Catagorical Pursuits - Client example

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ACROSS 1 Put in order 21 Hertz rival 25 A.M. periods, poetically 30 __ Bay (town on Washington’s Makah Reservation) 39 Spanish for “rice” 43 Mishmash 50 Length of office 62 Big name in dog food 66 Wood-shaping tool 86 Forearm bone 88 Jam-packs 94 Something gripped by a lumberjack 99 A grandmaster is a master at it 100 Muse of comedy 107 Acquiring 120 Soprano nicknamed “La Divina” 126 Enjoy again, as a book 132 Doing the job 142 Rodent scurrying in an attic 145 Carts that can be tilted backward to dump loads 148 The “A” of A.D. 151 Sharp musical sense 152 IRS IDs 155 Prefix with dorsal or lateral 161 Shudders of emotion 169 Kind of sweater 173 Exaggerate the worth of 176 Totally unknown by 183 Raison d’__ 185 Establishments for growing grassy turf 192 Puerto __ (San Juan natives) 203 A little over two pounds, for short 204 Christianity’s Messiah, in Italian 206 Concept, in Cannes 210 Syst. of talking with one’s hands 217 Grooves on something 222 Cried out in pain 225 Where to get your kicks? 229 Eggnog spice 234 Old-style synonym for “drunk” 238 Become lenient 244 Pool area for diving 247 Said “yes” or “no” to an invite 249 What investors hope to make on investments: Abbr. 253 Tex-Mex treat 255 Located by searching painstakingly 263 Get ready, for short 265 Renewal sticker on a license plate 276 Tools hit with hammers 279 Ruffians 284 Commanded 290 Certain nobleman, in Nantes 306 Loosened, as a skate 308 __ Beach (city north of Miami) 310 Milky and iridescent 312 “Clever thinking!” 316 Cherished person 325 Discharges 327 “Me? Never!” 329 Engrossed 330 People making confetti, e.g. 340 Device used in making photo IDs 358 Gold, in Granada 359 In the sack 365 Melodic subject, in music 366 Ultimatum ender 367 Little lies 368 Having lost all hope 373 Fame 375 Newspaper supplements 379 Kennel cries 384 Days of yore, in days of yore

386 Colorful iris ring 388 Unabridged 389 __ paper (journalist’s carryalong) 392 Any of 10 equal statistical subdivisions 393 Directed disdain toward 400 People using coarsely humorous language 405 Men’s formal coats 407 Advice to someone complaining about being overwhelmed with pressure 419 Hexa- plus two 420 Bother persistently 421 Trucks such as Sierras and Canyons 422 Of right mind 428 Hesitate in doubt 450 Hoodwink 461 Like vegan food 463 Appraises anew DOWN 9 Part of QED 12 Eponymous Israeli gun designer 11 Lacking legitimacy 14 Fill with freight 17 Balloting place 26 Fifty minutes to two 27 Cambodian currency unit 30 Caught sight of 33 Non-office desktop 34 “Same here” 35 Embellish 36 French for “world” 37 A little off 61 Tool for making accurate crosscuts 63 Unleavened cornbread 67 Noisy clamors 73 “What a surprise to see you here!” 74 Minimum-range tides 76 Impressive act 79 Cheap cigar 90 Property recipient, legally 91 Producing, as coins 97 “Surprise Symphony” composer Joseph 98 Take the stitches out of 99 Begins airing 100 “Here, have a sample” 102 Hitching post? 105 Pamper to excess 106 Copy closely 108 Ho-hum 111 Safest option 113 Hackneyed 114 Tenants’ obligations 115 Strong desire 116 Vietnamese New Year celebrations 120 Site of Jesus’ crucifixion 121 Athletic footwear brand 127 Loathe 130 Exposes 131 Bill worth 100 bucks 136 Gooey tortilla topping 137 “Yeah ... not gonna happen” 139 Span. ladies 152 Ran through a strainer 153 Fastened with a threaded bit of hardware 155 “Otello” composer 156 Physicians who may cry “Stat!,” for short 157 Almost 159 Immature portobello mushroom 160 Singing Christmas songs 161 Rigid 162 Herd of horses from which ranch hands select their mounts 166 Wins back 168 Thumbs-ups

