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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Puzzle by Michael Callaway Barnhart, edited by Will Shortz

KEYWORD and/or KEY WORD (35A. Google search need … or a hint to the ends of 20- and 49-Across and 11- and 28-Down), RUNNING A TAB (20A. Not paying immediately at the bar); LOSE CONTROL (49A. Go ballistic); FIRE ESCAPE (11D. Apartment building feature); and DO NOT ENTER (28D. Road sign warning) are the interrelated entries of this Wednesday crossword.

People in the puzzle -- BEST MAN (41D. Reception toast giver); CPAS (1A. No. crunchers); DIANA (46D. Paul Anka #1 hit); IVO (29D. 1961 Literature Nobelist Andric); KING LEAR (35D. Cordelia’s father); PEI (40D. Louvre pyramid architect); PERON (19A. El Lider of Argentina); MGMT (26D. Those in charge: Abbr.); MOSES (24A. Adoptee in Genesis); MR DEEDS (26A. 2002 Adam Sandler title role); OKIE (52D. Dust Bowl migrant); ONEAL (7D. Center Shaq); SATIE (54A. “Socrate” composer Erik); SRA (25D. Majorca Mrs.); TSAR (48D. Autocrat until 1917); and the Hammer-wielding god, THOR.

Other -- UP IN SMOKE (56A. 1978 Cheech & Chong movie) and STONED (5D. Like Cheech & Chong, typically); AREA CODES (17A. 307 for Wyoming and 907 for Alaska); CUPBOARD (9D. China's place); DEBEERS (43A. “A diamond is forever” sloganeer); OVERACTS (31A. Hams it up); SPANKED (4D. Punished with a wooden spoon, say), with a spoon?; TROPICAL (39A. Like drinks with umbrellas).

Mid-size entries -- 21D. AMBER Alert (abduction bulletin); 57A. “It’s the end of AN ERA”; CUFFS (9A. Places for links); DEIGN (46A. Lower oneself); DEPOT (47D. Greyhound stop); DOCILE (43D. Easily managed); DOPES (47A. Deduces, with “out”); ECONO (36D. Low-budget prefix); EPONYM (44D. Penn to Pennsylvania); FLOSS (12D. Dental hygienist’s advice); IBARS (29A. Building beams); KNEEL (23A. Use a prie-dieu); LODGES (6D. 41-Across meeting places) and BPOE (41A. Fraternal letters); RARER (60A. Less typical); TENOR (42A. Sax type); UTILE (16A. Of service).

Short stuff -- AHH, AMEN, AXIS, BENS, CHAR, CINE, EST, GOOD, HEMP, LEST, MAN, 58A. “Holy MOLY!”, NYET, OWL, PERU, PEST, ROAR, ROXY, SENT, SHES, SLOP, STEM, SUMS, TIN, TONE, UTE and 37D. Yevtushenko’s “Babi YAR”.

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Remaining clues -- Across: 5. Haute cuisine it’s not; 14. Rope material; 15. Audiophile’s concern; 22. 100 or so, e.g.: Abbr.; 30. Though the uprights; 34. “Whew!”; 38. Satisfied sound; 48. Pewter component; 59. Line of rotation; 61. Morel morsel; 62. Duma dissent. Down: 1. Burn on the grill; 2. Machu Picchu’s land; 3. “You said it!”; 8. Annoying type; 10. Beehive State native; 13. In the mail; 18. Cannes film; 27. Crowd sound; 31. Harry Potter’s pet Hedwig, e.g.; 33. “___ All that” (Freddie Prinze Jr. film); 45. Uncle ___ rice; 50. Bottom lines; 51. Classic Manhattan theater; 53. For fear that; 55. Ill temper.