01.05.10 -- Seeing RED

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Puzzle by C. W. Stewart, edited by Will Shortz

SEE RED (25A. With 46-Across, be angry … or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues), along with STORE DETECTIVES (17A. *Antishoplifting force), SNARE DRUMS (26A. *Marching band percussion), OUTER EDGES (44A. *Rims), TEACHER EDITIONS (57A. * Textbooks for instructors), FIRE DRILLS (4D. *School evacuation exercises) and DARE DEVILS (30D. *Evel and Robbie Knievel, for two) are the interrelated group of this turbulent Tuesday crossword.

Can a crossword be more fiery or emotional? Check it out -- AT IT (48D. Engaged in a 38-Down), FEUD (38D. Hatfield/McCoy affair), FOE (5D. A McCoy, to a Hatfield) and FOG (38A. State of confusion), EVILS (37A. Satan’s doings), BLED (39D. Ran in the wash), CLENCH (42A. Hold tight), RACIEST (9D. Most risqué), ROT (58D. Pure baloney), SCOFF (1A. Pooh-pooh, with “at”), SKID (10D. Losing streak), SMUG (25D. Full of oneself), SNAG (55D. Hang-up), SORE (61A. In a snit), ITCH (60A. Nagging desire), WARILY (34A. In a cautious way). All that and DR NO (23A. Early James Bond foe) and a UBOAT (29D. W.W. II sea menace)… well, wow!

On a calmer note -- AFLOAT (48A. Financially solvent), ALLAH (62A. Subject of much Mideast praise), ANKHS (33D. Hippies’ crosses), ARIAL (28D. Popular typeface), AUDIO (14A. TV signal component), BRINK (39A. Verge), CROCI (42D. Spring bloomers), DANDY (18D. Foppish dresser), ELIDED (45D. Said “bos’n” for “boatswain,” e.g.), IODINE (22A. Antiseptic element), MINCE (32D. Cut into tiny bits), NAVEL (27D. Orange feature), OSAGE (65A. Missouri Indian), POETESS (41D. Anne Bradstreet, for one), SWEDE (26D. Nobel or Celsius), 6D. “Key Largo” Oscar winner Claire TREVOR, USING (31D. Taking habitually).

Short stuff -- ASHE and SASH, ASIN, ATE and AVE, BITE and BUT, CUTE, DEAL, DUMA, ELLS, FETE, HERE, IOLA, KEPI, LACE, LEVI, LODE, OCHS, ODOR, OPEN, PEA, PERU, PIC, RAH, RELS, RITA, SLOW, STUD, TAO and TOE, TBAR, TEES, VISA, WISE.

How about a little anger management HERE! 

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Remaining clues --- ACROSS: 6. Way up a ski slope; 10. School zone warning; 15. Beatles meter maid; 16. Topper for Charles de Gaulle; 20. Roll-call call; 21. D.C.’s Pennsylvania, e.g.; 30. Lower chamber of Russia’s parliament; 35. Excuse maker’s word; 36. X ___ xylophone; 40. Word with a handshake; 41. Shell game spheroid; 43. Some annexes; 47. Prospector’s strike; 52. E-mail attachment, for short; 53. MasterCard alternative; 63. Pigskin supports; 64. Manly man. DOWN: 1. Window part; 2. Just adorable; 3. ___-Eaters (shoe inserts); 7. Orthodontist’s concern; 8. Wolfed down; 11. Jeans maker ___ Strauss; 12. Ready for business; 13. Like an oracle; 19. Tip of a wingtip 24. Reunion group: Abbr.; 46. When repeated, gung-ho; 49. Big bash; 50. Add a kick to; 51. Phil who sang Draft Dodger Rag”; 52. Chile’s northern neighbor; 54. Seat of Allen County, Kan.; 56. 1975 Wimbledon winner; 59. “___ Te Ching”.