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Thursday, February 14, 2013 — Valentine’s Day
Puzzle by Jules P. Markey / Edited by Will Shortz
OPEN DOOR (61A. Welcoming symbol … or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do?) is the tie-in of the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword:
FIRESIDE (16A. *Comfy place), fire door, side door
DUTCH OVEN (20A. *Alternative to a Crock-Pot), Dutch door, oven door
STEEL TRAP (27A. *Metaphor for a sharp mind), steel door, trap door
ELEVATOR CAR (36A. *Gathering spot for the upwardly mobile?), elevator door, car door
BARNSTORM (45A. *Campaign from town to town), barn door, storm door
BACKSTAGE (55A. *Where a cast may be found), back door, stage door
Other — EURO COIN (36D. New mintage of 2002); EYE EXAM (11D. Test with letters); FEB and ROSES (33A. American Heart Mo. [appropriately]; 8A. Best buds?); LA PALMA (40D. One of the Canary Islands); SAY NO TO (12D. Refuse); SHABBAT (39D. Day of rest); SOLVE FOR (10D. Algebra problem directive).
Mid-size — AABBA, AFTRA, AMINES, APOLO Anton Ohno, Rick ASTLEY, Gen. BRENT Scowcroft, CT SCAN, DEFAT, ECASH, EELED, ELICIT, ENACT, GASSES, HARD G, LATOYA Jackson, MAORIS, Peter O’TOOLE, PARADE, Ahmad RASHAD, REDDER, REFERS, RELOAN, ROEPER, SHELVE, STEVE Case, TANGS, TYPE O.
Short stuff — Jai ALAI, APO, ARB, BEL canto, BLEU cheese, EAR, EGO, ELAN, ESE and EVE, ETC, EXO, FRO, GOLF, KUNG fu, LACE, LEG, Hideo NOMO, OBI, ORB, OTC, OTTO, PDAS, REPO, RID, RTES, SENS, SLUE, TEA and YEA.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Tow job, maybe; 5. Saturn or Mercury; 13. Stylishness; 15. A Jackson; 18. Rick who sang “Together Forever”; 19. PayPal money; 22. Clear; 23. Oahu-to-Molokai dir.; 25. Truly; 26. Prefix with thermal; 30. Make lean; 32. Woman in a garden; 35. Pitcher Hideo ___; 39. Turn about; 41. Discernment of a sort; 42. Enumeration follower; 43. What George lacks?; 50. Return address for many absentee ballots: Abbr.; 51. Wall St. insider, maybe; 53. Like some stocks, for short; 54. Weak ___; 58. Skater ___ Anton Ohno; 60. Garment with buttons on the left; 63. Compounds with nitrogen; 64. Where a cast may be found; 66. Sharp tastes; 67. Big do; 68. Filibusterers, e.g.: Abbr. — DOWN: 1. Directs; 2. Draw; 3. Detour-causing event; 4. Some poor Olympic scores; 5. Eastern wrap; 6. Like Texas vis-à-vis New York, politically; 8. Four-time Pro Bowler Ahmad; 9. “Beetle Bailey” dog; 10. Algebra problem directive; 15. Some frills; 17. Put off till later; 21. Universal donor’s classification; 24. Case who co-founded AOL; 28. Caught fish in a pot, say; 29. Broadcast workers’ union; 31. Pass; 34. Gen. Scowcroft who advised Ford and Bush; 37. Limerick scheme; 38. Oncology procedure; 39. Day of rest; 44. Dangerous buildup in a mine; 46. Onetime Ebert partner; 47. Eight-time Oscar nominee who never won; 48. Advance again; 49. Hunters of the now-extinct moa; 52. Shippers plans: Abbr.; 57. “An expensive way of playing marbles,” per G. K. Chesterton; 62. Massage target, maybe.
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