An operator extracting a tooth, unidentified painter, after Theodor Rombouts (1597-1637) ------------------ Thursday, April 16, 2009 Puzzle by Oliver Hill, Edited by Will Shortz EXTRACT, clued as “ Derive (from) … or a two-part hint for understanding 17-, 33-, 42- and 58-Across” reads either “extract” or “extra CT” depending on whether one inserts or removes CT -- showed the door or SHOWED THE DOCTOR with the justifying clue of 17A. Revealed when seeking medical help?; dire straits, DIRECT STRAITS (33A. Water passages that don’t turn?); Monica Seles, MONICA SELECTS (42A. One-named R&B singer makes her choice?); European Union, EUROPEAN UNCTION (58A. Continental salve?). Need I say more? Well, MARK MY WORDS (25D. “Just you wait!”) and NITROUS ACID (11D. HNO2) are the remaining long entries, followed by six- and seven-letter entries -- BED REST (5D. Recuperation requirement); CINEMA (45D. Hollywood business); CRYPTS (45A. Locations of some secret meetings); ELOHIM (12D. God, in the Old Testament); ENGINES (44D. They’re under hoods); GOOD AT (52A. Accomplished in); LA ROSA (13D. Singer Julius who was famously fired on the air by Arthur Godfrey); NO MORE (23A. “I’ve had it!”); ROGUES (46D. Reprobates); TRAUMA (31A. Focus of a hospital center).
A scientist using a steam machine with pulley to extract a tooth from a man (1894) Five-letter -- ANKLE (37A. Exhibitor of dorsiflexion) and ARNEL (9A. Synthetic fabric); ASSTS (67A. Staffers: Abbr.); DELTA (19D. American alternative); ELOPE (34D. Advice for lovers whose parents disapprove); ETAIL (39A. Modern sales); HOWSO (4D. Question that demands an explanation); ISSUE (43D. Newsstand offering); LATTE (27D. Drink that may be vanilla-flavored); 64A. MEDAL ceremony; OSTEO (54d. Bone: Prefix); OZAWA (51D. Conductor noted for wearing white turtlenecks); SHELL (8D. Bermuda memento, perhaps); VOILA (16A. Cry of accomplishment). A plethora of short stuff -- AMYS, ANA, ASEC, ATTA, AVON, BASS, CAN, CENT, CPLS, CUZ, ELL, ENDO, ERA, ETCH, FIRS, FURY, HEH, INN, IOWE, ISA and ITSA, KENO, LEN, LOIS, LSAT, NADA, NAM, NGO, NOD, OAT, ODE, OHOH, OKS, ONED, ONIN, ONO, ORC, RASA, RHO, RIEL, ROC, SARA, SAX, SCH, SOT, WARE. Ever been driven to extraction?! ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Cry of anticipation; 5. Low part; 14. Game with many balls; 15. Carve; 20. 1979 Fleetwood Mac hit; 21. ___ Barry, with the 1965 hit “1-2-3”, 22. Density symbol; 26. Wing; 27. Trixie’s mom, in the comics; 28. Santa ___; 29. Instrument in the E Street Band; 38. It’s low for aces: Abbr.; 47. Pink-slip; 48. “Patience ___ virtue”; 49. “___ you one!”; 50. Drunk; 55. Old Vietnamese strongman ___ Dinh Diem; 56. Slangy conjunction; 57. A lot of Maine forest; 65. Ending with flat or spy; 66. Prefix with -plasm; 68. “ ___ View” (1999 Broadway play); 69. Flat, for short. Down: 1. Approvals; 2. Schemer’s utterance; 3. Sean ___ Lennon; 6. Boy lead-in; 7. K.S.U., L.S.U. or M.S.U.; 9. Massachusetts town named for a river in England; 10. Menace for Sinbad the sailor; 18. Place for a headphone; 23. Zilch; 24. “Come ___ !”; 30. “Just ___ “; 32. Cambodian currency; 35. Copper; 36. Tabula ___; 40. “ ___ deal!”; 41. Future atty.’s hurdle; 53. “The Silmarillion” creature; 56. Inferiors to sgts.; 57. Hurricane force; 59. ___ flakes; 60. “60s service site; 61. B and B; 62. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” genre; 63. Approval.
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