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Saturday, November 1, 2014
Puzzle by Trip Payne / Edited by Will Shortz
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
Puzzle by Trip Payne / Edited by Will Shortz
With obscure fourth-meaning and/or trivia clues, this gnarly Saturday crossword features four multi-cross-referenced answers utilizing a math symbol in place of a word:
BATTLEFIELD (19A. 81 ÷ 27), PLACE divided by WAR
NEUTROGENA (34A. 61 + 86), PERT Plus RIVAL
REPEATEDLY (62A. 56 x 42), MANY times OVER
GROSS PROFIT (83A. 33 - 21), NET SALES minus COSTS
Across — 1. Send, ELATE; 6. Future works?, SCI-FI; 11. Apricot or eggplant, COLOR; 16. Reveal, LET ON; 17. Husband of Elisheba, AARON; 18. Laughable, INANE; 19. 81÷27, BATTLEFIELD; 21. Lists for, COSTS; 22. Bee relative, OPIE; 23. Kind of sleep, REM; 24. Get out of the line, DELE; 26. Supertrendy, HOT; 27. It’s conducted n a theater, WAR; 28. Old Memorial Coliseum player, for short, L A RAM; 30. Utter, PURE; 32. Staff with notes, STENOS; 34. 61 + 86, NEUTROGENA; 39. He is one, ELEM; 41. National Junior Tennis League co-founder, ASHE; 42. Supervising, OVER; 43. The Apostle oF Cuban Independence, MARTI; 46. Checkout line?, TA TA; 48. Upgrade, as a shower, RETILE; 50. Explicatory words, ID EST; 51. Powerful guy, MR BIG; 53. Digs near the ocean, perhaps, VILLA; 54. Miss dismissal, NO MA’AM; 56. MANY a time; 57. Ends of scissors?, ESSES; 58. Like illegal charades clues, ORAL; 59. 1977 law school memoir, ONE L; 61. Flip, PERT; 63. 56 x 42, REPEATEDLY; 66. European Parliament locale, ALSACE; 70. Blanket material, SNOW; 71. Crude, SALTY; 73. Wicked, RAD; 74. Block number?: Abbr., SPF; 77. 1989 AP Female Athlete of the Year, GRAF; 79. Sans le SOU (broke: Fr.); 80. “Go ask your mother” elicitor, CAN I; 81. Cul-de-sac, in some addresses, PLACE; 83. 33 - 21, GROSS PROFIT; 86. Match, RIVAL; 87. Like some coincidences, EERIE; 88. Wind stopper?, BEANO; 89. Sentence units, YEARS; 90. Cans, REARS; 91. Lay low?, INTER.
Down — 1. Jabbers, at times, ELBOWS; 2. Unhesitatingly go for, LEAP AT; 3. Threads, ATTIRE; 4. Word with bag or board, TOTE; 5. Developing option: Abbr., ENL; 6. Comparatively trouble-free, SAFER; 7. South American reptile, CAIMAN; 8. Eruption cause, IRE; 9. Turn down a raise?, FOLD; 10. Comprehensive, IN DEPTH; 11. “Academica” author, CICERO; 12. Subject of the tribute album Every Man Has a Woman”, ONO; 13. Eye liner?, LASH; 14. Well aware of, ON TO; 15. Hinge (upon), REST; 20. Cut from a log, maybe, ERASE; 25. Lorelei, notably, LURER; 28. Novel about Dolores Haze, LOLITA; 29. 1979 comedy set at Camp North Star, MEATBALLS; 31. #1 fans, EGOTISTS; 33. Take after all?, NET SALES; 35. Bolt with gold, USAIN; 36. Utopias lack them, EVILS; 37. NELLE Porter, “Ally McBeal” role; 38. Belts, AREAS; 40. “Newhart” production co. MTM; 43. No big deal, MINOR; 44. Be crazy about, ADORE; 45. Change the plot of, REMAP; 47. Carrying, ARMED; 49. Pop’s EVERLY Brothers; 52. Fleece, GYP; 55. Tool along, MOTOR; 60. John Tesh fan, maybe, NEW AGER; 62. Be crazy about, EAT UP; 64. Team once owned by Gene Autry, ANGELS; 65. With 67-Down, signer of the Oslo Accords, YASSIR; 67. See 65-Down, ARAFAT; 68. Like boxers, CANINE; 69. Paper cutter?, EDITOR; 72. Shakes off, LOSES; 74. Not at all creaky, SPRY; 75. Ballet move, PLIE; 76. FAVA bean; 78. Not taken, FREE; 80. Either “Inside Llewyn Davis” director, COEN; 82. Tilt-A-Whirl part, CAR; 84. “Che ORA è?” (“What time is it?”: It.); 85. Abbr. on a Topps card, RBI.
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