“Solomon” by Gustave Dore -- 2Ch 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, … Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee…
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Puzzle by Julian Lim, edited by Will Shortz
Y gets a workout in this wise Wednesday crossword -- ALL-WISE (38A. Like King Solomon … or an oral hint to 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 29-Down) double-clues FLY SPRYLY BY (17A. Race energetically past?), PYGMY RHYTHM (62A. Native African’s musical beat?), GYPSY CRYPT (11D. Where an old wanderer is interred?) and SYNC TRYSTS (29D. What Romeo and Juliet had to do?), but not the solo SYZYGY (49D. Alignment of celestial bodies), left dangling in triumph as the Y’s-est of all.
What else… FRAIDY CAT (30A. Yellow one) and LOTTERIES (47A. Games involving picks) followed by three seven-letter entries, APPLY TO (46D. Try for a job at), NESTS IN (4D. Occupies, as bushes or trees) and TRAWLER (24D. Fishing boat).
Quite a few six-letter entries -- ADAPTS (45A. Adjusts to one’s situation), ARTIER (36A. More bohemian), BUY OFF (6D. Bribe), CASUAL (43A. Nonchalant), DRY MOP (52A. Dust collector), HAYNES (33A. Todd who directed “I’m Not There,“ 2007), LESAGE (47D. “Gil Blas” novelist), OBTAIN (48D. Secure), SERENA (12D. Sister of Venus), SHIFTS (23A. Keys on the side of a keyboard), STYMIE (55A. Stonewall, say), TATTOO (20A. It sometimes depicts a dragon or tiger), TEASES (21A. Rides), TWO SET (13D. Like some short tennis matches) and ZIPLOC (58A. Popular sandwich bag).
Five-letter -- AMEND (1A. Add a new article to, maybe), BEADS (6A. Sweat units); 68A. “With this ring I THEE wed”; DEPTH (5D. Sonar’s measurement), OPHIR (54D. Biblical land with “ivory and apes and peacocks”), ORANG (67A. Banana-loving zoo critter), RENEE (14A. Zellweger of “Leatherheads”), ROOFS (71A. They might get shingles), SEPOY (70A. Native of India in the British army), UNMET (15A. Not yet reached).
Short stuff -- AAS and ASS, AMY, ARF, ASYE, ATOM, CHE and CHEF, COSI, DEBT, DIED, EASE, EBRO, ENL and ENS, ENYA, ERN, ETA, EYRE, GAP, GIT and GST, IPOS, ITSA, LAID, MELT, MES, MIR, MNO, OAR, OTHO, PRO, PTAS, ROI, SARI, SLUR, STYE and SYNE, YEA and YEW.
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Remaining clues -- ACROSS: 11. Prime meridian std.; 16. Evergreen tree; 19. What an athlete may turn; 26. Last word of a January 1 song; 27. Mozart’s “___ Fan Tutte”; 37. East ender?; 40. “___, verily”; 50. Sch. Groups; 51. River to the Mediterranean; 61. Smoke detector batteries, often; 66. “I said … out!”; 69. Banana-loving zoo critter. DOWN: 1. Thin bark?; 2. Soften; 3. Grammy winner for “Amarantine”; 7. Photo blowup: Abbr.; 8. Singer Winehouse; 9. Red ink; 10. Eyelid annoyance; 18. Louis XIV, e.g.; 22. “ … so long ___ both shall live?”; 25. Garment in Gujarat; 27. 2008 title role for Benicio Del Toro; 28. Trireme propeller; 31. “___ date!”; 32. Went kaput; 34. Luxury; 35. Arc on a music score; 39. Made, as a wager; 41. Sorority letter; 42. Blockhead; 44. Tiny bit; 53. Former space station; 56. Debuts on Wall St.; 57. Rochester’s love; 59. Roman emperor after Galba; 60. Contestant on a Bravo reality show; 63. Breach; 64. 6 on a phone; 65. Enero, por ejemplo.
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