09.28.11 — CL OUT

TKO by Eric Carter

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Puzzle by Steve Salitan / Edited by Will Shortz

CL OUT (or CLOUT) clued as Influence … and a hint to 20-, 26-, 46- and 56-Across, along with EAR CUT SOLUTION (20A. Iodine in barber’s first-aid kit?), ASS DISMISSED (26A. Doofus given a pink slip?), AIMS ADJUSTOR (46A. One modifying goals?) and ASH OF THE TITANS (56A. Cronus and Rhea’s barbecue remains?) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword. That’s right, clear-cut solution, class dismissed, claims adjustor and clash of the titans …

Other — ANT FARM (39A. Hobby kit with a colony), BICOASTAL (11D. Like a New York/Los Angeles romance, CATCH-ALL (4D. Odds-and-ends category), DULLARD (36A. Dim bulb, so to speak), FORETOLD (41D. Predicted), OLD MASTER (33D. Rembrandt, notably), ON TOPIC (7D. Germane), REDD FOXX (37D. Player of a TV junkman), RUSHDIE (44D. “The Satanic Verses” novelist), SET-UP MAN (9D. Eighth-inning hurler, often).

Mid-size — ADEPT, ALERT, AMOLE, ATLAS, BOSSED, DAFOE, EMAILS, ETHAN, KOLAS (45A. Caffeine-laden nuts), NO FEE, ONE-UP, PEACE, SAHARA, SEES IN, THETA.

Short stuff — AAND, ABS, ACOW, ACRE, ACTA, ADIA, ANO and ANON, BOIS, BRER, CPA, DEMS, DEPT, DRJ, EBAY, EDO, ERR, ESAU, EZRA, ICEL, INCA, IND, MINE, MUNI, NTH, ONCE, ORDS, PATE, POLA (25A. Vamp Negri), SEA and SEN, SERA, SETT, SPA, STET, TDS, TKO (40D. End-of-fight letters), TNT, TOI, TRIM, TZE, XIII, XMEN, YEW.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. 1960s “Bye!”; 6. ___ de Boulogne (Paris park); 10. Web site with a “Buy It Now” option; 14. Trip planner’s aid; 15. Way back when; 16. Miser’s cry; 17. Angle symbol, in trigonometry; 18. Mark in a margin; 19. Have ___ (lose it); 23. Ultimate degree; 24. Passbook abbr.; 31. Root used as a soap substitute; 34. Balancing pro; 35. Philosopher Mo-___; 36. Dim bulb, so to speak; 39. Hobby kit with a colony; 42. Sans affiliation: Abbr.; 43. Muff; 51. Texas ___ M; 52. One with a 6-yr. term; 53. Tokyo, to shoguns; 60. Official proceedings; 61. Municipal laws: Abbr.; 62. Like some checking accounts; 63. Title in an Uncle Remus story; 64. Unlucky number for Caesar?; 66. Anti-snakebite supplies, e.g.; 67. Superheroes of comics; 68. Well-versed. — DOWN: 1. Party spread; 2. One of the Coens; 3. Argus-eyed; 5. Son of Isaac; 6. Ordered (around); 8. Home of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano: Abbr.; 10. Many résumé submissions, these days; 12. In a bit; 13. Bow wood; 21. Results of most 100-yd. returns; 22. You, to Yves; 27. Serpent’s home; 28. Curative locale; 29. Cornell of Cornell University; 30. 2012 Charlotte conventioneers: Abbr.;31. Sarah McLachlan hit; 32. Bond that’s often tax-free, for short; 38. Hoopster Erving, to fans; 40. End-of-fight letters; 47. Much of Libya; 48. May is part of it; 49. Greets at the door; 50. What might make molehills out of a mountain?; 54. Willem of “Platoon”; 55. Best; 56. Spread unit; 57. At one’s fighting weight, say; 58. Machu Picchu builder; 59. Paving stone; 60. Gym rat’s “six-pack”.