I have fond memories of this great game when my Dad used to bowl on the second floor above a department store where the alleys employed men pin setters.
On this National Bowling Day, I have to post a video of the best video/blogger I know - Doug (call me Boomer) Burnikel as he gets his twentieth perfect 300 game!
Today's constructor is Evan Kalish. Besides producing wonderful puzzles, you can go to his web site and learn about him and his amazing hobby of collecting photographs of as many American post offices as he can. He has surpassed the 30,000 level.
Evan calls his quest Postlandia. The picture Evan is holding here is of the post office in the unincorporated community of Yellow Jacket, Colorado.
When I contacted Evan, he had this to say about today's puzzle: "So what the LAT is running was the very first version of what I eventually achieved with this puzzle. I was never happy with the LAT one when I first started constructing. Only once I revisited that center stack with actual constructing software, a good word list and actual skill did I get the LAT to work!"
And now, fresh from the 68025 Zip Code, let's see what Evan has, uh, posted for us:
Across:
1. It's read monthly: GAS METER - Here in 68025, METERS are read remotely.
9. Myers partner in personality type research: BRIGGS - Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katharine Cook BRIGGS created a personal inventory. Here you can take an online version of the test to see where you fit below:
32. Exam given in spots?: RORSCHACH TEST - Here's an online version of that too
15. Part of a backup plan: AUTO SAVE - Is very useful if your battery suddenly dies
16. "Ni-i-ice!": OH COOL.
17. Walked all over: TRAMPLED and 56. Completely dominated: ATE ALIVE.
18. Word on some special plates: DEALER.
19. Klutzes: OAFS.
20. Understand: KNOW.
22. Added conditions: ANDS - "No Ifs, ____ or Buts"
23. Two-tone shirt wearer: REF - Also called Zebras (or worse) by fans
24. Word with side or prop: BET - A side BET or a Prop (proposition) BET is made on a issue apart from the outcome of the game. e.g. In the 2019 Super Bowl you could make a prop bet on whether any team will score a touchdown in less time that it took for Gladys Knight to sing the National Anthem
25. Crunch beneficiaries: ABS and 9. Gym rat's pride: BOD - Exhibit A
27. Like: A LA - A LA mode that means fashion of the day but that phrase is now usually used to indicate "served with ice cream"
29. Contributed to: FED.
30. Issuer of three-part nos.: SSA - Here's a famous number the Social Security Administration issued to this guy when he was working in Des Moines, Iowa
31. Gulf of __: OMAN - Evan, here is a picture of the Duqm Village, OMAN Post Office. No charge! 😙
35. "I know, right?": TELL ME ABOUT IT.
36. Hypothetical apocalyptic climate effect: NUCLEAR WINTER - Massive nuclear events could cause firestorms whose smoke would block the Sun
37. Single: ONLY.
38. Transparent collectible: CEL.
39. Sticker in a garden: BUR - In 1941 George de Mestral, inspired by the BURS that stuck on his clothing, used biomimicry to invent Velcro.
40. Issa of "The Mis-adventures of Awkward Black Girl": RAE.
41. Islands sound: SKA - All you could want to know
42. __ stop: BUS.
43. Hold up: ROB.
46. Red state?: RASH - Maybe you could use our old cwd friend Aloe Vera
48. Hideout: LAIR.
50. Term popularized by le Carré: MOLE - Le Carré introduced this term for an insider spy in his 1974 novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
51. Have a positive impact: DO GOOD - Our Oahu guide said, "Missionaries came to Hawaii to DO GOOD and wound up doing very well"
53. Rustic home: LOG CABIN - Who was the last U.S. President to be born in a LOG CABIN which is shown here?. Hint: He was elected in 1880 (Answer at bottom of blog *)
55. Outwitted, in a way: ELUDED.
57. Div. with MLB's southernmost team: NL EAST - MLB thought the Miami Marlins would attract baseball-crazy Hispanic fans but that didn't happen and they now have the worst attendance in baseball
58. Rush hour metaphor: SARDINES.
Down:
1. Gainesville athlete: GATOR - Their fans do the GATOR Chomp
2. Glowing rings: AURAE - Various characteristics of different AURAE
3. Servers and such: STAFF.
4. Spring honorees: MOMS.
5. Unverified way of seeing: ESP.
6. Exchanged insults, as competitors: TALKED SMACK - Yeah, I think we know who "said" this
7. Wedding, for one: EVENT - The last wedding EVENT we attended had a 15-min ceremony and then food 5-min later! Yay!
8. Second chance: REDO.
10. Emu relatives: RHEAS - The mystery of the flightless birds
11. Confident assertion: I CAN.
12. Middle Eastern leader who grew up in Milwaukee: GOLDA MEIR - In 1917 Golda married Morris Myerson in Milwaukee. She later changed her name to MEIR
13. What an anchor does: GOES LAST - In a relay race, the anchor runs the last leg
14. Camera initials: SLR - Here 'ya go
21. Sinus-clearing condiment: WASABI on a 35. Sushi bar order: TUNA ROLL.
24. TV comedy pioneer: BERLE.
26. Nonkosher lunch, probably: BACON BURGER - This one has 780 calories and 113% of your daily saturated fat value.
29. Recklessness: FOLLY - This is the bank draft that paid $7.2M (about 2 cents/acre) for Seward's FOLLY
30. Wrapped accessory: SHAWL.
31. Web-footed animal: OTTER.
32. Group of local amateur teams: REC LEAGUE - REC(reation) LEAGUE
33. Oreo O's, e.g.: CEREAL - Our ubiquitous friend Oreo in the clue rather than in the fill
34. Many Rwandans: HUTUS - Hotel Rwanda shows the violence of the HUTU/TUTSI conflict
36. Paired conjunction: NOR - Did anyone else think of this?
41. Sole providers?: SHOES.
42. Flora and fauna: BIOTA.
43. Crime-fighting sidekick: ROBIN - "Holy Crossword, Batman!"
44. Antipasto morsel: OLIVE - From anti (latin for before) and pastus (latin for food) for a appetizer course
45. "Seinfeld" surname: BENES - Elaine's last name
47. Source of fizz: SODA.
49. Remark with a sigh: ALAS.
50. Neighbor of Algeria: MALI - For me here in Fremont, NE, the phrase "From here to Timbuktu, MALI" indicates about 5,600 miles
52. Early EPA concern: DDT - The debate continues as to whether its ability to control malaria balances its ecological effect
54. Scoundrel: CAD.
I hope you found the picture of the post office in your Zip Code. Meanwhile you can electronically send us any comment you have on Evan's puzzle and save a trip to aforementioned post office.
* John Garfield was the last American president to be born in a LOG CABIN
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