02.18.13 — Control


 
Monday, February 18, 2013 — Presidents' Day
 
Puzzle by Jeffrey Harris / Edited by Will Shortz

CONTROL GROUP (46A. Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps … or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to?), GOBBLERS KNOB (20A. Home of the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil), CUTE AS A BUTTON (28A. Simply adorable) and BAIT AND SWITCH (41A. Underhanded commercial ploy) constitute the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Thin opening; 5. Economist Smith who coined the term “invisible hand”; 9. Planet’s path; 14. Biblical ark builder; 15. “The ___ Ranger”; 16. “Alfie” star Michael; 17. Zenith; 18. Stringed instrument for a madrigal; 19. Kind of steak; 23. Carry with effort; 24. Drowsiness-inducing drug; 28. Simply adorable; 32. “Oh, man!”; 33. Zoo enclosures; 34. Maximum number of terms for a U.S. president; 35. Hoedown females; 36. High-pitched warble; 37. Speaker’s stand; 38. Fitting; 39. Green with the 2010 hit “Forget You”; 40. Shiites or Sunnis; 44. Los Angeles district near Sherman Oaks; 45. China’s Chairman ___; 53. Lessen; 56. Dubuque’s state; 57. In addition; 58. Arctic or Antarctic; 59. Singsongy cadence; 60. Like games that head into overtime; 61. Ones at the top of the corporate ladder; 62. “What ___ is new?”; 63. Concludes. — DOWN: 1. Get caught on something; 2. Plumb crazy; 3. Poetic foot; 4. Low spirits, as experienced by St. Louis’s hockey team?; 5. State without proof; 6. Gloomy; 7. Kitchen pests; 8. Timid; 9. Sea creature with suckers; 10. See 43-Down; 11. Who’s Who entry, briefly; 12. Quaint lodging; 13. Golf peg; 21. Skating jump; 22. ___ Peace Prize; 25. Add to an e-mail, as a file; 26. “Specifically …”; 27. Deputy sheriff in “The Dukes of Hazzard”; 28. Boston N.B.A.’er; 29. Like wealthy landowners; 30. Goes to sea; 31. Shining; 32. Tokyo’s home; 35. Kaplan of “Welcome Back, Kotter”; 36. Mortise’s partner, in carpentry; 37. Put ornaments on; 39. Ones paddling down a river say; 40. Male deer; 42. Breath mint brand; 43. The White 10-Down’s cry in “Alice in Wonderland”; 47. Scrabble piece; 48. Agitate; 49. Big-eyed birds; 50. Actress Lena; 51. Like thrift store merchandise; 52. Pea holders; 53. Gorilla; 54. Emulate Muhammad Ali; 55. Brewery product.

 

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