Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Puzzle by Paula Gamache / Edited by Will Shortz
An alphabetical run of the vowel sounds A, E, I, O, U within BEI, BIE, BUY, BEAU, BOO, found in BEIGE PAINT (18A. Unflashy coat), BIEBER FEVER (23A. Phenomenon evidenced in the 2011 film subtitled “Never Say Never”), BUYER’S REMORSE (36A. “Sorry I paid for that” feeling), BEAU BRIDGES (50A. Actor in “The Fabulous Baker Boys”) and BOOT LICKER (56A. Toady), constitutes the interrelated group of this hot little Wednesday crossword.
Other — AD LIBS, AIDING, BANYAN (24D. Tree with aerial roots), Pierre BONNARD, EMINEM, MA BARKER (5D. Crime family head), MEAN IT, MESMER, MIRRORED, NL EAST, ONASSIS, RESIST, RHEUMY, ST MARK, SURGED, SWEDEN, UGARTE, Y-SHAPE.
Five — Shake like A LEAF, ALLOW, Carne ASADA, BIERE (52D. Stella Artois, par exemple), MASTS, MERLE Travis, “ON HIS Blindness”, SHERE Hite, SLIME, TILED, URKEL, VOTED.
Short stuff — ABEL, AFRO, AMEX, “ARMA virumque cano”, ASH, AUS, BAS-relief, BOOK, CHI, DAD, DEMI, DUI, EAT, EMU, ESTS, HBO, HORA, IDLE, INN, IPAD, LAIN, LMN, MA’AM, MINE, OAKS, OFT-times, ORE, PARA, PUMA, RIOS, SERE, SES, SRI, STOP, TOG, URNS, USE, UTEP, UTNE Reader, X IN.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Visa/MC alternative; 5. Threesome on a clipper; 10. Laid off; 14. Half at the start?; 15. Tolerate; 16. Company with a cat in its logo; 17. Been in bed (with); 20. Where to find a keeper; 21. What to call a lady; 22. Many a Cub Scout den leader; 26. Outback runner; 29. Eponym of a Venetian basilica; 30. Artistotle who named his yacht Christina after his daughter; 32. Div. for the Mets; 40. Circle dance; 41. Giving a leg up; 42. French artist Pierre; 45. Watery-eyed; 49. Permits; 53. French possessive; 54. Amazonas and others; 55. It covered Pompeii; 60. “___ Viroqua cano” (first words of the “Aeneid”); 61. “Hair” do; 62. Sex researcher Hite; 63. Lone Star State sch.; 64. Flight level; 65. Like many a Mediterranean roof; 66. Dry as dust. — DOWN: 1. Extemporizes; 2. Speak with conviction; 3. Artist with the #1 albums “Relapse” (2009) and “Recovery” (2010); 4. Check alternative?; 7. Viciously denigrate; 8. Dress (up); 9. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” setting; 10. Kindle Fire competitor; 11. It makes MADD mad; 12. Three after K; 13. Put away; 19. Prefix with normal; 21. Country music’s Travis; 24. Tree with aerial roots; 25. Went for a ticket, in a way; 26 Figs. That aren’t final; 27. Possible response to “Whose is this?”; 28. Purpose; 31. Increased suddenly; 33. Carne ___ (Mexican dish); 34. Indian honorific; 36. It can be read on a 10-Down; 37. Samovars; 38. Reflected; 39. Milton’s “___ Blindness”; 40. “Boardwalk Empire” airer; 43. Son of Eve; 44. Face down temptation; 46. Lorre’s role in “Casablanca”; 47. Hypnotist whose name inspired a verb; 48. What a necklace with a pendant has; 51. “Family Matters” neighbor; 53. “I’ve had enough!”; 58. Gold in them thar hills?; 59. Trib’s home; 60. Neighbor of Ger.
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