Palomar at Night, photograph by Greg Redfern ------------------ Friday, August 7, 2009 Puzzle by Manny Nosowsky, edited by Will Shortz Six fifteen-letter across answers are the main feature of this mystifying but manageable Friday crossword -- MAYTAG REPAIRMAN (1. “The loneliest guy in town”), ONE MOMENT PLEASE (16. “Hold on”), STRIKES A BALANCE (17. Handles things evenhandedly), NORSE LITERATURE (54. Viking stories, e.g.), GOT INTO HOT WATER (57. Took flak for something one said, say) and STARS IN ONE’S EYES (58. Bedazzlement). The next longest answers are four of nine letters -- PAVILION (33D. Fair place); POETICAL (35A. Using high-flown language); P T BARNUM (9D. Businessman/entertainer who was once mayor of Bridgeport, Conn.); SUNBURST (30A. Sudden light seen through the clouds).
Seven- and eight-letter answers and their clues constitute the bulk of the crossword -- ANIMALS (19A. Cracker shapes); ANSWERS (42D. “Jeopardy!” fodder); ANTONIO (2D. For whose benefit “the quality of mercy is not strain’d” in Shakespeare); ASCENTS (14D. Balloonists’ doings); ENAMORS (8D. Charms); ENCARTA (37D. Something once bundled with Microsoft products); HONOREE (41D. Center of a roast); LESOTHO (38D. Basutoland, today); MANGIER (13D. More itchy, maybe); MOSTEST (1D. Maximum, slangily); NEED NOT (15D. Is unobliged to); OMITTED (22D. Missing); ONE FOOT (36D. 30.48 centimeters); PALOMAR (51A. Mount from which people can see far away); PARINGS (35D. Cut rinds, e.g.); PAVILION (33D. Fair place); SCUSE ME (24D. “Beg pardon,” in casual talk); SEA DUTY (40D. Navy service); YEREVAN (3D. Capital of Armenia). Five- and six-letter -- ACETO (27A. Vinegar: Prefix); 43A. “Bonne ANNEE!” (French cry on January 1); A-OKAY (5D. Hunk-dory); 10D. “Behold A PALE Horse” (William Cooper book); AYESHA (39A. “Mother o f the believers”); DEANS (49A. Ones in control of their faculties?); DRAWS (49D. Ties); ENVOY (21A. Representative); RESIDE (7D. Lodge); SALT I (48D. 1972 U.S./U.S.S.R. pact); SIMEON (45D. Dinah’s avenger in the Bible); TONIER (28A. More fashionable). Short stuff -- ABLY, ARTE, BERN, BRAC, DO RE, DOW, ERIE, GED, G-MEN, IF A, ILLS, MEL’S, 46A. “You’re putting ME ON!“; NEAT, PENS, RECD, REA, SIAM, SINN, SIR, TAE and TOE, TMI, TRAP, VEST. For the wrap-up, 48A. “Say SI SI” (1940 Glenn Miller hit)… ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
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Remaining clues -- Across: 18. Important part for a jig; 20. Substitute acquired by about half a million people a year: Abbr.; 23. Scale start; 24. ___ Fein; 25. “The Bridge on the River Kwai” setting; 26. City where Einstein developed his special theory of relativity; 32. Catch-22; 34. 1970s- ‘80s sitcom setting; 44. Undershirt, in Britain; 46. “You’re putting ___!”; 47. Office stamp; 48. “Say ___” (1940 Glenn Miller hit); 50. “___ Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me”; 53. Company that makes Styrofoam. Down: 4. 1979 nuclear accident site: Abbr.; 6. Some raiders, informally; 11. Targets of remedies; 12. Stephen of “Stuck,” 2007; 26. Bric-a-___; 27. Well; 29. Iroquoian language; 31. All lined up; 51. Bank chains hold them; 52. Museo contents; 55. Quaint letter start; 56. ___ kwon do.
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