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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Puzzle by Tim Croce / Edited by Will Shortz
CAPITAL LETTER (55A. Feature replaced in four clues in this puzzle) heads the interrelated group of this tame Thursday crossword wherein the initial letter of four clues begin with a lowercase “l”, but may appear to begin with a capital “I“ — LAKE IN SPANISH (20A. lago), ACTOR CHANEY (26A. lon), FLEES FROM PRISON (35A. lams, say) and PASTURELAND (47A. lamb’s place).
Other — OYSTER BED (60A. Locale for some diving), SHAG RUGS (39D. Hard-to-clean floor covers), UNCLOTHE (3D. Strip), WEAK LINKS (18A. Vulnerable parts).
Mid-size — ABUTS, ADOPT, ALONE, DOSED, EXCEL, EXTANT, INUIT, IN WITH, KINDA, “Compromise is the best and cheapest LAWYER” (saying attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson), NAG AT, NITRO, PLINY (10D. Roman writer who originated the phrase “with a grain of salt”), POPS IN, SLAYER, STRAP, TACOMA, TALKER, TYSON, USED TO, WYLIE.
Short stuff — AH ME (43A. “Such is life”), ARGO and ARNO, CALF, CIO, DIAL, EBAY, END, ESC and ESP, “Alea Iacta EST": Julius Caesar, FRA, GAIT, GIS, ICAL, IDEA, IKE, IS TO, LAHR and LBAR, LEIS, LENA, MEIR, NEDS, NEIN, NIX, NOM, OMNI, ON KP, ORES, OR SO, PSIS, RAS, RIT, SEEN, SIX, STN, TAO, TIAS, TSP.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Snowmen and snowwomen?; 6. Analogy words; 10. Fraternity characters; 14. Word akin to “-ish”; 15. “Absolut nicht!”; 16. River to the Arctic Ocean; 17. Get an A, say; 22. Half of a 1955 merger, for short; 25. Poet Elinor; 31. Wind up; 32. “If I were king of the forest …” singer; 33. Gave pills, e.g.; 42. It might hold you back; 44. Med. Unit; 51. “In bad company,“ per Ambrose Bierce; 53. Boxcar; 54. Ones getting base pay; 61. Touches; 64. “My Life” autobiographer, 1975; 65. Clip; 66. Trouble; 67. The Ponte Vecchio spans it; 68. Approximately; 69. Cicely of “Roots”. — DOWN: 1. Dollar coin figure before Susan B. Anthony, familiarly; 2. “Ain’t gonna happen!”; 4. Dome light?; 5. One may be smooth; 6. A part of, as a gang; 7. Comprehended; 8. Mexican kin; 9. Cleaning a mess in a mess, maybe; 11. Beyond reason?; 12. Fills, as black squares; 13. Like many windows; 21 PC key; 22. Roping target; 23 Myth ending; 27. Things picked out of the earth; 28. Take in; 29. Passeport info; 30. Picking up things?; 34. Call; 36. Spring break locale, casually; 37. Order member; 38. They may do write-ups, for short; 40. Big name in luxury hotels; 41. “___ Declassified School Survival guide”; 44. City on Commencement Bay; 45. Assassin; 46. Comes calling unexpectedly; 48. Experienced with; 49. Gradually slowing, in mus.; 50. Still around; 52. “Explosive” roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure; 56. Mythical ship with a speaking oak beam; 57. Angle iron; 58. Hawaiian handouts; 59. Where Al Yankovic bought a “Dukes of Hazzard” ashtray, in song; 62. “The way”; 63. Depot: Abbr.
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