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Mar 5, 2022

Saturday, March 5, 2022, Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel

 Themeless Saturday by Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel

After quite a few collaborations, our Irish Miss and C.C. have now come up with a Saturday Themeless containing three famous artists and a modicum of movie/tv characters. I ERRED twice for two bad cells but had a good time!  Speaking of duos:


Here is Agnes' lovely note: 

Hi Gary: Glad you enjoyed our puzzle. This was submitted so long ago that when I received Rich’s heads-up on the publication date, I was shocked. I believe this is the only themeless that CC and I collaborated on and my contribution was the cluing, a lot of which, as is normal, was changed and/or tweaked. 

I’m glad you’re blogging our puzzle because you do such a great job explaining any ambiguities, obscurities, etc., as well as providing relevant illustrations and links. 

Hope all is well on the Plains! Ear tickles to Darling Lily!

From C.C.: We originally had MOAIS for 40-Across, clued as [Easter Islands figures]. Turns out the plural form of MOAI is still MOAI. Thankfully Rich caught our goof and redid that section.

Add to the list!





Across:

1. "Broad City" co-creator Jacobson: AB_and 3. "Nonsense!": _OSH - I had no idea on ABBI but had heard TOSH used as "Nonsense" in England. Give me a bad cell.


5. Goya's "Duchess of __": ALBA - Goya did portraits where she fully clothed and nude. Here the Duchess is wearing two rings, one bearing ALBA and the other one GOYA and she is pointing down at Goya's signature. Their story and other paintings of her


9. Edit, in a way: ERASE.

14. Coin collector: SLOT - Tommy Glenn Carmichael bought SLOT machines and made "tools" to beat them. He stole millions before he was caught. How'd he do it?


15. Hero's home: DELI - Subs, grinders, hoagies,...

16. Foot specialists?: POETS 


17. Became unpopular: LOST FAVOR.

19. One-piece dresses: SARIS.

20. Rendered less valuable: CHEAPENED and 40. He surpassed Ruth: MARIS - Some claimed that the HR record was CHEAPENED because Roger needed eight more games to break the Babe's record 


22. Kunis who voices Meg on "Family Guy": MILA.

A native of Ukraine

23. Turned blue?: ACTED SAD.

25. Olympic gymnast Raisman with six medals: ALY.












26. Brings under control: TAMES.

28. Show dissatisfaction with: YELL AT.

Just don't say the "magic word"















30. Throw on: DON - Like "gay apparel"

31. Word with engine or pipe: STEAM.

35. Target division: AISLE.













36. Nana's babysitting observation, perhaps: I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS - Seeing three O's in a row gave me pause

39. "Rizzoli & Isles" actress Alexander: SASHA.

Angie Harmon and 
SASHA (nee 
Drobnjakovic)















41. 10, at times: Abbr.: OCT and 12. 2014 drama that earned Julianne Moore a Best Actress Oscar: STILL ALICE - Holding out for STILL ALIVE kept me at OVT instead of OCT for way too long.


42. Brownstone features: STOOPS 












44. It's often iced: LATTE.

46. Quite a long time: EON.

47. First word of #1 titles by Donovan and John Denver: SUNSHINE - I'm sure Sunshine Superman is just fine but John's song gives me some real comfort.


51. Stuff: CRAM.















53. Powerful ruler: POTENTATE.

56. Some game pieces: TILES.

58. Major Southeast Asian financial hub: SINGAPORE.















60. Prefix suggesting thrift: ECONO.

61. Neutral shade: ECRU.

62. "Ella Enchanted" villain: OGRE.

43. "How ya doin'?": SUP, Ella












63. "The Dance Class" painter: DEGAS.

Fine Art at Wal Mart
















64. Ditch: SKIP - I never did ditch/SKIP class

65. Take to __: criticize: TASK.


Down:

1. Soundless speech syst.: ASL.









2. Alliance: BLOC.

4. Computer support provider: IT TEAM - Now we're talking gender neutral 

5. Eventually learns to live in: ADAPTS TO.

6. Bank barrier: LEVEE - With scant snow this winter, the river LEVEES should be just fine this spring

7. Like some locks: BLOND - A convention not usually followed in American and Canada

A convention not usually 
followed in America and Canada

8. Buenos __: AIRES.

9. Short albums, for short: EPS - Extended Plays

10. Knock about: ROAM.

11. Drone product: AERIAL SHOT.

Our house is in the yellow trapezoid

13. Final, maybe: ESSAY TEST - Hated taking them and correcting them

18. Dove output: FACE SOAPS.

21. It breaks every morning: DAY.

24. Annual salutation: DEAR SANTA - Yes Virginia...

26. "Old Fashioned" Campbell's soup: TOMATO RICE.

