Saturday Themeless by Rachel Fabi and Rebecca Goldstein
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| Rachel is a Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University. |
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| Rebecca is a research scientist at Merck, developing cancer immunotherapies. |
1. Body suit?: SKIN 😀
5. Case study?: LSAT PREP 😀
13. To: UNTIL - My sub days run from 7:45 UNTIL/to 3:45.
15. "Heavens above!": OH ME OH MY.
16. Coming out of anesthesia, maybe: POST OP.
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
24. Sudden-death NHL periods: OTS.
25. Couture initials: YSL.
27. Raised eyebrow, e.g.: ARC.
28. Hollywood haze: SMOG.
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| 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.
37. Get ready to play: CUE UP - Dr. Johnny Fever is playing a record and CUEING up the next one
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.
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| 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.
52. Tag-teams: TRADES OFF.
57. Offensive lines on the field: TRASH TALK.
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| Just fine, how are you? 😁 |
59. Grin-and-bear-it philosophy: STOICISM.
61. Bring into harmony: ATTUNE.
63. Garam masala element: CINNAMON.
65. Becomes more inclined: STEEPENS.
66. Adult: LEWD.
Down:
1. [Raises eyebrows]: SUP.
2. Key turning point?: KNOB 😀
3. "You just have to show up": IT'S ALL SET - Uh, the devil is in the details
4. Cold brew variety: NITRO.
6. Shirley Jackson collection: SHORT STORIES ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
7. "I'm bored! Fix it!": AMUSE ME.
8. X: TEN - Roman numeral
9. Scar: POCK.
10. Creature in a crash: RHINO - Learning for me
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.
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| 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.
29. Symbol in many Chagall paintings: GOAT ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
31. Lip, informally: TUDE 😀
33. Life time: AGE.
34. High wind: ALTO FLUTE.
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| $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.
42. When a pilot takes off?: AIR TIME - 😁 When a TV pilot makes it on the air
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| The gang watching the pilot |
43. "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Velour: SASHA
47. Apple product brand: MOTTS - None of all my computer products, just the item in my lunch box
50. Wiped out: BIT IT
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.
56. Cosecant reciprocal: SINE - More than you'd ever want to 58. Feel in one's bones: KNOW.
60. Fitted __: CAP - Too small for me
62. Put a stop to: END - Okay...
17 comments:
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.
Unlike SubG, I struggled with this one. First pass only yielded about a half dozen, mostly unconnected fills, and I had to work from there. Somehow through a minor miracle, two walkaways and 1 hour and 6 minute solve time, I was able to FIR w/out help. Would like to know the seed entries Rachel and Rebecca used to create this elaborate grid, a very talented duo. They even included a SO to RACHEL.
HG ~ as usual, your review was a highlight of my Saturday morning! I’ve been wondering about Jeff Wex also, is he on a CW construction hiatus?
Yuck. Worst ever.
DNF. Filled 15, 12 correctly. At least I didn't linger. Looking at the completed puzzle, I'm glad I didn't spend any more time struggling.
Agree
19A had adulterers, made sense.
And in the SE, why is adult LEWD? 🤷♂️
As in adult movies, lewd.
FIR. I have a problem with lewd being adult, and since when is Styx a goddess instead of a river? Other than that this was a typical Saturday brain breaker with clever misdirection throughout.
And as I struggled with the puzzle I came to appreciate some of the clues. So overall, this was enjoyable. Quite hard, but enjoyable.
Good Morning:
I struggled to the finish line in 49:01, using every once of P and P that I could muster. However, I couldn't muster even one ounce of satisfaction or enjoyment in the solve. This was, for me, a perfect example of too, too clever by half.
Thanks to Rachel and Rebecca for their efforts and thanks to our steady Saturday Sherpa for the always diplomatic and tactful observations. Thanks for featuring our much-missed Jeffrey Wechsler and for the infectious music of YMCA.
FLN
Welcome back, Moe. You did a great job on your analysis of the puzzle and your Cliff Notes on your trip were appreciated.
Have a great day.
No a snowball's chance in hell of finishing this puzzle.
LSAT PREP, SALTY no sassy, TRADES OFF, NITRO, Shirley Jackson, a crash if RHINOs, PETRI, SOUR beer, ERIC, GOAT, STYX the goddess, SASHA and any other drag queen, - no way to ever guess those.
At least I WAGGED a few unknowns as clued- CINNAMON, YSL, EMEET, RACHEL CARSON, and actually knew a few, YMCA, BBC, TTYL, BOSC, and TRASH TALK.
SAT ON- the media really sits on stories, especially when they have to admit they were totally wrong. Two huge things come to mind. Even got Pulitzers.
I BIT THE DUST on this one, oh, it's BIT IT-another unknown.
TTYL
Jeffrey weschler/sorely missed?
Did I miss someth8ng?
(Sounds like An obit...)
The constructors of this puzzle and I live in different worlds and speak a different language. I TITT, and reading HG’s nice recap, I’m glad I did.
Looking forward to tomorrow’s CWS.
A nice piece of R & R! My experience was exactly like YooperPhil's - FIR in spite of erasing nearly every letter at least once. My dad always said to avoid people with long pencils and short erasers...now I guess I'm one of them!
We haven't had any Jeffrey puzzles in a long time and that's why he's missed. Sorry for the confusion. 😉
Yikes, threw in the towel, the kitchen sink and a breadbox for good measure. Only solid fill was the NE.
A “crash” of Rhinos? C’mon who makes up these collective noun type words? Are they the same in all languages or just our ego-centric English?
POTS: was looking for a brand. Could only come up with “fitted” sheet. Thought Persephone was goddess of the underworld and the river was STYX . Tried swingers for “swap meet people” almost fit 😉. Had BARTERERS but it didn’t cuz of wrong perps.
Didn’t realize RACHEL CARSON was a marinebiologist. No wonder her Spring was Silent. It was under water!
SOUR beer in a tulip glass, huh?
It’s a beautiful autumn Saturday 75 sunny with blue skies against the color of the changing leaves. I’m outta here.
Congrats to all of you who FIR 😊
Irish and Monkey pretty much summed it up for me, so I'll just Echo what they said! I really must try to figure out which alternate universe this originated in, and take precautions to never end up there!
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