March Air

◆ · By Bird Lives · Published 2024-03-06T12:30:14.543Z

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The answer is a well-known American.

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Comments

hoover 3s · 2024-03-06T14:28:50.070Z
As a long-time trumpet player, I've never played MANHATTANBEACH and had to look at a list of marches to confirm, but after dodging the BEACH-in-the-themer, Beach-in-a-clue rabbit hole, I stared at the themers again and SEMPERFIDELIS + WASHINGTONPOST, plus the BRASS nudge, is what did it. And now I just looked back and saw RIGHTLEFT, and it occurred to me that ELCAPITAN is another one. Thanks for putting so many hints in there!
- JM 🤓9:55 · 2024-03-07T05:37:02.350Z
  At Michigan, back in the day, we had a steady diet of Karl King.
Hector 🤓5:44 · 2024-03-06T15:11:53.933Z
100% from the title for me, as I am woefully ignorant of the titles of these classic marching band songs.
whimsy 🤓9:53 · 2024-03-06T15:29:30.677Z
I did the grid to confirm my thoughts upon seeing the title. It was fun and breezy -- apparently Jay and I know a lot of the same folks. And I just happened to find out an interesting factoid that the constructor is probably saving for his reveal chatter, so I'll pass on letting the cat out of the bag in that respect! Thanks for this one, Jay!
DCBilly 3s · 2024-03-06T15:41:34.435Z
As a parent of a West Point grad, I have attended many events where The Washington Post March is announced and played. That was the way in for me.
HeadinHome 🤓4:20 · 2024-03-06T15:42:27.846Z
Love when I learn something on these… no idea there was a march called Washington Post… I’ll assume that piece and the publication have nothing to do with each other. Nicely constructed!
- rjy 3s · 2024-03-06T16:59:10.357Z
  It was actually commissioned by the Washington Post back in the day
- DCBilly 3s · 2024-03-06T17:52:39.662Z
  The newspaper is in fact the source of the title! The Washington Post (March) has its own Wikipedia page, including a musical excerpt that you will likely recognize, that tells the story.
  - HeadinHome 🤓4:20 · 2024-03-07T16:04:50.916Z
    Just looked at that article and listened -- how many times have I heard that and didn't know its title. Also saw that the two-step was actually CALLED the Washington Post (dance) when it first was popular. !
  - ajk 8:50 · 2024-03-08T00:16:19.099Z
    whoa, had no idea of the title of that piece. Not exactly an aficionado of such things, but still. I've heard that one enough that I'm surprised I didn't learn the name by accident at least
- DrTom 🤓20:10 · 2024-03-06T17:47:42.626Z
  Boomer advantage! Being of a certain age, part of a military family and being in the military myself, I have heard ALL of the marches. There was even a movie (other than Stars and Stripes Forever) on TV about him back in the 70's I think. The Washington Post March is probably one of my favorites, just as the Washington Post Crossword is.... (though I think I may like the march more)
woozy 🤓14:43 · 2024-03-06T16:14:45.685Z
Very enjoyable (even if I dont know how to spell "philip" apparently). I'm not too familiar with Manhattan beach and I may have missed it but for the title and the Right Left clue. Those were enough. When "john phillip sousa" was rejected, it was enough for me to think "But it has to be.
Carolyn 3s · 2024-03-06T16:12:44.000Z
The title also did it for me and I loved seeing the marches appear! Thanks
rjy 3s · 2024-03-06T17:01:40.858Z
Many many moons ago, I led the marching band at a Junior ROTC high school, so we knew plenty o' Sousa. Made this one easy as putting one foot in front of the other!
DrTom 🤓20:10 · 2024-03-06T17:01:37.947Z
Metas and Stripes forever! I've been humming march tunes since late morning. Thanks for the MEOW contribution Jay.
Qmark 2s · 2024-03-06T18:51:24.077Z
fun puzzle...thanks Jay!
Darth 🤓12:18 · 2024-03-06T18:43:40.073Z
I intuited the answer from the title and some of those "left, right" and "brass" hints. Still I wanted to find some kind of metanism to extract the letters to spell out a 5-letter surname, but I couldn't see it. Google "March Air" and you get a military reserve. Google the man and you find the themers right in plain view. haha
Sharkicicles 1s · 2024-03-06T19:29:44.866Z
I had no idea that particular piece of music was called “The Washington Post March.” thanks Jay!
MatthewL 🤓7:31 · 2024-03-06T19:31:19.050Z
Fun and breezy indeed. Took me a second, but then it became obvious. Thanks for the puzzle, Jay!
frostyjhammer 🤓8:12 · 2024-03-06T20:06:10.668Z
Right, left is a combination not a punch but that didn't spoil a most fun puzzle for me, thanks!
- Bird Lives constructor · 2024-03-08T00:45:09.047Z
  You're right, although YouTube does offer tutorials like "How to Throw a One-Two Punch," presumably by someone who knows something about boxing. I've corrected the clue here in Crosshare. Unfortuanately, I cannot change the .puz and .pdf, where my ignorance will be permanently on display.
lbray53 2s · 2024-03-06T20:15:51.182Z
Stars and Stripes on the Fourth of July will always be my favorite Sousa march but I knew these as well!
KayW 🤓7:18 · 2024-03-07T01:26:47.726Z
Fun one, Jay. And I never KNEW the name of that one was the Washington Post March! Live (or solve metas) and learn. Thanks!
Dave C 8s · 2024-03-07T01:08:18.215Z
The title made me think of him and Google confirmed it.
- Sharkicicles 1s · 2024-03-07T03:20:04.634Z
  That’s exactly how I solved it.
rickybillingsgate 🤓4:11 · 2024-03-07T03:00:12.405Z
I don't know if there was some other mechanism - I just remembered that Sousa wrote a piece called The Washington Post March and figured: he's the march guy
Mwoychick 🤓8:12 · 2024-03-07T17:12:13.576Z
Thanks, Jay - good one!
ajk 8:50 · 2024-03-08T00:13:22.520Z
lol should have followed through on my idea to look for marches, but never would have expected there to be one called the WASHINGTON POST Badly needed that nudge, thanks!
Berto 1s · 2024-03-08T11:33:18.973Z
I may well recognize the music, but not something I grew up with having only been in the US for ~20 years. Plus I got totally sidetracked by two down clues beginning with capitalized “LI” as in “L-Ike” - along with the “I-LIKE” grid entry!

