Themeless Saturday by Kelly Morenus and Erik Agard
Kelly and Erik have provided an enjoyable challenge that was a challenge where I never felt out of it. Let's see what they had for us. Across:
1. Advice to someone who's about to blow?: MAKE A WISH 😀
14. Good-looking?: IDEALISTIC.
16. Patriots quarterback Drake: MAYE - He has led the NE Patriots resurgence this year.
17. It's the thought that counts: MENTAL MATH - I can at least approximate this very quickly.
19. Caribou relative: ELK.
20. Number in brackets: SEED - In an 8-team tournament, the team with the best record will be SEEDED #1 and will play the team with the worst record who is SEEDED #8 in the first round.
20. Number in brackets: SEED - In an 8-team tournament, the team with the best record will be SEEDED #1 and will play the team with the worst record who is SEEDED #8 in the first round.
21. Like Santa Fe, among U.S. capitals: OLDEST - Santa Fe, NM was founded in 1610 and is the oldest capital city in America.
23. Ran out of juice: DIED.
25. Oil formations: SLICKS - I had spills first
27. Tool in a shed: HOE.
28. Biblical son of Seth: ENOS.
30. Drew: LURED and 38. Draw (into): SUCK.
31. Dendriform Tolkien character: ENT.
32. Choose: OPT.
34. Challenges for students and senators: MIDTERMS.
36. Toast types: GONERS 😀
39. Exercise named for a physiologist: BURPEE.
40. Get even: LEVEL OUT - Airplanes use an artificial horizon indicator
43. Suffix with origin or liquid: ATE.
44. "__ gusto": "Pleased to meet you": MUCHO.
46. Ceremony: POMP and circumstance
49. Dwelling for some modern nomads: VAN - RVS did not work
50. __ price: ASKING - Does anyone pay this?
63. Bit of critique: NOTE - TV shows and movies routinely get NOTES from producers and others that suggest changes.
64. Structure installed to annoy a neighbor: SPITE FENCE.
1. Performed silently: MIMED.
2. Most widespread species of penguin: ADELIE.
3. Puzzle invented by Tetsuya Miyamoto: KENKEN - How to play
4. Celebrate Eid al-Fitr, e.g.: EAT - Following Ramadan fasting
5. "Sadly ... ": ALAS.
6. Bits of trickery: WILES.
7. "Please tell me the shower's available": I SMELL.
8. Show place: STADIUM.
9. Word with single or home: HIT.
10. Question from a troll: U MAD.
13. Volleyball teams, e.g.: SEXTETS - Here a Nebraska VB SEXTET playing in front of 92,000 fans last year.
15. Overcome, in a way: CHOKED UP.
22. Experience that might include hallucinations: LSD TRIP.
24. Lorna __: DOONE.
26. Home, informally: CRIB.
29. Alma mater of Stacey Abrams: SPELMAN.
35. Park with a reproduction torii gate and stave church: EPCOT - One is in the Japan pavilion and the other is in the Norway pavilion.
37. Protection when things are heating up: OVEN MITT.
40. Cox of "Orange Is the New Black": LAVERNE - I knew of this character but not the character's name
41. "About that ... ": THING IS.
45. Mindlessly: ON AUTO 😀
47. "One Day at a Time" star: MORENO - The Netflix reboot and the original cast
48. Royals prospect?: PRINCE 😀
51. Light that never stops?: GREEN 😀
53. Bags often given as swag: TOTES.
55. Time to beware: IDES.




































