05.27.08 -- ID

Merle Oberon, 1946 -- Courtesy of Universal Pictures and The Kobal Collection

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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Puzzle by Adam G. Perl, edited by Will Shortz

NOID (52A. Reason to be barred from a bar… or the theme of this puzzle), along with three missing ID entries, SCENEOFANACC__ENT (17A. E.S.L. class, perhaps?); CONTINENTALDIV__E (36A. Seedy hangout across the Atlantic?); and RAP__RESPONSETEAM (56A. Hip-hop critics?) are the main inter-related entries of this Tuesday back-to-work crossword.

Three more sets of inter-related entries occur with MERLE (34A. With 44-Down, “Wuthering Heights” actress) and OBERON (44D. See 34-Across); SALTAWAY (29A. Save for a rainy day) and DEPOSIT (43A. Bank receipts); and by merit of their Shortzesque clues, WAIVE (30D. Give up) and YIELD (32D. Give up). Here’s Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier in the one-minute version of Wuthering Heights.

Other six-letter entries include CARTEL (19D. OPEC, e.g.); CLOSES (5D. Winds up); DEFEND (45A. Go to bat for); DENSER (45D. Less astute); INSANE (37D. Out of one’s mind); REPROS (26A. They’re not original); and TACOMA (10D. Puget Sound city).

Five-letter: ALVIN (31D. Chipmunk of pop music); AORTA (22A. Main line); ARISE (61A. Get off one’s behind); CROWD (5A. Three, it’s said); ERODE (27D. Eat away); LEMON (15A. Slot machine fruit); MEETS (34D. Track team schedule); NEEDY (41A. Down-and-out); PARTY (24D. Kegger, e.g.); PINUP(28D. Locker photo, maybe); PREEN (49A. Primp); RACED (26D. Did a 10K, e.g.); REFER (6D. Direct, as for info); RINSE (48D. Shampoo bottle instruction); SEDER (64A. Meal with readings); and SENDS (29D. Thrills).

Four-letter: ADAM, ADEN, ALII, ARIA, ASST, AVIS, BANS, BRAT, BRER, DEFY, DICE, ELEE, ELLA, EMIL; EPEE, ESTA, EURO, EVIL, HAIR, NEIN, NINE, OMAR, OREO, OVER, PEEN, PERL, PERM, PROP, RARE, RELY, SIDE, TELE, TINT, TOTE, USER.

Three-letter: ALI, DNA, EDU, MEN, PRE, SAS, TAP, TEN, THE, WON (8D. Took all the marbles).

ADAM who? Identification please!

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