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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Puzzle by C. W. Stewart / Edited by Will Shortz
WHERE ART THOU (57A. Question that follows “O Brother” in film … and a hint to this puzzle’s theme, along with MIDNIGHT HOUR (20A. Time in the title of a 1965 Wilson Pickett hit), MATT HOUSTON (28A. TV oilman-turned-private eye), APARTMENT HOUSES (39A. Multiple-dwelling buildings) and BASSET HOUND (46A. Droopy-eared dog) constitute the interrelated group of this fine Tuesday crossword.
Other — BLUE and CAPRI (64A. Color at 61-Across; 61A. Grotto isle of Italy), HERBAL (48D. Like some teas), HOO HAH and HUSH (8D. Commotion; 5A. “Pipe down!“), IN FUTURO (9D. Yet to happen, at law), TEE-SHIRT (40D. Vacation souvenir wear), along with a half-dozen partials, NOLO contendere, Doo-woppers SHA Na Na, SHE-wolf, “LEST we forget …”, HONG Kong, Douglas FIR, SOUS-chef (kitchen’s number two) and Split PEA.
Five-letter — ANTSY, APIAN, DONUT, FARGO, HOSEA, INAPT, INFER, IONIC, MAMBO, MANSE, MINCE, NEIGH, OUSTS, OUTDO, PANDA (3D. Bamboo-munching critter), ROAST, SCAMS and SCATS, SLANT, STASH, SWEAR, THROE, TONTO, U-TURN.
Short stuff — ANNA, ARCS, ARM, ASKS, ATTN, AUKS, AWN, COAL, CSI, DOT, EGG, ELSE, HEN, ISM, NEAR, NETS, NOLO, OHIO, ONE, REST, RHO and ROO, ROUT, SHAY, SILT, SIPS, TAE and TAU, TOE, UH OH, URNS, WRAP.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Nurses at the bar; 9. Derive logically; 14. Bad child’s stocking filler; 15. Indiana/Kentucky border river; 16. Sound from a stable; 17. Kendrick of “Up in the Air”; 19. North Dakota city; 23. Skedaddles; 24. Trial fig.; 33. Doll’s cry; 37. Aussie bounder; 38. Friars Club event; 43. Chop finely; 44. Light bgulb inventor’s inits.; 45. Light carriage; 50. Small bill; 52. Perform better than; 65. Java servers; 66. Say #%@!’; 67. Calls upon; 68. 200 baseball score, say; 69. Ill-suited; 71. Keeps after taxes. — DOWN: 1. Con jobs; 2. Greek column style; 4. Way of looking at things; 6. “We’re in trouble!”; 7. Delta deposit; 10. In the vicinity; 12. Cadbury confection; 13. Letter before sigma; 21. Suffix in poli sci; 22. Ear-related prefix; 25. Squirrel away; 26. Minor prophet of the Old Testament; 27. Prone to fidgeting; 29. Prepare for combat; 30. Tip of a boot; 31. Scout’s rider of early TV; 33. Cuban musical form; 34. Bee-related; 35. Parson’s home; 36. Circle segments; 41. Letter after sigma; 42. Old biddy; 47. Everyday article; 49. Part of a pointillist painting; 53. Driver’s one-eighty; 54. Severe pang; 55. Glazed or powdered item; 56. Gives the boot; 57. Cylindrical sandwich; 58. Threat-ending word; 59. Razor-billed birds; 60. Take five; 61. CBS drama with DNA testing; 62. Bristle on barley.
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