Eddie Rickenbacker
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Puzzle by Tim Croce / Edited by Will Shortz
Eight fifteen-letter entries are the main feature of this Saturday crossword:
STEERING CLEAR OF (1A. Giving a wide berth)
CARBON FOOTPRINT (16A. What an environmentalist wants to reduce)
I STAND CORRECTED (17A. “My mistake”)
AS THE SAYING GOES (22A. “According to old wisdom …”)
EASTERN AIRLINES (41A. Its first C.E.O. was the W.W. I hero Eddie Rickenbacker)
DISASTER SUPPORT (53. FEMA mission)
EXERCISE TRAINER (57A. One whose goal is changing shape?)
NEAREST RELATIVE (58A. Info on a medical history form)
Other — ADORER, BAR EXAM, CORSAIR, DNA TEST, DREADED, GOODLY, ICE RUN, NFC TEAM, REUNITE, RIHANNA, TORE AT.
Five-letter — ABIDE, ENATE, EXUDE, GARNI, GHOUL, HEART, NITER, ONE IN, SACRA, SANER, SATES,TREES.
Short stuff — ADP, ARCS, ASEA, CARR, DEN, EBAY, ELA, EPEE, ERTE, ESCE, ESTD, FACE, FIXE, FTD, IND, KEYS, LTR, MPAA, ONE D, PREV, RITT, RONI and RONS, SCI, SPIT, SRP, TASK, TDS and TIS, TOO, TRE, URL.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 18. What instrumentalists often change; 19. 7-Down’s goals, briefly; 20. Set up: Abbr.; 21. She, in Lisbon; 34. Something passed on the way to court?; 35. Singer of the 2010 #1 hit “Rude Boy”; 36. Post-winter breakup; 37. Anguished; 38. Like a bugbear; 40. End a split; 43. Big check-printing co.; 44. Not flee; 48. “___ true”; 49. Car ad fig. — DOWN: 1. Med., e.g.; 2. Unpleasant thing to be taken to; 3. “Broadway’s in Fashion” artist; 4. Owner of Bill Me Later; 5. Running back Dayne and others; 6. Birthplace of Rex Stout and Kurt Vonnegut: Abbr.; 7. Bears, e.g.; 8. Substantial; 9. Pirate; 10. It’s often 11 in. long; 11. French-derived word with two accents; 12. Fly balls, e.g.; 13. Hud” director; 14. Going along the line, briefly?; 15. 1-800-SEND ___ (apropos corp. number); 22. Brook; 23. Vertebral column parts; 24. Almonds and pistachios; 25. Afghan province or its capital; 26. Radiate; 27. Less likely to crack; 28. Pyrotechnics compound; 29. One present in spirit?; 30. Adorned, on menus; 31 Odds opener; 32 Maternally related; 33. Is enough for; 39. Common cold case reviver; 40. Comeback; 42. Fan; 44. Set on the Saône?; 45. On deck, say; 46. Lloyd in the College Football Hall of Fame; 47. Ending with fluor-; 49. Trailer-approving grp.; 50. Meat sticker; 51. Pasta ___ (Quaker brand); 52. Before: Abbr.; 53. Place for a trophy case; 54. “___ true”; 55. Surfer’s address; 56. 30% of dieci.
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