Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Puzzle by John Farmer / Edited by Will Shortz
A note accompanies this amiable Wednesday crossword: The answer to each starred clue is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase. A certain four-letter word (spelled out clockwise by the circled squares) can follow the first half and precede the second half of each of these answers, in each case to complete another compound word or familiar two-word phrase.
I didn’t notice the note on the New York Times Across-Lite site until the crossword was completed and then, looking at the four circled letters spelling BOOK, noticed the note to note the note:
CHECK MARKS (17A. *Approval indicators), checkbook and bookmarks
BLACKLIST (21A. *Ban), black book and book list
YEAR END (39A. *December 31), yearbook and bookend
FACE VALUE 55A. *What a “forever” stamp lacks), Facebook and book value
MATCHMAKER (64A. *Union supporter?), matchbook and bookmaker
VANITY FAIR (11D. *Magazine with an annual Hollywood issue), vanity book and book fair
BLUEJACKET (28D. *Sailor), Blue Book and book jacket
Other — ARAL SEA (10D. Kazakh border lake), DOGEARS (44D. Place savers of a sort), FBI AGENT (27A. “Public Enemies” officer), NECKTIE (4D. Accessory for Annie Hall), POSTCARD (50A. Mail that isn’t opened), TANKARD (47D. Ale vessel).
Mid-size — AAMCO, AGEES, AIRING, ASPECT, BOSNIA, BUSCH Gardens, C-NOTE, DOJOS, FARGO, HAZED, HEY HO, MADE DO, NARCO, OUTIES,TALESE.
Short stuff — ABLE, AFAR, AGED, AGUA, ALP, ANKA and ANYA, ARC, ATM, AVEO, AZT, BACH, CAB, CPA, CURL, Il DUCE, EASY, EGOS, ERGO, FINK, HAM, HAWK, HOST, ICK factor, “INKA Dinka Doo“, KATS, KOBE, KOH-i-noor diamond, LAPS, MIA, NYER, OKIE, ORTS, ORU, OSH and OSHA, OUST, PEEN, RAGU, SEND, SLC, SPEW, SUV, TEAL, TOAD, TRE, U NU, UTAH.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Balkan land; 7. Semi compartment; 10. Former Chevy subcompact; 14. Countenance; 15. Burmese P.M.; 16. Classico rival; 19. Calendario spans; 20. Sharp-eyed sort; 23. Greenish shade; 26. Legion; 31. Repeated cry in the Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop”; 34. “Honor Thy Father” author; 35. Shape of the Aleutian Islands, on a map; 37. Miles away; 38. Tulsa sch.; 42. H.I.V. drug; 43. Old; 45. Capital of 58-Down, briefly; 46. Some navels; 48. Places for judokas; 52. H-dos-O?; 54. Striking part; 59. 2007-08 N.B.A. M.V.P., to fans; 67. Manhattanite, e.g., informally; 68. Figure who works with figures, for short; 69. On; 70. Kit ___ (candy bars); 71. City ESE of the 10-Down; 72. Managed. — DOWN: 1. Bond girl Barbara; 2. Watchdog org.; 3. Expel forcibly; 6. $$$ source; 7. Make waves?; 8. 1950s heartthrob Paul; 12. Inflated things?; 13. Boot; 18. Competent; 24. “No sweat!”; 25. Arthur and his family in “Hoop Dreams”; 27. Coen brothers film; 29. Deal breaker?; 30. Number of colors on the Italian flag; 32. Tormented, as pledges; 33. Scraps; 34. Lowly sort; 36. Big bill; 40. Jungfrau, e.g.; 49. Santa fe or Tucson, in brief; 51. Short detail?; 53. Car repair chain; 55. Informer; 56. Author Seton; 57. Sitting spots on Santas; 58. See 45-Across; 60. Steinbeck character; 61. Distort, as the truth; 62. “In which case …”; 65. It often gets cured; 66. Wartime stat.
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