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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Puzzle by Susan Gelfand / Edited by Will Shortz
FULL OF HOLES (53A. Like 17-, 23-, 33- and 48-Across), SWISS CHEESE (17A. Monte Cristo ingredient), VOODOO DOLL (23A. Spelling aid?), DART BOARD (33A. Pub hub) and GOLF COURSE (48A. Where people are always putting things?) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.
Other — EDGED OUT, ESTEFAN, EXPLOIT, IN SPORT, JEEPERS, NEEDLED, ODDBALL, PENDULUM, PERGOLA, SPATULA, TOUSLED, UNSHADE, ZEROING.
Short stuff — AL EAST, ALIGN, CAJUN, CREAK, EOCENE, ESTOPS, GLENS and GLESS, GOES TO, HOW SO, NADIA, REMOP, SPOUT, TENSED, VERDE.
Short stuff — ACE, AHA, ALG, ANI, APE and APT, ARP, COHN, DIET, ECOL, EONS, ETS, FLA, FOCH, GIFT, GTO, HEX, I DO, ION and IOS, LAI, LOO, Club MED, MOAT, MRS and MSS, NRA, OLAF, OMY, PEAL, SAO, “SIC semper tyrannis“, SILO, SOSA, SSE, TAG, TATE and TAUT, UZIS, VAT, VER, WHAM, YOKO.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Kinsman” of Tarzan; 4. Impact sound; 8. Spicy cuisine; 13. A witch might put one on you; 14. Just about forever; 15. Epoch when mammals arose; 16. Klee contemporary; 19. Sharon of “Cagney & Lacey”; 21. Old Saturn model; 22. Scholar’s deg.; 26. Church bells’ sound; 27. Get in a row; 28. Response at the alter; 29. Mesa ___ National Park; 30. Sharon of “Valley of the Dolls”; 32. Tightened up; 38. Legally impedes; 39. Math subj.; 40. Commando weapons; 44. Teakettle feature; 45. Ga. Neighbor; 46. Secluded valleys; 47. Stretched to the max; 50. Those aboard a U.F.O.; 52. Swab the floor again; 57. Aegean island on which Homer is said to be buried; 59. N.Y. Yankees’ division; 60. Castle obstacle; 61 Big D.C. lobby; 62. Gymnast Comaneci; 63. John’s other half; 64. Car that “really drives ‘em wi-i-ild,” in a 1960s song. — DOWN: 1. Inventor’s cry; 2. Vine-covered passageway; 3. Heroic deed; 4. Oil name; 5. “In what way?”; 6. “Gimme ___!” (start of an Illinois cheer); 7. Ed.’s stack; 8. Harry who co-founded Columbia Pictures; 9. Server’s wish; 10. “Golly!”; 11. Expose to light; 12. Ribbed; 15. Green sci.; 18. Storage site; 20. Beat by a nose; 23. Fermenting locale; 24. Nuts, berries, etc., for squirrels; 25. Kook; 26. Tick-tock maker; 29. Part of a chapter: Abbr.; 33. ___ Butterworth; 32. It may put someone out; 34. Likely; 35. Norwegian king; 36. Grammy-winning Gloria; 37. Burger flipper; 38. A bit messy, as the hair; 41. Closing (in on); 42. Playfully; 43. Montreal-to-Boston dir.; 45. Nina of 1940s-’50s films; 46. Attends; 48. Natural talent; 49. Haunted house sound; 51. Slugger Sammy; 54. China’s Chou En-___; 55. “Peg ___ Heart”; 56. Stall in London; 58. ___ Tomé.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Kinsman” of Tarzan; 4. Impact sound; 8. Spicy cuisine; 13. A witch might put one on you; 14. Just about forever; 15. Epoch when mammals arose; 16. Klee contemporary; 19. Sharon of “Cagney & Lacey”; 21. Old Saturn model; 22. Scholar’s deg.; 26. Church bells’ sound; 27. Get in a row; 28. Response at the alter; 29. Mesa ___ National Park; 30. Sharon of “Valley of the Dolls”; 32. Tightened up; 38. Legally impedes; 39. Math subj.; 40. Commando weapons; 44. Teakettle feature; 45. Ga. Neighbor; 46. Secluded valleys; 47. Stretched to the max; 50. Those aboard a U.F.O.; 52. Swab the floor again; 57. Aegean island on which Homer is said to be buried; 59. N.Y. Yankees’ division; 60. Castle obstacle; 61 Big D.C. lobby; 62. Gymnast Comaneci; 63. John’s other half; 64. Car that “really drives ‘em wi-i-ild,” in a 1960s song. — DOWN: 1. Inventor’s cry; 2. Vine-covered passageway; 3. Heroic deed; 4. Oil name; 5. “In what way?”; 6. “Gimme ___!” (start of an Illinois cheer); 7. Ed.’s stack; 8. Harry who co-founded Columbia Pictures; 9. Server’s wish; 10. “Golly!”; 11. Expose to light; 12. Ribbed; 15. Green sci.; 18. Storage site; 20. Beat by a nose; 23. Fermenting locale; 24. Nuts, berries, etc., for squirrels; 25. Kook; 26. Tick-tock maker; 29. Part of a chapter: Abbr.; 33. ___ Butterworth; 32. It may put someone out; 34. Likely; 35. Norwegian king; 36. Grammy-winning Gloria; 37. Burger flipper; 38. A bit messy, as the hair; 41. Closing (in on); 42. Playfully; 43. Montreal-to-Boston dir.; 45. Nina of 1940s-’50s films; 46. Attends; 48. Natural talent; 49. Haunted house sound; 51. Slugger Sammy; 54. China’s Chou En-___; 55. “Peg ___ Heart”; 56. Stall in London; 58. ___ Tomé.
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