Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Puzzle by Andrea Carla Michaels and Johanna Fenimore
Edited by Will Shortz
FULL SPEEDO AHEAD (17A. Warning about a chubby guy in some skimpy swimwear?), DIRTY ROTTEN EGGO (26A. No-good, awful frozen waffle?), SNOWBALL IN HELLO (45A. Icy winter greeting?) and NO LEGO TO STAND ON (59A. Result of cleaning up some building toys?) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.
Other — AWAKENS (41D. Rouses), BLOOPERS (9D. Filmed bits that don‘t make it on the air), GHETTO (6D. Area in need of urban renewal), IBISES (47D. Everglades birds), KRAKOW (51A. Former Polish capital), OPIATE (22A. Religion, to the masses, per Marx), PENANCE (44D. Sinners may do it), TEAMWORK (37D. Collaboration), WAHINES (10D. Lanai ladies), WALNUTS (4D. Squirrels‘ stash).
Five-letter — DENYS, EXIST, GNARL, GOGOL, IXION (27D. Zeus bound him to an eternally revolving wheel), LEASE, OCEAN, OHSAY, OSTEO, RINGO, SCOWL, SPORE, TOWEL, TOWNS.
Ixion by Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1876
Short stuff — AIDE, ALER, ALMS, AMON, AOL, APIN, ASEA, ASTI, ATV, BAH, BLOG, CHUM, DOAS, ENNE, EWE, GAT, GLOB, HIDE, HILL, HIS, HOLY, IDEA, KEYS, KNOX, LIEV, LYS, NAST, NIN, NYT, OLD, OPEN, OSLO, OUR, OWLS, PAIR, ROLE and ROPE, SHH, SOFA, SONS, SPIN, STAT, STUN, TOE, UNIT, WASH, XERS, YOGA.
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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Grumpy expression; 6. Dollop; 10. Do a traditional Monday chore; 14. Anthem’s opener; 15. Capital ___; 16. Winemaking province of Italy; 20. Chief Theban deity; 21. Many a four-wheel drive transport, for short; 23. Condo, e.g.; 25. “Wheel of Fortune” action; 33. Have a life; 34. First word of the Lord’s Prayer; 35. They may have “II” or “III” after their names; 36. “A Woman Speaks” writer Anais; 37. Villages; 39. Lead pumper, in old slang; 40. Meditation on a mat; 42. She-sheep; 43. Fern’s seed; 49. “___ for the poor”; 50. Ruhr road; 54. Part of H.R.H.; 55. Right-hand person; 62. Sign on a shop’s door; 63. One may be leading or supporting; 64. Arctic, for one; 65. Gen ___ (boomers’ kids); 66. Custodian’s ringful; 67. Alternative to purchase. — DOWN: 1. Couch; 2. Bosom buddy; 3. Capital near Lillehammer; 5. Fleur-de-___; 7. Actor Schreiber; 8. Like Mother Hubbard; 11. Researching whales, say; 12. “A.S.A.P.!”; 13. Camouflage; 18. Au ___; 19. “… hear ___ drop”; 24. W.S.J. rival; 25. Bedazzle; 26. Patron saint of France; 28. Fab Four name; 29. Dry (off); 30. Nikolai who wrote “Diary of a Madman”; 31. Bump on a tree; 32. Bone: Prefix; 38. Temple University team; 43. “Quiet!”; 46. E-journal; 48. Cartoonist Thomas; 51. Kentucky’s Fort ___; 52. Hitchcock classic seemingly filmed in one continuous take; 53. DiMag, e.g., for his entire career; 54. “Monty Python and the ___ Grail”; 56. Notion; 57. “___ you’re told!”; 58. Cousin of -ette or -trix; 60. Bathwater temperature tester; 61. “You’ve got mail” co.
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