Adam and Eve, Peter Paul Rubens, 1629
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Puzzle by Gary Cee, edited by Will Shortz
NO UNDERWEAR (35A. Fashion rule for the liberated … or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle), along with the letters NO under the letters WEAR in four locations constitutes the interrelated group of this crafty Thursday crossword — NOTATE (23A. Mark up) under WE ARE DEVO (20A. End of a 1978 new-wave album title), PHENOL (24A. Embalming chemical) under WEARY (22A. Beat), NOTUS (54A. God of the south wind) under 50A. “The WEARIN’ o’ the Green” (old Irish ballad), and GOLD PIANO (55A. Elvis instrument now in the Country Music Hall of Fame) under I SWEAR (52A. “Really!”). So, we’re going commando!
Other — AVIATION (3D. F.A.A. center), CAMPARI (26A. Italian bitters), GROWN UP (1D. Big, now), IN A WHILE (9D. Shortly), NAME ONE (2D. “Give me an example”), PEANUTS (41D. Brown strip), REHEARSE (38D. Run through), ROSS SEA (46A. Body of water named for an English explorer), STROBES (42D. Balls at balls?), UPRISING (36D. Rebellion).
Mid-size — AFIRE, AIRES, ARIANA (11D. Afghanistan‘s national airline), AWNING, EIDERS, INAPT, IVANI, GIING (64A. Cleaning, as if for military inspection), GRADEA (6D. It may be skimmed over), LEOVII, MODUS, NIKON, NOFEE, NORAH, ORIOLE, PARROT (12D. Quote by rote), PATAKI, PRESS, RUNON, SPOUSE, TETRA, THEY’LL, WIDEN.
Short (ahem) stuff — AKIN, ALP and ASP, AVIV, ATL, DINO, DRUB, EAR, ESTE, ETC, GLAD, GNAT (1A. Zapper‘s casualty), GONG, GYMS, HET, LAKE, LOAM, NEAR, NESS, NOON, NOS, OBEY and OBOE, OMIT, PEON, PROW, RAVE and RAVI, REPS, UNI.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. Rodgers and Hart’s “___ to Be Unhappy”; 9. Malapropos; 14. Event starting at 2 a.m., maybe; 15. Shankar who played at the Concert for Bangladesh, 1971; 16. Newswoman O’Donnell; 17. Pass over; 18. Blood-related; 19. Lit; 22. Beat; 23 Mark up; 25. Single at the beginning?; 30. QE2’s domain: Abbr.; 31. Low jack?; 33. Met’s 1969 World Series rival; 39. Other half; 40. The “20” in “Drop and give me 20!”; 43. Lötschberg Tunnel locale; 49. Dithery, with “up”; 58. Muscovite prince known as “Moneybag”; 59. Instrument for Johann Jacob Bach; 60. Shellac; 61. Word on a lens cap; 62. Hereabout; 63. House of ___ (European princely dynasty); 65. Recess sites, at times; 66. Storied loch. — DOWN: 4. Vampire ___ (fanged fish); 5. Tops; 7. Tel ___; 8. Natural history museum exhibit, for short; 10. Apartment ad come-on; 13. “___ never know”; 21. Abbr. for those who didn’t make the list; 24. Ferry’s front; 27. ___ Vivendi; 28. Imperative in an automated telephone message; 29. Buenos ___; 32. Directory listings: Abbr.; 34. Bud’s place; 36.37. XII, maybe; 38. Run through; 42. Balls at balls?; 43. Overhang; 44. 10th-century pope interred at St. Peter’s Basilica; 45. New York governor before Spitzer; 47. Ducks for cover?; 48. Guido Reni painting “Cleopatra With the ___”; 51. Ramble; 53. Dilate; 55. Sound heard at the end of “Bohemian Rhapsody”; 56. Not rock the boat; 57. Gardener’s bagful.
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