Charlie McCarthy, Wilkins Micawber, Lord Peter Wimsey and Mr. Peanut
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Puzzle by Edward Sessa, edited by Will Shortz
MONOCLES (68A. Items worn by 14-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across), MR PEANUT (14A. Nattily dressed ad figure), WILKINS MICAWBER (23A. Dickens character who says “Something will turn up”), CHARLIE MCCARTHY (39A. Wisecracking dummy of old radio) and LORD PETER WIMSEY (52A. Dorothy L. Sayers’s bon vivant sleuth) are the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.
Other — BANDANNA (9D. Part of many a bank robber’s outfit), CHOWLINE (42D. Mess queue), INFINITI (5D. G37 automaker), LEAPFROG (40D. Jumping game), TWITTERY (62A. Giggling nervously), YEARN FOR (17A. Want badly).
Six-letter — ABSCAM (8A. F.B.I. operation involving a nonexistent sheik), APIECE (8D. Pricing word), IN A RUT (18A. Going nowhere, jobwise), PALACE (16A. Queen’s Guard workplace), SATIRE (60A. Colbert or Stewart specialty), SELENE (47D. Greek moon goddess), STOOGE (69A. Any of a comedic trio), TRITON (67A. Moon of Neptune).
Five — ACUTE (12D. Sharp), ANVIL (15D. Smithery sight), ATLAS (36D. Big name in tires), CARIB (11D. Native encountered by Columbus), CHORE (37D. Milking the cows, e.g.), CRIED (32D. Sang the blues), EAT ME (55D. Wonderland cake words), HOWIE (43A. Mandel of “Deal or No Deal”), IDAHO (24D. Home to part of Yellowstone Park), LA LAW (25D. Steven Bochco TV drama), LASTS (52D. Hangs in there), LIE TO (50D. Be dishonest with), MATCH (56D. Success on TV’s “Concentration”), MERCK (4D. Maker of Zocor and Fosamax), METER (13D. It’s fed at curbside), NAACP (35A. Jim Crow-fighting org.), OP ART (53D. Some eyeball benders), PYGMY (38D. Tiny tribesman), RATIO (54D. Track odds, e.g.), STRUM (7D. Play lightly), WEARS (27D. Is tiresome), WITCH (23D. Broom-Hilda, for one).
Short stuff — AHEM, AMY, AOL, APA, ARM, CHAR, CVI, EASE, ELI, EPA, ETE and EWE, FLEA and LEA, HILL, HRE, IDA, IQS, ITE and ITO, LIL, PMS, Status QUO, REL, RENE, SHH, SIR, SLA, SLOE and SLOG, TALC, TOP, USED, WOW, YSL.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Attention please …”; 5. Mensa figs.; 19. Early second-century year; 20. Took advantage of; 22. Suffix with bleacher; 28. Lupino of “High Sierra”; 29. Dogpatch diminutive; 30. Philosopher Descartes; 31. Mineral in tailor’s chalk; 33. Toy with an axis; 44. “Stifle!”; 45. Plod along; 46. Lessen, as difficulties; 49. Yahoo! Competitor; 51. Shirt part; 57. Therapists’ org.; 58. Kind of color; 59. Bucolic setting; 70. 59-Across grazer; 71. One of a Roman septet. DOWN: 1. First daughter of 1977-81; 2. Charlemagne’s realm: Abbr.; 3. DDT-banning org.; 10. 1974 kidnap org.; 21. Title for Mick Jagger; 26. Plumlike fruit; 34. Meir and Rabin, briefly; 41. Blacken; 48. Saison on the Seine; 61. “Am ___ believe …”; 63. Blow the socks off; 64. New Haven student; 65. Fam. Member; 66. Fashion monogram.
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