Saturday, October 3, 2009 Puzzle by Doug Peterson, edited by Will Shortz OLD GROWTH FOREST (17A. Much of Redwood National Park) and BEE IN ONES BONNET (51A. Fixation) are the long entries of this Saturday crossword followed by two of nine letters, HORSE SHOW (18D. Occasion for judging jumping) and LEE MARVIN (24D. Best Actor of 1965). Eight-letter entries include AGE LIMIT (12D. 19, for N.B.A. players); AMORALLY (6D. How a psychopath behaves); ANTI-SKID (14D. Like some brakes); FUNNY MAN (15A. Stand-up guy); GREAT APE (1A. Cousin of ours); NOSE CONE (13D. Payload holder); NOT SO BAD (35D. O.K.); OVER HERE (32D. Cry for attention); PINCHERS (33D. Tight shoes, e.g.); REAR TIRE (55A. It’s near a bicycle’s derailleur); SIDE SPIN (57A. Result of a slice serve); TAPAS BAR (31D. Where to get croquetas).
Six- and seven-letter -- ARROYO (54A. Wash); ASHORE (37A. Out of the main); CATNIP (41D. Pet shop stock); DELETE (29A. Zap); EFFETE (9D. Worn out); ENDING (3D. You may get annoyed if it’s given away); ENTREAT (8D. Press); ESPANA (9A. Rey Juan Carlos’s home); FLAGON (16A. It holds its liquor); G FORCE (1D. It keeps you grounded); MAROON (40D. Strand); MR MOTO (40A. Secret agent created by a 1938 Pulitzer winner); ODETTE (49A. Von Rothbart turned her into a swan); ONE TEN (43D. 50 before two); PETER I (42D. Leader called “the Great”); PLEASE (27A. When repeated, start of a Beatles title); REISER (19A. He wrote the best sellers “Couplehood” and “Babyhood”); RESCAN (56A. Potential checkout correction); RULE ON (2D. Decide); SMOKERS (38D. They may create rings); SNORTED (34A. Responded contemptuously); TOPONYM (31A. Sandwich, Edam or Champagne). Five -- ALERT (23A. Not out of it); ANGST (4D. Existential topic for Heidegger); AVILA (36A. Site of Prince Don Juan’s tomb); AVOWS (45A. Is frank about); BARRE (25D. City near Montpelier); CENTS (46D. Price part); DOLTS (29D. Pinheads); TRINI (30A. Actress Alvarado). Short stuff -- AMOK, ARCS, BICS, CAEN, CONT, CPO, DOLT, DORE, ENG, ENYA, ERIK, IOC, LEI, PAR and PAW, PENA and PENT, ROEG, SEI, SHH, SLOG, TORO, TYRE. ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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Remaining cues -- Across: 20. “Walkabout” director Nicolas; 21. Souvenir that’s strung; 22. End-of-page abbr.; 25. Alternatives to Zippos; 26. Sandwich site: Abbr.; 28. Wild; 39. Shut up; 41. Navy fig.; 44. Doesn’t go straight; 46. Setting of William the Conqueror’s castle; 47. It’ll shut you up; 48. Finnish compose Bergman. Down: 5. Home to a Shakespearean prince; 7. Its nails are surrounded by hair; 10. Tramp; 11. 3, 4 or 5, but rarely 6; 276. Elizabeth of “Lone Star,” 1996; 30. Source of a body piercing?;; 48. “And Winter Came …” artist; 50. Illustrator of Cervantes’s “Don Quixote”; 52. Its rings are familiar worldwide: Abbr.; 53. Number of legs on un insetto.
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