05.18.12 — Remarks

Friday, May 18, 2012

Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish / Edited by Will Shortz

Three anagrammatically-related entries are the main feature of this Friday crossword:  OFFENSIVE REMARK (20A. It may be acknowledged with a slap), COSMO KRAMER (34A. TV’s “hipster doofus”) and PERMANENT MARKER (51A. Bad tool for a toddler to find).

Other — CALORIES (34D. What water lacks), COTERIE, FINANCE, MRS PAUL, PIERCED, SPECTATE, STRANGER, STOP-GAP, TETHERED, YONKERS.

Six-letter — ALKALI, AT MOST, DONUTS, ENCORE, ENRAGE, METEOR, MISFIT, MMM BOP, OMERTA, PARENT, PLEASE, SPEECH, STONED, TIERED, TORSOS, TRIFLE, WIRIER, X GAMES.

Five-letter — ANENT, BRIEF, COLIN, DUKES, MAIZE, MECCA, NEEDS, ONE PM, OTERI, PETCO, ROLEX, SLICE, TIGER.

Short stuff — ARI, ATMS, ENOL, LES, MCAN, MERV, MISE-en-scène, MMII, MOWS, MR ED, NEON, OLEG, REN, ROMP, SARA, SASE, SIDE, SPY, TIO, TRAP and TRIP, TORE, UIE, ZEDS.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS:  1. Ones pressed for cash, briefly; 5. 1997 #1 hit with a nonsense title; 11. Many a bugger; 14. See 63-Across; 15. Code that’s dangerous to break; 16. Hernano de la madre;  18. More like a gymnast’s body; 19. Cartoon character who cries “You eediot!”; 23. Bad stroke; 24. Back, in a way; 25. Having the lead?; 29. Real go-getter; 30. Baker’s dozen, maybe; 33. Reading letters from the end?; 37. Big name in footwear; 39. Wish; 40. Ticker with cachet; 42. Watch it; 47. Temporary; 50. “9 to 5” director Higgins; 55. N.L. West team, on scoreboards; 56. One seen in a shower; 57. Ramirez of Grey’s Anatomy”; 58. It’s often illegal to hang one; 59. Cry for more; 60. 2006-08 heavyweight champion Maskaev; 61. Article in the Louvre?; 62. High; 63. With 14-Across, cruise bonus.  —  DOWN:  1. Tops; 2. Wee bit; 3. Fish out of water; 4. Word chanted at a celebratory party; 5. Routs, with “down”; 6. When the Salt Lake City Olympics took place; 7. Longtime first name in TV talk; 8. Court paper showing one team’s points; 9. Comical Cheri; 10. Adidas vis-à-vis Reebok; 11. Alien; 12. Like some navels; 13. Jon Voight’s New York birthplace; 21. Air and water, e.g.; 22. Yellow shade; 26. Runaway; 27. Organic compound; 28. Scrappers put them up; 31. Sprung thing; 32. Response facilitator: Abbr.; 35. When to get back to work, perhaps; 36. Endpoint of pilgrims’ progress?; 37. Big name in frozen food; 38. Circle; 41. Snowboarders compete in them; 43. Some Rodin pieces; 44. Lye, for one; 45. Like many grandstands; 46. Tee off; 48. Apropos of; 49. Retail giant with the mascots Red Ruff and Blue Mews; 52. Extra-bright; 53. Bolted; 54. He talked only to Wilbur.