27. Icky-sounding snack: ANTS ON A LOG - I think the ingredients are self-evident and look tasty to me


29. Smashed: LIT - Euphemisms for intoxicated

30. Analyzed in detail: DISSECTED - My kids learned a lot by DISSECTING a chicken wing and comparing it to a human arm


32. National Mall tree: ELM.

One of the survivors from the 
Original 333 planted in 1930's


















33. Nabokov novel: ADA - Lolita is a novel about a love affair with a teenager and ADA is about one with a sister. 


34. Short creator?: MFR - ManuFactueRs are creators

37. Discovery word: OHO - AHA, It's OHO!

38. Body-building routine: OILING UP - Google if you must

45. Spout spot: TEAPOT - C'mon, I know what you're singing to yourself!

48. Bouquets: NOSES - Here ya go: Bouquet is also a part of “NOSE”, however it is often mistaken with Aroma, Bouquet is term used to describe the overall complexity in wine, not its fruity characters but instead the flavors of aged and developed wine, usually from more matured wine.

49. Stay on: STICK.

50. "The Dance II" artist Matisse: HENRI - Goya, Degas and now Matisse! 


52. "Aladdin" star Massoud: MENA - Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a 57%. It was made for $187 M but grossed over $1B so...


54. __ party: TOGA.

55. Goes off: ERRS.

57. Brand name that looks like it has a missing period: SOS - I never noticed it before. Why no last period?


59. "Mouse in the house!": EEK.


May 25, 2021

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel

Clam Up.

16-Across. *   Historic lifetime golf or tennis achievement: CAREER GRAND SLAM.  You can get a breakfast Grand Slam at Denny's.


19-Across. *   Cushioned Adidas running shoes: CLOUD FOAM.


21-Down. *   Social status hierarchy: CLASS SYSTEM.



And the Unifier:
23. Seafood appetizer, and what each answer to a starred clue literally is?: STUFFED CLAM.  The word Clam forms the border of each starred answer and the rest of the answer is "stuffed" into the Clam.

I had never heard of Stuffed Clams before and I grew up in New England.  According to this recipe, they are generally made of quahogs (remember that quahogs appeared in last Tuesday's puzzle!).



Across:
1. Aquatic barker: SEAL.  Do seals really bark?


5. "Notorious" justice, initially: RBG.   I had the opportunity to meet with the Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2006 when I was sworn in to the United States Supreme Court.  She met with a small group of 10 of us after the swearing in ceremony. 


8. Frozen rock in a bar?: CUBE.  Hi, Tinbini!  I hope you are well.  We haven't "seen" you in a while.


12. Lake that drains via the Niagara River: ERIE.  Seein Erie appear in the puzzle brings back memories of our friend Abejo.

13. City on the Nile: CAIRO.  Cairo, Illinois is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

15. Daunting exam: ORAL.


20. TV censoring device: V-CHIP.

22. Do canine care?: FLOSS.


25. Long-bodied fish: EEL.



26. Dose amt.: TSP.


28. Super Bowl org.: NFL.  As in the National Football League.

29. Bronze component: TIN.  Hi, Tinbini!  We do miss you!  Bronze is an alloy consisting mostly of copper and tin, with a handful of other elements.

31. Hang loosely: DRAPE.

33. Tigger's best friend: ROO.  A reference to Winnie the Pooh and his many friends.


35. Clear sky hue: AZURE.


37. Long-eared equines: ASSES.


38. Need to pay: OWE.

39. More secure: SAFER.

40. Extreme clutter: MESS.


41. Oscar-winning actress Berry: HALLE.  Halle Marie Berry (b. Aug. 14, 1966) won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Leticia Musgrove in the 2001 movie Monster's Ball.  The movie was largely filmed in New Orleans.


43. "Should that happen ... ": IF SO.

