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Oct 4, 2025

Saturday, October 4, 2025, August Miller

  Saturday Themeless by August Miller

This is my fourth Saturday themeless blog this year for August Miller. He is a former physics Ph.D. candidate turned farmer who lives in Berkshire County, MA:   


Across:

1. Dominant figure in a matriarchal hierarchy: ALPHA FEMALE.


12. Court marshal?: REF 😀

15. Minimally processed fare: NATURAL FOOD - As opposed to this


16. Paramore genre: EMO - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Paramore is a band who plays this kind of music


17. Event that may feature gate crashers: GIANT SLALOM.


18. Letter before upsilon: TAU - Similar: Rho, Sigma, TAU, Upsilon - R S T U

19. Cards that reveal who's who and what's what: IDS.

20. Brad Paisley's "__ Everything": SHE'S.


21. Figure in Celtic folklore: DRUID - DRUIDS and pagans gather at Stonehenge on the Autumnal Equinox


23. Central: MAIN.

24. In a serious way: MAJORLY.

26. "Measure for Measure" antagonist: ANGELO All you need to know


29. Maggie who wrote "On Freedom": ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ NELSON.


30. Tie-breaking method: GOLDEN GOAL - Most Soccer matches now run two 15-minute overtimes not just do "sudden death" which ends on a single GOLDEN GOAL


32. "c ya": TTFN - Ta Ta For Now

35. Company that sells nudes: OPI.

Nude Nail Lacquer

36. Start to wrestle?: SILENT W 😀

38. River inlet: RIA.

39. Grasps: GETS.

41. Technique often used to make 3D images appear in the style of a comic book: CEL SHADING.


43. Mortise inserts: TENONS.

45. Congo forest dwellers: OKAPIS - O _ A _ _ S called for ORANGS first and not this giraffe relative


46. Clarence of the E Street Band: CLEMONS - On the sax


48. Leveraged: USED.


49. Earn: MERIT.

50. Boatload: SLEW.

51. Wrestling win: PIN.

54. Due-in hr.: ETA.

55. "You lost me": I DON'T FOLLOW.


59. Mud season hazard: RUT.

60. Space-age revolutions?: LUNAR ORBITS - Ron Evans made a record 75 LUNAR ORBITS in the command module while Apollo 17 crew mates Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt were the last men to walk on the Moon in 1972.


61. Prefix with center: EPI.

62. Antarctic predator: LEOPARD SEAL.


Down:

1. Online resource for home renos: ANGI - Rebranded from Angies List
2. Best-__ plans: LAID.


or in Scottish


3. STEM project fundraisers, often: PTAS - Science Technology Engineering and Math projects could be funded by PTA'S

4. "Mulan" soldier: HUN 
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


5. Events that feature moving pictures?: ART SALES 😀 This Picasso fetched $103M at an ART SALE at Christie's.


6. Big name in threads: FASHION ICON and 28. May 6-Downs: GLITTERATI.


7. Novelist Raskin: ELLEN.


8. Creative degs.: MFAS - Granddaughter is pursing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

9. Early ISP: AOL - Didn't we all get free AOL disks years ago?


10. Head across the pond?: LOO.

11. Some club bookings, for short: EDM DJS - My last fill was this monster - Electronic Dance Music Disc JockeyS

12. Back leg?: RETURN TRIP.

13. Target of some filters: E-MAIL.

14. Julie who won two World Cup titles with Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain: FOUDY.

Mia              Brandi         Julie

22. Many a storage crop: ROOT.


23. Club __: MED.

24. Deep pockets: MEANS - Always sue the guy with the deep pockets. He has the most MEANS to pay.

25. House call?: ALL THOSE FOR ðŸ˜€ - ALL THOSE FOR adjourning say AYE!

26. Full of anticipation: AGOG.

27. "Uh-uh": NOPE.

29. Songs sung in the snow: NOELS.

31. Dales: GLENS.

33. Kaput: FINI - A French synonym for a German word

34. Pesters: NAGS.

37. Cue for a smart device: WAKE WORD - I just say "SIRI" to my iPhone and she wakes up and asks me what I want.

40. Tourney game: SEMI.

42. Family guy: DAD.

44. Farming method that helps preserve soil structure: NO TILL - A very common practice around here that saves moisture and fuel. I asked one farmer why his neighbor still turns the soil over and he replied, "That's what his grandfather did."

A 16-row planter planting
right on top of last year's stubble

46. "I wanna show you something": C'MERE.

47. Slow down: LET UP - The atmosphere slows down the Apollo spacecraft as it returns to Earth from 25,000 mph to 22 mph. In the process the, bottom of the command module reaches 5,000F.

48. Über: ULTRA.

50. Button alternative: SNAP.

51. Bend in slippers: PLIE.


52. Crumb: IOTA.

53. Sports org. with the Royals: NWSL - National Women's Soccer League. Not my MLB KC Royals.


56. 40 weeks pregnant, e.g.: DUE ðŸ˜€

57. "Who Has Seen the Wind?" singer: ONO.


