Thursday, May 31, 2012
Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski / Edited by Will Shortz
BAND BOXES (20A. Cylindrical cardboard containers apropos for this puzzle?), along with ELO (the band) appearing in six squares (boxes) of the puzzle constitutes the interrelated group of this engaging Thursday crossword.
Answers containing the ELO “band boxes:: Across in order — M[ELO]BALL, CHEESE[ELO]G, M[ELO]TT, OC[ELO]T, R[ELO]CATES, COUNS[ELO]R; Down — H[ELO]ISE, F[ELO]NY, LI[E LO]W, V[ELO]UR, FE[EL O]K, ANG[E LO]U.
Other — AILERON, AT LARGE, COMBINES, ENVIOUS, HANGING, INTO IT, LABATT, PISTON, REAGANS, SABERS, SHARP WIT, SHIA TSU, SKORTS, SLOSHY, STRIFE, TENSES, TRAIL MIX, WHOOPS.
Five-letter — CUBIT, IN-LAW, IVANA, PEACE, PIERS, SMALL, SPEWS, TORSO, ULNA.
Short stuff— ABET, ASS, ATTA, AUTO, CHE, EFT, EGGS, ENTS, EPIC, ERRS, EVIE, GAR, ICY, “I’M AT the end of my rope!”, ISIS, LEW, LSAT, LUV, MDVI, MUTI, ONCE, “Hey, what’s going ON IN in there?!, OTOE, PEW, RANI and RONI, REG, RHEA, SYS, TACO Bell, TAB and TAP and TAR.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Massage treatment; 8. Intense conflict; 14. Fruit salad item; 15. Rich, cheddary party food; 16. Banking aid; 17. Wall art; 18. Future atty.’s exam; 19. Charges may be made with these; 21. Lead-in to “ops”; 22. “Holiday” actor Ayres; 23. Bird with a mythological name; 24. Some people kneel in front of it; 26. Numbing, in a way; 27. Amount of space in a paper to be filled with journalism; 32. A Trump; 35. Year Christopher Columbus died; 37. N.L. home run king until Willie Mays surpassed him in 1966; 38. Ancient measure; 39. Certain wildcat; 40. It may get in a jam; 41. Nebraska county whose seat is Nebraska City; 42. Shoots out; 43. Snack on the go; 45. ___-de-Calais (French department; 46. Keyboard key; 47. Grand; 49. Water source; 52. Wee amphibian; 55. Tendencies; 57. Noodle ___; 58. Onetime White House family; 60. Not yet caught; 62. Moves; 63. Camp employee; 64. Hybrid articles of apparel; 65. Green, in a way. — DOWN: 1. Trivial; 2. Provider of hints; 3. Many a holiday visitor; 4. Help in wrongdoing; 5. Blacken; 6. Like water in a moving tank; 7. Parts of arms; 8. Dorothy Parker attribute; 9. Sometimes they’re perfect; 10. Rule, briefly; 11. Nile deity; 12. It’s a crime; 13. Bakers’ supply; 15. “Evita” role; 23. Record company with a lightning bolt in its logo; 25. “My bad!”; 26. Really digging something; 28. 1960s singer Sands; 29. Some time ago; 30. Hide out; 31. Tolkien tree creatures; 33. Velvety pillow cover; 34. Start for boy or girl; 35. Conductor Riccardo; 38. Farm machines; 42. Pollen holder; 44. Canada’s largest brewery; 45. Engine part; 48. “Shalom”; 49. Trunk; 50. Poet with a role in “Roots”; 51. Fishing spots; 52. Goes astray; 53. “You all right?”; 56. Foot; 57. Eastern royal; 59. Air-gulping fish; 61. Hon.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Massage treatment; 8. Intense conflict; 14. Fruit salad item; 15. Rich, cheddary party food; 16. Banking aid; 17. Wall art; 18. Future atty.’s exam; 19. Charges may be made with these; 21. Lead-in to “ops”; 22. “Holiday” actor Ayres; 23. Bird with a mythological name; 24. Some people kneel in front of it; 26. Numbing, in a way; 27. Amount of space in a paper to be filled with journalism; 32. A Trump; 35. Year Christopher Columbus died; 37. N.L. home run king until Willie Mays surpassed him in 1966; 38. Ancient measure; 39. Certain wildcat; 40. It may get in a jam; 41. Nebraska county whose seat is Nebraska City; 42. Shoots out; 43. Snack on the go; 45. ___-de-Calais (French department; 46. Keyboard key; 47. Grand; 49. Water source; 52. Wee amphibian; 55. Tendencies; 57. Noodle ___; 58. Onetime White House family; 60. Not yet caught; 62. Moves; 63. Camp employee; 64. Hybrid articles of apparel; 65. Green, in a way. — DOWN: 1. Trivial; 2. Provider of hints; 3. Many a holiday visitor; 4. Help in wrongdoing; 5. Blacken; 6. Like water in a moving tank; 7. Parts of arms; 8. Dorothy Parker attribute; 9. Sometimes they’re perfect; 10. Rule, briefly; 11. Nile deity; 12. It’s a crime; 13. Bakers’ supply; 15. “Evita” role; 23. Record company with a lightning bolt in its logo; 25. “My bad!”; 26. Really digging something; 28. 1960s singer Sands; 29. Some time ago; 30. Hide out; 31. Tolkien tree creatures; 33. Velvety pillow cover; 34. Start for boy or girl; 35. Conductor Riccardo; 38. Farm machines; 42. Pollen holder; 44. Canada’s largest brewery; 45. Engine part; 48. “Shalom”; 49. Trunk; 50. Poet with a role in “Roots”; 51. Fishing spots; 52. Goes astray; 53. “You all right?”; 56. Foot; 57. Eastern royal; 59. Air-gulping fish; 61. Hon.
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