10.24.12 — Oh, G ...

 

Capital Letter G, James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum

 

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

 

Puzzle by Ian Livengood / Edited by Will Shortz

GLOSS, or G LOSS (37A. Some makeup … or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across), ROUND CHUCK (17A. Actor Norris, after gaining weight?), RAIN ALCOHOL (26A. What a tosspot fantasizes the clouds would do?), RAVE ROBBERS (43A. Thieves at an all-night dance bash?) and HOST WRITER (58A. Someone responding to a party R.S.V.P.?) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

 

Other — BIG TOE, FRAT ROW, IN A STIR, MANDELA (23A. 1993 Peace Nobelist), PAY PHONES (11A. There used to be a lot more of these on corners), RADAR GUNS (32D. Items for baseball scouts and highway patrol officers), REDHEAD, SPEECH, TEHRAN, VISTAS.

 

Five-letter — A-BOMB, AHORA, ANGST (52A. Emo emotion), BEGOT, BRUIN, FISHY, HARES, ISERE, LURID, OPERA, RERAN, SABER, SEPAL, STROM, THROE (14A. Spasm), TOTEM, WOMEN.

 

Short stuff — ALPO, AGRA, AGUE, ASAP, “That’s all I ASK“, AXEL, BAY, BEEP, BOLO, CALI, DOCS, DRIP, EDNA, EGOS, EON, ENOW, ESPN, EYRE, GORE (37D. Reason for an R rating), HAT in hand, ICES, IPO, ITCH, LASH, LES and LESS, LAW, LOO, MESA, MISS, NAB, NODE, “… OR I quit!”, OSE, PAGE, REEL, RISE, SPAR, STOP, TADA, TONE, USER, WED, X OUT, ZEST, ZOOM.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Cavalry weapon; 6. “And there it is!”; 10. Argue (with); 15. Hollywood has some big ones; 16. Summon; 19. Attendee of the fictional Lowood Institution for girls; 21. Symbols of speed; 22. Flower part; 25. Hankering; 30. Designed to a pique interest, say; 33. Toot; 34. Collar; 36. “Hurry!”; 39. Badlands feature; 40. Unite; 41. Whoosh!; 42. A bit questionable; 47. Show some respect to a judge; 48. All riled up; 54. Conceived; 56. Sugar ending; 57. Strike; 60. ___ Krabappel, Bart Simpson’s teacher; 61. Boxer’s fare?; 62. Kind of glasses; 63. Dieter’s amount; 64. Paint swatch choice; 65. Common door sign. — DOWN: 1. Longtime senator Thurmond; 2. Now, in Nogales; 3. Bobby Orr, notably; 4. Impatient person’s wait, seemingly; 5. Conan O’Brien, e.g.; 6. Mideast capital; 7. Bad fit; 8. Entries in two Oscar categories, slangily; 10. Address; 12. Indian tourist locale; 13. Country dance; 18. District of Colombia?; 22. Knock off; 24. Stalactite producer; 25. Knocks off; 27. Manhattan Project result, informally; 28. Guitarist Paul; 29. Shipboard punishment; 30. Bar topic; 31. PC operator; 35. Triple Crown winner Citation or Gallant Fox; 38. Back of a public house, maybe; 39. Get wrong; 41. Spice; 42. Where many Greeks are found; 44. Outlooks; 45. Part that may be pinched; 46. Sufficiently, in poetry; 49. Tribal figure; 50. Rhône tributary; 51. Put on again; 52. Jump on the ice; 53. Intersection point; 54. Western accessory; 55. N.F.L. broadcaster; 59. Subj. of a Wall Street Journal story.