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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Puzzle by Caleb Madison and the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged Crossword Class, edited by Will Shortz
In this mischievous Thursday crossword, five movie titles get a COMMERCIAL BREAK (61A. TV movie interruption … or feature of 16-, 21-, 31-, 43- and 49-Across?) to humorous effect -- ADDRESSED TO KILL (16A. Like a poison pen letter?); SPACE BALLADS (21A. “Fly Me to the Moon” and others?); RADIO BRAVO (31A. Ham operator’s “Hurrah!”?); TOADY STORY (43A. Yes-man’s biography?); BEST IN SHADOW (49A. Like a superlatively sneaky sleuth?).
Eight-letter entries -- SIDE WITH (14A. Be for, in an argument), STAR DATE (67A. Time on the Enterprise), TEXAS TEA (69A. Black gold), THAT’S HOT (1A. Paris Hilton catchphrase).
Five- and six-letter -- ARBORS, BYCAR, CURIO, EATIT, ELIZA, EMORY, HEIST, INLET, ITALIA, ITSAGO, LOFAT, ODETS, OTOOLE, RISERS, RYANS, SALES, SAMBA, TENORS, TERMS, THEME, TILED, UCONN, VODKA, WARDS.
Short stuff -- ADDA, ABA and AMB, ANTI, ATE, ATOM, BRA and BRUT, DAK, DEB, DIRRE, EMU, ERE, ESSO, FADS, GEO, HIDE, HIS, IBO, IDEA, IDOL, KTS, LAX, MACE, MESO, MEX, NEAT, OTS, PEON, REAM, SIC, SOIE, STYX, SWE, TATE, TELL, TSAR, YMA, YTD, ZEE.
Puzzle available on the internet at
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Remaining clues -- ACROSS: 9. “The Country Girl” playwright; 15. Nazione di Napoli; 18. “The Office” unit; 19. Prefix with -zoic; 20. End of a quiz?; 26. Abbr. on every original Beatles song; 29. South Australia’s ___ Bay; 30. Prefix with political; 35. They come and go; 39. Huskies’ home; 40. Writer Chinua Achebe, by birth; 41. Suffer ignominy; 42. “Do ___!”; 45. Not there, to 11-Down; 47. Gold stds.; 48. Host of the 1970 and 1986 World Cup: Abbr.; 55. Sumac from Peru; 56. Silk: Fr.; 57. Not having gone pro?; 66. Garden structures; 68. “___ Hope,” long-running ABC soap. DOWN: 1. Ukase issuer; 2. Obscure; 3. Recipe direction starter; 4. Contract fine print; 5. Host of the 1912 Olympics: Abbr.; 6. Bill Haley and ___ Comets; 7. They may follow last periods, for short; 8. This puzzle’s is revealed at 61-Across); 9. He played Lord Jim in “Lord Jim”; 10. ___ Terr., 1861-89; 11. Henry’s pupil; 12. Put on, as a roof, maybe; 13 ___ slip; 15. “We’re on”; 17. Miss out?; 22. Drudge; 23. U.N. figure: Abbr.; 24. Tchotchke; 25. Like some yogurt, informally; 26. Faberge cologne; 27. It might come with the mail; 28. Kelly Clarkson, once; 32. Sound, say; 33. Litigators’ grp.; 34. Ingredient in a salty dog; 36. Volume 1 of a two-volume encyclopedia?; 37. Not just serious; 38. Hit 1970s-’90s band with a mythological name; 41. “Happy Motoring” sloganeer; 43. The Three ___; 44. Pay stub abbr.; 46. Stage equipment; 49. One way to go; 50. American university where Desmond Tutu taught theology; 51. Bossa nova kin; 52. [That’s what it says]; 53. Job in “Ocean’s Eleven”; 54. Little Orphan Annie and others; 58. Swell; 59. Thames gallery; 60. Retail giant from 5-Down; 62. Jamaican fellow; 63. Ingested; 64. Loose; 65. Supporter, of sorts.
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