12.14.10 — Exercise...

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Puzzle by Mark Feldman, edited by Will Shortz

EXERCISE ROOM (51A. Where on might 20-, 26- and 45-Across?), HOLD THE FLOOR (20A. Make a legislative speech, e.g.), HIT THE CEILING (26A. Go ballistic) and CLIMB THE WALLS (45A. Be stir-crazy) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

Other — CHESS and MATE (9A. Game with knights; 56D. 9-Across ending), EDIFICE (7D. Imposing building), EERIEST (43D. Most weird), EGG / ROLL (11D. With 3-Down Chinese restaurant offering), POWERED (6D. Propelled), SHACKLE (42D. Put in chains), STEROID (41D. Olympian’s no-no), SUN STROKE (57A. Summer woe), WELL SET (8D. Sturdily built), WILLINGLY (18A. Without reluctance).

Six-letter — AGENTS, ARENAS, AURIST (22A. Ear doctor), BEARER, ENROLL, HENRY I (10D. English king crowned in 1100), HI-TECH, ICES IN, INHALE, LOTION, LESTAT (5D. Anne Rice vampire), NIKONS, OTHERS, SOBBER.

Five — ATEAT, CHESS, DETOX, DONNA (64A. Summer who sang “Love to Love You Baby“), ELOPE, LEGAL, MORAL, NORMA Jean (Marilyn, originally), ONAIR, POSSE, SELES, SHONE.

Short stuff — ALTO, APED, CLIO, DET, EGG, HEC, HUH, ILS, KAL and SAL, LXI, MATE, MESH, MINE, MOP, NAN, ODE, OLEO and OREO, OMAN, PEA and PEW, RET, ROLL, ROTH, RPM, SLY, SOD, TEE (28D. Bit of gym attire), TSO, UNO, WES, XTRA, YEA.

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Wordplay, The Crossword Blog of The New York Times.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. End of a fable; 6. Place to pray; 14. Hitch on the run; 15. “To a …” poem; 16. 8 ½” x 14” paper size; 17. Monica with two U.S. Open wins; 30. Greedy person’s cry before and after “all”; 31. Get clean, as in rehab; 32. No longer active: Abbr.; 34. Catchall category;3 7. Popular cameras; 39. Shade of green; 40. Rapper’s entourage; 44. Choir voice; 49. “___ Ramsey” (1970s western); 50. “Pay to ___” (check words; 61. How the euphoric walk; 62. They, in Tours; 63. Bothered incessantly; 65. Police dept. title; 66. Performed superbly. — DOWN: 1. Go well together; 2. Dairy case bar; 4. Mimicked; 9. Advertising award); 12. Mineo of film; 13. On the ___ (furtively); 19. Hand moisturizer, e.g.; 21. “Come again?”; 24. Sign up; 25. Ballplayers’ representatives; 26. Like state-of-the-art gadgetry; 27. Get a lungful; 29. 61, in old Rome; 30. Swabbie’s handful; 33. General on Chinese menus; 35. 33 1/3, for an LP; 36. Tearful one; 38. Penn of “Harold & Kumar: films; 46. Strands during the winter, perhaps; 47. Director Craven; 48. Fight venues; 52. More, in adspeak; 53. “Letting Go” novelist Philip; 54. Layered cookie; 55. Neighbor of Yemen; 57. Cover with turf; 58. Half of dos; 59. A Bobbsey twin.