01.07.13 — Metals & Mortals

 

The Forge by Fernand Cormon, 1894

 

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Monday, January 7, 2013

 

Puzzle by Jim Peredo / Edited by Will Shortz

Fused metal and body parts, e.g., BRONZE SKIN (17A. Result of tanning), HEART OF GOLD (28A. Generous spirit, metaphorically), BUNS OF STEEL (44A. Hit 1980s exercise video), CHROME DOME (58A. Baldie‘s nickname), IRON FIST (3D. What a tyrant rules with) and LEADFOOT (38D. Speed demon) constitute the interrelated group of this smooth Monday crossword.

 

Other — AT LARGE (42D. Not yet apprehended), AWKWARD (7D. Singsongy comment in a sticky situation), FLYING CAR (10D. “Vehicle of the future” since the 1950s), I AM SO DEAD (32D. “My parents are going to kill me!”), OTTAWAN (35A. Citizen of Canada‘s capital), SARA LEE (37A. Nobody doesn‘t like her, in a slogan).

 

Mid-size — ALOOF, Elizabeth ARDEN, ASWIRL, BAA BAA, CLAPS, ENTRE nous, ERA OF Good Feelings, LOOK TO, Claude MONET, NEWLY, NO IDEA, ORATE, PLIANT, RIDGE, SOFT C, STETS, SUN HAT, TAG UP, ULCERS, WELDED.

 

Short stuff — ACID, ACTS, Santa ANA winds, AREA, “It’s A SAD state of affairs“, AS IF, ATT, “AVE Maria“, BEDE, CNET, EAVE, Garden of EDEN, EDU, Get an E FOR effort, ET TU, EURO, FLAW, GOAD, “Ben-HUR“, I KID, LASE and LOSE, “Au Revoir LES Enfants“, MAT, MOO, NEAT, OBI and OBIT, OUT, PAIN and PAN, READ, RID, ROC, SI SI and SO SO, STEM, SYNS, ULM, WAS, WEB, WHIM, WOOF, YOWL.

 

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… a little heavy metal for Monday …

 

 

 

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Sudden impulse; 5. Applauds; 10. Imperfection; 14. Multinational coin; 15. Just now; 16. Misplace; 19. Wailing cry; 20. Nifty; 21. “There ___ an old woman …”; 22. “Just messin’ with you!”; 23. The fourth letter of “cancel,” but not the first; 25. Pipe-playing god; 27. Kimono sash; 31. “Oui, oui,” across the Pyrenees; 33. Dispose (of); 34. Mythical bird of prey; 41. Dairy farm sound; 42. Long-distance letters; 43. Use a Kindle, say; 50. Standoffish; 51. German city where Einstein was born; 52. Elizabeth of cosmetics; 56. “I don’t THINK so!”; 57. “Venerable” English historian; 62. Locale; 63. Touch base after a pop fly, say; 64. Prod; 66. Deletion undoers; 67. Caesar’s words to Brutus. — DOWN: 1. Fly catcher; 4. Impressionist Claude; 5. Tech news site; 30. Make a big speech; 36. Great Dane sound; 37. Green part of a flower; 39. Christmas light site; 42. Not yet apprehended; 44. Black sheep’s cry; 45. Worriers’ problems, it’s said; 46. “Heck if I know”; 47. Wide-brimmed summer headgear; 48. Do surgery on a beam; 53. Klingon forehead feature; 55. Does stage work; 56. Sound boxes at a concert; 59. Not at home; 60. Wrestling surface; 61. End of a school e-mail address.