Monday, August 29, 2011
Puzzle by Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake
Edited by Will Shortz
BAGEL (62A. Item whose varieties include the endings of 20-, 28- and 46-Across), THE PURPLE ONION (20A. Legendary San Francisco music/comedy club where Lenny Bruce and Woody Allen have performed), OPEN SESAME (28A. Ali Baba’s magic words), FLOOD PLAIN (46A. Bad place to live when the river rises) and THE WHOLE SHMEAR (52A. Everything … or what might cover an everything 62-Across?) constitutes the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.
Other — GRANDSON (10D. Junior’s junior), ONE RUN, PARENT, PROBED, ROOT WORD (39D. The Greek “Khalix” (pebble) for the English “calculus,” e.g.), SAID AH, SLEAZE and SPREES.
Five-letter — ACT IN self defense, ALIBI, ASTRO, DENTS, EMBED, ERICA, EXERT, EXTRA, E-ZINE, LEROY, METAL, NITTI, PAPAL, PIXEL, Q TIPS (1A. You can stick them in your ear), DO NOT!!!, ROLEX, SHARI, SHELF, SLEPT, SUCRE.
Short stuff — AGIN, AJAR, AMIR, ANTE, “Planet of the APES“, AUTO, BAR and TAR, BEEN, BEVY, CEL, DISC, EMIL, END, ETRE, EVEN, EYED, GLOB, HIS, HUEY, INCH and ITCH, JUMP, KERR, LES, LEVI, LONI, NTH, OTTO, PIT, PUMP, QTS, RENT, ROTE, SISLT, SPAT, TAKE, TOUT, UH OH.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 10. Soft, thick lump; 14. Sum; 15. Leap; 16. Learning by memorization; 17. Bolivian capital; 18. Mideast leader: Var.; 19. The “a” in a.m.; 23. To the ___ degree; 24. Extremity; 25. Got rid of some tobacco juices, say; 35. Counterpart of hers; 36. Puppeteer Lewis; 37. High-end watchmaker; 38. Bonus; 40. Quarry, e.g.; 41. Amalgamate; 42. Poet/playwright Jones; 45. Tavern; 48. Road surfacing material; 50. Cartoon frame; 60. The “A” in U.A.W.; 61. Group of birds; 64. Deborah of “The King and I”; 65. 50-50; 66. Online-only publication; 67. Sized up visually; 58. 45 or 78; 69. Results of bumps to a bumper. — DOWN: 1. Ice cream amts.; 2. Brazenly promote; 3. “The Seven Year ___”; 4. Mother or father; 5. Caught some Z’s; 6. Not fully shut; 7. The heart, essentially; 8. Actor Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar; 9. Wild shopping sessions; 11. Actress Anderson; 12. “Beetle Bailey” bulldog; 13. “___ there, done that”; 21. “This isn’t looking good”; 22. Minimal lead in baseball; 25. Bookcase part; 26. Dot on a computer screen; 27. Houston baseball; 29. Vatican-related; 30. “Fear of Fifty” writer Jong; 31. Capone henchman; 32. What a murder suspect needs; 33. Zinc or zirconium; 34. Apply, as pressure; 36. Got ready for a tongue depressor, say; 44. Ruler part; 47. Examined deeply; 48. Schlock; 51. Fix deeply and tightly; 52. Seize; 53. ___ Lewis and the News; 54. To live, to Lévy; 55. ___ Strauss jeans; 56. After-work times, in classifieds; 57. Harmony; 58. Opposed to, in dialect; 59. Check for a landlady; 53. “___ Misérables”.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 10. Soft, thick lump; 14. Sum; 15. Leap; 16. Learning by memorization; 17. Bolivian capital; 18. Mideast leader: Var.; 19. The “a” in a.m.; 23. To the ___ degree; 24. Extremity; 25. Got rid of some tobacco juices, say; 35. Counterpart of hers; 36. Puppeteer Lewis; 37. High-end watchmaker; 38. Bonus; 40. Quarry, e.g.; 41. Amalgamate; 42. Poet/playwright Jones; 45. Tavern; 48. Road surfacing material; 50. Cartoon frame; 60. The “A” in U.A.W.; 61. Group of birds; 64. Deborah of “The King and I”; 65. 50-50; 66. Online-only publication; 67. Sized up visually; 58. 45 or 78; 69. Results of bumps to a bumper. — DOWN: 1. Ice cream amts.; 2. Brazenly promote; 3. “The Seven Year ___”; 4. Mother or father; 5. Caught some Z’s; 6. Not fully shut; 7. The heart, essentially; 8. Actor Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar; 9. Wild shopping sessions; 11. Actress Anderson; 12. “Beetle Bailey” bulldog; 13. “___ there, done that”; 21. “This isn’t looking good”; 22. Minimal lead in baseball; 25. Bookcase part; 26. Dot on a computer screen; 27. Houston baseball; 29. Vatican-related; 30. “Fear of Fifty” writer Jong; 31. Capone henchman; 32. What a murder suspect needs; 33. Zinc or zirconium; 34. Apply, as pressure; 36. Got ready for a tongue depressor, say; 44. Ruler part; 47. Examined deeply; 48. Schlock; 51. Fix deeply and tightly; 52. Seize; 53. ___ Lewis and the News; 54. To live, to Lévy; 55. ___ Strauss jeans; 56. After-work times, in classifieds; 57. Harmony; 58. Opposed to, in dialect; 59. Check for a landlady; 53. “___ Misérables”.
I liked this puzzle. Please have more like this one on Mondays as well as the rest of the week. I don't enjoy it when the constructors take you around in circles with obscure, obtuse and unintelligible clues. Thank you.
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