10.19.10 — OR What?

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Puzzle by Fred Piscop, edited by Will Shortz

MAKER BREAK (*17A. Seventh day, in the Bible?), LOVER MONEY (60A. $10 bill enclosed in a Valentine card?), HITTER MISS (11D. One-third of a strikeout?) and BOOMER BUST (28D. Satue of a post-W.W. II baby?) are the interrelated group of this bland Tuesday crossword — think make or break, love or money, hit or miss, and boom or bust.

Other — CAROMED (5D. Ricocheted, as a cue ball), GERITOL (21A. “Tired blood” tonic), MUSTARD (54A. Condiment at Nathan’s), ONE MORE (20A. (“I’ll have another”), PLASMAS (43D. Blood bank supplies), REBATES (51A. Cash-back deals), STATE LAW (39D. Result of a governor’s signing), TAKES OUT (9D. Brings on a date), TREAD ON (24D. Trample underfoot).

Mid-size — ABODE, ALOUD, AMEND, MIMIC, EVITA, FALCO, FIBBER, GENUS, HARSH, ILIAD, MOREL, OATHS, ONKEY, POSSE, SLANT, SLOSHY, SPAIN, STUDS, SYNOD.

Short stuff — ABUT, ALAN, ANON, ANTS, ATTU, BRER, CAM and CAMO, DIRK, DOO, DYED, EBON, GLUM, GOSH, INNS, ISTO, ITEM, IVAN, MAN, MELT, MEMO, MIKE, MUST, NAPA, ODE, OSHA, PAUL, PISA, RAGA, RATS, REDO, RHO, RIOT and ROOT, SANE, SCOT, SHAG, SHIP, SOLE, SPUR, TOBY, USE, VAL, WELD.

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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. Mynah bird, e.g.; 6. Has to; 10. Send by FedEx or UPS; 14. Mrs. Peron; 15. Worker welfare grp.; 16. Noted tower site; 19. Westernmost Aleutian; 20. “I’ll have another”; 23. Cheesy sandwich; 25. Having all one’s marbles; 26. Truth stretcher; 30. Go hog wild; 32. P, in Greece; 35. One way to think or read; 36. Homo vis-à-vis humans; 37. Homo sapiens; 38. “The Wizard of Oz” coward; 39. What a roof is usually built on; 40. Dagger; 41. Big of Web video gear; 42. Small earrings; 43. A sheriff may round one up; 44. Horatian creation; 45. Hunter’s garb, for short; 46. Like a mud puddle; 47. Cheer (for); 49. Vintners’ valley; 51. Cash-back deals; 59. Touch on; 62. “Jeepers!”; 63. Pioneering D.J. Freed; 64. Home, sweet home; 65. Picnic intruders; 66. Join with a blowtorch; 67. Religious council. — DOWN: 1. Note from the boss; 2. “Terrible” czar; 3. What a D. J. speaks into; 4. Tabloids twosome; 6. Tasty mushroom; 7. Be hooked on; 8. Thick carpet; 10. Onetime colonial power in the Philippines; 12. “That’s all there ___ it!”; 13. Left-handed Beatle; 18. Term of address used by Uncle Remus; 22. Slum vermin; 24. Trample underfoot; 26. Edie of “The Sopranos“; 27. Homeric epic; 29. Sloppy joe holder; 31. Bed-and-breakfasts; 33. Unduly severe; 34. Like a good singer; 36. Wearing a long face; 39. Result of a governor’s signing; 40. “Inka Dinka ___”; 42. Loch Lomond local; 43. Blood bank supplies; 46. Cowboy boot feature; 48. Solemn vows; 50. Make changes in; 51. Sitar music; 52. Black, to bards; 53. Dover ___; 55. Man-shaped mug; 56. In a bit, in poems; 57. Give a makeover; 58. Did some batiking; 61. Kilmer of film.