Romeo and Juliet, 1870, Ford Madox Brown
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Puzzle by Joe Krozel, edited by Will Shortz
Four phrases with two letter/word words, V-EIGHT T-BIRD (20A. Sporty, powerful auto), R-RATED B-MOVIE (26A. Racy, low-budget film), V-NECK T-SHIRTS (47A. Undergarments that show a little of the chest) and IPHONE E-MAIL (58A. Messages on an Apple device) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.
Other — ASHTRAYS (5D. Common car door fixtures, once), DID NO HARM (17A. Followed the Hippocratic oath, in a way), DUM-DUMS (9D. Hollow-point bullets), EXIT POLLS (63A. Some Election Day surveys), FERRETED (40D. Discovered after a search, with “out”), LAME BRAIN (33D. Knucklehead), OK SIGNS (43D. “Go ahead” hand gestures), ROMEO and STUD (41/42A. Ladies’ man) , VOICE VOTE (11D. Yea-or-nay event).
Mid-size — ALIEN, BASIC, CHANG, CONGER eel, DALLY, DOVES, EDITH and ELSIE, IN GEAR, MCDVI, MILLS, MT IDA, “It’s NO USE!” (“I give up!”), O’HARE, ONION, READ ME, REDIG, SAMOAN (50D. Margaret Mead interviewee), SCHEMA, SONGS, SNIFF, STEEP, SWOON, UP ONE.
Short stuff — A OR B, Rent-A-CAR, “ALL I Wanna Do”, “With a wink and A NOD”, CHAT, CLEO, COT, DECA, ENDO and ENDS, ESS, EYED, FRI, ICON, IOUS, MARC and MARV, MENE (65A. Word on a biblical wall), MIL, NCOS, NINO, NOG, NYSE, OH NO (57D. “Yikes!”), OPT-out clause, OXEN, ROB, SEAT, SHOE (15A. Khrushchev‘s impromptu gavel), SOWS, TEN, TIP, “TRÈS bien!”.
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