The dead man's hand is a two-pair poker hand, namely "aces and eights". This card combination gets its name from a legend that it was the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok, when he was murdered on August 2, 1876, in Saloon No. 10 at Deadwood, South Dakota. ~ Wikipedia
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Puzzle by Mike Torch / Edited by Will Shortz
THE DEAD MAN’S HAND (38A. What 17-, 26-, 46- and 57-Across’s beginnings represent), ACE VENTURA, ACE HARDWARE, EIGHT MEN OUT and EIGHT-TRACK constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.
Other — ADAM WEST, EMERGE, EERIE and ERIE, GOES ON, MADOFF, PEA GREEN, STATUTES, THE DOW, THE HAGUE.
Five-letter — AARON, ACT UP, ADOBE, ADULT, ALLAN, A RUSH, ASKEW, DEPTS, EDIFY, ETHAN, GELID, HDTVS, HELEN, “I HAVE my reasons“, JONAH, KNIFE, LET ME, LHASA, MAYOR, NAG AT, OCHRE, OMAHA, PALAU, SHIMS, SHONE, SPRAY, TORII.
Short stuff — ABLE, AJA, ALMS, ARR, Tel AVIV, BMI, CIA, DOC and DOH, “Whatcha DOIN’?”, GAB, GTO, HALT, IPO, KAYO, KEY, LAMP, LAVS, LED, MIR, MUTT, NEDS, NEY, NICE, “Hmm, that’s ODD”, RADS, SAKE, SANS, SHAH, SHOD, SPAR, TOTE, UNE.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. XXX; 6. Easy chair accompanier; 10. Charity; 14. Hill in Hollywood; 15. The Maumee flows northeast to this lake; 16. Old Iranian leader; 17. Jim Carrey title role; 19. Send to the canvas; 20. Leveling wedges; 21. Doesn’t shut up; 23. Homer Simpson outburst; 26. Company for which John Madden was once pitchman; 28. Come out of hiding; 30. Put the first cad down; 31. Island group east of the Philippines; 32. Up to the task; 34. Benefit; 41. Without: Fr.; 43. Shinto temple gateway; 44. Talk, talk, talk; 45. Bernard with a Ponzi scheme; 48. Film about the 1919 Black Sox sandal; 52. Napoleonic marshal; 53. Economic barometer; 54. Misbehave; 56. Stop; 57. Old tape format; 63. Sail support; 64. Like some coincidences; 65. Beatty and Flanders; 66. Carry; 67. Turn a hose on. — 1. Double-platinum Steely Dan album; 2. Sawbones; 3. French article; 4. Loos; 5. Where Dutch royals live; 6. “I can help”; 7. Hurriedly, after “in”; 8. Former Russian space station; 9. Colored like the boat in Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat”; 10. Crooked; 11. Tibet’s capital; 12. 984 best-selling Ed Koch memoir; 13. Glimmered; 18. Pleasing; 23. Cabinet units: Abbr.; 24. ___ Steaks; 25. Hayes of the theater; 27. The “A” in E.A. Poe; 20. X-ray units; 32. Brick material; 33. Inits. On most Rolling Stones records; 34. Like plow horses; 35. Moses’ brother; 36. Piece in a place setting; 37. Enlighten; 39. Batman portrayer; 40. Laws; 44. “Yeah, yeah, little ___” (1964 song refrain part); 46. Mongrel; 46. One of filmdom’s Coen brothers; 48. Very cold; 49. They hang on walls nowadays; 50. Pester; 51. Yellow shade; 59. SAT course, e.g.; 58. 2012 Facebook event, in brief; 59. Flight board datum: Abbr.; 60. Covert org.; 61. Critical.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. XXX; 6. Easy chair accompanier; 10. Charity; 14. Hill in Hollywood; 15. The Maumee flows northeast to this lake; 16. Old Iranian leader; 17. Jim Carrey title role; 19. Send to the canvas; 20. Leveling wedges; 21. Doesn’t shut up; 23. Homer Simpson outburst; 26. Company for which John Madden was once pitchman; 28. Come out of hiding; 30. Put the first cad down; 31. Island group east of the Philippines; 32. Up to the task; 34. Benefit; 41. Without: Fr.; 43. Shinto temple gateway; 44. Talk, talk, talk; 45. Bernard with a Ponzi scheme; 48. Film about the 1919 Black Sox sandal; 52. Napoleonic marshal; 53. Economic barometer; 54. Misbehave; 56. Stop; 57. Old tape format; 63. Sail support; 64. Like some coincidences; 65. Beatty and Flanders; 66. Carry; 67. Turn a hose on. — 1. Double-platinum Steely Dan album; 2. Sawbones; 3. French article; 4. Loos; 5. Where Dutch royals live; 6. “I can help”; 7. Hurriedly, after “in”; 8. Former Russian space station; 9. Colored like the boat in Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat”; 10. Crooked; 11. Tibet’s capital; 12. 984 best-selling Ed Koch memoir; 13. Glimmered; 18. Pleasing; 23. Cabinet units: Abbr.; 24. ___ Steaks; 25. Hayes of the theater; 27. The “A” in E.A. Poe; 20. X-ray units; 32. Brick material; 33. Inits. On most Rolling Stones records; 34. Like plow horses; 35. Moses’ brother; 36. Piece in a place setting; 37. Enlighten; 39. Batman portrayer; 40. Laws; 44. “Yeah, yeah, little ___” (1964 song refrain part); 46. Mongrel; 46. One of filmdom’s Coen brothers; 48. Very cold; 49. They hang on walls nowadays; 50. Pester; 51. Yellow shade; 59. SAT course, e.g.; 58. 2012 Facebook event, in brief; 59. Flight board datum: Abbr.; 60. Covert org.; 61. Critical.
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