44. Power source for Watt: STEAM.  Think of the Watt steam engine, named after James Watt (1736 ~ 1819).

46. Sleeping sound: SNORE.

48. City hall leaders: MAYORS.  Thomas Willett (1605 ~ 1674) was the first and third mayor of New York City.


50. Guiding principles: CREDOS.

53. Driver's licenses, e.g.: IDs.  In Louisiana, it is now possible to have one's driver's license on one's iPhone.



54. Donnybrook: RHUBARB.  I am not familiar with this definition of Rhubarb.  My mother made the best Rhubarb and Strawberry pie.



58. "Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. __: CHU. Jon M. Chu (né Jonathan Murray Chu; b. Nov. 2, 1979), adapted Kevin Kwan's novel of the same name into the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.


59. A or B, but not O: NOTE.  I am assuming that the A and B refer to musical notes.  If all three letters have something in common, it would be blood type.



61. "30 Rock" actor __ Morgan: TRACY.  Tracy Jamal Morgan (b. Nov. 10, 1968) was very seriously injured in a car accident in 2014.  Fortunately, after a long recovery period, he seems to be fine now.



62. Pleased: GLAD.


63. Follow orders: OBEY.

64. Product pitcher: AD REP.  Hand up if you first entered Ad Man.

65. "Mary Magdalene" star Rooney __: MARA.  Mara Rooney (née Patricia Rooney Mara; b. Apr. 17, 1985) also starred in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.


66. Capital on the Tiber: ROME.


67. Party attendee: GUEST.


68. Portent: OMEN.

Down:
1. "Be there in a __!": SEC.

2. Stat for Clayton Kershaw: ERA.  As in Earned Run Average.  Clayton Kershaw (b. Mar. 19, 1988) is a professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. 


3. Breathing necessity: AIR.

4. Bloodsucker: LEECH.  Leeches used to be a common "medical" procedure.  Are they making a come-back?


5. Pasta sauce brand: RAGU.


6. Eagle or lark: BIRD.


7. Steffi in the Tennis Hall of Fame: GRAF.  Steffi Graf (née Stefanie Maria Graf; b. June 14, 1969) was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.


8. Pink cocktail, familiarly: COSMO.  A Cosmo is made of vodka, cranberry, Cointreau and a bit of lime juice.  Yum!


9. Digital address letters: URL.  A crossword staple.

10. Sheep sound: BAA.


11. Common name for a tree-lined street: ELM.  Also a street where you might experience a nightmare.


13. Corn, wheat, etc.: CROPS.



14. Switch type: ON/OFF.


17. Privileged groups: ELITES.

18. Cowboys' home: DALLAS.  The football team.




20. Chapter companion: VERSE.


24. Foals' fathers: SIRES.

25. Wax-coated cheese: EDAM.  Yummers!  This has become a crossword staple.



27. Links tournament with two-person teams: PRO AM.

28. Yuletide carols: NOELS.


30. Roman fiddler: NERO.


32. Basil-based sauce: PESTO.  Yummers!  I am growing some basil so I can make my own pesto.




34. "Wise" flier: OWL.  Owls are such beautiful birds.


36. The Congo, formerly: ZAIRE.  As I am writing this, a volcano is erupting from Mount Nyiragongo.  The volcano is on the northeastern part of the country near the Rwanda border.  The official name of the country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  It was known as Zaire from 1971 until 1997.


41. Word or phrase preceded by "#": HASHTAG.

42. Put into code: ENCRYPT.


45. Goof up: ERR.

47. Uranus or Neptune: ORB.

48. Key that may sound sad or angry: MINOR.

49. Marinade in Philippine cooking: ADOBO.  I am not familiar with Adobo, but you it sounds interesting.


51. Windy City hub: O'HARE.  The airport in Chicago is named in honor of Butch O'Hare (né Edward Henry O'Hare; Mar. 13, 1914 ~ Nov. 26, 1943), an American navy aviator.  He was shot down in action during World War II.


52. Khartoum's nation: SUDAN.  We're spending a lot of time in Africa in today's puzzle.


55. Language of Pakistan: URDU.

56. Like Hubbard's cupboard: BARE.
57. Nails, as a test: ACES.

60. Lens location: EYE.



62. Controversial food letters: GMO.  As in a Genetically Modified Organism.


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