04.21.10 — Parking

Cars parked diagonally along parking meters, Omaha, Nebraska. Alternative title: cars and parking meters. Photograph by John Vachon while on assignment for the Farm Security Administration, November 1938 — Library of Congress

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Puzzle by Peter A. Collins, edited by Will Shortz

DIAGONAL PARKING (40A. Easy way of pulling in … and a hint to the six circled words), FORD, DODGE, FIAT, AUDI, LEXUS and SAAB, are the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

Other — BLUE STAR (29A. Rigel or Spica), IRREGULAR (3D. Asymmetric), PASTAS and SALAD (51D. Olive Garden dishes; 52D. Garden dish), PEE DEE (4D. River with its source in the Appalachians), RON REAGAN (6D. Liberal pundit with a conservative father), SCOOPERS (49A. Items for urban dog-walkers), SANDALS (52A. Toga go-withs), SEALERS (27A. Driveway applications), SPACES OUT (35D. Visits la-la land), TIMESHARE (37D. Vacation plan).

Five-letter — ARULE, DOLLS (14A. Voodoo accessories), ENDUP, ENRON and EXXON, EZRAS, FLEER, GEESE, 60A. “I SHOT the Sheriff” (Eric Clapton hit), MOTTS, NERDS, ONAIR and ONTAP, PEELS, PLUGS, REVUE RILES, RINSE, SATYR, SEXED, SPIES, WEEDS, YETIS.

Short stuff — ALDO, ANAT, AOL, ARAM, ARE, ATF, ATOZ, BADE, DDE, DESI, DINO, DITS, DROP, EGIS and REGIS, FDA, FLIP, FLOW, FROM, GOAD, INOR, KOI, LEEK and LURK, LOGE and LORE, LOIN, LXVI, MOT (46A. Word for word?), NEAT, NES, OGRE, OLDE, OMAR, ORI, SERB, SES, SGTS, SIT, STE and STEN, TAMO, TOMB.

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