Monday, September 26, 2011
Puzzle by David Gray / Edited by Will Shortz
BACK (67A. Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across), QUARTER POUNDERS (20A. Some McDonald’s burgers), HALF BLOOD PRINCE (38A. Part of a 2005 Harry Potter title), and FULL METAL JACKET (50A. 1987 Stanley Kubrick classic) constitute the interrelated group of this Monday crossword. Oh... wait... is that football?!
Other — ADMIRE (25A. Look up to), FAJITA (46D. Tex-Mex wrap), INFIDELITY (28D. Cheating on a spouse), IN HERE (5D. “Yoo-hoo” response), LOADED DICE (10D. Items for gamblers who cheat).
Five-letter — ABHOR, ACT IN, AUNTS, BUENO, COP TO, DENTI, DUANE, DRAYS, ELENA, FOOLS, LORNE, MELEE, OASIS, OMNIS, PLASM, RAISA, SCONE, SLASH, TACIT, TEARS, THROB, USAIN, USURP.
Short stuff — AMIS, APSE, ARIA and ASIA and ASEA, BOAR, CHIP, CRAB, DATE, DUAL, EON, ERIC, ESAI, FLU, FUDD, HAIL, HESS, HILO, HOSS, HRS, ITCH, KAMA Sutra, LADY Gaga, LAMA and LANA, LEST, NEHI, ONEI, ORLY, PAS, PERU, RARA, REED, RES, SEE, SHAQ, SORE, SPAT, STIR, TASK, TELL, TSAR, USER.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Little argument; 5. Result of a mosquito bite; 9. / ; 14. Gas company famous for its toy trucks; 15.. Classic soda brand; 16. Acknowledge as true, as a crime; 17. Operatic solo; 18. Signal, as a cab; 19. Common mirage image; 23. Four-baggers: Abbr.; 24. View; 25. Look up to; 29. It might make you go “Achoo!;; 31. January 1 for the Rose Bowl, e.g.; 35. Good, in Guatemala; 36. Wild pig; 37. ___ exhaust; 41. “That’s ___ haven’t heard”; 42. Paris airport; 43. Be a cast member of; 44. Double-___ (oboe, e.g.); 45. Bus. Opposite; 46. Party south of the border; 47. Years on end; 49,. Partners for mas; 59. Lightning-fast Bolt; 60. Actor Morales; 61. ___ avis; 62. Tooth: Prefix; 63. For fear that; 64. French friends; 65. Heavy carts; 66. Tibetan priest. — DOWN: 1. N.B.A. nickname until 2011; 2. Llama land; 3. It’s north of the Indian Ocean; 4. Former Russian royal; 6. They may stream down the cheeks; 7. Chocolate-___; 8. Hawaiian port; 9. English biscuit served with tea; 10. Items for gamblers who cheat; 11. Area that may have stained-glas windows; 12. Use a teaspoon in tea, e.g.; 13. “Bonanza” brother; 21. Pulsate painfully;22. Improperly seize; 25. Despise; 26. One of the Allman Brothers; 27. Bawl; 29. April 1 victims; 32. Female relations; 33. Not said explicitly; 34. 1941 chart-topper “Maria ___’; 36. Drill a hole; 39. Michaels of “S.N.L.”; 40. Mrs. Gorbachev; 46. Tex-Mex wrap; 48. Old Dodges; 40. Ecto- or proto- ending; 50. Elmer with double-barreled shotgun; 51. Manipulator; 52. Actress Turner; 53. Explain to; 54. On an ocean voyage; 55. Creature that sidles; 57. Attorney General Holder; 58. Work to do.
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