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Monday, May 3, 2010
Puzzle by Susan Gelfand, edited by Will Shortz
FIT TO BE TIED (61A. Really steamed … or what the ends of 17-, 26- and 47-Across are?), FIRST STRING (17A. A-team), MUSICAL SCORE (26A. Composer’s work for a film) and MOTHER TONGUE (47A. Portuguese, for Brazilians, e.g.) are the interrelated group of this fine Monday crossword.
Other — LORISES and a MONGOOSE (37A. Slow-moving primates; 9D. Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, for one), MYTHICAL (5D. Like dragons and centaurs), OUTSHINE (38D. Surpass), POODLES (25A. Curly-haired dogs), SCOOTERS (40D. Relatives of mopeds), STRAUSS (51A. Waltz composer).
Mid-size — ARUBA, CRIES, DREAM (1A. Vision that isn’t real), EARLE and EARLY, GNARLY (22A. Excellent, in slang), HANOI, HEARTH, INSET, OUTFIT, RASPY, RAVEL, REMOTE, SHEBA, SHTETL, SIGNOR, SLUMS, SNAKY, SPIRE, TEASE, TENON, TWIRL, XRAYS.
Short stuff — ADES, ALS, ANY, BOP, DEFY, DIVA, DOSE, DWI, EMIT, EROS and ERRS, ESSO, ETES, HEED, IDLY, IRA, JIB, JILT, LARD, LIEU, MAZE, OMAR, ORIG, PBS and PCBS, RAHS, RAID, RIO, SELA, SOLD, SUPS, TEX, TRIB, TSA, UAR, UNI, URIS, WAR, WEEK, YDS, ZIP.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 6. Areas of urban decay; 11. Country singer Ritter; 14. Ahead of time; 15. Vietnam’s capital; 16. Vietnam ___; 19. Provision for old age, in brief; 20. Footballers’ measures: Abbr.; 21. Pay attention to; 24. Abruptly dump, as a lover; 30. Caribbean resort island; 31. “Sesame Street” airer; 32. Realtor’s favorite sign; 36. Five-digit postal number, informally; 41. ___ de Janeiro; 42. Canadian gas brand; 44. Former Mideast inits.; 45. “Come on!” and “Go!”; 54. Love god; 55. Fireplace floor; 56. Spew; 57. Drunk’s road offense, for short; 60. “Star Trek” rank: Abbr.; 64. Conk; 65. Map close-up; 66. “Boléro” composer; 67. “___ questions?”; 68. Show just a little bit of leg, say; 69. Winding. DOWN: 1. Go against, as someone’s will; 2. Antibug spray; 3. Makes a boo-boo; 4. Gore and Green; 6. Yiddish for “small town”; 7. Cooking fat; 8. Prefix with cycle; 10. Milan ister; 11. Band majorette’s move; 12. Country star Steve; 13. Pictures at a dentist’s; 18. Actress Ward; 23. Fruity drinks; 24. Triangular sail; 25. Banned pollutants, briefly; 26. Labyrinth; 27. Literary Leon; 28. Dines; 29. Church feature seen from a distance; 33. Not a copy: Abbr.; 34. In ___ of (replacing); 35. One teaspoonful or two caplets, maybe; 38. Surpass; 39. Stadium cheers; 43. “The Rubáiyát” poet ___ Kahayyam; 46. E.R. or O.R. workers; 48. Barbie doll purchase; 49. What a couch potato probably holds; 50. Oakland paper, informally; 51. Biblical queendom; 52. It’s inserted in a mortise; 53. Hoarse; 56. Hot times on the Riviera; 57. One who might receive roses at the end of a performance; 58. Timespan for The Economist; 59. How thumbs are twiddled; 62 Airport worker’s org.; 63. Light brown.
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