Taj Mahal, Agra, India ----------------- Saturday, August 1, 2009 Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith, edited by Will Shortz This is one of those crosswords that starts and ends leaving the solver lost for words, which is both plaint and praise!
People in the puzzle -- AGEE (43D. Posthumous Pulitzer winner of 1958); BEN (20A. “A friend to call my own,” per a Michael Jackson hit); GILES (25A. Patron saint of hermits); HAYES (22A. “Far From Heaven” director Todd); JAFFE (39A. “Class Reunion” novelist, 1979); JAMES DEAN (9D. “Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world” speaker); JANICE (39D. One of the Sopranos); JERRY LEWIS (3D. Big name in slapstick); JESSES (9A. Jackson and others); JULIETTE (32D. Girl Scouts founder Low); NED (23D. Satirist Ward); NOSFERATU (30D. Title vampire of film); TOUGH GUY (1D. Bruiser); UGARTE (47A. Black marketeer in “Casablanca”); WATTERSON (29A. Creator of a comic strip duo named after a theologian and a philosopher) and SON OF ZORRO (1947 western serial film). 
Other, eight- and nine-letter entries -- ALA CARTE (51A. Like some menus); APPRAISES (2D. Rates); DIERESES (34D. Diphthong dividers); EVICTORS (10D. They remove letters); GENEROUS (53A. Not at all tight); OPEN DATE (15A. Hole that’s not filled); RIVIERAS (48A. Bygone Buicks); SITUATION (35A. One may be out of control); TAJ MAHAL (1A. Final resting place built in the 17th century); UPROOTED (17A. Like exiles); WEAK-KNEED (29D. Cowardly). Seven -- CAREENS (42A. Pitches); 24D. CATBIRD seat; JERBOAS (32A. Desert rodents); PARDONS (26A. Sentences may end with them); PARTIES (26D. Voting booth information); PARTOOK (21D. Had some); PECKING (21A. Reaction to chicken feed); 38A. British Columbia’s SELKIRK Mountains; SICKENS (11D. Repulses); TEHERAN (36D. Mehrabad Airport setting). Six -- ADOBES (5D. Building blocks); AVIATE (16A. Demonstrate banking skill); LEANED (52A. Pitched); LEGATE (50A. Emissary); MICRON (18A. Distance light travels in 3.3 femtoseconds); PANZER (41A. Tank type). The remains -- ATEN and ETON, CAN, CASTE, COSI, CULL, EAR, FAN, FILE, GRR, HATES, HIKED, LED, NOD, ORE, PAVAN, RAG and RAGA, SARI, SENG, USED, YEW (31A. Fine-grained wood). By the way, there‘s a Bollywood film of the romance of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his favorite wife, titled of course -- TAJ MAHAL! ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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Remaining clues -- Across: 19. Sound sometimes followed by an attack; 24. Queens or soldiers; 28. Car category; 33. Indication of a green light; 37. So, in Salerno; 40. Boosted; 45. Summer turn-on?; 46. It might hold gold. Down: 4. 6 letters; 6. Is repulsed by; 7. Rate ___ (be deemed flawless); 8. Skippered; 12. Attire around the 1-Across; 13. Royal educator; 14. Hong Kong’s Hang ___ Index; 37. Film holder; 41. Stately old court dance; 42. Get the best of; 43. Posthumous Pulitzer winner of 1958; 44. Ravi Shankar played it at Woodstock; 45. Do a taxing task?; 48. Low-grade paper; 49. It may pop on a plane.
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