04.28.12 — Down to Earth



This Island Earth, 1955

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Puzzle by Gary J. Whitehead / Edited by Will Shortz

Ten fifteen-letter answers is the main feature of this down-to-earth Saturday crossword:

  • THIS ISLAND EARTH (8D. 1955 sci-fi film that was one of the first to use Technicolor
  • CHOCOLATE MOUSSE (1A. Stuff between some cake layers)
  • EAT ONE’S HEART OUT (16A. Brood terribly)
  • NURSE CLINICIANS (17A They may perform minor surgeries)
  • INTERNAL AUDITOR (35A. Staff member checking the books)
  • MAINTENANCE-FREE (41A. Self-correcting or self-cleaning, say)
  • MAKE A MENTAL NOTE (42A. Put some matter in the gray matter?)
  • TAKE NO PRISONERS (60A. Ruthless)
  • A HARD NOT TO CRACK (66A. Something baffling)
  • RAISES THE STAKES (67A. Creates more incentive to win)

Five-letter — ANENT, APEAK, ”Every man will be A POET if he can“, ASLAN, CENTO, CUERS, DELOS, DUCAT, ELITE, EPICS, HAUSA, IFNOT, IMMIE, IRENE, MNEME, NAACP, OASIS, ORCAS, OTROS, Nez PERCE, RETRO, SANDE, SARAS, SAREE, SERTA, STAPH, TIANT, TIKKI, UTICA.

Short stuff — AHA, ALE, COS, EEN, END, EONS, EPA, ESOS, ETS, HAS, ICK, KAI, LECH, MAC, MAIM, NIT, NRA, OCT, ONE, PEU, PUT, Ad REM, “… SO A fool returneth to his folly“, SID, SUN, TAR, TEE and TOO, TSO, UAE.


I - I know everybody's seeing flying saucers and screwy lights up in the sky. Well, you can put me in the booby hatch too, because, so help me, I saw this ship turn a bright green up there. ~ This Island Earth

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.


Remaining clues — ACROSS: 18. Menu general; 19. Harbors; 20. Jobs announcement?; 21. Refreshment site; 26. Old-time actresses Allgood and Haden; 32. Tom Sawyer’s half brother; 34. Org. with lead concerns; 43. “Nasty!”; 44. Kill; 45. Besides; 46. Big pictures; 49. Ball-bearing piece; 51. Sycosis source, informally; 55. Trucial States, today: Abbr.; 57. Buzzsaw Brown, e.g. — DOWN: 1. Poem comprised of quotations; 2. Common language of Niger; 3. Others, to Juan; 4. Calculator button; 5. In dire need of gas; 6. First name in Polish politics; 7. Literary lion; 9. Contracted time period?; 10. More than mar; 11. Killers that may go through hoops; 12. City near Oneida Lake; 13. “… ___ fool returneth to his folly”: Proverbs 26:11; 14. Thing to fry in; 15. 8-Down characters, briefly; 22. She pounded the East Coast in 2011; 23. Alternative to Tempur-Pedic; 25. Luis in the Red Sox Hall of Fame; 27. Like many things that come back; 28. “Every man will be ___ if he can”: Thoreau; 29. South Asian wear: Var.; 31. Moon of Jupiter; 33. Ticket, informally; 35. Color-streaked playing marble; 36. Grp. Involved with Brown v. Board of Education; 37. McAloo ___ (burger at McDonald’s in India); 38. About; 39. Apollo’s birthplace; 40. Otherwise; 47. Round dance officials; 48. Hall-of-Fame jockey Earl; 50. Olympic-level; 52. Vertical, at sea; 54. Ear protectors; 56. Time to evolve?; 58. Those, to Juan; 60. Seagoing sort; 61. City upon figuring out 68-Across; 62. Trombonist Winding; 63. Express; 64. Time of year for much raking: Abb.; 65. Grp. With a piece plan?







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