01.02.13 — Froot Loops

 

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

 

Puzzle by David Steinberg / Edited by Will Shortz

FROOT / LOOPS (1A. With 71-Across, breakfast choice … a punny title to this puzzle’s theme) along with WATERMELON, BANANA, PAPAYA, CHERRY, ORANGE and CANTALOPE in circled letters forming loops constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 6. River in a 1957 hit movie; 10. SALT topic; 14. Singer/actress Luft; 15. Boss Tweed lampooner; 16. ___ avis; 17. Midwest hub; 18. Eye; 19. Words after “come” or “go”; 20. Mark down for a sale, say; 22. Model’s path; 24. “Lawrence of Arabia” figure; 27. Spotted; 28. Angel dust, briefly; 30. Ore tester; 32. “Amo, amas I love ___”; 34. Cut crosswise; 38. Slangly affirmative; 39. Make scents of?; 42. Cry of derision; 43. Hot desert wind; 45. Yankees manager before Girardi; 47. F.D.A.-banned diet pill ingredient; 50. Thrice, on an Rx; 51. With 35-Down, fictional heroine who says “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me”; 53. Augustus ___; 55. Hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937 and Jimmy Dorsey in 1957; 57. Jewish or Iranian, e.g.; 61. Make; 62. Auden or Aiken 65. [Bo-o-oring!]; 66. Swarm member; 67. Layer of the eye; 68. Singers James and Jones; 69. Hard thing to carry; 70. Meal for a weevil. — DOWN: 1. Dona ___ (1976 Sonia Braga role); 2. Architect Mies van der ___; 3. Like much folklore; 4. Things that lead to mergers?; 5. Billy Blanks fitness system; 6. Small hills; 7. Tail movement; 8. Talking with one’s hands: Abbr.; 9. Roman road; 10. Laundry staff; 11. Request for group permission; 12. Jones once of the Stones; 13. Oodles; 21. Tikkanen of hockey; 23. Newsgroup system since 1980; 25. Erik of “CHIPs”; 26. Husband, in France; 28. “No more!,” e.g.; 29. ___ Crunch; 31. Bosox nickname of old; 32. Sorrowful cries; 33. Melodramatic series, in slang; 36. Mystery author John Dickson ___; 37. Everyday article; 40. Morse unit; 41. 10 sawbucks; 44. The Ricardos, to the Mertzes; 46. Italian city that is the title setting of a Walpole novel; 48. Prom tux, usually; 49. Japan’s largest active volcano; 51. Actress Pflug; 52. Pianist Claudio; 54. Photographer Adams; 5. ___ lily; 56. Digital book file extension; 58. ___-Rooter; 59. Give ___ (care); 60. Gershwin opera heroine; 63. Egg head?; 64. Fish contained in unadon.