03.19.13 — Contemporánea

 

Pintura contemporánea

 

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

 

Puzzle by Mike Buckley / Edited by Will Shortz

PARTY ON (40A. Repeated “Wayne’s World” cry … or a hint to each half of 17-, 26-, 51- and 63-Across), AFTER DINNER (17A. Kind of mint), HEN HOUSE (26A. Chicken coop), GREEN TEA (51A. Traditional Chinese beverage) and OFFICE BLOCK (63A. Multiple-company building, to Brits) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword, rife with contemporánea. I‘ve never seen “Wayne‘s World“ nor any episode of “The Simpsons“ which persistently crops up in disposable crosswords.

 

Other — AVEENO, BARBRA Streisand, CANAL ZONE (36D. Former U.S. territory), DAY SPA, ED WYNN, ESPRIT, GERSHWIN, LITHESOME (3D. Like ballerinas), NUT CAKE, Hors d’ OEUVRE, PHANTOMS (40D. Ghostly figures), PHRASE, “ I can RELATE, STEFAN Edberg, TIMBER, USS WASP.

 

Five-letter — AD LIB, ALEPH, AMIGO, BUTTE, DINAH, “EENIE Meenie“, ELEGY, GRABS, ID TAG, ITCHY, LEICA, MARGE, (67A. One of the Simpsons), NEHRU jacket, OASIS, REBEL, REEDS, SIEVE, SNOOD.

 

Short stuff — AAA, ABE, ACED and ACID, ACNE, ALAN (1D. Simpson of the Simpson-Bowles commission); Eric BANA, BEG, DEFT, DOWN, EAU, ECO, ENCL, “Just you wait ’ENRY ‘iggins …”, ETC, FRO, HICK, HST, ICE, “Love IS IN the Air“, LASS, Peggy LEE, LOOT, MARM, NOB, NTH, NWT, PLEA, PONT, PHEW, SLY, SOIL, TEN, ULNA, VIOL, XKES, YALE, ZAX.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Wing it; 6. It may dangle from a dog collar; 11. San Francisco’s ___ Hill; 14. Pioneer in 35mm cameras; 15. Food strainer; 16. It flows in the Seine; 19. Electee of ‘48; 20. Indeterminate ordinal; 21. Eric who played the villain in 2009’s “Star Trek”; 22. Lively wit; 28. It’s known s the Ship with the Mighty Stinger; 31. Heading for half of crossword clues; 32. Plunder; 33. So that’s done!”; 35. How mosquitoes can leave you; 39. Game with matchsticks; 42. Letters on a motel sign; 43. First Hebrew letter; 45. Oxy 10 target; 46. Env. Within an env., perhaps; 47. Highland girl; 40. Baked desert with a little crunch; 51. Traditional Chinese beverage; 55. Instrument played with a bow; 57. Old schoolmistress; 59. Unyielding Dr. Seuss character; 62. “Honest” prez; 66. Implore; 68. “___ Meenie: (2010 hit); 69. Done with a wink; 70. Hair net; 71. Oboes and saxes. — DOWN: 2. Adroit; 4. Motel machine sign; 5. Singer Streisand; 7. Someone who’s “in the kitchen” in “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”; 8. Easty-to multiply number; 9. Skin-care brand; 10. “They All Laughed” composer; 12. Camel’s rest stop; 13. Montana mining city; 18. Locale for some brief R&R; 23. France’s ___ d’Avignon; 25. It’s above Alta. and Sask.; 27. Comic who sang “I Love to Laugh” in “Mary Poppins”; 28. Radius neighbor; 29. Earth; 30. “Wheel of Fortune” category; 34. List shortened;: Abr.; 37. Break into, as a computer; 38. New Haven school; 44. “Have mercy!,” e.g.; 46. Earth Day prefix; 48. Tennis’s Edberg; 50. Cry in a forest; 51. Snaps up; 52. Maverick; 53. Words of passing interest?; 54. Compañero; 58. Served a ball past; 60. Nitric ___; 61. Vintage Jags; 64. Frizzy do, informally; 65. Peggy of “Lady and the Tramp”.