Rowing Home, 1890, Winslow Homer
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Puzzle by John Dunn / Edited by Will Shortz
WATER COLORS (61A. Some Winslow Homer art … or what five answers in this puzzle are?), BLACK LAGOON (16A. 1954 monster film setting), RED RIVER (22A. 1948 John Wayne western), GREEN BAY (50A. City that’s home to the winner of the first two Super Bowls), YELLOW SEA (10D. It’s between Korea and China) and BLUE BAYOU (32D. Linda Ronstadt hit co-written by Roy Orbison) constitute the interrelated group of this fresh Tuesday crossword.
Other — CREATOR (45A. Brahma, in Hinduism), DOORWAY (27A. It may have an arch or a lintel), GOES APE (25D Loses it altogether), I WANT TO (23D. “Count me in!“), NEMESES (38A. Formidable opponents).
Mid-size — AERIE, AMBER, ANISE, ANITA, ANODE, ASHES, AVERT, BROTH, EASYA, ECARD, ENORM, ETC ETC, GUESS, LEVINE, LITRE, MACES, OKSANA Baiul, O ROMEO (8D. Start of a cry by Juliet), RECORD, RETIE, RIGOR, SAULT Ste. Marie, SQUAT, UNCLES, VALUE, YESES.
Short stuff — AGA, ALLY, ARAL, ASK, AYES, BOB, BOOK, BOSC, CPU, CREE, DEN, DESI, DWI, EEN, EGGO, ERA, EURO, EVEN, GAPS, GNU, “Like IT OR not …”, IVY, LANE, LAOS, LAX, NEO, OMAN, ORA pro nobis, Man O’WAR, OWL, PEAS, PING, QTIP, RARE, RIOT, TEN, TSK, WAG, WAXY, YANK, YAW.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Head off; 6. See 13-Across; 10. Deviate from a course; 13. Sprays, as a crowd in a 6-Across; 14. Petrol amount; 15. A pitcher should have a low one, in brief; 18. Busiest airport on the West Coast, informally; 19. Franc replacement; 20. Immense, in poetry; 21. Friend in war; 24. Frozen waffle brand; 26. Drinker’s road offense, for short; 27. It may have an arch or a lintel; 30. What buoys do 33. Battery terminal; 36. Course that you waltz through; 37. It gives a hoot; 40. Nightfall, in poetry; 43. Baker who sang “Giving You the Best That I Got”; 44. “___ not what your country …”; 47. PC’s brain; 49. The Bible, e.g.; 55. Pod contents; 57. Catcher’s position; 59. Ontario tribe; 63. Prefix with natal; 64. Sambuca flavoring; 65 Tighten, as laces; 66. Wildebeest; 67. Reasons for braces; 68. Hearth waste. — DOWN: 1. Color of honey; 2. Cherish; 3. Virtual holiday greeting; 4. 3 minutes 43 seconds for running a mile, e.g.; 5. “Baa-a-ad!”; 6. Harshness; 9. Start of the end of a countdown; 11. Name on a map of Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan; 12 Like some crayons; 14. Swim meet assignment; 17. James of the Met; 21. Taj Mahal site; 23. “Count me in!”; 25. Loses it altogether; 27. Arnaz of “I Love Lucy”; 28. Affirmatives; 29. Bronx Bomber; 30. Pear variety; 31. Man ___ (A.P.’s Horse of the Century); 34. “ER” actor Epps; 35. Room with few or no windows; 39. “Blah, blah, blah …”; 42. Neighbor of Thailand; 46. ___ Baiul, 1994 Winte Olympics gold medalist; 48. Fester and Remus; 50. Take stab; 51. Hard to come by; 52. Very thin soup; 53. Eagle’s nest; 54. Affirmatives; 55. Radar sound; 56. Deadlocked; 58. Stick in a medicine cabinet; 61. Joker; 62. ___ pro nobis (pray for us: Lat.)
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