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Monday, March 26, 2012
Puzzle by Ray Fontenot / Edited by Will Shortz
MOVING / VAN (7A. With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? … or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle), along with VANILLA, IVANHOE, HAVANAN, NIRVANA and CARAVAN constitutes the interrelated group of this workmanlike Monday crossword.
Other — HOODWINK (36D. Snooker), KNOW-IT-ALL (3D Smart aleck, say), LOOK ALIVE (32D. “Don’t just stand there!“), OCTAVIAN (8D. General who became the first emperor of Rome), YOU SAID IT (19D. “Absolutely right!”).
Mid-size — ART DECO, ARRANGE, ATE DIRT, CANADA, DATERS, DO-SI-DO, DURBIN (27A. Singer/actress Deanna of the 1930s-’40s), ECONOMY, FLORAL, I NEVER, LATVIAN, NEW ERA, RAILED, RECITAL, SELDOM, STINKS.
Five-letter — APART, DAKAR (45A. Senegal‘s capital), ELMAN (5D. Violinist Mischa), GALAS, GAPED, Lip GLOSS, INANE, INTEL, ITEMS, NACRE, PETRI dish, RAWER, VASES, VITAL.
Short stuff — ACE, ANI, APE, ATNO, BRAN, COSA Nostra, DAY, DEAR, DDE, ELK and ELL and ELS and ELSA, ENO, EVEN, FED, HAGS, HDTV, IAMS, ILES, ION, IRAN, “IT’S about time!”, LACE, LIAR (29A. Pinocchio, at times), MERC, MRS, NILE, Queen NOOR, OLE, VID, WHAT, YWCA.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Antlered animal; 4. Provided with meals; 13. Alternative to chocolate; 15. Musical performance; 16. Low-cost, as an airplane seat; 17. 1920s-’30s design style; 18. Time of change; 19. Intl. feminine group; 20. Feminine title; 21.Sir Walter Scott novel; 23. Bouquet holders; 31. Complained loudly; 35. 90¡ angle; 36. Native of Cuba’s capital; 38. Cry for a matador; 39. Rarely; 41. Charged particle; 43. Square dance maneuver; 46. Was wide open; 49. State of bliss; 51. King Kong, for one; 52. The second of the five W’s; 54. Roma is its capital; 57. From one of the altics; 59. Suffered an embarrassing defeat; 60. Group artistically, as flowers; 61. Desert procession; 62. Smells to high heaven; 63. Chicago trains; 64. Brian of ambient music. — DOWN: 1. Not odd; 2. Fabric that doesn’t block much light; 4. Bouquet-related; 6. 24 hours; 7. Bygone Ford car, informally; 9. YouTube posting, for short; 10. 10 ___ or less (supermarket checkout sign); 11. Mother-of-pearl; 14. Words often declared after “Well”; 15. Colder and wetter, as weather; 22. RCA or Samsung product; 24. “Wheel of Fortune” purchase; 25. Parts of a French archipelago; 26. Cleopatra’s river; 28. Kellogg’s All-___; 30. Big name in pet food; 33. Lohengrin’s love; 34. Beloved; 37. Jordan’s Queen ___; 40. J.F.K.’s predecessor; 42. Where Hudson Bay is; 44. Nonsensical; 45. Some office stamps; 46. Fancy affairs; 47. Separately; 48. ___ dish (lab holder); 50. Life-sustaining; 53. Long-haired uglies; 55. Persia, now; 56. Zinc’s is 30: Abbr.; 58. See 7-Across; 59. One-spot card.
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