10.10.12 — PJs

 

 

Illustration by Burr Giffen for the Fisk Tire Company, 1907; a yawning, pajama-clad youngster barely balancing a candlestick in one hand, and shouldering a passenger car tire opposite,
 accompanied by the "Time to Re-Tire" tagline.

 

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

 

Puzzle by Pete Muller / Edited by Will Shortz

PAJAMAS (26D. Nightwear ... or a hidden feature of 17-, 21-, 33-, 41-, 54- and 59-Across?) and the letters PJ within six answers constitutes the interrelated group of this sleepy Wednesday crossword.

HIP JOINTS (17A. Surgically replaceable body parts)
PROP JET (21A. Many a corporate plane)
SNAP JUDGMENT (33A. On-the-spot appraisal)
STUMPJUMPERS (41A. Classic mountain bikes)
TIP JARS (54A. Bar musicians may put them out)
FLAPJACKS (59A. Serving with syrup)

Other — ABSORB, AGHAST, ANGELINA Jolie, BAD JOKES (11A. Elicitors of groans), BRIBED, COPSES, ELLIPSE, E-MAILS, EUROPEAN, GUN PIT (30D. Defensive excavation), HODGE / PODGE (19A. With 49-Across, jumble), ICE AGE, IDIOCY, SAYS NO, SEPTUM, SHOCKS, STEP INTO, TICKER, TRIBECA.

 

Five-letter — AS BAD, ASSAM, ATHOL Fugard, DJINN, DOMED, DRAMA, EL SOL, GASSY, “ONE IS the loneliest number" , OTHER, PER SE, SHOPS, SONNY, STANS, THANE, “USE AS directed“.

 

Short stuff — ABC, ARM and ATM, CIA, DEET, DJED, EMT, ESP, GARS (34D. Needle-nosed swimmers), Miracle-GRO, HAN, HER, INSP, JON Stewart, KEN Kesey, KIA, LEO, MSS, ODOR, RASP, REED, SAM, SEEN, SFPD, SRO, STL and STS, TAN, TDS, TOSS, USH.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS:  4. Last option, often; 9. Equally poor; 15. Soap genre; 16. Macbeth or Macduff; 20. Sop up; 23. On videotape, say; 24. Supposed skill of some hotline operators; 27. The sun, in Spain; 28. Some INTs result in them; 29. When mammoths roamed; 31. Sedona automaker; 39. Sun-kissed; 40. Tea-growing Indian state; 44. H.R.H. part; 45. Alternative to texts; 46. Manhattan's crosstown arteries: Abbr.; 49. See 19-Across; 52. Cards, on scoreboards; 53. Green "pet" ; 56. Total nonsense; 62. Lee and Laurel; 63. As such; 64. Merry Prankster Kesey; 65. The hotheaded Corleone; 66. Protected from rainouts, say; 67. Sellout sign. — DOWN: 1. Terror-struck; 2. Greased the palm of ; 3. Thickets; 4. Foot problem; 5. Manhattan film festival locale; 6. ___ Solo (Ford role); 7. Defib operator; 8. Sing like Tom Waits; 9. Playwright Fugard; 10. Hits the "Add to Cart" button and then continues, say; 12. Actress Jolie; 13. Bug repellent; 18. Stewart in the "Wordplay" documentary; 22. Action hero's underwater breathing aid; 25. Body part that may be deviated; 29. Clouseau, e.g.: Abbr.; 32. PIN requester; 33. "Casablanca" pianist; 35. Ed.'s workload; 36. Work the aisles, informally; 37. Put on, as pants; 38. Like some Turks and Georgians; 42. Give the raspberry; 43. Basic orbital path; 46. Tases, say; 47. Bygone Wall Street device; 48. Refuses; 50. Spirit of Islamic myth; 51. Like a blowhard; 53. "The Bourne Supremacy" org.; 54. Eject from the game; 55. Dirty Harry's org.; 57. Handled the music at a rave; 60. DiCaprio, to pals; 61. Escort's offering.