Saturday Themeless by Rachel Fabi and Rebecca Goldstein
Across:
1. Body suit?: SKIN 😀
5. Case study?: LSAT PREP 😀
18. More effervescent: BOUNCIER - Not bubblier it turns out
19. People at a swap meet?: BARTERERS.
21. Source of child support?: KNEE 😀
22. Fell behind: LOST A STEP - Some think 40-yr-old Aaron Rodgers has LOST A STEP
The result of a stay-at-home order |
30. More than half: MOST.
32. "This is kind of a big favor ... ": I HATE TO ASK.
39. Main character energy: EGO.
40. Lippy: SALTY and 38. Lippy: PERT.
41. Fine print specialists: ART DEALERS - Any talk of fine art reminds me of our sorely-missed constructor and art curator Jeffrey Wechsler. Here he is amid what seems to be some 55. Works in a gallery: OILS.
44. "going afk": TTYL - I'm afk (away from keyboard), TTYL (talk to you later)
45. Dane of "Euphoria": ERIC.
Dr. Mark Sloan Cal Jacobes Grey's Anatomy Euphoria |
46. "Me, that's who!": I AM.
48. Letters on some kitchen gadgets: OXO.
49. The U.K.'s Auntie Beeb: BBC.
65. Becomes more inclined: STEEPENS.
66. Adult: LEWD.
Down:
1. [Raises eyebrows]: SUP.
3. "You just have to show up": IT'S ALL SET - Uh, the devil is in the details
4. Cold brew variety: NITRO.
11. "Nice to __ you": virtual greeting: E-MEET - I suppose...
12. Funerary heaps: PYRES - Hear PYRE at 1:00
… The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral PYRE…
14. "__ luck!": LOTSA.
17. Washington Post columnist Alexandra: PETRI.
Clever title! |
20. Marine biologist posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter: RACHEL CARSON.
23. Cookware that may nest: POTS.
25. Where to go "when you're short on your dough," per a disco classic: YMCA - The official 1978 video.
26. Like some beer served in a tulip glass: SOUR.
$2,300 |
35. Goddess of the underworld whose name means "shuddering": STYX - Also the river
36. Han's son: KYLO - I only watched the original, which turned out to be #4 in the chronology of the franchise.
51. Copy cats?: CLONE.
53. Apt rhyme for slams: DAMNS 😀 - DAMNING something is a step up from merely slamming it
54. Catastrophic, as an error: FATAL.
1 comment:
I didn’t realize “Styx” was a goddess - I thought it was a river. Other than that, I didn’t have too much trouble with this puzzle, in spite of the many attempts at misdirection, reminiscent in some ways of my bane, the “cryptic” crossword (although not quite that bad,) Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
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