Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Puzzle by Eric Williams / Edited by Will Shortz
OBI-WAN / KENOBI (36A. With 39-Across, Jedi master first seen on 5/25/77), ALEC GUINNESS (20A. Player of 36-/39-Across), EWAN MCGREGOR (56A. Player of 35-/39-Across), LIGHT / SABER (45A. With 31-Across, favored weapon of 36-/39-Across) and DARTH / VADER (53D. With 9-Down, villain faced by 36-/39-Across) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.
Other — ESPANOL (19D. Univision interviews are conducted in it), LOANER CAR (59A. Temporary transport from a garage), ORINOCO (7D. River past Ciudad Bolivar), TIGHTEN (32D. Constrict), VIN DIESEL (18A. “The Fast and the Furious” co-star), WALMART (43D. World‘s largest retailer).
Six-letter — ATTEST, BRONCO, CARTEL, Beverly CLEARY, COSTED, DECREE, NAGANO, NAVIES, REPAVE, ROLLIE Fingers.
Five — AREAR, CRASH, DISCO, DROOL, ELTON John, I CAN’T, LADDS, LE CAR, LOTTA, John NANCE Garner, RISES, STARE, STOCK, TEWES.
Short stuff — ABAB, ADD and AND, BUGS, DOL and DOW, Dr. DRE, ERA, FRY, HANG, HATE, I DO, IFS, LARA, LAX, LEO, NANA, NBC, NCAA, NEO, NOL and NOS, NO TV, OAK and OAR, OHIO, ONE, Castor OYL, RIND, RISK, SOW, TENN, THUG, TLC, TOT, VENI, XED, YET.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Best Picture of 2005; 6. Homework-time prohibition; 10. Vow words; 13. 1978 Nicolette Larson hit “___ Love”; 14. To the back; 15. Cook like the Colonel; 17. John who’s now a Sir; 22. Global conquest board game; 23. Keanu Reeve’s character in “The Matrix”; 24. Fix, as a drive; 28. So far; 29. Place for a revolving ball, maybe; 32. Sitter’s charge; 33. Paddle; 35. Grandma, affectionately; 41. Tough guy; 42. Scatter, as seed; 44. Currency board abbr.; 47. Father-and-son Hollywood duo; 49. “Rock Center” network; 52. Figured the price of; 54. MGM roarer; 55. Zhivago’s love; 62. Pessimist’s plaint; 63. Not to mention; 64. Gawk; 65. Vice President John Garner’s middle name; 66. Crossed (out); 67. Not go for at all; 68. What a napkin may catch. — DOWN: 1. Children’s writer Beverly; 2. Relief pitcher Fingers; 3. Swear; 4. Cattle, e.g.; 5. Pend; 6. Combatants of Trafalgar; 8. Home state of Andrew Johnson: Abbr.; 10. Hypothetical cases; 11. Rap’s Dr. ___; 12. Castor ___ of the comics; 15. Reacts to leaven; 19. Univision interviews are conducted in it; 21. The Colts retired his #19; 25. Simple rhyme scheme; 26. Caesar’s “I came”; 27. The “E” in B.C.E.; 29. Styrofoam maker; 30. Barrel material; 32. Constrict; 34. Blitz, in football; 36. Answer to the old riddle “What’s round on the sides and high in the middle?”; 37. Perturbs; 38. ___ pros. (court record abbr.); 40. Figs.; 41. Mom’s “healing touch”; 43. World’s largest retailer; 46. Lauren of “The Love Boat:; 48. Issuance of Pontius Pilate, e.g.; 49. 1998 Winter Olympics site; 50. Mile High player; 51. OPEC, e.g.; 55. Renault model of the 1970s-’80s; 57. Final Four org.; 58. Watermelon hull; 59. So-called “Gateway to the Pacific Rim,” informally; 60. Undivided; 61. Put on.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Best Picture of 2005; 6. Homework-time prohibition; 10. Vow words; 13. 1978 Nicolette Larson hit “___ Love”; 14. To the back; 15. Cook like the Colonel; 17. John who’s now a Sir; 22. Global conquest board game; 23. Keanu Reeve’s character in “The Matrix”; 24. Fix, as a drive; 28. So far; 29. Place for a revolving ball, maybe; 32. Sitter’s charge; 33. Paddle; 35. Grandma, affectionately; 41. Tough guy; 42. Scatter, as seed; 44. Currency board abbr.; 47. Father-and-son Hollywood duo; 49. “Rock Center” network; 52. Figured the price of; 54. MGM roarer; 55. Zhivago’s love; 62. Pessimist’s plaint; 63. Not to mention; 64. Gawk; 65. Vice President John Garner’s middle name; 66. Crossed (out); 67. Not go for at all; 68. What a napkin may catch. — DOWN: 1. Children’s writer Beverly; 2. Relief pitcher Fingers; 3. Swear; 4. Cattle, e.g.; 5. Pend; 6. Combatants of Trafalgar; 8. Home state of Andrew Johnson: Abbr.; 10. Hypothetical cases; 11. Rap’s Dr. ___; 12. Castor ___ of the comics; 15. Reacts to leaven; 19. Univision interviews are conducted in it; 21. The Colts retired his #19; 25. Simple rhyme scheme; 26. Caesar’s “I came”; 27. The “E” in B.C.E.; 29. Styrofoam maker; 30. Barrel material; 32. Constrict; 34. Blitz, in football; 36. Answer to the old riddle “What’s round on the sides and high in the middle?”; 37. Perturbs; 38. ___ pros. (court record abbr.); 40. Figs.; 41. Mom’s “healing touch”; 43. World’s largest retailer; 46. Lauren of “The Love Boat:; 48. Issuance of Pontius Pilate, e.g.; 49. 1998 Winter Olympics site; 50. Mile High player; 51. OPEC, e.g.; 55. Renault model of the 1970s-’80s; 57. Final Four org.; 58. Watermelon hull; 59. So-called “Gateway to the Pacific Rim,” informally; 60. Undivided; 61. Put on.
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