01.29.13 — Exclamation Mark!

 

Marlon Brando in “Viva Zapata!”

 

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

 

Puzzle by David Steinberg / Edited by Will Shortz

 

EXCLAMATION MARK (40A. It follows the answer to each starred clue), VIVA ZAPATA (17A. *1952 Marlon Brando film), MAMMA MIA (21A. *2008 Meryl Streep film), OLIVER (30A. *1968 Mark Lester film), AVANTI (46A. *1972 Jack Lemmon film), AIRPLANE (54A. *1980 Robert Hays film) and HELLO DOLLY (64A. * 1969 Barbra Streisand film) constitute the interrelated group of this entertaining Tuesday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Wines said to go well with meat; 5. White-bellied whales; 10. Musical Mama; 14. Each; 15. Bubkes; 16. Voting nay; 19. It might hold the solution; 20. Arctic fishing tool; 23. Parent who can pass on an X or Y chromosome; 25. Orioles and Blue Jays, informally; 26. From the start; 34. Name on a plaque, maybe; 35. French seas; 36. Part of fashion’s YSL; 43. Medvedev’s denial; 44. Skew; 45. Blue Cross competitor; 48. Atlas blowup; 49. Harvard Law Review editor who went on to become president; 52. Bubkes; 58. Intense passion; 66. Letter-shaped support; 67. Lensman Adams; 68. Common feature in Roman statuary; 69. Achy; 70. Emulated a lamb; 71. Former New York archbishop. — DOWN: 1. Shankar at Woodstock; 2. Like some fails, in modern slang; 3. Bird of peace; 4. Baden-Baden and others; 5. Seiji ___, longtime Boston Symphony maestro; 6. Dead letters?; 7. Tight-lipped sort; 8. Court proceedings; 9. Hoax; 10. Chargers in “The Charge of the Light Brigade”; 11. Japanese cartoon art; 12. Connector of stories; 13. Fictional Marner; 18. Actress Pia; 22. Disy ___; 24. Realm; 26. Mideast oil port; 27. Hardly aerodynamic; 28. Formerly; 29. Watt’s equivalent; 31. Allow to attack; 32. Silent film effect; 33. Letters on brandy; 37. Textile factory containers; 38. White-tailed raptor; 39. Game similar to bridge; 41. Many a C.E.O. has one; 42. Did perfectly; 47. Batman portrayer Kilmer; 49. Desert stop-off; 50. A ring bearer; 51. Loud, as a crowd; 53. Poker player’s “Uncle”; 55. Melville captain; 56. “99 Luftballons singer; 57. “Lohengrin” heroine; 59. Tedious learning method; 60. Many a YouTube upload; 61. Gymnast Korbut; 62. Meg of “Sleepless in Seattle”; 65. Big name in jeans.