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6 // COASTWEEKEND.COM THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD 1 2 3 4 5 18 31 33 34 36 37 41 42 43 44 45 50 53 54 55 57 58 60 64 68 69 70 72 73 7 8 9 10 19 22 23 24 By Kevin G. Der / Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz 26 27 28 ACROSS Leave a permanent mark on Stows, as a banner Ice carving? Frequently Romance writer Roberts Ultimately succeed Coin portraying Queen Victoria, once Quaint cry of disapproval Play by heart? Monastery title Sphere Personal problems Relay segment Roman emblem of power adopted by Mussolini Big name in grills Toward the back Gymnastics event Means of death for Judas Iscariot A plus average? Tight-lipped Took first 2007 Peace Prize recipient Rio greeting Makes minor observations? Gum that comes in Fire and Ice varieties Begot Letterhead? “Star Trek: T.N.G.” counselor Leeway Life force in Eastern medicine Handle with care? Chart of the heavens River more than 2,700 miles long that crosses the Equator twice Two turtledoves, e.g. Cry at a surprise party just before the honoree arrives Get a groove on? Drink Gatorade after a workout, say 75 Calm before the storm? 78 Blow it 79 Red-haired biblical twin 80 Marco Polo crossed it 81 “Gnarly!” 82 What a lead runner sets 85 Learns 88 Some Bavarian brews 91 Under the weather 92 “Pronto!” 93 Part of a film studio tour 95 Disney Channel’s “____ and Maddie” 96 Grab and go? 104 Land bordering Nepal 105 Errands, e.g. 106 A.T.M. expense 107 Provider of limited coverage? 109 Subject to a recall, maybe 111 Ginger ____ 112 “You betcha!” 114 Middle X or O 115 Milne young ’un 116 Stay ahead of the curve? 120 Dec. 31, e.g. 121 ____ Hawkins dance 122 Glossy fabric 123 Baja’s opposite 124 Setting for much of “Lord Jim” 125 Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ____ 126 Stuck-up sort 127 Spot for brooding 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DOWN Support, as a foundation Dara who swam at five Olympics Curmudgeonly Common Christmas entree Former Saudi king Release from shackles Way up a bunny slope San ____ Obispo, Calif. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 23 24 30 32 34 35 38 39 40 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 56 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 71 74 76 77 Thérèse, e.g.: Abbr. Make available Bars for swingers? Go (for) Coral bleaching locale Drive mad Salty or spicy Event with steeply discounted prices Interest piquer Sports team tally: Abbr. Boeing competitor Dollar, in slang Pittance One of nine for Tina Fey Swedish lake that’s the largest in the European Union Suffix with beta or cyclo- Drops Metaphor for punishment Standing Luau locale Cupronickel, e.g. Like some uncertain dates Poppycock 1998 N.L. M.V.P. Night at the museo? ____ the line (obeying) Canoe builder’s bark source “Quite true” Padlock’s place Find common ground What spirits can do Toward the back Kept for later “A Visit From St. Nicholas” writer Very loud Isn’t over yet Maker of the fragrance Sauvage Wreck, informally Russian moolah Triangular road sign ‘Whatever’ claims US title as most annoying word POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A poll has found that the most annoying Life is ‘All In The Timing’ See you at the PAC Jan. 13+ word or phrase used in casual conversation in America is “whatever.” The Marist College poll released Wednesday indi- cates the word irritates 38 percent of Americans. The pollsters offered up five options for most annoying word or phrase: “Whatever,” “No offense, but,” “Ya know, right,” “I can’t even” and “huge.” “No offense, but” is second with 20 percent. In third place is, “You know, right,” which is irksome to 14 percent of people, tied with “I can’t even.” “Huge” grates on the nerves of 8 percent. “Whatever” is losing some steam, though. Last year it topped the list at 43 percent. Age matters. Among Americans under 30, “I can’t even” takes top honors. The Dec. 1-9 survey of 1,005 adults has a sam- pling error margin of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. 31 32 33 37 46 38 61 56 85 91 96 51 115 116 87 120 124 81 88 89 94 99 90 95 100 101 102 106 111 117 72 77 105 110 65 71 76 93 104 59 80 98 112 107 113 114 119 121 122 123 125 126 127 tune) 92 “Hurry!” 94 Soy-based frozen- dessert brand 97 Flight attendant’s offering 98 Fisher of fashion 99 Design feature 100 Hawks’ hangouts 101 “John Wick” star 102 Mark with spots 103 108 118 79 Big purveyor of sports talk 82 Imagines 83 Like a machine that prints, scans and faxes 84 Provider of the fizz in a gin fizz 86 Worm or fly 87 Blubber 89 Setting for some aerial maneuvers 90 “Well, Did You ____?” (Cole Porter 67 53 64 86 97 109 52 70 92 66 36 58 79 84 17 44 57 75 78 83 35 63 74 16 30 43 69 73 15 40 50 62 68 82 49 55 60 14 29 39 48 54 13 25 42 47 12 21 34 41 45 11 20 MARRIED COUPLES Answers on Page 17 1 5 10 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 6 103 Passes 108 Onetime alternative to Facebook Messenger 110 Website with a Watch list 112 Vigorously debate (with) 113 Man cave, maybe 117 Employee badges, e.g. 118 It’s a “gift” 119 Name whose Italian equivalent is Giovanni Dad shares kid’s visit downsides CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) — Clothes all over the house, milk left out of the fridge, loud gatherings with friends. These are some of a Maine dad’s complaints about his college daughter being home for Christmas. Dan Howard, of Cape Elizabeth, posted a humorous two-minute video on Face- book in which he describes scenes that are likely familiar to any parent with a child home from college. It has more than 900,000 views after Howard’s daughter, Shannon, shared it on the Facebook page of High Point Universi- ty, where she goes to school. “It took off from there. She knows it’s good na- tured,” Howard said. Howard has three chil- dren; Shannon is his second in college. He says he was inspired to create the video after tripping over one of Shannon’s suitcases that she’d left in the living room for days after arriving home. Howard retreated upstairs, where his family thought he was working. But he was actually recording the video. “We call it Hurricane Shannon when she comes home,” he said. Howard’s video describes what each day is like with a student home from college. On Day One, he explains, he has to carry a heavy, broken suitcase through the airport. Day Two, he says, is when Shannon has her friends over for late-night baking — which they don’t clean up.