Saturday Themeless by Rich Norris
Across
1. Hustle: MAKE TRACKS.
11. Back in the day: ONCE.
15. Be fashionable, in a way: ARRIVE LATE - Who came up with the idea that this is fashionable and not rude?
16. Rock, paper, or scissors: NOUN - A meta clue, not a game that is also called Roshambo 😀
17. Planter's purchase: SEED PACKET - A sure sign of late winter/early spring
18. Defense mechanism: FORT - No one died in the bombardment of this FORT. However, one Union soldier died firing a ceremonial salute as they evacuated.
16. Rock, paper, or scissors: NOUN - A meta clue, not a game that is also called Roshambo 😀
17. Planter's purchase: SEED PACKET - A sure sign of late winter/early spring
18. Defense mechanism: FORT - No one died in the bombardment of this FORT. However, one Union soldier died firing a ceremonial salute as they evacuated.
19. Web ending: CAM.
20. Online service since April 1, 2004: G-MAIL - I've used this service for 20 years
21. Asleep, say: IDLE.
22. Woodstock performer between Melanie and Joan: ARLO - They're all on this poster, just not in that order
24. Chemistry suffix: ENE - One of many possibilities
25. Earn: PULL IN - "Take in" and "Rake in" suffered deletion
27. No longer usable: RUINED - Sumter was RUINED and never reused and is now a historical site. I toured it on an incredibly cold March day in Charleston Harbor.
29. Event for day traders?: SWAP MEET - A SWAP MEET at Orange County College
31. __ Dei: AGNUS.
32. Even slightly: AT ALL.
33. Beats Electronics co-founder: DRE - Dr. DRE sold his company to Apple for $3B
34. Classic CIA-vs.-KGB spoof: SPYS.
36. Some 1990s GM subcompacts: GEOS.
38. Continent with aardvarks: Abbr.: AFR.
41. Stand rituals: OATHS - Perry closes in on the witness who is on the stand
43. Gulf of Guinea capital: ACCRA - It is a day trip along the Gulf Of Guinea from ACCRA to the Cape Coast Castle which was a big part of the slave trade.
47. Words of gratitude: BLESS YOU.
49. Really relished: ADORED.
50. Barrel racing events: RODEOS - Barrel racing events are not RODEOS, they are an event IN a RODEO.
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| Our small school has five girl barrel racers |
51. "Crocodile Rock" label: MCA.
53. __ of Maine: TOMS - I've never seen this label on shelves around here
55. "WarGames" org.: NORAD.
57. Santa __ winds: ANA - a few weeks ago we had 33. Ortiz of "Love, Victor": ANA 🙄
58. Word with lots and straws: DRAW.
59. Fallible one: MERE MORTAL.
61. Inverse of nano-: GIGA Nano = 10-9 and Giga = 109
62. Convenience one can bank on, familiarly: ATM MACHINE - Just outside a casino area. Hmmm...
63. Website for artisans: ETSY.
64. Spots that rarely offer good views: CHEAP SEATS.
Down:
1. L'Oreal product: MASCARA.
2. Provider of partial coverage?: AREA RUG.
3. Russian government metonym: KREMLIN
4. Fast break for millions: EID 😀 The end of the month-long fast of Ramadan
5. Letters to alert moms and dads: TV PG.
6. Bawled (out): REAMED.
7. Highway through Whitehorse: AL CAN.
8. Most thick, as cosmetics: CAKIEST 🙄
9. "Power Hits" series record co.: K-TEL - Crocodile Rock (51 Across) made it onto this K-TEL Album
10. Three of a kind, say: SET - Three of a kind in poker is called a SET
11. Like most older movies: ON FILM.
12. Improvised: NOODLED - Noodling is the musical equivalent of doodling. It is mostly uninspired, and lacking in direction or inspiration, but on occasion the result is beautiful and meaningful.
13. Even less straight: CURLIER - Curvier went in first but...
14. Informal alliance: ENTENTE - WWI
23. "Drinks are __": ON US - Yesterday, I got charged $2.00 for a glass of water in a bar
25. Faint: PALE.
26. Data transfer: UPLOAD.
28. Married hombre: ESPOSO.
30. Source of tail winds?: WAGS 😀
32. Regarding: AS TO.
35. Celebratory chorus: YAYS.
37. Macbeth, for one: SCOT - Shakespeare's Macbeth is not an historically accurate play about this actual monarch
38. Shorten: ABRIDGE.
39. Gas use exhortation?: FLOOR IT 😀
40. Discount showers: RED TAGS - Here, showers rhymes with mowers not towers
42. Request to a skeptic: HUMOR ME.
44. Dalmatian's home: CROATIA - Ancestral home to two and four-legged Dalmationas
45. Leftover: REMNANT.
46. Product promotion vehicle: AD SALES.
48. Inland passage: SEAWAY.
49. Traveler's aid: AAA MAP - I don't have to fold up my GPS app.
52. Rajas topping: CREMA - Rajas (strips) Poblanos (peppers) topped with CREMA (a cream sauce)
55. First country to legalize same-sex marriage: Abbr.: NETH.
56. Medics: DOCS.
59. Jake and Amy's baby, on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": MAC. - Of all the MAC's in all the world, Rich or Patti chose this one.
60. MLB scoreboard heading: RHE - Don Larsen's perfect World Series game in 1956.
