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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Puzzle by Gareth Bain / Edited by Will Shortz
DOUBLE-HEADERS (34A. Once-common baseball events … and a hint to 16-, 24-, 46- and 57-Across), THUNDER GOD (16A. Thor, for one), WAR BRIDES (24A. Ones often marrying in a hurry), STEEL DRUM (46A. Calypso instrument) and DEAD LETTER (57D. It’s undeliverable), two-word phrases where both words can precede the word HEAD, constitutes the interrelated group of this lackluster Wednesday crossword.
Other — ARM RESTS (11D. Pair on a couch), CLASSES (12D. Business and tourist), DENTURES (34D. Stereotypical glass fillers), MASCARA (38D. It might run in the rain), MULE DEER (10D. Yellowstone forager) , ORDER OUT (35D. Not have a home-cooked meal, maybe).
Six-letter — ASTRAL, BLONDE (54A. Like Mrs. Bumstead), DIMPLE, DNA LAB, ELUDED, GO HOME, INDENT, RODENT (19A. Porcupine, e.g.), SAILOR, SOAK IN, STEREO, WANTON.
Five — AMEBA (23A. Creature on a slide), ANDRE, AROAR, DENEB (4D. Summer Triangle star), DOGMA, DUDES, ELIOT, IBSEN, LOTTO, MAORI, OBESE, PLANT, REALM, REELS, SIDE B, SUCRE, USAIR, WILES.
Short stuff — AGED, AIL, ALMA, AKA, AROD, ASTI, BLT, CUR, DOS, DPI, ERS, FURL, IFA, IMAC, LAI and LAM, LED, MAES, MERC, MET, OHO, ONTO, PAR, PDAS, REUP, SETS, SOLE amandine, SRO, SSRS, SUES, TONE, WIS.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Kept in a cellar, perhaps; 5. Droids, iPhones, etc.; 9. Non-PC computer; 14. Language that gave us “kiwi”; 15. Roll up, as a sail; 18. Michigan college town; 20. Actresses West and Clarke; 22. Hosp. areas; 26. Took by the hand; 27. My ___, Vietnam; 29. Needing a seat belt extender, say; 30. Shore leave taker; 33. Collectors’ completions; 38. Chicago exchange, for short; 39. Absorb thoroughly; 40. Agassi of tennis; 42. Beat it; 43. It borders two Great Lakes: Abbr.; 53. Seeks redress; 55. Yankee nickname starting in 2004; 59. Extend one’s tour; 60. “The Waste Land” poet; 61. Shape (up); 62. Piedmont city; 63. Cold war-era lands: Abbr.; 64. Not taken in by. — DOWN: 1. Kind of projection; 2. “Beat it!”; 3. Got away from; 5. Links figure; 6. Set of beliefs; 7. Like crowds in the heat of a match; 8. 45 half; 9. “___ tree falls …”; 14. Shook hands, say; 17. Paternity testing locale; 21. B.O. sign; 24. Bits of cunning; 25. “Peer Gynt” playwright; 28. Have a bug; 30. A capital of Bolivia; 31. “Caught you!”; 32. Queendom, e.g.; 36. Wanted-poster abbr.; 37. Part of a golf ball; 41. Golf’s Big Easy; 43. Far from demure; 44. Set right; 45. Word on many Lps; 47. Fancy dressers; 48. Walks like a tosspot; 49. Carrier renamed in 1997; 51. Pick 6, e.g.; 54. Short-order lunch; 56. Print resolution meas.; 58. Galas.
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