
------------------ Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld, edited by Will Shortz DANCE (71A. Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36- 44-, 54- and 64-Across), CREDIT LINE (17A. Borrower’s limit), POT BELLY (21A. Joe Six-Pack’s protrusion); GARTER SNAKE (36A. Harmless-to-humans slitherer); BASEBALL FAN (44A. Typical visitor to Cooperstown); ACID RAIN (54A. One cause of deforestation); CRIMEAN WAR (64A. Conflict settled by the Treaty of Paris in 1856) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

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Remaining clues -- Across: 6. “Pronto!”; 10. Part of a Latin 101 conjugation; 15. “Yikes!”; 16. Ankle-length, maybe; 19. Up-front; 23. Lake former, perhaps; 25. Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger); 30. “___ a Rock”; 39. It may be floppy or pointy; 40. Hit a serve past; 42. You can’t escape it; 43. “That’s all ___ wrote”; 48. Night sch. Class; 50. Neeson of “Kinsey”; 52. Self-importance; 63. Visitors to the manger; 66. Queens tennis stadium; 67. 1965 Beatles song or movie; 69. “West Side Story” gang; 70. Works of 9-Down. Down: 1. Popular ballpoints; 2. Concerning, on a memo; 3. Pirate or Padre, for short; 4. Miami-___ County; 6. Co. offering a Buddy List; 7. Send via DHL, say; 8. Cornerstone word; 12. Jump on the ice; 13. Facetious nickname for a giant; 188. Samovar beverage; 22. Military site; 29. J.F.K. posting: Abbr.; 37. Genetic letters; 38. Sedona and Sorento automaker; 42. Atlantic state in two time zones: Abbr.; 44. Put up with; 53. “I didn’t know that!”; 54. Key with three sharps: Abbr.; 55. Item on a docket; 56. Ticked off; 57. Aswan’s river; 59. Fit to serve; 60. Lottery player’s cry of elation; 61. Of the flock; 62. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner; 65. “M*A*S*H” cops, for short.
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