03.12.13 — Opposites

 

 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

 

Puzzle by Bruce Sutphin and Neville Fogarty / Edited by Will Shortz

Opposites in circled letters constitutes the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword, e.g., WIN/LOSE, TO/FRO, COME/GO, IN/OUT found in WINDING TO A CLOSE (17A. Finishing up), STOREFRONT (30A. Window-shopping locale), COMEDY GOLD (48A. Great source of humor) and FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (63A. Ponce de León’s quest).

 

Other — BOOZER, DADDY-O, ED WOOD (50D. Director of “Bride of the Monsters“),  FALSE RIB, GAZING, ICE TONGS, PIECES, REGISTER, SNIPER, WELL DONE.

 

Five-letter — ARTIE, AYRES, FUNGI, “HIT ‘EM where they ain‘t“, IF NOT, I’M A PC, MARIO, NEMEA, OBAMA, OFFER, OKEMO, OP ART, RALLY, SANDS of time, SEEDY, SPASM, SYRIA, TRAPS, VW BUS (59A. “Little Miss Sunshine“ vehicle).

 

Short stuff — ADA, ANTZ, ARAB, AREA and ARIA, ARN, ASE, BURY, DYED, ELSA, ERIE, ETAS,FEE, FLOP, GLEE, IMHO, ISE, IVY, IZOD, IZZY, LAID and LAPD, LAWS, LUNA moth, MAI, MEAT, NENE, OFFS, ONE L, ORC, OR NO, OSLO (54A. Where the Storting sits), PENN, RENO, REP and REW, RYES, SEEK, SHOD, SOUP, SPAS, TIM, TYRA, UTNE Reader, YEAS.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Dragnet” force, in brief; 5. Spirited steed; 9. Bid; 14. Calculus calculation; 15. City with Aces Ballpark; 16. Good news on Wall Street; 21. “Miami Vice” informant; 22. Baths; 23. Affirmatives; 25. Cleveland’s lake; 27. “The way I see it,” briefly; 35. Avril follower; 36. Go after; 37. Hidden shooter; 38. Shaw of the big band era; 40. VCR button; 42. President with a Nobel Prize; 43. Chessmen, e.g.; 45. What a vegan vetoes; 47. Be an agent for, in brief; 50. Some airport announcements, for short; 51. TV host Banks; 52. Set (down); 57. Polo competitor; 59. “Little Miss Sunshine” vehicle; 66. Sore spreaders; 67. Hawaiian bird; 68. TV’s “Deal ___ Deal”; 69. Hiccup, e.g.; 70. Elation; 71. Like Easter eggs. — DOWN: 1. Acts; 2. La Scala performance; 3. One of the 53-Downs; 4. Cool cat . Prince Valiant’s son; 6. Checkout sight; 7. DreamWorks’s first animated film; 8. Sot; 9. Tolkien meanie; 10. Bone of the lower chest; 11. Big failure; 12. “Born Free” lioness; 13. Some whiskeys; 18. British suffix with formal; 19. Actor Lew; 24. Enzyme suffix; 26. Otherwise; 27. Apple ad line; 28. Lopez of “Extra”; 31. Vermont ski resort; 32. Dazzling gallery display; 33. Home of the lion that Hercules slew; 34. Snares; 36. Disreputable; 39. Champagne bucket implement; 41. Bravo!”; 44. Home of Damascus; 46. Oklahoma city; 49. Staring; 50. Director of “Bride of the Monster”; 53. Prestigious Eastern school, informally; 54. Does in; 55. Campbell’s product; 58. Like Nash’s lama (not llama); 60. Put six feet under; 62. Having protected feet; 64. Country singer McGraw; 65. A.T.M. imposition.