Saturday Themeless by Rafael Musa
Rafa, a software engineer for Airbnb in San Francisco. is a frequent constructor and collaborator. It took a while but I was very pleased to earn a "got 'er done". Usually there are clues or fills that can unlock a part of the puzzle but it seemed like whenever I needed one I got blocked by my lack of knowledge areas in which Rafa is much more familiar. His FreshnessFactor Percentile was 97.3%
1. Garage equipment: CAR RAMPS - $99 at Wal Mart
9. One who takes things the wrong way?: ROBBER 😀
15. Ancient Egypt's "plant of immortality": ALOE VERA - The plant was presented as a sacred gift at the burials of pharaohs and placed inside tombs to accompany rulers into the afterlife. Heck, all we want is some relief from a sunburn!
16. How donburi is served: ON RICE.
17. Parent who seems to do it all: SUPER MOM.
18. Umami-rich snack: TEA EGG - Tea egg is a Chinese savory food commonly sold as a snack, in which a boiled egg is cracked slightly and then boiled again in tea, and sauce or spices.
19. Audrey Tautou film: AMELIE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
20. Admits: SEES IN - This is a hoot!
22. RSVP part: SIL.
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23. Chaps whose business is picking up?: BUSMEN - A very famous one from 50's TV
24. Habitat for some gnomes: LAWN.
26. Groups with routine practice sessions: DANCE CREWS.
30. "Over there," in Portuguese: ALI - "Vá ficar Ali" (Go stand over there)
31. Small bluff: CRAG.
32. Dough: MOOLAH.
33. Billboard entries: SINGLES 😀 Here is the top of Billboard's Hot 100 SINGLES on April 12, 1964.
35. "Tell the truth!": DON'T LIE.
36. Proceeds without a pause: SEGUES 😀 - Nobody did them better!
37. Common tamale ingredient: LARD - It's not labelled below, but I think you can see it.
38. "__ help!": ITD.
39. Ephemeral post, colloquially: INSTASTORY - INSTAGRAM STORIES are said to disappear after 24 hours.
41. Terrarium growth: MOSS.
42. Pen: ENCAGE.
43. Go unused: SIT.
44. Porowski of "Queer Eye": ANTONI ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
45. Place to enter a security code: PIN PAD.
48. Jumped out of one's skin?: MOLTED 😀 - Two weeks ago, August Miller gave us 6. Drop down?: MOLT
50. What files can help with: NAIL CARE.
52. Preferring platonic connections, for short: ARO ACE.
54. Reacts to a riot, say: LAUGHS 😀
55. "Sure, hon": OKAY DEAR.
Down:
1. Isabel Allende's "La __ de los espÃritus": CASA - Even I could see it translates to The House Of The Spirits.
2. Grad: ALUM.
3. Means of access for some watering holes: ROPE SWINGS - A lot of the images were violent fails!
4. Attract: REEL IN.
5. "Complicated" singer Lavigne: AVRIL.
6. Part of a viral load?: MEME - If an internet posting goes viral, it can become a MEME
7. Maven: PRO - Not a common synonym for me but...
8. Korean company whose name means "three stars": SAMSUNG.
9. Capacity built via repetition: ROTE MEMORY 😀
10. "Be right with you!": ONE SECOND.
11. Low-quality internet content: BRAIN ROT.
12. Word in Spanish 101 and French 101: BIEN The play was well done. In Spanish: La obra estuvo BIEN hecha. In French: La pièce était BIEN réussie.
13. Diagnostic test, for short: ECG.
14. Bylaw, for short: REG - REGulations
21. Key part of an exit strategy: ESC.
23. "Be right with ewe!" sounds?: BAAS 😀
24. Drink that may be topped with cardamom: LASSI.
25. Strange: ALIEN.
26. Style guides?: DRESS CODES.
27. "Gaycation" co-host: ELLIOT PAGE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
28. Stands by: WAITS.
29. Saw places: SHEDS 😀
31. Green transport, gray water recycling, etc.: CLEAN TECH.
35. "Just do it," e.g.: DARE.
37. Access, in a way: LOG INTO.
40. "Saving Fish From Drowning" novelist: TAN.
41. __ oath: MINCED.
43. Like flan: SILKY.
44. Six-time MLB All-Star Moisés: ALOU.
45. Tuscan city known for a campanile: PISA - Of course, a campanile is a bell tower, so...
46. Painter's calculation: AREA.
47. Sacred animals in Nara, Japan: DEER.
48. __ educado: rude, in Spanish: MAL - MAL means bad in Spanish, so...
49. Pop singer Rita: ORA.
51. North Sea bird: AUK.
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