Saturday, March 5, 2022, Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel

 Themeless Saturday by Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel

After quite a few collaborations, our Irish Miss and C.C. have now come up with a Saturday Themeless containing three famous artists and a modicum of movie/tv characters. I ERRED twice for two bad cells but had a good time!  Speaking of duos:

Here is Agnes' lovely note: 

Hi Gary: Glad you enjoyed our puzzle. This was submitted so long ago that when I received Rich’s heads-up on the publication date, I was shocked. I believe this is the only themeless that CC and I collaborated on and my contribution was the cluing, a lot of which, as is normal, was changed and/or tweaked. 

I’m glad you’re blogging our puzzle because you do such a great job explaining any ambiguities, obscurities, etc., as well as providing relevant illustrations and links. 

Hope all is well on the Plains! Ear tickles to Darling Lily!

From C.C.: We originally had MOAIS for 40-Across, clued as [Easter Islands figures]. Turns out the plural form of MOAI is still MOAI. Thankfully Rich caught our goof and redid that section.

Add to the list!

Across:

1. "Broad City" co-creator Jacobson: AB_I and 3. "Nonsense!": _OSH - I had no idea on ABBI but had heard TOSH used as "Nonsense" in England. Give me a bad cell.

5. Goya's "Duchess of __": ALBA - Goya did portraits where she fully clothed and nude. Here the Duchess is wearing two rings, one bearing ALBA and the other one GOYA and she is pointing down at Goya's signature. Their story and other paintings of her

9. Edit, in a way: ERASE.

14. Coin collector: SLOT - Tommy Glenn Carmichael bought SLOT machines and made "tools" to beat them. He stole millions before he was caught. How'd he do it?

15. Hero's home: DELI - Subs, grinders, hoagies,...

16. Foot specialists?: POETS 

17. Became unpopular: LOST FAVOR.

19. One-piece dresses: SARIS.

20. Rendered less valuable: CHEAPENED and 40. He surpassed Ruth: MARIS - Some claimed that the HR record was CHEAPENED because Roger needed eight more games to break the Babe's record 

22. Kunis who voices Meg on "Family Guy": MILA.

A native of Ukraine

23. Turned blue?: ACTED SAD.

25. Olympic gymnast Raisman with six medals: ALY.

26. Brings under control: TAMES.

28. Show dissatisfaction with: YELL AT.

Just don't say the "magic word"

30. Throw on: DON - Like "gay apparel"

31. Word with engine or pipe: STEAM.

35. Target division: AISLE.

36. Nana's babysitting observation, perhaps: I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS - Seeing three O's in a row gave me pause

39. "Rizzoli & Isles" actress Alexander: SASHA.

Angie Harmon and 
SASHA (nee Drobnjakovic)

41. 10, at times: Abbr.: OCT and 12. 2014 drama that earned Julianne Moore a Best Actress Oscar: STILL ALICE - Holding out for STILL ALIVE kept me at OVT instead of OCT for way too long.

42. Brownstone features: STOOPS 

44. It's often iced: LATTE.

46. Quite a long time: EON.

47. First word of #1 titles by Donovan and John Denver: SUNSHINE - I'm sure Sunshine Superman is just fine but John's song gives me some real comfort.

51. Stuff: CRAM.

53. Powerful ruler: POTENTATE.

56. Some game pieces: TILES.

58. Major Southeast Asian financial hub: SINGAPORE.

60. Prefix suggesting thrift: ECONO.

61. Neutral shade: ECRU.

62. "Ella Enchanted" villain: OGRE.

43. "How ya doin'?": SUP, Ella

63. "The Dance Class" painter: DEGAS.

Fine Art at Wal Mart

64. Ditch: SKIP - I never did ditch/SKIP class

65. Take to __: criticize: TASK.

Down:

1. Soundless speech syst.: ASL.

2. Alliance: BLOC.

4. Computer support provider: IT TEAM - Now we're talking gender neutral 

5. Eventually learns to live in: ADAPTS TO.

6. Bank barrier: LEVEE - With scant snow this winter, the river LEVEES should be just fine this spring

7. Like some locks: BLOND - A convention not usually followed in American and Canada

A convention not usually 

followed in America and Canada

8. Buenos __: AIRES.

9. Short albums, for short: EPS - Extended Plays

10. Knock about: ROAM.

11. Drone product: AERIAL SHOT.

Our house is in the yellow trapezoid

13. Final, maybe: ESSAY TEST - Hated taking them and correcting them

18. Dove output: FACE SOAPS.

21. It breaks every morning: DAY.

24. Annual salutation: DEAR SANTA - Yes Virginia...

26. "Old Fashioned" Campbell's soup: TOMATO RICE.

27. Icky-sounding snack: ANTS ON A LOG - I think the ingredients are self-evident and look tasty to me

29. Smashed: LIT - Euphemisms for intoxicated

30. Analyzed in detail: DISSECTED - My kids learned a lot by DISSECTING a chicken wing and comparing it to a human arm

32. National Mall tree: ELM.

One of the survivors from the 
Original 333 planted in 1930's

33. Nabokov novel: ADA - Lolita is a novel about a love affair with a teenager and ADA is about one with a sister. 

34. Short creator?: MFR - ManuFactueRs are creators

37. Discovery word: OHO - AHA, It's OHO!

38. Body-building routine: OILING UP - Google if you must

45. Spout spot: TEAPOT - C'mon, I know what you're singing to yourself!

48. Bouquets: NOSES - Here ya go: Bouquet is also a part of “NOSE”, however it is often mistaken with Aroma, Bouquet is term used to describe the overall complexity in wine, not its fruity characters but instead the flavors of aged and developed wine, usually from more matured wine.

49. Stay on: STICK.

50. "The Dance II" artist Matisse: HENRI - Goya, Degas and now Matisse! 

52. "Aladdin" star Massoud: MENA - Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a 57%. It was made for $187 M but grossed over $1B so...

54. __ party: TOGA.

55. Goes off: ERRS.

57. Brand name that looks like it has a missing period: SOS - I never noticed it before. Why no last period?

59. "Mouse in the house!": EEK.