09.17.12 — Monday Meat

 

 

1886 University of Michigan baseball team

 

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Monday, September 17, 2012

 

Puzzle by Adam G. Perl / Edited by Will Shortz

MINCEMEAT (57A. Pie filling … or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues?), META (1A. *Prefix with physics), ASPARTAME (20A. *Substance marketed under the name NutraSweet), LEMME AT ‘EM (24A. *Fightin’ words), THERE’S NO I IN TEAM (39A. *Coach’s clichéd reminder), CHECKMATE (49A. *Chess ending) and 69A. *”Don’t look AT ME!” constitute the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.

 

Other — GET OVER IT (36D. “Quit your beefing!“), MR PEANUT (10D. Advertising figure with a monocle), RED CROSS (40D. Blood group?), THE PLAYER (3D. 1992 Robert Altman film about Hollywood).

 

Mid-size — AARON’S rod, AMANA, “You’re A REAL pal“, AREAS, ASSAIL, ASSAM, ATE AT, BASIL, CALLA lily, CLARA Barton, Zhou EN LAI, ERNIE, HONOR, Peter LORRE, Ann MEARA, METRE, MUSICA, NEALE and O’NEAL, PASSE, RAMADA, REELS and REESE Witherspoon, SALEM, SCALES, SEE ME, SYNODS, SYSTEM, TEN ACE, TILES.

 

Short stuff — AAHS, ANNO, ARES, ART I, ATOM, CALL, COB, COHO, DIA and DIE, Celine DION, EARS, ESS, “I Like IKE“, “I’M AS shocked as you are”, LAV, LAWN, LIE (23A. What “can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes,” per Mark Twain), MAMA and MATA, “La MER“, NNE, OON, PART, PETS, ROIS, RTES, SORE, SOY sauce, SSTS (26D. Retired fliers), TINE, “TRES bien!”, TWA (44A. Bygone flier), UGLI, URN.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. So last year; 10. Papa’s partner; 14. Sounds of satisfaction; 15. Fields; 16. Hwys.; 18. Film units; 19. Cats and gerbils, e.g.; 22. Stiller’s partner in comedy; 26. Libra’s symbol; 29. Ashes container; 31. Religious councils; 35. Aptly named fruit; 42. Teed off; 43. Bridge player’s combo; 45. Go pfft, as an engine; 47. ___ rod (molding with a twined serpent design); 55. Loo; 56. Peter of “Casablanca”; 61. The “A” in A.D.; 63. Basic drawing class; 64. French kings; 65. Shaquille of the N.B.A.; 66. Singer Celine; 67. Greek war god; 68. Pesto ingredient. — DOWN: 1. ___ Hari (W.W. I spy); 2. What friends, Romans and countrymen lent, in Shakespeare; 4. Attack; 5. A comb makes one; 7. Curt summons; 8. Oregon’s capital; 9. Double curve; 11. Bothered greatly; 12. About 39 inches, in England; 13. Source of much tea from Asia; 21. Actress Witherspoon; 22. Debussy’s “La ___”; 25. What a Spanish orchestra produces; 27. Pacific salmon; 28. The “S” in CBS; 32. SSW’s opposite; 33. Suffix with ball; 34. Sábado or domingo; 37. What a sidewalk may abut; 4. Writer Zora ___ Hurston; 46. “I Like ___” (50’s political slogan); 48. Holiday Inn alternative; 49. Barton of the 40-Down; 50. Trophy or medal; 51. Bert’s pal on “Sesame Street”; 52. Big appliance maker; 53. Scrabble pieces; 54. China’s Zhou ___; 58. Telephone; 59. Itsy-bitsy bit; 60. Fork prong; 62. Inner part of an ear of corn.