Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Puzzle by Jill Winslow, edited by Will Shortz
SWITCH POSITIONS (62A. Trade places … or a hint to parts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across), ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN (17A. Intermittent, as a relationship), IS OFF ON AT TANGENT (27A. Leaves the main topic temporarily) and GET ON THE OFF RAMP (48A. Start to exit an Interstate) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword. Throw in REVERSE (39A. Gearbox option) for good measure.
Other — ALEVE, ARLENE, ASTER, CAN SO, ELATE, ELENA, FARINA, FINER, GOLFS, ICING, IRAQI, NAVAHO, NO DEAL, NOVEM, ONSET, PAROLE (15A. It may come before the end of a sentence), PEG LEGS, ROPE TOW, SAREE, SHOWER, STEREO, TWERP.
Short stuff — AAAA, AEON, ALES, ANNE, ASA, ASKS, DEAN, EARN, EAT, EFFS and EFTS, EFOR, ELF, ENNE, EVE, FAD, FAVE, FIR, FOLD and FOOL, GRIT, HAN, INCA, IRS, ISEE, KILO, LASS, LED and RED, LENO, MCS, NARC, NEER, ONE and ORNE, PAGE, PASO, PRO, PSST, QTIP, REF, SLOE and SLOW, STEW, SWIT, TEL, TILE, TOME, WOOD.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Pet rocks, once; 4. Prebirth event; 10. Message runner; 14. Top-of-the-charts number; 16. Not get merely by accident; 20. Host of a nightly TV show taped in Burbank; 21. Sunburned; 22. Lift the spirits of; 23. Spearheaded; 25. Plumlike fruit; 35. Playground retort; 36. Pub deliveries; 37. Apply brakes to; 38. Org. with audits; 42. Day of anticipation; 43. ___-do-well; 45. One you dig the most; 46. More exquisite; 51. Old El ___ (food brand); 52. Simile connection; 53. Fall bloom; 56. Resinous tree; 58. Stick it in your ear; 66. Smuggler’s unit; 67. Francis of old game shows; 68. Show hosts, for short; 69. Dish simmered in a pot; 70. Negotiator’s refusal; 71. Dig in. DOWN: 1. Jester; 2 Rice who wrote “The Vampire Chronicles”; 3. College V.I.P.; 4. Place to relax; 5. Arrangement of locks; 6. River of Normandy; 7. Alternative to an iron; 8. Little help?; 9. Whistle blower, in brief; 10. Limbs for movie pirates; 11. Tiny battery; 12. Sand; 13. Feminine suffix; 18. Uses an iron or a 7-Down, say; 19. Time in earth’s history; 24. Get an ___ effort; 25. Quadraphonic halved; 26. Scottish miss; 27. Last step at a bakery; 28. Delhi wrap: Var.; 29. Beginning; 30. Arizona tribe; 31. Pain reliever brand; 32. ___ Kagan, Obama nominee to the Supreme Court; 33. Caesar’s nine; 34. Impudent nobody; 40. Terrestrial salamanders; 41. Bad grades; 44. Aid for skiing uphill; 47. Modern dweller in ancient Ur; 49. Crack officer?; 50. Hot breakfast cereal; 53. Questions; 54. Loretta of “M*A*S*H”; 55. Scrabble piece; 56. Bow out of a poker hand; 57. “Now it’s clear”; 59. Big book; 60. Member of a Pre-Columbian empire; 61. It’s attention-getting; 63. ___ Solo, Harrison Ford role; 64. Voting yes; 65. ___ Aviv.
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