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LAT Wed. 8/17 Jack McInturff

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magus:
No Gentleman

 :)
Toaster, at times   EMCEE
Brand served on the floor   ALPO
Fashion bottom line?   HEM
Theme: terms the first word of which can be started with LADY
1978 #1 hit for the Commodores {and theme}   THREETIMESALADY [liked the entry but not the song]

 ;)
Reverse agism: Raise your hand if you’re under sixty and got these right.
Crossing KOOKIE (‘60’s) with “Heyday’s” (‘30’s) PEAK, TATI (‘50’s), and SPEE (’17 & ‘40’s) must be tough for the younger solver.  [BTW, Hr. Hulot’s Holiday is even funnier than Mon Oncle.]

 8)
Tennyson’s “___ Arden”   ENOCH [Better than the poem is HBO’s excellent Boardwalk Empire, its main character named Enoch (who for some reason is called Nucky not Nocky).] 

 ::)
Really?
TISCH --- a name on a school building?
SVEN Hedin --- explorer from a different country a century ago?  SVEN clogs or even SVEN Nykvist would be a bit more sporting.

RATING:   ;D ;D Three grins = Excellent: Loved it; Two grins = Good: Enjoyed it; One grin = Satisfactory: A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Unsatisfying: No fun

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