03.16.11 — Home Run!

Star Pitcher Earl Wilson Hurling Ball to Batter During Washington Against Detroit Game.  Photograph by Bob Gomel from the archives of LIFE magazine first appearing on September 29, 1967, art.com 

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld, edited by Will Shortz

FULL COUNT / PITCH (59A. With 61-Across, follower of the five starred clues), GREAT TIME (17A. *Ball), WORK STOPPAGE (24A. *Strike), LAVISH PARTY (29A. *Ball), BOWLER’S COUP (40A. *Strike), TV COMEDIENNE (46A. *Ball) constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword, resulting in a home run!

Other — COERCE (44D. Arm-twist), Amicus CURIAE (friend of the court), HONEST (21A. “I swear!”), METHODS (5D. Techniques), ON TAPE (10D. Like some audio books), SENECAS (43D. New York tribe members).

Five-letter — AISLE, ARENA, CHEST, CHUTE, DUFFY, EERIE, EILAT, EPEES, HARD C (26A. What‘s in carrots but not celery?), IN INK, IRULE, MOPSY, PANAM, PAULA, RENAL, SEDER, SNAPE, SPRIG, TAUPE, UHURA, U-TURN, V-CHIP, YENTE.

Short stuff — ACHE and ACRE, AHS, AIRS, ALA, ALIT and ATIT, ALLY,ANNE, ATL, AVID, BUM, CUP, EGG, ELOI, ESC, ETA, FLA, GLUE, GYP, HAS, HATE, HUED, INC, LAX, MSU, NAH, NSEC, OLE and ORE, OPEC, PAGE, PEW, PLY, RAE, STAR, TOOT, WRIT, XED, YET (65A. Still and all).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Former TWA rival; 6. Ltd., here; 9. Beatrix Potter bunny; 14. Supermarket part; 15. Fuhgeddaboudit!”; 16. Hogwarts potions professor; 19. Reversal of policy; 20. Upper-left key; 23 Came down; 28. Ring encouragement; 33. Frittata need; 36. Bickering; 37. Subj. of a pilot’s announcement; 38. Get together; 39. Voted, in a way; 44. Many a trophy; 45. Like Rod Serling stories; 52. Masseur’s target; 54. Suffers from; 57. Kirk subordinate; 62. Marco Island locale: Abbr.; 63. Tournament venue: 64. Pentathletes’ weapons; 66. Meal with the Four Questions. — DOWN: 1. Call for; 2. They may be put on; 3. Minuscule part of a min.; 4. Like; 5. Techniques; 6. Indelibly written; 7. When doubled, gets specific; 8. Booty holder; 9. The Spartans of the N.C.A.A.; 11. Journalist Zahn; 12. Garnish unit; 13. “Fiddler on the Roof” matchmaker; 18. Arsonist, slangily; 22. Tugboat’s call; 24. Habeas corpus, e.g.; 25. Veneer layer; 26. Show enmity toward; 27. Like die-hard fans; 29. Far from harsh; 30. Nave seat; 31. N.L. East city; 32. “Norma ___”; 33. Morlocks’ victims in an H.G. Wells story; 34. Bond former; 35. Swindle; 38. Zoning unit, maybe; 40. Spare change seeker; 41. Cartel acronym; 42. Kidney-related; 44. Arm-Twist; 46. Hosiery shade; 47. Modern screening device; 48. Water park feature; 49. Julia of “Designing Women”; 50. “That was awesome of me!”; 51. Israeli seaport; 54. Tinted; 55. Writer Rice; 56. Headliner; 58. Sounds of satisfaction; 60. Extracted stuff.