Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through the Fog, 1904 by Claude Monet ----------------- Wednesday, May 27 , 2009 Puzzle by Corey Rubin, edited by Will Shortz Four long entries are featured in this Wednesday crossword -- KEEP ON LORRYIN (20A. Words of encouragement to a Brit?), think “keep on truckin"; CONGA QUEUE (29A. Group of dancing Brits?), conga line; WISE BLOKES (48A. British smart alecks?), wise guys; CATCH SOME ZEDS (56A. Sleep like a Brit?), catch some z-z-z-z-z-z… Mid-size entries -- ALIENS (2D. Vulcans and Romulans); BERETS (3D. Left Bank toppers); go round (7D. Bout); EKES OUT (44D. Just manages); IDEALS (50D. Worthy principles); IN DRAG (8D. Clad like some Halloween paraders); JACK UP (1D. Hike, as a price); MEDLEY (51D. This-and-that concert performance); MIX IT UP (10D. Have a tussle); MUSIC BOX (37D. It may have a spinning ballerina) ; OCHRES (48D. Earth tones); POSITS (52D. Puts forth); TEENIEST (11D. Hardest to see, perhaps); TENABLE (43D. Like a solid argument). Five-letter -- ALOUD, AMTOO, AROLL, BIERS, BOARD, COBOL, CORGI, ELUTE, EUROS, EXUDE, HUBBA, ODEON, OXEYE , PIXEL, ROTOR, STONE, UNTIL, UPSET, VERSE, VIDEO.
Short stuff -- ABOY, ACE, ALE and ALIE, ALI and AMI, AXE, CIR, COP, CUED, ELIZ, HAM and HAP, HEWN, JAB, LAC, LET, LIMP, LOEB, MOON, MUS, NEIN, ODON, OPT / OUT, ORY, OSE, OTRO, PITA, PSST, QUID , REAL, SETS, SYS, TALL, TDS, TICS, UAE, URI. Bob's your uncle!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. One-two part; 4. Cattle-herding breed; 9. Playground retort; 14. Draft pick?; 15. Keats title starter; 16. Stands at wakes; 17. Diam. x pi; 18. Get on; 19. Daisy type; 23. Up to; 24. Abu Dhabi’s fed.; 25. Little jerks; 28. “Hey, over here!”; 34. Dark horse’s win; 35. Eggs Benedict need; 38. With 30-Edown, kind of clause; 39. Aramis, to Athos; 41. Causes for stadium cheers, for short; 42. Extract with a solvent; 44. Give off; 49. Favor one side perhaps; 53. Dresden denial; 54. Sail through; 55. Wedding memento; 60. When doubled, a wolf’s call; 62. Turbine part; 63. Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G; 64. On ___ (hot); 65. Money in la banque; 66. Net judge’s call; 67. iPhone display unit; 68. Piece in the game of go; 69. Method: Abbr. Down: 5. Take too much of briefly; 6. True-to-life; 9. Bernstein/Sondheim’s “__ Like That”; 12. Direct conclusion?; 13. Sugar suffix; 21 Hummus holder; 22. “The Crying Game” Oscar nominee; 26. Like some actors going on stage; 27. Things some designers design; 29. Friday, notably; 30. See 38-Acoss; 31. British pound, informally; 33. Leopold’s partner in a sensational 1924 trial; 35. Rough-___ (unfinished); 36 Get caught in ___; 39. Pink-slip; 40. Lambda followers; 45. Monarch crowned in 1558: Abbr.; 47. Geneva’s ___ Leman; 55. Chapter’s partner; 57. Seven-foot, say; 58. Other, in Oaxaca; 59. Provide with a rear view?; 60. Chance, poetically; 61. Ocean State sch.
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