10.17.12 — Square Roots

 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

 

Puzzle by Peter Koetters / Edited by Will Shortz

SQUARE / ROOTS (1D. With 55-Across, what the circled letters, reading clockwise, form; 55A. See 1-Down) and the four squares reading SHALLOTS, PARSNIPS, RADISHES and POTATOES constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

 

Other — ANDREOTTI (60A. Italian P.M. nicknamed Divo Giulio), ASPIRIN (37A. Trademark of 1899 that’s no longer protected), DEEP SPACE (9D. Distant regions of the universe), FEARS NOT (11D. Is intrepid), GROUPINGS (31A. Collections of like objects), INCITES (40A. Stirs up), IRRADIATE (43A. Expose to UV waves, say), IT’S ON ME (42D. “My treat”), MALWARE (7D. 7D. Viruses, worms, etc.), PERSEIDS (39D. August meteor shower), PRUDISHLY (34D. In a Victorian manner), UNSHACKLE (17A. Free from bondage).

 

Mid-size — AERATE, DEFOG, DUELS, ELATE, ELECT, EPPIE (33A. “Silas Marner“ girl), Ab INITIO, INSET, ISIAH Thomas, LOEWS, MEDAL, ONEIDA, PIPIT (35D. Larklike songbird),  PORTAL, PSEUD, QUOTH (14A. Verb in “The Raven“), RAN OUT, RETOLD, RUNLET, SASSY, SHALL, SNAILS, SPED UP, SPOT ON, SRTAS, STATUE, TOSS TO, TURNS, UNESCO, “USUAL Gang of Idiots“.

 

Short stuff — ACTS, AGUE, ALS, ARA Parseghian, AS IS, ATH, COD, EEN, EHS, ELKE Sommer, ELLA, EMU (6A. Big bird), ETON, GIN, GTE, Lukas HAAS, IMS, INE, ITES, LAN, LSTS, OCT, ODIN (56D. Asgard ruler), OSU, PAR, SAL, SEA, SPRY, STR, SYS, TMI.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Mlles., across the border; 9. Clear up, in a way; 15. PC connection; 16. Word on a lawn sign; 19. Send sky-high; 20. Gore and Green; 21. Cinema chain; 22. Something that’s good to break; 23. Handed down, as lore; 25. Stops procrastinating; 27. Frivolous gal of song; 30. Aldous Huxley’s school; 36. Lapsed, as a subscription; 41. Hit the gas; 42. Atlas feature; 45. Connections to the WWW; 498. S.S.S. part: Abbr.; 50. Devotees: Suffix; 51. Exactly right; 53. Quizzical utterances; 57. Coach Parseghian; 58. Hoops Hall-of-Famer Thomas; 60. Italian P.M. nicknamed Divo Giulio; 62. Uniform decoration; 63. Excessive detail, in a text; 64. Mad magazine’s “___ Gang of Idiots”; 65. Smart-alecky; 66. Yet, in verse; 67. Hamilton vs. Burr and others. — DOWN: 2. Brook; 3. Throw in the direction of; 4. Greek capital, to airlines; 5. Intend to definitely; 6. Sommer of film; 8. Intl. peace and human rights grp.; 10. First name in scat; 12. Thanksgiving mo., in Canada; 13. Co. that merged into Verizon; 18. Salted fish; 24. Five Nations tribe; 26. Spins, rolls or draws; 28. Malaria symptom; 29. Normandy vessels of ‘44; 31. Martini base, maybe; 32. Ab ___ (from the beginning); 37. Floor model caveat; 38. Nimble for one’s age; 40. Suffix with serpent; 44. Fill with gas; 46. Center of many a plaza; 47. Way in; 48. Slimy pests; 51. Orch. Section; 52. Pretentious sort; 54. Lukas of “Witness”; 58. Some AOL transmissions; 59. Chantey subject; 61. The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A.