170 School color of a famous British boys’ school 174 Blood vessels 176 Early p.m. periods, in classifieds 178 Fast-firing firearm 187 Totally conks out 190 Made void 191 Went on a sailing outing 197 Small tuned drums 209 Get __ in edgewise 216 Half-wits 219 The first instruction 226 Gripped part of a sword 228 Twin-__ plane 230 Attendee 237 First main part of the Constitution 243 Accumulating 248 Performs perfectly 254 Work to get 264 Hungarian sheepdog 266 Journey during which everything goes wrong, say 269 Groups of five 272 Caterers’ dispensers 273 Practiced diligently, as a trade 277 Prevailing tendencies 278 Work for seven 282 Like some wailing female cats 283 Expected to arrive 285 “Disregard what I’m saying” 293 Forest den 295 Pros’ opposites 315 Pride parade initialism 319 Pasta is loaded with them 321 Cowpoke’s bud 322 Metric weight 324 Downsizing plans? 326 Door security feature to peek through 328 Pronto 331 Very, musically 335 Behaving in the manner of a bug, in a way 336 Give __ to (endorse) 337 Had a petty quarrel 338 __-English (Anglo-Irish) 339 Religious recluse 340 Pieces of mail: Abbr. 344 Ran in neutral 348 Tunes to, as a dial 349 Blender brand 351 Tender spot 353 Pool table covering 354 Squeezing (out) 355 Sleep clinic concern 374 Abbr. on a food carton 376 Artifact from the past 379 Something annexed: Abbr. 381 With a sharp picture, for short 383 Bird-built home 387 “Chacun __ go˚t” (“each to one’s own taste”) 389 Walked nervously to and fro 390 Scaremonger 391 Jarring trumpet sound 393 Pond gunk 394 Baked treats that may feature pecans 397 Inquire about 402 Easter hoppers 408 Brothers, in Paris 409 Light bulb holder 415 OshKosh __ (clothing brand) 417 Country capital east of the West Bank 418 Judges to be 425 Bleacher feature 427 Pre-stereo format 428 Shoulder muscle, for short 433 Two-__ sloth 437 Magical glow 438 Borscht vegetable 439 Cost to play

SPORTS ACROSS 13 Football Hall of Famer who became a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court 53 Basketball Hall of Famer Nash 54 Sticker on a NASCAR car 69 Organization that coadministers the Ryder Cup 96 Football coaches Don, Mike and Dave 103 Hit sharply, as a baseball 105 Places for sports spectators 178 Rodeo competitor 181 ¡lvarez of the Houston Astros 184 NBA, NFL or NHL position 202 All-Star pitcher Robb 213 “The Black __” (nickname for PelÈ) 220 State that’s home to the Summit League’s Fighting Hawks: Abbr. 223 Danny of the 1980s Boston Celtics 235 Pitcher’s rubber 261 Defensive end Odom who played for the Titans 309 Kentucky Derby handful 331 Tennis player Sharapova and figure skater Butyrskaya 333 __ Ridge (1972 Kentucky Derby winner) 360 Baseball crowd-pleaser 363 Eight-time Gold Glove winner Rolen 391 Cincinnati football player 398 Nine-time Gold Glove winner Aparicio

423 Winning tennis declaration 451 Home to minor league baseball’s SeaWolves 452 The Texas Longhorns’ mascot Bevo, e.g. 453 Olympic swimming gold medalist __ de Bruijn 455 Olympic weapons 457 Delaware Fightin’ Blue __ (2003 college football champs) 458 Eli and Peyton, to Archie Manning DOWN 1 McGwire’s 1998 rival 4 Baseball executive Epstein 5 Guys motivated by coxswains 6 Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny 16 March Madness org. 18 Rival of Frazier 19 MLB execs 22 Gianluca who played in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups 64 Basketball’s __ Globetrotters 77 Dropped fly ball, e.g. 82 Soccer’s Real Madrid and Barcelona, e.g. 107 2006-’08 heavyweight champ Maskaev 125 New Jersey NHL team member 141 Turner who was the 2007-’12 coach of the San Diego Chargers

