The Portals of Dis, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Gustave Dore ----------------- Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Puzzle by Wayne and P. K. King, edited by Will Shortz DISARM AND HAMMER (17A. “Beat swords into plowshares”); DISMISS AMERICA (27A. “Ignore the red white and blue”); DISBAR AND GRILL (45A. “Oust from practice, then interrogate”); DISBAND ON THE RUN (61A. “Scatter while fleeing”) are the interrelated entries of this Tuesday crossword. Six-letter entries -- ARMANI (10D. Giorgio of fashion); BEATON (40D. Bang, as a drum), this guy is better beating on a pail, what?; DARTED (47D. Moved like a hummingbird); HERESY (19D. Rejection of church dogma); RAMSES (5D. Any of several Egyptian kings), actually, there were eleven -- here‘s RAMSSES II, can you believe he‘s still around!; SAMBAS (46D. Rio dances); SARTRE (41D. “No Exit” dramatist).
Five-letter -- ANTIC (35A. Marx Brothers-like); AORTA (31D. Main artery); ARUBA (16A. Tourist mecca off the coast of Venezuela); 34D. To no AVAIL; BABAR (9A. Kid-lit pachyderm); BERRY (40A. Chuck who sang “Maybellene”); CAPRI (33D. Blue Grotto’s isle); ERUPT (A. Blow one’s stack); INKED (28D. Put one’s John Hancock on); INNER (65A. Word before city or tube); LEAST (67A. Smallest possible); MOOSE (36A. Meat favored by Sarah Palin); MORON (32D. Mental midget); NEATO (43A. “Peachy keen!”); NEEDS (68A. Has to have); OATER (53A. Typical John Wayne film); OCEAN (64A. Neptune’s realm); RATIO (15A. Sine, cosine or tangent); SHADE (21A. Parasol’s offering); SMEAR (30D. Makeup mishap); STOLI (29D. Vodka brand, informally).
Four -- ABES, ADIN, AFAR, APSE, ASEA (52D. Where pirates go), ASIF, BUMP and LUMP, DATE, ENNE and ENYA, ETAL, IDOL, IMAM, IRAS, MICE, NASA, PINA, RARE, RILE, SPAT, TADA, TKOS, TODD, TONE, UTAH.
Three -- ACT and ANT and ART, AMY, ASA, AVE (37. With 44-Across, MARIA, a traditional Catholic prayer), or here‘s the Vienna Boys’ Choir, BAA, EEL, ERR, HRS, MGR, NBC, ORE, RON, SPA, TAN, TIC.
There‘s DIS and then there‘s DIS, but I’m not going to this DIS!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Get some sun; 14. Naked ___ jaybird; 20. Way off; 22. Cathedral area; 23. Grazed, say; 25. Silver of the silver screen; 39. Ring decisions, for short; 41. Petty quarrel; 42. Moray, for one; 48. Take steps; 49. The “A” in MoMA; 50. Shi’ite leader; 66. Etiquette guru Vanderbilt; 69. Masseur’s place. Down: 1. Bit of verbal trumpeting; 2. “A likely story”; 3. Shuttle org.; 4. Pull a boner; 6. Six-sided state; 7. ___ colada; 8. Rocker Rundgren; 9. Ovine sound; 11. Fist ___ (modern greeting); 12. Lincoln and others; 13. Like proverbial hen’s teeth; 24. Behavioral quirk; 26. Rich rock; 27. Palm fruit; 38. List-ending abbr.; 43. “30 Rock” network; 44. Dugout V.I.P.: Abbr.; 50. Miley Cyrus, to teens; 51. Owls’ prey; 52. Where pirates go; 54. Score after deuce; 55. Mute, with “down”; 56. Feminine suffix; 58. Portfolio holdings, briefly; 59. Sugar unit; 60. One-named New Age singer; 62. Tiny colonist; 63. Four-baggers: Abbr.
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