06.04.12 — Gods and Planets




Global view of Mars as seen by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1980

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Monday, June 4, 2012

Puzzle by John R. O’Brien / Edited by Will Shortz

Roman gods and planets double up in this fine Monday crossword: VENUS DE MILO (17A. A classic beauty who is not all there), SATURN ROCKET (27A. Booster of the Apollo space program), MERCURY COMET (48A. 1960s-’70s Ford Company model) and MARS CANDIES (65A. Milky Way bars and others).

Other — AGATES (69A. Some marbles), AMOEBA, CLINIC, DENIES, HUMANE, OXIDE, PRAGUE (5A. Czech capital), RAVAGE, UNLOCK, WAUSAU (4D. Wisconsin city).

Five letter —ABATE, ACMES, BASIC, CAPRI, CHOIR, EIGHT, El GRECO, ID EST, MARIA, NADIR, NEPAL, PAGAN (11D. Polytheistic), OSCAR the Grouch, OTARU (31D. Japanese port), RELIC, SITAR, TRINI.

Short stuff — AAA, ACER, AIR, AMMO, ANNE, ARC, ASS, ASTI, BASS, CAEN, CEE, Stick in one’s CRAW, CXVI, “Carpe DIEM“, EAR, EGO and EEO, EZRA, GAIT, GIZA, GPS, HERA (62D. Wife of Zeus), ICY, INGE, IRAN, IRIS, LAO and LAX, LENT, LOEB, MAD, OTO, PCB, PHD, REED, RIOT, RNS, RUE, SAAR and SARI, SETH, SING, SYL, TIA and VIA, TSAR, TYPE, XENA.

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

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 11. Banned organic compound, for short; 14. TV’s warrior princess; 15. Compassionate; 16. Kind of baseball or battery; 19. Satellite-based navigation aid in brief; 20. That is, in Latin; 21. Plains tribe; 22. Wrap worn in India; 23. Broadcast; 25. Mini-hospital; 33. Frigid; 34. Younger brother of Cain and Abel; 35. Lowest point; 39. Country on the south side of Mount Everest; 42. Chinese philosopher ___-Tzu; 43. Lopez with the 1963 hit “If I Had a Hammer”; 44. Spanish artist El ___; 45 Colored part of the eye; 47. Lead-in to maniac or surfing; 52. Microscopic blob; 55. West Coast travel hub, informally; 56. “Largemouth” fish; 57. By way of; 60. Number in an octet; 64. Many a line on a flight route map; 68. With 53-Down, a coffee-flavored liqueur; 70. Book before Nehemiah; 71. Floppy rabbit feature; 72. Refuses to acknowledge; 73. River across the French/German border. — DOWN: 1. 116, in ancient Rome; 2. Clarinet or sax; 3. Actress Hathaway; 5. What an M.A. might go on to earn; 6. Regret; 7. Bullets, informally; 8. Walk or trot; 9. Open with a key; 10. Fairness-in-hiring inits.; 12. Blue Grotto’s island; 13. Fundamental; 18. Use a swizzle stick; 22. Indian instrument; 24. E.R. workers; 26. Period after Shrove Tuesday; 27. Be in a 32-Down, e.g.; 28. Taiwan-based computer giant; 29. Genre; 30. Archaeologist’s find; 32. Group in church robes; 37. Playwright William; 38. Hilarious one; 40. High points; 41. Richard___ Clarence Darrow defendant; 46. Word part: Abbr.; 49. Wreak havoc on; 50. Battle of Normandy city; 51. Rust and lime; 52. Diminish; 53. See 68-Across; 58. Modern Persia; 59. Italian wine city; 61. Egyptian pyramid city; 63. Old Russian despot; 65. “What, me worry?” magazine; 66. So-so grade; 67. Donkey.

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