05.17.11 — Double Double

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Puzzle by John Farmer / Edited by Will Shortz

Four personalities, JIMMY KIMMEL, EDDIE VEDDER, ANNIE LENNOX and BETTY HUTTON, each with the same double consonants in their first and last names, are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword. An odd quartet, e.g., ABC late-night host, lead singer of Pearl Jam, “Walking on Broken Glass” singer and “The Greatest Show on Earth” co-star, 1952, with little else in common.

Other — AVIATORS (38D. Amelia Earhart and others), HOMAGES (8D. Respectful tributes), I LIKE YOU (2D. A few words between friends), KEISTER (41D. Tush), NAME-DROP (3D. Imply ties with V.I.P.’s), ODD BALL (25D. Kook), OVATION (26D. It may be standing at the end of a concert), RIPOSTES (37D Snappy comebacks).

Mid-size — ALAMOS, APNEA, ARMANI, AVATAR, CADET, EARLE, E-FILE, ELLERY, EMMYS, ESSEX, FUISSE, ID CARD, “Damned IF I DO, damned …”, JET LI, LIE ON, MINETA, NAPALM, NINJAS, OINGO, QUINCE, SCANS, SENSOR, SNOWY, SUPERB, T-STRAP.

Short stuff — ABBY, ADO, AHEM, ALA, ARCO, ASK, AYR, BREE, CIN, DUE, ERA, EVE, FAA, FLAK, HEF, IQS, “I’VE got your number“, JOAD, KEYS, MAGS, MAJ and TAJ, MEDS and MELS, NYE, PEND, PIN, RMS, ROVE, SASE, SAW, SIE, TOYS, VAIL, YARN, ZEST, ZULU.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Norman of the Clinton and Bush cabinets; 7. “Uh, excuse me …”; 11. Figs. Well above 100 in Mensa; 14. Los ___ (Manhattan Project lab site); 15. Travel far and wide; 16. Payable immediately; 19. The Reds, on scoreboards; 20. Items sometime locked in a car (oops!); 21. Air safety agcy.; 22. Reads, as bar codes; 2. Drugstore stock, for short; 25. Rock’s ___ Boingo; 27. Western U.S. gasoline giant; 28. Scottish seaport; 31. Sticky stuff; 32. Fuss; 33. Manuscript encl.; 34. Exceptionally good; 36. Woman’s shoe style; 40. Antiaircaft artillery; 42. “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?”; 48. It’s frequently punched on a keypad; 49. Colorado ski resort; 50. Rest atop; 51. Tom of “The Grapes of Wrath”; 52. Sleep problem; 54. Carpenter’s tool; 55. Gusto; 56. ___ Mahal; 61. In the style of; 62 One of the housewives on “Desperate Housewives”; 63. ___ Queen; 64. Apt. units; 65. Kitten’s plaything; 66. Pouilly- ___ (wine). — DOWN: 1. Capt.’s superior; 4. Small-screen statuettes; 5. Plays (with); 6. Question; 7. Giorgio of fashion; 9. “All About ___”; 10. Diner on “Alice”; 11. Airport security requirement, briefly; 12. Marmalade fruit; 13. Motion detector, e.g.; 23. Officer-in-training; 24. S.I. and O, e.g.; 29. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs; 30. One of Greater London’s “home counties”; 35. Paperless I.R.S. submission; 39. Hang; 42. Like many winter landscapes; 44. Online user’s self-image; 45. Incendiary fuel in “Apocalypse Now” 46. Masked fighters; 47. Tidy (up); 51. Star of the martial arts epic “Hero”; 53. John Prine’s “Dear ___”; 55. End of an alphabet that begins Alpha, Bravo, Charlie; 58. Pitcher’s stat; 59. Playboy founder, for short; 60. Bill ___, the Science Guy.