01.23.12 — Disorientation



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Monday, January 23, 2012 — Chinese New Year

Puzzle by Sarah Keller / Edited by Will Shortz


Other — AMNIOS (23A. OB/GYNs perform them), CAESAR (48A. Roman leader who m et his fate on the Ideas of March), DIFFER (50D. Be at odds with), DRILLS (55A. Dentists’ tools), KARAOKE (43D. Sing-along at a bar), LENTIL (4D. Popular soup legume), MINICAM (9D. Easily portable movie maker), OATERS (30A. Westerns, in old lingo), TABASCO sauce, WADED IN (45D. Entered up to one’s ankles).

Five-letter — A ROOM of One’s Own”, ARTIE, ASHEN, AUDIO, BRINK, ELATE, ETHAN, FEUDS, IDAHO, IDEAS, LIE TO, LSATS, MALTA, MIRTH, NO-CAL, NONET, PEONY, RINDS, SLEET, STRAY, UNION, WICCA (32D. Pagan nature religion).

Short stuff — ABE, ACID, ANON, ANT, ARNE, End in A TIE, Pro BONO, Raisin BRAN, DIA, EDIE, ETTA (68A. Blues singer James), ETON, FAA, HINT, “HAD I but known … “, HOLY Bible, HOOF, HST, IDOL, IGOR, “IT’LL cost you”, LAG, LES, LIRR, LOCH Ness monster, LOIN, MAUL, OLAN, RAID and RAIN, REN, ROSY, SEN, In SYNC, TAE and TAJ, TERP, TOE, URL, VIDA Blue, WES.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Manhandle horribly; 5. U. of Maryland athlete; 9. Jollity; 14. “Rule, Britannia” composer; 16. Brainstorms; 17. Cut of meat; 18. Pro ___ (how some law work is done); 19. Composition for nine musicians; 24. In ___ (harmonious); 25. Air safety org.; 32. “Scream” director Craven; 40. Fall behind; 41. Falco of “Nurse Jackie” 47. Member of the upper house: Abbr.; 49. Police action on a gambling ring; 51. “Carpenter” or “harvester” insect; 52. Drizzle, say; 61. Television input jack; 64. Battery fluid; 70. Wife in “The Good Earth”; 71. Having a positive outlook. — DOWN: 1. Mediterranean island county; 2. Woolf’s “___ of One’s Own”; 3. The “U” in E.U.; 6. School on the Thames; 7. Outsides of melons; 8. Spring bloom; 10. Winner of a Fox talent show beginning in 2002; 11. Stimpy’s canine pal; 13. President after F.D.R.; 21. Part of a horse that’s shod; 22. Before long, poetically; 25. Prolonged hostilities; 26. Clarinetist Shaw; 27. Drained of color; 31. Follow of tic-tac; 33. Revolutionary Allen; 34. Frozen 52-Across; 36. Atlantic City casino, with “the”; 37. Stravinsky or Sikorsky; 39. Article in Paris Match; 46. Train line to Penn Sta.; 53. Boise’s state; 54. Like some diet drinks; 56. Be untruthful with; 57. Exams for would-be attys.; 58. Veer off the beaten path; 59. Clue; 60. ___ Blue, 1971 Cy Young Award winner; 61. Lincoln, the Rail-Splitter; 62. WWW address; 63. Day, to Diego.

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