My favorites sandwiches would include BLT's, Clubs and French Dips and I know we all would like to know what your favorite(s) is/are.
Today's constructor is Brian E. Paquin. I have previously blogged two of his Saturday themeless puzzles this year.
Now let's see what ingredients Brian has used today to make our Saturday literary nosh:
Across:
1. "No problem": I CAN DO THAT.
11. You can only get one if you're near home, briefly: RBI - This batter is briefly near home when he hits the ball but is not going to get an RBI until the runner from second scores and the batter will probably then be on second or third
14. "What are you asking?": NAME A PRICE - Mike and Frank find "rares" on American Pickers and tell the owner to NAME A PRICE
15. Salon inventory: GELS - those salons probably don't carry Brylcreem
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17. Doing business: OPEN.
18. Fast period: LENT - I have given up giving up anything for LENT.
19. Loiter: MILL ABOUT.
21. Showing a 'tude: SASSY.
24. Emotional: TEARY.
25. Confused conditions: HAZES - Several HAZES here at a "legalize pot" rally
27. Social media movement since 2017: ME TOO - Long overdue
31. Bat coating: PINE TAR - George Brett was incensed when he had a home run taken away from him for using a bat with too much PINE TAR on it. That infamous bat is now enshrined the Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
36. Like Dorothy's slippers: RUBY RED - Speaking of famous items on display in institutions
34. D12 comedy hip-hop song produced by Eminem: MY BAND - Google the lyrics if you have an appetite for misogyny and obscenity
35. One of two raised when rearing: FORELEG - I flipped a mental coin to choose between Silver and Trigger. Cue the William Tell Overture
37. Tough situations: TRIALS - One of my favorite PP&M songs
38. Oprah, at times: ACTRESS.
39. Linguine sauce: PESTO - Ingredients for zucchini basil PESTO
40. Non __: GRATA - Substitute teachers are persona non GRATA (person not appreciated) in a teacher's lounge
41. Largest USA steel producer: NUCOR - NUCOR plants in America
43. Subway gate: STILE - Do STILE jumpers ever get caught?
47. Foxglove: DIGITALIS - All parts of this beautiful plant are poisonous as they contain digitalis glycosides that can affect the heart. Ironically, parts of foxglove can be processed into a medicine to combat congestive heart failure
51. Part of rock's CSNY: NASH - Graham Nash was with The Hollies before he joined Crosby and Stills who later added Young (clarification)
53. Corner piece: ROOK - These castles prowl the ranks and files of the chess board
54. Causes second thoughts: GIVES PAUSE.
57. Off-rd. transports: ATVS - This beautiful young girl and champion swimmer at the school where I sub lost her arm in an ATV accident two summers ago but has maintained a great attitude
58. Fair: EVEN-HANDED - This cultural philistine interprets this line from Macbeth to say "what goes around comes around"
59. Friend of Wyatt: BAT - Masterson probably with liquor but sans PINE TAR
60. Relaxed: RESTED EASY.
Down:
1. JFK __ Airport: INTL - How 'bout this INTERNATIONAL route from JFK to Hong Kong
2. Worries: CARES.
3. Big brand in appliances: AMANA - Amana refrigerators are still made in the historic Amana Colonies in central Iowa. BTW, this in NOT an Amish enclave as they are always asked. That is in Kalona, Iowa 32 miles south of there
4. Anthills and beehives, e.g.: NESTS.
5. Morse character: DAH - The "long" sound below
6. Go (for): OPT - I don't care who you OPT for Tuesday, just make these 44. Nonsensical: INANE. ads stop!!
7. Airport transport: TRAM - We use Uber to and from the terminal and never need the TRAM
8. Attention-getting marker: HI LITER - They can really be effective
9. "Supernatural" co-star Jensen __: ACKLES - Okay
10. Electric car maker: TESLA - Add $5,ooo for the extension cord
11. Former security, for short: REPO - Your Tesla is no longer security for you if you miss payments and the REPO man secures it from you
12. French flag couleur: BLEU - Rouge, Blanc et BLEU
13. "__ that special?": ISN'T.
15. Depart, in totspeak: GO BYE BYE
20. Base kid: ARMY BRAT - e.g. Faye Dunaway, Newt Gingrich, Martin Lawrence, Shaquille O'Neal, Tiger Woods, Reese Witherspoon, et al
22. Spend, often begrudgingly: SHELL OUT - Some are SHELLING OUT more and more for college
23. Eastwood's "Rawhide" role: YATES - Clint played Rowdy YATES on the TV series
26. Half an upwind sailing route: ZAG.
29. People: ONES.
30. Roulette choice: ODD - Betting on an ODD number has a 48.6% chance of winning on a European roulette wheel (single zero) and 47.4% on an American roulette wheel (zero and double zero slots) not 50/50
31. Sweater outlet?: PORE - If I sweat, it's coming out of one of my PORES. Fun clue!
32. Eye part: IRIS - This kitty's IRISES (or IRIDES) are two different colors
33. They're constantly picking up: NEATNIKS - I live with one. My wife does not.
34. Their ancestry is often uncertain: MUTTS - Are MUTTS healthier than pure bred dogs?
35. Data transfer initials: FTP - File Transfer Protocol. That's enough for me to know
36. Co. that introduced the 45-rpm record: RCA - Here's their first commercially produced 45 RPM
38. Makes it: ARRIVES.
40. Cut to a field reporter: GO LIVE - Here's one faking wind issues
42. One eying a basket: CAGER - Old name for basketball players. See below:
45. Three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion Niki __: LAUDA - Okay
46. Sassafras foursome: ESSES - SASSAFRAS
47. Uninspiring: DRAB - How you look when you don't have an 48. Very small bit: IOTA of style
49. Type of agcy.: GOVT.
50. Shipped: SENT.
52. Lamarr of early Hollywood: HEDY - Beautiful and brilliant HEDY collaborated with her Hollywood neighbor to design a "frequency hopping" device to keep torpedoes from being jammed. It is said she drew up the plans on a napkin
55. Anonymous seashore vendor?: SHE.
56. Bachelor __: PAD.
