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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Puzzle by Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Edited by Will Shortz
CHRISTMAS / BONUS (57A. With 63-Across, extra holiday pay … or what’s in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across?), X BOX LUNCH (17A. Gamer’s midday meal?), M NIGHT SHIFT (22A. Working hours for director Shyamalan?), A TRAIN OF THOUGHT (34A. N.Y.C. subway line in one’s imagination?) and S CLASS CLOWN (45A. Bozo in a big Mercedes?) constitute the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.
Other — AU COURANT (14A. Hip), IN REAL TIME (25D. As it happens), SAW and SICKOS (21D. Villains in the “28-Down” films, e.g.), SMOKING GUN (11D. Proof positive), STIMULANT (60A. Upper).
Mid-size — AGEIST, Santa ANITA, ARSON, ASIANS, ATARI, CAN’T I, DRUMS, EAT ON, E-NOTE, GAMUT, HEATS, INCOG, LAHTI, NORSE, N TEST, OSRIC, OUT OF, Peppermint PATTIE, RANCHO, TATTED, RAMEN, SCARY, SINEX, SLEDS, SPARS, STASH, TOPIC.
Short stuff — Rent-A-COP, ASH and ATH, CIA, CST, CUBS, EFT, ESPY, GOP, Michio ITO, LIMA, LITE, MAXI, MEA, NANU, ODIN, OHMS, OMAN, OPTS, PTS, ROXY, RUIN, SAXE, SONS, SSTS, ST LO, TEAS, TIC, URN, WEE, WHIM, YUL Brynner.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Hair-raising; 6. Secretive org.; 9. Cause of everything going up?; 16. Range; 18. Quick online message; 19. Spot; 20. Dancer/choreographer Michio; 24. Fourth-largest city in the Americas; 27. Use, as dishes; 28. Nasal spay brand; 29. Restaurant’s after-dinner selection; 31. Red wing?; 38. Atomic; 39. Fishes or cuts bait, say; 40. They take a beating; 41. Centipede creator; 44. Stops in the country; 51. Hearth’s content; 52. End of many company names; 59. Noodle dish; 61. Some hard-to-wrap presents; 62. Starting O, maybe. — DOWN: 1. Old German duchy name; 2. Team supposedly cursed by a billy goat; 4. Classic theater name; 6. Pretty, pretty please?”; 7. Sporting a fake nose and glasses, maybe; 8. Sporting figure: Abbr.; 9. Discriminatory, in a way; 10. Spanish spread; 11. Proof positive; 12. Lacking; 13. Cloud producer, for short; 15. Total; 21. Narc’s discovery; 22. Conservative skirt; 23. Early races; 24. Diet, commercially; 25. As it happens; 26. “Give ___ a buzz”; 29. The weather, commonly; 30. Newt, once; 32. ___ law; 33. Liq. measures; 36. Frigg’s husband; 37. It may fill a niche; 42. Inked up; 43. Japanese or Javanese; 45. Trades one-twos, say; 46. Ear part; 47. “Chicago Hope” Emmy winner; 48. Umpire of Hamlet’s fencing match with Laertes; 49. Impulse; 52. French town in ‘44 news; 53. Gulf land; 54. Part of a sitcom signoff; 55. Big “birds” of old 57. Ill. Hours; 58. Fill-in.
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