Roman mosaic picturing Theseus and the Minotaur ----------------- Monday, January 12, 2009 Puzzle by Lynn Lempel, edited by Will Shortz CUT THAT OUT (63A. “Stop!” … or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across), QUILT PIECE (18A. Cloth square for a bedcover), COOKIE SHAPE (24A. Figure fashioned from dough), PAPER DOLL OUTFIT (40A. Clothing with tabs), and STORE COUPON (54A. Retailer’s enticement) are the interrelated entries of this pleasant Monday crossword. ART STUDIO (31D. Place to make a scene?), OPPOSITES (34D. Night and day, say), SHELF LIFE (10D. Determinant of a “best if used by” date), and SMOKED EEL (14D. Russian fish delicacy) are the remaining long entries, followed by two of six letters, COATED (49D. Having an outer layer, as M&M’s) and YELLAT (7D. Scold). The bulk of the puzzle is made of five-letter entries: AESOP (71A. “The Lion and the Mouse” storyteller); ALITO (3D. Justice Samuel); AMISH (6D. Travelers in horse buggies); ANSEL (8A. Photography icon Adams); AZURE (53D. Sky-blue); COMIC (1D. Chris Rock or Ellen DeGeneres); CRETE (68A. Home of the Minotaur’s labyrinth); EMCEE (11D. Toastmaster); IDOLS (62A. Pop heroes); IN TOW (20A. Following behind, as a broken-down car); LOEWE (12D. Lerner’s “Camelot” partner); MECCA (52D. Muhammad’s birthplace); NSYNC (58D. Boy band that sang “Girlfriend); OLDIE (57D. Hit from Grandpa’s day); OLMEC (47A. Early Mexican); PIANO (2D. Steinway, e.g.); PONDS (56D. Locales for ducks); RHODA (55D. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” spinoff); SCHMO (16A. Any old jerk); TEPEE (44A. Dwelling with a smoke hole); TOTAL (30A. All-out); TRIMS (37A. Quick barber jobs). Short stuff -- APT, AROD, ASK, ASP, CPA, DAHL, DOME, EDGE, EGAD (25D. “Holy cow!”), EGGO, ETTU and ETNA, EZIO, FEE, HEP, INDY, KEPT, LAKE, LOU, MAIM, MAP and MAS, MIX, NAH, NCIS, ODIN, OILS, OPEC, OTTO, PLAY, PDQ, POI, RAE, REMS, SEC, SEXY (46A. Risqué), SLEW, SLY, SOSO, STY, TEL, UGH (65D. “Yuck!”). Finally... Cut that out!... “Stop!”
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Book balancer, briefly; 4. Be in the game or in the band; 13. Lubricates; 15. Taj Mahal feature; 17. Injure severely; 22. Cunning; 23. Whole bunch; 29. Frozen waffle brand; 32. Yankee nickname starting in 2004; 35. Query; 45. Atlas page; 50. Held on to; 52. Some degs. After bachelor’s; 59. Met singer Pinza; 61. “Uh-uh”; 67. ___ 500; 69. Brink; 70. Chief Norse god; 72. Roald who created Willy Wonka; 73. Jiffy. Down: 4. Pronto; 5. Singer Rawls or Reed; 8. Deadly cobra; 9. Spinoff of CBS’s “JAG”; 19. Printing goof; 21. Top part of a disguise; 26. Mediocre; 27. “___, Brute?”; 32. Likely; 33. “The Facts of Life” actress Charlotte; 36. Airline whose name is consecutive letters of the alphabet; 38. Mingle; 39. Hog’s place; 41. Radiation units; 42. ___ Michigan; 43. Grp. with clout at the gas pump; 48. Sicily’s erupted; 51. Taro dish; 60. Filmmaker Preminger; 64. Cool, in the ‘40s; 66. ___ Aviv.
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