03.29.11 — Beauty



Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Puzzle by Peter A. Collins / Edited by Will Shortz

ELIZABETH / TAYLOR (55A. With 17-Across, late Hollywood star), CLEOPATRA (21A. 1963 title role for 55-/17-Across), THE SANDPIPER (27A. 1965 film starring 55-/17-Across), BUTTERFIELD 8 (45A. 1960 film for which 55-/17-Across won a Best Actress Oscar), 61A. “Suddenly, Last SUMMER” (1959 film starring 55-/17-Across), VELVET (4D. 1944 title role for 55-/17-Across) and 8 TIMES (49D. How often 55-/17-Across was married) are the interrelated group of this fine Tuesday memorial crossword. The New York Times obituary, HERE. A video tribute HERE.

Other — ACUTE PAIN (11D. Migraine, e.g.), METAZOAN (37D. Multicellular animal), NANETTE (23A. “No, No” girl of Broadway), TEST OUT (51A. Put through the paces), WOMANIZE (10D. Philander), VENTRICLE (33D. Piece of one’s heart).

Mid-size — ALIBI, ARREST, ARYAN, ASTERN, CESAR, FRESCO (48A. “The Last Supper,” for one), LASSOS, NO GOOD, OLMOS, ONE-ONE, RARER, REBELS, ROONE, SAT ON, SEINE, STAVES, TARES, TEETH, THEME, TRA LA, USE NO hooks”.

Short stuff — ALE, ARNE, ATAB, ATV, BEAT, ELKO, ENNE, ERA, ESE and ESO, ETAL, HAN, HTML, ILSA, KOLA, LCD, LOCO, LOOP, MTG, MUIR, NED, OCTA, OLAV, OPEN, PARA, POP, REED, RIT, SOL and SOS, STDS, STIR and STR, TEDS, TET, THEE, THRU, TSO, UNA, WASP, ZANE.

She Walks In Beauty
by Lord Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Barrel supports; 7. ___ Solo of “Star Wars”; 10. Attic nester; 14. Stop; 15. General on a Chinese menu; 16. Two times tetra; 18. Appt., often; 19. Naturalist John; 20. One of five Norwegian kings; 26. TV’s “20/20” creator Arledge; 31. It can go over hill and dale, briefly; 34. List shortened; 35. Western author Grey; 36. English class assignment; 38. Slowing, in mus.; 40. Pon Neuf’s river; 41. “Rule, Britannia” composer; 42. Pooped; 44. Australian outlaw Kelly; 50. Harder to locate; 51. Put through the paces; 58. “Casablanca” role; 59. Mad; 60. Colo.-to-Ga. Direction; 63. Caffeine nut; 64. PC screen type; 65. Tied in a best-of-three series; 66 Ajar; 67. Message on the beach of aq remote island, maybe; 68. Gets ready to hogtie. — DOWN: 1. Squelched; 2. Merry refrain; 3. Early Indian invader; 5. That, to Tomas; 6. Bering, for one: Abbr.; 7. WWW code; 8. Toward the rudder; 9. Bum; 12. Paint can instruction; 13. Law office worker, for short; 21. César of the U.F.W.; 22. Sound of breaking a vacuum seal; 24. “Nearer, My God, to ___”; 25. Asian holiday; 28. Cover, so to speak; 29. Feminizing suffix; 30. Saxophonist’s need; 31. Run ___ (not pay as you go); 32. Word shortening on a traffic sign; 39 They may be brushed or bared; 40. Fed. Agencies may issue them; 43. Tavern offering; 46. Good fig. for Maddux or Martinez; 47. Protagonists in “Star Wars: 51. Actor Edward James ___; 54. Container weights; 55. Nevada city; 56. Heart of Chicago, with “the”; 57. Senators Kennedy and Stevens; 61. The sun, personified; 62. Italian article.

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