11.28.08 -- Leftovers

Friday, November 28, 2008

Puzzle by Joe Krozel, edited by Will Shortz

Ten 15-letter entries are the main dish of this Friday crossword:

SHIVER ME TIMBERS (16A. Cry on a corsair); CREATIVE LICENSE (22A. Something exercised by artists); THE COST OF LIVING (34A. It’s high in Manhattan); PENTATONIC SCALE (44A. Music theory subject); STING OPERATIONS (52A. Plans to nail suspects); CRIME PREVENTION (2D. Goal of a neighborhood watch); SERVICE STATIONS (5D. Island locales); THERES NO I IN TEAM (6D. Coaching cliché); CRITICAL ACCLAIM (8D. Great all-around reviews); DOESNT GIVE A HOOT (10D. Is totally apathetic).

All those long entries result in a dozen mid-size bland entries: ATIVE (40A. Talk ender); IHOPE (31D. Wishful thinking?); IMBUE (9D. Fill [with]); IMGONE (59A. “Later!”); IRENE (31A. Ryan of “Pippin”); MINTY (62A. Like some toothpaste); LENNY (47D. Montana who played Luca Brasi in “The Godfather”); OCHOS (1A. Spanish figure eights); ONHER (1D. Part of O.H.M.S.); SAONE (26D. River through Mâcon); TONTO (45D. Fictional faithful friend); UNROBE (13A. Strip)…

Followed by the usual leftovers: ANNO, ASEC, CASE, EMAG, ESSE, IDOL, ITAS, LEIF, MACY, MORE, PSEC, RIOT, SANG, SARI, SECY, TARO, TAUS, TONI, TTOP, USMC, VISC…

And scraps: HOV, OBE, HUT, ORR, LES, MCV, PEA, SRA, TIN, TMI, IGN, THC, HUR, VCR, MEM, TAM, NIA, GOA, TOV, TAI, OPE, TEL, HES, NEA, SAM.

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