02.10.11 — Ladder

Jacob's Ladder, 1973, Marc Chagall

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Puzzle by Derek Bowman, edited by Will Shortz

A short word ladder of proper names is the main feature of this Thursday crossword — DONNA KARAN (16A. Big name in women’s fashion), ELENA KAGAN (20A. Supreme Court justice who was formerly a U.S solicitor general), CARL SAGAN (31A. Host of an Emmy-winning PBS series), KATEY SAGAL (47A. Star of TV’s “8 Simple Rules”) and ERICH SEGAL (52A. Author who co-wrote the screenplay for the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”).

Other — AD SALES, AMIABLY, ASTAIRE (11D. He said “I just put my feet in the air and move them around”), CHINESE, EMACIATE, GRIPPERS, INERTIA, JERKIER, KEPT AT IT (21D. Persevered), MADEIRA, MAIGRET, MENTEES, O‘CONNER, RAGTIME, SERRANO (40D. Red hot chili pepper), SETTERS, STEIGER, ‘TIS A PITY (23D. “Tsk!”).

Mid-size — ARSIS (28A. Accented part of a poetic foot), CHESS, FACILE, FEINT, GESTE, IT’S WAR, MERRIE Melodies, NETTLE, NORDIC, PEATS, PELHAM, PITTED, RE-EDIT, RIGHTS, SACRO, SALOME, SIRRAH, Teatro alla SCALA, SCARP, TAKE IT, TESSA.

Short stuff — ACE (Buddy), ALAN, ARIA, CITI, ELMS, ENE, ENTO, FLAT, GIRL, IBIS, IFA, JAR, LIRA, MAC (Buddy), MOM, RIAS, ROS, RYE, SASH, SHE, TEE, WIRE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Mr. ___” (1983 film); 4. “Them’s fightin’ words!”; 14. Easy; 15. Glazier’s frame; 18. New York’s ___ Field; 19. Inner: Prefix; 22. Reason to keep moving; 25. Make a long story even shorter?; 26. Tongs, e.g.; 29. Bluff; 30. Bit of gym wear; 34. Bump; 37. Fuel sources; 38. 2010 Olympic ice dancing gold medalist ___ Virtue; 44. Like some prunes and faces; 45. Subjects of the first 10 Amendments; 46. Volleyball players, at times; 50. Turkish coin; 51. Sacred symbol of ancient Egypt; 54. Part of the New Haven landscape; 55. Shakespearean term of address; 56. Detroit-to-Toronto dir.; 57. New York city where Ogden Nash was born; 58. One-act Strauss opera; 59. Children’s writer Asquith. — DOWN: 1. European wine; 2. Patricia who wrote “Woe Is I”; 3. Students with personal guides; 4. “___ Man Answers” (1962 Bobby Darin/Sandra Dee film); 5. Stand the heat; 7. Send, in a way; 8. Cumming of “Nicholas Nickleby”; 9. Changing of labels; 10. Georges Simenon detective Jules; 12. Something full of interesting characters?; 15. Line of cliffs; 17. Like most Icelanders; 26. Brave deed of yore; 27. Formations at the mouths of some streams; 29. Motorist’s woe; 32. Give another look; 33. Sting source; 34. Less smooth; 35. With cordiality; 36. “The Entertainer” musical genre; 39. Oscar-winning actor who played Napoleon, Mussolini and W.C. Fields; 41. Magazine department; 43. Benjamin Franklin’s “The Morals of ___”; 44. “The Taking of ___ One Two Three”; 46. Prefix with iliac; 48. A cabaletta is a short one; 49. See 53-Down; 53. Pronoun for a 59-Down.