Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Puzzle by Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron, edited by Will Shortz Four 15-letter across entries are the main feature of this Tuesday crossword -- DOUBLE PLAY COMBO (57A. What 17-, 25- and 43-Across were famously), TINKER SHORT STOP, EVERS SECOND BASE and CHANCE FIRST BASE, all with the same clue of 1908 Cubs player and position.
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Soft or crunchy snack; 10. Start of an incantation; 14. The "A" in Chester A. Arthur; 15. Rudely assertive; 16. When repeated, Road Runner's call; 21. Friars Club event; 22. The Braves, on the scoreboard; 23. "Pants on fire" person; 33. Chutzpah; 34. Put an edge on; 35. Hydrotherapy locale; 36. "How sweet ___!"; 39. Polish's partner; 40. U. of Miami's athletic org.; 41. Baseball analyst Hershiser; 42. Command to an attack dog; 47. Salt Lake City athletes; 48. Ike's W.W. II command; 49. "Yes we can" sloganeer; 60. Virginia ___ (noted 1587 birth); 61. The Dapper Don; 62. Fountain order; 63. Polaris or Sirious; 64. Jimmy of the Daily Planet; 65. They're splitsville. Down: 1. "Toodles"; 2. Touched down; 3. Water-to-wine site; 4. Peeling potatoes, stereotypically; 7. Only African-American male to win Wimbledon; 8. P, on a fraternity house; 9. Norse war god; 11. Software test version; 12. Vintage autos; 13. Date with an M.D..; 18. Clear, as a tape; 19. The "t" in Nafta; 23. Machine with a shuttle; 24. Rustic lodgings; 25. 1946 high-tech wonder; 25. Climbing plant with pealike flowers; 27. Novelist Jong; 28. Homes on wheels, in brief; 29. Hot dog topper; 30. Humane org. since 1866; 31. Black-clad and white-clad Mad adversaries; 32. Wonderland cake phrase; 37. Logic diagram; 38. Flag tossers, for short; 39. Bro or sis; 41. Of base 8; 42. Showing no emotion; 49. They may be stacked against you; 50. Dinghy, e.g.; 51. Surrounding glow; 52. Nonkisher diner offerings; 53. Iditarod terminus; 54. Huge-screen format; 55. Up to it; 56. Hotel room roll-ins; 58. Part of Freud's "psychic apparatus"; 59. Vote seeker, for short.
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