58. Birth announcement abbr.: LBS.



Sep 20, 2025

Saturday, September 20, 2025, Zhouqin Burnikel

Saturday Themeless by Zhouqin Burnikel

The only really hard name for me was a soaper star but C.C. gave me every letter I needed. C.C.'s penchant for clever word play definitely was part of this fun puzzle.

As you can see in the grid, the center of the puzzle was dense with unique fill. Very impressive! C.C. told me this is his lowest themeless word count she has ever achieved. She aims to have only 70 - 72 words and this one only has 62!! WOW!

Across:

1. Dress to impress: GLAM UP - We've seen GLAMPING and GLAM ROCK and this phrase fits that pattern. 

                 

7. Hit up quickly: PINGED.

13. Muralist on some Mexican 500-peso notes: RIVERA - $26.74 in Nebraska! The Rivera mural shown hangs in The Mexican National Palace.

                                                                                 

14. Citrus hybrid: TANGELO A tangelo is a hybrid citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo or grapefruit. The name "tangelo" comes from combining the names of the parent fruits.  
15. Track unit: ONE LAP.

16. Left out words?: WHY NOT ME.


17. Place to go for a drive?: TEE. 😀

18. Mosslike organisms: LICHENS.


20. Only Canadian NBA city, for short: TOR.

21. Something that may be a little fishy: TANK 😀

23. Valley known as the "Garden of France": LOIRE.


24. Tricks: CONS.

25. Montana motto: ORO Y PLATA - I learned here that this is "gold and silver"


27. Fighting chance?: BOUT - Over 70,000- people filled the Alegiant Stadium last week to see Terence "Bud" Crawford of Omaha become the first boxer to hold undisputed crowns in three different weight classes. Some say he is the best "pound for pound" boxer in history.


28. Pocket money: LOOSE CHANGE.

30. Dis-illusioned?: DOWN TO EARTH - All that glitters is not gold.


31. "Something just occurred to me": HERE'S AN IDEA.


32. At any time: EVER.

33. "Days of Our Lives" actress on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills": LISA RINNA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  Talk about GLAMED UP!


37. Put on a happy face: GRIN.

38. Small porch: STOOP - From the Dutch word stoep meaning step or platform brought to America by Dutch settling in the Hudson Valley. You're welcome. 😀


39. Grant consideration: NEED.

40. "Details later" letters: TBA.

41. "I'm not buying it": C'MON NOW.

43. Tom yum __ soup: GAI - Thai dish: Tom (to boil), Yum (to mix) and Gai (chicken)


44. Judged events for pedigreed and companion animals: CAT SHOWS - Yeah, even I put DOG first

46. Start of a rumor: I HEARD - When I first HEARD
 this, it became a mission of mine to take on anyone who believed it. 


48. Ravaged by time: AGE WORN - My old Chucks had to be falling apart before I pitched them

49. Snapple rival: NESTEA.

50. Fly-by-night operation?: RED EYE ðŸ˜€ We left Honolulu at 11 pm to arrive in LA at 5 am. It was New Year's Eve and so they turned on the cabin lights for ten seconds over the Pacific where it was midnight and wished us a Happy New Year. 

51. Sturdy woolens: TWEEDS - Professor Henry (Indiana) Jones wore TWEED


Down:

1. Spelunking site: GROTTO.

In the Timberline GROTTO in Colorado

2. Flat, in a way: LINEAR - Well known for us math peeps


3. Active Naturals brand: AVEENO.

4. Airport code in Victoria: MEL.


5. Eurasian border range: URAL.

6. Toy spaniels: PAPILLONS - Also know as Continental Toys


7. Stewart who won the U.S. Open twice in the 1990s: PAYNE - He was very popular, known for his colorful outfits and died far too young at 42.


8. Trip stops: INNS.

9. Many a charitable gp.: NGO.

10. Bring the hammer down: GET TOUGH - Mahler also called for this during his sixth symphony


11. Los Angeles suburb: EL MONTE - A 19 minute drive.


12. Busy bodies: DOERS.

14. "And they're off!": THE RACE IS ON.

16. Hot dog option: WHITE ONIONS.

19. Beach resort locale: COASTAL TOWN.

22. Padmé Amidala's grandson: KYLO REN - Halloween is just around the corner


24. Hold: CONTAIN.

26. It might be lost in a storm: POWER - It happened to us for three days in March.

27. More minimalist: BARER - Most of us can remember our dorm room


29. Wasn't talking nonsense: HAD A POINT.

30. Strayed: DEVIATED.

31. Grass and such: HERBAGE.
34. Cancel out: NEGATE.

35. Closed in on: NEARED.

36. Athletic brand based in Bavaria: ADIDAS - Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. They have supplied Husker gear for years

 

37. Aston Martin DB12, for one: GT CAR - Grand Touring. Those Europeans always get their abbreviations backwards. 😀


38. Three-ingredient treat: SMORE.

41. Baby bok __: CHOY.


42. Cry of relief: WHEW.

45. Nor. neighbor: SWE.

47. Tip of the tongue?: ESE - Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Maltese, Burmese, Sudanese...