10.05.09 -- MONEY

Monday, October 5, 2009

Puzzle by Mark Feldman, edited by Will Shortz

RIGHT ON THE MONEY (35A. Exactly … or where to find 17-, 25-, 43- and 57-Across?), WILLIAM MCKINLEY (17A. $500), JAMES MADISON (25A. $5,000), SALMON P CHASE (43A. $10,000), GROVER CLEVELAND (57A. $1,000) are the interrelated group of this Monday back-to-work crossword.

Seven- and eight-letter entries -- DATASET (23A. Collection of information in tabular form); MACARENA (38D. Dance craze of the ‘90s); MUSTSEE (47A. Not to be missed, as a TV show); PRORATED (52A. Divided in appropriate amounts); SLOUCHES (20A. Stoops); THICKSET (5D. Stocky).

Five- and six-letter -- AARGH (14A. Cry of exasperation); 11D. “ALLIS well” (“Don’t worry”); ANNOY (51A. Pester); ANTSY (65A. Nervous); ASKED (42A. Questioned); ASYET (13D. So far); CAMERA (6D. Kodak product); DITTO (29D. “Same for me”); ELATE (30A Gladden); MAGMA (47D. Molten volcanic material); NAFTA (62A. U.S./Mex./Can. Commerce pact); NAÏVE (21A. Not knowledgeable in the ways of the world); NOREST (45D. What the weary get, it’s said); SIEVE (12D. Kitchen utensil with a mesh); SNORE (49D Cause unrest?); STOVES (43D. Hotpoint products); TRAIT (1A. Brown eyes or curly hair); UNRIG (48D. Strip, as a ship).

Short stuff -- ACH, AGES, AHEM, ALAN, ALIA and ALIS, ALOE, ANKA, ARLO, ASHE and ASYE, BOAS, CASA, CEDE, CEES, COS, DDAY, DISH, DOC, EEK, ELMS, ENTS, ETH, GOT, HYDE, IGLU, INTO, ISH and ISNT, JERK, KAI, KER, MAGI, MIRE, NOME, OGLE, ORA, OSH, PLAN, PROV, RAIL, RBI, TAWS and TAFT (54D. President just before Wilson).

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Remaining clues -- Across: 6. Surrender; 10. House in Spain; 15. Salve ingredient; 16. Boxer Muhammad and family; 22. Prefix with plunk or plop; 31. Sort of: Suffix; 32. “___ du lieber!”; 40. China’s Chiang ___-shek; 41. Tricked; 50. “ … boy ___ girl?”; 60. Swampy ground; 61. Snakes that constrict; 63. Years and years; 64. Rodgers and Hart’s “___ It Romantic?” Down: 1. Fancy marbles; 2. Banister; 3. Singer Guthrie; 4. Ice house: Var.; 7. Majestic shade trees; 8. Only one of the Seven Dwarfs to wear glasses; 9. Hair-raising cry; 18. Sound before “Your, um, fly is open”; 19. Take ___ account; 23. Waiter’s serving; 24. Tennis’s Arthur; 25. Bozo; 26. Inter ___ (among other things); 27. Bearers of gold, frankincense and myrrh; 28. Biblical suffix; 32. Paul who sang “Diana”; 33. Middling grades; 34. Jekyll’s counterpart; 36. Undress with the eyes; 37. Alaskan city near the Arctic Circle; 39. ___ Kosh B’Gosh; 44. “___ sow, so shall …”; 46. Can. Division; 52. Bit of strategizing; 53. Shepard who walked on the moon; 55. Med. Specialists who might treat tonsillitis; 56. June 6, 1994; 58. Hitter’s stat; 59. “I Spy” co-star Bill, familiarly.