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1 The "A" in many gp. Names: ASSN

association

5 Pandowdy Fruit: APPLE

Pandowdy is a cobbler variety (the dessert) found primarily in New England and the Canadian Maritimes.

10 Golden St. School: UCLA

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) receives more applications from prospective students than any other university in the country. UCLA also has more students enrolled than any other university in the state.

"Golden State" has been the official nickname of California since 1968. The nickname reflects the expansion of the state's economy that followed the discovery of gold in 1848, as well as the fields of golden poppies that grow wild throughout California in spring.

14 seeds in some yogurt: CHIA

Chia is a flowering plant from the mint family. Chia seeds are an excellent source of nutrition and are often added to breakfast cereals and energy bars. There's also the famous Chia Pet, invented by a San Francisco company. Chia Pets are terracotta figures to which moistened chia seeds are applied. The seeds sprout and the seedlings become the Chia Pet's "fur".

Yoghurt (also "yoghurt") is made by fermenting milk with the help of bacteria known as yoghurt cultures. The bacteria act on the sugars in the milk and produce lactic acid. The lactic acid acts on the proteins in the milk and gives the yogurt its characteristic texture and acidity.

17 *Stuffed items in the freezer: HOT POCKETS (indicate "deep pockets")

Hot Pockets were introduced in the 1970's by brothers David and Paul Merage. Hot Pockets are microwaveable dumplings filled with cheese, meat or vegetables.

20 Hunt played by Cruise in Mission: Impossible movies: ETHAN

It was Tom Cruise's idea to adapt the television series Mission: Impossible for the big screen, and it became the first project for Cruise's own production company. In the films, Cruise took on the lead role of Ethan Hunt, the top man in the Impossible Missions Force (IMF).

21 Docs'org. with a well-known magazine: AMA

The American Medical Association (AMA) has published the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) since 1883.

22 Chinese city that was the starting point of the Silk Road: XI'AN

Xi'an is a city in China, the capital of Shaanxi Province. It is famous as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road trade route and as the home of the Terracotta Army.

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that traversed North Africa and Asia, connecting Europe to western Asia. The routes take their name from the lucrative trade in silk from China.

23 * Apartment storage measure: CLOSET SPACE (gives “deep space”)

In Old French, "clos" was an enclosure, with the diminutive "cupboard" denoting a small enclosure or private room. Over time, this evolved into our modern use of "closet" to describe a closet or closet.

31 Monkey House location: ZOO

The world's first zoo opened in Britain in 1820. Known today as the London Zoo, it was then referred to as the Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London. The term "zoo" is an abbreviation of "zoological".

33 Requirement for international travel, at times: VISA

A visa is usually a stamp in your passport, an indication that you are authorized to enter (and more rarely exit) a particular country. The word "visa" comes from the French, from the Latin "charta visa", which means "seen paper" or "checked paper".

36 Bar Exam: LSAT

Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

43 Take a taxi, say DRIVE

We call taxis 'taxis', a word derived from the 'taximeter cabs' introduced in London in 1907. A taximeter was an automated measuring device designed to record the distance traveled and the fare to be charged. The term "taximeter" evolved from "taximeter", where "taxa" is Latin for "tax, duty".

44 Brüter von "Lois & Clark" : TERI

Teri Hatcher's most famous role is as Susan Mayer in the TV comedy Desperate Housewives. I've never watched Housewives for more than a few minutes, but I know Teri Hatcher as a Bond girl because she appeared in Tomorrow Never Dies. More recently, she portrayed Lois Lane on the show Lois & Clark.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is a television show that originally aired from 1993 to 1997. The plot focuses as much on the relationship between Clark Kent and Lois Lane as it does on Kent's life as Superman. Clark and Lois are played by Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.

46 New Yorker U-Bahn org. : MTA

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is responsible for public transport in the state of New York (and part of Connecticut). "MTA" could also refer to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, known as "Metro" and sometimes "MTA."

50 *Tiny white flower used as a filler in bouquets: BABY'S-BREATH (gives "deep breath")

Baby's-Breath is the name used in the United States and Canada for Gypsophila, a genus of flowering plants. Gypsophila is often found on calcium-rich soils, including gypsum, which gives the plant its name. Gypsophila is often used as a filler in bouquets and as jewelry that young women wear in their hair at weddings.

55 Saudi, usually: ARAB

The largest country in the Middle East is Saudi Arabia, which covers over 750,000 square miles. The smallest country is Bahrain, which covers less than 700 square miles.

56 Gaelic equivalent of John: IAN

The name "John" is translated into Scottish as "Ian", Russian as "Ivan", Italian as "Giovanni", Spanish as "Juan", Welsh as "Evan" and Irish as "Seán".

A Gael is someone of a race who speaks or speaks one of the Erse languages. There are actually three primary languages. Irish, Manx (spoken in the Isle of Man) and Scottish Gaelic. In their own languages, these would be "Gaeilge" (in Ireland), "Gaelg" (in the Isle of Man) and "Gaidhlig" (in Scotland).

62 Number of Supreme Court Justices: NINE

The US Constitution does not specify the size of the Supreme Court, but it does authorize Congress to determine the number of judges. The court began with six judges in 1789, and the size of the chamber grew with the size of the country and the number of judicial districts. From 1863 to 1866 there were up to ten judges. Since 1869 there have been nine judges.

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3 Star Wars villains: SITH

The Sith are characters in the "Star Wars" universe who use the "dark side" of the "Force" and as such are the opposite of the Jedi Knights. Members of the Sith use the title "Darth" before their names, as in Darth Vader. The last of the six Star Wars films is called Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

4 Destination of the wine tourist: NAPA

In Greek mythology, Oeno was the goddess of wine and gave us "oeno-" as a prefix, meaning "wine". For example, oenology is the study of wine and an oenophile is a wine lover.

