It’s April 20, but today’s offering has nary a clue related to the day’s festivities. There are two seed entries (it’s not a sinsemilla!) in this medium-difficulty themeless: 1A, who I think deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, and 59A, which I first tried in a fantastic hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Florence.
Overachieving lemons near Sorrento:
Other answers/clues of note:
39A. I didn’t know the derivation of “wonk” until I saw something similar to the clue on a t-shirt at a Nats game, back when regular attendance at a baseball game was a thing for me.
43A. This was surprisingly difficult to verify. I have every album released by this group as well as any combination of its members. Keeping straight which combination (particularly whether “Y” was part of it) first released which of their gazillion hits isn’t always easy. Here’s an early song by “S” that’s lyrically appropriate for today, in a non-psychoactive sense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtCfCg9V6Lw
13D. My least favorite answer in the puzzle. It stands for Short Take-off and Landing.
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2 replies on “420 Themeless”
Nice puz! I love those top and bottom stacks, esp 1A. I learned a new thing – 23A. I think I’d only ever seen it spelled out fully.
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Thanks – I’m glad you enjoyed it. More to come soon, I hope.
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