Saturday Themeless by Jess Rucks
Jess has separated from the Air Force after five years of service where she told me served as an Urdu linguist, not interpreter. She now lives in Colorado Springs with her husband who serves in the U.S. Space Force. This is a picture with her and her then 5-year-old son having a good time on the playground. Jess assures me this is Urdu for, "I hope you enjoyed Jess's puzzle."
مجھے امید ہے کہ آپ نے جیس کی پہیلی کا لطف اٹھایا
1. Music genre with roots in swing: BEBOP.
6. Observation deck?: TAROT 😀 Oh, a deck of TAROT cards!
11. Record label for P!nk and Cat Burns: RCA.
11. Record label for P!nk and Cat Burns: RCA.
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| The RCA logo is in there somewhere. |
14. Vegan beauty brand headquartered in Minnesota: AVEDA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
15. "Should I be worried about us?": ARE WE COOL?
17. Monopoly property based on a historical monopoly: READING RAILROAD - The READING (pronounced redding) RAILROAD became a huge company because it owned the mines in NE Pennsylvania and also the railroad that hauled it to Philadelphia and points south. This monopoly was broken up.
20. Hound: DOG.
21. Instrument whose name comes from the Latin for "heavenly": CELESTA.
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| Celesta are keyboard glockenspiels |
22. Anatomical pouches: SACS.
24. "Mary Poppins" chimney sweep: BERT.
27. Banjo ridge: FRET.
29. Clear for takeoff?: DE-ICE.
31. Pong consoles: ATARIS - I remember being amazed with this "cutting edge" technology in the 70's!
33. Third of a cappuccino: FOAM.
34. Choose: OPT.
37. "Great, now I'm scared of this" hashtag: NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -it implies a sudden realization of a previously unknown vulnerability.
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| MY FIRST THOUGHT! |
41. Once menos ocho: TRES - In Mexico 11 - 8 = 3
42. Lilikoi and lychee: FRUITS - Lilikoi are also know as passion fruit
43. Rips into: HAS AT.
45. Electric __: EELS.
46. Painter Thomas of the Hudson River School: COLE.
49. Entreaty: PLEA.
51. Gin berry: SLOE.
53. Island home of the Ka Hula Piko festival: MOLOKAI - The name intimated Hawaii and I just went through the names of the islands until one fit.
55. Tiny issue: NIT.
57. Coder's concern: BUG.
58. Elaboration intro: AND ANOTHER THING - Ya gotta love Clouseau!
61. "Voilà!": I'VE DONE IT.
62. Best: OUTDO.
63. Scand. land: NOR.
64. Tries out: TESTS.
65. Garlic __: PRESS.
Down:
1. Uncovers: BARES and the opposite 12. Covers: COATS.
2. Drew Barrymore film promoted as "A Cinderella Story": EVER AFTER.
3. Strength exercise done on all fours: BEAR CRAWL.
4. "Huh": ODD.
5. Part of PTO: PAID - Out here in farm country, it will much more likely mean Power Take Off than Paid Time Off
6. Reached a friend on the playground?: TAGGED 😀
7. Timetable abbr.: ARR.
8. Big stink, e.g.: REACTION - George Brett had a bad REACTION when a home run he hit was declared illegal because of too much pine tar on his bat
9. Baby bump, in baby talk: OWIE.
10. Invitation to elaborate: TELL ME MORE - It's a four minute clip but this is a fun song and ear bug where TELL ME MORE is a oft repeated lyric.
11. Crow bar?: ROOST 😀
13. "Clear+Vivid" podcast host Alan: ALDA - Science and Alan ALDA, what's not to like?
16. "Spirit Rangers" voice actress Summer: CREE - She's very big in the voice actor genre
18. Noodle: NOB - Euphemisms for someone's head
23. Peasant: SERF.
25. No: REFUSAL.
28. Join a union?: TIE THE KNOT - Very uniquely in some cases.
30. Leg muscle: CALF.
31. Righteous Babe Records founder DiFranco: ANI.
32. Singer-songwriter Bareilles: SARA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ A Saturday SARA
34. Cautious invitation to elaborate: OK I'LL BITE 😀
35. 1966 pop album with cover art of band members feeding goats: PET SOUNDS.
36. Scores that often result in dances: Abbr.: TDS.
38. Timeouts: RESPITES 😀
39. Signs to act?: CUES.
46. Chat sesh: CONVO - Slang for conversation
48. Mutual fund fee: LOAD.
52. Some quick toasts?: EGGOS 😀
53. Primary: MAIN.
54. Prime: A-ONE.
56. Muscle car roof: T-TOP.
54. Prime: A-ONE.
56. Muscle car roof: T-TOP.
59. Hot single: HIT.
60. "Ben-__": HUR - An 1880 first edition with an autograph - $8,950.
3 comments:
I got this, after I “tweaked” a couple of answers (like changing “celeste” to “celesta” and “Oh” to “Ok”). It didn’t strike me as too difficult a puzzle either, particularly not for a Saturday. FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Is it really Saturday? This seemed too easy. Only needed my Wite-Out to correct gOOd to COOL and NOg to NOB. Enjoyed it. Thanx, Jess and Husker. (I thought it was Power Take-Off, too.)
Finished a Saturday! Finished it wrong, but finished it! ARE WE gOOd, AdDe instead of ALDA, and naG instead of DOG were my WAGs gone bad. Just couldn't get away from power take off, even though we've recently had the PTO discussion here. I blame decaf. ODDly, only two erasures - cees for FOAM (c'mon, three of the nine letters are cees. Oh wait - there's ten letters in cappuccino? Never mind.) Also MOLiKAI->MOLOKAI. UNTIE!
Don't quite understand why the METS would retire Say Hey Willy Mays' number.
Haven't we had this discussion about T-TOPS and muscle cars? And a 'Vette has plenty of muscle, but it's not a muscle car.
I really appreciate my RESPITE worker. I was loath to spend the money, but my stepkids convinced me that I couldn't take care of their mom unless I take care of myself. (I think of them as my kids - I'm closer to them than to my own.)
Thanks to Jess for letting me play with the smart kids this Saturday. And thanks to H.Gary for the fun roundup. I see what you did when you snuck in NE.
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