Thursday Themeless by Ricky Sirois
This is my second Ricky Sirois Saturday themeless (first one was 1/14/23) and I gotta tell you, it was a breezy 20-minute exercise that was a lot of fun. My fav had to be the Brady Bunch misdirection! 😀Across:
1. Part of the healing process: SCAB.
5. Hiss source: LEAK - If you spray the tire with water, bubbles will tell you the source of the LEAK
15. French pronoun: ELLE - ELLE est belle (She is beautiful)
16. Number two: AIDE - Ulysses S. Grant and his AIDE-de-camp, Orville Babcock.
17. Lingo: ARGOT and 50. Raise: HOIST - The STS-79 orbiter being HOISTED from the ET/SRB stack on the MLP in KSC's VAB - NASA ARGOT
18. Animal in the creation myth of the Achomawi people of Northern California: SILVER FOX.
20. Hybrid pastries: CRONUTS A portmanteau: A ring-shaped fried pastry made from croissant dough.
22. Hazelnut: FILBERT - Two names for the same nut.
26. Stable diet: HAY 😀
27. Revelation: EYE OPENER.
29. Sheepherder in a 1995 Oscar-nominated film: BABE 31. 29-Across, for one: PIG.
30. Yak: GAB.
33. Sch. with the second-most NCAA team championships: UCLA.
34. One who spends a lot of time in cabs: LONG HAUL TRUCKER 😀
39. Like a roller derby track: OVAL.
40. Cellular messenger: RNA - A very frequent cwd messenger
41. Letter abbr.: ENC.
42. Shape-shifting prefix: WERE - The prefix "were-" comes from the Old English word for "man".
43. Prevents an actor from getting a breakthrough role, perhaps: TYPECASTS = Speaking of werewolves and typecasting, here's Lon Chaney
48. Demonstrate one's humanity: ERR.
49. Pursued: CHASED.
51. Comedian Trevor: NOAH - His big break
52. Turns the page?: READS ON 😀
54. Result of a successful collaboration: SYNERGY.
56. Conan O'Brien's first talk show: LATE NIGHT.
58. End: CEASE.
59. Avoids injury: IS OK.
60. Gin berry: SLOE.
61. Root used in perfumery: ORRIS - Rootstock of the Iris
62. Wicker man, for one: PYRE - More
63. Spree: TEAR - Some athletes who are doing very well at some point can be said to be "on a TEAR".
64. Email folder: SENT.
Down:
1. Soup strainer, informally: STACHE.
2. "Dumb and Dumber" star: CARREY.
3. "An Inconvenient Truth" writer: AL GORE.
4. Wasteful project: BOONDOGGLE - This word's interesting derivation
5. Reduce: LESSEN.
6. Yale student: ELI.
7. Completely on board: ALL FOR IT - Where'd everybody go?
8. Flightless bird in "Up": KEVIN.
9. Low-__ diet: CARB.
10. Shortcut, of sorts: LIFE HACK - They are ubiquitous on the internet
11. Precious: ADORABLE.
12. Foo Fighters power ballad that was the theme song for the NBC sitcom "Ed": NEXT YEAR - It's not the theme from Hawaii 5-0 but it's okay.
14. R-V connection?: STU - Disco STU gets the day off for this alphabet progression
19. Raised trains: ELS.
21. Legal exam, familiarly: THE BAR - Chuck McGill's reaction to his little brother Jimmy (soon to be Saul Goodman) on Better Call Saul
25. Do-overs: REPLAYS.
28. Tuba sound: PAH.
29. Brady bunch, once: BUCCANEERS 😀 Gotta love this!
32. Like Midas: GREEDY.
34. Labium inferius oris: LOWER LIP - Labium/LIP, Inferius/LOWER
35. Breakfast specification: OVER EASY - Recently I had OVER HARD as a scrambled alternative
36. David Attenborough, for one: NARRATOR - A hilarious AI application
37. Straighten out: UNTANGLE.
38. Cousin's dad, casually: UNC.
44. Nag: PESTER.
45. 1957 Jimmy Dorsey hit: SO RARE - Dedicated to my Mom
46. Takes over: TAGS IN.
47. Most reserved: SHYEST.
49. "Marrakesh Express" band, for short: CSN - Crosby, Stills and Nash are the 3-letter abbr. group today.
