A E I O U, Alice and the Caterpillar,
from from the 1951 Disney film "Alice in Wonderland"
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Puzzle by Joel Fagliano / Edited by Will Shortz
Stand-alone A, E, I, O and U at the start of five answers constitutes the interrelated group of this Monday crossword:
A ROOM WITH A VIEW (20A. E. M. Forster novel)
E FOR EFFORT (3D. Grade meaning “Maybe you failed, but at least you tried”)
I WON’T LET YOU DOWN (38A. “Count on me”)
O HOLY NIGHT (31D. Carol with the words “hear the angel voices)
U CAN’T TOUCH THIS (51A. Signature song for MC Hammer)
Other — BAHAIS (47D. Believers in the essential worth of all religions), DROVE MAD (10D. Sent up the wall), HOODOO (22D. Jinx), LAGOON (42A. Enclosed body of water on a tropical island), NEATNIKS (39D. Tidy types).
Mid-size — ADZES, AREAR, AT WAR, AW MAN, DYNES, ELLIOT, GET GO, LOWES, MAFIA, MAIDS, MOTTO, OP ART, PARKS, PELOSI, RAYON, REREAD, SHREK, SLOSH, SOFIA, STASH, UNAPT, WRIST, YUMMY.
Short stuff — AFRO and AGRO, AGHA, AHOY, ANEW, APP, ATF, CAFÉ, CAMO, COAL, DARE, ESPY, ESTE, IDOL, IHOP, IRON, LAME, LEE, MEME and MIMI, MOLD, OH OK, ONE, OSLO, SCI, SHOO, SPAN, SRTA and STAR and STEP and STET and STOP and STOW, TADA, TSO, UNIT, USPS, UTAH, YAMS, ZITI.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Big first for a baby; 5. Orange tubers; 9. Woodworking tools; 14. Bistro; 15. The “U” of “Law & Order: SVU”; 16. Place for a watch; 17. Something smashed by Abraham, in Jewish tradition; 18. Viral phenomenon; 19. New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die,” e.g.; 23. Glimpse; 24. Pepsi ___, sugar-free cola; 25. Sicilian secret society; 27. Farming: Prefix; 30. Growth on ld bread; 34. Part of the Justice Dept. that conducts raids; 35. Peruse again; 37. Chips ___! (cookie brand); 41. Challenge; 43. Harper ___, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”; 44. Mexican miss: Abbr.; 45. Fe, chemically; 46. Bottomless void; 48. General on a Chinese menu; 50. Bridge; 58. Bulgaria’s capital; 59. Symbol in the center of a Scrabble board; 60. Turkish title; 62. Yellowstone and Yosemite; 63. Limping, say; 64. Breakfast chain, briefly; 65. Wade noisily; 66. “Now I get it”; 67. Call it a day. — DOWN: 1. Biol. Or chem.; 2. “Look what I did!”; 4. Nancy of the House of Representatives; 5. Scrumptious; 6. All over again; 7. “La Bohème” heroine; 8. “Leave in,” to a proofreader; 9. “This is the worst!”; 11. Penne alternative; 12. Villa d’___; 13. Put in the overhead bin, say; 21. Pictures that can make you dizzy; 25. Some motel employees; 26. Fighting (with); 27. Toward the back; 28. Beginning, informally; 29. Synthetic silk; 32. Home Depot rival; 33. Units of force; 38. Mama Cass; 40. Not fitting; 49. Secret supply; 50. Film ogre voiced by Mike Myers; 51. Mail letters?; 52. Unwanted stocking stuffer; 53. Hairdo for Jimi Hendrix; 54. Norway’s capital; 55. Great Salt Lake state; 56. Hunter’s garb, for short; 57. “Go on, git!”; 61. Words With Friends, e.g.
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