Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Puzzle by Peter A. Collins & Joe Krozel, edited by Will Shortz MOBY-DICK (9A. With 59-Across novel of 1851), CAPTAIN AHAB (31A. Character in 9- & 59-Across) and GREAT WHITE WHALE (6D. 9- & 59-Across) are the interrelated entries of this excellent Wednesday crossword, along with CALL ME ISHMAEL which runs diagonally from upper left to lower right between the corner black squares and is clued by the entry of SLANT (54A. Incline [and a hint to the location in this completed puzzle of the first line of 9- & 59-Across). Other entries of length -- 2D. ANALYTIC Geometry (college course); ANISETTE (40A. Cordial offering?); BIRD SEED (35D. What a swallow may swallow); PULL AHEAD (19A. Take the lead); SHOWCASES (51A. Displays); WHOOSHED (27A. Rushed by). Mid-size -- ADDS TO (39D. Supplements); AMAZED (40D. Blown away); AMPERE (13D. Eponymous French physicist); BLITHE (11D. Carefree); CRECHE (24A. Stable display); FATHOM (4D. Grasp); 44A. “HATRED is gained as much by good works as by evil”: Machiavelli; HOW-TOS (44D. Reading for home mechanics); IRENIC (42D. Peaceful); MARTYR (46A. St. Stephen, notably); MOIRES (9D. Shimmery fabrics); 41D. “In NAPOLI, where love is king” (start of “That’s Amore”); ORBACH (10D. Jerry of “Law & Order”); RETRIM (25A. Stylize anew, as a car seat); REVEALS (38D. Displays); SCOURED (1D. Searched high and low); STREAK (43d. Word with hot or blue); YESSED (12D. Assented). Five-letter -- ACRID (14A. Bitter); APERS (50A. Simon Says players, say); EHUDS (30A. Israel’s Barak and Olmert); FIGHT (4A. Playground shout); FRATS (21A. Sig Ep and others); FROSH (21D. High-school class, informally); HONEY (48D. Baklava ingredient); ICEES (5D. They’re served with spoon-straws); OBEYS (60A. Does what a good dog does); PREYS (32D. Hunts, with “on”); RESTS (36A. Chills, so to speak); ROLEO (57A. Lumberjack competition); TEENS (17A. Frigid temps). Short stuff -- ABRA, ACNE, ADS, ALI, AMC and AMT, BEAT, CODA, DVD, EAST, EDIE, ELIA, ERY (22A. Fish tail?), GENL, HIND, HUNS, IBIS, LOST (23A. At sea), MIRA, MOAN, ORLE, REA, RELO, SAG, SLOB, SRO, TDS, TETR, WHOM, ZONE. "... to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." Ahab, Moby Dick
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Cause for an eyelift; 13. Bezoyl peroxide target; 15. Shield border; 16. Complain; 18. Head of the Egyptian god Thoth; 29. Warhol associate ___ Sedgwick; 37. Sorvino of “Mighty Aphrodite”; 47. Pronoun in the starts of many letters; 49. Netflix offering; 53. Designate “commercial” or “single-family,” e.g.; 55. Recipe direction; 56. Hollywood’s Kazan; 58. Change of address, for short; 61. Halftime features. Down: 3. Four-star leader: Abbr.; 7. Rear; 8. QBs’ coups; 20. 1960 Olympics boxing gold medalist; 24. Musical conclusion; 26. “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” singer Chris; 28. Onetime Asiatic nomads; 30. New York’s ___ River; 33. Numerical prefix with oxide; 34. Qty.; 45. Rambler maker, once: Abbr.; 51. One whose shirttail is always untucked, maybe; 52. Start of an incantation; 54. Sign of success.
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