Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Puzzle by David J. Kahn / Edited by Will Shortz
Puzzle by David J. Kahn / Edited by Will Shortz
DICK CLARK (63A. Late beloved TV personality), EMCEE (16A. 63-Across, for one), AMERICAN / BANDSTAND (40A. With 14-Across, long-running TV show popularized by 63-Across), IT’S GOT A GOOD BEAT/ AND / YOU CAN DANCE TO IT (17A. With 38- and 59-Across, typical opinion about a record on 40-/14-Across), THEME / SONG (27D. With 51-Down, “14-Across Boogie,“ on 40-14-Across) and World’s Oldest TEENAGER (nickname for 63-Across) constitute the interrelated group of this flashy Wednesday crossword. Front row in reform school was hard to come by! You know... the skirts!
Other — ACT AS, AGASP, “Give it A REST!”, BAA BAA, BEING, BISONS, CHAVEZ, CLOWN, EDGAR, EMBARRASS, ENTER, FARER, IGLOO, INGOT, NEONS, OBESE, RABAT, SERIALS, SHOAL and SHOAT, SIMMS, SNAIL mail, SOLACE, TITLE, TSARINA, VARIANCES, WHENCE.
Short stuff — AAS, “ADD A little surgar“, ALES, “Is that A NO?”, ARP and ART, ATF, BED, BIZ, BOMB, BOO, CKS, CIA, EDOM, ENOS, ERR, GET, IAN, ICER, IN SO many words, MIRO, MOAN, NEAT, OBIE and OPIE and OBIS, OST and OTT, “I’m OUTA here!”, PATH, RAN, SLOE, SON, TED, TERA, TSKS, WANE, WON, YEA.
Other — ACT AS, AGASP, “Give it A REST!”, BAA BAA, BEING, BISONS, CHAVEZ, CLOWN, EDGAR, EMBARRASS, ENTER, FARER, IGLOO, INGOT, NEONS, OBESE, RABAT, SERIALS, SHOAL and SHOAT, SIMMS, SNAIL mail, SOLACE, TITLE, TSARINA, VARIANCES, WHENCE.
Short stuff — AAS, “ADD A little surgar“, ALES, “Is that A NO?”, ARP and ART, ATF, BED, BIZ, BOMB, BOO, CKS, CIA, EDOM, ENOS, ERR, GET, IAN, ICER, IN SO many words, MIRO, MOAN, NEAT, OBIE and OPIE and OBIS, OST and OTT, “I’m OUTA here!”, PATH, RAN, SLOE, SON, TED, TERA, TSKS, WANE, WON, YEA.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. TV sitcom boy who liked to fish; 5. Theater prize; 9. Essence; 19. Nautical hazard; 20. Flop; 21. Subject of a hanging without a trial; 22. African capital; 24. Miscalculate; 26. Grp. On a raid; 29. Org. in Robert Ludlum novels; 30. Catherine I of Russia, e.g.; 34. Labo leader Cesar; 37. Prefix with flop; 39. Juicy fruit; 43. Buffalo’s Mets-affiliated team; 45. “Buck Rogers” and others; 46. Prevailed; 47. Cologne compass point; 49. Little squealer?; 51. Many a beneficiary; 53. Ebb; 55. Former Giants QB Phil; 62. Step in; 64. Audibly stunned; 65. Saloon choices; 66. Genesis figure. — DOWN: 12. Tokyo ties; 2. Lane; 4. Award for mystery writers; 5. Giant who swung for the fences; 6. Start of a children’s rhyme; 7. Gold bar; 8. Biblical land whose name means “red” in Hebrew; 9. King or queen; 10. Cause to blush, maybe; 11. Cake finisher; 12. In order; 13. Understand; 15. Comfort; 18. Too weighty; 23. Hollywood, with “the”; 25. Bled; 26. Pretend to be; 28. Sea follower?; 30. ___ talks (annual idea conferences); 31. Nanook’s home; 32. Las Vegas signs; 35. Zoning board issues; 36. C&W channel, once; 38. Standard batteries; 41. Actor McShane; 42. Funny one; 43. Heckle, in a way; 44. Right away; 46. From what place; 50. King or queen; 54. “___ little sugar (recipe directive); 56. Complain; 57. A Barcelona museum is dedicated to his work; 58. Nasdaq listings: Abbr.; 59. Vote of approval; 60. Dada pioneer; 61.Bank printings: Abbr.
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