10.25.12 — TETRIS

 

 

Thursday, October 25, 2012

 

Puzzle by Caleb Rasmussen / Edited by Will Shortz

TETRIS in descending circled letters, DO NOT LET THE / FALLING BLOCKS / REACH THE TOP (16A. With 34- and 54-Across, basic instruction or [circled letters]) constitutes the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.

 

Other — AGLISTEN, AT A COST, END NOTE, FIG TREE, FILLMORE (34D. Big Whig), GLISSANDO (44A. Musical effect that‘s simple for a trombone), GONE DARK (10D. Closed, as a theater), LAY READER (25A. Congregation member authorized by a bishop to conduct part of a service), OIL RESERVE (28D. The Gulf of Mexico has a big one), ORESTES (40A. Brother of Electra), PROTECTS, ST MARKS (12D. Venice tourist attraction), THERE’S MORE (9D. Infomercial phrase).

 

Mid-size — Buenos AIRES, Slippery as AN EEL, BATTY, BROOCH, DNA LAB, EILEEN Collins, ENESCO (50A. “Romanian Rhapsodies“ composer), ENVOIS (42D. Ends of ballades), FIGARO, I’LL BE, NEATO, OBSESS, OEUVRE, PUNTED, SISTER, SMARTS, STACK, STAPES (43D. Smallest human bone), TEETHE, TO DATE, TRURO (38A. Town on Cape Cod), TUSHIE, TYPE AB, USEER, YEOMEN Warders.

 

Short stuff — AMT and ART, ASH, BELS, BUT, DSC, EEN, ELO, ERE, ESS, ETA and EVA and EVO, HUB, NOM, GPS, ORT, OTTO Octavius, ROT, SGT, SLUR, TEED, TENT, TMS, TRIO, TSA, VET.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Category at some banks; 7. Start of an excuse; 10. Car rental add-on; 13. Everything Bach composed, e.g.; 14. Contents of a flick?; 15. Leftover bit; 19. Grammatical case: Abbr.; 20. Lb. or oz.; 21. One with a habit; 22. It might be announced over a P.A.; 23. Ready to be driven; 27. Place for additional ino; 30. IHOP order; 33. Savvy; 37. Opera character who sings “Largo al factotum”; 39. Expression of amazement; 48. Fair sight; 49. Logos, e.g.: Abbr.; 52. Senora Peron; 53. Malarkey; 57. Poetic preposition; 58. One who frequently sees Spots, for short; 59. Bottom; 60. Poetic time of day; 61. “Evil Woman” grp.; 62. Have a fixation. — DOWN: 1. So far; 2. ___ Warders (Tower o f London figures); 3. Like some footballs and boats; 4. Bolivian president Morales; 5. “The only way to run away without leaving home,” per Twyla Tharp; 6. Units of sound; 7. Crackers; 8. One walking down an aisle, say; 11. Shields; 17. ___ Collins, first female space shuttle commander; 18. Kind of screening, for short; 24. Where police look for matches; 26. Not for nothing; 29. Snap, Crackle and Pop, e.g.; 32. Snorkel, e.g.: Abbr.; 33. Musical line; 35. Shining; 36. Jewelry box item; 37. Part of a Mideast orchard; 41. Raise canines?; 46. Cool; 47. Mil. Hero’s award; 51. Spider-Man villain ___ Octavius; 55. Turning point; 56. Big section of the dictionary.