Le Chef de l'Hôtel Chatham, Paris, by William Orpen, 1921
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Puzzle Rolf Hamburger / Edited by Will Shortz
ONE (72A. Addition to 18-, 23-, 40-, 54- and 60-Across), MOONED SQUAD (18A. Team on the receiving end of a prank?), MONEY WORD (23A. “E,” “pluribus” or “Unum”?), STONE AGE COACH (40A. Athletic trainer for Neanderthals?), LA RAMONES (54A. West Coast punk rock group?) and GONE IN RUMMY (60A. Entered pie-eyed?) constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.
Other — ANGELO (49D. Dundee who trained Ali), APLOMB, ARCANA, ATONAL, BEDEVIL, BOWERY, CAN TOO, ELOISE, Denmark’s FAEROE Islands, INSTANT, JET LAG, NELSON, RACISM, RERUNS, SEE YOU, THE END, TAOISM, TSETSE (51D. Sleeping sickness transmitter), WIDEST, YVONNE.
Five-letter — ADIEU, ADULT, AMAIN, CLOUD (56A. Kind of computing using remote servers), LUNAR, SCENE, TOQUE (10D. Chef‘s topper), YODEL.
Short stuff — ADO, AFT, ASA, AXE, CHIC, DYES, ECHO, EDDY, ELSE, EMIR, EST and ETS, GAB, GED, GOAL, GUM, HUSH, JEDI, Running LATE, LGA, LEE, LIAR, LIU, LOS, MAR, MTA, NOW, OGLE, OHM, OLEA, ONLY, ORES, ORO and OTO, PAH, RAD, SEXY, SLUR, TRAP, TREE, URDU, YAT, YEP.
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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Time in some want ads; 4. Shutout spoiler; 8. Globetrotter’s woe; 14. Tuba sound; 15. Language of Pakistan; 16. Plaza Hotel moppet; 17. Washington and ___ University; 20. Seams’ contents; 22. “Arrivederci”; 27. Comeback?; 31. Bother no end; 32. China’s Sun ___-sen; 35. “Come again?”; 36. Call that might result in a 27-Across; 38. Much bigotry; 43. Some summer fare; 44. At full tilt; 45. Send packing; 46. SAT company; 48. Like Cup-a-Soup; 52. Items in many lists of ingredients; 59. Wolf’s look; 66. Guinness Book suffix; 67. Not in any key; 69. Start of some California place names; 70. Stereotypical bum’s place; 71. Police setup. — DOWN: 1. Self-assurance; 3. “Period!”; 4. Candy store purchase; 5. “___ y plata”; 6. Stir; 7. Kind of eclipse; 8. Yoda, notably; 9. Choice word; 11. Imprisoned Peace Nobelist ___ Xiaobo; 12. Simile center; 13. Goal for some H.S. dropouts; 19. Whitewater phenomenon; 21. “Later!”; 24. De Carlo of “The Munsters”; 25. Most inclusive; 26. Olive genus; 28. In vogue; 29. “Shut your mouth!”; 30. Its symbol is omega; 33. Things understood by few; 34. Eastern belief; 37. Letters on some N.Y.C. baggage tags; 39. Playground retort; 40. Like a proverbial 10; 41. Arborist’s study; 42. Oil-rich ruler, perhaps; 43. “Way cool!”; 47. Say “Offisher, I am completely shober,” e.g.; 50. Gov. Rockefeller; 53. Public spectacle; 55. X-rated; 57. When doubled, a 1997 Jim Carrey movie; 58. Just; 60. Chew the rag; 61. Ear: Prefix; 62. Diva’s demand; 63. Nick, say; 64. Overseer of N.Y.C. bridges; 65. “I reckon so”.
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