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Monday, August 6, 2012
Puzzle by Lynn Lempel / Edited by Will Shortz
LONDON (50D. 2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues), along with CRAPSHOOT, BALLOT BOX, BANK RUN, CORNROW, LIFE CYCLE and PIRCE DIVE constitutes the interrelated group of this Monday crossword, the ends of the six answers being sports events at the Olympics, e.g., shooting, boxing, running, rowing, cycling, and diving.
Other — ALL ABOARD (10D. Train conductor’s shout), CALORIE counter, GET OVER, SNIFFS OUT (31D. Detects like a bloodhound), RED CELL, TOO FAST.
Mid-size — ANIME, ANNEX, ANSEL, ATOLL, BLINI, CSPAN, CRUEL, ELLEN, ENACT, ENRON, GALEN, HOTTIE, INTEL, INTRA, LEACH, MACHO, ONSET, ROAST, SCENE, SEE TO, SEPTET, SEVER, SINNER, STATS, SWINE, TELLS, TREND.
Short stuff — ABS, ACHE, ACT I, AIDA, Pie A LA mode, ANTE and ATE, ASS, AVEO, CAL, CASA, CON and COO and COON, DNA, ENS, ERIE, ESSO, FEAT, FEDS, HATE, ICES, I DO, KNEE, LEE, LSU, MESS, NERD, NEON, OMEN, OSS, SAW, SCAN, SITE and SITS, SYS, TENN, TWA.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. What a slob makes; 5 Start of a play; 9. House, in Havana; 13. Poker pot starter; 14. Animal used for Davy Crockett’s cap; 15. Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy; 16. *Big gamble; 18. Daytime host DeGeneres; 19. Good-looker; 20. Impressive accomplishment; 22. Scarfed down; 23. Commencement; 24. *Election Day receptacle; 26. Blabs; 28. Former Chevy subcompact; 29. Doofus; 32. Poses (for); 34. Pass, as a law; 37. *Result of a financial panic; 40. *Tight braid; 42. Hogs; 43. Desserts good for a hot day; 45. “CSI” evidence, often; 46. D.C.-based agents; 48. Adams who photographed Yosemite; 51. *Series of changes from birth to death; 54. Criticize in good fun; 56. Low-ranking U.S.N. officer; 59. Petrol brand; 60. Visitor t a confessional; 61. Lagoon encircler; 63. *Precipitous drop in cost; 65. Like Cinderella’s stepsisters; 66. Verdi’s opera slave girl; 67. Sign of things to come; 68. Loathe; 69. Gas in a DINER sign; 70. Uncool sort. — DOWN: Like he-men; 2. Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001; 3. Rebounds per game and others; 4. Two trios plus one; 5. Pine (for); 6. Murmur lovingly; 7. Over the speed limit; 8. Big maker of microchips; 9. Baseball’s record-setting Ripken; 11. Take care of; 12. Building wing; 15. Recover from; 17. Web locale; 24. Russian pancakes; 25. It’s south of Ky.; 27. Baton Rouge sch.; 29. Belly muscles; 30. Tool a magician uses in a woman-in-a-crate act; 33. Movie snippet; 35. Pro’s opposite; 36. Old “We’re up to something good” carrier; 38. Leg joint; 39. Blood component that contains hemoglobin; 41. W.W. II spy org.; 44. ___ counter (dieter); 47. Part of CBS: Abbr.; 49. Lake between Ohio and Ontario; 51. Dissolve and wash away, as minerals; 52. The “I” of IM, sportswise; 53. Network for political junkies; 55. Genre of the “Pokemon” TV series; 56. Break off; 57. General way things are going; 60. Read carefully; 62. General at Appomattox; 64. Words that have a certain ring to them?
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