12.17.12 — Heeere, Kitty Kitty ...!

  

 

Photograph by Michael Nichols

 

A mother Bengal tiger and her cub rest in the tall grass of a meadow. Tiger cubs remain with their mothers for two to three years before dispersing to find their own territory. Tigers are the largest members of the cat family and are renowned for their power and strength. ~ National Geographic

 

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Monday, December 17, 2012

 

Puzzle by Elizabeth A. Long / Edited by Will Shortz

Five felines are featured in this coy and colorful Monday crossword: KITTY HAWK (17A. Wright flight site), TIGER LILY (11D. Perennial whose flowers are typically orange with black dots), CAT SCAN (40A. Hospital diagnostic), "OCTOPUSSY" (64A. James Bond film involving Fabergé egg) and DANDELION (35D: Source of some fluff).

 

Other — BEDROOM, CORNELL, EMERALDS (22D. Green gems), EXTRUDE, GRISTLE, Garrison KEILLER, TAG ALONG, TEXTURE.

 

Mid-size — ACT UP, A-LINE, ALITO, “It’s the end of AN ERA“, BOISE, DAKAR, “The Mystery of EDWIN Drood“, Michael EISNER, HOSES, MELODY, METES, MONGOL, MUKLUK (8D. Eskimo boot), NUMBER, RECUE, RELIVE, RESULT, SANER, SIXTHS, SLYLY, STOOL, TO SEA, URGES, VIOLA.

 

Short stuff — ABU Dhabi, Chicken À LA king, ALEX, ALOE vera, Très BIEN, CAVS, CLI, COOS, “There Is Nothin’ Like a DAME“, DEAF, Per DIEM, DUH, DUNK, EASY, ELIA Kazan, ETNA, FAT, Cumberland GAP, GLEE club, IDLE, ILL, IRAN, JADE (33A. Green gem), JAMB, LED, LISP, NEST, NILE, OAR, OKS, OVER, REDO, REEL, TYRO, URDU, YALE, YEAS.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “There Is Nothin’ Like a ___” (“South Pacific” song); 5. Per ___ (expense account amount); 9. Misbehave; 14. “Jeopardy!” host Trebek; 15. Pakistani tongue; 16. Idaho’s capital; 19. Impulses; 21. River near the Pyramids;23. Hornets’ home; 24. Outcome; 26. The “N” of PIN; 28. Needing sign language, say; 30. Garrison of “A Prairie Home Companion” 38. Go over in one’s imagination; 42. Was out front; 43. Genghis Khan, for one; 45. Needing hospitalization, say; 46. Beginner; 47. Place to sleep; 49. Barely run the engine; 51. Former Disney head Michael; 53. Wedge fractions in Trivial Pursuit; 57. Cartoon frames; 59. __ club (singing group); 61. Aid for reaching the top shelf, maybe; 62. Samuel on the Supreme Court; 66. String quartet member; 67. Dip, as a doughnut; 68. Film spool; 69. Having a clearer head; 70. Votes that are an anagram of 71-Across; 71. “No sweat!”. — DOWN: 1. Senegal’s capital; 2. Skirt style; 3. Doles (out); 4. Stick out; 5. Dolt’s response; 6. It’s bordered by three countries with “-stan” in their names; 7. Dickens’s “The Mystery of ___ Drood”; 10. Institution in Ithaca, N.Y.; 12. Avails oneself of; 13. Little brother, to an older sibling, say; 18. Schol where the Clintons met; 22. Green gems; 25. Follow behind; 27. “Très ___” (“Very well,” in French); 29. Obese; 31. Atop; 32. Fresh take, informally; 33. Either side of a doorway; 37. Omega preceder; 40. Dove sounds; 41. 151, in old Rome; 44. Hard-to-chew piece of meat; 46. Surface quality; 48. Tune; 50. Favor a “th” sound; 52. Feed the same line; 54. Where navies go; 55. Water carriers; 56. In a wily way; 57. Cleveland b-ball team; 58. Kazan of Hollywood; 60. Sicilian mount; 63. It’s dipped in the water; 65. Allows.