Roc by Charles Maurice Detmold 1924
Plate from "The Arabian Nights", 'The Roc which fed its young on elephants',
"The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor”
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Saturday, August 31, 2013
Puzzle by Josh Knapp / Edited by Will Shortz
Across — 1. TV host who won a Best Comedy Album Grammy, JIMMY FALLON; 12. Vegan lunch option, informally, PBJ; 15. Cry used to pump up a crowd, ARE YOU READY; 16. Following, ALA; 17. Fortune, KING’S RANSOM; 18. Beast in a Marco Polo tale, ROC; 19. Old station name, ESSO; 20. Abbr. in a birth announcement, LBS; 21. Request in pool or beer pong, RERACK; 23. Hudson River school?, SHADS; 25. “Eww!”, ICK; 27. Soundtrack to many a bomb-defusing scene, TICKS; 28. Prizes given to good docs?, OSCARS; 31. “Kazaam” star, informally, SHAQ; 32. Crying need?, TISSUE; 36. A wedge might come out of it, PIE; 37. Beast hunted by Hemingway in “Green Hills of Africa”, KUDU; 38. Work set mostly in Cyprus, OTHELLO; 40. Herbal quaff, SAGE TEA; 42. Wilde wrote “De Profundis” in one, GAOL; 43. Lion runner, MAC; 46. Unlike a showboat, MODEST; 46. Rash application, ALOE; 47. Reception opening, A TOAST; 49. Hull sealer, PITCH; 51. 1-Across’s home, once: Abbr., SNL; 52. Resistance figure, OMEGA; 57. Like pickle juice, ACETIC; 59. Dated, SAW; 61. Many a donor, in brief, ALUM; 62. Go around, but not quite go in, RIM; 63. W.W. II defense, MAGINOT LINE; 56. Sun TZU; 67. Fall fallout, some believe, ORIGINAL SIN; 68. Short agreement, YEP; 69. Scorsese film before “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”, MEAN STREETS.
Down — 1. “The Two JAKES” (“Chinatown” sequel); 2. Like 1-Across, by descent, IRISH; 8. Quick set, MENSA; 4. “Oh no!”, MY GOD; 5. His, modern-style?, YO’S; 6. Roll up and bind, FURL; 7. Source of the word “alcohol”, ARABIC; 8. Glass protector, LENS CAP; 9. Velázquez’s “LAS Meninas”; 10. Repute, ODOR; 11. Orange and blue wearer, for short, NY MET; 12. It opens during the fall, PARACHUTE; 13. Some trade barriers, BLOCKADES; 14. Nada, JACK SQUAT; 24. Dangerous thing to sell, SOUL; 26. KRIS Humphries of the N.B.A.; 29. Southern site of an 1865 battle, SELMA; 30. Weak spots, SEAMS; 32. Wrap session?, TOGA PARTY; 33. Slant one’s words, in a way, ITALICIZE; 34. Picture with a lot of gunplay, SHOOT-‘EM-UP; 35. Game controller button, SELECT; 39. Cholesterol-lowering food, OATS; 41. First-choice, GO-TO; 44. Hand over (to), CONSIGN; 46. Self-titled debut album of 1991, ALANIS; 50. Sign at a game, HI MOM; 53. “Au Revoir, Les Enfants” writer/director, MALLE; 54. Sporty Lotus model, ELISE; 55. Put one’s foot down, in a way?, GUN IT; 56. Accord indicators, AMENS; 58. Protection, CARE; 60. “I WON’T tell”; 64. 1998 Angelina Jolie biopic, GIA; 65. 40-Across source, TAR.
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