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Replica of a 32-point compass rose from a chart by Jorge de Aguiar (1492), the oldest personally signed and dated Portuguese nautical chart ----------------- Thursday, October 1, 2009 Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer & Rebecca Young, edited by Will Shortz COMPASS ROSE (18A. With 55-Across, direction indicator), ELOP HTRON (6D. Toymaking center?), SOUTH PARK (33D. Long-running TV series set in Colorado), TNIOP TSEW (27A. Its motto is “Duty, Honor, Country”) and EAST ENDER (45A. Cockney, e.g.) are the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.
Mid-size entries include A A MILNE (56A. “Mr. Pim Passes By” playwright); ABC NEWS (8D. “Nightline” presenter); ACTED UP (8A. Raised Cain); CATALOG (17A. Something made to order?); 31A. “The COLBERT Report”; ELEANOR (60A. “The Lion in Winter” queen); IN A PILE (15A Heaped together); LEG REST (7D. Recliner feature); MELROSE (54A. Place name popular in the 1990s); PETER PAN (51A. Story that begins “All children, except one, grow up”); PRICIER (61A. Like penthouse suites vis-à-vis other apartments, typically); SADNESS (62A Melancholy); SATCHEL (1A. Paper carrier); SKEETER (63A. Picnic pest, informally); SOPRANOS (19A. Women who get high?); T-STRAPS (41D. Features of some sandals); TUNED IN (41A. Hip to). Six-letter -- DIAPER (12D. Something needed for a change); HASTEN (26D. Get the lead out); O’BRIEN (28D. Pat of “Knute Rockne All American”); OUT-ATE (35A. Defeated, as at a Nathan’s hot dog contest); PAMELA (43D. Bobby’s wife of “Dallas”); PESTER (14D. Nag); RIFLED (44D. Ransacked); SBARRO (34A. Fast-food chain whose logo features a modified Italian flag); SLIMES (42D. Slanders really badly); TEETER (40D. Could fall either way); UNSURE (13D. Dubious). Five -- BERTH (48A. Ship’s resting place); BESOS (48D. Spanish kisses); CROON (9D. Sing like Andy Williams or Russ Columbo); HELEN (25A. Euripides play or its heroine); PARER (30A. Apple gadget); PER SE (29D. As such); PRUNE (30D. Trim, as a topiary); SPREE (42A. Jag). Short stuff -- ADDS, ALE, AMIE, ANA, ARE, CPAS, EKG, EMP, ENRY, ERR, ETCS, GILA, HERE, HILO, IMF, ISNT, KNOB, LAIN, LIT, NEE, NICE, PONE, PUT, RAN, SAY, SIC, SSRS, TAT, TIEA, TOMS. -------------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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Remaining clues -- Across: 21. Lay; 22. Med. Readout; 26. “Catch!”; 32. Cold war grp.; 39. “___ It Time” (1977 hit); 47. Been abed; 49. “I have an idea ..”; 50. Global finance org. Down: 1. Attack signal; 2. Santa ___; 3. Bit of art on a chest, in slang; 4. Balancing pros; 5. Hawaii county seat; 10. ___ River, N.J.; 11. Titus or Tiberius: Abbr.; 20. It may be red or brown; 22. Series conclusions: Abbr.; 23. Remote ancestor?; 24. Arizona’s ___ Mountains; 36. Puts on; 37. How to ___ knot (Boy Scout’s lesson); 38. One of eight English kings, to a 45-Across) 51. Soul food side dish; 52. Le Havre honey; 53. “Well done!”; 55. Split; 57. Pie-eyed; 58. Name tag?; 59. Give all for one or one for all, e.g.?
Note: The newspaper copy of the crossword has the clue for 18-Across as "With 55-Across, direction indicator (and what to draw in the center of this puzzle)" -- however, a glyph of a compass rose is already printed in the square, so one's drawing skills are not needed.
ReplyDeleteThe three electronic versions all vary from the newspaper and each other, including the missing 55A clue, a shorter clue for 18-Across and the lack of an empty space in the center.