53. Football : juke :: hockey : __: DEKE - DECOY
55. Many a PX shopper: NCO - Every branch of the service has NCO's these are in the U.S. Army
57. Residential community org.: HOA.
1. Part of the healing process: SCAB.
5. Hiss source: LEAK - If you spray the tire with water, bubbles will tell you the source of the LEAK
9. Network, say: CLAN.
13. Giant automaton of Greek mythology: TALOS.
13. Giant automaton of Greek mythology: TALOS.
15. French pronoun: ELLE - ELLE est belle (She is beautiful)
16. Number two: AIDE - Ulysses S. Grant and his AIDE-de-camp, Orville Babcock.
17. Lingo: ARGOT and 50. Raise: HOIST - The STS-79 orbiter being HOISTED from the ET/SRB stack on the MLP in KSC's VAB - NASA ARGOT
18. Animal in the creation myth of the Achomawi people of Northern California: SILVER FOX.
20. Hybrid pastries: CRONUTS A portmanteau: A ring-shaped fried pastry made from croissant dough.
22. Hazelnut: FILBERT - Two names for the same nut.
26. Stable diet: HAY 😀
27. Revelation: EYE OPENER.
29. Sheepherder in a 1995 Oscar-nominated film: BABE 31. 29-Across, for one: PIG.
30. Yak: GAB.
33. Sch. with the second-most NCAA team championships: UCLA.
34. One who spends a lot of time in cabs: LONG HAUL TRUCKER 😀
39. Like a roller derby track: OVAL.
40. Cellular messenger: RNA - A very frequent cwd messenger
41. Letter abbr.: ENC.
42. Shape-shifting prefix: WERE - The prefix "were-" comes from the Old English word for "man".
43. Prevents an actor from getting a breakthrough role, perhaps: TYPECASTS = Speaking of werewolves and typecasting, here's Lon Chaney
48. Demonstrate one's humanity: ERR.
49. Pursued: CHASED.
51. Comedian Trevor: NOAH - His big break
52. Turns the page?: READS ON 😀
54. Result of a successful collaboration: SYNERGY.
56. Conan O'Brien's first talk show: LATE NIGHT.
58. End: CEASE.
59. Avoids injury: IS OK.
60. Gin berry: SLOE.
61. Root used in perfumery: ORRIS - Rootstock of the Iris
62. Wicker man, for one: PYRE - More
63. Spree: TEAR - Some athletes who are doing very well at some point can be said to be "on a TEAR".
64. Email folder: SENT.
Down:
1. Soup strainer, informally: STACHE.
2. "Dumb and Dumber" star: CARREY.
3. "An Inconvenient Truth" writer: AL GORE.
4. Wasteful project: BOONDOGGLE - This word's interesting derivation
5. Reduce: LESSEN.
6. Yale student: ELI.
7. Completely on board: ALL FOR IT - Where'd everybody go?
8. Flightless bird in "Up": KEVIN.
9. Low-__ diet: CARB.
10. Shortcut, of sorts: LIFE HACK - They are ubiquitous on the internet
11. Precious: ADORABLE.
12. Foo Fighters power ballad that was the theme song for the NBC sitcom "Ed": NEXT YEAR - It's not the theme from Hawaii 5-0 but it's okay.
14. R-V connection?: STU - Disco STU gets the day off for this alphabet progression
19. Raised trains: ELS.
21. Legal exam, familiarly: THE BAR - Chuck McGill's reaction to his little brother Jimmy (soon to be Saul Goodman) on Better Call Saul
25. Do-overs: REPLAYS.
28. Tuba sound: PAH.
29. Brady bunch, once: BUCCANEERS 😀 Gotta love this!
32. Like Midas: GREEDY.
34. Labium inferius oris: LOWER LIP - Labium/LIP, Inferius/LOWER
35. Breakfast specification: OVER EASY - Recently I had OVER HARD as a scrambled alternative
36. David Attenborough, for one: NARRATOR - A hilarious AI application
37. Straighten out: UNTANGLE.
38. Cousin's dad, casually: UNC.
44. Nag: PESTER.
45. 1957 Jimmy Dorsey hit: SO RARE - Dedicated to my Mom
46. Takes over: TAGS IN.
47. Most reserved: SHYEST.
53. Football : juke :: hockey : __: DEKE - DECOY
55. Many a PX shopper: NCO - Every branch of the service has NCO's these are in the U.S. Army
57. Residential community org.: HOA.