5 balts Raven Group: AFC

American Football Conference (AFC)

The name of the Baltimore Ravens football team has a literary derivation. Baltimore was the home of writer Edgar Allan Poe, so the team took its nickname from his most famous poem, The Raven. The name was chosen in a fan contest. Baltimore's mascot is a raven named Poe. Prior to the 2008 season, the Raven's had a trio of bird mascots: Edgar, Allan, and Poe.

6 commercial suffix with water: -PIK

Waterpik is a brand of oral irrigator, a device that uses a jet of water to remove food particles and plaque from teeth. It is claimed that water irrigators are more effective than dental floss.

9 Like a bad copy : REPLACEMENT

Something called a replacement is a copy, and usually not a good one. "Ersatz" comes from the German verb "erstellen" which means "to replace".

10 causes of sunburn, in short: UV EXPOSURE

At both ends of the visible light spectrum are the invisible forms of radiation known as infrared (IR) light and ultraviolet (UV) light. IR light is just beyond the red end of the visible spectrum and UV light is just below the violet end.

11 Salsa Singer Cruz: CELIA

Celia Cruz was born and raised in Cuba but has spent most of her professional life in the United States, salsa singing in New Jersey. Cruz was known around the world as the "Queen of Salsa".

12 Lila Farbton: Lila

The ornamental plant known as lilac is native to the Balkans and belongs to the olive family.

18 How Much 80's-90's Music: ON CD

The Compact Disc (CD) was jointly developed by Philips and Sony as a medium for storing and playing sound recordings. When the first commercial compact disc was introduced in 1982, the storage capacity of a compact disc was far greater than the amount of data that could be stored on the hard drives of personal computers available at the time.

24 son of Jacob: LEVI

According to the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the great-grandfather of Aaron and Moses.

27 Where Prince William Served: Abbr. : RAF

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the oldest independent air force in the world (i.e. the first air force to become independent from army or naval forces). Formed during the First World War on 1 April 1918, the RAF consisted of two previous armed forces, the Royal Flying Corps (part of the Army) and the Royal Naval Air Service. The RAF's "finest hour" was the Battle of Britain, when the vastly outnumbered British fighters repelled the might of the Luftwaffe, prompting Hitler to delay his plan to cross the English Channel. This result prompted Winston Churchill to utter the memorable words

Never in the realm of human conflict have so many owed so much to so few.

Born in 1982, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is the elder of the two sons of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales. This makes William second in line to the British throne after his father.

28 Pitcher in Art: EWER

A pitcher is a container for liquids that has a handle, a mouth, and a spout. The term "jug" is used in other English-speaking countries for the same container. "Ewer" is an older term describing a pitcher/jug. Today a jug is a very decorative jug, often with a bottom and a flared spout.

29 Final-Four-Spiel: SEMI

In the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship, the teams that remain in various stages of the tournament are known as:

• The "Sweet Sixteen" (the regional semi-finalists)
• The Elite Eight (Regional Finalists)
• The "Final Four" (the national semi-finalists)

34 Fr. holy woman : STE

"Sainte" (ste.) is French for "saint" when referring to a "femme" (woman).

35 ventricles: ATRIA

The heart has four chambers. The two upper chambers (the atria) receive oxygen-depleted blood from the body and oxygenated blood from the lungs. The atria push these blood supplies into the two lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles), "filling" the pump, so to speak. One ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs and the other pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.

40 Brooklyn NBA Team: NETWORKS

The NBA's Brooklyn Nets were the New Jersey Nets until 2012 and were based in Newark. Prior to 1977, the team was known as the New York Nets and played at various locations on Long Island. Ten years earlier, the Nets were called the New Jersey Americans and were headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey.

41 Help for a clueless solver : NOTE

Back in the early 1400s, "stump" meant tripping over an obstacle, like a "tree stump". By the early 19th century, the verb "to stump" was used more generically, meaning "to stun, to stump through obstacles."

42 NFL Six-Pointers: TDS

Landing (TD)

49 Clarified butter used in Indian cuisine: GHEE

Ghee is clarified butter used in South Asian cuisine. “Ghee” comes from Sanskrit and means “sprinkled”.

53 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby: RAHAL

Bobby Rahal is a car racer and team owner. Rahal won the 1986 Indianapolis 500 as a driver and won the 2004 Indianapolis 500 as a team owner (the driver was Buddy Rice).

54 First month of the year: JANUARY

“el primer mes” (the first month) is “enero” (January) in Spanish.

58 Omar von „House“ : EPPS

Omar Epps is the actor who played Eric Foreman on the excellent television series House. Before he dr. Foreman, Epps had a recurring role as Dr. Dennis Gant in HE. And in another connection to the medical world, Epps was born in Savannah, Georgia to single mother Dr. Born Bonnie Epps.

60 Old Peruvian: INCA

The Incas emerged as a tribe in what is now southern Peru around the 12th century. The Incas developed a vast empire over the next 300 years that stretched across most of the western side of South America. The empire fell to the Spanish and finally disintegrated in 1572 with the execution of Túpac Amaru, the last Inca emperor.

61 Eva's first home: EDEN

According to the Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve lived in a garden "in" Eden, Eden being geographically located by reference to four rivers including the Tigris and Euphrates. Some scholars suggest that Eden was located in Mesopotamia, which includes much of what is now Iraq.

65 imprint names, short: EDS

The masthead is a list, often found on a newspaper's editorial page, containing members of a newspaper's editorial board.