CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
A go-between, or a relationship that could be "dangerous"
(7)
Liason
Sent in December 1992, the first text message was just these 2 seasonally appropriate words
Merry christmas
A body of water smaller than a lake adds a vowel to become a unit of weight
Pound
You can invest in shares of it, or you can use the beef or chicken type to make soup
Stock
1947: "Helical spring toy which will walk on a...set of steps... without...external force beyond t
Slinky
Potato pancake
(5)
Latke
Under sharia law, a man can do this to his wife by notifying her 3 times; in 2009 a Saudi man made news by doing so via text
Divorce
A broad smile welcomes a vowel & turns into a seed of wheat
Grain
To emerge from an egg, or an opening or door on an aircraft
Hatch
1953:
"Machines for smoothing and renewing the surface of the ice in a skating rink"
Zamboni
Sane or easily understood
(5)
Lucid
In 2018 agent Peter Strzok was fired from this organization for sending politically charged texts
The FBI
A daily meal eats up a vowel to start a new venture
Launch
Happening now, or the motion of the ocean
Current
1866:
"The arrangement of 2 wheels, the one directly in front of the other, combined with a mechanism for driving the wheels"
Bicycle
Fungi & algae combo
(6)
Lichen
In 2019 Massachusetts introduced a new service allowing those in need of help to text, not call, this number
911
One of the 4 divisions in a card deck antes up a vowel to be a hotel room upgrade
Suite
It can mean to grow or sprout like a plant, or to engage in passive activity like kicking back & watching TV
Vegetate
1946:
"Propulsion aircraft systems in which thrust is developed by...the expulsion of a stream of gas through a nozzle"
Jet engine
A pale purple
(8)
Lavender
In 2008 a surgeon in Africa with Medecins Sans Frontieres, this organization, saved a life using instructions texted from Britain
Doctors without borders
To fuse metal using heat fires up a vowel to emerge as a word meaning to exercise power
Wield
It's the answer to a problem, or a homogenous liquid that's a mixture of 2 or more substances
Solution
1893: "Automatically engaging or disengaging an entire series of clasps by a single continuous movement"
Zipper