03.29.12 — Words and Music

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Puzzle by Milo Beckman / Edited by Will Shortz

DO DO SOL SOL LA LA SOL (41A. With 39-Across, a familiar tune), FA FA MI MI RE RE DO (39A. See 41-Across), along with TWINKLE TWINKLE (16A. Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across) and NOW I KNOW MY ABCS (66A. Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across) constitute the interrelated group of this mellifluous Thursday crossword. The corresponding multiple-letter square down answers — SO[FA], A[FA]R, [MI]ME, LEM[MI]NGS, ISE[RE], STO[RE], HOW[DO], [DO]NUT, [DO]USE, [SOL]DER, MAU[SOL]EUM, IS[LA], A[LA]S, [SOL]AR.

Other — ESTRADA (1D. “CHiPs” co-star, 1977-83), EVINCES, GAUNTLET (72A. Part of a duelist’s uniform), GO TO WAR (48D. Commence hostilities), JEERS AT, SORE EYES (13A. What a welcome sight relieves). TENDS TO, TOWELED, TRIPLEL (3D. Still life feature?).

Mid-size — ADLAI, AWOKE, BLEED, CARSON, CHAOS (8A. Source of Erebus and Gaia, in Greek myth), COIN-OP, COLOUR, DYLANS, EGRET, MUUMUU, OASIS, PECKED, PESTO alla genovese, POLISH, TERMED, USE UP.

Short stuff — Carry-ALL, AND, ASK, ATP, BRYN Mawr, DEEM, DON, EEN, EKCO, HAN, IKE, LOGO, MEOW, NAB, NUDE, OIL, Carry-ONS, ORU, OWL, PESO, RMN, SAS, SEVE, SSE, SSTS, TIN, TOA, TUB, USA, WOE and WOP.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Cigar’s end?; 5. Some CD players; 15. Spring locale; 18. Handle orders (for), briefly; 19. Community near Los Angeles; 22. Smoothness; 27. Judge; 29. Carrier whose main hub is Kastrup airport; 32. Two-time opponent of 69-Down; 34. Middle of the title of many an ode; 36. Copy cats?; 37. Often-chanted letters; 45. D.D.E.’s veep; 47. Sink; 49. Cousin of a bittern; 53. Exhaust; 55. CD follower; 57. Ballesteros of golf; 58. Designated; 60. Place for a butcher and two others; 62. Food container; 63. English complexion; 65. “Do continue …”; 71. Stirred; 73. Run; 74. Tulsa sch.; 75. Capital of Chile. — 2. Dired (off); 4. Bard’s dusk; 5. Bob ___ Greatest Hits” (1967 top 10 album); 6. Makes fun of; 7. Former fliers; 8. Like some washers or arcade games; 9. Solo in space; 10. “Shoot!”; 11. Monet medium; 12. Beijing-to-Shanghai dir.; 14. Big name in kitchenware; 17. Doo-___; 23. Mindless followers; 24. Rhône feeder; 25. Shop; 26. Greeting that might be made with a tip of the hat; 28. Resting place; 30. Resting place; 33. Puerto Rico, e.g.; 35. Come from ___; 38. “Woe is me!”; 40. Handy sort?; 41. It can be dunked; 42. Soak; 43. Electrician’s alloy; 44. Kind of power; 48. Commence hostilities; 50. Push back further; 51. Demonstrates; 52. Takes care of; 54. Ate like a bird; 58. Waikiki wear; 59. Slip on; 64. An apple with a bite out of it, for one; 66. Nail; 67. Pooh pal; 68. Blue state?; 69. Two-time opponent of 32-Across; 70. Org. for Agassi.