Cirque du Soleil, KA ----------------- Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Puzzle by Joon Pahk, edited by Will Shortz Four entries containing the initial letters TR twice are this Tuesday crossword’s interrelated group -- TREASURE TROVES (20A. Valuable discoveries); TRICK OR TREAT (25A. Cry while holding a bag); TRIED AND TRUE (42A. Proven to work); TRACTOR TRAILER (48A. Semi). Mid-size entries -- ACCOST (10D. Approach aggressively); ADMIRES (41D. Looks up to); KARAOKE (5D. Word derived from Japanese for “empty orchestra”); KNITWEAR (9D. Sweaters and such); JET BLACK (38D. Not just dark); SCREWCAP (4D. Twist-off bottle top); 44A. Cirque du SOLEIL; TAILORED (37D. Made to order, as a suit); TECHNO (42D. Electronic dance genre); WISEST (24A. Most enlightened).
Five-letter -- AEONS (41A. The time it takes mountains to rise); 13D. “This is only ATEST”; DOERR (17A. Red Sox Hall-of-Famer Bobby); ECLAT (60A. Brilliant display); ELVES (12D. Dwellers in Middle-earth); FRISK (1A. Pat down); HAHAS (32A. Loud chuckles); LASTS (46D. Endures); NOVAE (31A. Exploding stars); ORATE (45D. Hold forth); RARER (56A. Less common); RHINE (28D. Riesling wines are produced in its valley); RHODA (30D. Spinoff of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”); SKEDS (63A. Timetables, informally); STRAP (44D. Amusement park ride feature); SUAVE (11D. Debonair); TAMED (29D. Having dams at various locations, as a river); 37A. East TIMOR (nation since 2002); WANED (40A. Ebbed); WICCA (14A. Neopagan belief). Short stuff -- APER, ASEA, ATTN, COVE, CULT, DANG, ELSE, EMB, ERLE, EWAN, FWD, ICER, IVES, JOEL, LEVI, MENU, MME, MOOR, NEA, PESO, RANG, RASH, READ, RIAS, RIOT, ROMA and ROWA, ROTO, RTS, SNO, TMAN and T-NUT (25D. Letter-shaped fastener), TOS, UPON, UTEP, WON, WRIT, ZACK and ZULU (6D. Last letter of a pilot’s alphabet). ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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Remaining clues -- Across: 6. Lead character on “Saved by the Bell”; 10. On a cruise; 15. Second word on many fairy tales; 16. Extremist sect; 18. ___ Strauss jeans; 19. Spelunker’s hangout; 23. Prevailed; 33. Married mlle.; 38. Billy who sang “We Didn’t Start the Fire”; 39. Lean-___; 47. Diplomat’s bldg.; 54. Impulsive; 55. Home of Città del Vaticano; 58. Letter-routing abbr.; 59. Actor McGregor; 61. South-of-the border currency; 62. “Well, gosh darn!”. Down: 1. Subject line starter on many an e-mail joke; 2. Hilarious act; 3. Cake decorator; 7. Imitator; 8. Sheltered inlet; 21. ___-cone; 22. Narrow inlets; 25. Letter-shaped fastener; 26. ___ -Rooter; 27. Currier and ___; 33. What boats may do in an inlet; 34. File, Edit or Help; 35. “That’s something ___”; 40. Habeas corpus, for one; 43. Teacher’s union: Abbr.; 49. Prime seating spot; 50. Untouchable, e.g.; 51. “You ___?”; 52. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner; 53. Go over Time?; 57. Football blockers: Abbr.
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