2 "U"
HOMOPHONES
CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
FRANK SINATRA
BACK TO BASICS
double points
100

Amount produced in a  given time, or stuff that comes from a computer

output

100

A medieval farm worker, or to browse the internet

serf/surf

100

To sulk
(4)

to pout

100

The son of a tavern owner, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in this New Jersey city in December 1915

Hoboken

100

This word for "basic" is also a 3rd grade type of school

primary (or elementary)

200

To roll out, like a flag

unfurl

200

A cereal grass, or sardonic, like some humor

rye/wry

200

Crab claws
(7)

pincers

200

She became Frank's wife in 1966, 2 years before starring in "Rosemary's Baby"

(Mia) Farrow

200

RIF, short for "Reading is" this, has aided children's literacy since 1966

fundamental

300

Colorful, rhyming 2-word term for a sickout by police officers

a blue flu

300

To smell really bad, or to inflict, usually havoc

reek/wreak

300

Describing supernatural phenomena
(10)

paranormal

300

It was a very good 45 minutes it took for Ervin Drake to write this song that helped Frank make a comeback in the '60s


"It Was A Very Good Year"

300

The timeless line "when in doubt, go basic" this appeared in a 2017 Vogue feature

black

400

Lotsa pasta flour comes from this type of wheat


durum

400

Containing little fat, or a legal claim on a property

lean/lien

400

Rice field
(5)

paddy

400

JFK was known as "Chicky Baby" as an honorary member of this group of Frank's pals

the Rat Pack

400

"Watery" term for the dominant trend, perhaps describing big media

mainstream

500

A type of ancient soothsayer; add a "Y", you get an omen

an augur

500

The type of fabric with patterns composed of round or oval holes , or the little piece of land seen here

eyelet/islet

500

Eastern tiered tower
(6)


pagoda

500

Frank won an Oscar for "From Here to Eternity" & got a 2nd acting nomination for this film about drug addiction

The Man with the Golden Arm

500

"R" you ready? This 11-letter word means "basic", like skills everyone should have

rudimentary

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