Peter O’Toole in the 1962 film of “Lawrence of Arabia”
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Puzzle by Peter A. Collins / Edited by Will Shortz
On the fiftieth anniversary of its release, LAWRENCE / OF ARABIA (11D. With 40-Down, film that opened on 12/16/1962), along with PETER O’TOOLE (17A. Star of 11-/40-Down), DAVID LEAN (26A. Director of 11-/40-Down), WORLD WAR I (54A. Setting of 11-/40-Down) and BEST PICTURE (64A. Award for 11-/40-Down), constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword. If you haven’t seen the film on a large theater screen, you haven’t seen it. Honest.
Other — ALATEEN (48A. Adolescents‘ support group), Armand ASSANTE, HUNTERS (46A. “The Hunger Games“ participants), SCARE UP (41A. Gather, with difficulty), VESSELS (34A. Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria).
Mid-size — ASSUME, BLOUSE, DOUBLE, EBOLA, EDIBLE, EGBERT (53D. Ninth-century Anglo-Saxon king), ERUPTS, ESCHEW, ESPOSA (1D. Mexican partner), HOBBIT, INPUT, ISSUED, LETOUT, LITRES, PROZAC, QUEUES, RETOP, RHYMES, SAUNA, SEALY, STEAMS, STEEDS, TOTED, ULTRAS, VALET, ZELIG (57A. Woody Allen title character).
Short stuff — ABO, ALAS, ALI and ANI, AT AN all-time high, AVA, EAR and EER, END, ENNA, ERN, EQUI, HEEL, HIFI, IKE, “IT’LL be O.K.”, JAM, JOB, “LILO and Stitch”, MEA culpa, MIL, NERD, NITS, ONE, OTB, “OUR Lips Are Sealed“, OVA, SCAR, SHAW, SHOE, SLO, STU, SULK, TAX, TEST, TUT, USER, WAX.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Prefix with distant; 5. Ticks off; 11. Good deal; 14. Be in a pet; 15. Meriadoc the Magnificent, for one; 16. Gardner of Hollywood; 19. Ski applications; 20. “___ Lips Are Sealed” (1981 Go-Go’s hit); 21. Last of a loaf; 22. It helps hold glasses; 24. Serta rival; 31. Take on; 33. Armand of “Private Benjamin”; 37. Surgery souvenir;38. Pavement caution; 43. Last bit; 44. LP player; 50. Adolescents’ support group; 50. It might be off the wall; 58. Louisville’s Muhammad ___ Center; 59. Sicilian city; 61. Place to play the ponies, for short; 62. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away” speaker; 68. “32 Flavors” singer DiFranco; 69. Alter, in a way; 70. Kind of fee; 72. Explodes; 73. Sample. — DOWN: 1. Mexican partner; 2. Tech support may have long ones; 3. Extremists; 4. Presidential nickname; 5. It has a silent tongue; 6. Carried; 7. African virus; 8. Blood-typing system; 9. Bucks, on a scoreboard; 10. Mounts; 12. Lab eggs; 13. Overburden; 18. Near and dear, say; 23. Pitiful interjection; 25. Candy heart word; 27. Garage employee; 28. Dispensed; 30. Square figure; 32. Spurn; 35. Hot spot; 36. Sea eagle; 38. Creator of Eliza Doolittle; 39. “___ & Stitch” (Disney film); 42. Antidepressant brand; 47. Drag into court; 49. Like some mushrooms; 51. It has buttons on the left; 52. Petrol measures; 55. Apply another layer of asphalt to; 56. Suggestions; 60. Small complaints; 62. Flashy two-point basket; 63. Derivative with respect to “x” in f(x) = x + 10; 65. “Lo, How a Rose ___ Blooming” (old hymn); 66. Grimson of the N.H.L.; 67. Boy king of antiquity.
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