Monday, November 16, 2009 Puzzle by James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson, edited by Will Shortz COCK AND BULL (17A. Like a story that can’t be believed), SHOCK AND AWE (27A. Military strategy during the 2003 invasion of Iraq), ROCK AND ROLL (45A. Subject of a 1950s “revolution”) and LOCK AND LOAD (61A. Prepare to use a rifle) are the interrelated group of this Monday crossword. BLACKLIST (34D. Secretly ban from employment) and LIFESAVER (11D. Candy with a hole in the middle) are the other long entries, followed by two of seven letters, FICTION (50A. Novels, e.g.) and YES DEAR (24A. Spouse’s servile words). Six-letter -- ANALOG (46D. Like a clock with hands); BASKET (35D. Score after dribbling, say); LADIDA (23D. “Well, look at you!”); NELSON (10D. Mandela of South Africa); OF LATE (47D. Recently); OLD PRO (6D. Veteran). Five -- ANDES (69A. Much of Chile); AS ONE (2D. Together); BIKED (4D. Rode a Schwinn, e.g.); CLEAR (28D. Cloudless); GIMME (68A. One-footer, say, in golf); I FOLD (52D. “Too rich for my blood”); 32A. JABBA the Hutt (“Star Wars” villain); 1A. LAMBS wool (soft material); LEASE (15A. Rent); LUCKY (1D. Like a rabbit’s foot or four-leaf clover); MACES (3D. Spiked clubs); NODES (54D. Junctures); NOLTE (66A. Golden Globe winner Nick); ORATE (53D. Give a grand speech); ORBIT (65A. Spacecraft’s path); ORGAN (6A. Heart or kidney); PREXY (39A. Veep’s superior); SLEEK (22A. Streamlined); TALON (51D. Eagle’s grasper); TARDY (44A. Late); U S AIR (14A. Delta alternative, once); YALTA (55A. 1945 conference site). Short stuff -- AAA, AFRO, ALEX, ALI, ALTO, ASL, BABY, BOAS, DARK, DEEP, DNA, ELLA, ESA, ESPY, ETAS, EXT, FUR, GAUL, ICBM (57D. Long-range weapon, for short), IRA, ISLE, IVES, JEER, KENT, KIX, KNEE, LES, LIB, LIEN, LTD, NOAH, OPAL, ORI, PANT, RAD, REBA, SKIM, SRA, TLC, TRUE, WEED, YALE. ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
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Remaining clues -- Across: 11. Inc., in England; 16. Lyricist Gershwin; 19. Mink or ermine; 20. It’s just below the thigh; 21. Fall birthstone; 26. Fancy items worn around the neck; 36. Ad-_)__; 37. Currier’s partner in lithography; 38. Jazzy Fitzgerald; 41. Profound; 42. Greek H’s; 43. Battery for a camera or phone; 49. Classic cigarette brand; 57. Skye, e.g.; 59. Hairstyle that may have a comb stuck in it; 60. Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Century; 64. “___ Miz”; 67. Abbr. after a phone no. Down: 5. Mrs., in Madrid; 7. Singer McEntire; 8. France before it was France; 9. “Talking” done with the hands: Abbr.; 12. T on a test; 13. Gloomy; 18. Ark builder; 25. Spanish “that”; 26. Newborn; 29. Spherical cereal; 30. Marijuana, slangily; 31. Glimpse; 32. Give a Bronx cheer; 33. Midrange voice type; 39. Huff and puff; 40. “Gnarly!”; 44. Special attention for a patient, in brief; 48. Property claim; 55. Where the Clintons got law degrees; 56. Trebek who says “And the answer is …”; 58. 0% fat, say; 62. “ … ___ quit!”; 63. Code of life.
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