0518-23 NY Times Crossword 18, May 23, Thursday - NYXCrossword.com (2023)

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8 "Home" στο "Home Sweet Home": KANSAS

"Home Sweet Home!" is a song that has existed since at least 1827. The melody was composed by the Englishman Sir Henry Bishop, using words written by the American John Howard Payne.

Between pleasures and palaces, though we wander,
Is it ever so humiliating, there's no place like home?
A charm from heaven seems to sanctify us there,
Sought around the world, they are found nowhere else.
¡Crisis! ¡Crisis!
Sweet, sweet home!
There is no place like home
There is no place like home!

14 Chloé Who Directed 'Nomadland': ZHAO

Chloé Zhao is a Chinese director who gained international recognition for Nomadland (2020), written, directed, edited, and produced. In addition to her film work, Zhao is also a trained classical pianist and has performed with orchestras in both China and the United States.

"Nomadland" is a 2020 American drama film based on the nonfiction book "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century" by Jessica Bruder. Both the film and the book are about the experiences of older Americans who have lost their homes and jobs and are now living on the streets as "nomads." The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a widow who becomes a nomad after losing her job and her home in a Nevada mining town. Good movie …

16 nipple ring? : AREA

The areola (sometimes "areola") in anatomy is a small colored ring, as in the papilla surrounding the areola and the papilla surrounding the pupil of the eye. "Areola" (plural "areolae") is Latin for "small open space" and is a diminutive of the Latin word "area", which means "open space".

20 With 2-Down, the largest sister city in the USA: TOLEDO,…
[Ver 2D 20-En general: … OHIO]

Toledo, Ohio is located in the northwestern part of the state, at the western end of Lake Erie. Toledo was founded as a result of the prosperity that swept through the region when the Miami and Erie Canal was built in the 19th century to connect Cincinnati to the Great Lakes. Toledo is known as the city of glass because many glass companies have located there, including Owens Corning and Pilkington in North America. The Toledo Museum of Art has a large display of glass art.

30 The opposite of hand to hand? : QUEUES

The two sides of a coin are known as "front" and "back." The obverse is usually called "the head" because it often depicts someone's head. The reverse is usually called a "tail" because it is the opposite of a "head".

41 "My words fly high, my thoughts stay ___": "Hamlet": DOWN

The full title of the play by William Shakespeare, which we call "Hamlet", is "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark". It is the most widespread of all Shakespeare's works, as well as the longest and most unique of his works, with more than 4,000 lines. That's about 4 hours of sitting in the theater...

43 Simu ___, ilustrador de Shang-Chi de Marvel: LIU

Simu Liu is a Canadian actor, born in China. One of his best-known roles was as the title character in the 2021 Marvel Comics superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

44 Keats lubricante Wordsworth: ODIST

The English poet John Keats died in Rome in 1821 and was buried there in a Protestant cemetery. His dying wish was that his grave be marked with a tombstone reading "Here lies the one whose name was written in water," with no name or date. Keats's friends complied with his request to a certain extent, as the words were carved into the stone and no names were given. The entire epitaph reads:

this grave
contains all that was deadly
z
a young english poet
WHERE
on his deathbed, in the bitterness of his heart
Against the Malevolent Power of His Enemies
Desirable
these words are meant to be
inscribed on his tombstone:
This is where the One is
Whose name was written in Water.
February 24, 1821

The great English poet William Wordsworth is inseparable from the Lake District in the north of England, where he lived for most of his life. The Lake District is a beautiful part of the country and I was lucky enough to visit Dove Cottage in Grasmere several times, where Wordsworth lived with his sister Dorothy...

49 Length, for example: SEVEN LETTERS

There are seven letters in the word 'example'.

52 ___ Bo : TAE

Tae Bo is not an ancient martial art, although it may seem so. The discipline was developed as a form of aerobic exercise in the 1990s by taekwondo expert Billy Blanks, who gave it the name Tae Bo, which is a portmanteau of "taekwondo" and "boxing."

53 Fault: ADO

"Fracas", which means "loud fight", is a French word that we have absorbed into English. In turn, the French usage evolved from the Italian 'fracasso' which means 'fuss, rattle'.

61 Anagram, for example: OLD

"Ancient" is an anagram for "instance."

63 The guy who inspired hip hop in the early 2010s: DOUGIE

Dougie is a hip-hop dancer from Dallas. The dance is named after rapper Doug E. Fresh, who used similar moves during his performances. And no, I can't Doug...

64 Small quantity: HIS

Sous is an old French coin. We use the term "his" in the sense of "an almost worthless amount."

65 "99 Balloons" singer: NENA

Nena is a German singer ("Nena" also became her band name) who had a huge hit in 1984 with one of my favorite songs of the eighties, "99 Luftballons". The English translation of the German title ("99 Red Balloons") is not literal, and the color "red" was only added so that the title would have the correct number of syllables for the tune. "Luftballon" is the name given to a children's toy balloon in German.

