11.09.13 — Cassiopeia's Crossword

The king of Ethiopia Cepheus and the queen Cassiopeia thank Perseus for freeing their daughter Andromeda, La Délivrance d'Andromède (1679) Pierre Mignard, Louvre

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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Puzzle by Michael Ashley / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Made a seat-of-the-pants error?, BUTT DIALED; 11. “Your mama wears army boots,” e.g., GIBE; 15. Rioting, ON A RAMPAGE; 16. Popular pizza place, informally, UNOS; 17. Washington, D.C., has a famous one, TIDAL BASIN; 18. Greets enthusiastically, in a way, MOBS; 19. One working in an corner in an office?, STAPLER; 20. Eastern Woodlands native, SAC; 22. Noted eavesdropper, for short, NSA; 23. Covenants, PACTS; 25. Splendiferous, LOVELY; 27. Bar supply, ICE; 30. SIMI Valley; 31. Sulky, IN A PET; 32. Tandoori-baked fare, NANS; 34. “Yes” to an invitation, LET’S; 36. One way to stand, ASIDE; 37. They may result when you run into people, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS; 40. Hognose snake, ADDER; 41. Of two minds, TORN; 42. SCUT work; 43. Lender, legally speaking, DEBTEE; 45. Lo MEIN; 47. 50% nonunion?, ENS; 48. “Gunsmoke” setting, SALOON; 49. Marina sight, SLOOP; 51. Classic Northwest brew ski, OLY; 52. Charlie’s land, NAM; 54. Like a tennis match without a break?, ON SERVE; 58. Like many a gen., RET’D; 60. Mother of Andromeda, CASSIOPEIA; 62. “Iliad” locale, TROY; 63. Settles in, say, TAKES A SEAT; 64. Job application info, for short, SSNS; 65. Nootropics, more familiarly, SMART PILLS.

Down — 1. Internet prowlers, BOTS; 2. Hand or foot, UNIT; 3. Cry frequently made with jazz hands, TA DA; 4. Georg von TRAPP; 5. Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named, DALLAS; 6. Ninny, IMBECILE; 7. Best Picture of 1960, with “The”, APARTMENT; 8. LAS Palmas; 9. Breastplate of Athena, EGIS; 10. “The High One”, DENALI; 11. Where a canine sits?, GUM; 12. Whole, IN ONE PIECE; 13. Winter Olympics sight, BOBSLED RUN; 14. They use blue books, ESSAY TESTS; 21. TV show headed by a former writer for “S.N.L.”, CONAN; 24. “Mom” and “Mama’s Family”, SITCOMS; 26. Poetic expanses, VASTS; 27. Grumpy, IN BAD SORTS; 28. They use Blue Books, CAR DEALERS; 29. “The Wishing-Chair” series creator, ENID BLYTON; 33. Manage, SEE TO; 35. Whiner, of a sort, SORE LOSER; 38. Kind of compressor, FREON; 39. Yankee, once, UNIONIST; 44. Passes, ENACTS; 46. “Uh-uh!”, NO SOAP; 50. #2 pop, PEPSI; 53. Title with an apostrophe, MA’AM; 55. Appear stunned, REEL; 56. Apothecary item, VIAL; 57. Din-din, EATS; 59. Prefix with peptic, DYS; 61. 2 Tone influence, SKA.

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