11.08.10 — Catch!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Puzzle by John Dunn, edited by Will Shortz

CATCH PHRASE (64A. Commonplace utterance .. Or a description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across?), SEIZE THE DAY (18A. “Carpe diem”), GRAB A BITE TO EAT (28A. Quickly satisfy one’s hunger) and CAPTURE THE FLAG (49A. Rough-and-tumble outdoor kids’ game) are the interrelated group of this modest Monday crossword.

Other — ARSENAL (4D. Weapons depot), AT ALL COSTS (32D. Regardless of the results), COLD WAR ERA (3D. Late 1940s to about 1990), JOHNSON (9D. First impeached U.S. president), LEADERS (47D. Captains and commanders), ON EDGE (8D. Fidgety), RED HOT (51D. Extremely popular), STASHES (45D. Squirrels away).

Five-letter — AGREE, ALAMO, BADGE, DROVE, HIRES, JEANS, MEALS, NATAL, OWLET, OSKAR, SEDAN, SEDER, REAPS, RELIC, RESIN, TAMPA, TEASE, TEENS.

Short stuff — ALDA, APE, ARAB, ARC, ASIS, ATL, ATRA, CEL, ERSE, EWE, EXPO, FIR, GAB, GOSH and GUST, ICE, LAIC, LANG, LEE, LPN, MAMA, MIZE, NEAP,OER, PAGE, PET, RAKE, RIO crossing RITA, SAHL, SAN, SCAM, SEAL, SIX, SLEW, SLO, SPA, STYE, TAP, TATE and TAUT, TBAR, TEAM, UTEP, WANT, WEPT, VIAL.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Path of a Hail Mary pass; 4. “Remember the ___!” (cry of 1836); 9. Wranglers, e.g.; 14. ___ de Janeiro; 15. Pine exudation; 16. Baby hooter; 17. The Braves, on scoreboards; 20. Officer’s identification; 22. Family car; 23. Imitate; 24 Poverty; 26. Burst of wind; 34. “___ the land of the free …”; 35. Spike, as the punch; 36. Birth-related; 38. Large number; 40. Harvests; 43. Owner of the bed that too soft in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”; 44. Takes on, as workers; 48. Diploma feature; 48. Hosp. employee; 53. London art gallery; 54. Secular; 55. Where you might get into hot water?; 58. Passover feast; 61. Motored; 67. Half a dozen; 68. Shake hands (on); 69. Schindler of “Schindler’s List”; 70. Touch on the shoulder, say; 71. Breakfast, lunch and dinner; 72. First-time drivers, often; 73. ___-mo. — DOWN: 1. The “A” in U.A.E.; 2. Hayworth of “Cover Girl”; 5. Actor ___ J. Cobb; 6. Sale tag words; 7. 1987 Masters winner Larry; 10. Mother in a flock; 11. Alan of “Crimes and Misdemeanors”; 12. Certain tide; 13. Eye problem; 19. Fully stretched; 21. Talk and talk and talk; 25. Ski lift; 27. Squad; 28. Exclamation before “darn it!”; 29. Excavated item, maybe; 30. What most of hail is; 31. Razz; 33. Busch Gardens locale; 37. Singer k. d. ___; 39. Openly grieved; 41. Caress; 42. Comic Mort; 50. Lone Star State sch.; 52. Tree with cones; 55. Offer that’s too good to be true, often; 56. Beep, as a doctor; 57. Gillette brand; 59. Gaelic tongue; 60. ___ over the coals; 62. Medicine bottle; 63. World’s fair; 65. Animation frame; 66. ___ Bernardino Mountains.