03.02.12 — Noncontiguously

Friday, March 2, 2012

Puzzle by Scott Atkinson / Edited by Will Shortz

Eight fifteen-letter answers constitute the main feature of this friendly Friday crossword:

RADIO TELESCOPES (13A. Dishes fit for astronomers?)
ETERNAL OPTIMIST (16A. Panglossian person)
MOONLIGHT SONATA (60A. Beloved “Immortal Beloved” piece)
NONCONTIGUOUSLY (63A. How this puzzle’s black squares are arranged)
KATIE BAR THE DOOR (1D. “Take cover!”)
IDENTIFICATION (2D. Security requests)
SPIRAL STAIRCASE (10D. Round-trip flight?)
TESTS ONES’S METTLE (11D. Tackles a touch task)

Mid-size — ALOHA `OE (6D. Polynesian farewell song), BITER, ENGINE, ESPOO (48D. Second-largest city in Finland), ENGINE (46D. Thing worked on in a garage), ESTATE, FEASTED, HELGA, HOODS (25D. Things worked under in a garage), ITCHY, KRISHNA (36A. South Asian chant word), LET GO, O’NINE, PACTS, REAIM, SETS ON, SHAKES, SINAI, SKITS, THRASH, TOP THIS, WESSON, YES/NO question.

Short stuff — ALEE, AGTS, Some kind of A NUT, ART, CRAN, DIY, ECRU, ESTA, GATE, GHIA, HOYA, HYPO, I SAY, KEPI, KIM, LAOS, LOO and LOW, MIRA, MNO, NCAA, OMAR, OREO, ORS, OTIC, PESO, PLUS, PST, REFI, REI, REST, SAFE, SCI, STA and STP, SUN, SYNC, TASS, TESH, TEE and TET, THA Dogg Pound.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. The miss in “Miss Saigon”; 4. Burger go-withs; 10. Big race sponsor; 17. Asia-to-Africa link; 18. Carmen ___ (“The Producers” role); 19. Interior decorator’s suggestion; 20. Southeast Asian holiday; 21. Grp. Concerned with bowls; 23. Rout; 26. Mean cur, typically; 28. Ice cream mix-in; 30. Place to go in Soho; 32. See 32-Across; 32. On the 31-Across side; 38. Had a lot to digest; 40. Restless; 41. Ear-related; 43. Longtime Russian acronym; 45. Chihuahua scratch?; 47. Adjust one’s sights; 49. Lays atop; 51. Asset; 53. King, in Cape Verde; 55. Handy-andy’s letters; 56. Box-office take; 58. SALT I and II, e.g.; 64. They may have you in stitches, in brief; 65. Gunsmith with Smith; 66. One may say “I’m with stupid”. — DOWN: 3. Star in Cetus; 4. What an express often whizzes by: Abbr.; 5. Hägar’s wife; 7. “Beau Geste” headgear; 8. Responsibility for a groundskeeper; 9. Grade sch. Subject; 12. W. Coast clock setting; 13. Do some recharging; 14. Center or cat-tails?; 15. Highly decorated Bradley; 22. Prefix with many fruit names; 24. Georgetown athlete; 27. “Sax All Night” New Ager; 29. Mtge. Broker’s come-on; 31. “SCTV” lineup; 33. Hmong homeland; 35. It is in Spain; 37. It has a sticking point; 39. Sandy shade; 42. Pre-stunt provocation; 50. Matched up, after “in”; 52. Can; 54. Exeter exclamation; 57. Cut takers: Abbr.; 60. 6 letters; 61. Fan setting; 62. Apollo’s chariot “passenger”.