Friday, February 15, 2013
Puzzle by Tom Heilman / Edited by Will Shortz
COPACETIC (11D. Ducky), GAS ENGINE (30D. It works via a series of explosions), RINGSIDE SEAT (29A. Close match point?), SLIDING SCALE (38A. Variable pay schedule), SPREAD EAGLE (9D. Like a snow angel maker, at times), THIS INSTANT (22D. Now) are the main entries of this Friday crossword.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Smelting ended it; 9. Latin pop Grammy winner Jon; 15. Intellectually stimulating; 16. Drive; 17. Traditional; 18. Scam; 19. Pringles Light ingredient; 20. Roster shortened; 21. Bach wrote three for violin; 25. Impenetrable; 26. Thornton Wilder, while earning his B.A.; 27. Debt memo; 28. Mower handle?; 32. Knuckles the Echidna’s company; 33. Crayola color introduced in 1958; 34. Wish-washy reply; 41. Put away one’s own groceries?; 43. Nagg’s wife in Samuell Beckett’s “Endgame”; 44. Ziploc bag introducer; 45. They have their own kingdom; 46. Whisk clean; 48. Procured unlawfully, old-style; 49. What Montana was in the ‘80s; 50. CW series based on a French film; 51. “Piranha” director, 1978; 54. One of the Wayans brothers; 55. Wicker seat place?, 56. As far out as possible; 57. Blooms named for their scent. — DOWN: 1. Ice cream store employees; 2. Invent something; 3. Activity for diners and list makers; 4. Just starting to learn; 5. Controversial school language subject; 6. Weather might delay it: Abbr.; 7. Square dance partner; 8. Antiquity, in antiquity; 10. 1890-1941 Italian colony; 12. Like hydra neurons; 13. Characterize; 14. Caine character who’s left wondering; 22. Now; 23. Served; 24. Quaint undies; 31. Resilient strength; 35. Paintings often including an infant; 36. Kindergarten song; 37. Some graveyard flora; 39. Figure of speech like “not unlike”; 40. Not unlike a ballet dancer; 41. Acting as one; 42. Named names, say; 45. McCarthy-era epithet; 47. Source of grand sounds?; 51. Extrude; 52. Relative of -ish; 53. Spanish demonstrative.
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