08.09.08 -- INANIMATE

INANIMATE (12D. Like a rock)

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Puzzle by Mark Diehl, edited by Will Shortz

Across: 1. One looking for a kiss; 11. Heap of hay; 15. Stabilized; 16. Knowing firsthand; 17. Setting for a 1979 horror film; 18. Often winded part; 19. Rips; 20. Stack buildup; 21. Tied up in knots; 22. Spring’s opposite; 24. Nation once called Île de France; 26. Spot for a rock band’s logo; 28. Year in the reign of Macbeth, in Scottish history; 29 [I told you so!]; 31. Not touching. 33. Blow apart; 35. Thins out; 36. “Voilà!”; 38. “Luck and Pluck” author; 39. Military asst.; 40. Nixed; 42. O, in Morse code; 44. Element of Times Square; 47. ETHAN Hunt, Tom Cruise’s character in “Mission: Impossible” films; 48. Double-bonded compound; 50. Latin 101 verb; 52. P. Diddy’s first name; 53. Chocolate source; 55. Crew members; 56. Sibyl’s forte; 57. At leisure; 58. One of the 1960s Rams’ Fearsome Foursome.

Down: 1. Big to-do; 2. Provide with new staff; 3. Like Dolly or her clones; 4. Has some luck fishing; 5. Practice; 6. Amps up; 7. They’re seldom taken literally; 8. Parts of some portfolios, informally; 9. Man-made; 10. French quarter?; 11. Transfix; 12. Like a rock; 13. Chiromancer client, e.g.; 14. Under-the-table action; 21. Voice of Buzz Lightyear, in “Toy Story”; 23. Rooter; 25. Indonesian capital; 27. First rendering, say; 29. More than mist up; 30. Tea drinker of fiction; 32. Certain bazaar merchant; 33. Like; 34. Part of Western Sahara; 37. Plate appearances; 41. Cull; 43. Étoilé’s element; 45. Gulf state resident; 46. “Eraserhead” star Jack; 49. Like cobwebs; 51. Team follower?; 53. Some chest-pounding, for short; 54. Metal mold, as from a blast furnace.

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