09.05.11 — TV

Monday, September 5, 2011 — Labor Day

Puzzle by Patrick Merrell / Edited by Will Shortz

TVS (63D. Appliances hidden in seven answers in this puzzle), ATV, WEST VIRGINIA, SPIT VALVE, SPLIT VOTE, ABSOLUT VODKA, PIT VIPER and EXIT VISA constitute the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.

Other — BRAINIAC, Samuel Langhorne CLEMENS, DISHRAG, GOOD OMEN, HANG-UPS, STILTED.

Mid-size — ACTS ON, CHEWS, CLASPS, DIDST, ESTATE, HACK IT, HYENA, IN A WAY, IN-RUN, LASERS, OLD, PRO, RAKE IN, RHEIN, Jack the RIPPER, STEIN, STRUT, TALONS, USER ID, YAMAHA, YARDS.

Short stuff — AHH, ALIT, AMT, ARP, ASA and AVA, DASH, DIR, DXI, EDU, ELLE, END, FEE, HBO, HEM, HIP, IGOR and IVAN, ISPY, LAW and LAY, MARV, MIG, NAE, NEWS, OLE, OPEL and OPEN, ROS and RRS, SAFE and SALE, SAO and SRO, SKAT, SNAP, Crackle and Pop, SPAY, TAB, THAW, TOLD, VIVA, YODA.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Necklace fasteners; 7. “Entourage” cable channel; 10. Talks like this in “Star Wars” films he does; 14. Cut the mustard; 15. Dada artist Jean; 16.Landed; 17. Property with a mansion; 18. “Fat chance, laddie”; 19. Griffin who created “Wheel of Fortune”; 20. Charleston is its capital; 23. “All seats have been sold” sign; 24. First part of a ski jump; 25. Longest river in Deutschland; 31. Trumpet’s saliva-draining key; 33. Skirt’s edge; 35. ___ Paulo, Brazil; 36. Perry Mason’s field; 37. Kitchen cleanup cloth; 44. Simile’s center; 45. Author Asquith of children’s books; 47. 511, in old Rome; 48. Not a unanimous ruling; 52. Role in “Young Frankenstein”; 55. “Laughing” animal; 56. Biblical word with “thou”; 58. Deposit, as an egg; 60. Swedish liquor with memorable ads; 63. Melt; 66. Qt.; 68. Elvis’s “___ Las Vegas”; 69. Doctor’s charge; 70. Log-in info; 71. Fix, as a cat; 72. Finish; 73. Eagle’s grabbers. — DOWN: 1. Masticates; 2. Focused-beam emitters; 3. Takes steps in response to; 4. 32-card game; 5. Venomous snake; 6. Oktoberfest vessel; 7. Abrupt finishes to phone conversations; 8. Genius; 9. Ready for business; 10. Japanese motorcycle maker; 11. Bullfight cheer; 12. North, east, west or south: Abbr.: 13. Off-road transport, briefly; 21. Four Monopoly properties: Abbr.; 22. Chicago columnist Kupcinet; 26. Fashion magazine founded in France: 27. ___ the Terrible; 28. What literally comes from the north, east, west and south?; 30. “Feels great!”; 32. Informed; 34. Sportscaster Albert; 37. Bit of Morse code; 38. Look-for-it children’s game; 39. Common event the day after Thanksgiving; 40. Favorable sign; 42. Permit for leaving a country; 43. Russian fighter jet; 46. Stiffly phrased; 49. Sort of; 50. Indenting key; 51. College Web site suffix; 53. One who knows the ropes; 54. Earn tons of, as dough; 57. Walk proudly; 59. Distance units on a football field; 61. Not threatened; 64. It’s rotated when doing the twist; 65. Palindromic girl.