10.06.12 — Think

 

Saturday, October 6, 2012

 

Puzzle by Steve Salitan / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Straight person's statement, I CANNOT TELL A LIE; 16. #1 Dire Straits hit, MONEY FOR NOTHING; 17. Privileged access, PRIVATE ENTRANCE; 18. Holding heat, ARMED; 19. Jan SMUTS, South African leader instrumental in establishing the League of Nations; 20. South African with two U.S. Open wins, ELS; 21. King with a sad end, LEAR; 22. Response to “Hey, I’m not perfect”, WHO IS; 23. Sweep spots?, SOOT; 24. You may need to clean yours up, ACT; 25. Some gowns, DIORS; 26. “’SCUSE me? (“Wha”); 27. Turkey STEARNES, slugger in the Baseball Hall of Fame; 29. Like Rodin’s thinker, SEATED; 30. Divests, RIDS; 31. Something to scan, POEM; 32. Some dog treats, TBONES; 35. What fellers may be skilled with, HANDSAWS; 39. Many a spring arrival, ARIES; 40. Need for war games, CARDS; 41. “Well, LAH-di-dah!”; 42. Big name in educational grants, PELL; 43. Earl’s equivalent in Évreux, COMTE; 44. Shelter-providing dugout, ABRI; 45. Like Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1, IN B; 46. Turn around on Wall Street?, RALLY; 47. Toughen: Var., ENURE; 48. Real lowlife?, ONE CELLED ANIMAL; 51. Schemer’s quality, CALCULATING MIND; 52. Sure things, ANTIPERSPIRANTS.

 

Down — 1. Savanna leapers, IMPALAS; 2. “Bingo!”, CORRECT; 3. Give energy, ANIMATE; 4. Now’s opposite, NEVER; 5. Diana with a record-setting swim around Manhattan in 1975, NYAD; 6. Repeatedly, in 31-Acrosses, OFT; 7. They allow performers to stay on pointe, TOE SHOES; 8. No great shakes, TREMORS; 9. Afflictions of the world-weary, ENNUIS; 10. Former Senate majority leader and family, LOTTS; 11. Posted pieces: Abbr., LTRS; 12. “Bingo!”, AHA; 13. Certain audio jack, LINE OUT; 14. Huddled up, e.g., IN CLOSE; 15. Expelled, EGESTED; 22. Some are prevailing, WINDS; 23. Rackets, SCAMS; 25. Exsiccates, DRIES; 26. Core units?, SEEDS; 28. Cellulose fiber brand, ARNEL; 29. Meteorological probe, SONDE; 31. Salsa, say, PARTY DIP; 32. Option for thickening soup, TAPIOCA; 33. Souter succeeded him on the Supreme Court, BRENNAN; 34. It’s exploited for its crude content, OIL BELT; 35. Tiny dots on maps, HAMLETS; 36. Egg white component, ALBUMIN; 37. Justify, WARRANT; 38. Protects, SHIELDS; 40. Arrest, COLLAR; 43. Street, in San José, CALLE; 44. Nero’s soul, ANIMA; 46. Not go out of service?, RE-UP: 47. Applied sci. professional, ENGR; 49. Turn-of-century year, CCI; 50. What April has, unlike any other month?, AN I.

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