Saturday Themeless by Maddy Ziegler
Happy Autumn Equinox Eve!
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| Tomorrow at 7:43 a.m. CDT The Sun will be directly over the equator |
1. Only marsupial native to the Americas: OPOSSUM - A possum is a type of marsupial, native to Australasia. An opossum is also a type of marsupial, but one that is native to the Americas. A video explanation
8. Least approachable: ICIEST.
14. Repeating numbers: REPRISES - You can find the reprise in the album track list
16. Mogadishu language: SOMALI.
17. Unleashed unintended consequences: CREATED A MONSTER
19. Stimulator of Vitamin D production: SUN.
20. Spurs great Ginóbili: MANU.
22. Bleak breakfast: GRUEL.
25. Carve out a career?: SCULPT - Carve out AS a career.
27. Some flowering succulents: ALOES.
29. Picked up: HEARD.
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| Jodie Foster in Contact |
30. Entertains with a story, say: READS ALOUD - Some of the best time I ever spent with grandchildren
33. Flapper's cut: BOB.
36. Broadcast booth role: COLOR COMMENTARY - Tom Brady's debut got mixed reviews
39. Walk-__: ONS - Nebraska is famous for kids who WALK-ON without a scholarship and become stars
40. Game element that requires a hands-on approach: TWISTER MAT.
41. Slice: PIECE.
43. __ car: CABLE - Tony Bennett sang about the city Where little CABLE cars climb halfway to the stars
44. Actress Seyfried: AMANDA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
46. Harajuku district locale: TOKYO.
48. Kills it: SLAYS.
49. "Good Luck, Babe!" singer Chappell: ROAN - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
49. "Good Luck, Babe!" singer Chappell: ROAN - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
51. Tribute poem: ODE.
54. Kellogg's Light-Up Saber Spoon, Super Sugar Crisp Mystery Ball, Alpha-Bits Pocket Printer, et al.: CEREAL BOX PRIZES.
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| My 1950's Prize that used baking powder for "fuel" |
58. Eczema treatment brand: AVEENO.
59. Nonverbal "D'oh!": HEAD SLAP.
60. Meddles (with): MESSES.
61. "The Bear," for one: DRAMEDY - I really liked this great DRAMEDY
Down:
1. "The Elder Scrolls" beasts: ORCS.
2. Arequipa's land: PERU
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| At an elevation of 7,300 ft. |
3. Easy shots: OPEN GOALS.
4. Sp. honorific: SRA.
5. Host's request: SIT.
6. Volunteer's offer: USE ME.
7. Award for Simone Biles: MEDAL and 53. Award for Simone Biles: ESPY - She also got one of these
8. Classified ad shorthand: ISO - In Search Of
9. Agree: CONCUR and 10. "Agreed!": I'M SOLD.
11. Scarf: EAT UP.
12. Lay dormant: SLEPT - Cicada eggs can lie dormant for years
13. Many a tree swing: TIRE.
15. __ Bernardino: SAN - Don't most people not pronounce the "R" in the middle?
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| 1905 |
18. Halls of fame, essentially: MUSEUMS - The Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown, NY is on my bucket list.
23. Mulligan: REDO - Our group allows one mulligan for the front and back nine.
26. VMI student: CADET.
27. West Coast gas brand: ARCO.
28. "Gold-Diggers Sound" singer Bridges: LEON ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
29. Pal: HOMIE.
31. Played a part: ACTED.
32. Like some diets: LOW CARB.
33. Buffalo: BAMBOOZLE.
34. Lacking a paper trail: ORAL.
35. Storage unit: BYTE.
37. Make out: NECK.
38. Printer part: TRAY.
42. Outrageous: INSANE.
44. Naproxen brand: ALEVE.
45. Members of a stable family?: MARES 😀
46. Took a toll on: TAXED - TAXED by taxes
47. Equal (with): ON PAR.
48. Con: SCAM.
50. "Wow!": OOH.
52. Bricked: DEAD.
55. L.A. City Council leader?: LOS 😀
56. Nutrition fig.: RDA.
57. Philosophy: ISM.
56. Nutrition fig.: RDA.
57. Philosophy: ISM.
3 comments:
Maybe I was just on the constructor’s wavelength or something, but I went through this puzzle fast as lightning. I don’t think it took me ten minutes to complete it, from top to bottom. Even words I did not know, such as the name “Manu”became easily accessible through friendly perps. I certainly made up for my debacle of yesterday! How did the rest of you do? Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Definitely easier than yesterday's adventure. Most of my WAGs turned out to be correct (I'M SOLD, MESSES, DRAMEDY, I'm lookin' at you). CONCUR evokes DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can. Mom had a BOB back in her flapper days. It all came down to _OH/R_AN. Yay, d-o WAGged an O. Nice debut, Maddy. Enjoyed the expo, Husker.
Well nuts. Two days in a row with one error. Two days in a row with the error in the SW.
This time it was a careless entry that should have been caught. I had AVErNO and PAYErS. D'oh! HEAD SLAP!
The southern third fell first and fast. We just had Chappell ROAN a week or so ago, and her surname was also referenced in the Universal a couple of days ago as 'Femininomenom" singer Chappell. I don't know either song. I guess we won't be seeing much of the horse color clue except in early week puzzles.
I tried COLOR COMMENTAtor but one too many letters, so I changed it to COMMENTAte, and then finally COMMENTARY.
Fun fact: SAN Bernardino - The county is the largest in the contiguous United States, and larger than nine of the states. It is also larger than dozens of other countries. I just learned that while reading articles about the fires.
I never saw the clue for Spurs great Ginóbili while solving, but that would have been a gimme. He was fun to watch, and he was never afraid to take it to the hole against the bigs.
Thank you, Maddy, I enjoyed your puzzle. Me too Gary, a fun 20:40 today. I enjoyed your review. BTW, I couldn't keep my eyes open, and went to bed. I missed the second half of the game, but watched the highlights on ESPN and read a couple of articles. A blow, but they'll be fine.
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