Saturday Themeless by Greg Johnson
Greg's Saturday puzzle was a real speed run for me as he and I were
simpatico all the way through.
1. Have plenty of force: PACK A PUNCH - Hurricane Laura comes to mind
11. Hardly any: A BIT.
15. Common Creamsicle float ingredient: ORANGE SODA.
16. Bausch + Lomb brand: RENU - People who wear contact
lenses with a face mask probably don't have fogging issues
17. Light rail predecessors: STREET CARS.
18. Body shop concern: DENT - Using suction to repair your
own
19. Pitchfork features: TINES.
20. French meat stew: POT-AU-FEU - Literally "pot on the fire". I first thought of Ratatouille
22. Groundwater-fed puddle: SEEP - SEEP as a noun. My golf course abuts the Platte River and has a very high water table, so we see these on occasion.
23. Dire destiny: DOOM a mouse's fate when they 25. Ride the wind: SOAR overhead
26. On the wrong side (of): AFOUL - One is said to have "run AFOUL of propriety" when one 28. Impulsively utters, with "out": BLURTS out something offensive (even/especially if it's the truth) without thinking
30. "I've got you": HOLD ON TO ME.
34. Starting course: SOUP.
35. Ship's dir.: ENE - Or direction from Accra, Ghana to Lagos, Nigeria
36. Carousel riders: BAGGAGE - Michael Richards as Kramer, hurt himself in this carousel stunt but jumped right up and finished the scene
38. It has one team in Can.: NBA - The NBA Champion
Toronto Raptors
39. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group since 2003: AC/DC - I looked up their top 20 hits and didn't know any.
41. "The Nutcracker" marcher: TOY SOLDIER - On the other hand, I am very familiar with this piece of music and loved the brilliant choreography
39. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group since 2003: AC/DC - I looked up their top 20 hits and didn't know any.
41. "The Nutcracker" marcher: TOY SOLDIER - On the other hand, I am very familiar with this piece of music and loved the brilliant choreography
14. "The Nutcracker" sight: TUTU - The Sugar Plum Fairy certainly wears one
43. Crack, perhaps: DECODE - When he/she says ____, he/she really means____.
45. Calf-roping loop: NOOSE.
46. G-rated word of annoyance: DARN.
47. Give conditionally: LEND.
48. __ work: menial labor: SCUT - Being assigned SCUT duty was punishment on Grey's Anatomy
52. Casual question after "We took pictures": WANNA SEE - Sometimes the answer is no but you shouldn't just BLURT that out
54. See 3-Down: ASADA and 3. With 54-Across, grilled Mexican dish: CARNE - CARNE ASADA (meat grilled) has some lovely vowels
45. Calf-roping loop: NOOSE.
46. G-rated word of annoyance: DARN.
47. Give conditionally: LEND.
48. __ work: menial labor: SCUT - Being assigned SCUT duty was punishment on Grey's Anatomy
52. Casual question after "We took pictures": WANNA SEE - Sometimes the answer is no but you shouldn't just BLURT that out
54. See 3-Down: ASADA and 3. With 54-Across, grilled Mexican dish: CARNE - CARNE ASADA (meat grilled) has some lovely vowels
55. Prepare for a surprise, perhaps: HIDE.
56. Expressed remorse, say: MADE AMENDS - My rule for kids, "Admit it was your fault, say you're sorry and fix it"
59. "First Lady of Song": ELLA - Fitzgerald
60. Toy featured in the 2002 film "The Man Who Saved Christmas": ERECTOR SET - The story of A.C. Gilbert who reluctantly quit making toys like his ERECTOR SET to make munitions for WWI but then convinced the government to let him start remaking toys
61. They're light-sensitive: EYES.
62. "That's all she wrote": END OF STORY - Husker FB this fall?
Down:
1. Message board entries: POSTS - Yours are a highlight of my day
2. Fitting name for a gallery patron?: ARTIE - Now that's fun!
4. Skateboarder's protector: KNEE PAD.
5. Suitability word on some games: AGES - The puzzle box said 2 - 6 years but it only took me three days
6. Stroke: PET.
7. Pac-12 member: USC.
8. Words indicating lack of offense: NO APOLOGY NEEDED.
9. Format for older computer games: CD ROM - The CD ROM's in this series saw a lot of use at our houses
10. "And __ thou slain the Jabberwock?": HAST.
11. Difficult: ARDUOUS.
12. Chef Boyardee product: BEEFARONI.
13. Waterslide aid: INNER TUBE and 52. Waterslide cry: WHEE.
12. Chef Boyardee product: BEEFARONI.
13. Waterslide aid: INNER TUBE and 52. Waterslide cry: WHEE.
21. Handy communication syst.?: ASL - Reagan Thibodeau, using American Sign Language in Maine, is very expressive during COVID-19 press conferences
23. Campaign website option: DONATE.
24. Expenditure: OUTGO.
27. Key ring thing: FOB.
28. Valediction reminder: BE GOOD - His show depended on people who did not follow his valediction
29. Practice in a ring: SPAR.
30. Melon, facetiously: HEAD.
31. Dosage instruction: ONCE DAILY.
32. Flameless light source: LED CANDLE - Put away the matches and get out the batteries
33. Stone __: MASON.
37. Two-time U.S. Open champ: ELS.
40. Transparent 61-Across parts: CORNEAS.
44. Bad thing to leave at a crime scene: DNA - Uh, number 2, we'd like to visit with you
47. Pick up: LEARN - We bloggers are trying our best to LEARN the new Blogger language
49. Playground retort: CAN SO.
50. Milk container: UDDER.
51. "Delish!": TASTY.
53. Barrie's nonconformist pirate: SMEE - I'll bet you can pick him out
54. Book after Joel: AMOS.
57. Tourist opening?: ECO - Tulum is a small town on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
58. Fed gp. fighting certain illegal trafficking: ATF - The new American Government started taxing spirits in 1789 to pay for the revolution and this was the birth of what became the ATF. Washington learned that Americans did not take kindly to this.
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