Saturday, March 17, 2012
Puzzle by David Quarfoot / Edited by Will Shortz
Treachery and deviousness mark this Saturday quagmire ...
Across — 1. High clouds?, POT SMOKE; 9. Ancient pentathlon event, DISCUS; 15. Approximately .264 gallons, ONE LITER; 16. Div. created in 1969, AL EAST; 17. It gets the word out, PA SYSTEM; 18. New Valentine’s phrase added on Sweethearts candy in 2010, TEXT ME; 19. Prince Edward I. clock setting, AST; 20. Having an under whelmed response, TEPID; 22. Essence, ATTAR; 23. Thought after an after-afterthought: Abbr., PPPS; 25. Freshen, RENEW; 27. Scramble, OLIO; 28. Hot, IRATE; 30. War cry of the ‘60s, REBEL YELL; 32. Smooth, LEGATO; 34. “The Da Vinci Code” albino, SILAS; 35. “Brokeback Mountain” director, LEE; 38. Hot dog’s relative, HAM; 38. Cable inits., TLC; 39. UP A tree; 42. “Alas!”, SO SAD; 44. Flavor, SEASON; 46. Hands-in-the-air phrase, PRAISE GOD; 50. McCarthy cohort, SNERD; 51. Big name in educational funding, PELL; 52. Spread, SOWED; 54. Birds of prey, ERNS; 55. Etiolates, PALES; 57. Incipience, ONSET; 59. Grp. Involved in the Abbottabad raid, NSC; 60. Onomatopoeic game on “The Price Is Right”, PLINKO; 62. Time near the end of a time range, LATE DATE; 64. It might have a crust, PIE TIN; 65. Sophocles tribute that begins “Numberless are the world’s wonders …”; ODE TO MAN; 66. Language of the Afghan national anthem, PASHTO; 67. Cry from an arriving group, WE’RE HERE!
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Depiction of the Marquis de Sade by H. Biberstein in L'Œuvre du marquis de Sade, Guillaume Apollinaire (Edit.), Bibliothèque des Curieux, Paris, 1912
Down — 1. Medicate oneself, say, POP A PILL; 2 Rampaging, ON A SPREE; 3. Check that’s inked, perhaps, TEST PAGE; 4. Sharp, SLY; 5. Spray, MIST; 6. Fur source, OTTER; 7. Fish of sufficient size, KEEPER; 8. Fur sources, ERMINES; 9. Slangy pronoun, DAT; 10. They’re near appendices, ILEA; 11. Stock in an adult store, SEX TOYS; 12. Name-brand targets?, CATTLE; 13. Words below an eagle, U S MAIL; 14. A biochemical solid, STEROL; 21. Dock, in a way, DEBIT; 24. Itinerary abbr., STA; 6. Spring locales, WELLS; 37. 1997 Nielsen title role, MAGOO; 39. Common admission requirement, USER NAME; 40. Actor who might grin and bare it?, PORN STAR; 41. Director’s cutoff, AND SCENE; 42. Chorus member?, SILENT H; 43. Secrecy, with “the”, DOWN-LOW; 45. Game show purchase, AN E; 46. Rare dynamic marking seen in Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, PPPPPP; 47. Objects from everyday life, REALIA; 48. United group, ALLIES; 49. “In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice” speaker, DESADE; 53. Hold off, DETER; 56 Sketch, SKIT; 58. Department head?, TETE; 61. Conceptual art pioneer, ONO; 63. Line from Homer, DOH.
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