Saturday Themeless by Rachel Fabi and Rebecca Goldstein
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| Rachel is a Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University. |
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| Rebecca is a research scientist at Merck, developing cancer immunotherapies. |
1. Body suit?: SKIN 😀
5. Case study?: LSAT PREP 😀
13. To: UNTIL - My sub days run from 7:45 UNTIL/to 3:45.
15. "Heavens above!": OH ME OH MY.
16. Coming out of anesthesia, maybe: POST OP.
18. More effervescent: BOUNCIER - Not bubblier it turns out
19. People at a swap meet?: BARTERERS.
21. Source of child support?: KNEE 😀
22. Fell behind: LOST A STEP - Some think 40-yr-old Aaron Rodgers has LOST A STEP
24. Sudden-death NHL periods: OTS.
25. Couture initials: YSL.
27. Raised eyebrow, e.g.: ARC.
28. Hollywood haze: SMOG.
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| The result of a stay-at-home order |
30. More than half: MOST.
32. "This is kind of a big favor ... ": I HATE TO ASK.
37. Get ready to play: CUE UP - Dr. Johnny Fever is playing a record and CUEING up the next one
39. Main character energy: EGO.
40. Lippy: SALTY and 38. Lippy: PERT.
41. Fine print specialists: ART DEALERS - Any talk of fine art reminds me of our sorely-missed constructor and art curator Jeffrey Wechsler. Here he is amid what seems to be some 55. Works in a gallery: OILS.
44. "going afk": TTYL - I'm afk (away from keyboard), TTYL (talk to you later)
45. Dane of "Euphoria": ERIC.
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| Dr. Mark Sloan Cal Jacobes Grey's Anatomy Euphoria |
46. "Me, that's who!": I AM.
48. Letters on some kitchen gadgets: OXO.
49. The U.K.'s Auntie Beeb: BBC.
52. Tag-teams: TRADES OFF.
57. Offensive lines on the field: TRASH TALK.
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| Just fine, how are you? 😁 |
59. Grin-and-bear-it philosophy: STOICISM.
61. Bring into harmony: ATTUNE.
63. Garam masala element: CINNAMON.
65. Becomes more inclined: STEEPENS.
66. Adult: LEWD.
Down:
1. [Raises eyebrows]: SUP.
2. Key turning point?: KNOB 😀
3. "You just have to show up": IT'S ALL SET - Uh, the devil is in the details
4. Cold brew variety: NITRO.
6. Shirley Jackson collection: SHORT STORIES ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
7. "I'm bored! Fix it!": AMUSE ME.
8. X: TEN - Roman numeral
9. Scar: POCK.
10. Creature in a crash: RHINO - Learning for me
11. "Nice to __ you": virtual greeting: E-MEET - I suppose...
12. Funerary heaps: PYRES - Hear PYRE at 1:00
… The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral PYRE…
14. "__ luck!": LOTSA.
17. Washington Post columnist Alexandra: PETRI.
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| Clever title! |
20. Marine biologist posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter: RACHEL CARSON.
23. Cookware that may nest: POTS.
25. Where to go "when you're short on your dough," per a disco classic: YMCA - The official 1978 video.
26. Like some beer served in a tulip glass: SOUR.
29. Symbol in many Chagall paintings: GOAT ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
31. Lip, informally: TUDE 😀
33. Life time: AGE.
34. High wind: ALTO FLUTE.
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| $2,300 |
35. Goddess of the underworld whose name means "shuddering": STYX - Also the river
36. Han's son: KYLO - I only watched the original, which turned out to be #4 in the chronology of the franchise.
42. When a pilot takes off?: AIR TIME - 😁 When a TV pilot makes it on the air
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| The gang watching the pilot |
43. "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Velour: SASHA
47. Apple product brand: MOTTS - None of all my computer products, just the item in my lunch box
50. Wiped out: BIT IT
51. Copy cats?: CLONE.
53. Apt rhyme for slams: DAMNS 😀 - DAMNING something is a step up from merely slamming it
54. Catastrophic, as an error: FATAL.
56. Cosecant reciprocal: SINE - More than you'd ever want to 58. Feel in one's bones: KNOW.
60. Fitted __: CAP - Too small for me
62. Put a stop to: END - Okay...
