Saturday Themeless by Emily Biegas and Sala Wanetick
I ran through this puzzle in very good time, finishing in the Northeast. As usual, the long fill was the key to the solve as they were all "gettable".Across:
1. Emmy-winning sitcom created by Susan Harris: SOAP - I'm going to assume you can all pick out the young Billy Crystal who is said to be the first openly gay character on a TV series.
5. Held in suspense: BATED.
10. Eats: GRUB.
14. Mercury Prize-winning singer-songwriter Parks: ARLO - This Saturday ARLO replaces Mr. Guthrie and lists herself as a Q in the LGBTQIA+ array.
14. Mercury Prize-winning singer-songwriter Parks: ARLO - This Saturday ARLO replaces Mr. Guthrie and lists herself as a Q in the LGBTQIA+ array.
15. "She-Hulk" actress Renée __ Goldsberry: ELISE.
16. Decor do-over, informally: RENO - Some tornado victims in this season's storms have to choose between a RENO or a DEMO
17. Prosaic: UNORIGINAL - Many teachers have very prosaic day-to-day lesson plans and have merely 19. Parroted: APED what they have done or seen done for years.
20. "My pleasure": DON'T MENTION IT.
22. Stresses, in a way: ITERATES.
23. "The quicksand of reason," per George Sand: VANITY - I admire this quote.
26. Coolers, for short: ACS - I grew up without any A/C at all. You?
27. Real mensch: GEM.
28. Lav: LOO - My sister is a hard core St. Louis Cardinal fan but told me their new uniform option makes her think of a toilet.
29. Piedmont product: ASTI - The region outlined in red is the Piedmont area of Italy. Can you find the city ASTI in this NW part of Italy? It is a 50 min drive ESE of Turin.
32. City in French Flanders: LILLE
35. Question of when: WHAT'S TODAY'S DATE - Uh, ASAP?
39. Peachy: AOK - I remember NASA making A-OK common parlance in the 60's starting with Alan Shepherd's initial space flight.
40. "Tell me you didn't": OH GOD đŸ˜€
41. Singles: ONES - Who's to say the bills under that hundred are just a bunch of ONES!
43. Prefix with diversity: BIO.
44. Compass rose dir.: SSW - Here you can find SSW at 202.5˚ on the Rose Compass
46. "Next week on ... " segment: TEASER - How about one from 70 years ago?
48. Most tidy: CLEANEST.
53. Crunchy snack: HARD SHELL TACO - Your choice
55. "Uh, no": AS IF.
57. March Madness stage: ELITE EIGHT - Omaha's Creighton Bluejays were in the ELITE EIGHT in last years men's NCAA basketball tournament.
58. Garden veggie: CUKE.
59. Gulf of Aden republic: YEMEN - YEMEN and Somalia make the Gulf Of Aden a dangerous place for shipping
60. Idea shared by many: MEME.
61. Prefix on many Chinese brand names: EVER - Ultimate Saturday cluing. Explanation
62. Swelling: EDEMA - Better get some ice on that bad boy!
63. Winged figure in Piccadilly Circus: EROS - Also known as the Shaftsbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus
1. Riyadh resident: SAUDI - A great deal of water for the SAUDIS in Riyadh is piped in hundreds of miles from desalinization plants on the Arabian Gulf.
2. " ... unless you think otherwise": OR NOT.
3. Solo: ALONE - A very famous solo took place 97 years ago.
4. Hanging in a drawing room: PORTRAIT - Sir Winston hated his and had it destroyed in a bonfire.
5. Brings about: BEGETS - The book of Matthew chronicles a whole bunch of BEGETTING!
6. Dress shape: A-LINE.
7. Colors: TINTS.
8. Actor Morales: ESAI - Cwd fodder
9. Cole Porter biopic starring Kevin Kline: DELOVELY
Cary Grant took a turn as Porter in 1946 with another classic tune as a title.
10. Wood flooring feature: GRAIN.
11. Coldly calculating: REPTILIAN - Ebenezer Scrooge leapt to my mind.
12. "Ceci n'est pas __ pipe": UNE - The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture "This is a pipe", I'd have been lying!
— RenĂ© Magritte
13. Compact figure?: BOD - Not all are
18. Big Apple output: IMAC.
21. William and Mary: NAMES - René Magritte would love this clue! See two clues above.
24. Decadent cake: TORTE.
25. Joins the team?: YOKES đŸ˜€
27. Hefty alternative: GLAD - We use Hefty trash bags I'm told.
29. Keep an eye out for: AWAIT.
30. Haruki Murakami's "Kafka on the __": SHORE Quotes
31. "Beat it": TAKE A HIKE.
32. Letterhead image, maybe: LOGO - Where I sub
36. Composed: SOBER.
37. Chakra that signifies the unconscious mind: THIRD EYE - Kids swear teachers have this gift. Chakra
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38. Quiet stretch: DOWN TIME.
44. Singer dubbed the "Tejano Madonna": SELENA.
45. Prime Day event: SALE.
47. More cautious: SAFER.
48. Ring: CHIME.
49. "Who cares what they do": LET 'EM.
50. More than ready: EAGER.
51. Poor sap: SCHMO.
52. "Uh, yeah": TOTES - Adult drivers in N.C. may have to ask their kids about this sign containing slang we are seeing quite often in Crosswordville!
54. __ dog: SLED.
55. Part of LGBTQIA+ or 10-J-Q-K-A: ACE - Saturday cluing for ACE. ACE is slang for asexual.
56. Tucson or Santa Fe: SUV - Both made by Hyundai.
