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Tuesday, March 8, 2011 — International Women's Day
Puzzle by Paul Hunsberger edited by Will Shortz
WEST (69A. The half of the keyboard on which all of this puzzle’s answers can be typed) clues that in this tidy Tuesday crossword the grid contains all the letters and only the letters that are touchtyped using the left hand.
Other — CABARET (52A. Dinner-and-a-show venue), CASSAVAS (27A. Tapioca-yielding plants), DRAGSTER (50A. Racer on a strip), EXACERBATE (66A. Make worse), STARGAZER (30D. Astronomers … or daydreamers), STEWARDESS (10D. Old TWA hiree), TATE and TATER and TATTER, TREAD WATER (17A. Neither sink nor swim) and TREATER (25A. Tab grabber).
Six-letter — A TASTE (42D. Just one little bite), AVERSE (20A. Strongly disinclined), GEARED (51D. Got ready, with “up”), RED SEA (5D. It was parted in Exodus), RESEWS (49D. Stitches over), SARTRE (9D. “No Exit” playwright), TATTER 60A. Rip to shreds) and WEAVES (18D. Boxers‘ moves).
Five — ADAGE, ADDED, ARRET, ASFAR, BABAR, CARAT, CBERS, DRESS, DWARF, EATAT, QBERT (8D. Cube-hopping character in a 1980s arcade game), RATES, SATED, SERGE, SETSA, TATER and TAXER, TSARS.
Short stuff — AGAR, ARAT and ERAT, ART, ARAW, ASTA, BBQS, BETA, BRA and BRAZ, CARD, CAST, CTA, DEER, DRAT, EAR and ERR, ERA and ERAT and ETAT and ETAS, EDGE, ERBE and ERDE, FER, FREE, GER, RAGA, REAR, REBA, RETS, SAGA and SAGE, SCAT, SEAT, SERV, SRTA, SSE, STRS, TADA, TATE (Modern (London gallery), TBAR, WAGE.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “I trust him about ___ …” (start of a leery person’s statement); 6. Patio cookouts, for short; 10. “Get outta here!”; 14. Twilled fabric; 15. Country’s McEntire; 16. And … there you have it!”; 19. Quod ___ demonstrandum; 21. SoHo loft output; 22. Hourly pay; 23. Musician’s asset; 32. Miscalculate; 33. “I smell ___!”; 34. Coup d’___; 36. Thrown in; 40. Mumbai music; 41. ___ good example (shows the proper way); 43. Out planet, to a Berliner; 44. One of a Disney septet; 46. Do an usher’s job; 47. Herb used in sausages; 48. Lang. in which 43-Across is a word; 56. U-turn from NNW; 57. Arg. Neighbor; 58. Squid’s ink holder; 65. Kathryn of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”; 68. Keister; 70. Trouble no end; 71. Cellos, violas, etc.: Abbr.; 72. Sp. Miss; 73. Promgoer’s buy. — DOWN: 1. Nick Charles’s dog; 2. I.R.S. part: Abbr.; 3. For the taking; 4. Petri dish gel; 6. Garment with underwires; 7. Test software release; 11. Gemologist’s weight; 12. “Time is money,” e.g.; 13. Source of fries, slangily; 24. $25/hour and the like); 26. Mesozoic ___; 27. Check for ID, as at a bar; 28. Got ___ deal (was rooked), 29. Epic tale; 31. Filled beyond full; 35. Pre-1917 autocrats; 37. “Fiddlesticks!”; 38. Nose out; 39. Animal on XING signs; 45. In favor of, in dialect; 52. People with handles; 53. Quebec traffic sign; 54. Kid-lit elephant; 55. Duty imposer; 59. Playbill listing; 61. Way up a slope; 63. Airport guesses, for short; 64. Soaks, as flax; 67. El-overseeing org.
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