Saturday Themeless by Bettina Elias Siegel and Dan Elias
Bettina and Dan give us a lot of wide-open spaces with only 22 blocks and 99 open squares.I had a lovely 20-minute tiptoe through these tulips.
Across:
1. Stress-relieving gifts: SPA PACKAGES.
12. Title in an order: FRA - A title for an Italian monk or friar in a religious order
15. Feature of the Bush and Johnson White Houses: TEXAS ACCENT.
16. Court call: LET.
15. Feature of the Bush and Johnson White Houses: TEXAS ACCENT.
16. Court call: LET.
17. Fox on TV: AGENT MULDER.
18. Prelude to a kiss?: I DO.
19. Podcast feed letters: RSS - Really Simple Syndication
20. Zelle and Venmo: APPS - I have podcast APPS that keep me entertained
21. Editor's tool: RED PEN.
21. Editor's tool: RED PEN.
23. Any of 12 popes: PIUS - Where our granddaughter attends in Lincoln, NE
24. Run: OVERSEE - OPERATE worked until it didn't
25. Some highlands musicians: PIPERS.
25. Some highlands musicians: PIPERS.
28. Salt Lake Bees and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp: AAA TEAMS.
29. "Who's better than me?!": I RULE.
30. Drops in the air: MISTS.
31. Red choice: CAB - Often found on our crossword wine list
30. Drops in the air: MISTS.
31. Red choice: CAB - Often found on our crossword wine list
32. Tips for a writer: NIBS.
33. 2020 Isabel Wilkerson bestseller subtitled "The Origins of Our Discontents": CASTE.
34. Stud locale: LOBE - It was not in a wall or a horse farm but in an ear
35. Night sch. class: ESL.
36. Gals, in dated slang: MOLLS - Clyde Barrow's MOLL, Bonnie Parker, leapt to my mind
37. Winds: COILS.
38. Member of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame girl group: SHIRELLE - C'mon, ya gotta love 60's rock and roll. SHIRley Ross and three classmates for Passaic, NJ were the first black, girl group to have a #1 hit with this memorable song.
40. Polarizing figure?: MAGNET.
41. Agreements: ACCORDS
41. Agreements: ACCORDS
42. "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are __!": 1978 album: DEVO.
43. Opening night invitee: CRITIC.
44. Untimely?: LATE.
45. Evil computer who says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that": HAL - A forerunner of AI?
48. Bulls and bucks: HE'S - Males
49. Tailor's device: TAPE MEASURE.
52. "Dig in!": EAT.
53. Actor who played Tony Rodriguez on "NYPD Blue": ESAI MORALES - We have seen his vowel-rich first name here quite often
54. Some corporate IP: TMS - Corporate TradeMarkS ™ are Intellectual Property
55. Display that may have rotating shelves: DESSERT CASE.
Down:
1. Nicola Yoon's "The Sun Is Also a __": STAR.
2. Cribbage pieces: PEGS.
5. "Steps in Time" memoirist: ASTAIRE - An autographed copy can be had for $375.00
7. Keurig pods: K-CUPS.
8. Concerns for some orthopedic surgeons, initially: ACLS.
9. HS proficiency test: GED.
10. Sap: ENERVATE.
11. Doja Cat hit with the lyric "Send your location, come through": STREETS.
12. Ensures that change is in the air?: FLIPS A COIN - If you flip a coin (piece of change), it will go in the air. 😀
13. Scrooge, ultimately: REDEEMABLE - All it took was three ghosts
14. In top form: AT ONE'S BEST.
22. One of the "Black-ish" parents: DRE - Anthony Anderson plays Andre (DRE) Johnson in this show
23. NOLA cagers: PELS.
24. Brewery equipment: OASTS.
25. Pouch with a woodsy scent: PINE SACHET.
27. Attention getters: PUBLICISTS - There's no such thing as bad publicity
28. Target section: AISLE - The AISLE is in a Target™ Store
30. Shop keepers?: MALLS - Omaha had three huge MALLS and two are now shut and the other one soon will be
33. Focus of many a true crime podcast: COLD CASE - Who killed JonBenet Ramsey?
34. Letterhead feature, often: LOGO.
36. Just: MERITED.
37. The Lascaux bulls, e.g.: CAVE ART - One of 600+ such images in this network of caves in SW France
40. Shower element: METEOR - An event that occurs when Earth's orbit crosses the path of a group of meteors that burn up in our atmosphere.
42. Actor Jean-Claude Van __: DAMME - "The Muscles from Brussels"
44. Fragrant neckwear: LEIS and 45. Dance with a kahiko style: HULA.
46. Trojan War god: ARES.
47. __-majestÈ: LESE - Disrespect or a crime against a Royal head of state. Example: Article 112 of Thailand's criminal code says anyone who "defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir-apparent or the regent" will be punished with a jail term between three and 15 years.
50. Pops: PAS - They are/were usually married to MAS
51. Pollen holder: SAC.
46. Trojan War god: ARES.
47. __-majestÈ: LESE - Disrespect or a crime against a Royal head of state. Example: Article 112 of Thailand's criminal code says anyone who "defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir-apparent or the regent" will be punished with a jail term between three and 15 years.
50. Pops: PAS - They are/were usually married to MAS
51. Pollen holder: SAC.
