01.03.12 — Tweaking TEAKS

Portrait of Keats, listening to a nightingale on Hampstead Heath
by Joseph Severn, c.1845

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish / Edited by Will Shortz

Five anagrams of TEAKS constitutes the interrelated group of this neat Tuesday crossword: TENT STAKE (17A. It goes in the ground at a campground); ROLLER SKATE (24A. Four-wheeled wear); MINUTE STEAK (35A. Tenderized cut of beef); DOUBLE TAKES (47A. “Huh ... what?” reactions); JOHN KEATS (56A. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” poet).

Other — ANISTON (40D. Jennifer of “Friends”), CAROTID artery, CYNICISM (3D. Pessimistic disposition), I ME MINE (2D. George Harrison’s autobiography), KEEP PACE (37D. Not fall behind), “Get back, LORETTA … Go home” (Beatles lyric), NEGLECTS (36D. Doesn’t do), PETITES (38A. Dress shop section), RAT-A-TAT (1D. Machine gun sound), REPASTS (41D. Meals), Ethiopia’s Haile SELASSIE.

Mid-size — ADIDAS, ANISE, ANTIC, ATILT, BARDOT (22A. “… And God Created Woman” actress), BRETTS (22A. Baseball brothers George and Ken), BRINE, CLARK, CUTIES, ELDER, ERNST, EROSE, GIANT, GITMO, ID TAGS, ILENE, KOHL’S, LAILA, MEL OTT (12A. Hitter of 511 career home runs), MOONIE, PRATED, SCAMP, SEXES, SURFAX, TORRES (52A. Baseball brothers Joe and Frank), TRAWL.

Short stuff — AMI and AMYS, BEST, DAHL, ESP, GILT, GTOS, HEAR, HST, “Dies IRAE“, ISAK, JOB, OAK, ORA and ORES, OWE and OWLS, PENS, PIP, PSA, RICH, SCOT, SEE, SHIP, STD, TESH, TIC, UMW.

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,'—that is all

Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

~ Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Among the 1%, so to speak; 5. Classic Pontiacs; 9. Playful little one; 14. Grant and Carter; 16. Often-consulted church figure; 19. Muhammad Ali’s boxing daughter; 20. Pal, in Paris; 21. Coal diggers’ org.; 23. Idiosyncrasy; 27. Liqueur flavoring; 29. They’re dug out of the ground; 30. Part of P.S.T.: Abbr.; 31. Former “Entertainment Tonight” co-host; 39. Catch some waves?; 42. Online exchanges, briefly; 45. Expensive coat?; ___ Chaiken, co-creator/writer of “The L Word”; 51. Beaut; 53. ___ pro nobis; 54. Non-revenue-generating ad, for short; 55. Like Robin Williams, typically; 59. 12-Down, for one; 60. Big-eyed birds; 61. Many a wearer of plaid; 62. Male and female; 63. A-number-one; 64. Coops. — DOWN: 4. Fair Deal pres.; 5. U.S. base in Cuba, informally; 6. Large fishing net; 7. State tree of Illinois, Iowa and Maryland; 8. Witness; 10. Fictional reporter Kent; 11. New Balance competitor; 12. Hitter of 511 career home runs; 13. Rambled on and on; 18. “Positively!”; 26. Not even, as a leaf’s edge; 28. Tanker or cutter; 32. Adorable ones; 33. Leaning; 34. Author Roald; 42. Luggage attachments; 43. Unification Church member; 44. Added assessment; 46. Writer Dinesen; 48. Pickling need; 49. Macy’s competitor; 50. ___ & Young, big name in accounting; 56. Offering on Monster.com; 57. Be in debt to; 58. “I know what you’re think” skill.