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Nurse Jackie, actress Edie

Across

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Nurse Jackie, actress Edie
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Polish movie that won the 2015 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
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Military higher-ups
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Lend it to listen
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Hair gunk
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Alleviation, as with heavy rain
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Possible sequence in a one-two combination
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Betel palm
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California city near El Segundo
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Berkeley campus, familiarly
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Nail polish brand with the colors Teal the Cows Come Home and Taupe-Less Beach
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How Don Corleone treats Tom Hagen
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Quarrelling again
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It often precedes 21 Down as an intensifier
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Article for a magazine like Spiegel or Stern
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Owner of 56 Across
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Eject like Etna
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Marines' motto
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Shoe store at the mall
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He gave us "Tiny Bubbles" and "Pearly Shells"
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Fitting
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Star of silents ("The Kiss") and talkies ("Mata Hari")
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"Art of Love" author
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His wife Steffi has a better forehand
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Decision overturned by Dobbs
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Islam festival
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Home to George Will, E.J. Dionne, et al.
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Top story, but not in the news
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Climbers' challenge in Yosemite
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Hammerhead, for one
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Van Veen is the narrator of this Nabokov novel.
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Words on a 1950s campaign button
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Must
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B&O, CSX, etc.
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First name in cosmetics (and crosswords)

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Way, way off
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Makes Mickey Mouse move
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Relax the marijuana statutes
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Lyricist Sammy ("Teach Me Tonight," "All the Way")
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Brand in the garden shop
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"OK, understood."
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LIke a close-up magician
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___ Vista, search engine that's hard to find now
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Spills the beans
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Prepare for an exam
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"Relax, private"
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Come to the aid of an easy mark?
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"___ and Sain and pray for rain," 1950s mantra about Boston pitchers
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Drinks like a dog
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LIke Burroughs's Lunch
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Wine that can transport you?
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The MEOW's cat (male, of course)
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"But ___ me, give me liberty or. . . "
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Upstate NY tech school
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Place for massages, mud baths, etc.
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Tied the knot
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Museum marbles, Laker legend
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Nutritionist's specs
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Place for a peer in the pub?
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What I should do with my year-end bonus
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Japanese mushrooms
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Unusual
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Dustin Hoffman movie about a mystery writer
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Bow ties, shells, etc.
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Concert merch item
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"___ Brain," Carl Sagan book
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Chaplin in "Game of Thrones"
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Inundated
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Michael Moore 2007 film about US healthcare
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Silas Marner's adoptee
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Equipment
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"Send me a shorter version, and I might take a look"
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Works in the Louvre
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Word seen in the Vows section of the Times