12.03.12 — A Monday State...

 

Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats in the 1961 film of The Hustler

 

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Monday, December 3, 2012

 

Puzzle by Andrea Carla Michaels / Edited by Will Shortz

Three entries that include state names, MINNESOTA FATS (20A. Jackie Gleason‘s role in “The Hustler“, CALIFORNIA ROLLS (38A. Common sushi orders) and VIRGINIA SLIMS (58A. Cigarette associated with women’s tennis), constitute the interrelated group of this fairly mild Monday crossword.

 

Other — DAINTY (48D. Small and delicate), FAÇADE (9D. False front), FARRAH Fawcett, GODSPELL (11D. 1976 Broadway musical with the hit “Day by Day”), JESSE Ventura, LIFE VEST (40D. Safety item for boaters).

 

Six-letter — ADOPTS, AXEMAN, COME TO, COPING, EL NINO, KISSED (52D. Locked lips), MARTYS, PUT-ONS, SEEN IT, UNITER, ZOOM IN.

 

Five — AS ONE, CEDAR, CHUCK Norris, “EYE OF the Tiger”, FUGUE, IOTAS, MISHA, MIXED, “We will NOT BE undersold!”, PENCE, QUEST, RADIO, ROCKS, SPARE, UNSHY, Of USE TO.

 

Short stuff — ALEX Trebek, ALIT, ANTI, ARI and ARK, BLOW, BOTH, BRIT, CARA, EER and ERR, ERAT, EURO, EWE, GOYA, HOT, INI, I SAY, JPEG, LUMP, METE, NANO, “There is NO I in team”, OLEO, ONER, PEC, PROD, QUI, REF and REX, ROC, SAND, SEWS, STAY, TORN, TWO L, UNA and UNO, UTES, YEN, YOYO, ZEST.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Passion for life; 5. Digital image format; 9. Many a Bach composition; 14. Butter alternative; 15. Multinational currency; 16. In harmony; 17. Doozy; 18. “Don’t move, Bowser!”; 19. Closet wood; 23. Common pasta suffix; 24. Kyoto currency; 25. Rescues from the pound, say; 30. Fifth tire; 33. Lamb’s mother; 34. Fabled Arabian bird; 36. Mess up; 37. Miss, as a chance; 43. Disembarked; 44. Chest muscle, for short; 45. Sweltering; 46. Officiate a football game, informally; 47. Jumbled; 49. Norris of “Walker Texas Ranger”; 53. Lumberjack; 55. Noah’s safe haven; 62. Knightly activity; 64. Beach castle material; 65. Tribe near the Great Sale Lake; 66. Not bashful; 67. Against; 68. Dole (out); 69. Small amounts; 70. Toy that does tricks; 71. Nudge. — DOWN: 1. Get a closer view, as with a camera; 2. Pacific weather phenomenon; 3. “Already been to that movie”; 4. Shredded; 5. Wrestler-turned governor Ventura; 6. Hoaxes; 7. The “E” of Q.E.D.; 8. “The Naked Maja” artist; 9. False front; 10. Of ___ (helping); 12. A, in Acapulco; 13. Poetic adverb; 21. “___ the Tiger” (1982 hit); 22. “Charlie’s Angels” actress Fawcett; 26. Like Nash’s llama vis-à-vis lama; 27. Puts in stitches; 29. Londoner, e.g.; 31. Small coins for 29-Downs; 32. Exodus” protagonist; 35. Handling problems all right; 37. Not just one or the other; 38. Italian “dear”; 39. “Jeopardy!” host Trebek; 40. Safety item for boaters; 41. Tyrannosaurus ___; 42. Ice cubes, slangily; 47. Country singer Robbins and others; 50. Minister, e.g., at weddings; 51. Snap out of it; 54. Baryshnikov’s nickname; 56. AM/FM carrier; 59. “Oho, dear chap!”; 60. Certain iPod; 61. Sugar quantity; 62. Who, in Québec; 63. Card game akin to crazy eights.