Saturday Themeless by Samuel A. Donaldson & Doug Peterson
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The Manga heroine (yeah, right!), the correct vowel for pasta and a pop singer gave me two bad cells but, in the words of Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive.
1. Opportunity for late-night stargazing: AFTER PARTY - I told Vanity Fair I just couldn't make it.
11. March 1 : lion :: March 31 : __: LAMB - In Nebraska, March 1st had a high of 500F and March 31st had a high of 540F, so...
17. Element of the Pythagorean theorem: HYPOTENUSE - A piece 'o cake for us math peeps! Bonus: Carpenters know, if you measure 3' on one side of a frame and 4' on the other side. If the HYPOTENUSE measures 5', you've got a right angle.
18. Museum piece: VASE and 33. Museum piece: URN.
19. Triumphant shout: YES.
20. Actress Mireille: ENOS.
21. Gabor sister whose given name was Sári: ZSA ZSA - The Kardashians of many years ago. Between them they had 19 marriages.
For no particular reason: In 1941, Gabor left Hungary for the United States. During a layover at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska en route to Hollywood, she made headlines by telling the Associated Press that she had danced with Adolf Hitler twice.
29. Performer in a cloud swing: ACROBAT - Our constructor/circus trainer friend Carly Schuna did not have a picture of her in this device but she prevailed on her friend Karen Nellessen to send me one. Thanks Carly and Karen!
35. Give up: CEDE.
36. Like a road with many blind spots: CURVY - Twisty had too many letters.
37. Northern Nevada county: ELKO and city that is the county seat
38. Ryssdal who hosts NPR's "Marketplace": KAI.
40. "The Bear" Emmy winner Jeremy __ White: ALLEN - These strangers-to-me continue to populate the puzzle.
50. Runs away in haste: LAMS.
51. In: HIP.
54. Deets: INFO - Really good INFOrmation needs deets (details)
55. Big fan: AFICIONADO.
58. Dull roar?: MEOW.
59. Bob Seger hit about "trying to lose the awkward teenage blues": NIGHT MOVES - An ear worm song with lyrics shown in a very unique way.
60. Misses the mark: ERRS.
61. Booker prize?: SENATE SEAT.
1. Like terrain downwind of an erupting volcano: ASHY - The eruption of Mt. St Helens in 1980
6. Union contract: PRENUP - Michael Jordan's new wife Yvette Prieto signed a PRE-NUP giving her $1M/year if they stay married up to ten years and $5M/year beyond that.
9. Game breaks, for short: TO'S - Time Outs
10. California's Santa __ Valley: YNEZ.
10. California's Santa __ Valley: YNEZ.
24. Credulous: NAIVE.
26. Last-second: NICK OF TIME.
27. Vacation venue with cabins: OCEAN LINER - The Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship
46. Join forces (with): ALIGN.
47. Georgia retreat: DACHA - When I saw Warm Springs would not fit, I figured I should be thinking Russia
47. Georgia retreat: DACHA - When I saw Warm Springs would not fit, I figured I should be thinking Russia
Lear: FIE, FIE, FIE, pah, pah!—Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. There’s money for thee.
57. Sudoku figs.: NOS.
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