Thursday, April 3, 2008
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Puzzle by Kevin G. Der, edited by Will Shortz
Eight squares in this crossword puzzle contain the word COW.
The resulting across entries are HADACOW (5. Freaked out); SCOWLS (10. Looks unhappy); COWPEA (16. Soup or salad ingredient); COWARDLYLION (17. Beloved film character with a tail); COWHIDE (41. Baseball cover); COWRITES (42. Pens together); RIDEEMCOWBOY (61. Cry just before someone gets some big bucks?); and COWSHED (68. Battle site in “Animal Farm”).
Going down, the eight squares result in the entries of LOCOWEED (1. It makes livestock go crazy); COWINNER (9. One tied for first place); SCOWS (10. Barges); COWPASTURE (11. Place for grazing); MOSCOW (31. Its coat of arms features a horseman spearing a dragon); COWABUNGA (41. Surfer’s exclamation); DAIRYCOW (44. It may be milked for all it’s worth); and COWER (63. Shrink).
The remaining across: 1. Benjamin Harrison’s vice president, LEVI P. Morton; 14. Big pullers; 15. Out; 19. Car with an acronymic name; 20. Cousin of the bald eagle; 21. “ASA precaution …”; 22. “The White Horse INN” (operetta); 24. Holy man’s title; 25. One of the so-called Southern Ivies; 27 Victor Nuñez title hero; 28. Spike TV, once; 29. Bit of force; 30. Speaker’s adjunct; 32. Disqualify (oneself); 34. Drinks with a spoon, maybe; 37. Mexican silver dollars; 43. When the line “Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts”; 45. “Die Meistersinger” soprano; 46. Spring break?; 50. Rouge or noir, e.g.; DADE City, Fla.; 53. “That’s a LAUGH!”; 54. Diminutive suffix; 55. With 52-Down, hangs out; 56. Wall St. hire; 58. Old Turkish title; 59. Central point; 64. W.W. II battleground; 65. Pine; 66. Catherine Deneuve was on its first U.S. cover; 67. Court figs.; 69. Range in lipsticks.
Down: 2. Retired from a service; 3. Mount VERNON; 4. Pol. Label; 5. Robert of “Airplane!”; 6. ALLA prima (painting technique); 7. Midmillennium year; 8. In a frenzy; 12. Discovers; 13. Group assimilated by the Romans; 18. Be productive, as chickens; 23. As required, after “if”; 26. Go back; 27. Stuck; 30. It can never come back; 33. Hill, in Spain; 35. Food brand whose name is a portmanteau of two state names; 36. Knife, slangily; 38. Present, as a dessert tray; 39. Made allusions to; 40. ETA Kappa Nu (honor society); 47. Eye in the heavens; 48. Ancient; 49. “As a matter of fact, I do”; 52. See 55-Across; 53. Prison break, e.g.; 56. Pond, in Liverpool; 57. Crook; 60. Accident letters; 62. Morse T.
Moo!
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