09.06.11 — Time

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Puzzle by Susan Gelfand / Edited by Will Shortz

DOUBLE TIME (59A. Fast marching pace … or a hint to 16- and 39-Across and 10- and 24-Down), along with TRAVEL CARD (16A. Ticket usable on more than one trip), ZONE OUT (39A. Become oblivious to one‘s surroundings), TRIAL PERIOD (10D. Interval in which something is tested) and SLOT MACHINE (24D. Las Vegas staple) constitute the interrelated group of this fine Tuesday crossword.

Other — AIR FARE (9D. Expedia calculation), EAGER and ARDENT (14A. Raring to go; 8D. Raring to go), EL GRECO and CRETE (14D. Artist born in 30-Down; 30D. Minotaur’s home), JESTERS (22A. They make a king laugh), PLASTER (43D. Wall cover), SLANDER (52A. Bad-mouth), UKULELE (40D. Luau instrument).

Mid-size — DOOZY (51D. Lollapalooza), CARTE blanche, CAVITY, ELITE (23D. Type of type), FOODS, JABOT (22D. Frilly neckwear), KANYE (36D. Rapper West), ON CALL, OZZIE (65A. Shortstop Smith who won 13 consecutive Gold Glove Awards), REEKS, Anglo-SAXON, SCALED (50A. Like maps, iguanas and rock walls), SCARF, SELDOM, SERIO, SNATCH, STANS, STOKE, SWEAR, Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George SZELL, TAMIL (11D. Indian tongue), TEMPE.

Short stuff — ALLS and ALLY, AREA, ARR, ATE, ASST, ATTA, BIB and BIO, COAX, CONE, DAHS, Art DECO, DIE, EDU, EGAD, ENE, ETA and ETC, EXIT, EXO, FAIT accompli, HUGO, INE and ING, IOU, IRAS, LEA, LOP, MAC and MAG, MESA, MYOB, ONER, OTT, PUZO, RAW, RIMS, SOYA, TALC, TARP, TAT.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. It gets patted on the bottom; 5. Tableland; 9. Lead-in to boy or girl; 13. Surveyor’s calculation; 15. Gershwin and Glass; 18. Basketball hoops; 19. Gerund’s finish; 20. When repeated, cry to a vampire; 26. Available if needed; 28. One who’s supposed to be available if needed; 29. End-of-list abbr.; 31. Diamond cover; 32. Life, in short; 33. Neck cover; 35. Smells bad; 38. Mel who batted left and threw right; 41. Completely untrained; 42. Home of Arizona State University; 44. Stir up, as a fire; 45. Suffix with brigand; 46. “___ well”; 48. Alternative to .com or .org.; 49. Bean type; 54. Counterparts of dits; 55. Cut with a sweeping motion; 57. Greek H; 58. Theater sign; 64. Dairy Queen purchase; 66. Cajole; 68. “Butt out,” briefly; 69. Novelist Victor. — DOWN: 1. Bit of body art, for short; 2. Train schedule: abbr.; 3. Meadow; 4. Dentist’s target; 5. Apple on a table; 6. “My word!”; 7. Prefix with comic; 12. Helper: Abbr.; 17. 25. Nixon aide Maurice; 34. General ___ former maker of Jell-O and Sanka; 37. Promise; 47. Rarely; 49. Grab; 53. Noshed; 56. “The Godfather” author; 60. Drool catcher; 61. Debtor’s letters; 62. O or Cosmo; 63. Prefix with skeleton.