02.16.11 — Twenty-One


21 Club in New York City by David Shankbone

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Puzzle by Michael Barnhart, edited by Will Shortz


Five clues make-up the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword: 17A. “Twenty-One”, TV GAME SHOW; 24A. 2100, NINE O’CLOCK; 35A. 21, DRINKING AGE; 51A. “21 JUMP STREET and 59A. Twenty-ones, BLACK JACKS.

Other — ARTHURS, ENCASED and ENGRAVED, EROTICAL (39D. Blue), GATORADE (38d. Product pitched by Michael Jordan), HARPERS, LEAP YEAR (4D. 1984, e.g.), NEVADAN, NOMINEE, TSARINA (56A. “Great” Catherine, for one), TWINKLE (42D. What stars do).

Mid-size —ADALE, ALTHEA, AMTRAK, ANELE (1A. Anoint with sacred oil, old-style), A-TOWN, BETCHA, BULOVA, ECARTE, ELINOR, GOSSIP, HAGGLE, HOW SO, IPHONE, RAVES, RELED, RENES, SIGNAL, SNEAKS, SOLACE, STALK, TABBY.

Short stuff — ACA and ACC, AJAR, A LOT, ASH, BACH, BAIT, ELAN, ERN, SME, EVAN, GASH, GILA, HERE, HESS, KERR, LAM, LEN, LGE, MAL de mer, MORO, OSLO, OTIC, POL, REB, SAKE, SKI, SLO, SNL, TSE and TSK, UDAY, YMCA.


More of 21?  HERE.


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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 6. Cause of a scar; 10. Physics Nobelist Victor who discovered cosmic radiation; 14. Painter Magritte and others; 15. Where the Storting parliament sits; 16. Heaps; 19. Colorado feeder; 20. First American magazine to excerpt “Moby-Dick”; 21. Wink, e.g.; 23. Son of Saddam; 27. Awards four stars, say; 29. Party planner, for short?; 30. In no other place; 31. Tennis shoes, informally; 40. Hall-of-Fame QB Dawson; 41. 32-card game; 44. Setup for a switch; 48. Fighter in gray; 50. Georgia’s capital, in slang; 54. Suffix with psych-; 55. 1950s tennis champion Gibson; 58. Former Italian P.M. Aldo; 62. ___ Lysacek, 2010 Olympic figure skating gold medalist; 63. One of the Three B’s; 64. Allan-___, Robin Hood companion; 65. Alcoholic beverage often served warm; 66. Where there are “many ways to have a good time,” in a 1978 hit; 67. Took back the top spot. — DOWN: 1. King ___ court; 2. Resident of one of only seven states with no income tax; 3. Made an impression on?; 5 Salinger girl; 6. Rumors and such; 7. Parliament residue; 8. Pavement warning; 9. “In what way?”; 10. Bargain; 11. “Sense and Sensibility” sister; 12. Bond film “Quantum of ___”; 13. Follow closely; 18 It follows directions; 22. Freud’s “I”; 25. Oscar hopeful; 26. Style; 28. Take to the slopes; 32. Wiig gig, for short; 34. Big: Abbr.; 36. Steve ___, 1990s teammate of Michael Jordan; 37. 30-Across, in Mexico; 43. Boxed in; 44. Watchmaker with the first U.S. TV commercial, 1941; 45. Acela Express operator; 46. “There’s an app for that” device; 47. Mao ___-tung; 49. The Stylistics’ “___ By Golly, Wow”; 51. “Bond, ___ Bond”; 52. Housecat; 53. “For shame!”; 57. Slightly open; 60 Flight; 61. Duke’s athletic org.


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