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Monday, November 26, 2012
Puzzle by Ed Sessa / Edited by Will Shortz
Pancakes, Waffles and French toast are the clues for FLATTENS OUT, BLOWS HOT AND COLD and À VOTRE SANTÉ in this sweet back-to-work Monday crossword.
Other — DEMEANS (32A. Denigrates), IDLE RICH (5D. Leisure class), NONSENSE (43D. Gobbledygook), PHONE BOOKS (31D. Obsolescent directories), SCALAWAG (42D. Scamp), SECOND RATE (8D. Inferior), TIE GAME (47A. Reason for a 10th inning say), TWO-TIMED (9D. Cheated on, romantically).
Mid-size — ALOHA, AMISS, “A ROOM of One‘s Own“, AT BAT, ATTIC, BASTE, EERIE, LEECH, “MADAM, I‘m Adam“, MULTI, NILLA wafers, ON ICE, PAPAW, RETAG, SEDER, SLABS, SMOTE, SNAIL, STREW, SWIGS, Von TRAPP, WAXER.
Short stuff — AHA, AMIS and AXIS, AMS, ANNA, CHER, DAS, DEAL, DIP, DOFF, DOME, DRAB, EAR, “If all ELSE fails …”, ETA, FINS, HOLE, IRAS, KEYS, LAIC, MAR and MAV, MOLE, NATO, Finding NEMO, OONA Chaplin, ORAN, PECK, PREY, RAN, Martha RAYE, ROAN, ROIL, SAM Walton, SKY, SPAR, SPOT, STS, SWEE‘ Pea, TAD, TAIL and TALE, UAE.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Dull-colored; 5. Financial reserves for later years, in brief; 9. Von ___ family (“The Sound of Music” group); 14. Wife of Charlie Chaplin; 15. Top of the Capitol; 16. Floor machine; 17. Fish propellers; 18. Of a church flock; 19. Chilling, as Champagne; 23. Firmament; 24. What a barber must cut around; 25. Escargot; 27. Wee-hours periods, for short; 30. Salsa or guacamole; 32. Denigrates; 36. Rolaids competitor; 38. Chaz’s mother; 40. Spooky; 44. Rarely visited room; 45. Western alliance since 1949; 46. One of 18 on a golf course; 49. Finish; 51. Feb. follower; 52. Large amounts of bacon; 54. Walton of Walmart; 56. Ave. intersectors; 64. Bananalike fruit; 66. Algerian port; 67. Give everyone a hand; 68. Wahine’s greeting; 69. F sharp major and others; 70. Bordeaux buddies;71. Change the price on; 72. Popeye’s ___’ Pea; 73. Distinctive Marilyn Monroe facial feature. — DOWN: 1. Remove, as a hat; 2. Stir up; 3. She was the “I” in “The King and I”; 4. Moisten, as a turkey; 6. Horse color; 7. Not quite right; 10. Sought office; 11. Line of rotation; 12. Amount for Peter Piper; 13. Rabbits, to eagles, e.g.; 21. Wee bit; 22. Dubai’s federation: Abbr.; 26. Bloodsucker; 27. Up, in baseball; 28. Prefix with task; 29. Struck down, biblically; 33. Virginia Woolf’s “___ of One’s Own”; 34. Nabisco’s ___ wafers; 35. Passover supper; 37. Big swallows; 39. Greek vowel; 42. Scamp; 48. Dallas cager, for short; 50. “Law & Order” figs.; 53. Scatter, as seeds; 56. Trade punches in training; 57. Scheherazade offering; 58. Good name for a Dalmation; 60. Funny Martha of old TV; 61. Paxar’s “Finding ___”; 62. Homophone for 57-Down; 65. “I see it now!”
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