05.19.10 — Trivia and Trash

Jordan Ramos setting the record for the Furthest Trampoline Slam Dunk on Guinness World Records Smashed - an incredible 7 metres!

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Puzzle by Robert A. Doll, edited by Will Shortz

HEAVIEST PUMPKIN (17A. 2010 Guinness world record at 1,689 lbs.), LONGEST MUSTACHE (29A. 2010 Guinness world record at 11 ft. 6 in.), LARGEST MEATBALL (39A. 2010 Guinness world record at 72 lbs. 9 oz.) and HIGHEST HIGH DIVE (57A. 2010 Guinness world record at 115 ft.), which actually seems to be 172 feet, are the interrelated group of this slam-dunk Wednesday crossword. 

Other — DEMERIT (10D. Class clown’s “reward,“ often), ESTEEMS (41D. Values), OMERTA (46A. Mario Puzo best seller), TRADES (24A. Stockbrokers’ orders), TRASHED (42D. Seriously bad-mouthed) and TRIESTE (5D. Adriatic port).

Five-letter — AEONS, ASANA, ASTOR, BAKED, CARTE, COTTA, DAUNT, DIANE, EBERT, ENOTE, ERECT, ERGOT, EXCEL, GARTH, MAGOO (61A. Mr. who squints), MAINE, MOLES, NOHOW, NOLAN, OCHER, OCTAD, OLIOS, ONICE, ORSON, PANTS, PRADA, ROILS and ROYCE, SASHA, SLEWS, TESSA.

Short stuff — ACU, ANA, ANG and ARG, ASEA, ASHE, BON and BONA, BOP, CHAI, DAHL, DELE, DXI, EELS, ELAL, ENA and ENO, ENGR, HIE, HILL, LAH, LEG, NOV, MOM (32A. May honoree), MTGE, OVEN, REID, RET, RICA, ROD, SAL, TETE, TYPE, UTAH.

This one’s a winner!…

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Intimidate; 6. Group of eight; 11. Jazz style; 14. Mary of “The Maltese Falcon”; 15. Rose ___, group with the 1977 #1 hit “Car Wash”; 16. Bibliophile’s suffix; 20. “Well, ___-di-dah!”; 21. Cybermemo; 22. Put up; 23. Yoga posture; 24. Stockbrokers’ orders; 28. Successor to Frist as Senate majority leader; 36. Director Lee; 37. Time on end; 38. Shake a leg; 44. Court legend; 45. Stirs up; 49. Actor Lloyd; 52. Restaurant reading; 53. Yard menaces; 54. Staff’s partner; 60. Roxy Music co-founder; 62. Stand out; 63. Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr.; 64. A whole bunch; 65. “Navy Blue” singer Renay. DOWN: 1. Willy Wonka’s creator; 2. Where whalers go; 3. Home of the city Bountiful; 4. Topaz mo.; 6. Director Welles; 7. Terra ___; 8. Font contents; 9. Prefix with puncture; 11. Lay in the hot sun; 12. Standing by; 13. What suspenders suspend; 18. Disney deer; 19. Gucci rival; 23. 1978 World Cup winner: Abbr.; 24. “The Gondoliers” girl; 25. Mideast carrier; 26. ___ fides; 27. Mech. Expert; 28. Mysterious character; 30. “I am … ___ Fierce,” #1 Beyonce album; 31. Place for un beret; 33. Indian spiced tea; 34. Challenge for Jack and Jill; 35. Snaky swimmers; 40. Country crooner Brooks; 43. “___ appetit!”; 46. Orangish yellow; 47. Northern terminus of U.S. 1; 48. Grain disease; 49. At all, in dialect; 50. Mishmashes; 51. Part of an itinerary; 53. Homeowner’s debt: Abbr.; 54. Costa ___; 55. It’s often operated with a dial; 56. Strike out; 58. Erie Canal mule; 59. 511, to Caesar.