Monday, November 9, 2009 Puzzle by Lynn Lempel, edited by Will Shortz COUGH DROP (18A. Throat soother), NIGHTFALL (23A Time just after sunset), KITCHEN SINK (36A. Where dishes may pile up), SKINNY DIP (51A. Go in without a suit) and THINK TANK (57A. Problem-solving research institute) are the interrelated group of this friendly Monday crossword. GIRL TALK (11D. Chitchat at a sweet sixteen sleepover) and KING-SIZE (36D. Really big, as a mattress) are the sole eight-letter entries. Those of seven letters are AFRICAN (21D. From Niger or Nigeria), LEOTARD (12D. Ballerina’s tight-fitting attire), MENTHOL (40D. 18-across ingredient), SENIORS (29A. 12th graders), SUSPEND (31D. Discontinue for now) and WEASELS (45A. Sneaky types). Six -- ATHENS (1D. Parthenon’s site), EDIBLE (46D. Fit for consumption), ENSIGN (3D. Junior naval officer), GOALIE (2D. Only soccer player who can throw the ball), LINENS (47D. White sale items), SPARES (48D. Bowling scores inferior to strikes) and WINKED (4D. Sent an eye signal).
Five -- AGENT (1A. Actor’s representative), AMBER (59A. Shade of yellow), ANGLO (49A. Latino’s Yankee buddy), ANTSY (35D. Restless), ATILT (22A. Slanted) and ATOLL (7D. Ring-shaped island), HASTY (17A. Rushed, as a decision), HIT-IT (24d. Bandleader’s “Let’s go!“), KANGA (52D. Roo’s mom in “Winnie-the-Pooh”), LANES (50D. Places to make 48-Down), METAL (27A. Almost any element whose name ends in -ium), MILNE (63A. “Winnie-the-Pooh” writer), OLDIE (10D. Radio blast from the past), PRESS (66A. Newspapers collectively), TONER (14A. Copy machine powder), TSARS (53A. Rulers until 1917).
Short stuff -- AAA, ADO, ALDA, AND, AMP, AOL, ARE, CAST, CNN, CORK, EDGE, ELI, EMIT, EPA, ESL and ESP, HANS, HTML, INA, IVAN, LEA and LEAN, LIES, NET, MIR, OGLE and OLES, OOZE (61A. Slime), OTTO, PEN, PVT, STET, STU, TAU and TEA, TOAD and TOGA and TORT, TOO, TRI and TRY. ----------------- For today’s cartoons, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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Remaining clues -- Across: 6. Group of actors; 10. Eye desirously; 1`5. German king who became an early Holy Roman Emperor; 16. Whoppers; 20. Gin-touting Whitney; 21. I.M. provider; 30. Class for U.S. citizens-to-be; 32. “___ you kidding?!”; 33. Three: Prefix; 34. Letter after sigma; 35. Alan who directed and starred in “Betsy’s Wedding”; 39. Give off; 41. Motorists’ org.; 42. Lowest-ranking G.I.; 43. Paper Mate product; 44. “Larry King Live” channel; 55. “What’s more …”; 56. All ___ day’s work; 62. Boundary; 64. Cheers for the matador; 65. Warty hopper. Down: 4. Kind of profit or loss; 5. Take a stab at; 8. Disco guy on “The Simpsons”; 13. Meeting of minds, for short?; 19. WWW letters; 25. Wrongful act; 26. Low in fat; 28. “Back to the Future” actress Thompson; 34. Black or green drink; 37. Brinker with storied skates; 38. Nobelist Pavlov; 39. Clean Air Act org.; 44. It’s popped on New Year’s Eve; 54. “Do not change,” to an editor; 57. Likewise; 58. Hustle and bustle; 59. Measure o electric current; 60. Onetime space station.
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