Themeless Saturday by Ricky Sirois
Ricky had a generous portion of proper names but they all succumbed to adequate help.
1. Shillelagh cousin: MACE - Shillelagh would knock me out of any spelling bee I would enter!
5. Hooey: GIBBERISH.
14. B in chemistry: BORON 😀 It can be found on the 25. Primo who wrote "The Periodic Table": LEVI ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Review of Levi's book that is only peripherally about chemistry
15. Suddenly: ALL AT ONCE - 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
16. Elite: A LIST.
17. Gradually: PIECEMEAL.
18. Friction: STATIC - A great demo in my physics classes
20. Pose: ASK.
21. Locks in place?: PERM - Locks of hair will stay in place after a PERManent which, of course, is only temporary.
22. Hidden assets: HOLE CARDS.
24. Only native of Great Britain to be named "Doctor of the Church": BEDE - Somehow I knew this. No, really!
26. Research Triangle city: DURHAM.
28. Moving violation?: FALSE START - Ya gotta wait for the gun!
32. Ovine mother: EWE.
33. Jason's ship: ARGO.
34. Thought-provoking: MEATY.
36. German article: DER.
37. Spitting image: CARBON COPY - Digital version 😀
39. Escalate: DEEPEN.
41. Close: NEAR.
42. Color for a San Jose Shark: TEAL.
42. Color for a San Jose Shark: TEAL.
43. Card that opens doors for journalists: PRESS PASS - Everyone here can tell what Super Bowl required this pass for reporters.
48. Crust: CHAR.
49. Level with Space Cowboys and Storm Chasers: AAA - We've seen many baseball games in Omaha where the AAA Storm Chasers play. FWIW, real storm chasers around Omaha have been very busy this spring.
54. One-named singer who played Nettie in the 2023 remake of "The Color Purple": CIARA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
56. Isaac of "Dune": OSCAR ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Isaac seems to be his surname.
57. Really good point: SWEET SPOT.
58. Rock band whose founding members adopted the names Gene and Dean: WEEN ¯\_(ツ)_/
58. Rock band whose founding members adopted the names Gene and Dean: WEEN ¯\_(ツ)_/
Down:
1. Very, musically: MOLTO - Allegro Non Molto means lively but not too lively
2. Default font in Google Docs: ARIAL.
3. Elvis, for one: COSTELLO - One too many blanks for the King
4. Beguiles: ENTICES.
5. __ year: GAP - Our daughter had a wealthy friend who took a GAP year to "find himself". Our daughters found themselves in the University of Nebraska.
6. Source material for "Troilus and Cressida": ILIAD - Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" draws inspiration from Homer's "Iliad"for its setting, characters, and themes, but it also incorporates elements from Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
7. Favor: BLESS.
8. Support: BACK.
9. Saison chaude: ETE - In France, the hot (chaude) season (saison) is summer (ETE)
10. One-piece garment: ROMPER.
11. Words admitting vulnerability: I NEED HELP.
12. Run off: SCARE AWAY.
13. Leadership position: HELM.
14. Pan: BASH.
19. Common character in "The Far Side": CAVEMAN.
24. Save: BUT - Not much is known of Little Richard's childhood SAVE that he was a music prodigy. This use of SAVE is a long way down the list in Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
26. Winter affliction, perhaps: DRYNESS.
27. "Have we __?": MET.
28. Unblockable shot: FREE THROW 😀
29. Pleasant: AGREEABLE.
30. Aid in learning to play guitar: TAB.
31. Compensate (for): ATONE.
33. Put in: ADD.
35. Sea creature that uses echolocation: PORPOISE.
37. "Scooby-Doo" souvenir, maybe: CEL - This original Hanna Barbera CEL can be yours for $5,250.
38. Income stream: CASH COW - Providing daycare services has become a CASH COW for many churches
40. Show off: PARADE.
43. "Fork it over": PAY UP.
45. Full steam ahead: APACE.
46. Glad rival: SARAN - Cling Wrap has completely replaced Saran Wrap at our house
47. Michelin award: STAR.
48. Stages of an audition process: CUTS - The same is true in athletics. Making CUTS is a hard thing to do.
49. Pioneering football coach __ Alonzo Stagg: AMOS.
52. "The 1619 Project" publisher, for short: NYT.
53. Sexy: HOT.
