Saturday Themeless by C.C. Burnikel
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| My favorite honorary Cornhusker. |
This puzzle has quite a bit of clue changes. I'm rusty at making themeless, especially the cluing part. As for the fill, I remember coming up with the upper right stack quickly, then struggling with the connecting Downs to the lower stack.
1. Includes, briefly: CCS - C'mon, starting a puzzle with your own initials is pretty cool!
4. Bell hooks work whose title comes from a line often attributed to Sojourner Truth: AIN'T I A WOMAN - Info on this very interesting woman (including why she uses no capital letters with her name) and 11. Sojourner Truth forte: ORATION.
15. Prune: LOP.
16. Pink flower with a yellow center: PRAIRIE ROSE - The N.D. state flower
17. "Oklahoma!" Tony winner Stroker: ALI - The first wheelchair user to win a Tony. In her speech she dedicated the award to all people who think a disability has to hold you back.
18. Mayonnaise-based condiment: TARTAR SAUCE.
19. Jedi on Dagobah: YODA - Oh yeah, there's another Star Wars character that had four letters and ends in an "A"
21. Taskbar lineup: ICONS - Here's the one we bloggers use for our postings
22. Walked: TROD.
23. Negligent: REMISS.
25. Aim: POINT.
27. "Born a __": Trevor Noah memoir: CRIME - The story of his childhood in the twilight of apartheid in South Africa
28. __ pool: STENO.
30. Elements of Byzantine architecture: DOMES - The epitome of this architecture is said to be the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople when it was built in the 6th century).
31. Last-minute participant: LATE ENTRY - The owner of this year's Kentucky Derby Rich Strike found out 30 seconds before the deadline that his horse would be allowed to run. This filly won with 80-1 odds against her.
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| Notice Rich Strike is wearing #21 in the 20 horse race. |
35. Journalist Tarbell: IDA - This muckraker got Standard Oil declared a monopoly that had to be broken up.
38. Quebec street: RUE - There is a McDonalds is at 760 RUE Bouvier, Québec, QC G2J 1A3, Canada
39. Equal-pay issue: GENDER GAP - Our pay scale was the same for all when I was teaching.
41. Whirlpool subsidiary: AMANA.
43. Strike force?: UNION.
44. Jellyfish's lack: BRAIN - Here ya go!
45. Medicare Advantage program: PART C
47. Hawk: PEDDLE.
48. Self-referential: META - META crossword clues refer to the clue itself such as recent 42. Head for Vegas?: LAS.
49. Best possible: IDEAL.
52. Forgets to charge the phone, say: ERRS.
54. "Okay, you got me": I DON'T DENY IT.
57. NPR host Shapiro: ARI - All things considered and...
58. Mail with a North Pole return address: SANTA LETTER.
59. __-de-sac: CUL - 18th century Fr. for "bottom of the sack". Today: dead end street.
60. Multipurpose piece: SLEEPER SOFA - How 'bout sofa/bunk beds
61. Problem that often grows with fame: EGO.
Down:
1. Tandoor material: CLAY - CLAY ovens seen in India and Pakistan
2. System with shades of meaning: COLOR CODE - Here are some colors and the HTML CODE
3. Character who debuted in the 1962 comic book "Amazing Fantasy": SPIDERMAN.
4. Germane: APT.
5. Game challenge: I RAISE - Poker
6. Busters: NARCS.
7. Nickname of vodka-maker Beveridge: TITO - A shortening of founder Bertito Beveridge's name
8. Home country of Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi: IRAN - His IMDB
9. Flight number: AIR SPEED.
10. Director Anderson: WES.
12. Grieve: MOURN.
13. Broad tie: ASCOT.
14. Sine qua non: NEED.
24. "That did me in": I'M SPENT.
26. Minor gridiron gain: ONE YARD - Seattle needed ONE YARD to win a Super Bowl but stupidly decided to pass and the ball was intercepted and the Super Bowl was lost.
28. Nick who's coached four Heisman winners at Alabama: SABAN - My Class of '64 classmate was the pilot for Nick SABAN'S recruiting plane for years
29. Sporty car roof: T-TOP.
30. Unkind remark: DIG.
31. Vacaciones destination: LAGO.
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Lago de Sant Maurici(Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) |
32. Rugged contest: TRAIL RACE - Not a road race!
33. Hallway accent: RUNNER RUG.
34. House call?: YEA.
37. "Spamalot" co-creator: ERIC IDLE - A member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
40. Vaudeville great: DURANTE - Vaudeville, radio, movies and TV
42. Cooked: MADE.
44. Faith: BELIEF.
45. Use the elliptical: PEDAL.
46. Make reparations: ATONE.
47. Check words: PAY TO.
48. Major in transgender activism: MISS - I had/have no idea but C.C. assured me that this was her clue/fill
50. Bucks in a forest: DEER.
51. Treebeard and friends: ENTS - Frequent visitors here
53. Isolated work group: SILO.
56. Part of a chorus line?: TRA - Followed by la la...
