09.07.12 — Horse Sense

 

 

Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment's uniform

 

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Friday, September 7, 2012

 

Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith / Edited by Will Shortz

Five fifteen-letter entries are the main feature of this staid but sensible Friday crossword:

I NEED A VOLUNTEER (30A. Statement resulting in hand-raising)
LEAST RESISTANCE (36A. Minimal conflict)
LET THERE BE LIGHT (37A. First commandment?)
CUTS ONE’S TEETH ON (4D. Learns by doing)
LOW-COST AIRLINES (11D. Options for reduced fare)

Other — AMUSED BY, AREA CODES, BENTLEY and STUTZ (25D. Speed Six maker; 17A. Onetime 25-Down rival), CATHERINE (51D. “Great” 18^th-century ruler), COLD SWEAT, William DEMAREST, DIET PLATE, EASTSIDER, EZIO PINZA, NAME NAMES, PAD THAI (23D. Dish garnished with crushed peanuts),TEEN ANGEL (57A. #1 hit song that asks Are you somewhere up above?”).

 

Mid-size — ABODES, In A DEAD heat, ALECS, ALIBI, AMAZE, ASHES, ASLOPE, AT SEA, BY LUCK, CACHÉ, EQUAL, ESTES, EVERT, FACET, FAKE IT, KATIE, KNEES, LECHE, LOTUS, NOSES, ON ICE, TEASE, TOQUE, URICH.

 

Short stuff — AMAT, CASE and DACE, DENS, DING, DOZY, EAT, ECH, EELS, ENG, EPA, ETAS, “I’LL see“, IRAN and IRON, NEE, OLA, ONEZ, PCS, RET, RIN, SEZ, TAD, ZEAL.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “The Black Stallion” hero and others; 6. Option for reduced fare; 15. Pillbox relative; 16. New York City has six; 18. Potential result of fear; 19. Info about touchdowns; 20. Many man caves; 21. Detective work; 22. On the decline?; 24. Quarters; 26. Sing in court; 38. Bowery boy, say; 39. Bluff; 42. Fortuitously; 46. Member of a loving trio; 47. On the way out?; 50. Azadi Stadium setting; 54. Sure to be won; 56. Lana Turner’s “Mr. Imperium” costar, 1951; 568. Bebe’s nourishment; 58. Ruins. — DOWN: 1. Thrown; 2. 1990s Senate majority leader and family; 3. Like a joule and a watt-second, e.g.; 5. Informal states?; 6. Bait fish for pike angling; 7. Unbending; 8. Fish caught in pots; 9. Skosh; 10. They get booted; 13. Mimic Mae West; 14. Simon of opera; 20. William of “My Three Sons”; 24. Getting a charge out of; 27. Winner of seven French Opens; 28. What some counters count; 29. Out; 31. Genealogy word; 32. Refuel, in a way; 33. Like Elvis Costello, but not Elvis Presley: Abbr.; 34. Command level: Abbr.; 35. Like some sgts.; 39. Jeweler’s creation; 40. Elicit eye-popping; 41. She went to Haiti, in a Cole Porter song; 43. Player of TV detective Spenser; 44. Auxiliary memory for fast retrieval; 45. Pants parts; 47. “Time’s up” sound; 48. Dix et un; 49. Fire; 52. Org. whose seal has a flower; 53. Currency unit taken out of circulation in 1953; 54. Pay extension?