Fire–Poi Typography ----------------- Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Puzzle by Richard Chisholm, edited by Will Shortz EEES (25D. Some shoes … and a feature of this puzzle’s theme), TREEEXPERTS (17A. Arborists); FREEENTERPRISE (24A. Capitalism); DONTSEEEYETOEYE (40A. Disagree); TENNESSEEERNIE (50A. Tuneful Ford); KLEEEXHIBIT (62A. Art show that might feature “Fish Magic”) are the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword. The crossword is holoalphabetic.
BESTIRRED (11D. Roused to action) and INGENERAL (34D. For the most part) are the other long entries, followed by those of mid-size -- ESCROW (1A. Third-party account); ETHANS (35A. Allen and Coen); EUGENE (68A. University of Oregon city); EXTENDS (26D. Renews, say); IHEARD (45A. “It has come to my attention …“; INDIGO (49D. Roy G. Biv part); JOSEPH (10D. Nativity figure); NESTLE (44A. Get cozy); OHARAS (31A. Margaret Mitchell family); REESES (4D. Big Cup maker); RECKON (47D. Think, colloquially); 27D. RHODES (71A. Rhodes); ROSELLE Park, N.J.; SELENA (14A. J. Lo title role). 
Five-letter down -- ADMIT (32. With 5-Down, ticket words); AGENT (7. 99 of “Get Smart,” e.g.); CLEAR (3. Find innocent); DRACO (23. Unmerciful Athenian lawgiver); ESSES (29. Some hook shapes); EWERS (52. Still-life pieces); EZINE (55. Slate or Salon); IMBED (54. Fix firmly: Var.); MORSE (8. “What hath God wrought” sender); MOSHE (33. Israel’s Dayan); SATYR (28. Libertine of myth); SERIF (2. Times Roman typeface featurer); SWEEP (51. Take three of three, say); 41. TRANS fats. Short stuff -- ADA and ADO, AES, AMAJ, AMI, ATT, BAA, BBQ, CRTS, DIAS, DMZS, DRS, EAU, EDT, ENS, ESC, ESTD, EWE, GOTO, HEE and HUH, LAI, LVI, MSGR, NIPS, NYT (38D. Adolph Ochs‘s newspaper: Abbr.), ONE, OVER, QUO, PEN, SAO, SEX, SOL, STES, TEAR, WAR, WAS and WAX, WWW, XER. ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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Remaining clues -- Across: 7. Key of Beethoven’s Seventh: Abbr.; 11. Smoked fare, for short; 15. Common command in Basic programming; 16. Evian water; 19. ___ Tome and Principe (equatorial land); 20. “Buenos ___!”; 21. U.S.N. junior officer: Abbr.; 22. Summer hours in Va.; 30. Cause for an R rating; 32. Jack Horner line ender; 39. Some touch screens, for short; 43. Roman Cath. Title; 45. O.R. figures; 48. My ___ Vietnam; 56. Key that might close a dialog box; 57. Letters in a U.R.L.; 58. Buffer areas, briefly; 60. Former cabinet department; 66. Nabokov novel; 67. Recovered from; 69. Costa del ___; 70. Beats by a hair. Down: 1. Town line sign abbr.; 5. See 32-Down; 6. Become full, as the moon; 9. Court V.I.P.: Abbr.; 12. Cote call; 13. Quid pro ___; 18. Compose, in a way; 36. Giggle bit; 38. Adolph Ochs’s newspaper: Abbr.; 42. Go like heck; 53. 12-Down producer; 59. Jeanne d’Arc et al.: Abbr.; 60. “Time ___ …” 61. Hubbub; 63. Mid first-century year; 64. Ballot marker; 65. “What the …?”.
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