Four inter-related entries, PASSFAILCLASS (20A Course option), YESNOANSWER (37A Response option), ONOFFSWITCH (44A Electric light option), and TRUEFALSETEST (59A Quiz option) are the collective feature of this Monday back-to-work crossword puzzle.
Delightfully presided over by ELENA (18A Actress Verdugo), the familiar standards of crossword puzzles flash by quickly -- ACHE, IRON, ESS, AGA, TATAR, TUTU, MINOR, ALE STE, ROLES, CLIO, ALLAH, APSO, HAMS, FATSO, TEEN, EYES, STATE, ERNE, SHIPS, CARAT, AROSE, TENSED, AREA, DELI, ABEL, STALE, ASPS, HOT, ETS, PETS, ANTIC, OATH, UFO, ATOMS, FRAU, HIRE, LEAFS, CHE, LAY, ALTA, LAST, SHOE, ROTATE, LEPER, ESSEN and SCAT have all appeared in the New York Times crossword puzzles during the month of June several times each.
UFO (41D Carrier of 13-Down) and ETS (13D Travelers from another galaxy, for short) claim their puzzle birthright with ease and grace. ADAMS (5A Scott who draws “Dilbert”) gets a new cluing, SWATH (32A Space cut by a scythe) and SHREW (27D “The Taming of the _____”) share the lispers favorites list with a generous sprinkling of esses throughout. CHASEAWAY (11D Shoo off) and ATONETIME (36D Back then) are the long downs. EFLAT (54 Key of Mozart’s Symphony No. 39) echoes yesterday’s C SHARP MINOR (the acrostic), while the slim division between a MINOR (48A Person under 21) and a TEEN (70A Person under 20) is duly noted, with PETS (29D Consumers of Purina and Iams food) and PATS (19A Loving strokes) bringing a warm smile.
ISAW (30D Vidi in “Veni, vidi, vici”) and see -- as the EYES (71A Optometrists’ concerns) of the solver rest at LAST (62D Final) on STONE (58A Gem) -- indeed, a Monday gem!
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