Thursday, March 12, 2009 Puzzle by David Chapus, edited by Will Shortz This Thursday crossword features four squares with the multiple letters, PED, the traffic sign abbreviation for “pedestrian.” Signaled by the center entry, PEDXING (39A. Street sign … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme), the resulting interrelated entries are COU[PED]EVILLES (17A. Classic Cadillacs) crossing EX[PED]ITES (4D. Hastens); CA[PED]CRUSADER (60A. Batman, with “The”) crossing TY[PED]UP (53D. Prepared, as a report); SHAR[PED]GED (11D. Like a saber) crossing S[PED]BY (25A. Passed quickly); and TA[PED]ELAYS (38D. Features of many Olympics broadcasts) crossing BI[PED]AL (44A. Like humans and ostriches).
Eight letter entries -- ARSONIST (42A. Incendiary), ASHEBORO (12D. North Carolina county seat), SALTINES (31A. Chili accompaniment, often) and SNITCHED (37D. Sang).
Seven letter -- QUIXOTE (24D. Companion of Panza), TORNADO (43D. British fighter plane), UPSIDES (20A. Positive aspects).
Six-letter -- ACCUSE (1D. Point a finger at, say), CANCEL (5A. X), CLAMMY (55A. Cold and damp), COOPUP (2D. Confine), CRUSES (63A. Earthen pots for liquids), DEADER (48D. More like a doornail?), ENTIRE (21A. Total), ICIEST (49D. Superlatively slippery), IMPISH (66A. Naughty), NORRIS (50D. Frank who wrote “The Pit,” 1903), NAUSEE (3D. Sartre novel, with “La”), OVIEDO (15A. Provincial capital in NW Spain).
Five-letter -- CELEB (8D. Red carpet walker), EDENS (9D. Shangri-las), 54A. GRECO-Roman, MAGOO (30A. “Mr.” whose first name is Quincy), SMARM (52D. Ingratiating behavior), SUETS (23A. Hard fats).
Short stuff -- ACNE, AHA and AMA, ALER, APAL, ASU, AVIS, COAX, COVE, CSI, DESI, DOE, EDS, ENID, EPEE, ERR, GIS, HST, HUSH, IDS, ISA, KEY, LOST, MCCI, MSGS, NIL, NINE, ODIN (37A. One-eyed god of myth), ORTS, QBS, PTA, SAP, SHA, SKI, SST, STDS, STE and STEM, SUBS, TED, TRES, UNA, YORE.
Look out for this guy at any PEDXING!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Result of some oil deposits; 11. Drain; 14. Certain cable, informally; 16. Pres. Initials; 19. Cry when seeing something for the first time; 24. Ones making snap decisions?; 27. Item of sports equipment approximately 43” long; 28. The Sun Devils, for short; 35. Slip; 36. Bygone flier, for short; 40. ___-eyed; 41. “Por ___ Cabeza” (tango song); 46. Ohio governor Strickland; 51. Fruit waste; 52. Paris’s Rue ___ Croix de la Bretonnerie: Abbr.; 59. Doo-wop syllable; 62. Essential; 64. Big name in ‘50s TV; 65. Fingers; 67. Scraps. Down: 5. Quiet fishing spot; 6. Company started in 1946 at the Detroit and Miami airports; 7. Scratch; 10. Out the window; 13. Educ. Group; 18. Mad workers, for short; 22. 1992 top 10 hit “Life ___ Highway”; 26. Knight time?; 28. Tiger or Twin, briefly; 29. Censors have them: Abbr.; 30. E-mails: Abbr.; 32. “Be ___!”; 33. Last digit in a price, often; 34. British author Bagnold; 36. Benchwarmers; 46. G.P.’s grp.; 54. Dogfaces; 56. Turn-of-the-century year in King John’s reign; 57. ___ chic; 58. “That’s enough out of you!”; 59. What people who head for the hills do?; 61. Popular TV drama set in Las Vegas.
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