02.06.14 — A Foreign Affair


Karaoke, Harbin, China

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Puzzle by Joe Krozel / Edited by Will Shortz


JAPANESE (57A. Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues); WAS SOBBY (18A. *Blubbered?), wasabi; ARI GOT TOW (25A. *What happened after Mr. Onassis contacted A.A.A.?), arigato; PSEUDO COUP (35A. *Imaginary overthrow of the government?), sudoku; CARRY OKIE (47A. *Give a Dust Bowl migrant a ride?), karaoke, constitute the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.

Other — ALAMORT (2D. Gravely ill: Fr.), ARCHERS (37A. Robin Hood and others), MOM AND POP (34D. Kind of shop), OH BROTHER (5D. “Here we go again!”), PHARAOHS (35D. Exodus figures), SMEARED (33A. Maligned).


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