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Sep 21, 2024

Saturday, September 21, 2024, Maddy Ziegler

 Saturday Themeless by Maddy Ziegler

After quite a few Saturday puzzle fastballs (including yesterday's BRITA exercise), Maddy's initial LA Times offering is a nice changeup. I had an enjoyable 20-minute stroll and  really liked her three, helpful grid-spanners! 

Happy Autumn Equinox Eve!

Tomorrow at 7:43 a.m. CDT
The Sun will be directly over the equator

Across:

1. Only marsupial native to the Americas: OPOSSUM A possum is a type of marsupial, native to Australasia. An opossum is also a type of marsupial, but one that is native to the Americas. A video explanation 


8. Least approachable: ICIEST.

14. Repeating numbers: REPRISES - You can find the reprise in the album track list


16. Mogadishu language: SOMALI.


17. Unleashed unintended consequences: CREATED A MONSTER


19. Stimulator of Vitamin D production: SUN.

20. Spurs great Ginóbili: MANU.


21. Body style: COUPE - People my age can remember leaning the front seat forward so people can get in or out of a two-door COUPE


22. Bleak breakfast: GRUEL.


25. Carve out a career?: SCULPT - Carve out AS a career. 


27. Some flowering succulents: ALOES.

29. Picked up: HEARD.

Jodie Foster in Contact

30. Entertains with a story, say: READS ALOUD - Some of the best time I ever spent with grandchildren

33. Flapper's cut: BOB.

36. Broadcast booth role: COLOR COMMENTARY - Tom Brady's debut got mixed reviews


39. Walk-__: ONS - Nebraska is famous for kids who WALK-ON without a scholarship and become stars


40. Game element that requires a hands-on approach: TWISTER MAT.


41. Slice: PIECE.

43. __ car: CABLE - Tony Bennett sang about the city Where little CABLE cars climb halfway to the stars

44. Actress Seyfried: AMANDA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


46. Harajuku district locale: TOKYO.

  

48. Kills it: SLAYS.

49. "Good Luck, Babe!" singer Chappell: ROAN - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


51. Tribute poem: ODE.

54. Kellogg's Light-Up Saber Spoon, Super Sugar Crisp Mystery Ball, Alpha-Bits Pocket Printer, et al.: CEREAL BOX PRIZES.

My 1950's Prize
that used baking powder
for "fuel"

58. Eczema treatment brand: AVEENO.

59. Nonverbal "D'oh!": HEAD SLAP.


60. Meddles (with): MESSES.

61. "The Bear," for one: DRAMEDY - I really liked this great DRAMEDY



Down:

1. "The Elder Scrolls" beasts: ORCS.


2. Arequipa's land: PERU 

At an elevation of 7,300 ft.

3. Easy shots: OPEN GOALS.


4. Sp. honorific: SRA.

5. Host's request: SIT.

6. Volunteer's offer: USE ME.

7. Award for Simone Biles: MEDAL and 
53. Award for Simone Biles: ESPY - She also got one of these

 

8. Classified ad shorthand: ISO - In Search Of

9. Agree: CONCUR and 10. "Agreed!": I'M SOLD.

11. Scarf: EAT UP.

12. Lay dormant: SLEPT - Cicada eggs can lie dormant for years


13. Many a tree swing: TIRE.


15. __ Bernardino: SAN - Don't most people not pronounce the "R" in the middle?

1905

18. Halls of fame, essentially: MUSEUMS - The Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown, NY is on my bucket list.


23. Mulligan: REDO - Our group  allows one mulligan for the front and back nine.


24. Letters on an outdated globe: USSR.


26. VMI student: CADET.


27. West Coast gas brand: ARCO.

28. "Gold-Diggers Sound" singer Bridges: LEON 
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 



29. Pal: HOMIE.

31. Played a part: ACTED.

32. Like some diets: LOW CARB.


33. Buffalo: BAMBOOZLE.

34. Lacking a paper trail: ORAL.


35. Storage unit: BYTE.

37. Make out: NECK.

38. Printer part: TRAY.
41. Check list?: PAYEES 😀 They each get one...

42. Outrageous: INSANE.

44. Naproxen brand: ALEVE.

45. Members of a stable family?: MARES 😀

46. Took a toll on: TAXED - TAXED by taxes


47. Equal (with): ON PAR.

48. Con: SCAM.

50. "Wow!": OOH.

52. Bricked: DEAD.


55. L.A. City Council leader?: LOS 😀

56. Nutrition fig.: RDA.

57. Philosophy: ISM.