Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski / Edited by Will Shortz
FIVE IRONS (59A. Fairway clubs … or a hint to the starts of the answers to 17-, 24- and 45-Across and 10- and 37-Down), STEAM ROOM (17A. Place for a sweater?), SCRAP PAPER (24A. Sheets for scribbling), WAFFLE CONE (45A. Ice cream holder), PIG LATIN (10D. Playground lingo) and FLAT SODA (37D. Fizzless drink) constitutes the interrelated group of this solid Wednesday crossword.
Other — ABASED, AIRWAY (27D. Breathing space), ALL WET, BAA BAA, CORRAL, ELEVENS, LOVERBOY (53A. Beau), LORELEI, MRS PEEL, SOMBRERO (20A. A Mexican might sleep under it), THREE PM.
Five-letter — ALLAN, ATE IN, “The Surrender of BREDA”, BUXOM, CROWE, DODGE, EMILE and EMIRS, EPSOM, HE-MAN (48D. Mr. Universe, e.g.), I WILL, LIE TO, MINGO (16A. Iroquoian people), ON RED, PROOF, RELIT, ROLFE, STRIP, WOOER (41A. Suitor), VERSO.
Short stuff — ABBA, “Zip-A-DEE-Doo-Dah“, AMIN, AROO, ARR, ASE, AXEL, BODE, BOOR, La BREA Tar Pits, BURL, DADS, ECTO, ELEM, ELO, FAD, HORA, LEAR, LIMA, MOST, OGRE, ONEA, OVID, PETA, RAM, ROT, SIGN, SNOW, TBAR, “ … or so THEY say“, TRE, TVAD, UCLA, WED, WEEB and WUSS, YSER.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Coach Ewbank who led the Jets to a Super Bowl championship; 5. Sturdy mountain climber?; 9. English derby site; 14. Pac-12 team; 15. Circular dance; 19. Composer Stravinsky and others; 21. Totally wrong; 22. “Peer Gynt” mother; 29. 30- or 60-second spot; 33. Three, in Rome; 34. Mideast moguls; 35. Not just mislead; 36. Pocahontas’s husband; 38. Hogwash; 39. When a right turn may be allowed; 40. “You have my word on it”; 43. Certain fraternity man, informally; 44. Antifur org.; 49. “A New World Record” grp.; 50. Put down; 58. Full-bosomed; 60. “The Surrender of ___” (Diego Velázquez painting); 61. Whitaker’s Oscar-winning role; 63. Poe’s middle name; 64. Root beer brand; 65. King with the immortal line “Who is it than can tell me who I am?” — DOWN: 1. Scaredy-cat; 2. Outside: Prefix; 3. K-6 sch. Designation; 4. Entreaty to Bo-Peep; 5 Earlyish teatime; 6. Uncouth sort; 7. Suffix with buck; 8. Bump in bumper cars, maybe; 9. Rat in “Ratatouille”; 11. Possible cause of school cancellation; 12. Storybook character; 13. Superlative adverb; 18. Emma of “The Avengers”; 21. Music sheet abbr.; 23. Annual city-magazine theme; 24. “Peanuts,” for one; 25. “Gladiator” star; 26. Like a candle right after night, say; 28. 90 is a pretty high one; 30. Left-hand page; 31. Used the dining room; 32. “Gunsmoke” setting, informally; 35. Legendary siren of the Rhine; 42. High dice rolls; 45. Tie the knot; 46. O.K. place?; 50. “Fernando” group; 51. Small knot; 52. Figure skater’s leap; 53. Succotash bean; 54. “Amores” poet; 55. Presage; 56. Fit for service; 57. River of Flanders; 59. Goldfish swallowing in the 1920s, e.g.
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