01.27.12 — BOX

Pandora Opening the Golden Box, 1903, John William Waterhouse

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Puzzle by Joe Krozel / Edited by Will Shortz

BOX (36A. Enclosure .. and an alphabetical listing of letters not appearing elsewhere in this puzzle’s answer) enclosed in a box of black squares constitutes the main feature of this sly holoalphabetical Friday crossword.

Other — ANIMAL FARM (57A. “1984” shelfmate), DEEP SEA DIVER (40A. One swimming with flippers), IN RANGE (49A. Accessible for shooting), JUST MY LUCK (21A. “Figures I’d have this problem!“), LECTURE HALLS (25A. Education dissemination locations), MARCEAU (23A. French expert in body language?), MUSCLE IN (23D. Lay claim forcibly), QUIZMASTER (17A. One asking questions he already knows the answers to), TRIANGULAR (50A. Like pool racks), YULETIDE (22D. Stocking-up time?).

Mid-size — AGARS, DERMAL, DINAR, DREGS, EDSEL, EMMAS, ENAMEL, ENGAGE, ERASE, EWERS, ICE TEA, “I MET A Girl”, I’M SURE, KITSCH, MANIC, MENUS, PATCH, PRUNED, Q-TIPS, SALINE, SAT UP, SAUDI, SPIKY, SWAMI, TALIA, TRIED.

Short stuff — ADZE, AFAR and AJAR, AGRA, ALDA, AMPS, ANTI, ASTA, CANS, DRUG, EDEL, EGAD, ELEV (32A. Highness: Abbr.), ESQS, GENE, I KID, LAME and LATE, LSD, MAUI, MICE, MUIR, PSAT, QED, REAP, RITE, SAAR, SERA, SHY, SIM, SIRE (20A. Highness), UMPS, URAL.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Actress Stone and others; 6. “Just playin’ with ya”; 10. Base characters?; 14. Meccan, e.g.; 15. Ones sitting on pads; 16. Cut off one’s ears?; 19. Cousin of contra-; 24. Draw back; 30. Solidfying agents; 31. Vase lookalikes; 35. Bouncing off the walls; 37. Sylvester’s “Rocky” co-star; 38. A Ford; 39. “___ Girl” (“Bells Are Ringing” tune); 46. Logical ending; 52. Host of PBS’s “Scientific American Frontiers”; 56. Baseball All-Star Kinsler and others; 59. Ordeal for jrs.; 60. Part of some pools; 51. Rose partially; 62. Clinic shipments; 63. Henry James biographer; 64. Lease desirable parts. — DOWN: 1. A.B.A. members’ titles; 2. Wailuku’s county; 3. California’s ___ Woods; 4. Wood shop shaper; 5. “Scrooge” star, 1951; 6. “Likely story”; 7. Lawn flamingos and such; 8. Pop alternative; 9. With 12-Down, lidocaine delivery option; 10. Risk board territory; 11. Stack at IHOP, say, 12. See 9-Down; 13. Like some punk hairstyles; 18. Cracked open; 25. Weak; 26 Quaint euphemism; 27. Film holders; 28. True companion?; 29. Pundit; 33. Mass action; 34. Mosel tributary; 41. Begin a conversation with; 42. Cut back; 43. Contact liquid; 44. Nail topper; 45. Home to a much-visited tomb; 46. Sticks in a makeup bag; 47. Sweep the board?; 48. Mosul money; 51. The Charleses’ pet; 52. Not close; 53. Like fashionable partygoers?; 54. It may knock you out; 55. Concert pieces; 58. 54-Down for a trip.