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Monday, September 20, 2010
Puzzle by Bernice Gordon, edited by Will Shortz
Turning four notable names into sentences by the addition of “is” in the form an apostrophe ess (‘s) to the first name, cleverly rendering the last name an adjective and the whole a complete sentence, constitutes the interrelated group of this pleasant Monday crossword — JEAN’S SMART (17A. “Designing Women” actress is intelligent?), CHIC’S YOUNG (50A. “Blondie” cartoonist is not old?), GLENN’S CLOSE (11D. “Fatal Attraction” actress is nearby?) and GRACE’S SLICK (25D. “White Rabbit” singer is smooth?).
Other — DOGGIES (23A. Little pooches), DUNCE CAP (36D. Corner sitter’s headwear), IPSWICH (44A. Capital of Suffolk, England), POSSESS (46A. Hold), RAT FINKS (9D, Squealers), VINTNER (27A. Person producing Bordeaux or Beaujolais).
Six-letter — AERATE (10D. Infuse with carbon dioxide), BASHED, ERRAND, FIANCE, MINCES, POLITE, SIESTA, SOUSES, STANCE, TWINES.
Five — ACCRA (15A. Capital of Ghana), ACMES, AIMÉE (57A. Anouk of le cinéma), ALICE, BASER, DARNS, DELVE, GUTSY, HARTS, IDEAS, IPODS, LEAPT, MISTY, MOORE, MORSE, OREOS, PACER, PEERS, PODIA, SAINT (18D. Superdome player), SANER, VINNY, WATCH, WONKA.
Short stuff — AGAS, AHEM, ASIA, CHI, DICE, DRJ, DROP, ELLA, ERR, GAPE, GAT and GAIT, GLAD, “Anything GOES”, HIE, INCA, KEPT, NIP, OAK, ODIN, OVA, PEN, RAE and RAVE, REIN, SAKS, SCAM, TAUT, TIME, USE, Viva VOCE.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Plunge; 5. More dishonorable; 10. “What ___!” (“That was fun!”); 14. “I loved, loved, loved that!” review; 16. Fitzgerald who sang “A -Tisket A-Tasket!”; 19. Bridle part; 20. “Excuse me …”; 21. Husband-to-be; 28. What a gofer is sent on; 29. Takes little steps; 30. Jumped; 31. Willy with a chocolate factory; 32. The Windy City, for short; 36. Does some mending; 37. Pleased; 38. Suffix with Siam; 39. Daring; 40. Roger who played 007; 41. Batter’s position; 43. It might produce a snore in Sonora; 47. Saying “Please” and “How do you do?,” say; 48. Tense; 49. Chief Norse god; 56. Chop up; 58. Mongols’ home; 59. Fifth Avenue landmark; 60. Lords and ladies; 61. Retained. — DOWN: 1. Nickname of a 6’7” former basketball great; 2. “Norma ___”; 3. Eggs; 4. Cross or Parker; 6. Topmost points; 7. Many an e-mail “click here” offer; 8. Go astray; 12. Girl who went through a looking glass; 13. Less addled; 18. Superdome player; 22. Machu Picchu resident; 23. Look (into); 24. Cookies in a box lunch; 26. Open the mouth wide; 27. “My cousin” in a 1992 film; 29. Man with a code; 31. Keep an eye on; 33. Mates for does; 34. Notions; 39. Trot or canter; 40. Like eyes when you’re getting nostalgic, maybe; 42. Twists and turns, as a tendril; 43. Drunkards; 44. Products for music downloads; 45. Speakers’ places; 46. Nervous person in a hospital waiting room, perhaps; 48. Use a stop clock on; 51. Hurry; 52. “Might” fine home for a squirrel?; 53. “What’s the ___?”; 54. Tuck’s partner; 55. Gangster’s gun.
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