Saturday Themeless by Jamey Smith
Our Texas Longhorn alum, Jamey Smith, is back after a one month hiatus. The long fills were very helpful but I struggled in the SW corner for various and sundry reasons but eventually emerged victorious. In keeping with these lazy, hazy days of summer, here is what Jamey shared with us:
Hi Gary,
Thanks for the opportunity. No big insights come to mind for this one, I'm afraid, so I'll keep it brief. Let me just say I hope this puzzle provides a welcome diversion during these dog days of summer.
Stay Cool,
Jamey
1. Ottoman Empire symbol: FEZ - They are also worn by Shriners in parades around here
4. Deep divide: CHASM.
9. __ candle: ROMAN.
14. Martinique, par exemple: ILE - J'habite sur l'ILE de la Martinique (I live on the island of Martinique)
15. Shade: UMBRA - We were in the Moon's UMBRA during the 2017 solar eclipse
16. Soul, to Aristotle: ANIMA.
17. "On the contrary": FAR FROM IT - The answer to, "Can I read the text above?"
19. Principle: TENET.
20. Online loan calculator, e.g.: E-TOOL - Here's one
21. Put out of action: SIDELINE.
19. Principle: TENET.
20. Online loan calculator, e.g.: E-TOOL - Here's one
21. Put out of action: SIDELINE.
23. Ordained: DECREED.
26. Junction point: NODE.
26. Junction point: NODE.
27. [Eyeroll]: HERE WE GO AGAIN.
32. Vast amounts: SEAS.
34. Name on a "Speed" movie poster: SANDRA - Most of the posters only contain the visage of Keanu Reeves but not this one
35. Letter spelled by inserting a letter into another letter: PSI - PI can add a letter to get PSI (or PHI)
36. Wish list items: WANTS.
38. Protein-building molecule: RNA.
39. __ Ideas Festival: annual Western resort conference: ASPEN - More info
42. Toshiro ___, actor in many Kurosawa films: MIFUNE - One MIFUNE/Kurosawa collaboration was called The Seven Samurai and was the inspiration for an iconic American Western movie
45. 1940 toon goldfish: CLEO - Pinnochio, CLEO and Figaro
46. Broad perspective: THE BIG PICTURE - Here's a failure to achieve that
49. Mideast carrier: EL AL.
50. Dizziness cause, perhaps: EARACHE.
53. Could be taken for: PASSES AS - As generations progress, what PASSES AS acceptable behavior changes
57. "__ moi, le déluge": Louis XV: APRES - "After me the deluge". Louis never said it and here are more things royalty never said
58. 24-part epic: ILIAD.
59. "Sorry, you can't talk me out of this": NO I INSIST.
62. Cosmic balance: KARMA.
63. College sports channel: ESPNU.
64. Nottingham-to-London dir.: SSE - It would have been a 129 mile trip for Robin Hood
64. Nottingham-to-London dir.: SSE - It would have been a 129 mile trip for Robin Hood
65. Operative: ASSET - A _ _ _ T. Yeah, I'm the only one who put AGENT first. BTW, ANON-T is an ASSET to our blog!
66. Things to do: TASKS.
67. Word in many rates: PER - My typing rate in words PER minute is impressive unless you insist on accuracy
Down:
1. Played a high wind: FIFED - Not OBOED it appears
2. Gratify: ELATE.
3. "Not a prayer": ZERO CHANCE - These teams have the worst odds to win the NCAA FB national championship this year. If you bet $100 on any of them, you'd win $1,000,000 if they surprised everyone.
4. Winter Olympian: CURLER.
5. Kaiser offering: HMO - Health Maintenance Organization
6. SALT subject: ABM - Anti ballistic missiles
6. SALT subject: ABM - Anti ballistic missiles
7. Mumbai misters: SRIS.
8. Courtship ritual: MATING DANCE.
9. Like investment-grade bonds: RATED AAA.
10. What yoga may be practiced on: ONE LEG.
10. What yoga may be practiced on: ONE LEG.
12. "Agreed!": AMEN.
13. Silver of FiveThirtyEight: NATE - Some 2021 NFL thoughts on NATE's FiveThirtyEight site
18. __ green: FOREST.
22. In spot?: DOOR - Our big box lumber store has its "In DOOR" about 50 yards from its "Out DOOR", so when you park you have a decision to make
24. Some RPI grads: EES - Electrical Engineers
25. Ceres, for one: DWARF PLANET - Ceres is the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Since it is only one of thousands of objects in that belt, it is not considered to be a full planet
28. The blahs: ENNUI - It would take someone as hip as Cole Porter to use the French word ENNUI in a lyric
29. Classic autumn treat: APPLE CRISP.
30. "Ah": I SEE.
31. Baja boy: NINO - Which kind of winter is on tap for us?
32. Thwack: SWAT.
33. Term regarding distribution: EACH.
37. Was friendly to: SMILED AT.
40. Throws out: SCRAPS.
43. "Hometown Proud" supermarkets: IGAS - Here's one in Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia
43. "Hometown Proud" supermarkets: IGAS - Here's one in Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia
44. DFW posting: ETA.
47. "__ Mucho": classic Consuelo Velázquez song: BESAME - I don't know Srta Velázquez at all but Paul Anka's 1962 put me on the right track.
48. Seventh of eight: URANUS - Sorry Ceres, you'll have to eat at the kids' table
51. "Siddhartha" author: HESSE -Siddhartha is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautam Buddha.
52. Fruity compound: ESTER - The Chemistry
53. Rabbit relative: PIKA - Not in my fauna vocabulary. Maybe the bouquet is part of his mating dance
54. "That's too bad": ALAS.
55. Quaint letter opener: SIRS.
56. 600 Home Run Club member: SOSA - AROD was left on the bench
60. Online addresses, for short: IP'S - What is an IP?
61. Publicity: INK - With the demise of print media, perhaps the origin of this use of INK will fade.
