Wee Willie Winkie ----------------- Monday, February 2, 2009 Puzzle by Damon J. Gulczynski, edited by Will Shortz This Monday Super Bowl hangover crossword features four entries with phonetically related endings -- NINTENDO WII (20A. Game console introduced in 2006), MAIS OUI (38A. Parisian’s “But of course!”), SHALL WE (40A. Query from one who’s ready to go) and MICHELLE WIE (54A. Female golfer who played in a pro men’s tournament at age 14). MARIONETTE (17A. Pinocchio, notably) and SURE ENOUGH (59A. “You’re absolutely right”) are the other two unrelated long entries, followed by eight mid-sized -- 47A. “AESOPS Fables”; BATTIER (7D. More eccentric), COHORT (46D. Partner in crime), COPOUT (10D. Lame excuse), DOCKAGE (21D. Fee for a freighter), PROBATE (29D. Will validation), RECIPE (28A. Betty Crocker offering) and SEVERED (44D. Detached). Five-letter -- ACRID, AMAZE, AMENS, ASFOR, AVOWS, BRASH, CANOE, CRACK, CRÈME, EDICT, ELTON, ERROR, EWERS (52D. Water pitchers), GOTIN, HIREE, OCEAN, OUSTS, RELIT, RERAN, SHOOT, SMOGS, SWIPE, TENSE, TROIS, YAHOO. Four -- ABLE, AGER, ATIE, BIOS, CART (10A. Grocery carrier), CRAB, DASH, EDEN, ENYA, GEAR, LITE, LOSS, LSAT, LUGE, MAID, NEON, OVER, POLO, SENT, SNEE, TEDS. Three -- AMA (2D. Doc org.), CAM, CSI, EST, GOO, HOR, ICH, JAR (3D. Place to put tips), OAS, UHF, URN (39D. Funeral ashes holder), UZI, VET (51A. Dog doc). END (42A. What boring things never seem to do)! Whee!!! ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Like Louisiana cuisine; 6. ___-bodied seaman; 14. Astound; 15. Worker in an apron; 16. “Get ___ it!”; 19. Sport on horseback; 22. Maryland seafood specialty; 26. CBS hit with two spinoffs; 27. Removes from office; 30. Decree; 33. Dropped fly ball, e.g.; 34. Reason to replace a windshield; 35. Superlative suffix; 43. Impertinent; 45. Arrived after a trip; 46. Transport on a camp lake; 48. “Drat!”; 53. Snick and ___; 58. Cookie with a filling; 64. Paraphernalia; 65. New ___ (57-Down, for one); 66. Google competitor; 67. Mailed; 68. “Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure”; 69. With respect to. Down: 1. Ending with spy or web; 4. Gun used in the Six-Day War; 5. Gas in diner signs; 6. Cries from the congregation; 8. Low-calorie, in beer names; 9. Barbara of “I Dream of Jeannie”; 11. Pledges; 12. On again, as a lantern; 13. Number after deux; 18. “Sweet!”; 22. ___ brûlée; 23. Aired again; 24. Bitter; 25. Life stories, for short; 31. Bit of salt; 32. “___ bin ein Berliner”; 34. Italian’s “bye”; 35. John who sang “Bennie and the Jets”; 36. Run through a credit card; 37. In need of a massage, maybe; 41. Outcome of a 10-17 game; 47. End in ___ (come out even); 48. Urban pollutions; 49. New staffer; 50. Where a hurricane develops; 55. Potential atty.’s exam; 56. Sled at the Winter Olympics; 57. “Only Time: singer, 2001; 60. Western treaty grp.; 61. Channels 14+; 62. Melted tar, e.g.; 63. Opposite of vert.
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