Saturday Themeless by Rachel Fabi & Lewis Rothlein
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Rachel is a bioethics and humanities associate professor at SUNY. Lewis is a yoga instructor in Asheville, N.C.
Do you know how you can really make a connection with constructors and fly through their puzzles? Well, this was not one of those for me. I struggled mightily with foreign words, beyond obscure cluing for less common usage of common words and words that worked only in my imagination. I'll take a couple of bad cells and try to keep a stiff upper lip. You'll also see a few 😀's for some clever cluing.
Across:
1. Account shortcut: ETC ETC.
7. Subatomic particle in the world's largest collider: HADRON - This physics teacher had 13. [Shrug]: NO IDEA.
7. Subatomic particle in the world's largest collider: HADRON - This physics teacher had 13. [Shrug]: NO IDEA.
14. Mitigate: RELIEVE - RESOLVE fit but...
15. Not rare: NORMAL.
16. Beverage also called Silver Needle: WHITE TEA. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
17. Michael Jordan's sch.: UNC.
18. __ wit: RAPIER - Robin Williams leapt to my mind.
20. Mouth-squinching: TART - Sour - not so much.
21. Observation observation: I SAW 😀
23. Certain guest permits: VISAS 😀
24. Heat from a vent: IRE - If you are venting, your IRE may generate some heat
25. Tweaks: AMENDS.
27. Extra-ordinary mark?: C-PLUS 😀 A C is an ordinary mark but I suppose adding a + makes it somewhat extra-ordinary.
29. From both sides, in a way: STEREO 😀
30. Bring up: PARENT.
31. Spy glasses?: ONE WAY MIRRORS - I called this as a two-way mirror when I taught this concept
33. Some mats: SNARLS 😀
34. Doctors or nurses: TREATS 😀 - Doctors and nurses are trained to TREAT whatever ailment you have. I remember Hawkeye saying to Father Mulcahy who had to help out in the OR, "Father, nurse is also a verb!"
35. Best Play awards: ESPYS - Tonys did not get it. This is the award for best Play in sports for the year.
36. Addresses: SEES TO.
37. Salsa, or a salsa move: DIP 😀
38. Vales: GLENS - Dells and Dales, uh, no.
39. "Open at your own risk" indicator: NSFW - No Safe For Work. Quick, switch back to that spreadsheet!!
43. Protected, in a way: ALEE.
45. Like no films released to theaters in 2023: RATED-G - I attended many Disney RATED-G movies during my yute. and 2. Some in a cel block: TOONS 😀 This is now an obsolete art
47. DeLaria of "Orange Is the New Black": LEA - In character and in real life
38. Vales: GLENS - Dells and Dales, uh, no.
39. "Open at your own risk" indicator: NSFW - No Safe For Work. Quick, switch back to that spreadsheet!!
43. Protected, in a way: ALEE.
45. Like no films released to theaters in 2023: RATED-G - I attended many Disney RATED-G movies during my yute. and 2. Some in a cel block: TOONS 😀 This is now an obsolete art
47. DeLaria of "Orange Is the New Black": LEA - In character and in real life
48. Plague in a Poe tale: RED DEATH ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
50. "Well, dang!": OH RATS.
52. Dramatic: INTENSE.
53. Thin: WEAKEN - Another word that can be used as two different parts of speech.
54. Skippers on a lake: STONES.
55. Youngest, as a family member: NEWEST - I guess...
Down:
1. Languor: ENNUI - Who else but Cole Porter could put this word in a lyric. Here's the intro to I Get A Kick Out Of You.
My story is much too sad to be toldBut practically everything leaves me totally coldThe only exception I know is the caseWhen I'm out on a quiet spreeFighting vainly the old ENNUIAnd I suddenly turn and see your fabulous face
4. Percussive genre, for short: EDM.
5. Make the rent?: TEAR - Anything you TEAR or rend has been rent.
6. DÃa de los Muertos skulls: CALAVERAS
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| Day of the DEAD skulls |
7. Whodunit suspects, often: HEIRS 😀 Where there's a will...
8. __ text: ALT -ALT text, also known as an alt attribute, alt description or alt tag, is a snippet of detailed information describing what an image shows.
Bad - Skiing
Good - Add ALT text to a picture, which is what I try to do
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| SKIING! |
9. Inflation reduction act?: DIET 😀
10. Chain components: RETAILERS 😀
10. Chain components: RETAILERS 😀
11. Surpasses: OVERRUNS.
12. Clearest, as a note: NEATEST - People die every year from lack of neatness here
16. Some molars: WISDOM TEETH.
19. Like the fragrance of many wreaths: PINEY 😀
22. Thin: WATERY.
26. Kitty litter sound?: MEWLS - Ah, it's from a litter of kitties not kitty litter! 😀
22. Thin: WATERY.
26. Kitty litter sound?: MEWLS - Ah, it's from a litter of kitties not kitty litter! 😀
27. Ice mass unit: CARAT - Ice can be slang for diamonds
28. Element element: PROTON - Every science teacher has had kids make a Bohr model of an atom.
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| This model has 6 PROTONS and so it is Carbon - At# = 6 |
29. Abruptly became alert: SNAPPED TO. 42. "__ expecting that": WASN'T.
30. Triceps exercise: PRESS DOWN.
32. Nobel laureate Joliot-Curie: IRENE - Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) was a French scientist and, like her mother, won a Nobel Prize.
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| Pierre Irene Marie |
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| Receiving her award |
36. Ticket: SLATE - A candidate can be put on the party's ticket or SLATE.
38. Rough stuff?: GRASS 😀 I tried DROSS, GROSS and DRAFT (I thought rough daft was clever at _ R A _ _)
40. Satisfy, as curiosity: SLAKE - Did anyone else SLAKE their thirst in this manner as I did as a child?
41. Honors in a big way: FETES.
44. Plot with a shameless beginning: EDEN 😀 Adam and Eve had no shame until...
46. Shelf-stable butter: GHEE.
49. Not quite 70°, for short: ENE 😀 This bedeviled me until it hit me! ENE on a compass is 67.5° which is not quite 70°.
