02.07.13 — H&R Block

 

 

Thursday, February 7, 2013

 

Puzzle by David Levinson Wilk / Edited by Will Shortz

HRS (66D. Smash hits: Abbr.) and H&R BLOCK (67A. Subject of the final Jeopardy! question that knocked out Ken Jennings after a record 74 wins .. or a hint to this puzzle’s theme), along with HR in six squares (or blocks, if one prefers — the H&R Block logo is a green square) constitutes the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Suitable company?; 7. Model behavior; 13. Veteran; 16. Those created equal, per Jefferson; 17. Regular in Judd Apatow comedies; 18. Sheer, informally; 19. “Como ___?”; 20. State that is home to the Natl. Teachers Hall of Fame; 22. Promises to pay; 23. Came across as; 25. It can be raised or folded; 28. Flimsy, as stitching; 34. Tinseltown terrier; 38. “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?”; 39. Keys on a keyboard; 40. “Geez!”; 41. Home of the Azadi Tower; 43. Rice quarters; 44. Composer Shostakovich; 46. Extreme soreness; 47. Alternatively; 48. Kidney doctor; 51. Some pokers; 52. Gently pulls; 57. Tiny fraction of time: Abbr.; 60. “Little” name in 1960s pop; 63. Divine dish; 64. Bacteriologist Paul who coined the word “chemotherapy”; 69. Borrower; 70. Like Ziploc bags; 71. Clay targets, informally; 72. Fouled (up). — DOWN: 1. Boobs; 2. Teammate of Robinson of the 1940s-’50s Dodges; 3. Dull; 4. Religious retreat; 5. Props used in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”; 6. Gerund’s end; 7. Pops; 8. “Hip, hip, Jorge!”?; 9. Winter jaunt; 10. “If ___ believe …”; 11. Prime minister who gave his name to an article of clothing; 12. Lion prey; 14. Cartoonish cry; 15. Test subj.; 21. Texans are part of it, for short; 24. Concentrate; 26. Lowest in fat; 27. N.L. East team; 29. Never, to Nietzsche; 30. Baseball’s Iron Horse; 31. Global warming subj.; 32. Pretense; 33. Julie Andrews, for one; 34. Wing: Abbr.; 35. Equal; 36. Spill; 37. Mineral with high carbon content; 42. N.L. West team; 45. Ticket info; 49. Verb ending?; 50. Spill; 53. Big bashes; 54. Ones who may annoy hoi polloi; 55. Tante’s husband; 56. In the flesh?; 57. Flanders and Kelly; 58. William Steig book on which a hit 2001 film was based; 59. North Sea feeder; 61. Kind of tape; 62. Big source of reality TV; 65. Barracks bed; 68. Butt.