01.07.09 -- Otherworldly

The World in Hemispheres, Samuel Augustus Mitchell, c.1867

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Puzzle by William Frank Macreery, edited by Will Shortz

What do Dublin, Moscow, Athens, Rome and Paris have in common? The eastern hemisphere, or this crossword -- to be more precise, the fact that they are also cities located within the United States in the western hemisphere -- Ohio, Idaho, Georgia, New York and Maine, respectively. The entries involved in the hemispheric exchange -- DUBLIN OHIO (18A. Host city of golf’s Memorial Tournament); MOSCOW IDAHO (30A. Hometown to college football’s Vandals); ATHENS GEORGIA (36A. Where rock’s R.E.M. was formed); ROME NEW YORK (44A. Paul Revere founded a brass and copper works here); PARIS MAINE (59A. Birthplace of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin).

ANIMALIA (12D. Lion’s Kingdom) leads off the remaining long entries which include ALLOCATE (36D. Set aside); BAHRAINI (11D. Native of one of the Gulf States), not the Gulf in the Western Hemisphere; and TATTERED (37D. In shreds).

Mid-size entries -- AMENDS (3D. Compensation for loss); FALANA (8D. Lola of “Golden Boy”); GRAHAM (1D. Made of whole-wheat flour); KEENER (49D. More astute); LIBIDO (2D. Sexual instinct); MENACE (46D. Growl at, say); OLIVIA (47D. “Twelfth Night” countess); ONEMAN (45D. Words before band or army); PARAPET (41D. Protective wall); RIVERA (48D. Muralist Diego); SHILOH (9D. 1862 battle site); SLOSHED (13D. Pie-eyed).

Five-letter -- ACRES (65A. Back 40 units); ALITO (34A. O’Connor’s successor on the Supreme Court); DOFFS (5A. Removes, in a way); DOGIE (32D. Herd orphan); DRIVE (57A. Do a soccer mom’s chore); HINTS (20A. Stumped solver’s desire); IRREG (42A. Clearance rack abbr.); NEEDS (68A. Food and water, for two); REWED (40D. Exchange new vows); STOLE (21D. Fancy wrap); URIAH (15A. Husband of Bathsheba).

Short stuff -- AAH, ABAS, ABEL, ACE, ADD and ADO, ALT, DANL, DELT, DUD, EGGY, ENE and ESE, ENID, ETES, ERNE, ESS and ISS, FIBS, GLAD, ILE and LIE, IWIN, MIRE, NED, NERO, NITS, NOR, MIRE and TIRE, ORES, ORU, OVEN, PAAR, PLAN, REVS, RIME, RMS, ROMP, ROT, SALE, TEDS, TIN, VENT (55A. Blow off some hot air).

Want more? Belfast, Maine (Ireland); London, Kentucky (UK); Delphos, Ohio (Greece), Warsaw, Indiana (Poland), Mont Pelier, Vermont (France); Birmingham, Alabama (England); Corinth, Mississippi (Greece); Naples, Florida (Italy); Florence, Alabama (Italy); Troy, New York (Turkey); St. Petersburg, Florida (Russia); New Orleans, Louisiana (Orleans, France); Berlin, Ohio (Germany); Cambridge, Minnesota (England); Plymouth, Indiana (England); Frankfurt, Kentucky (Germany); Glasgow, Virginia (Scotland); Liverpool, Ohio (England); Paris, Kentucky/Texas (France); Bristol, Tennessee (UK); Manchester, New Hampshire (UK)…

If east’s not east and west’s not west, where in the world are we now?

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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Garden bloom, informally; 10. “Down with,” at the Bastille; 14. White coat; 16. Pioneer Boone, familiarly; 17. Genesis victim; 22. Headline in a circular; 23. Apt. ad abbr.; 24. Write, as a P.S.; 25. Component of bronze; 28. Scand. Land; 29. Sound from a masseur’s client; 33. Project conclusion?; 35. Geraint’s lady; 41. Think ahead; 43. ___-rock (music genre); 50. Raise a stink?; 51. St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir.; 52. Language suffix; 53. Rough position?; 54. It has two values in blackjack; 57. Do a soccer mom’s chore; 63. Place to use Easy-Off; 64. Summers on the Seine; 66. Boggy stuff; 67. Turner and Williams; 69. Host who said “I kid you not”. Down: 4. Shoulder muscle, briefly; 5. Turkey; 6. Tulsa sch. 7. Bits of baloney; 10. Hoo-ha; 19. “Quo Vadis” role; 26. “Heads ___, tails …”; 27. Things to pick; 31. “High Hopes” lyricist; 35. Like a flan; 38. Fish-eating raptor; 39. Assayers’ samples; 44. Tach figure, informally; 56. Pit stop change; 58. 49-0 game, e.g.; 60. Magazine output: Abbr.; 61. Homer’s neighbor; 62. Start of summer?