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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski / Edited by Will Shortz
TIMEFRAME (34A: Window, of sorts ... or a hint to completing 10 answers in this puzzle), along with 10 answers, half-phrases without “TIME”, form a frame about the puzzle constituting the interrelated group of this clever Tuesday crossword
- HARD (1A. You might give this to someone you don't like)
- SNACK (5A. When to have a nosh)
- HALF (10A. Football break)
- FEEDING (13D. When the zookeeper makes the rounds with a bucket)
- QUALITY (44D. Focused face-to-face contact)
- PLAY (64A. School recess)
- NIGHT (63A. Dark hours)
- LEAD (62A. Period for preparation)
- ARRIVAL (37D. Flight board listing)
- HARVEST (1D. Autumn, typically)
Other — KARENINA (9D. 1935 Garbo role), MANDOLIN (35D. Instrument in a Picasso painting), PAPER PLATE (18A. Floppy disk?), RINSINGS (45A. Steps in a salon), SNITCH ON (29A. Betray, in a way),VANILLA ICE (56A. Singer with the 1990 #1 album “To the Extreme”).
Mid-size — ALOOFLY, ANTONIA, ARAPAHO, BAR BQ, BARETTA, CHEAT (30D. Con), ELOPED, GATEAU (47A. French cake), GO WEST, I DO TOO, IMACS, LEDGE, NOAH’S Ark, POTTS, RETINOL, ROLL-TOP, SLOPES, SOFAS, ST PAT’S, TISDALE, TO SEA, TYPOS, UNARM, YECCH.
Short stuff — ADAM, AHS, “A LIE gets halfway around the world …”, ALOU, “AM I Blue?”, AMP, ANTI (58A. Con), ARI, ASPS, Rat-A-TAT, CEE, DDE, DESI, DEW, DIAG, DTS, DUET, EFT, HILO, HONG Kong, IDOL, IRAE, LOAN, MBAS, MOTT, PLOT, RAMP, RIEL, ROLE, RST, TRA, UNO, VOLT, YOS.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 14. Baseball brothers; 15. Out of port; 16. Requiem Mass word; 17. Part; 20. General Motors product; 21. Understanding responses; 22. Joined in secret; 23. Pond youngster; 24. Rehab problem; 25. Cardinal of Rome?; 26. “Exodus” figure; 27. Calculus calculations; 31. Letters that should never be published?; 32. Temporary gift; 40. Sistine Chapel chap; 41. Good grilling?; 48. Alphabet trio; 49. Presidential inits.; 50. Casual greetings; 51. Chorus line kickoff?; 52. “Same here!”; 54. Some condensation; 55. Cambodian cash; 60. Apple sales; 61. Applesauce eponym. — DOWN: 2. Without much warmth; 3. Desk cover; 4. “I Got You Babe,” e.g.; 5. Cathedral facing New York’s Rock Center; 7. Egyptian lowlife?; 8. Can opener?; 10. University of Hawaii campus locale; 11. Wyoming tribe; 12. Eventually; 19. Map (out); 24. Lucy’s man; 25. Render harmless; 28. Mrs. ___, “Beauty and the Beast” character; 29. Sectionals, e.g.; 32. Dove’s perch; 36. Some Wharton alums; 38. Actress Ashley of “High School Musical”; 39. Willa Cather title heroine; 42. Eye cream additive; 43. 1970s cop show; 46. Poster subject, maybe; 47. Advice heeded by a pioneer; 50. “Bleah!”; 54. TV screen meas.; 55. Up, with “up”; 57. Ethel Waters’s “___ Blue?”
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