03.15.11 — Ode to Joy

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Puzzle by Jeremy Newton, edited by Will Shortz

BEETHOVEN (16A. Composer of 20-Across), ODE TO JOY (20A. Work by 16-Across), IN C MAJOR (57A. How the circled letters of 20-Across are played), PIANO KEYS (62A. Items you might play 20-Across on) and the circled letters, E E F G G F E D C C D E E D D, constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

Other — CEASELESS (34D. Unending), DESPISE (22A. Can’t stomach), HAZIEST (54A. Lease clear, as a memory), MASONITE (9D. Composite board material), SIC ‘ EM BOY (38D. Order to Rex) , TSE TSE FLY (3D. Small biter in Niger).

Mid-size — A GAME, C CUPS, DELTS, DOUBT, EGG ON, ESPYS, EVENS, INLAW, IN PJS, LT COL, MY BAD (1D. “Whoops!”), MYOPIA, OMAHA, ORZOS, RANAT, REECE, RETELL, SANDED, SAY HI, SCUZZ, SEEDY, TELLY, TREATS, TRY IT, TYSON (56D. He said about an opponent “My main objective is to be professional but to kill him”).

Short stuff — ACTV, ADD and ADJ, ALA king, CLAY, CRAM, DALI, DOH, DOWD (45A. Pulitzer winner Maureen), DUZ, EEK and EELS, EMO, ENNE, EVA, HER, IGO, IDOL, ITSY, LAV, LAZY, LOCH, LSD, MAYO, MIMI, MRT, NAM, NORA, OFNO, OKD and OLD, OWE, PICK, RING, “SHO ‘nuff!”, SIN, SOFT, THEO, TVPG, VET, VHF, YES, YWCA.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Actor whose original name was Laurence Tureaud; 4. Some muscles or sorority women, informally; 9. Actress Rogers; 13. Green light; 14. Sioux adversary; 15. Blitzed; 18. Annual athletic awards; 19. When Othello kills himself; 26. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc.; 27. Prod; 28. “Still Life - Fast Moving” atist; 29. Band with low numbers, in brief; 31. ___ use (worthless); 33. U.S.A.F. rank; 37. They’re difficult to grasp; 39. What to watch the Beeb on; 42. Alarmed squeals; 43. “Here, have one”; 47. Tendency for one’s mind to wander, for short; 48. Learn fast, maybe; 51. Midsize bra features; 53. Dilapidated; 60. Ali, before he was Ali; 61. No ___!” (“Of course!”); 66. Rice-sized pastas; 67. Acquired relative; 69. Slothful; 70. Best competitive effort, informally; 71. Do something wrong. — DOWN: 2. Volleyball champion/model Gabrielle; 4. “I am an idiot!”; 5. Rock music genre; 6. John; 7. TV’s Kojak; 8. Smoothed, as wood; 10. Dressed for bed, briefly; 11. Month after abril; 12. Not big at al, informally; 15. Share again, as a story; 17. Rating for most episodes of “The Simpsons”; 21. Actress ___ Marie Saint; 23. “Where did ___ wrong?”; 24. Downy; 25. -trix alternative; 29. Dog doc.; 30. Every other hurricane; 32. So last year; 34 Unending; 35. Green-lit; 36. Trip producer; 40. Fishing spot for Scots; 41. Feminine org. since the 1850s; 44. Dog biscuits, e.g.; 46. “Eazy-___-It” (double-platinum album by Eazy-E); 49. Small, medium or large: Abbr.; 50. Shortsightedness; 52. Horse on a ticket; 53. Dirt, slangily; 55. Give a greeting; 57. Fox hit since 2002, informally; 58. Writer Ephron; 59. Circus or wedding staple; 64. Ho Chi Minh Trail locale, for short; 65. Have bills.