11.28.12 — Algebra

 

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

 

Puzzle by Adam G. Perl / Edited by Will Shortz

X PLUS Y IS SIXTEEN (17A. Start of an algebra problem), X MINUS Y IS FOUR (36A. The rest of the algebra problem) and X IS TEN AND Y IS SIX (58A. Answer to the algebra problem) constitutes the interrelated group of this anathematically obtuse Wednesday crossword.

 

Other — ENDORSE (27D. Throw one’s support behind), IDEA MEN (50A. Think tank types), I’M IMPESSED (25D. “Wow!”), SAUTEED (52A. Like stir-fry), THE GRADUATE (11D. Mrs. Robinson’s movie) , TRITEST (23A. Least fresh).

 

Mid-size — ADMIRE, ALIENS, AS YET, BAGEL, DIOXIN (45D. Compound in Agent Orange), ENRAGE, EQUATE, ESSEX, I’M EASY, IRAQI, LISLE, MEANER, METAL, SALARY, SENSES, SESTET, STASIS, TIE TO, UNITE, YEATS, YES YOU.

 

Short stuff — AH ME, ALE, AOL, ARP, To A TEE, BIX Beiderbecke, DART, DST, EFT, EGOS and ENOS Slaughter, “L’ETAT c‘est moi“, ETD, GAL, GAS, IOTA, IRED, “Take IT AS a sign“, ITE, LSD, MRE, NAYS, NEDS NOEL, OAT, OMS, ONTO, OTIS, OUI, POT, RARE, REST, Messenger RNA, RODE, ROSA, ROUX, SES, “SOME nerve!”, STDS, TDS, TNT, TESS and TOSS, TSO, UNI, URSA, XED, XOX.

 

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