09.11.12 — Paronomasia Redux

 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 — "911"

 

Puzzle by Kenneth Leeser / Edited by Will Shortz

Crossword puzzles thrive on the pun, or paronomasia, a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect from the intentional misuse of homophonical, homographical, homonymic, polysemic, metonymic, or metaphorical language. ~ York Times Crossword in Gothic, 04.30.09 — Paronomasia.

 

Direct from that puzzle via the Middle East, BEIRUT BAY ROUTE (24A. Lebanese water passage?), KHARTOUM CAR TOMB (38A. Sudanese junkyard?) and TRIPOLI TRIPLE E (50A. Big shoe specification in Libya?) constitute the interrelated group of this wreck of a Tuesday crossword.

 

Other — COURTEOUS (6D. Mannerly), EMINENCE (36D. Popes and the like), MICRODOT (10D. Pinhead-size spy photo), RESPONDS (39D. Answers), SCAPEGOAT (3D. One getting the blame), SCLEROSIS (33D. Medical hardening), SODA BATHS (2D. Soothing soaks), SONNETIZE (35D. Write Shakespearean poetry).

 

Mid-size — ADIEU, AD LIB, ADIEU, CAPES (20A. Articles in Dracula‘s wardrobe), CENSE, CODES, ESSAYS, ESTER, GET AT, HOSEA (34A. Book after Daniel) HULAS, INERT, INUIT, IRENE, ISERE, LEVEL, REATA, ROVES, SCARE, SLAVIC, TOMEI, TO RUN, T-BONE, VERSE.

 

Short stuff — ABBE, ALEC, ASKS, ASST, AUDI, BONO, DOES, EDAM, EDS, EMU, EMU, ESTS, ÉTÉ and ETO, EZEK (66A. Book before Daniel: Abbr.), IDES, LESS, LOCO, MAGI, NERD, NIB, NNE, ONE, OVEN, REAR, RITA Hayworth, RUHR, SCH, SIS, SPA, SRO, SUD, SULU, TRIO, UNDO, Trader VICS, ZAG, ZEKE.

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Never forget!

 

 

 

 

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Admin. Aide; 5. Spook; 10. Wise guys?; 14. Off one’s rocker; 15. Does some computer programming; 16. Midmonth day; 17. Red-skinned food; 18. Island dances; 19. Reference; 22. Actress Hayworth; 23. Raise, as young; 27. Veer back in the other direction; 28. Start of a long-distance call; 29. Nord’s opposite; 30. Ike’s command in W.W. II; 31. Fawning females; 42. Perfume compound; 43. Officer on the bridge with Spock and Uhura; 44. Penpoint; 45. Family member, informally; 47. Magazine staff, for short; 49. Mississippi-to-Michigan dir.; 56. U2 front man; 57. Buck tail?; 58. Alternative to Travelers; 60. Kitchen fixture; 61. Poetry; 64. Unlikely prom king; 65. Greenland native; 67. Ballpark figs.; 68. Perfume; 69. Minus. — DOWN: 1. Writer Waugh; 4. “My Cousin Vinny” co-star; 5. Where to study chem. Or hist.; 7. Extemporize; 8. Rope, for Ricardo; 9. Op-ed pieces; 11. Word on taking one’s leave; 12. Imply; 13. Val d’ ___ (Alpine skiing destination); 21. Fleabag hotel, for short; 25. Helpful computer command; 26. European coal center; 27. Farmworker who became the Cowardly Lion in Dorothy’s dream; 32. Ostrich’s cousin; 37. Head of a French monastery; 40. Charlie’s Angels, e.g.; 41. Quattro manufacturer; 46. From Serbia or Croatia; 48. Elite retreat; 50. Hearty steak; 51. Gallivants; 52. Unable to move; 53. Memorable 2011 hurricane; 54. Springsteen’s “Born ___”; 55. Tier; 59. Questions; 62. French 101 word with two accents.