67 Demolition Material: TNT

"TNT" is short for "trinitrotoluene." Trinitrotoluene was first produced in 1863 by the German chemist Joseph Wilbrand, who developed it as a yellow dye. TNT is relatively difficult to detonate, so it was commercially available as paint for several years before its more explosive properties were discovered.

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3 chain? : MALL

A shopping center can "rent" space from a chain of stores.

4 A type of Cuban song that has the same name as a Spanish dance: BOLERO

The word "bolero" is used to describe slow Latin music, which can be for both dancing and singing.

5 Like Eeyore Compared To His Fellow Fairies: DARKER

Eeyore is a donkey character in A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh." Eeyore is very likeable, but has a gloomy and pessimistic outlook on life.

8 Brand of coffee liqueur: KAHLUA

Kahlúa is a coffee-flavored rum-based Mexican liqueur.

9 Director "hereditary" Aster: ARI

Ari Aster is a director from New York. He likes horror movies and I don't...

10 What Whispers With A Whistle: NET

A swish shot is a basketball shot that goes through the rim without touching the rim or the backboard and you can hear that "whistle" when it goes through the net, so I was told...

12 Haim Who Starred In 2021's 'Licorice Pizza': ALANA

Haim is a band from Los Angeles, formed by the three Haim sisters: Este, Danielle and Alana.

13° lugar en CD: S I L

Savings and Loans (S&L)

18 Golden Calf, p. : IDOL

According to the biblical book of Exodus, Moses' brother Aaron made a golden calf as an idol for the Israelites to worship while Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments. When Moses returned, he was angry when he saw the calf and destroyed it.

22 Company-wide communication system: INTRANET

An intranet is a computer network to which access is restricted, usually only to members of a particular organization. An extranet is similar to an intranet, but is structured to allow access to authorized parties outside of the organization.

26 Extinction: MIFF

Mifizo means to start, to start up. "To miff" is a verb that has been around since the early 17th century. In 1824 Sir Walter Scott described the word "annoying" as "a feminine expression". That should beat it, I'd say...

27 Baker Civil Rights Activist: SHE

Ella Baker was a human rights activist and advocate for civil rights for African-Americans. In addition to fighting racism in America, she fought against sexism in the civil rights movement.

29 Herbie's first film appearance, a Volkswagen Beetle made: LOVE from 1963

"The Love Bug" is a 1969 Walt Disney film starring a 1963 Volkswagen Bug named Herbie. Believe it or not, the movie is based on the book Car, Boy, Girl by Gordon Buford. The Love Bug spawned a number of sequels, including Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) and Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005).

33 Critical Hospital. : UCI

The intensive care unit (ICU) is located in the hospital (hospital).

35 Ballet Flexion: PLIE

The French word for "folded" is plié. In a ballet move called plié, the knees are bent. "Demi-plié" is a similar movement, but with less knee flexion. Fondu is similar to plié except that only one foot remains on the ground.

38 Type in Python, say: CODE

Python is a programming language, apparently the one my IT guy uses quite often. The creators of the language went to great lengths to make it easy to use and even chose its name from the comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus.

39 Romulus or Remus: TWINS

According to tradition, Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. The pair argued over who should name the town, and Romulus struck Remus to death with a shovel. And so "Roma" was born, perhaps instead of "Reme"!

45 Entries: REFUNDS

In elections, a list is a group of candidates running on a common platform.

47 Asesor psiónico sto "Star Trek: T.N.G." : TROY

Deanna Troi is a character from Star Trek: The Next Generation played by the lovely Marina Sirtis. Sirtis is a naturalized US citizen and has what I would call a mild American accent on the show. However, she was born in London's East End and offstage she has a natural accent that sounds more like a true Cockney.

55 Mini screen? : KNEE

Carnaby Street is located in London's Soho and is famous for its fashion boutiques. In the late 1950s and 1960s, it gained a reputation as a leader in hippie fashion and clothing styles. Mary Quant, who introduced the world to the miniskirt, had her boutique on Carnaby Street, and bands like the Rolling Stones and The Who were active and socializing in the area during the 1960s.

56 Place where Zeus imprisoned the monster Typhon, in the myth: ETNA

Typhon was known as the "father of all monsters" in Greek mythology and was married to the "mother of all monsters", Echidna. Typhon had a huge human torso with a hundred dragon heads. The lower part of his body consisted of giant snake coils. Although all the gods feared Typhon, Zeus eventually defeated him and imprisoned him under Mount Etna.

57 Curse of the Bolsheviks: Tsar

At the second party congress of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in 1903, there was a split. The faction with the most support was headed by Vladimir Lenin. Because they were in the majority, the group became known as the "Bolsheviks", a term derived from a Russian word meaning "most" or "majority". Lenin and the Bolsheviks led the October Revolution of 1917, which brought Lenin to power. He led the new Soviet state during its formation.

62 Bahía where ___: NIE

"Sine qua non" is a Latin phrase we use to mean "an essential element or condition." The literal translation is "without which not". For example, you might say that "a challenging crossword puzzle is a prerequisite for a good newspaper." Well, crossword fanatics can tell you...