11.30.12 — Message

 

 

Friday, November 30, 2012

 

Puzzle by Gary Cee / Edited by Will Shortz

Six fifteen-letter answers constitute the main feature of this friendly Friday crossword:

BACKWARD MESSAGE (17A. “Turn me on, dead man,” supposedly in the Beatles’ “Revolution 9”), here's a short video and a long …
PIANO-PLAYING CAT (36A. Subject of a 2007 YouTube sensation)
BE AT A STAND-STILL (56A. Go nowhere)
SECRET HANDSHAKE (3D. Order confirmation?)
IN DRIBS AND DRABS (7D. Little by little)
CLAIRE MCCASKILL (11D. Missouri’s first elected female senator)

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. See 5-Across; 5. With 1-Across, hybrid tea’s ancestor; 10. Noxious compounds, briefly; 14. “Wir lieben Autos” sloganeer; 15. Kind of cortex; 16. Detrained, e.g.; 20. Go off; 21. Next-to-last word in the Lord’s Prayer; 22. Like sherpas; 23. Nicks producing cuts?; 25. Early psychoanalyst Coriat; 28. Coastal diver; 29. Flirt, maybe; 32. Morsel for a ladybug; 34. “There ___ spoon” (“The Matrix” line); 35. Apology start; 40. Many a beneficiary; 41. Longtime “Headlines” reader; 42. Helpers after crashes; 43. One way to watch movies; 46. Lin of “Havana”; 47. On the schedule; 48. Bundled, say; 51. Enlightened Buddhist; 53. Need to keep one’s place?; 55. Mauna ___; 56. Go nowhere; 60. Become clumped; 61. Ivy’s support, maybe; 62. How a ship might turn; 63. Olympic vehicle; 64. Like rats’ nests; 65. Intrigue, once, informally. — DOWN: 1. Bench attire; 2. Some deceptive designs; 4. Rotarian relative; 5. Chickenhearted; 6. On hand; 8. Many vets recall it; 9. Bitter, e.g.; 10. Relay; 12. N.Y.C. racetrack moniker; 13. Antique gun; 18. Eccentric; 19. Actress Thompson; 24. Course through the body?; 26. Panasonic subsidiary; 27. Yours, in Paris; 30. “Hot dog!”; 31. Hot dogs, say; 32. Tail of a dog?; 33. Zero-spin particle; 34. “The L Word” producer Chaiken; 37. Realty reference; 38. Big blasts from the past, briefly; 39. Actress Rowlands; 44. Opposite of down; 45. ___ Hari; 46. Hall-oof-Fame football coach Tom; 49. Sniggled; 50. Accounts; 51. Nuts and bolts; 52. Not fantastic; 54. 1961 space chimp; 57. Friend of Frodo; 58. Cinque minus due; 59. Way overseas.