Saturday Themeless by Doug Peterson and Samuel A. Donaldson
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| Sam Donaldson |
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| Doug Peterson |
1. Orange belts found in some flutes: MIMOSAS - It's fun to break through the clever cluing and get off to a good start.
8. Occur to: DAWN ON - I was so pleased the the first two long grid-spanning fills below did DAWN ON me quickly
14. Song usually accompanied by pantomime: I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT short and stout..
17. "We'll cross that bridge when we get there": LET'S PLAY IT BY EAR.
18. Holds down the couch: LAZES.
19. Some fans of The Cure: GOTHS - Not familiar with any of their tunes
20. Pi follower: RHO.
21. Part of: IN ON.
22. Country named for Africa's second-highest peak: KENYA - Mt. KENYA is about 200 miles north of Africa's highest peak.
23. One-quarter of UTEP: PASO.
24. Some CGI creatures: ETS.
25. Animated sort: TOON.
26. Step on stage: TOE TAP 😀
28. "Your Friend & Jeweler" company: SHANE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
29. Ones in line: HEIRS 😀
30. Biles with five eponymous gymnastics skills: SIMONE.
32. Constant figure in quantum theory?: PLANCK - This physics guy knows both of these scientists
34. Ties: LACES - None for me any more.
35. "That really grinds my __": GEARS 😀
36. Egg foo young, e.g.: OMELET.
38. Davis canine: ODIE - Garfield's pal and foil
39. Dennings of "WandaVision": KAT ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
42. Fling: CAST.
43. Picked one: OPTED.
45. Robe part: SASH.
46. Durham sch.: UNH - A little misdirection as more well-known Duke University is in Durham, N.C.
47. Portions (out): DOLES.
48. Folk legend Griffith: NANCI - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This folk music lover is not familiar with her work
49. Yellowstone's less predictable attraction: STEAMBOAT GEYSER.
52. Black aces and black eights: THE DEAD MAN'S HAND - The poker hand that is said to be what Wild Bill Hickock was holding when Jack McCall shot him in Deadwood, S.D. in 1876.
53. Locking horns: AT ODDS - A common state in D.C.
54. Plucky Renaissance faire performers?: LUTISTS.
Down:
1. "Doctor Who" actress Gibson: MILLIE - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. Rephrasing words: I MEANT.
3. Seder servings: MATZOS.
4. Elizabeth of "WandaVision": OLSEN ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Another cast member of a show I was not aware of
5. Nurses: SIPS.
6. City with more than 70 sts. named Peachtree: ATL - These variations include Peachtree Circle, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Battle Avenue, and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, among others, causing significant navigation challenges for visitors and locals alike in ATLANTA
7. Initial phase: STAGE ONE - The fuel in STAGE ONE of the Apollo Moon Rockets got the astronauts about 40 miles above Earth.
8. Temple dedicatee, often: DEITY.
9. To boot: AT THAT - "The meal wasn't very good and pretty expensive AT THAT"
10. Fly catchers: WEBS 😀
11. Silly response to "Is that your horse?": NAY. 😀
12. Like many Bolshoi performances: OPERATIC - Bolshoi is Russian for big or grand.
13. Seafaring retreat for couples?: NOAH'S ARK 😀 - Two by two...
15. "Poker Face" star Natasha: LYONNE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
16. Scouting units: TROOPS.
22. Zen paradox: KOAN - KOH ahn. A paradoxical anecdote or riddle, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and to provoke enlightenment. You're welcome.
23. Ends used for shaping: PEENS.
25. The ones over there: THOSE.
27. Midway alternative: O'HARE.
28. Extract metal using heat: SMELT.
30. "Sex and the City" role: SAMANTHA - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The lady in red
31. Arctic mass: ICE SHEET.
32. Setting for worship?: PEDESTAL - Works in our house! 😊
33. Like bricks and eggs: LAID 😀 - I've done the first and have collected the latter
34. Plague pest: LOCUST.
35. Cry from the stands: GO TEAM.
37. "Well, boo-hoo!": TOO BAD.
39. "Dust in the Wind" band: KANSAS - A song that where I might tell others in the car, "Please quiet down, I love his song!"
40. Uphill climb: ASCENT - 62% of deaths on Everest occur on the ASCENT and 38% on the descent.
41. Helping for the hungry: THIRDS - Hey, if it's for tater tots...
44. Moves with effort: PLODS.
45. Wave, maybe: SAY HI.
47. Contacted on the 'gram: D-MED - Some FaceBook posts might ask to be D-MED (Direct MessagED) to discuss more privately.
48. Location of a small kite: NEST.
50. Fuss of Shakespearean proportions?: ADO.
51. Shaggy grazer: GNU.
2 comments:
Amazing. I solved a
Saturday puzzle in less than 15 minutes. It had some interesting fill, too, like “the dead man’s hand” which has some legendary Western history behind it.
Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
The great northland stayed mostly snow-covered until LETS PLAY IT BY EAR DAWNed ON me. The only SHANE familiar to d-o is a drifter. Tried doZES before LAZES appeared. ASCENT was timely: Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Everest, died this past week. He was 97 and not one of Husker's statistics. My final fill was correcting UNC to UNH. D'oh. Thanx, Samuel, Doug, and Husker.
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