12.31.14 — PRNDL


Wednesday, December 31, 2014 — New Year’s Eve 

Puzzle by David Woolf / Edited by Will Shortz

PRNDL (68A. Quintet representing the ends of the answers to the five starred clues), along with PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, DRIVE and LOW found in five answers constitutes the main feature of this Wednesday crossword:

THEME PARK (18A. *Legoland, for one)
DOUBLE REVERSE (29A. *Tricky football play)
GENDER NEUTRAL (34A. *Like you or me?)
INTERNAL DRIVE (44A. *Essential feature of a PC)
SWEET’N LOW (57A. *Equal rival)

Other — ARRAN (12D. Firth of Clyde Island), EVER and ONCE (26A. Next-to-last word in a fairy tale; 32A. First word in a fairy tale), EYES ON ME (36D. “Look this way”), EYRA (41A. South American wildcat), IDLERS (44D. Do-nothings), LIMA PERU (9D. Home of the oldest continuously functioning university in the Americas), NAWAB (50D. Muslim princely title), RACE DAY (22A. Busy time at Speedway or Churchill Downs), STICK (1A. Manual).

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