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Monday, June 27, 2011
Puzzle by Joseph Samulak / Edited by Will Shortz
MIXTAPE or MIX TAPE (37A. Homemade music compilation … or a hint to the circled letters), along with PEATS, EATP, TEAP and EPTA found within THREE PEATS (20A. 1990s runnings of the Bulls?), SWEAT PANTS (53A. Some gymwear), TEAPARTIES (11D. Groups battling big government) and KEEP TABS ON (29D. Watch) comprise the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.
Other — AROUSES (45A. Wakens), GO-KARTS (27A. Kids’ vehicles on tracks), PINE TAR (4D. Application to improve a batter’s grip), RUN AWAY (43D. Escape).
Mid-size — ADALE, AESOP, ALASKA, ALIENS, Crazy as A LOON, AMONG, AROAR, ARTES, CREATE (25A. Manufacture), ECLAT, IDOLS, ISABEL, KNEAD, LASER, LEECH, MINTS, MUPPET, RED SEA, ROTTEN, SCRAP, SHERE Khan, TACOS, TREND.
Short stuff — AHA and ALA and ALE, ANTS, ASEA, ASST, AUDI, BAIT, BOOP, EAST, ERR, GUAM, ICON and ION, “You have no IDEA!”, MAKE (5A. Manufacture), MICE, MOP, NASA, ODOR, Alley-OOP, OSLO, OUCH, PHAT, PIES, PTA, REST, RGS, ROSE and ROTE, SPAN and SPAR, STAN, TIER, TRA-la-la, ULNA, USER, WAIT, WAYS, YARN, YOKE, XES.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Betty of comics; 9. ___ liberales (studies at universidades); 14, Car whose logo has four rings; 15. Forearm bone; 16. Parasite; 17. Che Guevara or Lady Gaga; 18. Desserts akin to cobblers; 19. Allan- ___ (Robin Hood compadre); 23. Practice boxing; 24. General tendency; 30. Loud, as a crowd; 31. Manual’s intended reader; 32. Excellent, in dated slang; 36. Word after ginger or brown; 40. Charged particle; 41. Implement you might wring;43. Leftover part; 44. Sandwiches that may have sour cream and salsa; 49. Queen who financed Columbus, to the Spanish; 52. Bawls; 58. Cutting-edge technology?; 60. Aide: Abbr.; 61. “Hold your Horses!”; 62. Honor ___ thieves; 63. Harness for oxen; 64. Where sailors go; 65. After-dinner candies; 66. Bridge; 67. Ball material for a cat. — DOWN: 1. Worms and such, to a fisherman; 2. “That hurt!”; 3. Stench; 5. Bert or Ernie; 6. Martians and Venusians; 7. Work, as dough; 8. Direction after Near, Middle or Far; 9. Chicken ___ king; 10. One end of the Suez Canal; 12. Brilliance; 13. ___ Khan (“The Jungle Book” tiger); 21. Mess up; 22. Leftover part; 26. Memorization; 27. U.S. territory in W.W. II fighting; 28. Norway’s capital; 32. School open house organizer: Abbr.; 34. Kennedy matriarch; 35. Tidbits for aardvarks; 37. Runners in lab mazes; 38. Winners of some televised singing competitions; 39. Deletes, with “out”; 45. Not present; 46. “Sarah Palin’s ___” of 2010-11 TV; 47. No-good; 40. Ayatollah’s faith; 50. “Me too!”; 51. “The Fox and the Grapes” storyteller; 54. House ___ and Means Committee; 55. Cape Canaveral org.; 56. Level; 57. Kyl and Kenny's friend on "South Park"; 59. Some N.F.L. linemen.
That definition for 11D does not pass the breakfast test. "Occasions to serve light refreshments" would have been much better. What were you thinking Will??? There is a reason I do the crossword puzzle before reading the news. And it is not to be remminded of this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tea%20Party
ReplyDeleteOther than that a nice debut. Congrats Joseph Samulak!