Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? 44 Type leaning to the right : ITALIC I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. In William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, one of the more famous soliloquies starts with, “Is this a dagger which I see before me …?” There isn’t an actual dagger in front of Macbeth, but instead he sees the vision of a dagger pointing at King Duncan’s bedchamber, perhaps suggesting that he should go ahead with his plan to murder the King. 42 When Macbeth says “Is this a dagger which I see before me …?” : ACT II Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel “On the Road” is largely autobiographical, telling the story of Sal Paradise (Jack K.) and the road trips that he and his friends took across the country in the fifties. The city is also known by the acronym NOLA, standing for New Orleans (NO), Louisiana (LA). This name might come from the early 1900s when musicians found it relatively “easy” to find work there. The city of New Orleans, Louisiana has the nickname “The Big Easy”. 40 City nickname that includes its state’s postal code : NOLA A bento is usually sold as a “bento box”. A bento can be purchased as a take-out meal, or it may be packed at home. 39 Square meal? : BENTOĪ bento is a single-person meal that is eaten quite commonly in Japan. Somehow, it was insulting to refer to a person as a rook, as in the type of bird. The earlier use of “rook” as a noun was as a disparaging term describing a swindler or cheat. The spin then causes the yo-yo to “walk” along the ground beside you, as if you are walking a dog. It involves spinning the yo-yo at the end of its string, and then letting the yo-yo touch the ground. 31 Yo-yos, in a way : WALKS THE DOGĪ common yo-yo trick is to “walk the dog”. The related phrase “minced oath” describes a euphemistic phrase used to replace a more profane phrase, e.g. So, to mince words is to moderate one’s language while still giving criticism. Your Lordship’s heart is very warm in the cause of a party, which, for I will not mince my words, has betrayed you. William Shakespeare used the term in such a sense in a couple of his plays, although the derivative expression “mince words” was first used in print in Benjamin Disraeli’s first novel “Vivian Grey”, published in 1826: The verb “to mince” can mean “to make light of”, and more specifically “to criticize using polite language”. The verb “to be” is “ser” in Spanish and “être” in French. “Pedant” comes via Middle French from the Italian word “pedante” meaning “teacher”. 22 Appropriate word found scrambled in “pedantic” : NITĪ pedant is a person “who trumpets minor points of learning”, a person who tends to nit-pick. In French, accents over the letter E can be acute (é, “accent aigu”) or grave (è, “accent grave”). 19 Acute … or the opposite of acute : GRAVE It features in Homer’s “Odyssey” as it was the home of the mythological hero Odysseus, who was Ithaca’s king. Ithaca is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. Along with the new name, Marilyn changed from a brunette to a blonde, and a star was born … 18 Island home of Odysseus : ITHACA The name Marilyn Monroe was floated as it had a nice ring to it. It didn’t take long before the studio intervened again, suggesting that they had too many “Jeans” already. The first name chosen for her by studio executives was Carole Lind (after Carole Lombard and Jenny Lind), but then Norma Jeane chose “Jeane Monroe” for herself, using her mother’s maiden name. The modeling earned her a screen test, at which time it was suggested that Norma Jeane change her name yet again. During WWII she was discovered by a photographer and became quite a successful model. Norma Jeane married Jim Dougherty when she was 16 years old, and took his name to become Norma Jeane Dougherty in 1942. She and her estranged husband, Martin Edward Mortensen, had separated before Baker became pregnant so it is suggested that the Mortensen name was used just to give Norma Jeane “legitimacy”. The young girl was given the name of Norma Jeane Mortenson on her birth certificate, but her mother changed this to Norma Jeane Baker almost immediately. Marilyn Monroe was born in 1926 in LA County Hospital, the child of Gladys Pearl Baker. In front of each clue we have added its number and position on the crossword puzzle for easier navigation.Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossħ “Fear is _. If you are done solving this clue take a look below to the other clues found on today's puzzle in case you may need help with any of them. This clue was last seen on NYTimes DecemPuzzle. Two or more clue answers mean that the clue has appeared multiple times throughout the years.īAIL SO TO SPEAK New York Times Crossword Clue Answer Both the main and the mini crosswords are published daily and published all the solutions of those puzzles for you. The NYTimes Crossword is a classic crossword puzzle.
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