07.19.12 — Adding In In




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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Adding IN to eight common words to form anagrammed words is the gimmick for this Thursday crossword (or something like that):

RETINAE (17A. ARETE)
LINEAGE (18A. EAGLE)
CO-INSURING (23A. SCOURING)
TINPLATE (34A. PLATTE)
LANDINGS (43A. GLANDS)
RE-INSPECTS (52A. SPECTRES)
FINALES (61A. ALEFS)
MINTIER (63A. TIMER)

Other — FILM NOIR (8D. “The Maltese Falcon,” e.g.), I GUESS SO (40D. “Uh, probably”), LAND MINES (33D. Hidden dangers), STENGEL (11D. Casey at the bat, once), TRADE NAME (12D. Listing in a business registry).

Mid-size — ASSISI, DEPRESS, DIE OUT, DISTEND and DISTANT, ESTONIA, FIESTAS, GESTAPO (68A.“Casablanca“ villains), IT’S TRUE, LOOSEN, ON EARTH, ONENESS, SPED UP, STATUE (6D. Many a pigeon‘s perch), STYMIE.

Five-letter — A-LINE, AUGUR, CLINE, DEFOG, DORIC, DUE TO, ELITE, ENDUE, ENERO, NAMED, PETRI, PULPY, SEE’EM, SHEAR, STRAD, TIE-IN.

Short stuff — ATE, AUK, AVA, DAMS, EGO, ERN, ESNE, ESP, GERM, GONE, IRR, “What was IT I was saying?”, LIT, MOI, MUG, NAP, NTS, ON OR about, RA I, REE, SILT, SRAS, STIR, TASM, TOT and TUT, UKE.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Bring down; 8. Big dos; 15. You are here; 16. “No fooling!”; 19. Sale item, maybe: Abbr.; 20. Isl. Off the coast of Australia; 22. Provide; 27. Seed; 28. Put away; 29. Ease up on; 31. Like some orange juice; 37. Gardner of “The Barefoot Contessa”; 38. Miss Piggy retort; 41. Mr. ___ (old detective game); 42. Profile picture; 46. Because of; 48. Go extinct; 49. Arctic diver; 50. Blockades, of a sort; 57. Like the Green Berets; 59. Many telenovela viewers: Abbr.; 60. Plastered; 68. Tenet of Taoism; 67. It broke from Russia in 1920; 69. Swell. — DOWN: 1. Column style; 2. When to celebrate Dia de Reyes; 3. Kind of dish; 4. Thor Heyerdahl craft; 5. Coastal flier; 7. Cut; 10. Feudal laborer; 13. Presage; 14. “Now you ___ …” (magician’s comment about disappearing cards); 21. Bed liner?; 24. Recover from an all-nighter, say; 25. Block; 26. Spent; 30. Hit the accelerator; 31. Bud; 32. The Cavaliers’ sch.; 35. When repeated, a mild reproach; 36. Something big on the campaign trail?; 40. “Uh, probably”; 44. Aloof; 45. Big whoop; 47. Luau accompaniment; 49. Birthplace of St. Francis; 50. Clear for better viewing; 51. Dior design of the 1950s; 53. Appointed; 54. Patsy who sang “Walkin’ After Midnight”; 55. Connection; 56. Expensive strings, familiarly; 58. Zeno’s home; 62. Medium strength?; 64. Some Windows systems; 65. For whom a sitter sits.


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