03.21.12 — Aretha

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Puzzle by Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel / Edited by Will Shortz

ARETHA FRANKLIN (42A. Singer born March 25, 1942), THE QUEEN OF SOUL (30A. Nickname for 42-Across), CHAIN OF FOOLS (16D. 1967 hit for 42-Across), THINK (5D. 1968 hit for 42-Across), RESPECT (43D. 1967 hit for 42-AcrossI) and BABY I / LOVE YOU (52D. With 10-Down, 1967 hit for 42-Across) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

Other — AIR ACES (42D. Church Yeager and others), BURTS and BLURTS, BRISKETS (1D. Meat cuts), CORDOVAN (16A. Horsehide leather), DEAR ONE (14A. Precious), GLARED AT (39D. Gave the evil eye), ICE TRAYS (58A. Holders of frozen assets?), LA MANCHA (2D. Sancho Panza’s land), LITTLE ME (40D. 1962 Neil Simon musical), ON A ROLL, ONE SIDED (41D. Not bilateral), RECTORS (62A. Religious figures), UNPRICED (3D. Yet to be tagged, say).

Six-letter — ABIDED, ANNOYS, BY NAME, DOES SO, IMPAIR, NETHER, OO LA LA, OSTEND (64A. Largest city on the Belgian coast), RANCHO, SIFTED, SUSANN, THE LOT, UNSTOP.

Five-letter — AROMA, DIEGO Rivera, FRIAR, HOARD, KNICK, PEACH, PHNOM Penh, TERRE Haute, TV SET, U-BOLT, VASES.

Short stuff — BOW, COQ au vin, ECCO, EEG, ELI, EROS, ERS, ESC, ETTE, FAIN, Day-GLO, “I’ve HAD it!”, INF, KSU, Bell LABS, NAPE, NATO, Koh-i-NOOR diamond, PSIS, SAD and SAR, SATE, SERA, SORE, RAW, RCA, RON and YON.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Says impulsively; 7. Everything; 13. Southwestern spread; 17. Men’s patriotic org.; 18. Lower; 20. Evening on the Arno; 21. Walt Frazier or Patrick Ewing; 23. Some museum pieces; 25. Over there; 26. Danish shoe company; 27. Fraternity letters; 28. Horseshoe-shaped fastener; 33. Bummed; 34. The U.K. is in it, but Ire. Is not; 35. Rainy and cold; 36. Exit key; 37. Willing; 48. Mural painter Rivera; 48. Fill; 49. Where Ivs might be hooked up; 52. ___ Bees (big company in personal care products); 53. A ponytail hangs over it; 56. “Yowzer!”; 57. Biblical judge; 60. Withstood; 65. Examined thoroughly, with “through”. — DOWN: 4. Elvis’s label; 6. Irked; 9. God whose name is 6-Down reversed; 10. See 52-Down; 11. Putting up big numbers; 12. Studio occupant, e.g.; 14. Recess rebuttal, perhaps; 19. Family room fixture; 24. “Valley of the Dolls” author; 27. It has fuzz; 29. End of many a concert; 31. Pull a cork out of; 32. Brother; 36. Mental image, for short?; 38. Bouquet; 44. Irks; 45. The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf.; 46. Bickle portrayer in “Taxi Driver”; 51. Stash; 54. Suffix with kitchen; 59. Howard of Hollywood; 61. Like Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony.