Saturday Themeless by Kelly Morenus
Kelly provided a lot of nice treats and very few tricks with this fun puzzle.
1. Prince William, to Eddie Redmayne, at 51-Down 51. College founded in 1440: ETON.: SCHOOL MATE - The arrows point out Eddie and William, who is the very image of his mother.
11. Ask: POSE.
15. "This is news to me!": I HAD NO IDEA.
16. Quechua-speaking highlander: INCA.
17. Feeling that all roads lead to roam?: WANDERLUST.
18. Some Ivy Leaguers: ELIS.
19. Combine: ADD.
20. Some are plant-based: DIETS - Neither we nor our kitty Lily will ever be vegans
21. Winnow: SIFT - Letting a breeze help winnow the wheat from the chaff
22. Skye of "La Brea": IONE - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think you can pick out Ms. Skye below
24. Prince of Moscow from 1325 to 1340: IVAN I.
26. "And there it is!": BOB'S YOUR UNCLE.
31. Helps out with a job: ABETS.
32. "Waiting for Godot" role: ESTRAGON - As I mentioned last week, Godot is a no show
35. "You don't say!": GOSH.
36. San Juan's __ de la Princesa: PASEO - A PASEO is a tree-lined public walkway
36. San Juan's __ de la Princesa: PASEO - A PASEO is a tree-lined public walkway
38. Took home: MADE - I took home less than $400/month in my first year of teaching
39. Reserved: SET APART - My son-in-law's architecture firm got four $2,300 reserved seats from a construction firm for a Husker VB earlier this month and took the entire family. The tix came with great parking and a prime rib buffet.
41. Many a "Hacks" guest star: COMIC - Here's a list. I don't know a lot of them.
42. Fixes a situation: STACKS THE DECK.
45. Needle: TEASE.
46. Strong: HALE.
47. Farm youngster: CALF.
48. Peter __ Steak House: LUGER - Here's the menu
51. Federal org. with a flower logo: EPA.
54. Dance in "Lilo & Stitch": HULA.
55. Topic for discussion: AGENDA ITEM.
58. Cartel headquartered in Vienna: OPEC.
59. List of attractions: PLACES TO GO.
60. Forward: PERT.
61. Fatal attractions?: SIREN SONGS - Sail on Odysseus!
Down:
1. "Boomerang" singer JoJo: SIWA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. African lake in four countries: CHAD.
3. Assistance: HAND.
4. Suspicious: ODD - Don't we all know this Sesame Street Song: "Three of these belong together, three of these things are kind of the same..."
5. Number of former public defenders who have served on the Supreme Court: ONE.
6. "Perish the thought!": LORD NO!
7. Environs: MILIEU - Not a word you might use in every environ
8. Together, musically: A DUE.
9. Try out: TEST.
10. Starts to consume: EATS INTO.
11. Dishes that can be both hot and cold: PIES ALA MODE 😀
12. Minecraft, e.g.: ONLINE GAME - The ORE elements of this game are regularly used here.
13. "Dune" realm: SCI FI.
14. From Armenia to Azerbaijan: EAST.
22. "Oh, yeah?": IS THAT A FACT.
23. Kvetching cries: OYS.
25. Home entertainment staple, once: VCR.
26. Secures: BAGS - Hunters around here try to BAG a deer in season
27. Prominent instrument in "Swan Lake": OBOE - Here it is (1:01)
28. Novelist's goal: BEST SELLER.
29. Sits for a spell: RESTS.
30. Mistreat, maybe: USE.
33. Like much of Pindar's work: ODIC - I wonder if they were BEST SELLERS
34. Ukulele part: NECK.
36. Warmup stretches: PACE LAPS - The PACE CAR at the Indy 500 race a few years ago
37. Synagogue fixture: ARK.
40. Some med. professionals: PAS - My doctor and her PA are both former students
41. Film frame: CEL - The practice of making hand painted CELS ended in the late 1990's
43. From that point on: THENCE - As used by Emily Dickinson
44. Firm up: HARDEN.
45. Neutral tone: TAUPE.
47. Lamb cut: CHOP - Remember?
49. Citrus hybrid: UGLI.
50. Neutral, for one: GEAR.
52. Simon of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise: PEGG.
52. Simon of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise: PEGG.
53. "The West Wing" actor John: AMOS.
56. Donkey: ASS.
57. Manga artist Junji: ITO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm off to get out the bags of candy for tonight's 250+ trick or treaters who I don't think will look much like ITO's images!
Well, in spite of what
ReplyDeleteI said earlier about maybe “skipping”
Saturday crosswords, I couldn’t resist trying this - and guess what? I got it!
So what’s this “Bob’s your uncle” business ?
Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
I know, I know. H. Gary explained it. But it still seems mighty obscure to me!
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteI was chugging right along until I stopped cold in the SE. Finally AGENDA ITEM occurred to me and broke the logjam. Whew. Thanx, Kelly and Husker. (We'll keep the lights off tonight. There are very few Trick-or-Treaters around here. The houses are too far apart. It's not efficient.)