There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve before reading further! Amanda Rafkin Amanda Rafkin IOWA (13A: State home to the world's largest truck stop) Hey, I knew the answer to this clue right away! I've driven by this truck stop many times, and even stopped a time or two. IOWA is, in fact, home to the world's largest truck stop.
Since 1964, has been located along Interstate 80 in eastern IOWA (about 35 miles east of my house). A large sign visible from the interstate lets folks know IOWA 80 is the "World's Largest Truckstop." IOWA 80 has parking for 900 trucks.
The truck stop has a restaurant and food court, of course, and it also has a dentist, a chiropractor, a barber shop, a movie theatre, as well as laundry facilities and showers. A trucking museum is also located on the site. ALPHA (33A: Letter before beta) and TAU (44D: Greek T) Time for some Greek alphabet review.
The first six letters of the 24-letter Greek alphabet are ALPHA, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta. The last six letters of the Greek alphabet are TAU, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega. SNEER (42A: Villainous grin) and SMIRK (6D: Sly smile) The combination of a SNEER and a SMIRK make me wonder if this puzzle is up to something.
APU (51A: Satyajit Ray protagonist) is a series of Indian Bengali language films directed by Satyajit Ray: (1955), (1956), and (1959). The three films won awards at the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice Film festivals and are frequently listed among the greatest films of all time. H.
