08.28.12 — Heaven and Hell

 

The Great Day of His Wrath (1851-3), John Martin © Tate, London

 

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

 

Puzzle by Lou Borenstein / Edited by Will Shortz

BELOW is above and ABOVE is below in this toss-up Tuesday crossword corresponding with the exchange of HEAVEN and HELL in four answers: HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN (17A. Opposite of an AC/DC song?), STAIRWAY TO HELL (25A. Opposite of a Led Zeppelin number?), BAT OUT OF HEAVEN (42A. Opposite of a Meat Loaf tune?) and PENNIES FROM HELL (56A. Opposite of a Bing Crosby hit?).

 

Mid-size — ALOOF, AMOCO, ASCAP, ATARI, AT AN END, ATHLETE, AVERT, BASAL metabolism, EDENS, ELIDE, HOARDS, INTERN, LET ON, LUMENS, MEADOW, METRO, NERTS, PSEUDO, SMITE, SNEAD, SUREST, Kama SUTRA, TRACT, UPRISE.

 

Short stuff — AER Lingus, AHAB, AMAH, APSE, ARC, A TO Z, AXE, BAHS, CRO-Magnon, DST, ELLE, EMIR, GAVE, GOT, IPOD Shuffle, LEDA, LEE and LEO, LOEW, LOGO, LYES, MAV, MPAA, NEO, NESS, NISI, OAR, OCHS, Blink OF AN eye, OMEN and OXEN, OSU, OTT, PESO, SAAB, SEAT, SEE, SETS, SLAV, SOS and SROS, STOA, TENS, T-NUT, VHS, WOW.

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Heaven and Hell by Munguia

 

 

 

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Traditional location of one of this puzzle’s theme words; 6. Musical copyright org.; 11. Came down with; 14. 1998 BP acquisition; 15. “Phooey!”; 16. Can; 20. Sellout signs; 21 Outdated tape format; 22. Light units; 23. Prefix with classical; 24. Mother of Helen, in myth; 32. Most confident; 33. Virginia’s Washington and ___ University; 34. Classic actor ___ G. Carroll; 3. Big arcade name; 36. Plea at sea; 37. Hit hard; 39. Path of a pop-up; 40. From ___ Z; 41. Lea; 46. Movie-rating org.; 47. Baseball’s Mel; 48. Many a young summer employee; 51. Crew member’s handful; 52. Church niche; 56. Opposite of a Bing Crosby hit?; 59. Buckeyes, for short; 60. Golfer Sam; 62. Summer hrs.; 63. Utopias; 64. Traditional location of one of this puzzle’s theme words. — DOWN: 1. Scrooge-like cries; 2. V.I.P. in a robe; 3. An apple for Apple Inc., e.g.; 4. Newspaperman Adolph; 5. “Unbelievable!”; 6. “Be that as it may …”; 7. Complete collections; 9. Olympics competitor; 10. False start?; 11. Buckled; 12. “Olly olly ___ free”; 13. Hamiltons; 18. Stave off; 19. Asian nurse; 23. Not final, in law; 24. Cleaning agents; 26. Chunk of land; 28. Not personally engaged; 29. Slur over; 30. Give an indication (that); 31. MGM founder; 32. Discontinued Swedish car; 38. Old philosophers’ place; 37. Pants part that gets a lot of wear; 38. Dallas cager, for short; 40. Finished; 41. Subway system; 43. Breaking of a mirror, some fear; 44. Revolt; 45. Doesn’t ever throw anything away; 49. Untouchable leader; 50. Letter-shaped fastener; 52. Ishmael’s captain; 53. Currency unit whose symbol is “$”; 54. Pole, for one; 55. Magazine whose name means “she”; 57. “Understand?”; 58. Corp. hiree.