Tatum and Ryan O’Neal in “Paper Moon” 1973.
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Puzzle by Patrick McIntyre / Edited by Will Shortz
CON GAME (37A. Scam … or an apt title for this puzzle?), SAMMY CAHN (14A. “High Hopes” lyricist), CHAKA KHAN (20A. Singer with the #1 R&B hit “I Feel for You”), JAMES CAAN (52A He was Sonny to Marlon Brando’s Vito) and BILLY CONN (62A. Boxer who almost upset Joe Louis in 1941) constitutes the interrelated group of this tidy Tuesday crossword.
Other — ADMISSION (17A. Guilty plea, say), ARIA and ERI TU (54D. Operatic highlight; 58A. 54-Down by Verdi), BADMINTON (2D. Sport with a birdie), EXIT SIGNS (34D. Illuminated notices above theater doors), FREE RANGE (59A. Allowed to wander, as a chicken), GREETER (41D. Welcomer at Walmart, e.g.), IMMEDIATE (3D. Having no delay), MONSIGNOR (33D. Priest’s honorific), PRO KEDS (10D. Sneakers brand sported by Abdul-Jabbar).
Mid-size — ALGID (56A. Chilly), ANGLE, ANISE, ASSTS, EJECT, EPSOM Downs, ESSENE (48A. Dead Sea Scrolls ascetic) , ETHANE, HOME EC, HOSTA, KOKOMO, MASKED, MEANS, Economist MILTON Friedman, MINIS, OCTAL, O’NEALS (23A. “Paper Moon” father and daughter), REESES Pieces, SARAH and SASHA, SHINTO (30A. Japan’s “way of the gods” religion), SMELL and SMITE and SMILES, STATS, TRACE.
Short stuff — AFBS, ARY, AUTO, CATER, CCS, CLUE, DENT, ELK, ENA and ENNA, ERST, ESC, IBIS, IDE, “A miss IS AS good …”, LAIC, NELL, NIK, “O IS for Outlaw”, O NEG, OXO, SALK, SMEW, THERE, TOT, UH OH, UTA, YSL.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Nile bird; 5. A ditz hasn’t one; 16. Slightest amount; 18. Lilylike garden plant; 19. It might make the nose wrinkle; 22. Suffix with ox- or sulf-; 24. Biscotti flavor; 26. Like Batman, the Long Ranger, etc.; 36. Pre-K child; 40. Certain blood type, for short; 43. Suffix with no-good; 46. Aides: Abbr.; 51. Grafton’s “___ for Outlaw”; 61. Handle the fixing’s for a party, say; 63. “I’m done!”; 64. Jonas who developed a polio vaccine; 65. Formerly, once. — DOWN: 4. Says “Cheese!”; 5. Hypo meas.; 6. Nonclerical; 7. “Looks like I goofed”; 8. City of central Sicily; 9. Gaseous hydrocarbon; 11. The younger Obama girl; 12. Of base 8; 13. Intends; 15. Fashion monogram; 21. Indiana University campus site; 24. Grand Theft ___; 25 Upper-left key; 26. Cooper cars; 27. Protractor measure; 28. Field goal percentages and such; 31. Class for cooking, sewing, etc.; 35. Stir-fry vessels; 38. Bambi’s aunt; 45. Make certain; 47. Give comfort to; 48. Give the heave-ho; 49. Politico Palin; 50. Strike down; 53. Place for B-2s and B-52s: Abbr.; 55. Dudley Do-Right’s heartthrob; 58. Mission conclusion?; 57. Car ding; 60. Yellowstone beast.
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