
17D Sweeping in scope : EPIC
20D “Now I understand!” : AHA!
23D Fragrant bits tossed at newlyweds : PETALS
25D Key chess piece : KING
26D “That makes sense” : I SEE
27D On-location inspections : SITE VISITS (si y si, in Spanish)
28D Boozy brunch drink : MIMOSA
30D Lines on a GPS : STS
33D Breakfast beverages, for short : OJS
35D Come down to earth : LAND
36D “Sounds like a plan!” : LET’S!
38D Hot tub nozzle : JET
39D Green Day or Pink Floyd : ROCK BAND
42D “And that’s that!” : SO THERE!
44D Wander aimlessly : MEANDER
46D Wrap up : END
48D Singer Chappell : ROAN
49D Sound asleep? : SNORE
50D 2016 prize for Bob Dylan : NOBEL
52D Greek letter that symbolizes an angle : THETA
55D That, in Spain : ESO
57D ___ Spumante : ASTI
58D Brontë’s “Jane ___” : EYRE
59D Enjoy a fantasy, say : READ
60D ___ buco : OSSO
62D Sweet potato : YAM
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