02.03.12 — Piece of Cake



Marie Antoinette's execution on 16 October 1793.

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Friday, February 3, 2012

Puzzle by Joel Kaplow / Edited by Will Shortz

Six 15-letter answers are the main feature of this friendly Friday crossword:

SINGING TELEGRAM (17A. Special delivery of a sort)
MARIE ANTOINETTE (37A. Revolutionary Tribunal casualty) 
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS (57A. Discovery of Vitus Bering before his shipwreck)
MINIATURE CAMERA (3D. What 007 might shoot with)
BETWEEN THE LINES (7D. Implicatively)
AIRPORT TERMINAL (11D. Destination after a touchdown)

Marie Antoinette queen of France, by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1779)

Other — HOG SCORE (10D. Curling rink line seven yards from the tee), IN A SLUMP (38D. Experiencing down time), INNER EARS (18D. Semicircular canals’ locales), REINS and LISTS (34A. Santa’s checking things; 51D. Things Santa checks), SAIL / AWAY (14A. With 21-Across, ship out?), SMEE and SNEE (32D. Hook helper; 31D. Old dagger), STONE TOOL (26D. Eolith or neolith).

Mid-size — ABDUL, AL GORE (4D. He declared “The planet has a fever“), A HAND, ANION, ASSAIL, ELATER (45A. Click beetle), ELENA, ENESCO (25A. “Oedipe“ opera composer, 1936), ERRATA, ESCARP, ESSAY, IRATE, MAINE, NEAPS, NORMAL, Paavo NURMI, OCEAN, ORIBI, ORTON, SHIRE, STORMS, TEE HEE, YEARNS, VOICE.

Short stuff — ALEC, ALL’S, AVE, CLUE, DEMS, EINS (28D. Fifth of fünf), EMMA, ESTE and ETE, HALS, HAN, HOBO, IRAN, LYES, MANN, MCML, MIST, MOTT, NCAA, OLGA, PAPI, PRIM, SHE and SHEA, Moo SHU, SOIL, SPAS, TAUT, TESH, TIS.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Title matchmaker of early 19th-century literature; 5. Drifting type; 9. Some help; 15. Britain’s Douglas-Home; 16. Need for a 17-Across; 20. Fluoride, e.g.; 22. Spots for rubs and scrubs; 23. Is homesick, say; 27. Response to being tickled; 29. They often have quiet eyes; 36. N.F.L. Q Kyle; 40. Verdugo of “Marcus Welby, M.D.”; 41. Oxford attachment?; 42. Automne follows it; 43. Fort’s steep slope; 47. Go at; 49. 98.6°, say; 52. Korean War outbreak year; 54. Starchy; 56. African antelope; 60. Paavo ___, track’s Flying Finn; 61. “Live at Red Rocks” pianist; 62. Under tension; 63. Some tides; 64. City in Padua province; 65. Shakespeare title contraction. — DOWN: 1. Steele work; 2. Where “ayuh” is an affirmative; 5. Largest ethnic group in China; 6. Pasternak mistress Ivinskaya; 5. Large quantity; 9. GPS screen abbr.; 12. Scholarship-offering org.; 13. 4-Down’s grp.; 19. Burning solutions; 24. 2008 demolition target; 30. Glam rock’s ___ the Hoople; 33. Dutch Golden Age painter; 35. Dirty; 39. Home of Sistan and Baluchestan; 44. Spanish term of endearment; 46. Printed slips; 48. Really put out; 50. “The X Factor” panelist; 52. “Doctor Faustus” novelist; 53. Footprint or fingerprint, say; 55. Tears can create one; 58. “Indeedy”; 59. “___ Cried” (1962 hit song).

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