Saturday Themeless by Adrian Johnson
Our Wyoming native who went to college in Minnesota is now doing great work for a startup group called BetterFi, a nonprofit working to end predatory lending in Tennessee.
This face below represents how surprised I was when DOLMA and ANARCH turned out to be correct and I got the congratulations message!
Across:
1. Longtime Harmon role: GIBBS - Watching Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon as GIBBS on the left below) on NCIS is a guilty pleasure of mine. The good guys always win, there is a lot of technology and some very quirky but attractive characters.
6. Solutions-oriented support group?: LAB TECHS - They prepare chemical solutions and can provide solutions to problems.
14. "The Misfits" star: MONROE - Her husband Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for his wife Marilyn but her marriage and life fell apart during the shooting of this last film for her and Gable. More about this troubled film
15. Emphatic phrase in an accusation: I MEAN YOU.
16. Raise, in a way: UPTILT - An unfamiliar word to me whose meaning is obvious
17. Course layout: SYLLABUS.
20. Reach: ACCESS.
21. Pandora selection: SONG.
22. Opposite of pos.: NEG - Does anyone remember Erik Agard's "Negative post/PRE" from a few Saturdays ago?
24. Image on the Lebanese flag: TREE.
25. Showing gumption: FEISTY.
28. "The Low __ Theory": A Tribe Called Quest album: END ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
31. Bankroll: WAD.
32. "Shame": THAT'S TOO BAD - Standard sarcasm on Seinfeld
35. Banker who fills and empties pockets?: POOL HUSTLER - Oh, those pockets that can be targets of banked shots! A classic, gritty b/w 1961 film that got 94% on the Tomatometer!
36. "Tell the truth": DON'T LIE TO ME.
37. Clear dishes: BUS.
38. Brief, for short: Abbr.: SYN - Meta clues are always a challenge. Brief is a SYNONYM for short
39. Disorder organizer: ANARCH - From Greek an- "not" + arkhon "ruler," meaning "leader of leaderlessness," a paradoxical term used since the 1660s for "anarchist"
42. Source of some plant-based milk: OATS.
44. Shock-absorbing component of some running shoes: GEL.
46. Branch of Islam: SHIA.
48. High winds: FLUTES.
51. Disorder organizers: NEATNIKS - A Hawkeye line from M*A*S*H
56. Some bees: DRONES.
57. Family time at the Y: OPEN SWIM.
58. Chestnut kin: AUBURN.
59. "Alas ... ": SAD TO SAY.
60. Outdoor tables?: MESAS 😀
Down:
1. Disappear suddenly: GO POOF.
2. Chant: INTONE.
3. "Challenge accepted!": BRING IT ON - You can be pretty 4. Willing to accept a challenge, perhaps: BOLD from the balcony.
5. "Are we alone?" org.: SETI - A trailer for a fav movie of mine, Contact, about the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
6. Hosiery thread: LISLE - LISLE is a type of finish that was applied to obtain smooth and even yarns. More
7. "The Backyard Bird Chronicles" writer/illustrator Tan: AMY.
8. New Grass Revival icon Fleck: BELA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
9. One on the Mohs scale: TALC.
10. Put into law: ENACT.
11. Offensive actions online: CYBER WAR.
12. Promotion from within: HOUSE AD - A HOUSE AD refers to advertising content that a website or media outlet uses to promote itself for its own offering rather than external products or services.
13. Figured (out): SUSSED - A skill we solvers must have
14. "__ the word": MUM'S.
19. "Updates to share?": ANYTHING.
23. Age poorly: GET STALE.
26. Takes on set: SHOTS.
27. Running figure: TALLY.
30. Stuffed dish from Turkey: DOLMA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Stuffed grape leaves
33. Perkins who co-hosted "The Great British Baking Show": SUE - Not only had I never heard of Ms. Perkins, she is no longer with the show. In the picture below, SUE is on the left.
34. People with strong opinions on draft picks?: BEER SNOBS.
35. Copped an attitude: POSTURED.
36. "Radical Optimism" singer: DUA LIPA - She, and her helpful vowels, have been on our cwd playlist for quite a while now.
37. West End smashes: BOFFOS - Indicates a big hit in London's West End theatre district
40. "Things Fall Apart" novelist Achebe: CHINUA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
43. Surgical tube: STENT.
45. Foe: ENEMY.
47. Professional gp.: ASSN.
49. Petro-Canada rival: ESSO.
52. DeVine of "The Righteous Gemstones": ADAM - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
53. "Can't argue with that": TRUE.
55. "Weetzie Bat" writer Francesca __ Block: LIA - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
