Saturday Themeless by Stella Zawistowski
Stella is posing as an angel on the right side of this picture from her CrossFit Gym in South Brooklyn, NY.
1. Crunk kin: TRAP ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Don't know either one, except they are both full of lyrics that can't be published here. Google if you must.
5. Throw again: REROLL 😀 If the throw of the dice in craps is judged to be unfair or illegal, a REROLL must be done
11. Omaha prize: POT - There is no real connection to the city 20 miles from me
14. Supportive of: WITH.
15. Target of some copyright infringement lawsuits: OPENAI - Hard to tell what is original and what is not
16. Hardwood: ASH - The source for many Louisville Sluggers
17. Dad, in Korean: APPA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
15. Target of some copyright infringement lawsuits: OPENAI - Hard to tell what is original and what is not
16. Hardwood: ASH - The source for many Louisville Sluggers
17. Dad, in Korean: APPA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
18. Jarring tonal shifts: DISSONANCE - I supervised JH lunch rooms for 23 years 😳
20. Two-part bet: PERFECTA - In a PERFECTA bet, a winner has to name the winner and second-place finisher in that exact order. This ticket below would only win if the #2 horse won and the #6 horse finished second
22. Union station?: ALTAR 😀
23. __ Drafthouse Cinema: movie chain based in Austin: ALAMO.
23. __ Drafthouse Cinema: movie chain based in Austin: ALAMO.
24. Believe: HOLD - "We HOLD these truths to be self-evident,..."
26. Generational wisdom: LORE.
27. Unsatisfactory explanation: BECAUSE REASONS - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
26. Generational wisdom: LORE.
27. Unsatisfactory explanation: BECAUSE REASONS - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Because reasons" is a colloquial, often dismissive, phrase used to indicate that no further explanation for a decision or situation will be given.
If someone asks why you are wearing a silly hat, you could reply, "Because reasons," instead of explaining that it was a gift from your grandmother.
30. "Oh my stars!": I DECLARE.
31. Change places: MOVE.
32. Year of the Four Emperors emperor: OTHO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It was the year 69 A.D. More
34. Only city in Samoa: APIA
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| Togafu'afu'a Rd Corner Vaea St, Apia, Upolu Samoa |
35. Seen: REGARDED.
39. Self-awareness?: PROPRIOCEPTION ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Yikes! Proprioception is your body's ability to sense its own position and movements. It's a complex automatic process that you can also fine-tune.
39. Self-awareness?: PROPRIOCEPTION ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Yikes! Proprioception is your body's ability to sense its own position and movements. It's a complex automatic process that you can also fine-tune.
41. Alison Bechdel's "Fun __: A Family Tragicomic": HOME - A discussion and a sample page
42. Condiment made with pickled mango: AMBA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ A middle eastern condiment
44. Shinto shrine gateway: TORII - This red TORII gate in the background is in Omaha's beautiful Lauritzen Gardens. It was a present from Omaha's sister city of Shizuku, Japan.
46. "Day by Day" musical: GODSPELL - One of my fav musicals
48. Make no progress: TREAD WATER - A skill needed in water polo
50. Work hard: MOIL ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
53. Thin layer: LAMINA - Our laminated countertops have all been replaced by granite.
54. "Black Beauty" novelist Sewell: ANNA.
55. Ten chin-ups, say: SET.
56. Throws up: ERECTS 😀 - Some new, small houses are being thrown up near us but still start at $300,000.
57. Minimal noise: PEEP.
Down:
1. Name on a JFK hotel designed by Eero Saarinen: TWA - You can see TWA on the hotel in the middle of the background at JFK
2. Had far-reaching effects: RIPPLED.
3. Chill: AT PEACE - Chill as an adjective. "He is really chill."
4. Reference in a doctor's office: PHARMACOPOEIA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The 2019 edition
5. Teased relentlessly: RODE.
6. Literary figure who embodies the values of a civilization: EPIC HERO - Homer from ancient Greece
7. Make whole again: RESTORE.
8. Less, in a way: ON SALE.
9. Language known as Isan in northeastern Thailand: LAO - A crossword friend dressed in Saturday cluing
10. First Asian player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame: LINA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My first thought was of Michael Chang.
11. Color of the Year company: PANTONE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I got this but thought of Crayola first
12. Accolades for "Flow" and "The Shape of Water": OSCARS.
13. "Et voilà !": THERE.
19. Full of jarring tonal shifts: ALL OVER THE MAP - Jarring is in two clues today
21. Third strike, at times: FOUL TIP - If the catcher catches it in his glove, it is a strikeout.
23. Singer Carter who won "American Idol" in 2024: ABI ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
25. Price, informally: DAMAGE.- 😀
28. Region whose name means "desert": SAHARA - The great desert of northern Africa, 1610s, from Arabic çahra "desert" (plural çahara),
29. Moxie, e.g.: SODA POP.
34. Subject of some air battles?: ARM REST 😀
35. Without emotion: ROBOTIC.
36. Start to make a call, perhaps: DIAL ONE.
37. Celeb news site: E-ONLINE.
38. "The Double Helix" subject: DNA.
39. Pitiful cry: POOR ME.
40. "Sign me up!": I'M GAME.
41. Letters signifying encryption: HTTPS - Our website: https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/. where the S stands for secure.
45. Not serious: IDLE - IDLE threats are not good strategies for teachers
47. Sp. titles: SRAS.
49. "This means __!": WAR.
51. Spot for a toy: LAP 😀
1 comment:
By virtue of the fact that
I have struggled mightily and been set free of the need to “solve” every last puzzle, I played around with this and enjoyed myself.
First, when I found I was getting nowhere, I put on the “red letters” and saw all my mistakes. Then, I did something that I never would have done in prior times, I requested that the whole grid be revealed to me. I saw such things as “because reasons,” things I never would have thought of if you had given me a million years to solve this puzzle.
Thus I revel in my new found freedom to solve or not to solve. Thanks be to God!
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