03.28.11 — Meat and Chips

Daniel in the Lion's Den by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub / Edited by Will Short

CHIPS (69A. Things that 18-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across may have), OLD DISHES (18A. Much-used dinnerware), POKER TABLES (27A. Centers of casino action), BRITISH PUBS (46A. Places to drink and play darts) and SHOULDERS (60A. They’re shrugged) comprise the interrelated group of this amiable Monday crossword.

Other —ADORING (53A. Loving), ALAN / LADD (15A. With 8-Down “Shane” star), ATHLETIC (41D. Part of N.C.A.A.), AT RANDOM (39D. Haphazardly), DIVERGE (22A. Branch off), INDIRECT (9D. Not as the crow flies), RED MEAT (38A. Food thrown to lions), RENT FREE (5D. Like living with Mom and Dad, perhaps), STATURE (40A. Height).

Mid-size — AD HOC, BALBOA (48A. Spanish discoverer of the Pacific, 1513), BASES and BASKS, BESET, BRUIN, ERODE, EXILE, IS TOO, LASSIE, LOOFA, MAI TAI, MAVEN, OCHRE, OMEGA, PLENTY, REMAKE, RESEAT, TENOR, TOTAL, TOWER (1A. Pisa has a leaning one).

Short stuff — ABM, ACME (16A. Zenith), ALL, ANTI (57A. Prefix with disestablishmentarianism), ARAB, BOIL, BOOB, EDEN, ELMO, EROS, FEMA, GELS, GENE, IMAC, IVES, KIDD, KOFI, KOOP, MALI, MAO, MEAN, MESH, MTV, ONCE, ORAL, OXEN, PERU, RCA (61D. Zenith competitor), SCAN, SEN, SIR, STAG, STOP, TAMS, TEMP, TUTU, VEIL, WOVE (3D. Used a loom).

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