05.10.12 — Jump

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Puzzle by Jules P. Markey / Edited by Will Shortz

JUMP (69A. Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in the puzzle).  Across answers in circles SUIT, SEAT, ROPE, BALL, BAIL and SHIP are intended to include aforesaid JUMP. In the case of the down answers, the circled letters are to be “jumped”, e.g., ignored. If this were jump rope, most solvers would be flat on their face on the sidewalk. It all adds up to a very clumsy Thursday crossword.

Across “jumps” in order: SUITEMATE (17A. One sharing an apartment), LET’S EAT (21A. “Chow down!”), EUROPEANS (33A. Poles, e.g.), CAT BALLOU (43A. Film for which Lee Marvin won Best Actor), BAILEY’S (53A. Big Irish cream brand) and COURTSHIP (61A. Engagement precursor).

Down “jumps” in order, sort of: ZIST, ISUH, GEIE, SETA, UNSSEALELD, ITEEN, SIRAI (12D. Phone voice?), PLETD, WRPA, MOOTORLIST, ESKIPMOS, KAMPALEA, RETARREAT,, OLLA, SBAMPRAS, IBMAC, BAAMA, AIFAR, RSAJ, AHPU, DIEM and EPXP.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Veers quickly; 5. Be aware of; 9. Breakfast cereal with a propeller-headed alien on the front of the box; 14. “Mmm-hmm”; 15. Part of a foot; 16. Before; 19. Rhône feeder; 20. Daddy Warbucks’s henchman; 23. Eastern dance-drama; 26. City near Vance Air Force Base; 27. Facilities housing large planes?; 31. Title in S. America; 35. Online financial services company; 39. Tower, of a sort; 40. Actress Parsons; 42. One of the Muses; 45. Pre-C.I.A. org.; 47. Captain’s log detail; 48. Flanged structural element; 51. Tommy Dorsey hit with Frank Sinatra vocals; 53. Big Irish cream brand; 55. Event after a bowl game win; 60. Coppola subject; 61. Engagement precursor; 64. Hoard; 65. T.A.E. part; 66. Highest point; 67. “D’Oyly ___ Opera Company; 68. Droids, etc. — DOWN: 1. Bad mark in school?; 2. Approximation ending; 3. “Wow!”; 4. Main; 5. City near Entebbe airport; 6. Sight-seeing grp.?; 7. Calendar mo.; 8. Marine snail; 9. Give out; 10. Opened; 11. Coast-to-coast route, informally; 13. Stated one’s case; 18. Ones on top of the world?; 22. German treat; 24. Mont ___; 25. Mil. Branch; 27. Saharan; 28. Violinist Leopold; 29. F.D.R. initiative; 30. Driver; 32. Spa, for one; 34. Sorrento seven; 36. Suffix with plug; 37. Frequently; 38. ___ Galerie, art museum on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue; 41. Five-time U.S. Open winner; 44. Set as a price; 46. Farm pen; 48. Desktop brand; 49. Rival of Ole Miss; 50. Light years off; 52. Record abbr.; 54. Allay; 58. Eastern rule; 57. “The Simpsons” character; 58. Blue, say: Abbr.; 59. The 2” in x^2: Abbr.; 62. Erstwhile; 63. Institution founded by Thos. Jefferson.