Monday, June 8, 2009 Puzzle by Randy Sowell, edited by Will Shortz DENSE FOREST (21A. Thick growth of trees), OBTUSE ANGLE (49A. It’s more than 90 degrees), SLOW-COOKER (3D. Crockpot) and DUMB WAITER (29D. Tray transporter) are the interrelated entries of this Monday back-to-work crossword. This smart little beginning-of-the-week crossword is rife with variety -- the other long entries include BARITONE (42A. Voice between tenor and bass); ESCORTS (23A. Former Ford compacts);
HOOSEGOW (37D. Lockup) ; OIL LAMP (46A. Old indoor light source); SEAFARER (9D. Mariner); TOREADOR (27A. Bullfighter); along with a split entry TASTE TEST (1D. With 1-Across, Coke vs. Pepsi competition, e.g.). Mid-size entries -- ABOMB (32A. W.W. II-ending weapon, for short); AWARE (15A. Cognizant); 18. DELLA Street Perry Mason’s secretary; CADETS (5D. West Point students); COPES (5A. Manages); EBBED (41A. Subsided); EXPOS (2D. Montreal baseballers, 1969-2004); GLARE (56A. Harsh light); HOMER (37A. Four-bagger); INUITS (43D. Eskimos); JEWEL (34A. Diamond or sapphire); 10D. LABREA tar pits); MINOS (47D. Mythical king of Crete); OATEN (59A. Like certain cereals); OGRES (46D. Really mean people); OWENS (6D. Country singer Buck); PIANO (48D. Instrument for Rachmaninoff); SILENT (44D. Like 33-Down’s films), that’s BARA (33D. Theda of early films) ; SOAPS (40A. Much of afternoon TV); TEMPE (27D. Home of Arizona State University); WREST (62A. Seize from). Short stuff -- ABEL, AJOB, ALAR, AMIN, APE, ARIE and AROO, AXLE, BIOS, BOXY, DRUB, ELO, ELLE and ERLE, ETNA, GYMS, III, JAKE and JOAN, LAZY, LEON and LORI, NAR, NATE, OLEG, ONUS, OPEL and OPIE, ORE, ORSO, OWES, PALS, RAND, SLEW, SPOT, STAB, TET, TOW, TRIM, UPA, YOST, ZOOS and EXIT (58A. Door to the outside).
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Remaining clues -- Across: 5. Manages; 10. Indolent; 14. Wheel turner; 16. Suffix with buck; 17. Out, damned ___!”; 19. “Thumbnail” writings; 20. What a broken-down car may get; 25. Simian; 26. Burden; 35. Work ___ sweat; 36. Actor Gyllenhaal of “Brokeback Mountain”; 38. Despot Idi ___; 39. Bauxite or galena; 44. Dispatched, as a dragon; 45. 1980s TV’s “Emerald Point ___”; 55. Actress Loughlin of “Full House”; 57. Sicilian peak; 60. Explorer Ponce de ___; 61. Gold’s and others; 63. Words of approximation. Down: 4. Asian holiday; 6. Country singer Buck; 7. Buddies; 8. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner; 11. 1997 Indy 500 winner ___ Luyendyk; 12. Menageries; 13. Dennis ___ and the Classics IV (1960s-’70s group); 21. Beat badly; 22. German-made car since 1899; 24. “This round’s ___”; 28. Has debts; 30. “The Andy Griffith Show” boy; 31. Author Ayn; 32. Do ___ on (work over); 34. ___ of Arc; 38. Cain’s victim; 40. Depots: Abbr.; 41. Women’s magazine founded in France; 49. Designer Cassini; 50. Hardly streamlined as a car; 51. Fit; 52. Banned orchard spray; 53. ___ Dogg of R&B/hip-hop; 57. “Do Ya” group, for short.
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