Saturday Themeless by Brian Callahan & Katie Hale
Across
1. Wheels that are longer than cars: LIMO.
5. Chicago pub: TRIB - Uh, they got this headline wrong
9. Lighthouse spots: CAPES.
14. Like some Blue Apron kits: OVEN READY.
16. Kaaba honoree: ALLAH - Islam's holiest site
17. Attempt to reach a distant star: FAN LETTER 😀
18. "Westworld" role for Thandiwe Newton: MAEVE.
19. Spectrum hue: INDIGO - Neil deGrasse Tyson says there is no color INDIGO in the spectrum. He thinks Newton inserted it because he thought there needed to be seven colors.
20. Group that produces the podcast "The Perfect Scam": AARP - Wanna listen to a few of their podcasts?
22. Marked, as on a treasure map: XED.
23. Older millennials, once: NINETIES KIDS - This baby boomer subs for a lot of peeps from this generation.
26. Spa garb: ROBES.
29. Looking (into): DELVING - Did they DELVE far enough?
30. Draft choice: IPA - The crossword tavern always has this on tap
31. PFCs, e.g.: GIS.
32. Wraps: STOLES - The height of fashion when I was growing up
35. Dish with crushed Oreos: DIRT PIE - Replete with gummy worms
38. Item best not pocketed: CUE BALL - He makes the 8-ball to win but he also makes the CUE BALL which means he loses. Oops!
39. Got from point A to point B?: SEGUED 😀 - Speaking of pool, how 'bout that BRACKET POOL we had yesterday?
40. Deplete: SAP.
41. Streetlight Manifesto genre: SKA.
42. Lunar program named for Apollo's twin sister: ARTEMIS.
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| NASA's return to the Moon by 2025 |
46. Spangly camis, e.g.: GOING OUT TOPS - I learned this is an real phrase. Here's a spangly CAMIsole
49. Barista's pot: URN.
50. Pangolin diet: ANTS I had never heard of them
57. Day time: AFTERNOON.
59. Serengeti lumberer: RHINO - Uh, they can lumber at 35 mph.
60. "Oh, come on": NOW REALLY? 😀
61. Bank visitor: DONOR - Parachute Plasma is building a new facility just north of us and will be soliciting DONORS
62. Fox tail?: TROT 😀
63. Slugger Sammy: SOSA - Sammy's home run race with Mark McGuire was the biggest story of 1998. Of course in ended in a steroid scandal.
Down:
1. __ hip hop: genre also called "chillhop": LOFI - What is it?
2. Tennis great Lendl: IVAN.
3. Darn: MEND 😀
4. Connected with a server: ONLINE.
5. Rocky range: TETON.
6. Chuck E. Cheese, e.g., until 1993: RAT.
7. Forms a mental picture: IDEATES - I've never seen this word and its four vowels any where but here.
8. How many travel in Europe: BY RAIL - Some at 180 mph
9. Bivouac: CAMPSITE - a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers. Merriam-Webster offers the three-syllable pronunciation first but also accepts the two-syllable variation.
10. Following: ALA.
11. Material that clearly divides people?: PLEXIGLASS 😀
12. Hanging out, in a way: EAVED 😀
13. Loses: SHEDS - A New Years resolution for some
15. Hair salon giant that owns Supercuts: REGIS.
21. Gets ready to go, perhaps: REVS UP.
24. Name that sounds like consecutive letters: EDIE 😀 and 27. Name that sounds like consecutive letters: OPIE 😀
25. Handle: KNOB - Remember when TV's had them?
26. Clears (of): RIDS - The Pied Piper did RID the people of Hamlin of their rats but...
28. Saving space: BARGAIN BIN 😀
31. Amateur sleuth Fell of John Dickson Carr mysteries: GIDEON - If you look closely you can read "A Dr. GIDEON Fell Mystery"
33. Edmonton CFL team: ELKS.
34. Knock 'em dead: SLAY.
36. Move: TURN - It was Casey's TURN at bat, but alas...
37. Housemate who's liable to snap: PET GATOR 😳
38. Throw: CAST.
40. Indulges, as a portraitist: SITS FOR.
43. Storm, for one: MUTANT - Out of the Marvel stable of comics
44. Gothic architecture feature: SPIRE.
45. Sun Salutation sequence: ASANAS - ASANAS are yoga positions
46. Position that requires passing judgment?: GUARD 😀 - He is passing judgement as to whether the car should be allowed to pass onto the base.
47. Right introduction?: ORTHO - Greek prefix meaning “straight”, “upright”, “right” or “correct”.
48. Not subtle: OVERT.
52. Accessory with a slide clip: BOLO.
53. Reacts to a meme, maybe: LOLS
54. "Dark Sky Island" singer: ENYA.
56. "That's __ from me": A NO
58. Wee hour: TWO - Are they still making 2 a.m.?
