Saturday Themeless by RichNorris
Our former editor Rich returns with a Saturday offering.
Across:
1. Loaf traditionally made with clabbered milk:SODA BREAD.Authentic Irishsoda breadis made withsour (clabbered) milk, not buttermilk, ormilksoured by adding vinegar or lemon juice.
10. Dismiss:LET GO- Hewasn't fired, he was, uh, LET GO. 15. New and improved, say:TWO POINT O 😀
16. Slim young swimmer:ELVER- A young eel is called an ELVER
18. Mookie who was the 2018 AL MVP:BETTS- He won the MVP with the Boston Red Sox. Today he plays for the LA Dodgers.
17. Decreases:RAMPS DOWN - Parka sales started to RAMP DOWN recently.
20. "Law & Order" actor Jeremy:SISTO.
19. Miner concern:ORE 😀
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| Jeremy SISTO and Jesse L. Martin |
22. Cry after seeing a good drawing?:GIN 😀
21. Catalan artist Joan:MIRO- Señor MIRO has been a frequent visitor here of of late
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| GIN! |
26. "Mad __":MEN-This 3:25 video isone of the finest TV scenes I have ever seen.
23. Airport safety gp.:TSA- Yeah, I put FAA first too.
27. Precipitation that can hurt:HAIL - A 2014 HAIL storm in Blair, NE.
29. Knockoffs of the 1980s and 1990s:PC CLONES.
32. Brand that sponsored early soap operas:CAMAY- Proctor and Gamble used its line of soaps in the 1920's to sponsor these radio serials which became known as, uh, Soap Operas
33. About as bad as it gets:ATROCIOUS.
36. "One L" author:TUROW- A signed first edition goes for $150
35. Bleak:GRIM.
38. Journalist who co-founded the NAACP:IDA B WELLS.
37. __ and void:NULL.
41. Beanies:KNIT CAPS. 42. Young lady:LASS. 43. Violinist Kavafian:ANI- Not the Cuckoo of long ago crosswords
40. __ cash:PETTY.
45. Block:DAM- The Hoover DAM has blocked the Colorado River in Black Canyon for decades.
44. "I get it!":AHA.
46. City southwest of Warsaw:LODZ- An hour-and-a-half drive on E30 across Poland
48. Hitchco*ck motel:BATES- The famous Bates Motel shower scene from Psycho took78 Shotsand 52 Cuts
54. Even more distant:ICIER. 56. Hereditary chain:DNA STRAND. 58. Summer Daze cologne brand:CK ONE -Calvin Klein ONE
51. Food __:DYE- A necessity for Easter eggs
59. Generously given:UNSTINTED.
61. Without restraint:LIKE CRAZY- The tornados blew LIKE CRAZY in Omaha on April 29th.
60. Bar:ESTOP - In the field ofcontract law,promissory estoppelestops parties from claiming that nocontractexists when another party was harmed through thereasonable relianceupon a promise by the first party. 🤔
Down:
2. Preakness winner Man __:O'WAR.
1. H-Town ALer:STRO- Eliding a Houston ASTRO baseball player. Some Nebraska fans wanted to use Skers for Huskers. Thankfully, it never caught on.
4. Tablet program:APP. 5. Word in a Tom Swifty about Bruce Springsteen:BOSSILY- Bruce is known as The Boss, so... 6. Chamillionaire song with the lyrics "They see me rollin' / They hatin'":RIDIN- Like Diogonese searching for an honest man, my search continues for a rapper who lyrics I can print.
3. Capitol cap:DOME.
7. "The Killing" actress Mireille:ENOS.
9. Taped message from the police?:DO NOT CROSS 😀
8. Chem class fig.:AT. WT.
11. Sch. type:ELEM. 12. Some NFL breaks:TV TIMEOUTS- The man on the sidelines with the orange sleeves raises his hand to signal the referees when to call a TV TIMEOUT and then lowers his arm when play should resume.
10. Isr. neighbor:LEB.
13. Succeed:GET RESULTS- The debate rages about whether Kelly Clarkson ever used these
22. Jason who was the 2000 AL MVP:GIAMBI.
14. Director Welles:ORSON.
25. NYC rep since 2019:AOC. 27. Rough treatment:HARD KNOCKS- Your first thought too?
24. Road warning sign:SLOW.
29. Singer who was one of the original judges on "American Idol":PAULA ABDUL- Randy and Paula tried to be nice in those early auditions but Simon changed TV forever.
28. Self-critical evaluation:AM I AN IDIOT?
31. Starting hour, perhaps:NINE A.M- I've never had a job that started that late! 32. Sci-fi FX:CGI- Computer Generated Imagery
30. Post-doc combo?:CTRL P. 😀Post document for printing not post doctoral
36. Stock sector:TECH. 39. Org. founded by Billie Jean King:WTA- I did a double take when I saw her playing a judge in an episode ofLaw And Order
34. Calculated:SLY.
43. "... a grin without a cat" observer:ALICE.
40. Artificial:PLASTIC.
45. Italy's Villa __:D'ESTE-TheVilla d'Este(summer villa)is a 16th-centuryvillainTivoli, nearRome, famous for its terraced hillsideItalian Renaissance gardenand especially for its profusion offountains.
47. Philosopher known for "reductio ad absurdum" arguments:ZENO- Math students knowof this famous paradox
50. Undertaking:TASK. 51. Focus of much analysis:DATA. 52. Santa __ Valley: California setting of "Sideways":YNEZ.
49. Years in old Rome:ANNI-Villa d'Este fu costruita 550 anni fa (Villa d'Este was built 550 years ago)
53. Current subject:EDDY 😀
57. Prescription to fight stress, briefly:RNR- Rest (a)N(d) Relaxation. Characters in M*A*S*H usually went to Tokyo.
55. Single situp, say:REP.
BONUS: My granddaughter at her graduation party last night in Lincoln along with me, my wife, her twin and her twin's husband.