150 Jean who won the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix 151 Ian who played in the 2018 World Series 177 Easy hoops shots 182 Hockey Hall of Famer Cam 186 Olympic gymnast Korbut 199 Football Hall of Famer Mel 200 Long cross-country motorcycle race 239 Alley-__ (pass-shot combo) 270 Swimmer Gertrude who won gold at the 1924 Olympics 275 Sprinter Richards-Ross who won gold in the 2004, ‘08 and ‘12 Olympics 289 Short rope ladders with a few solid rungs used in mountaineering 292 Patrik who played in the NHL for 20 seasons 320 Governing soccer org. for the Continent 342 Raines and Tebow of baseball 345 Sarazen who won the 1935 Masters 356 Ran like Usain Bolt 370 English town where an annual horse race takes place 406 Franco Harris was one 429 Olympic marathoner Zátopek 431 Some Pac-12 athletes 434 Tournament anyone may participate in

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CATEGORICAL PURSUITS 3 By Frank Longo

ENTERTAINMENT ACROSS 8 “John Wick” star Reeves 34 Title sitcom role for Vicki Lawrence 38 Midwestern birthplace of Marlon Brando and Nick Nolte, in a mailing address 46 One-named New Age musician 49 R&B singer __ Marie 57 Label for Cardi B and Janelle Mon·e 83 __ and Sara (indie pop duo) 87 “Matter of Fact” journalist O’Brien 93 Sing like Ella Fitzgerald 95 Last name of 59-Down 104 Larry or Curly of funny shorts 106 “The Simpsons” tavern 117 Rapper Ice-T’s first album 123 “Kick-__” (Nicolas Cage film) 133 “Saving Private Ryan” extras 146 1971 Santana hit 163 2015-’16 CBS spinoff procedural 188 Moonwalk or Nae Nae, say 194 2013 film starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright 195 MichaÎl who played Billy the Kid in “Lucky Luke” 211 What cartoondom’s teenage mutant turtles are 250 Egerton who played Elton John in “Rocketman” 252 “Cheers” seat 267 Isaac Asimov’s genre 273 “This Old House” airer 298 “Wedding Crashers” actress Fisher 300 “No __ at All” (1981 Genesis hit) 314 “27 Dresses” co-star Katherine

337 Grammy-winning singer __ Lynne 350 2017 film starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow 362 “We’ve Got __” (Bob Seger hit) 364 Box-office bomb 380 “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer O’Connor 403 “In the Valley of __” (2007 Charlize Theron film) 406 2007 documentary about the U.S. health care system 415 1982 Harrison Ford film 436 BBC series starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge 441 Abba’s “Take a Chance __” 442 “Bohemian Rhapsody” star Malek 444 “Sixteen __” (Tennessee Ernie Ford hit) 448 Turtlelike enemy created by Nintendo DOWN 3 Shankar whose daughter is Norah Jones 7 John Coltrane’s instrument 8 Singer Starr and actress Francis 23 “XOXO” actress Skye 56 Vow that Elizabeth Taylor said often 58 They’re “a-changin’,” per a Bob Dylan song 59 Joanie’s boyfriend on “Happy Days” 69 Subj. of the 2017 war film “Thank You for Your Service” 72 Nickname of jazz pianist Earl Hines 81 “The Verdict” actor Milo 96 “Full House” co-star John 118 “__ the Dragon” (1973 Bruce Lee film) 123 Indian city in which part of “Slumdog Millionaire” is set

