Folks can overpay for stationary, school supplies and fashion accessories with the Hello Kitty character emblazoned thereon. Hello Kitty is a female bobtail cat, and a character/brand name launched in 1974 by the Japanese company Sanrio. 39 Fictional feline from Japan … or how one might greet 17-, 24-, 54- or 65-Across : HELLO KITTY When I was growing up in Ireland we played “noughts and crosses” … our name for the game tic-tac-toe. 31 Winning tic-tac-toe line, when player X isn’t paying attention : O-O-O They ultimately paid the cost when the piper lured their children away. It is a reference to townsfolk of Hamelin who refused to pay the Pied Piper for ridding the town of rats. Our contemporary idiom “to pay the piper” means “to bear the cost of a poor decision”. The use of the word “pied” implies that the piper dressed in multi-colored clothing. The suggestion is that the tale is an allegory. Recently there have been suggestions that the story is rooted in some truth, that the town of Hamelin did in fact lose many of its children, perhaps to plague. The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin dates back to medieval times. As Tony would say, “They’re Gr-r-reat!” Well, I thought they were when I was a lot younger … 29 Like a famed piper : PIED Tony the Tiger has been the mascot of Frosted Flakes cereal since the product’s introduction in 1951. I wonder if Mel Ott had any idea that he would turn in crosswords so very often? 24 Cereal mascot whose catchphrase is “They’re gr-r-reat!” : TONY THE TIGER ![]() The amount of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean during the summer has been dropping in recent times, as a consequence of climate change. The Arctic Ocean is in the north polar region, and is almost completely covered by sea ice in the winter. It was named for the country of India, which forms much of the ocean’s northern boundary. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world’s oceans, and accounts for almost 20% of the Earth’s surface. Very impressive … 21 Indian and Arctic : OCEANS I once heard him play the challenging “Flight of the Bumblebee” on the flute on a British talk show. Not only was Henry Mancini an amazing film composer, he was a very accomplished flautist. The character became so popular that he was featured in a whole series of short films, and even merited his own “The Pink Panther Show”, which was a cartoon series that was shown on NBC on Saturday mornings. The Pink Panther is a character who appears in the main title of most of “The Pink Panther” series of films. 17 Titular animated character whose theme music is by Henry Mancini : PINK PANTHER “Thank God It’s Friday” (TGIF) 15 Darling one : MOPPETĪ moppet is a young child, with “moppet” being a variant of “poppet”. 10 “Woo-hoo! The weekend’s here!” : TGIF! The terms come from “voi là” meaning “see there” and “voi ici” meaning “see here”. ![]() The French word “voilà” means “there it is”, and “voici” means “here it is”. ![]() In the latter, Mimi is an erotic dancer with HIV. In the former, Mimi is a seamstress suffering from tuberculosis. The main character in both “La bohème” and “Rent” is named Mimi. “Rent” tells the story of struggling artists and musicians living in the Lower East Side of New York, and is set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic. The musical “Rent” by Jonathan Larson is based on the Puccini opera “La bohème”. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ “Rent” character who sings “Light My Candle” : MIMI
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