Themeless 52
◆◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2023-05-07T11:38:47.831Z
Constructor's Note
I recently heard someone say 1 Across and thought: (1) You rarely hear 1A 1A. (2) 1A could be a decent seed for a themeless, especially because I’d just listened to Buffalo Springfield (seminal ‘60s band) and 1A is the first word of the title of one of their signature songs. The other four words of the title are scattered through the puzzle, as are the names of the song’s composer/lead singer and one of his bandmates. So maybe it’s not really a themeless, but whatever it is, I hope you enjoy solving it!
Jeff Linder
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- 1ACurrently
- 9AButtonhole
- 15AGiant rain forest
- 16AAuthor of "The Hunt for Red October"
- 17ALike one side of the family
- 18ATrough
- 19ALuau, e.g.
- 20ARecite
- 21AFoot with soul, perhaps
- 24ATrue
- 26A@@@
- 27AJapanese therapy form
- 29AQuibbles
- 32AIt means "sun"
- 33ADahomey, 1 Across
- 34AText feature, often
- 35A"That urologist has improved greatly!" "Yes, completing their residency has made a ___ deferens in their capabilities."
- 36ALinguistics sequence
- 40A"Boo Hiss! ___'s a spy" (actually it was never proved)
- 42A"at heart" preceder (also the composer and lead singer of the song title made of five of the answers)
- 43AThird-generation Japanese immigrant
- 45ALea ___, the voice behind Jasmine and Mulan
- 47A"That French horn player lives in the last of the six flats." "Oh, she must be ___."
- 48AMagazine whose daily advice column is "Dear Prudence"
- 50APoor grades
- 51AWhat Ozzy Osbourne says the wicked should expect
- 54APrejudiced type
- 56A33 Down activity
- 57ASome herrings and (at one time) publicans
- 61AAdjective related to 1 Across
- 62AWould-be beneficiary, maybe
- 63APunch-line of an old knock-knock joke: "___ you glad I didn't say banana?"
- 64AOne way to take things
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- 1DGo out for a bit
- 2DGerman Grandma
- 3DSee 5 Down
- 4DIts capital is Baku
- 5DWith 2 Down, chicken stew that is the national dish of Ethiopia
- 6DSome records
- 7DHello/goodbye to a Hellene/Greek
- 8DLike coarse language and some coarse seasoning
- 9DItalian football team (they play with power!)
- 10DBig family
- 11DHypocrisy
- 12DLIke a saved shot
- 13DThey're sensed, appropriately enough
- 14DSet of four on a Vauxhall
- 21D"Who __, and who __ to you?" (Bill Withers song used in GTA IV and a commercial for Uber Eats)
- 22D"___," said the tailor, "I'm right here"
- 23DActor Ventimiglia
- 25DPack leaders?
- 28DLabors
- 30DMedium on which the song contained in this puzzle first was released
- 31D"Patience you must have, my young Padawan"
- 33DOne ___ is poor service, ___ none is the best
- 35DIt might accompany a train
- 37DOld character
- 38DÊtre céleste
- 39DOld sports cars from Morris Garage
- 41DDevelop
- 43DPopeye, Fred Flinstone, or Spongebob Squarepants, when they sleep
- 44DWhere 33 Across is
- 45DProhibition rigs (and a bandmate of 42 Across)
- 46DSea bordering the Balkans
- 47D101 course, often
- 49DCommon rondo form (and 5/6 of a Genesis album)
- 52DBalanced
- 53DPerform a motet
- 55DBoo boo
- 58DMini-pump that helps the ventricles in heart failure patients (or ___ the Impaer)
- 59DDir. from the start of 47 Across to the start of 45 Across
- 60DNorm (abbr.)