06.11.12 — Fill in the Blanks



Monday, June 11, 2012

Edited by Will Shortz

FALLEN IDOL, FELLOWSHIP, FILL IN THE BLANKS (39A. Solve a crossword, e.g.?), FOLLOW SUIT and FULL NELSON constitute the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.

Other — APACHE, DOLLAR, ÉCLAIR, EFFECT, FIDGETTING, IMPALA, LIONEL, O’CASEY, OGRESS, OLD YELLER, SHERPA, SMELLY, STRODE, ZSA ZSA.

Five-letter — ABFAB, AERIE, AROMA, BAGEL, DELTS, EAT ME, ELISE, FIELD, GRUFF, I’M HOT, LASSO, LED IN, MAURA, RABAT, RALPH, TENDS, UTAHN, YOKED.

Short stuff — ADO, AFL, AMEN, ANTS, ARE, BALE, BAR, BEL, BONO, DIE and DOE, ESP, EVIL, EWE, FAD, FLA, GABS, GAP and GPA, INEZ, INK, IRE, MGMT, NOS, NYE, OAF, OED, OVO, PAR, Black-eyed PEAS, RAW, REAM, SEN, SHOD, SKA, SWAT, WHO, WORN, YEOW, ZAHN.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.


Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Chews the fat; 5. Fiona, e.g., in “Shrek”; 11. Hula-Hoops or Furbys, once; 14. 500 sheets of paper; 15. Geronimo’s tribe; 16. Fury; 17. Hankering; 18. One knocked off a pedestal; 20. Pasture; 22. Course guide?; 23. C.E.O.’s job: Abbr.; 24. Paid postgraduate position at a university; 28. Cry after hitting a hammer on one’s thumb, say; 29. Morocco’s capital; 31. “Much ___ About Nothing”; 34. Uncooked; 36. Beethoven’s “Fur ___”; 44. Greeted and seated; 45. ___-lacto-vegetarian; 45. Old Navy alternative; 47. Harnessed, as oxen; 50. Mother of Don Juan; 53. “You said it, sister!”; 55. Put a spade atop a spade, say; 60. Barn dance seat; 61. Miami locale: Abbr.; 62. Cake words in “Alice in Wonderland”; 63. Illegal wrestling hold; 67. Newswoman Paula; 68. “___ You Experienced” (Jimi Hendrix’s first album); 69. Sean who wrote “Juno and the Paycock”; 70. Like show horses’ feet; 71. Tavern; 72. Walked purposefully; 73. Tiny hill dwellers. — DOWN: 1. Harsh and brusque; 2. Eaglet’s nest; 3. Breakfast order with a hole in it; 4. Like gym socks; 5. Dunderhead; 6. 4.0 is a great one: Abbr.; 7. Kramden of “The Honeymooners; 8. Cream-filled pastry; 9. Mount Everest guide; 10. McCain or McConnell: Abbr.; 11. Squirming; 12. Kitchen magnet?; 13. Shoulder muscles, for short; 19. African antelope or Chevrolet; 21. Jane or John in court; 25. Threadbare; 26. Hit, as a fly; 30. ___ Paese cheese; 31. C.I.O.’s partner; 32. Repeated crry when sticking a stake in a vampire; 33. 1957 Disney dog movie; 35. “___ Let the Dogs Out!”; 37. Cousin of calypso; 38. Mind reading, for short; 40. Big name in toy trains; 41. Tattoos, slangily; 42. Dastardly; 43. Pro ___ (like some law work); 48. Cause’s partner; 49. Avis rival; 51. Ram’s mate; 52. One of the Gabor sisters; 53. Beeb comedy; 54. Actress Tierney of “ER”; 56. Catch, as a dogie; 57. Salt Lake City native; 58. “Can we turn on a fan or something?!”; 59. Manages, as a 71-Across; 64. Denials; 65. Brit. Reference work; 66. Bill The Science Guy.

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