Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Puzzle by Michael Farabaugh / Edited by Will Shortz
SPRINTER USAIN, METAL FASTENER, LIGHTNING UNIT and LEAVE SUDDENLY, all clued as Bolt, constitute the interrelated group of this striking Tuesday crossword.
Other — CANDYMAN (38D. 1972 #1 hit for Sammy Davis Jr., with “The”), DELL / PCS (54D. Big maker of 59-Down; 59D. Office staples, for short) EGGNOG (42D. Drinks that are often ladled), LENA / HORNE (24D. With 13-Down, “Stormy Weather” singer), ON A ROLL (5D. Hot, scoring-wise), WEBSITES (3D. They have homes that many people visit).
Mid-size — ALOOF, AUPAIR (11D. Foreign domestic), COBRA (17A. “Spitting“ snake), CORNEA, ERASE, GRACE, IMEAN, INDEED, INVADE, LESSEE, LOANED, ONEAL, OOMPH, SAWTO, SEINE, SENSE, SLOAN, SLUSH, STONE, TELLY, TRAIN.
Short stuff — AAH, ABIT, AGEE, ALI, AMO and AMOS, ASH (35D. Result of a fire), ASIA, BSIX, CAMP, DXI, ELF, EURO, HEE-haw, HYDE, INF, LATH, LIT (36D. On fire), LOLA, LORE, MODE, NEE and NEG, OBOE, OGLE, ONE, PEER, RIDE, SASH, SIC, SLED, SPAR, STOW, TARP, TCBY, TOO, TREE, TRU, ULNA, URGE, USNA, WELD (65A. Unite under fire?), YETI.
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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Handled, as a matter; 6. Sleepaway, e.g.; 10. Wood strip; 14. “Er … um …”; 15. Instrument heard in Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe”; 18. Currency that replaced the drachma; 18. Roller coaster, e.g.; 19. Rigging support; 23. Cousin of Muhammad; 25. Sharer of an exclamation point on a keyboard; 26. Locale of the Île de la Cité; 32. Tatum of “Paper Moon”; 33. The “she” in the lyric “She walked up to me and she asked me to dance”; 34. Window part; 35. Unlikely to hug, say; 37. Frozen dessert franchise; 41. Part of the Old World; 42. Wipe the slate clean; 47. Marble, for one; 49. What “-” may mean: Abbr.; 50. 511, to Caesar; 56. Wrist/elbow connector; 57. Every family has one; 58. Energy; 61. Toy sometimes pulled with a rope; 62. Leer; 63. It’s a blessing; 64. Half of a famous split personality; 66. Smarts. — DOWN: 1. Word to an attack dog; 2. ___, amas, amat …; 4. Protective covering; 5. Hot, scoring-wise; 6. Pupil coverer; 7. Somewhat; 8. Number in statistics; 9. ___ review; 10. Renter; 12. Choo-choo; 21. Like Brahms’s Symphony No. 3; 22. Jimmy Carter’s alma mater: Abbr.; 23. Famous ___ cookies; 28. Sound from a weary person sinking into a hot tub; 29. ___-Kettering Institute; 30. Also; 31. Figure in Santa’s workshop; 37. Play about Capote; 39. Vitamin whose name sounds like a bingo call; 40. Mountain sighting; 41. Writer James; 43. Given for a time; 44. Attach, as across a boundary; 45. “Absolutely!”; 46. Born as; 47. Snow when it’s around 32°F; 48. British boob tube; 52. Store; 53. Persuade; 55. Folk tales and such.
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