05.31.11 — Twenty-One II

21 Club in New York City by David Shankbone

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Puzzle by Nina Rulon-Miller / Edited by Will Shortz

TWENTY-ONE (65A. Number associated with 17-, 25-, 41- and 51-Across), BLACK JACK (17A. Something to play at a casino), SPOTS ON A DIE (25A. Pips);, FIFTIES GAME SHOW (41A. Jack Barry once hosted a rigged one), NEW YORK CLUB (51A. Place for Manhattanites to drink and dance) are the interrelated entries of this Tuesday crossword. “Twenty-One” was recently a crossword group in February of this year, HERE.

Other — “We are not AMUSED”: Queen Victoria; ARTERY (30D. Main line), IDIOT BOX (42D. Boob tube), JAPANESE (9D. Like most sumo wrestlers), THAT’S LIFE (3D. “Win some, lose some”), THREEFOLD (38D. Like a $6 return on a $2 bet).

Five-letter — ABBOT, ANODE, ARENA, CELEB, Nicene CREED, COWER, ENNUI, EPEES, ESSEX, FATAL, GENII, GRETE, INFER, JEWEL, KITED, LASED LATTE, NACHT and NACRE, ODIST, OTTOI, PRINT, RETRO, SOLTI, Kama SUTRA, TYKES, WEIRD, WELTS.

Short stuff — AIR, APE, ARCO, ASTA, AWE, BOHR, BRAY, BRR, DRAT, EDIE, EERO, EGO, ERA and ERE and ERE and ERNE, HERA, IRA, KISS, LIEF, MENU, NOTE, NYSE, OBIT, PAIR, PBJ, PELE, PFC, PINT, RIB, RON and ROT and RUT, TEM, TIS, TOTE, TRIO, SLIT.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Nick and Nora’s terrier; 5. Blood donation unit; 9. Tiara inset; 14. Nobelist Niels; 15. Jackass’s sound; 16. Skybox site; 19. Word-processing command; 20. Holy Roman emperor dubbed “the Great”; 21. Wife of Zeus; 23. Same old same old, as at work; 24. “Tain’t” retort; 29. Performed microsurgery on, perhaps; 31. President pro ___; 32. Two twos, say; 34. Willing, old-style; 45. Carryall; 46. Predatory seabird; 47. Barbecue item; 49. Jumper cable connection; 58. Soufflé ingredient; 59. Tailless simian; 60. The Magi, e.g.; 61. Get by logic; 63. Paparazzo’s target, briefly; 68. So old it’s new again; 69. Architect Saarinen; 70. Revealing skirt feature; 71. British earldom; 72. “Phooey!”; 73. Falco of “Nurse Jackie”. — DOWN: 1. Monk’s superior; 2. Conductor Sir Georg; 4. Western U.S. oil gaitn; 5. Brown-bagger’s sandwich, for short; 6. Often rolled-over investment, for short; 7. After-dark time in Germany; 8. Rug rats; 10. Miss a cue, say; 11. Off-the-wall; 12. The blahs; 13. Coffee shop order; 18. X, on a greeting card; 22. “Baloney!”; 26. Brazilian soccer hero; 27. Keats or Wordsworth; U.S.M.C. enlistee; 33. Hang on a clothesline; 35. Freudian concept; 36. Causing ruin; 39. Potter pal Weasley; 40. Leave dumbstruck; 43. It might end with “Beverages”; 48. “It’s c-c-cold!”; 50. Article often bordered in black; 51. Mother-of-pearl; 52. Blunted blades; 53. Evidence of a caning; 54. Passed illegally, as a check; 55. Shrink in fear; 57. Wish granters; 58. Late marathoner Waitz; 62. Big Board initials; 64. Bard’s “before”; 66. NOW political cause, once; 67. “Just kidding!”.