Saturday Themeless by Mark Axel
My OCD refused to let me give in and I got a hard earned "got 'er done"! The colored grid here shows that Mark had a plethora of unique fill, two 10-letter horizontal stacks or three, two vertical 9-letter stacks of three and two very unique grid spanners. The informal horizontal grid spanner was fun and the impossible vertical one revealed itself one letter at a time.
1. Orbit City mom: JANE JETSON.
11. Throw (together): SLAP.
15. Home page?: AMAZON ECHO - As an iPhone user, I would page SIRI but PC users page ECHO
15. Home page?: AMAZON ECHO - As an iPhone user, I would page SIRI but PC users page ECHO
16. Crop from which the word "luau" originates: TARO - Four-letter Hawaiian food, what else?
17. Budget rentals: MOVING VANS.
18. Vegas team: ACES - WNBA
19. Fiber source: BRAN.
20. Nautical adverb: ALEE - In sailing, "ALEE" (or "leeward") refers to the side of the boat sheltered from the wind.
21. Terrarium pet: NEWT.
22. Tennis great who won three consecutive French Opens in the 1990s: SELES - Her first was when she was 16.
24. Boyos: LADS.
26. Sedge-friendly habitat: FEN.
27. "Preach!": SING IT.
30. 2024 LPGA Tour Player of the Year Nelly: KORDA - seen here with another pretty good golfer
32. Donkey: ASS.
35. Casual Japanese expression of thanks: DOMO.
36. Take hold again: REROOT.
37. Start of some casual advice: YOU'RE GONNA WANNA.
40. Big name in boxed mac and cheese: ANNIE'S ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
41. Dish often prepared with Maui onions: POKE - Ahi Hawaiian POKE with Maui onions
43. Profile detail: HOBBY.
44. "Les Misérables" role: JAVERT.
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| Jean Valjean JAVERT |
49. Satirist Baron Cohen: SACHA.
53. Makes moves: ACTS.
55. Fundamentals: ABC'S.
57. Spiced tea: CHAI -
Chai tea, more accurately referred to as
masala chai ("mixed-spice tea"), is a traditional South Asian beverage made by brewing black tea with a mixture or aromatic spices, milk and sweetener. While "chai" simply means tea in Hindi, in the West, it has come to represent this specific, spiced, and often creamy drink. Your welcome.
58. Home of NYC's Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art: SOHO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It mainly collects, preserves and exhibits visual arts created by LGBTQ artists or art about LGBTQ+ themes, issues, and people.
59. "Forgive the imposition ... ": I HATE TO ASK.
62. Like many intramural leagues: COED.
63. Streaming accessory with a purple tag: ROKU REMOTE - I was stumped until I looked down in my hand.
64. "M*A*S*H" star: ALDA - One episode of M*A*S*H featured three ALDA's: Alan, his half-brother Antony and his dad Robert
65. Period of unchecked criticism: OPEN SEASON.
Down:
1. Vertical supports: JAMBS - The meaning of “door jamb” literally comes from the French word jambe, which means “leg” - a fitting name, since the jambs support the door like legs.
2. Italian endearment: AMORE - Cue Dean Martin...
3. Part of NCIS: NAVAL - NAVAL Criminal Investigative Service was a star vehicle for Mark Harmon and has engendered many spinoffs
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| From Season One 2003 |
5. "Garfield Minus Garfield" character: JON - JON Arbuckle
6. Lang. of Sierra Leone: ENG - The “official” language of Sierra Leone is English, but most of the population here can’t speak it. This is a nice allegory displaying how disconnected the government’s policies are from how people live here. Speaking English is a sign of wealth and aristocracy, and the locals will speak (usually poor) English to display their high level of education. You're welcome.
7. Maker of Tirra Sport hiking sandals: TEVA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
8. Pajeon or cong you bing: SCALLION PANCAKE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Pajeon (Korean) and Cong You Bing (Chinese) are both savory scallion pancakes. Pancake filled in and then I got SCALLION letter by letter.
9. "Look at that!": OH NEAT - OH SNAP was my first choice.
10. Edged (out): NOSED.
11. Fervent supporter, informally: STAN - Fervent supporters can be undesirable. STAN is a portmanteau for STalker and fAN. Yikes!
12. Like some natural wigs: LACE FRONT ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It had to fill itself in
10. Edged (out): NOSED.
11. Fervent supporter, informally: STAN - Fervent supporters can be undesirable. STAN is a portmanteau for STalker and fAN. Yikes!
12. Like some natural wigs: LACE FRONT ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It had to fill itself in
14. After birth: POST NATAL.
23. Subtle disapproval: SIDE EYE.
25. Kebab need: SKEWERS.
28. Eggy quaffs: NOGS.
29. Del Monte's Pinkglow pineapple, e.g., for short: GMO.
31. __ pro nobis: ORA - Pray for us
33. Totally uncalled-for: SO NOT COOL.
34. Went for the bronze: SUNBATHED 😀
36. Part of a fall clearance event: RAKE 😀 A fun clue/fill
38. Rack unit: RIB 😀
39. Native American Heritage Mo.: NOV.
44. Change positions often: JOB HOP - A former relative has been dismissed by every architect firm in Lincoln
45. Toyota pickup: TACOMA - The TAC in Seattle's SEATAC airport
48. Capital north of Memphis: CAIRO - Uh, that's not Tennessee
50. "We adore __ because we love to produce order": M.C. Escher: CHAOS - This picture hung in the front of my room for years.
51. Can't refuse: HAS TO - Steve Martin in the wonderful movie Parenthood
52. Singer whose fans are called Claymates: AIKEN.
54. __ bread: SODA - Uses baking SODA instead of yeast
56. Floor: STUN.
60. Backpedaling sounds: ERS - ER, what I meant to say was...
61. "Fore!" site: TEE - Still at least two months away. My former partner has about given up the game and so I get to play with a new person.
Notes from C.C.:
Happy birthday to Bill G.! Bill, we hope all is well and want you to know that your presence on the blog is missed.
Sharing this lovely older photo of Bill with his wife Barbara and their three grandchildren. Such a beautiful family moment.
