05.01.13 — LEI

 

Red Canna, 1923, Georgia O'Keeffe

 

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 — May Day

 

Puzzle by Paula Gamache / Edited by Will Shortz

A circle of circled letters utilizing the letters L, E and I constitutes the main feature of this lovely May Day crossword, joined by LEI / DAY (39A. With 41-Across, annual May 1 celebration; 41A. See 39-Across), ALOHA (9A. Word heard on 39-/ 41-Acoss) and HULAS (70A. Performances on 39-/41-Across).

 

Other — ALBANIA (45D. Land on the Adriatic), ANOINTED (27A. Made sacred), BE AN ANGEL (54A. Behave perfectly), FILMDOM (49D. The cinema), JAMES II (4D. King replace by William and Mary), “Wouldn’t it be LOVERLY?“, REALISTS (52A. Pragmatic sorts), SEES AFTER (24A. Tends to).

 

Mid-size — ADMEN, AFLAC, AFLOW and AGLARE, A LEVEL, Charlotte AMALIE, Hatch A PLOT, “CLAIR de Lune“, CYCLES, EELERS, EVENS, FELID (34A. Member of the cat family), FIVERS, HULAS, I’LL PAY, I TINA, LENDL, LODES, LUMMOX, NEEDY, Nice NELLY, OLEIC, PIELS, PURELL, SCENE, SERIE, SUBLET, Tobias WOLFF, YALE U, YEOWS.

 

Short stuff — ACLU, ADIA, ADO, Et ALIA, ALOU, ASS, Jessica BIEL, CHI, DIOR, DORM, EEO and ELO, ERA, HADJ (1A. Trek ending in Mecca), HARP, HENS, IER, LEE and LEER, LEIA, MEAL, MESS, MOLE, ODER, OLGA, ONE, ORGS, ROAN, ROOM, SCH, SCOW, SEEM, TIPE, UH NO, XMAS, YORE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. Boat with a flat bottom; 15. “Well, I don’t think so”; 16. Metallic veins; 17. Bath, e.g.; 18. Jessica of “Hitchcock”; 19. Hand game choice; 22. Halves of sawbucks; 34. Tends to; 30. Treater’s declaration; 35. Coat color; 37. “Egad!”; 38. Gray head?; 43. “Do Ya” grp.; 44. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit; 46. Appear; 48. Running, poetically; 50. Bikes; 52. Pragmatic sorts; 54. Behave perfectly; 58. Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands; 58. Clodhopper; 62. Public spat; 63 “Star Wars” sister; 66. Frat house alternative; 67. Debussy’s “___ de Lune”; 68. Look like a creep; 69. Chekhovian sister of Masha and Irina; 71. Long ago; 72. Fool (with). — DOWN: 1. Plucked instrument; 2. Baseball family name; 3. J’adore fragrance maker; 5. Temporary residence, maybe; 6. Feng shui “energy”; 7. Only partner?; 9. British academic exam; 10. “Wouldn’t It Be ___?: (“My Fair Lady” song); 11. River to the Baltic; 12. Female fowl; 13. Blockhead; 21. Tennis great Ivan; 23. Turner autobiography; 25. Something watched on télévision; 26. Hoopla; 27. Company with a duck in its log; 28. Poor; 29. Kind of acid used in making soap; 31. Beer brand owned by Pabst; 32. Hatch ___ (conspire); 33. Shrieks of pain; 36. Pitching professionals; 40 Montaigne work; 42. Bulldog’s place, in brief; 47. Pitching stat; 51. Fishers with pots; 53. Shining; 55. Nice ___ (prude); 56. Fre speech supporter: Abbr.; 57. Coarse powder; 59. Subversive one; 60. 56-Down and others: Abbr.; 61. Short winter holiday?; 62. Institute, e.g.: Abbr.; 64. Want ad inits.; 65. Suffix with hotel.