140 Rock groups with angsty songs, often 163 “It’s Impossible” crooner Perry 165 Falco of “Nurse Jackie” 175 Georgia of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” 189 TV comedy series starring Glenn Howerton as a teacher 201 Oscar Madison or Oscar the Grouch 218 “Belle” star __ MbathaRaw 221 Comedian Hart, for short 223 “Life Is Just __ of Cherries” (Rudy Vallee hit) 232 Film-rating org. 245 Label for Alessia Cara and Kanye West 256 Actress Baird of “Stan Helsing” 271 Royal played by Helen Mirren in 2006, for short 274 Actor Eric who was in several Astaire-Rogers films 287 Suffix with Smurf 296 Tara of “Sharknado” 307 Phil who had a 29-year talk show 323 Guthrie of folk 346 Lena of “Chocolat” 352 1976 Gregory Peck film, with “The” 378 Clarinetist Shaw and comedian Lange 380 He played Sam in “The Lord of the Rings” 385 Actress Remini 392 Rick with the 1976 #1 hit “Disco Duck” 413 Fiona in “Shrek,” e.g. 424 Cher or Alicia Keys, voicewise 430 The Beatles’ “I Me __” 440 The Platters “Smoke __ in Your Eyes” 447 Singer with the 2014 hit “Chandelier”

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SOMETHING FUN TO DO WHILE YOU’RE HOME HISTORY ACROSS 40 Black nationalist featured on a 1999 postage stamp 41 Pivotal 1969 event at the Stonewall Inn 42 Pioneering ‘40s computer 44 Ancient Palestinian land 60 Old-time country schoolteacher 84 Like Plato, Socrates or Solon 85 New African country of 1993 119 City founded by Pizarro in 1535 144 Sports cars that debuted in ‘53 149 Presidential middle name between Fitzgerald and Milhous 154 “I’m __ crook” (Nixon’s declaration) 224 Fast jet retired in ‘03 241 Old family name in violinmaking 281 John Brown led one on Harpers Ferry 291 Pennsylvania site of a major 1979 accident 301 Like some ancient 318-Across 318 Euclid, Plato and Sappho 361 His vice president was George M. Dallas

443 “__ Ike” (1952 campaign slogan) DOWN 10 18th-century English composer Thomas 15 1960s British prime minister Douglas-Home 29 Watergate and Irangate 31 Plane in which Amelia Earhart disappeared 32 The London Blitz of 1940-’41, e.g. 70 One in 1930 turned into the Great Depression 75 “Raggedy” doll conceived in 1915 89 $3 million paid to John Paul Getty III’s kidnappers in 1973 94 Site of the ruins of the ancient Egyptian capital Akhetaten 104 Ruler exiled in 1979 135 Attorney general between Barr and Ashcroft 172 First family of the 1960s 173 Ellen who was the first Latina in space 193 Explorer Hedin who discovered the source of the Indus River

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 214 “L’__ c’est moi” (declaration attributed to Louis XIV) 224 Canonized fifth-cen. pope 235 Myles of Plymouth Colony 240 Historic Army post next to Arlington National Cemetery 251 Democratic donkey creator Thomas 258 Biblical name of Palestine 262 India’s first prime minister 297 Birthplace of Christopher Columbus 317 What “Julius” is in “Gaius Julius Caesar” 330 Long walks, like Gandhi’s 1930 Salt March 332 Spiro who served with Nixon 341 Israelis’ opponents in the 1967 Six-Day War 372 Gen. at Gettysburg 396 Gp. that fought in the Battle of Britain 400 __ Hashimoto, 1996-’98 prime minister of Japan 411 World War II admiral nicknamed “Bull” 416 Judge Ito of the Simpson trial 435 It launched Skylab in ’73

ACROSS 45 Facebook co-founder Eduardo 68 Old devices that competed with SoundScribers 110 Habitats for aquanauts 122 Gp. seeking life in space 147 Former maker of the Zip drive 196 All-wheel-drive, all-terrain military trucks 205 IBM’s groundbreaking computer that beat Garry Kasparov in 1997 231 Popular website for taking online courses 271 Seismograph movers 304 Model of the solar system 320 Got a newer version of a program, say 343 Structure of a rocket without its power plant 345 Chrome browser maker 347 Quantum number assigned to a subatomic particle

