Mayday!
◆ · By Wendy Walker · Published 2024-05-05T04:02:43.600Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a holiday.
Hello, friends, and welcome to this week's Smooth Sailing Sunday puzzle. I created this puzzle at the behest of our SSS Skipper, Cap'n Rick, and I hope you find solving to be a reason for a celebration! Thanks to Rick and Alan Kennan for their enormously helpful contributions to the finished product. And thanks to Joe Ross for his early-morning formatting tutorial! Nudges later today.
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A rattle you can shake
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- 1AA rattle you can shake
- 7A601, to Caesar
- 10AActor Pitt or Dourif
- 14ASpoiler
- 15A"___ Bear fan: Of course I say 'pic-a-nic basket'!"
- 17AIt's a big step
- 18A9:59
- 19ASign outside a bar that serves a popular Trappist beer
- 21ASanta ___ winds
- 22AAnemic people lack it
- 23A"___ as it is in Heaven"
- 25APublishes again
- 29ATampa Bay team
- 30ATiny particle
- 31AWhere Graceland is
- 34APale
- 35AKind of race that "Diamond Joe" Quimby has run in more than once -- possibly as many as five times
- 36ABedroom attire
- 39ATake out alternative
- 40ABreakdancer
- 41A___ II (Gillette razor brand)
- 43AThey have lots of ups and downs
- 45ADonne poem title, or an unwelcome visitor on Fido
- 48AIsraeli airline
- 49AO'Hare code
- 50A"___ allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you": words to a titular Jane Austen heroine
- 55AJohnny Walker blend
- 57AJesse ___, who pitched in 1,252 Major League games
- 58A"___ pardoned and retain the offense?" ("Hamlet")
- 59ASummer skin tone
- 60AAdam and Eve's home
- 61ADorm monitors
- 62AChihuahua, por ejemplo
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- 1DWhat The Fonz called Richie's mother
- 2DBibliography abbr.
- 3D"Umbrella" singer's nickname
- 4DBelief that all natural objects have souls
- 5DFragrant conifers used to make chests
- 6D"Have you lost your mind?!"
- 7DPop star Celine
- 8DPoem division
- 9D"Let me rephrase that"
- 10D"We won't be providing the booze"
- 11DCommunity service club
- 12DFBI operatives
- 13D"Someone's in the kitchen with ___"
- 16DIn imminent danger
- 20D"You had ___ in the mirror" ("You're So Vain")
- 24DSmall batteries
- 25DLike sashimi
- 26DHellenic H
- 27DCharged particle
- 28DCampfire treat
- 32DExpensive
- 33DWhat sweater strands do after a cat attack
- 35DHousehold product with a bald mascot
- 36D"Masterpiece Theatre" airer
- 37DWrite quickly
- 38DPart of CBS
- 39DLummox
- 40D___ Stakes, part of the Triple Crown
- 41DWhat a needle pulls
- 42DControversial food coloring
- 44DZodiac bull
- 45DMel ___ ("The Velvet Fog")
- 46DGlowing coal
- 47DOne-celled creature
- 51DPub options
- 52DRacketeers' org.?
- 53DLarge quantity
- 54D"She's up ___ good"
- 56DActor Chaney