10.11.10 — What's the Dish?

Monday, October 11, 2010 — Columbus Day

Puzzle by Robert Fisher, edited by Will Shortz

PLATE, SAUCER, CUP and BOWL within TECTONIC PLATE (19A. Shifting piece of the earth’s crust), FLYING SAUCER (33A. Extraterrestrial’s transportation), FIFA WORLD CUP (40A. Quadrennial soccer) and HOLLYWOOD BOWL (55A. Los Angeles Philharmonic summer venue) comprises the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.

Other — ANJELICA (10D. Oscar winner Huston), her best film HERE, ANTLERS (8D. Stag’s pride), ODD LOTS (42D. Stock in nonstandard quantities), OFFSHORE (37D. Not on land, as an oil rig), that sure has been in the news lately.

Mid-size — ABOVE, ALERT, ANGLE, APACHE, CAPONE (43D. Gangster known as Scarface), CHOKER, HEWING, INHERE, INLETS, LAMENT, Del MONTE Foods, MORPH, ORION, PEA HEN (53A. Showy cock’s object of affection), RAFTED, RESIDE, SALON, SANELY, SCOTIA, SYRIA, TITHE.

Short stuff — ADS, AFRO, AJAR, ALEC, ALOE, ALTA, AREA, ATE, AXED, BALI, BAMA, Aria da CAPO, CHI, DARE, EGO, ERGS, ESAS, FDA, FEAT, FLOP and LOP, GAIN, GOAT, HER, ITA, LAX, LIAR, MAST, MAST, NOR, ODES, OKIE, OMAN, ONTO, OOHS, OPED, ORAL, ORS, PERT, SASS, SLAM, SUMP, TIER, USED, VENT, WEAL, WITS.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Close with a bang; 5. Crimson Tide, to fans; 9. Loss’s opposite; 14. Establishment with hair dryers; 15. Hip about; 16. Muscat is its capital; 1. Warning; 18. Slightly open, as a door; 22. Exist naturally; 23. ___ Royal Highness; 24. Cut (off), as with a sweeping motion; 27. Supped; 28. ___ Vista (search engine); 31. Dwell; 35. Lotion ingredient; 38. Psychology 101 topic; 39. Sail holder; 45. Traveled with Huck Finn, e.g.; 46. Those, in Tijuana; 47. ___-Town (Cubbies’ home); 50. Surgeons’ workplaces, for short; 51. Sponsors’spots; 59. Dud; 61. The Hunter constellation; 62. Merle Haggard’s”___ From Muskogee”; 63. “I bet you won’t go bungee jumping,” e.g.; 64. Give 10% to one’s church; 65. A/C opening; 66. Gave the boot; 67. Impudence; 68. Energy output units. — DOWN: 1. Nova ___, Canada; 2. Bemoan; 3. Cochise or Geronimo; 5. Storied isle near Java; 6. Actor Baldwin; 7. Undergo transformation, as one image into another; 9. Billy or nanny; 11. Make ___ habit; 12. Neither’s partner; 14. In a rational way; 20. ___ vaccine; 21. General location; 25. Poems of praise; 26. Bouncy; 29. Stadium level; 30. Viewpoint; 32. Drainage pit; 33. Impressive act; 34. Dwellers on Mount Olympus; 35. Hardly a close-cut hairdo; 36. Fabricator; 41. Prosperity; 42. Stock in nonstandard quantities; 44. Exploited; 47. Snug necklace; 48. Felling; 49. Small bays; 52. Neighbor of Israel; 54. Over; 56. ___ page (newspaper part); 57. Jokesters; 58. Sounds of amazement; 59. Prescription safety org.; 60. Too permissive.