12.28.11 — Who?

Kilroy Was Here - Washington DC WWII Memorial - Jason Coyne

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Puzzle by Louis Zulli / Edited by Will Shortz

ID THEFT (54A. Modern crime, briefly … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 59-Across), along with three words seemingly missing the letters ID (president, accidents and divide), resulting in LAME DUCK PRESENT (17A. Gift to an outgoing member of Congress?), ACCENTS HAPPEN (36A. Dialect coach’s slogan) and CONTINENTAL DIVE (59A. European gin mill?) constitute the interrelated group of this witty Wednesday crossword.

Other — APOSTOLIC (34D. Pontifical), BAD ANSWER (5D. “You shouldn’t have said that!”), SEWANEE (22A. The University of the South, familiarly).

Six-letter — AGENTS, AUNTIE (25A. Em, to Dorothy), BRONTE, ENCORE, JUICES, KILROY (57A. He “was here”), LATKES (20A Hanukkah pancakes), LENTIL, SPREAD (27A. Rancher’s land), TETHER, UNRIPE (51A. Too firm, perhaps).

Five — ADELA, ASIAN, COHAB, COOED, EASES, HYDRO, ICONS, INTER, IRWIN, MASON, MONTH, ORDER, PRADA, RESOW, TRIKE.

Short stuff — ADIA, AGEE, ALAR, Mountain ASH, CPL, EDIE, ELI, ELEA, ELKE, EMU, END, ERGO, ERTE, HAM, HERO, INGE, IRA, IWO, JEB, KERR, MALT, NERF, NEW, NICE, NPR, OCT, ODRA, ORA and ORR, PSI, RAPS, RAT, SEER, SER and SLR, TKO, VIEW, WISC, WREN.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Roommate, informally; 6. Parade honoree, perhaps; 10. Brewer’s need; 14. Big name in handbags; 15. Withdrawn apple spray; 16. James who won a posthumous Pulitzer; 21. Billing cycle, often; 26. Y sporter; 30. Camera type, for short; 31. Plant anew; 33. Like some elephants; 41. Tot’s wheels; 42. “The usual,” say; 44. A Bush; 47. Carl Sagan book; 50. “Michael Collins” org.; 56. Computer screen lineup; 64. Romain de Tirtoff’s alias; 65. Hence; 66. Hale who won three U.S. Opens; 67. Nostradamus, e.g.; 68. Small songster; 69. Spoke sweet nothings. — DOWN: 1. Radar’s rank on “M*A*S*H”: Abbr.; 2. “… Mac ___ PC?”; 3. Cured fare; 4. Miss Quested of “A Passage to India”; 6. Cyber-nuisance; 7. Sommer on screen; 8. Speaks ill of; 9. Notable #4 on the ice; 10. Grand Lodge member; 11. Most major-leaguers have them; 12. Campbell’s variety; 13. Restrain, in a way; 18. Sun Bowl Stadium sch.; 19. Grounded avian; 22. Sun. talk; 23 Zeno’s home; 24. Cheesehead’s state: Abbr.; 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit; 28. Moves carefully; 32. Leaf-turning time: Abbr.; 35. D.C.-based media giant; 37. Riviera city; 38. Bout ender, briefly; 39. Pop singer Brickell; 40. Soft ball material; 43. Wharf pest; 44. Breakfast offerings; 45. Shout at a concert; 46. Literary family name; 48. Poet who wrote “They also serve who only stand and wait”; 49. Wroclaw’s river, to Poles; 52. The “I” of ICBM; 53. Tire letters; 55. Prefix with foil or phobia; 57. Deborah of “Tea and Sympathy”; 58. “Bus Stop” playwright; 60. Just out; 61. 1945 battle site, briefly; 62. Go head to head; 63. What this is, fittingly.