Peace: Burial at Sea, 1842 by J. M. W. Turner ----------------- Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Puzzle by Paula Gamache, edited by Will Shortz AT SEA (71A. Clueless … or where the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues were all first used), LOOSE CANNON (17A. * Dangerously unpredictable sort), DEEP SIX (39A. *Junk), HARD AND FAST (61A. *Inviolable, as rules), IN THE OFFING (11D. *Likely to happen) and CHOCK A BLOCK (25D. *Jammed) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword. LEND-LEASE (8D. War aid program passed by Congress in 1941) and REBEL ARMY (33D. Insurgent group) are the other long entries, followed by two of seven letters, ADSPEAK (4D. Marketers’ “language”), LESS FAT (47D. Healthful claim on labels), and six of six -- ALLIES (58A. They’re on your side); ARTHRO (49D. Joint: Prefix), INHALE (28A. Take a breath); NO NO NO (10D. “That is completely the wrong way!”), PLACID (20A. Even-tempered); 50A. VIENNA Boys’ Choir. Five-letter entries dominate the crossword -- ANNIE (7D. Photographer Leibovitz); ANTIS (52D. Nay sayers); ARENT (36D. Ain’t right?); AWARE (48A. Clued in); BLASS (55D. Bill of fashion); CEDAR (1A. Moth-repellent closet material); ELUDE (14A. Get around); ENERO (15A. First month in Mexico) and ECONO (30A. Commercial prefix meaning “low price”); ILIED (46A. Coming-clean declaration); INLET (57A. Entrance to a bay) and INTEL (24D. Big chipmaker); NAMES (68A. May and June, but not July); NOELS (27A. Christmas carols); OHYES (70A. “But of course!”); OLDIE (54D. Any Beatles tune, now); OTHER (21A. Last choice on a questionnaire); RAMIS (67A. Harold who directed “Groundhog Day”); SABER (51A. Cousin of a foil); SIGMA (51D. Summation symbol); STARS (13D. Roster at the Oscars); STOKE (32A. Add fuel to, as a fire); TADAS (37D. Triumphant cries); TALON (6A. Osprey’s claw); TEACH (6D. Show the ropes); VISTA (23D. Scene from a summit); VOWEL (12D. One of five different ones in “sequoia”). Short stuff -- AAH, ABIE, ALKA, AMS, ASK, AWEE, CASE, CEL, CPI and EPI, DUO, EAR, ELO, FRA, GTO, IFAT, IVS, LED, LOBE, MIC, NOT, ORO, REAP, REEL, SEE, SGTS, SHEL, TEC, TONI, TSA and TWA, VEIN, VICE, XII. Way hay and up she rises, early in the morning!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 11. E.R. hookups; 16. “Just kidding!”; 19. Old “Up, up and away” carrier; 23. Nasty habit; 26. Silverstein of children’s literature; 33. Harvest; 35. “___ first you don’t succeed …”; 38. Sleuth, slangily; 42. Monk’s title; 43. ___-Seltzer; 45. Irish Rose’s beau; 46. Coming-clean declaration; 53. Bottom of a 40-Down; 56. Three-stripers: Abbr.; 60. Bygone muscle car; 66. Abbr. on an input jack; 69. “___ and ye shall receive”. Down: 1. Animation frame; 2. “Evil Woman” band, for short; 3. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, e.g.; 9. Conquistador’s quest; 18. Private eye’s project; 22. Collette of “The Sixth Sense”; 29. Set the pace; 31. Cost-of-living stat.; 34. Prefix with center or cycle; 41. Noon, on a sundial; 44. Bide-___; 50. Blood line; 59. ___ Krabappel of “The Simpsons”; 62. “That feels so-o-o good!”; 63. Morning hrs.; 64. Visit with; 65. Luggage inspection org.
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