"See Saw Margery Daw", ca 1920 by Jennie Harbour ----------------- Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- Mexican Independence Day
Puzzle by Maura B. Jacobson, 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. Maura Jacobson, of Hartsdale, N.Y., published her first crossword in the Sunday Times on March 6, 1955. Her popular weekly series of puzzles for New York magazine began in 1978. TWO FOR THE SEESAW (64A. 1962 Robert Mitchum/Shirley MacLaine film … or the outcome of 17- and 40-Across?); TWENTY-ONE SWINGS (17A. Playground situation #1) and TWENTY-THREE KIDS (40A. Playground situation #2) comprise the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword. See SEESAW. Other entries of length include DAY BY DAY (5D. How diaries are written); ENTRUSTS (42D. Gives over for safekeeping); IN THE U S A (21A. Where Springsteen was born); SINATRAS (55A. Ol’ Blue Eyes’ family). Six-letter -- A TEAMS (46A. First-string athletic groups); IN A TUB (20A. Place for three men of verse); ON TIME (30A. As per schedule); TOMATO (41D. Marinara sauce ingredient); UNWISE (60A. Rash, perhaps); WHENCE (19D. From what place). Five -- AGORA (14A. Athenian marketplace); 27D. Coeur d’ALENE, Idaho; AORTA (23D. Circulation line); ARENA (8D. Boxing venue); ASTRO (15D. The Jetsons’ dog); COCOA (39A. Drink you stir); DWEEB (54D. Hardly Mr. Cool); EASEL (34D. Aid in show-and-tell); ICILY (32D. How you might respond to an offensive remark); INTRA (25D. Part of IUD); LATEX (52D. Glove material); MAHER (29D. Bill who said of his TV monologues “It’s all been satirized for your protection”); MODES (33D. Styles); SORRY (47D. “Apologies!”); RINGO (43A. Fab Four member); TANTE (4D. Oncle’s spouse); TO WIT (26D. Namely); TROOP (38D. Scout unit); YEAST (67A. You can get a rise out of it). Short stuff -- AEON, AFAR, ALIT, AMEN, AMIE, ANTI, AOL, ARAT, ARE, BOAR, DELA, EDOM, EGGS, EGO, ELEE, ENYA, ESA, ETRE, EWER, HONE, IDEA, INGA, ISTO, ITA, IWIN, LAWN, LIMA, LONI, MEGA, MENU, NADA and NASA, NOLI, NOME, ONER, PROD, ROTH, SARA, SHAM, STLO, TOKE, TUNE, XMAS, YSL. See Saw Margery Daw, / Jacky shall have a new master; / Jacky shall earn but a penny a day, / Because he can't work any faster.
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Dismounted; 5. Designer Oscar ___ Renta; 9. Last word in the Bible; 13. Zippo; 16. Big, big, big: Prefix; 22. “Orinoco Flow” singer, 1989; 24. “Right you ___!”; 25. Give ___ go; 28. Land of Esau’s descendants; 44. Long, long time; 45. “Waiting for the Robert ___”; 48. “Portnoy’s Complaint” author; 50. High-fashion inits.; 51. Internet access co.; 53. Goad; 66. Vegetable on a vine; 68. French 101 verb; 69. There’s nothing like it; 70. December ad word; 71. Wild hog. Down: 1. Voting no; 2. Croquet locale; 3. Mental flash; 6. Self-image; 7. Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati”; 9. Femme friend; 10. Restaurant reading; 11. Coop finds; 12. Rocketeer’s org.; 18. Whistler’s whistle; 31. Hit, of a sort; 36. Swenson of “Benson”; 49. Sharpen; 55. Battle town of 1944; 56. “Heads ___, tails …”; 57. Gold rush locale of 1898-99; 58. Some distance away; 59. Fake; 61. Words in a ratio; 62. Poet Teasdale; 63. Washstand vessel; 65. That, to Juanita.
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