01.21.12 — Hot Stuff

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith / Edited by Will Shortz

Featuring six fifteen-letter answers, obfuscation and misdirection render this if-you-can’t-stand-the-heat-get-out-of-the-kitchen Saturday crossword fit only for the calm and cool solver.

COME INTO THE OPEN (17A. Emerge)
SACAGAWEA DOLLAR (29A. It first circulated in 2000)
PRIME REAL ESTATE (38A. Great parking spot, slangily)
AIRPORT TERMINAL (39A. Gate holder)
SEEDLESS RAISINS (40A. Sultanas, say)
TENDERLOIN STEAK (57A. Slice from beneath the ribs)

Other — AGE OLD (26D. Steeped in tradition), ARE YOU ALONE (14A. Phone query before a private conversation), CAMP DAVID (2D. Roosevelt established it as Shangri-La), COSMIC (28D. Vast), EDITED OUT (19A. Like many obscenities), FEDERATIONS (23D. Big leagues), OCCULITISM (18D. Kabbalah), PYROMANIA (54A. Lighting problem?), STATE SENATE (61A. One of Washington’s houses, e.g.), UNDER ARREST (15D. Oppressed by the heat?).

Five-letter — ALOUD, ANNEX, A PLAN, BAKES (52D. Is oppressed by the heat), COMAS, ELENA, END OF, ERIES, ERODE, FACES, FERNS, KYOTO, LENOS, LOEWE, LOTTO, NEPAL, ONE AM, OTTER, PAL UP, PATON, REMIX, RIATA, TAKEI, ZONED (13D. Like a lot, maybe).

Short stuff — ADS, ALER, AT AN and AT NO, ARIE, CANE, CAR, CIRÉ, CLAD, EATS (33D. Sinks a sub?), ECU, ELO, ESL, EWE, LANI, MSEC, NEZ, NYET, OLAV, ORB, PEE, RELS, REX and SEX, RTE, SOIE, SPAS, TCM, TONI, UNH, WETS (32D. Believers in raising spirits?).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Fiddlehead sources; 6. Get chummy; 11. Odeur detector; 16. Grp. With the top 10 album “Face the Music”; 20. Supporter of Yoda; 21. Masters focus; 22. Words before story or debate; 24. Wrapped up; 25. Dodgem feature; 27. Euro forerunner; 41. Things often zapped; 42. It shows many B&W pictures; 43. South Georgia’s Prince ___ Harbor; 45. 1960s TV actor whose name looks like a free offer?; 50. Big revolver; 53. “Mickey” singer Basil; 60. Roquefort source; 62. 1976 Rodgers and Harnick musical about Henry VIII; 63. Soft, meshed fabrics; 64. Some are drug-induced. — DOWN: 1. Braves; 2. Lose ground?; 3. D.J.’s creation; 4. Maxim’s denial; 5. Somme silk; 6. “Cry, the Beloved Country” author; 7. One way to pray; 8. Match game?; 9. America East sch.; 10. Epi center?; 11. Seti River setting; 12. Opera’s Obraztsova; 29. Pleasant treatment centers; 30. Oberhausen opera highlight; 31. Highly glazed fabric; 34. Joltin’ Joe, e.g.; 35. “Lift Every Voice” author Guinier; 36. ___ end; 37. Genealogical line: Abbr.; 43. Sleek fur; 44. “The Little Prince” composer; 45. Proposal for business expansion; 47. “But not without ___”: Pope; 48. Golden Pavilion setting; 49. Early New Yorkers; 50. Early hour; 51. Neck tie?; 55. Brief moment, briefly; 56. He’s 2, say; 58. An expat may take it: Abbr.; 59. One taken on a drive: Abbr.