11.08.11 — BBB

Ye Boston Baked Beans, 1886, by H. E. Covill

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Puzzle by Scott Atkinson / Edited by Will Shortz

Four phrases with the initials of BBB, e.g., BEING BOBBY BROWN (23A. Reality show featuring Whitney Houston and her then-husband), BOUNCING BABY BOY (50A. Healthy delivery, perhaps), BONNIE BLUE BUTLER (3D. Rhett and Scarlett’s child) and BOSTON BAKED BEANS (11D. Dish often served with franks), constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

Other — AL DENTE (4D. Firm, as pasta), ALGEBRA (45D. “Solve for x” subject), CINDERFELLA (17A. 1960 Jerry Lewis fairy tale spoof), FLABBERGAST (57A. Bowl over), LEONINE, OFFENSE, ORBITED, ROPEWAY (12D. Suspended ore conveyor, e.g.), SHERBET (7D. Cold dessert), VOYAGER (46D. First spacecraft to reach Uranus and Neptune).

Mid-size — ATHENA, ARLES, BANANA, BARELY, BUY IT, BYE BYE, CELEBS, ENGAGE, FASCIA, HARD C, IDEATE, IDLED, OBOES, O’LEARY, RAINS, RAISA, REBID, REGREW, ULNAS, URALS.

Short stuff — AAA, ABES and ABET, ABBA, AFC, AHA, Suit to A TEE, ATF, BARS, BET, BOI, BRO and BRR, DER and DRE, EBON, ELAN, ENE and EWE, ENOS, ENT, FAR, FOOL, FRI, HEE and NEE, INTS, ITSY, KOI, OOF, OREO, RAE and REA, ROBE, ROT, RSVP, SNL, SOV, SPF, RSVP, TIL, TSP, VERT.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Mamma Mia” singers; 5. Sheath of connective tissue; 11. Buddy, for short; 14. Object of pity for Mr. T; 15. Parthenon goddess; 16. Sock-in-the-gut reaction; 19. UV ray-blocking stat; 20. Once known as; 21. Stephen of “Still Crazy”; 28. Help pull off a crime; 29. $5 bills, slangily; 30. Radius neighbors; 31. Judge’s weaar; 32. Poppycock; 33. “Ciao for now!”; 34. NBC show with skits, in brief; 36. Mrs. Gorbachev; 37. Eurasian range; 39. M.D. concerned with tonsils; 40. Backyard pond fish; 43. Great Chicago Fire scapegoat Mrs. ___; 45. “Just as I suspected!”; 46. “Hor” neighbor, on old TVs; 47. Second offer, as on e-Bay; 48. Flair; 49. Poems of praise; 53. Some QB turnovers: Abbr.; 54. Rap’s Dr. ___; 55. Norma ___ (Sally Field role); 56. Up to, in ads; 62. Suffix with ethyl; 63. Got back, as hair by a Rogaine user; 64. Nephew of Abel; 65. ___ Bingle (Crosby); 66. Think creatively; 67. Invitation letters. — DOWN: 1. N.Y. Jets’ org.; 2. Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er ___”; 5, A way off; 6. Antismuggling org.; 8. People profiled in People; 9. Furniture decoration; 10. Small battery; 13. Side with the ball; 18. Brain wave monitor, briefly; 22. Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” setting; 23. Granola servings; 24. Black, in poetry; 25. With no room to spare; 26. High-pitched double-reeds; 27. Salesman’s exhortation; 33. Daiquiri fruit; 35. Corporate head?; 36 Post-op program; 38. Claude of “Casablanca”; 41. Cookie with crème in the middle; 43. Traveled like Sputnik; 44. Like Simba or Nala; 48. Cause to see red; 51. Sat; 52. Comment during a cold snap; 57. Popular party day: Abbr.; 58. Vegas action; 59. Meadow mother; 60. Part of U.S.S.R.: Abbr.; 61. Recipe amt.