Puzzle #55 "Celebrating the year of the 🐯"
■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2022-01-29T21:04:18.324Z
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Grain used to make horchata (in its original form, it is made from sweetened tiger nuts)
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- 1AGrain used to make horchata (in its original form, it is made from sweetened tiger nuts)
- 5AWord often confused with "lie"
- 8AKind of bean
- 12ALike a "breaky heart," per Billy Ray Cyrus
- 13ATiger ___ (when I was little and had a stomach ache, my mom said to rub this all over my tummy... I think it helped? I like the menthol smell)
- 14AKind of pole
- 15AMoniker of the "Tiger King," who is in a long-standing feud with Carole Baskin
- 17ALiterary device derived from the Greek word for "feigned ignorance"
- 18AGasteyer who played Cady's mom in "Mean Girls"
- 19AGo bad
- 20ASilver, in heraldry
- 22AWhat popular items may sell like
- 25ACommon addition to a hot stone pot bibimbap
- 26ACries of dismay as seen before "vey" and "gevalt"
- 27AMovie with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker (how did he not end up eating the kid on the boat?)
- 32ATiger, or some of his golf clubs
- 35AWinona who plays the grieving mother on "Stranger Things"
- 36AAnts on a ___ (classic healthy snack where the raisins ("ants") sit atop a celery stick with peanut butter)
- 37A___ Kadabra (DC Comics foe of the Flash)
- 38AAny of the Seven Dwarfs, by profession
- 39AFastest shark in world with burst speeds of up to 45 mph, beating out the tiger shark's 20 mph
- 40AMauna ___ (macadamia nut brand)
- 41AFruit of the Loom competitor
- 42AKind of "tiger" who is all-bark, no-bite
- 43ABrand whose best-selling cereal is Frosted Flakes (according to Tony the Tiger, they're gr-r-reat!)
- 45AThe Tigers, on scoreboards
- 46ATech company in Lou Gerstner's memoir "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?"
- 47ADiagnostic procedure to find out what you're allergic to
- 52A"Slumdog Millionaire" setting
- 55A"The Ballad of Sexual Dependency" photographer Goldin
- 56AEeny, meeny, miny moe, catch a tiger by the ___... (nursery rhyme that not many are aware has racist origins)
- 57ARobot maid on "The Jetsons"
- 58ATiger voiced by Idris Elba in the 2016 remake of "The Jungle Book"
- 61A"Awake and Sing!" playwright Clifford
- 62ATiger ___ (orange flower with black dots)
- 63A$2.75, for a single subway ride in NYC (at the time of writing this clue)
- 64AGen ___ (millennials)
- 65AQuite fitting
- 66ATech news and review site that was mentioned in an episode of "Modern Family" (Phil and Claire get into an argument about how difficult it is to use a remote control)
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- 1DJasmine's tiger in "Aladdin" who growled when he overheard Jasmine tell the sultan "I've never had any real friends," to which she replies "except you ___," causing him to purr in delight
- 2DPrefix with -clastic or -graphic
- 3DLooking up the answer to today's Wordle before actually playing, for example
- 4DSurvivor's "___ of the Tiger"
- 5DEspresso with steamed milk
- 6DMahershala of "Green Book"
- 7DWhere it's fun to stay at, per the Village People
- 8DPrecede in place or time
- 9D"It hit me like ___ of bricks"
- 10DRelease, as pent-up anger
- 11DChua with the memoir "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" which spurred a controversial conversation surrounding parenting
- 13DThey're bound to sell?
- 14DWinnie the Pooh's bouncy tiger friend with the catchphrase "TTFN! Ta-ta for now!"
- 16DBitewings, at a dental office
- 21DSend elsewhere, as to a specialist
- 23DMusical finale
- 24DDeceitful cleverness
- 28D"Beware the ___ of March"
- 29DFeature on the back of some pajamas
- 30DWhat to do to the Pillsbury Doughboy's tummy to make him giggle
- 31D"The Rite of Spring" composer Stravinsky
- 32DWay to get to first base without a hit
- 33DInstrument with a brief solo in Beethoven's Fifth
- 34DInserted in the mouth, like some thermometers
- 35DWhat sumo wrestlers try to stay within
- 38DUnderground molten rock
- 39D"South Park" co-creator Stone
- 41DCalvin's tiger friend of comics (in the final strip, the pair go sledding with the boy saying: "It's a magical world, ___, ol' buddy... let's go exploring!")
- 42DPasta that can be served alla vodka
- 44DBoundaries
- 45DJournal of private thoughts
- 48DWhat the members of Boyz II Men did in their music video for "On Bended Knee"
- 49D"No Country for Old Men" co-director Coen
- 50D"Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and ___ you"
- 51DGuiding principle
- 52D___ of transportation
- 53D___-friendly (easy to operate)
- 54DMadonna's "La ___ Bonita"
- 57DSiegfried & ___ (magician duo that performed with white tigers)
- 59DModern and trendy
- 60DRestaurant chain where you can choose Original Recipe or Extra Crispy