The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Brownscombe
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This Thursday crossword plays with the two initial letters of common phrases as abbreviations, e.g.: L.A., R.A., B.A., B.O. and P.R., changing LADIES MAN to L. A. DIES FIRST (18A. Cackling cry from a mad scientist before unleashing havoc on southern California; RAINCHECK to R.A. IN CHECK (33A. Dorm V.I.P. having to move is king?); BABY BOOMER to B.A. BY BOOMER (39A. Proud academic achievement of football star Esiason); BOONDOCKS to B.O. ON DOCKS (50a. Evidence of longshoremen without antiperspirant?) and PRISON BREAK to P.R. IS ON BREAK (64A. Why the press release has to wait?).
Other — ALL CAPS (1D. Indication of excitement in an e-mail), BAD SIGN, BIKE TIRE, COMPARE, CORONADO (8D. Early explorer of the Southwest), ENPLANE, FELINES, HERALDED, HUSKIES, ILIESCU (13D. Two-time president of Romania), MEAT PIE, NBA STAR, NEATENS, ROBERTS, STICKER, UNCLE LEO (24D. “Seinfeld“ character with the catchphrase “Jerry! Hello!”), VAN DYKE (14D. Vladimir Lenin had one).
Mid-size — AMBLE, AMBUSH, APISH, CLOSER, DECENT, DIE OF, E. J. DIONNE, LEAN-TO, NAMED, NL EAST, NOISY, OKAPI (57A. So -called “African unicorn”), PIGLET (31A. Hundred Acre Wood resident), SEE-SAW, SHILOH, SHIVER, SPEEDS, SULKED, SYNCS, TABOO.
Short stuff — Dark ARTS, AURA, BIL Keane, CTS. DEA, DUE, FIT, HOPE, HOST, HULA Bowl, IN DC, “The devil IS IN the details“, LONI Anderson, METS, NCR, PRO, REST, RICK, ROO (67D. Hundred Acre Wood resident), RUT, SCUM, SEEP, SHIV (11A. Pen knife?), SPAS, STE and STEW, TARA, TEND, TERI Hatcher, TIVO, TLC, UNI, UPS.
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