11.20.12 — Parade

 

 

In 1924, Macy's hosted its first parade, then known as the Macy's Christmas Parade. Macy's employees participated in the inaugural event, and the company borrowed live animals from the Central Park Zoo to accompany the floats. The parade's success was encouraging, and as a result, Macy's decided to make the event an annual occurrence. Above: a parade float from the Macy's 1926 Thanksgiving Day Parade ~Time Magazine

 

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

 

Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish / Edited by Will Shortz

BALLOON, FLOAT, BAND and PARADE found in BALLOON PAYMENT (20A. Provision for ending many a mortgage), FLOAT PLANE (35A. Aircraft with pontoons), BAND OF GOLD (42A. 1970 Freda Payne hit) and PARADE MAGAZINE (53A. Weekend publication since 1941) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

 

Other — ADDERLEY (38D. Cannonball of jazz fame), BAKE SALE (10D. Common fund-raiser), COPYCAT (9D. Mimic), DISTRACT (25A. Amuse), FONDUES (43D. Melted-cheese dishes), SEARCHES (47A. Google queries).

 

Mid-size — ANISE, ARARAT, BANAL, BRIAN De Palma, CAPRI pants, COZENS, DECAF, Lou DOBBS, ESTES Kefauver, GELID, HELIX, INDOOR plumbing, INEPT, Chris ISAAK, LOO-RA, MORPH, Suze ORMAN, RAIL AT, RALPH Sampson, ROADIE, SENSE, SKIDOO, SUNNI, TEXTS, TOROS.

 

Short stuff — ABLE, AERO, AOL, APEX, AREA and ARIA, AXED, BARN, BLOC, Riddick BOWE, CBGB, CLOG, COQ au vin, CURE, Deputy DAWG, EFTS, ERNS, ESME, EXT, ICE T, KEPT, LEAP, MIME, NAPE, NCOS, Count OLAF, OPEN, OPIE, ORB, OSU, QUAY, PILL, PST, PUPU platter, RAMP, SEED, UNIX, WEPT, WOO.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 6. Voting alliance; 10. Boxer Riddick; 14. Director De Palma; 15. Flying: Prefix; 16. Nadir’s opposite; 17. Quite cold; 18. Skateboard park feature; 19. Left in; 23. 2011 Huffington Post purchaser; 24. Sergeants major, e.g.: Abbr.; 30. Where Noah made landfall; 34. Big Ten football powerhouse, for short; 37. Quite unoriginal; 40. Eye, poetically; 41. Thread of a screw, e.g.; 45. L.A. winter hours; 46. Snowmobile brand; 47. Google queries; 50. Flying fish-eaters; 52. Go after; 60. Pig’s tail feature; 61. MS_DOS alternative; 62. Late-night coffee, maybe; 63. Helen Crump Taylor’s TV stepson; 64. Salinger heroine; 65. All thumbs; 66. Pier; 67. Favorable tournament position 68. ___ Kefauver, 1956 vice-presidential candidate. — DOWN: 1. Former N.Y.C. club; 2. ___ 51 (ufologist’s interest); 3. Hard-to-take person; 4. Vituperate6. Home for an owl, maybe; 7. Bound; 8. Financial adviser Suze; 9. Mimic; 10. Common fund-raiser; 11. Unreserved; 12. Boohooed; 13. Business card abbr.; 21. Count ___< character in the Lemony Snicket books; 22. Transform (into); 25. TV/radio host Lou; 26. Chris with the 1991 hit “Wicket Game”; 27. Islam’s largest denomination; 28. Jam up; 29. Pamplona runners; 31. Sampson of the 1980s-’90s N.B.A.; 32. Biscotti flavoring sometimes; 33. Pastors’ readings; 36. Qualified; 38. Cannonball of jazz fame; 39. Irish lullaby syllables; 43. Melted-cheese dishes; 44. Deputy ___ (Terrytoons character); 48. One who sets the stage?; 49. Deceives; 51. Rationality; 54. La Scala presentation; 55. Marcel Marceau, for one; 56. Got rid of; 57. Rapper who co-starred in “Richochet”; 58. Scruff; 59. Small salamanders.