01.29.09 -- BAR

The Banishment of Rienzi

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Puzzle by Barry C. Silk, edited by Will Shortz

BAR (66A. Word defined by 17-, 25-, 35-, 45- and 58-Across), LEGAL PROFESSION, BANISH BY DECREE, TAP ROOM, UNIT OF PRESSURE, MUSICAL NOTATION (all defined as See 66-Across) and LAW (60D. 66-Across topic) are the interrelated entries of this Thursday crossword.

ICAME (51A. Start of Caesar’s boast), IMAX (51D. Big film shower), IPASS (21A. Bridge declaration), IPHONE (15A. Time magazine’s 2007 Invention of the Year), IPODS (43A. Products once pitched by U2 and Eminem) are another group, all beginning with a set-apart letter I.

The remaining longer entries are AIRSPEED (20A. Cockpit datum); AMARILLO (54A. Texas panhandle city); MYSPACE (10D. News Corporation acquisition of 2005); MISTRALS (38D. Cold northerly winds of southern France); OILPAINT (4D. Artist’s application); STAMINA (41D. Endurance).

Mid-size -- ALIBI (26D. Out); ASONE (18D. In harmony); BARON (25D. Captain of industry); BORER (27D. Hole-making tool); 47D. “Get Shorty” novelist ELMORE Leonard; EVADE (Duck); GALEN (31A. Influential Greek physician); OUTWIT (4A. Best in mental combat); PATROL (62A. Soldiers may be on it); 44D. “PUTIT down!” (“Drop the gun!”); RAZOR (28D. Shadow remover); SEATON (48D. George who directed “Miracle on 34th Street”); THRESH (6D. Separate the wheat from the chaff); TWEENS (65A. Sixth graders, e.g.); UPPERS 5D. Amphetamines, e.g.).

Short stuff -- AKIN, APSE, APT, ASIN, ARFS, AVIA, CEOS, CUKE, EAVE, EEKS, ENGR, GIZA, GURU, GYRO, IDEO, INF, IZE, IOLA, LETT, LIMB, LOMA, MACS, MME, OARS, ONER, OPEC, ORE, OWN, POPE, ROBS, ROE, SSNS, TEE, URI, XENA, YVES, ZWEI.

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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Suffix with social; 10. Some rain gear; 14. Hold one’s ___; 16. Jacques Cousteau’s middle name; 22. They’re inserted in locks; 23. City on the Nile; 32. 1/100 of a krone; 33. Roof projection; 34. Sch. With a Providence campus; 39. Ringo’s drummer son; 40. Plunders; 42. Some eggs; 49. Basilica part; 50. Riga resident; 61. Related; 63. Abbr. in French mail; 64. TV heroine who wielded a chakram as a weapon. Down: 1. Seat of Allen County, Kan.; 2. Deux : France :: ___ : Germany; 3. Technician: Abbr.; 7. Golf club; 8. Like Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony; 9. Place to start a hole; 11. New Balance competitor; 12. Business honchos; 13. I.R.S. data: Abbr.; 19. Tag info; 23. Greek restaurant offering; 24. Logical introduction?; 30. Mice might elicit them; 31. Wise guy; 36. Pet sounds; 37. The Swiss Guards guard him; 46. Crude letters?; 52. Salad veggie; 53. Q ___ queen; 54. Chip without dip?; 55. An arm or a leg; 56. ___ Linda, Calif.; 57. Humdinger; 59. Fitting.