11.06.13 — Between You and Me

Assassins John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Puzzle by Jacob McDermott / Edited by Will Shortz

BETWEEN YOU AND ME (34A. “Let this be our little secret” … with a hint to 18-, 23-, 50- or 54-Across), along with SAID IT NOT (18A. “Don’t put words in my mouth!”), CAN’T FOOL (23A. “I wasn’t born yesterday!”), TALKIN’ TO (50A. “Wanna start something’?”) and DON’T SCARE (54A. “Ooh, I’m shaking in my boots!”) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

Other — ACTOR (10D. John Wilkes Booth, e.g.), ANY MINUTE (33D. Very soon), GHOST TOWN (4D. Tumbleweed locale, stereotypically), MISO and MOSSO (30A. Soup with sushi; 6D. Rapid, in music), OSWALD (48A. Warren Report name), STRIFE (5D. Bitter conflict).

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