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…Stumps, Lora Armbruster
----------------- Saturday, August 8 , 2009
Puzzle by Karen M. Tracey, edited by Will Shortz
Across: 1. Crack squad, A-TEAM ; 6. Club for bulking up?, SAM’S ; 10. Wound, in a way, as a fellow G.I., FRAG ; 14. LORNA Patterson who played the title role on TV’s “Private Benjamin” ; 15. One of Laban’s daughters, LEAH ; 16. Four-time Grammy winner LALO Schifrin ; 17. He said “You are free and that is why you are lost”, FRANZ KAFKA ; 19. Spanish seers?, OJOS ; 20. Offensive action, ASSAULT ; 21. Pitcher Orlando Hernández’s nickname, EL DUQUE ; 23. Author BRET Easton Ellis; 24. Capital of the Buryat Republic, ULAN UDE ; 25. Little auk, DOVEKIE ; 28. Cousin of an Omaha, PONCA ; 29. Home of the Knockmealdown Mountains, IRELAND ; 30. Did course work?, STEERED ; 33. Inspirational delivery: Abbr., SER ; 34. 1989 Broadway monodrama, TRU ; 35. Like some eye surgery, CORNEAL ; 40. Test control, PLACEBO ; 44. See 57-Across, AUTRY ; 45. Moves in a tired way?, ROTATES ; 46. “The Great Gatsby” setting, JAZZ AGE ; 48. Figures at a pileup, EMTS ; 49. Stumps, PUZZLES ; 50. 2003 Anthony Swofford Gulf war memoir made into a 2005 film, JARHEAD ; 54. Even around the Seine?, EGAL ; 55. “Close …”, NOT EXACTLY ; 57. With 44-Across, Champion rider, GENE ; 58. Old royal residence in 29-Across, TARA ; 59. Pianist with 15 Grammys, COREA ; 60. Cramped uban dwellings, briefly, SROS ; 61. Easy to get into, OPEN ; 62. One who was recently a child, TWEEN .
Down: 1. Starting code word, ALFA ; 2. Places for some aeries, TORS ; 3. Succession of history, ERAS ; 4. Title girl of a 1906 L. Frank Baum novel, ANNABEL ; 5. One of 58 Chopin compositions, MAZURKA ; 6. Like fruit crates, SLATTED ; 7. W.W. I military grp., AEF ; 8. Second chances for students, MAKE-UPS ; 9. Its bulbs are milder than garlic, SHALLOT ; 10. Move in an attention-getting way, FLOUNCE ; 11. “The Jewel in the Crown” begins it, with “The”, RAJ QUARTET ; 12. One way to think, ALOUD ; 13. “Check it out for yourself”, GO SEE ; 18. German mathematician who lent his name to a “bottle”, KLEIN ; 22. Zealand resident, DANE ; 25. Drum alternative, vehicular, DISC ; 26. Kind of mud pie, OREO ; 27. Explorer of North America’s eastern coast in 1524, VERRAZZANO ; 31. Player of Det. Earnes on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, ERBE ; 32. Some acts, DUOS ; 36. Is an affectionate pooch, NUZZLES ; 37. Indication that there’s more: Abbr., ET AL ; 38. Silver: Prefix, ARGENTO ; 39. Some old-fashioned bars, LYE SOAP; 40. Real-life death penalty opponent played by Sarandon in “Dead Man Walking”, PREJEAN ; 41. Folklorist/musicologist Alan LOMAX ; 42. Draw, ATTRACT ; 43. Good profit source, CASH COW ; 46. Some high-tech images, JPEGS ; 47. A boring person might have one, AUGER ; 51. Being abroad, ETRE ; 52. Way to turn a ship, ALEE ; 53. Cannon shot on a set?, DYAN ; 56. TRE corde (music direction).
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…Stumps, Lora Armbruster
EGAL; 55. “Close …”, NOT EXACTLY; 57. With 44-Across, Champion rider, GENE; 58. Old royal residence in 29-Across, TARA; 59. Pianist with 15 Grammys, COREA; 60. Cramped uban dwellings, briefly, SROS; 61. Easy to get into, OPEN; 62. One who was recently a child, TWEEN.
Down: 1. Starting code word, ALFA; 2. Places for some aeries, TORS; 3. Succession of history, ERAS; 4. Title girl of a 1906 L. Frank Baum novel, ANNABEL; 5. One of 58 Chopin compositions, MAZURKA; 6. Like fruit crates, SLATTED; 7. W.W. I military grp., AEF; 8. Second chances for students, MAKE-UPS; 9. Its bulbs are milder than garlic, SHALLOT; 10. Move in an attention-getting way, FLOUNCE; 11. “The Jewel in the Crown” begins it, with “The”, RAJ QUARTET; 12. One way to think, ALOUD; 13. “Check it out for yourself”, GO SEE; 18. German mathematician who lent his name to a “bottle”, KLEIN; 22. Zealand resident, DANE; 25. Drum alternative, vehicular, DISC; 26. Kind of mud pie, OREO; 27. Explorer of North America’s eastern coast in 1524, VERRAZZANO; 31. Player of Det. Earnes on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, ERBE; 32. Some acts, DUOS; 36. Is an affectionate pooch, NUZZLES; 37. Indication that there’s more: Abbr., ET AL; 38. Silver: Prefix, ARGENTO; 39. Some old-fashioned bars, LYE SOAP; 40. Real-life death penalty opponent played by Sarandon in “Dead Man Walking”, PREJEAN; 41. Folklorist/musicologist Alan LOMAX; 42. Draw, ATTRACT; 43. Good profit source, CASH COW; 46. Some high-tech images, JPEGS; 47. A boring person might have one, AUGER; 51. Being abroad, ETRE; 52. Way to turn a ship, ALEE; 53. Cannon shot on a set?, DYAN; 56. TRE corde (music direction).
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