Boomer Puzzle
◆ · By Aaron · Published 2022-03-28T18:21:05.363Z
Constructor's Note
In my years solving (and now constructing) I've heard (and even made) the claim a few times that certain puzzles were made "for Boomers", usually due to the use of outdated pop culture references. This puzzle is my tribute to those puzzles. Reposted to fix a grid error so sorry if you already solved. Medium difficulty.
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Across
- 1AJunk
- 6ABoston Brahmin, for one (abbr.)
- 10AWord before serif or after comic
- 14ANORAD Santa tracker
- 15ATagline for Dodgeball (2004)'s ESPN8, with "the"
- 16AThey have New England and West Coast variants
- 17AGoodnight _____ (folk standard popularized by Lead Belly)
- 18APlains tribe
- 19ACollege student's acquisition
- 20ABoomer in Florida?
- 23AIndication a candidate might Gallup to victory?
- 24ABe wet, but not necessarily drunk
- 25A"Dijongate" president
- 29ABoomer at a concert?
- 33AAswan public works project
- 34AJordanian port that would make a good Scrabble play, at least if it were a valid Scrabble word
- 36A"So you're a fan? Well, ____ three albums!" (template for a gatekeeping meme)
- 37AOne flying first-class, for short
- 38A"The camel, though it chews the ___, does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you" (Lev. 11:4)
- 39ALabel for N*SYNC
- 42AArmy's domain?
- 43AOsaka-to-Tokyo dir.
- 44AShirt that is, ironically enough, a faux pas to wear at the golf course
- 45AAnimal on some deli menu boards
- 47ASang "There's a bathroom on the right" on "Bad Moon Rising", perhaps
- 49A___ Today (institution whose crossword is edited by 61D)
- 50ARetired boomers
- 53ALike some attractive opposites
- 55AHalf a dance
- 56ANonvegan alternative to oleomargarine
- 59ABoomer
- 63ATexas politician O'Rourke
- 66AMars, to the Greeks
- 67APostulate
- 68ATournament type
- 69A"I haven't had a ____ in ages!" (lament of a Borscht Belt vampire comedian)
- 70AAvian hissers
- 71ASound from a gun
- 72A"The ___ the limit!"
- 73AAdmin. underlings
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- 1DLike apples or dry cereal
- 2DWinfrey's production company
- 3DReneging response
- 4DZine publisher, sometimes
- 5DGratis
- 6D"I'm going to Disneyland!"
- 7DDon't just sit back
- 8DPhotograph
- 9DHomer, for one
- 10D"Beat it" location, on Thriller
- 11DImpersonate Elvis, for example
- 12DCatch red-handed
- 13DRet. boomer?
- 21DCompass dir. that's one letter off from a Texas music festival
- 22DGerman siren?
- 26DJedi and Sith, for example
- 27DPortland's state
- 28DPlugged in, like an electric guitar
- 30DHanna-____ (Animation studio responsible for many shows beloved by Boomers)
- 31DPeeps
- 32D1977 Sex Pistols classic... or the label lampooned on it
- 34DHave a temper tantrum
- 35DTaco topper
- 40DComcast alternative
- 41D"Nothing like a day lounging by the pool!"
- 46DLike some bridges over perilous chasms
- 48DFollows a Frankie Goes to Hollywood directive
- 51DGoth and emo, for some bygone teens
- 52D"Stonehenge! Where a man's a man/ And the children dance to the Pipes of ___" (Spinal Tap lyric)
- 54D_____ Us (hit social deduction game)
- 57DAerie
- 58DBald heads, metaphorically
- 60DSome computer rooms
- 61DCrossword constructor Agard
- 62DWord after Radio or Lady
- 63DSway, like a buoy
- 64DFuel economy org.
- 65DPearl Jam album that, ironically enough, has eleven songs