A Themeless Saturday Puzzle by Jeffrey Wechsler
Today marks a very tasty holiday - National Whipped Cream Day that honors the 1914 birthdate of the man who invented the process of putting whipped cream in a spray can - Aaron "Bunny" Lapin (Lapin is french for rabbit). He named his product Reddi-wip and became fabulously wealthy by selling it and the valves necessary to make it work.
The most famous record album cover featuring whipped cream is at the bottom of this blog *
Seeing Jeffrey Wechsler and Saturday in the same sentence can put a crimp in your colon! I fared very well on this one as AUTODIDACT was my only real unknown. Others were unknown because Jeffrey really put the clue wrench on a few common fills. C.C.'s interview with Jeffrey
Below, our C.C. is the rose amid all the thorns that include Jeffrey second from the left.
Well, let's see what Jeffery has, uh, whipped up for us today (Hey, you had to see that coming!)
1. "Everything is ruined!": WHAT A MESS - This 11-second video is a salute to today's celebration and this clue!
10. Felipe's assent: SI SI and 48. Panamanian pronoun: ESO.- "¡SI, SI, ESO es una gran pista!" (Yes, yes that is a great clue!)
14. Teacher and student in one: AUTODIDACT - From Greek AUTOS (self) and DIDASKEIN (learning). Bill Gates is the self-taught AUTODIDACT that leapt to my mind
17. Gray day feature: CLOUD COVER - Horrible this time of year, wonderful in August
18. Buds: PALS.
19. Red-and-white hat wearer: SANTA
20. Units: ONES.
22. Weed-gathering org.: DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency. Since weed (do I need to say marijuana?) is legal in Colorado but not in Nebraska, there have been issues on the border
23. "Put your wallets away": MY TREAT - We've all had friends who seem incapable of uttering these words.
26. Rich beverage: NOG - Egg NOG is a hate/love beverage for most
27. They need receivers: PASSERS - Unfortunately PASSER Ben Roethlisberger's receiver had a microphone
30. A parade may require one: DETOUR - A PSA for those of you in Hesperia, CA
32. Well-judged: SANE.
33. Word before stand or hold: WITH.
35. Snow __: WHITE.
36. Mounted, in a way: HUNG - These falling fractal lamps must have been HUNG very well because they do not hit the floor
37. Word from the Arabic for "friend": SAHIB.
39. Unemployed: IDLE.
40. Homophone for a word of permission: ALOUD - Library policy - "Talking ALOUD is not ALLOWED!"
42. Deceive on the ice: DEKE - Now that's a DEKE (decoy/feint)!!!
43. "Being so great, I have no __ to beg": "King Richard II": NEED - If Muhammad Ali had lived in Stratford on Avon...
44. Cattle drive figures: RIDERS - Famous cattle drive RIDERS of song
46. Timon of "The Lion King," e.g.: MEERKAT Timor and the show's meme
49. Back: ENDORSE.
51. USN bigwig: ADM - Husband Kimmel was demoted from Full ADM to Rear ADM and relieved of his Pacific Fleet command after Pearl Harbor.
52. Bad lot: DOOM - Some people feel DOOMED because that is just their lot in life
53. Unskilled workers: PEONS - I hired 100's of "PEON" corn detasselers for 23 summers
58. Hippie era activity: BE IN - One attended by 20,000 people
60. Site for old wheels: USED CAR LOT - Or a club for retired CEO's
63. Strike zone, at times: LANE - I'm sure Boomer has seen 3. Very much: A TON of these
64. Where love doesn't conquer anything: TENNIS GAME - Love is tennis scoring for zero and might come from l'œuf which is french for "the egg" which resembles a zero
65. Remove an apostrophe from, say: EDIT - My oak tree loses it's leaves late. Hmmm...
66. It may be the best thing to do when you're stuck: START OVER.
Down:
1. Their 1943 manual said, "Be Ready To Take Over": WACS - and the Woman's Army Corp did where they could
2. Entertainment with swaying: HULA.
4. Praise extravagantly: TOUT - Do you buy something because some celebrity du jour is TOUTING it?
5. Cartoonist with an Edgar Award: ADDAMS - Some of his cartoon characters were used in TV's The Addams Family
6. Podium fixture: MIC - Testing, 1, 2, 3 testing
7. Tokyo, long ago: EDO - How EDO became Tokyo
8. Drinks it all in: SAVORS THE MOMENT and 9. View: SCENE - You would certainly SAVOR THE MOMENT with this view of the Champs de Mar from the top of the Eiffel Tower
11. "You could've fooled me": I HAD NO IDEA, I was just a 10. Patsy: SAP.
12. Exclusive source: SOLE OUTLET.
13. Words of concord: IT'S AGREED.
15. Step: TREAD - or under the TREAD
21. Hearty fare: STEW.
24. Ornamental shrubs: YEWS - They frame the front of our house
25. Common chord: TRIAD - Here are three TRIAD chords
27. '60s music conspiracy theory: PAUL IS DEAD - Of course McCartney is dead. If you play the song Revolution backwards you hear "Turn Me On Dead Man"
28. Dating clarification: ANNO DOMINI - Gregorian calendar today is Jan. 5, 2019 A.D. while the Islamic calendar it is Rabiʻ II 22, 1440
29. Smooth shift: SEGUE
31. IBM's __ exhibit: THINK - I don't, uh, THINK I can make it
32. Like some big entrées: SHAREABLE - You might want two straws for this 10 lb. Souvlaki 47. Meal: REPAST.!
34. Backpack carrier: HIKER
38. Drones, e.g.: BEES - Drone BEES are males that have no stinger, do no work and only job is to mate with an unfertilized queen. Yeah, I can see several cheap jokes in there!
41. 1856 Stowe novel: DRED - Harriet's follow up on Uncle Tom's Cabin
45. Muzzle: SNOUT - A substantial MUZZLE on a substantial dog's MUZZLE
54. Cartesian connection: ERGO - Here it makes two connections
55. Name of five Norwegian monarchs: OLAV.
56. Northwestern U.S. city: NOME - The high in Nome today is forecast to be -7˚F with a low of -1˚F. You might want to bring a sweater.
57. Analog of -ist: STER - Can a MOBSTER also be called a MOBIST?
59. 64-Across need: NET - Sometimes it gets in the way
61. 23andMe test subject: DNA.
62. Frequently complex traffic pattern: Abbr.: CIR - Round and round she goes...
*Here's that famous Whipped Cream LP cover!
