Charles Laughton as Inspector Javert in the 1935 film of Les Miserables ----------------- Friday, September 18, 2009 Puzzle by Charles E. Gersch, edited by Will Shortz HALF-CENTURY PUZZLEMAKERS' WEEK -- All the daily crosswords this week, Monday through Saturday, are by puzzlemakers who have been contributing to The Times for more than 50 years. Charles Gersch, of New York City, had his first crossword published on February 21, 1944, when he was 13, in the New York Herald Tribune. He made his Times debut in 1951. Three 15-letter entries beginning with IN are the main feature of this Friday crossword -- INSURANCE POLICY (16A. Something that may cover a house), INTENTIONAL WALK (35A. Pitcher’s ploy) and INSPECTOR JAVERT (55A. Literary character played in film by Charles Laughton, Anthony Perkins and Geoffrey Rush). Other entries of length include CHASTISES (1A. Whips); ESCAPES TO (59A. Reaches, as a sanctuary); FANTASTIC (22D. “Way to go, man!”); HAPPY TALK (14A. “South Pacific” song that asks “If you don’t have a dream, / How you gonna have a dream come true?”); ICE WATER (36D. Restaurant freebie); POLE VAULT (17D. Try to clear the bar); REENACTOR (61A. One seriously into Civil War history, maybe); SKELETON (9D. Natural history museum exhibit). Mid-size -- ADVERSE (41A. Not so good); FIDELIO (22A. Opera that includes the “Prisoners’ Chorus”); HASTEN (30A. Make tracks); ONEWAY (23D. Ticket request); OUTWAIT (44A. Stay longer than); PIERCE (43D. Pass through); SANKIN (7D. Registered); STEREO (24D. Disc holder); TEENAGE (26A. Adolescent); UGARTE (40A. “Casablanca” role). Five-letter -- 45D. Have ANOSE for (be perceptive to); 3D. Lhasa APSOS; ASTOR (48D. Place name in Manhattan); CHILE (1D. 1962 World Cup host); CREST (46D. Colgate rival); DIANE (52A. Chambers in a bar); ELCID (8D. Conqueror of Valencia in 1094); FEVER (58A. Bad thing to run); HANES (2D. Hosiery brand); KILOS (19A. British “pounds”); LEONE (18A. West African currency); 47D. PORTO-Novo (capital of Benin); RADIO (15A. Slice of a media ad budget); 15D. “Cracklin’ ROSIE” (Neil Diamond hit); RUDER (42D. Not so delicate); TAROS (53A. Some Polynesian plants). Short stuff -- ACT, ALAR, ANOD, AVEC, CPA, EDIT, ELAL, ELKE, ESPN, ESS, FIFE, FOR, GALT, GOT and GOV, HIYA, ITA, JAN, LGA, ONES, PEN, PLAY, RICH, RSVP, SPUN, STAN, STUV, TAPA, TEN, THO, TYRE, VAL, VERY, YOYO, “YOUR turn”. ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
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Remaining clues -- Across: 10. Truly; 20. Poetic conjunction; 21. Count concluder?; 33. E-mail address ender; 34. Its maiden flight carried its country’s president home; 39. See 43-Across; 43. With 39-Across, pretend; 46. Column producer, for short; 49. Gift tag word; 60. “Friday Night Fights” presenter. Down: 4. Like cotton candy; 5. Ancient city whose name means “rock”; 6. “Isn’t ___ Shame?” (1934 hit song); 10. ___-d’Oise (French department); 11. Mark up, perhaps; 12. Sumptuous; 13. Unstable type; 25. See 50-Down; 27. Bygone spray; 28. Ayn Rand hero; 29. Actress Sommer; 30. “How de do”; 31. Give ___ to (O.K.); 32. Alphabet quartet; 33. Tricked; 37. Letters on some luggage to N.Y.C.; 49. “The Spirit of ‘76” instrument; 50. Change for a 25-Down, maybe; 51. Accept or decline; 53. Spanish morsel; 54. French preposition; 56. Script; 57. One of the Bradys on “The Brady Bunch”.
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