Rembrandt 'Belshazzar's Feast', 1635, Rembrandt
According to Daniel 5:1-31, King Belshazzar of Babylon takes sacred golden and silver vessels from the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar. Using these holy items, the King and his court praise 'the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone'. Immediately, the disembodied fingers of a human hand appear and write on the wall of the royal palace the words "Mene, Mene, Tekel, u-Pharsin." ~ Wikipedia
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
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Yiddish is written from right to left in Hebrew or Aramaic characters. In this fardrayt and ungershpart Thursday puzzle, six Yiddish words (spelled right to left) appear along with LEARNING YIDDISH (40A. Title on certain language videos … with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle) as a tie-in — geh vays!:
HAPZTUHC (17A. Effrontery)
PELHCS (20A. Lug)
ATNEY (33A. Gossip)
ZTULK (46A. Butterfingers)
ZTIBIK (56A. Offer unwanted advice)
EZOOMHCS (66A. Shoot the breeze)
Other — AERATORS (69A. Bubble makers), AGENDA, ALL TOO, ASSESS, BEAT UP, BELIZE, CIMARRON (14A. Edna Ferber novel), EIGHTY, EVEN SO, EVENTS, GEISHA (9D. Woman with many fans?), HIP-HOP (Genre for Q-Tip), INSIDE, KAZOOS (47D. Buzzers), LEGION, NO HELP, PYTHON (26D. Popular programming language), ROADEO (45A. Competition for truckers), SENSEI (25D. Martial arts instructor).
Five-letter — Smart ALECS, ARGON (32D. .93% of the earth‘s atmosphere), BEBES (27A. Mères‘ charges), ENROL, ERUPT, HALEY Joel Osment, NAOMI (41D. Biblical woman who changed her name to Mara), OLEIN, SKORT, TIDAL, T-TOPS.
Short stuff — ACRE (60D. Israeli port), AHA, AMT, “ANY advice?”, ASAP, ASH, ASSN, ATL, AZO, BEAS, Ski-DOOS, DOT, ECHO, EGG, ELI Roth, ENCL, ESP and ESS, IMPS, INTO, ISN’T, ISP, LAO, “A LIAR should have a good memory”, LIS and LPS, MENE (4A. Biblical word on a wall), MIR, MR T, NIH, OAS, OIL, Walk-ONS, OR SO, PAL (31A. Buddyroo), PSST, REM sleep, SHOW, SSTS, THÉ (65D. Café alternative,WET (72D. Lick, say).
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 8. Something hidden, perhaps; 16. Multitude; 18. A speedster may do it; 19. About; 22. N.L. East city: Abbr.; 23. Bat wood; 24. AOL, for one; 35. Still; 39. Fails to be; 43. Digging; 44. Cuisine whose staple food is sticky rice; 50. Liquid fat; 51. Gift that’s hard to believe; 52. Kind of card; 54. Slalom path; 58. “Now!”; 62. So very very; 66. Shoot the breeze; 7. Size up; 71. Concordes, e.g. — DOWN: 1. Parrot; 2. “A ___ should have a good memory”: Quintillian; 3. Some World of Warcraft figures; 4. Villain player in “Rocky III”; 5. Go off; 6. Worthless, as an assistant; 7. Abbr. on a business letter; 10. Item in a spoon race; 11. Fed. Research org.; 12. Modern address feature; 15. Kind of dye; 21. ___ Joel Osment of “The Sixth Sense”; 22. Part of A.M.A.: Abbr.; 24. Like some pitched balls; 27. Locale of some Mayan ruins; 28. Caterers’ bookings; 29. Ragged; 30. Sign up; 34. Like some pools; 36. It may be struck in a field; 38. It spent 5,519 days in orbit; 49. Grabs; 53. Sporty car roofs; 55. Article of female tennis attire; 57. Arthur and Benaderet; 58. Qty.; 59. Look pregnant; 61. “Hey you!”; 62. Cry made with a raised index finger; 63. Fleur-de-___; 64. CD predecessors; 67. Alliance created in ‘48.
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