Hi all!
Jeffrey here.
“A Means to an End” is this week’s puzzle title and the theme is revealed at 66a/68a [Words to a couch potato … and a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 37-, 48- and 60-Across] – GET A LIFE.
16a [Not likely to stick around]– FLY BY NIGHT. Do you Love the Night Life?
24a [Do worse than ever]– HIT A NEW LOW. We don’t like a low life.
37a [Do a magic trick with a box and a blade]– SAW A WOMAN IN HALF. Half-life is the time required for atoms to undergo radioactive decay to reduce to half of its initial value.
48a [Doesn’t fall far from the tree, so to speak]– TAKES AFTER. After life.
60a [Airer of “Shark Week” and “The Incredible Dr. Pol]– NAT GEO WILD. Wildlife can be seen on Nat Geo Wild.
Canadian content:
18a [Patty Stacker purveyor] – K-TEL. Barb digging deep in the vault for this clue. “Your hands need never touch the meat!”
13d [Prov. part nicknamed “The Rock”] – NFLD. Dwayne Johnson apparently sued Newfoundland over the nickname, but I can’t seem to find how that ended.
40d [U.S. station similar to CBC] – NPR.
53d [Large Lake Erie island] –PELEE. Southern most point in Canada. 27 U.S. states are at least partly further north.
Tip of the Week:
If you want to join others at a virtual crossword tournament, there are two coming up:
July 25 – Boswords
August 21 – Lollapuzzoola
Hope to see you there! And see you here next week!