09.14.10 — BREAKABLES

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Puzzle by Eshan Mitra, Brown University ‘12, edited by Will Shortz

Note: Every crossword this week, from Monday to Saturday, has been composed by a student at Brown University.

BREAKABLES (59A. Fragile articles … or a hint to the things named by the circled letters), the words SEAL, BONE, HEART and MIRROR broken within SEQUENTIAL (17A. In consecutive order), BORDERLINE (25A. Just barely legit), HEADSTART (36A. What a slow person may need) and MINOR ERROR (50A. Slip-up) are the interrelated group of this solid Tuesday crossword.

The Broken Mirror, 1763, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Other — ADAPTS, CHUTZPAH (4D. Cheekiness), CROONER (12D. Bing Crosby, e.g.), EDMOND (49A. Astronomer Halley), I INSIST (11D. “No, you go, really”), KENNEDY (13D. Anthony of the Supreme Court), IDI AMIN (40D. The “king” in “The Last King of Scotland”), ORDERED (21D. Chose from a menu), PENDANT, TAMPA BAY (38D. Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark), THEATRE, ZAMBONI (39D. It’s driven over the ice between periods).

Five-letter — ALLAH (42A. Word written on the Saudi flag), BADGE, CAIRO, 26A. DEATH, DRIER, EATUP, ERECT, EVITA, IDLER, INANE, OGRES, ORSON, OUTDO, OVATE, REESE, SUSHI, TORAH, TRADE, TWIRL, TYPED.

Short stuff — ADE, ALOE, BLT, ERE, ERIK, ESA, ESQ and ESS (1D. What makes a pin spin?), ETD, ETNA, IDO, INON, INTS, LAST, LIP, Cloud NINE, NSA, ODES, OMAR, PDF, POOF, RAH and RAT (22D. It‘s smelled when something‘s fishy), RITZ, RUE, SAL, SED and SOD, TACT, TAR, THEE, TICK, TIER, TOE and TOO, TRY, UNO, URSA, WIRE, ZIP.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Standing; 6. Features of Sophocles plays; 10. Peeve, with “off”; 14. Rolls for dinner; 15. Major constellation?; 16. Something an undercover agent might wear; 19. Knowing, as a secret; 20. Big news on the sports page; 21. Bean on the screen; 22. Cracker brand; 28. Gets used (to); 30. Consideration for when to arrive at the airport: Abbr.; 31. But: Lat.; 32. It’s read from right to left; 33. Senseless; 35. Give it a go; 39. Nada; 43. “Dig in!”; 47. Summer cooler; 48. Place for a ring; 54. Sound accompanying a cloud of smoke; 55. It’s flashed by an officer; 56. Musical set in Buenos Aires; 58. Epps of “House”; 65. Endure; 66. Arafat’s birthplace; 67. Stats for a QB; 68. You, to a Quaker; 69. Went “tap tap tap” on a keyboard. — DOWN: 2. Regret; 3. Abbr. after a lawyer’s name; 5. Auditorium balcony, e.g.; 6. One-up; 7. More arid; 8. That, to Tomas; 9. “I’ve got a mule, her name is ___”; 10. Pirouette; 18. Busts; 23. Response to “Who wants ice cream?!”; 24. Driveway surface; 26. ___ by chocolate (calorie-heavy dessert); 29. “Masterpiece ___”; 33. Less active; 34. Source of intelligence: Abbr.; 37. Sunburn soother; 44. Excessively; 45. Game featuring 108 cards; 46. Alternative to a print version: Abbr.; 49. Christine’s lover in “The Phantom of the Opera”; 51. Shrek and Fiona, in “Shrek”; 52. Witherspoon of “Legally Blonde”; 53. Egg-shaped; 57. Ambassador’s asset; 59. Alternative to a Philly cheesesteak; 60. Cheerleader’s cheer; 61. Cup’s edge; 62. Before, in verse; 63. Garden shop offering.