Saturday Themeless by Kelly Morenus
Kelly provided a lot of nice treats and very few tricks with this fun puzzle.
1. Prince William, to Eddie Redmayne, at 51-Down 51. College founded in 1440: ETON.: SCHOOL MATE - The arrows point out Eddie and William, who is the very image of his mother.
11. Ask: POSE.
15. "This is news to me!": I HAD NO IDEA.
16. Quechua-speaking highlander: INCA.
17. Feeling that all roads lead to roam?: WANDERLUST.
18. Some Ivy Leaguers: ELIS.
19. Combine: ADD.
20. Some are plant-based: DIETS - Neither we nor our kitty Lily will ever be vegans
21. Winnow: SIFT - Letting a breeze help winnow the wheat from the chaff
22. Skye of "La Brea": IONE - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think you can pick out Ms. Skye below
24. Prince of Moscow from 1325 to 1340: IVAN I.
26. "And there it is!": BOB'S YOUR UNCLE.
31. Helps out with a job: ABETS.
32. "Waiting for Godot" role: ESTRAGON - As I mentioned last week, Godot is a no show
35. "You don't say!": GOSH.
36. San Juan's __ de la Princesa: PASEO - A PASEO is a tree-lined public walkway
36. San Juan's __ de la Princesa: PASEO - A PASEO is a tree-lined public walkway
38. Took home: MADE - I took home less than $400/month in my first year of teaching
39. Reserved: SET APART - My son-in-law's architecture firm got four $2,300 reserved seats from a construction firm for a Husker VB earlier this month and took the entire family. The tix came with great parking and a prime rib buffet.
41. Many a "Hacks" guest star: COMIC - Here's a list. I don't know a lot of them.
42. Fixes a situation: STACKS THE DECK.
45. Needle: TEASE.
46. Strong: HALE.
47. Farm youngster: CALF.
48. Peter __ Steak House: LUGER - Here's the menu
51. Federal org. with a flower logo: EPA.
54. Dance in "Lilo & Stitch": HULA.
55. Topic for discussion: AGENDA ITEM.
58. Cartel headquartered in Vienna: OPEC.
59. List of attractions: PLACES TO GO.
60. Forward: PERT.
61. Fatal attractions?: SIREN SONGS - Sail on Odysseus!
Down:
1. "Boomerang" singer JoJo: SIWA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. African lake in four countries: CHAD.
3. Assistance: HAND.
4. Suspicious: ODD - Don't we all know this Sesame Street Song: "Three of these belong together, three of these things are kind of the same..."
5. Number of former public defenders who have served on the Supreme Court: ONE.
6. "Perish the thought!": LORD NO!
7. Environs: MILIEU - Not a word you might use in every environ
8. Together, musically: A DUE.
9. Try out: TEST.
10. Starts to consume: EATS INTO.
11. Dishes that can be both hot and cold: PIES ALA MODE 😀
12. Minecraft, e.g.: ONLINE GAME - The ORE elements of this game are regularly used here.
13. "Dune" realm: SCI FI.
14. From Armenia to Azerbaijan: EAST.
22. "Oh, yeah?": IS THAT A FACT.
23. Kvetching cries: OYS.
25. Home entertainment staple, once: VCR.
26. Secures: BAGS - Hunters around here try to BAG a deer in season
27. Prominent instrument in "Swan Lake": OBOE - Here it is (1:01)
28. Novelist's goal: BEST SELLER.
29. Sits for a spell: RESTS.
30. Mistreat, maybe: USE.
33. Like much of Pindar's work: ODIC - I wonder if they were BEST SELLERS
34. Ukulele part: NECK.
36. Warmup stretches: PACE LAPS - The PACE CAR at the Indy 500 race a few years ago
37. Synagogue fixture: ARK.
40. Some med. professionals: PAS - My doctor and her PA are both former students
41. Film frame: CEL - The practice of making hand painted CELS ended in the late 1990's
43. From that point on: THENCE - As used by Emily Dickinson
44. Firm up: HARDEN.
45. Neutral tone: TAUPE.
47. Lamb cut: CHOP - Remember?
49. Citrus hybrid: UGLI.
50. Neutral, for one: GEAR.
52. Simon of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise: PEGG.
52. Simon of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise: PEGG.
53. "The West Wing" actor John: AMOS.
56. Donkey: ASS.
57. Manga artist Junji: ITO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm off to get out the bags of candy for tonight's 250+ trick or treaters who I don't think will look much like ITO's images!
