Here is a link to my answers to today's SYNDICATED New York Times crossword.
Completion Time: 6m 24s
Theme: None
Answers I missed: 0
TODAY'S GOOGLIES (all links go to Amazon.com) ...
Across
16 OMOO: "Omoo: A Narrative of the South Seas"Across
is Herman Melville's
auto-biographical sequel to "Typee"
.17 BRIDGE TO NOWHERE: The Gravina Island Bridge project
was a $400m replacement of a ferry service to an island with about 50 residents.20 BEDE: "Adam Bede"
was the first novel written by George Eliot
(aka Mary Ann Evans).23 RHEA: Rheas are native to South America, and named after Rhea from Greek mythology.
42 TRE: Uno, due, tre ... Italian.
53 OAHU: President Barack Obama
was born in Honolulu, the first president from Hawaii.Down
1 WEBB: Jack Webb
played Sergeant Joe Friday on "Dragnet"
on both TV and radio ... and what a voice! 9 SRO: Standing Room Only.
10 BOHEMIA: Bohemia
covers most of the Czech Republic. Centuries ago, it was wrongly believed that gypsies
came from Bohemia, giving rise to the term "Bohemian" meaning a "gypsy of society".29 LE CAR: French auto-maker Renault made the "mini-like" Renault 5, and sold it as a Renault Le Car
in North America (my Dad had a Renault 5 back in Ireland).30 SWAMI: A swami is a religious teacher in the Hindu tradition.
31 OTTO I: Otto I the Great, ruled the Holy Roman Empire
in the 10th century.36 NESS: Eliot Ness
was portrayed by Kevin Costner in "The Untouchables"
(good movie).58 POST: Post Office (PO) and post script (PS).
60 BATH: The Wife of Bath is one of the more celebrated stories from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
.65 MAE: The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) is know as Fannie Mae
for short.
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