Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Puzzle by Steven Ginzburg, edited by Will Shortz
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK (37A. How 18-, 24-, 47- and 56-Across may be defined), SHARP TURN, SHEPHERD’S CANE, SWINGING PUNCH and RACKETEER comprise the interrelated group of this playful Tuesday crossword, the hooks being the sharp turn and the swinging punch, and the crooks the shepherd’s cane and racketeer. Neat!
Other entries of length include CODE NAMES (34D. Utah, Omaha and others, on D-Day), CHOP SHOP (39D. Hot car’s destination), NET WEIGHT (3D. Food package datum) and SAYS HI TO (5D. Greets informally). NORSE and TYR are tied clues (49D. Like Odin or 9-Down; 9D. 49-Down war god). Two six-letter entries are AWAKES (44D. Responds to a morning alarm) and BOTANY (10D. Plant expert’s field).
The large five-letter group includes ACHED (7D. Needed a massage, maybe); ANGST (30A. Woody Allen’s trademark emotion); ARTSY (17A. Pretentious and showy); BOARS (1D. Sows’ mates); BOING (32D. Spring sound); BONDS (1A. Moody’s rates them); CHART (50D. Business presentation aid); 23A. “EADIE Was a Lady” (Ethel Merman tune); EXUDE (11D. Give off, as charm); FLEAS (52A. A pet collar repels them; 43A. “You HAD TO be there”; HE-MAN (59A. Rambo type); HINTS (51D. Aids for the stumped); 48D. “10 ITEMS or less” (checkout sign); OPERA (14A. Musical work that’s often not in English) and OPRAH (2D. TV host with a book club); OVERT (63A. In-your-face); PESTS (66A. Noodges); SECTS (47D. Sunni and Shia, for two); SERBS (26D. Belgrade natives); VISOR (6D. Baseball cap part).
Short stuff -- ABC, AHI, ANNE and ANTE, ARG, ARMS, AVON, BARK, BASE, BETA, CAKY, CST and CUT, DRS, EASY, ERA, EVE, FRAT, HEM, IAIM, ICKY, KWON, LANE, LGS, LOGE, NYU, OXEN, PASO, PEAS, RAGU, RAW, SKA, SHOE, SOT, TAB, TERI, TESS and TOSS, TKO, VAST, VISE, WIGS (42A. Tops of many Halloween getups).
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Remaining clues -- Across: 6. Oceanic in scope; 10. Early software version; 15. Gross, in kidspeak, 16. Cart-pulling beasts; 20. Uncooked; 21. Old woman’s home, in a nursery rhyme; 28. “___ to please!”; 29. “Careful, now!”; 32. It may be worse than a bite; 34. Winter hrs. in New Orleans; 41. Director’s “Stop!”; 42. Tops of many Halloween getups; 43. “You ___ be there”; 44. Bell-ringing cosmetics company; 46. Theater area; 54. Flip, as a coin; 55. Tuna at a sushi bar; 61. Start the pot; 62. Equips for war; 64. “Guarding ___” (1994 MacLaine movie); 65. First, second, third or home. Down: 4. “M*A*S*H” staffers: Abbr.; 8. Precursor of reggae; 12. Garr or Polo; 13. Rice who wrote of vampires; 19. Accompaniers of carrots in a Birds Eye package; 22. Haw’s Partner; 25. El ___, Tex.; 33. Land SW or Uru.; 35. Pink elephant sighter; 36. Fight ender, for short; 38. Tae ___ do; 40. Giant in pasta sauce; 45. Workbench gripper; 46. Some football linemen: Abbr.; 52. Rush week venue, for short; 53. Sprinter’s assignment; 57. Running account at a bar; 58. Geologic time; 60. Day before a big event.
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