The Crying Boy by Bruno Amadio
------------------ Thursday, May 28, 2009 Puzzle by Gary Cee, edited by Will Shortz GET OVER IT (36A. Advice for the brokenhearted … or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle) is an entry/clue that is of little or no use in the solution of this crossword -- it is more or less an afterthought. The hidden word GET lies OVER the hidden word IT in four places in the crossword. PAGE TURNER (17A. Something that’s hard to close?) over IMITATE (20A. Mirror); ROGETS (21A. Editor’s resource) over SUITOR (26A. George Knightley, to Emma Woodhouse); BEGETS (50A. Fathers) over BITMAP (55A. Certain computer image format); SAGE TEA (57A. Herbal beverage) over INQUISITOR (60A. One in search of heretics).
Other -- ADORES (28A. Prizes); AEROSTAR (9D. Ford’s first minivan); ALAMEDA (2D. Tree-lined avenue); BRAISE (49D Cook, in a way, as beef); BRETON (49A. Dweller on the Bay of Biscay); CAPITAL (1D. Financing); ICE BEER (40D. Brew introduced in the 1990s); INWARDS (46D. Toward the center); IRREGS (38D. Discount store offerings, for short); LEG IRON (3D. Houdini escape device); 41D. MAGILLA Gorilla, 1960s cartoon title character); OUTSOLE (12D. Shoe part that touches the floor); SAUTES (5D. Browns); SERVE UP (25D. Produce and present); 45D. Gershwin’s “SOMEONE to Watch Over Me”; STUTTER (44D. Sound before “That’s all, folks!”); TALESE (18D. “The Kingdom and the Power“ author, 1969); THE SAINT (37D. 1960s Roger Moore TV series); WRITTEN (11D. Set down).
Etcetera -- ALEE and AGREE, ARUT, ASURE, BELA and BREA, BMI, BOON, CALM, EFTS, EIRE and ERES, ELI, ETATS, FEED, GUS, HOED, IRAS, LANES, LESS, LIMO, LOB, MEET and MELT, MENU, MTM, NEARS, OCA, OGRES, ONEG, OTOE, PARE, PNEU, QAT, REGO, REND, RIG, ROSSI, SEER, SOUSA, STE, TAKEI, TER, TUTEE, TWOS, UMW, URN.
Get over it!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Not having big waves; 5. Bandmaster from 1880 to 1931; 10. The animals for Noah’s Ark came in these; 14. “Hard ___!” (captain’s order); 15. Match; 16. Stuck, after “in”; 19. Relative of a hawk; 23. Three times, in prescriptions; 24. Nothing ___; 30. Small amphibians; 32. ___ Broad College of Business; 33. What road hogs hog; 34. City in Orange County, Calif.; 35. Force felt on earth; 39. Wedding rental; 42. Like many a garden; 47. Mozart’s “L’___ del Cairo”; 48. It may start with “Starters”; 52. Skin; 54. Diggers’ org.; 59. Hungarian Communist leader ___ Kun; 62. Go weak at the knees; 63. Verges on; 64. Split; 65. Personal reserve funds, for short; 68. Eliza Doolittle in “Pygmalion,” e.g.; 67. “___ Tu” (1974 hit). Down: 4. Where races are run; 7. Ossuary, maybe; 8. Samuel, e.g., in the Bible; 10. George of “Star Trek”; 13. Marthe or Marie: Abbr.; 22. Director Van Sant; 27. Teamster’s transport; 29. ___ Park, N.Y.; 31. Barn sackful; 34. Blessing; 35. Tribe met by Lewis and Clark; 39. High pitch; 48. “70s TV production co.; 51. Les ___-Unis; 53. “It’s ___ bet!”; 56. French tire; 58. The Chieftains’ home; 59. Songwriters’ grp.; 61. African plant whose leaves are chewed as a stimulant.
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