10.18.10 — Home Sweet Hollywood

"Hollywood and the World" photograph by Perry Scanlon

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Puzzle by Lynn Lempel, edited by Will Shortz

FOSTER HOME (18A. Where Jodie lives?), PRINCIPAL / RESIDENCE (24A. With 53-Across, where Victoria lives?), SUMMER PLACE (37A. Where Donna lives?) and FIELD HOUSE (59A. Where Sally lives?) are the interrelated group of this tidy Monday crossword.

Other — ALL RISE (27D. Cry from a bailiff when a judge walks in), ELONGATE (40D. Stretch), ENCARTA (44D. Former Web reference from Microsoft), MISERLY (2D. Scroogelike), PREMISES (3D. Debaters’ basic assumptions), SEES OUT (45D. Ushers to the exit), USURPED (1D. Seized, as the throne).

Mid-size — ALIBI, AMBER, APEXES, CIRCA, EATEN, INERT, INSIDE, IT’S ME, MISTED, MR TOAD, MSNBC, OASIS, ODORS, O’HARA, REMAP, REMARK, REPELS, RETELL, RUSSIA, SAGAS, SCARE, SEDAN, SINKS, STILL, SUPER, WII FIT, WIRES, YEOMAN.

Short stuff — ABS, AIR, ALES, AREA, CDS, DYES, EAU de cologne, ELS, ESS and EST, ETTU, HMO, IDLE, III, ISP, LET, MAX, MPH, MYRA, NEAT, OAF, ONE, PCS, PEEP, PIE, PINE and PINS, SHOO, SIR and SIRE, SNL, TARO, TEST, UMPS, USED, USO.

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Puzzle available on the internet at THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games (solutions to puzzles are available immediately by clicking on “Solution” in the Across Lite menu).

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Officials behind batters; 5. Scarlett whose final film words are “I’ll never be hungry again”; 10. Dame Hess at a piano; 14. What to call a king; 15. Caution light’s color; 16. Chick’s chirp; 17. Preowned; 20. Survey a second time; 23. To the ___ (fully); 28. Say “Boo!” to, say; 30. Ernie on the links; 31 Moonshine device; 32. Dirty dishes often collect in them; 33. Hair colorers; 35. Weekly TV show with guest hosts, for short; 36. Broadcast; 41. A clown might get it in the face; 42. Jr.’s son; 43. Heady brews; 46. Current conductors; 49. Rachel Maddow’s network; 51. Singleton; 52. Nonreactive, chemically; 55. Co. with a lot of connections?; 56. Inexact no.; 58. Multigenerational stories; 64. Starchy tropical root; 65. Not working; 66 Camel caravan’s stop; 67. “You too?” a la Caesar; 68. Trial run; 69. Scents; 70. Well-kept. — DOWN: 4. Many a family car; 5. Clodhopper; 6. Payer of some hosp. bills; 7. “Washboard” muscles; 8. Give a new version of, as a story; 9. Square footage; 10. Dashboard abbr.; 11. Royal attendant in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta; 12. Comment; 13. Uppermost points; 19. Moscow’s land; 21. Dell or Toshiba products, for short; 25. “Who’s there?” response; 26. “Knotty” wood; 29. Around, in a date; 34. “Fantastic!”; 36. Cover story; 38. Covered with a fine spray; 39. Bowlers’ targets; 46. Nintendo product for the gym-averse, maybe; 47. Not outdoors; 48. Disgusts; 49. Wild-riding squire of “The Wind in the Willows”; 50. Savings acct. alternatives; 54. Consumed; 57. “Scram!”; 60. Permit; 61. Troops’ support grp.; 62. Walter Raleigh or Walter Scott; 63. Twisty road curve.