09.04.12 — Twenty-Seven



A 1998 false-color near-infrared image of Uranus showing cloud bands, rings, and moons obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope's NICMOS camera. Uranus has 27 known natural satellites. The names for these satellites are chosen from characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

 

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

 

Puzzle by Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan / Edited by Will Shortz

TWENTY-SEVEN (62A. Age at which Jim Morrison, Jim Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse died), PERFECT CUBE (17A. 62-Across to a mathematician), MOONS OF URANUS (23A. 62-Across to an astronomer), WORLD SERIES WINS (39A. 62-Across to a Yankees fan) and HEBREW LETTERS (50A. 62-Across to a student of Semitic languages) constitutes the interrelated group of this fine Tuesday crossword.

 

Other — AL GORE (31D. Politico whose name is an anagram of GAOLER), EARTHY, LABOUR, LIFE SAVER (36D. Candy item that comes in five basic flavors), MALAWI (22D. Nyasaland, now), NUREMBERG (3D. German city noted for trials), PANTS and SHOES (12D. Part of an outfit; 24D. Parts of an outfit), TWO-WAY.

 

Five-letter — ADIEU (11D. Closing bid?), ANGLO-Saxon, BLOOM, CYNICS, EAGER, ERNIE, FERAL, GRUFF, HI-HATS, Carol HEISS, HYENA, Kay KYSER, LEEDS, LEGGY, LIGHT, NECCO, ORFEO, POURS (13A. Serves a draft, e.g.), RHETT, SADIE, SET ON, SLEETY, STELA, TAKEN, VALUE.

 

Short stuff — ADA, AFT, ALOE, ANNO, ARE and ARM, CFO, COAL black, DYNE, EGO, ESTE, ETE, HRH, “IF IT ain‘t broke …”, JAB, JOWL, KIN, MEET, NEO, NIH, NOEL, “O’ER the land of the free …”, OLE and OLEA, ONT, REL, REVS, SEGA, SNAX, TAP (10A. Drafts may be served on it), TELE, TER, T-REX (69A. Extinct carnivore, familiarly), TSK, Metric UNIT, YALE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Latin word on a cornerstone; 15. Undomesticated; 18. Org. for fillers and drillers; 19. Kith’s companion; 20. Like some inclement weather; 21. Money V.I.P.; 22. What nonparallel lines do eventually; 26. Elbow; 28. Federal biomedical agcy.; 20. Family member: Abbr.; 30. Olive genus; 35. Usefulness; 42. Long-limbed; 43. Video game manufacturer; 45. Province on Hudson Bay: Abbr.; 47. Princely inits.; 49. Summer, in about one-sixth of Canada; 56. Elis’ school; 58. Drum kit components; 61. Sense of self; 64. Prefix with con; 65. Sexy woman in a Beatles song; 66. Inscribed pillar; 67. The law has a long one; 68. Bandleader Kay. — DOWN: 1. iPad users’ purchases; 2. “Joy to the World,” for one; 3. German city noted for trials; 4. Monteverdi opera hero; 5. Helm location in a sloop; 6. Candy wafer manufacturer; 7. Stern and brusque; 8. British party; 9. Cry to a torero; 10. Already occupied, as a seat; 14. Determined to accomplish; 18. Jaded ones; 25. Guns, as an engine; 26. Prominent Nixon feature; 27. Skin-care product ingredient; 34. Miner’s hat feature; 38. Sunrise direction in Spain; 40. Bit of force; 41. Ribald; 46. Like most roads; 48. Carol ___, five-time world figure-skating champion; 50. Striped scavenger; 51. Beaverlike; 52. Come to fruition; 53. Yorkshire city; 54. Banks or Els; 55. Love for Scarlett; 59. TV component; 60. Pretzels and chips, in adspeak; 62. “For shame!”; 63. Thrice, in prescriptions.