377 Like erbium, holmium and yttrium, with regard to combining power 404 Organic compounds containing carbonyl groups 449 The second “T” of TNT 454 Oily compounds used in making rubber and resins 462 Minor planet discovered in 2003 DOWN 13 Photograph-developing compound 20 Line of Acer laptops 21 60th of a min., in angular measurement 24 Collection of celestial maps 25 Subkingdom consisting of multicellular animals with differentiated tissues 71 Very radioactive element whose atomic number is 118 78 Big name in photocopiers 92 Arrow constellation

198 Pioneering communications satellite 227 Oxygen carriers in the blood 233 __ Observatory (home of the world’s largest refracting telescope) 280 Pertaining to the shape and area of the earth in land surveying 294 Bacterium not requiring oxygen 311 Physicist Marie or Pierre Curie, to physicist IrËne Joliot-Curie 313 Greek letter that’s a symbol of electromotive force 334 Apple device that debuted in 2007 343 Like one of a battery’s terminals 357 Colorants for wool or silk 371 Contacting via WhatsApp, e.g. 395 Eardrum-examining instrument 401 Brand of prescription appetite suppressant

ACROSS 47 Impractical type, like Cervantes’ Don Quixote 48 “The Wedding at __” (Paolo Veronese painting) 51 “Jazz” novelist Morrison 52 Italian Renaissance poet who wrote “Orlando Furioso” 55 “Fault Line” novelist Barry 64 “Hallelujah” chorus composer 101 17th-century poet John who wrote “Cooper’s Hill” 112 “Museum Photographs” photographer Thomas 124 E.M. Forster’s “Where Angels Fear to __” 128 “Mark Twain,” “O. Henry” or “Isak Dinesen” 131 Upper Paleolithic paintings 134 Immanuel Kant essay in which he proclaims “Dare to be wise!” 158 “The Battle of San Romano” painter Paolo 167 Manet’s “A Bar at the Folies-__” 179 “A Passage to India” heroine 207 Fictional sleuth Lupin 208 One of 17 in a haiku 215 Trojan War epic 246 Undercoat for painting on wood 257 “Numero Zero” novelist Umberto 259 Zora Neale Hurston’s “Dust Tracks on __” 268 “Otello,” e.g.

286 “For I __ saw true beauty till this night”: Romeo 288 “Great Expectations” girl 302 Title character of a Hemingway novel 303 “Das Kapital” or “Common Sense” 305 “Who Has __ the Wind?” (Christina Rossetti poem) 323 Oliver Twist became one when Mr. Brownlow took him in 382 Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta 399 Perform, to Shakespeare 426 John le Carrè character George 432 __ Bell (pseudonym of Anne BrontÎ) 445 Park that’s the subject of many Ansel Adams photographs 456 Ashcan School painter Shinn 459 “The King of __” (John Grisham novel) 460 Like John Poole’s Paul Pry DOWN 2 With 404-Down, Persian poet who wrote the “Rubaiyat” 28 “Peter Pan” pooch 65 “... or to take arms against __ of troubles”: Hamlet 80 “__ Lang Syne” (Robert Burns poem) 109 Stolen food item in “Alice in Wonderland”

119 “Woman With a __” (Jan Vermeer painting) 129 Like forged wartworks 138 “__ Holden” (Irving Bacheller novel) 143 1990 Mario Puzo novel, with “The” 164 “I Promessi __” (Alessandro Manzoni novel) 171 Like April among all months, per a T.S. Eliot poem 180 Hamlet’s duel opponent 212 “Infinite __” (David Foster Wallace novel) 236 Jean-Paul Sartre’s first novel 242 Deus ex __ (contrived plot device in a novel) 260 Fertility goddess mentioned in Poe’s “Ulalume” 299 U.S. Marxist who wrote “Women, Race & Class” 367 “Mending Wall” poet Robert 369 Madonna-and-child artworks 403 Artists such as Albrecht D¸rer and Childe Hassam 404 See 2-Down 410 “__ Fall Apart” (Chinua Achebe novel) 412 “Ended, __ it begun”: Emily Dickinson 414 Like Romeo and Juliet or Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler 446 “__ of Ours” (Willa Cather novel)

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