Thursday, August 16, 2012
Puzzle by Ethan Cooper / Edited by Will Shortz
Four phrases made up from the names of computer keyboard keys constitutes the interrelated group of this droll Thursday crossword:
ESCAPE CONTROL (20A. Prison guard system?)
ALT PAGE DOWN (30A. Hipster Capital Hill worker after collapsing?)
SPACE BAR TAB (39A. Bill at the “Star Wars” cantina?)
SHIFT CAP’S LOCK (52A. Restyle a bit of a D.C. hockey player’s hair?)
Other — AEGEAN SEA (3D. Cyclades setting), A LOT TO DO, BAG CLIP, BET ON IT, DRACULA (5D. Speaker of the line “Listen to them - the children of the night”), MONOLOG, OPEN SKIES, SCOT-FREE, STATURE, VOTES NO.
Mid-size — AHORA, CADRE, CANOLA, CARLY, Swiss CHARD, CIGNA, Sacré-COEUR, DROOL, IDEAL, LATELY, MAYTAG, MSDOS, NEURO, NOISE, ORATE, RECODE, RUNS TO, SCARS, SHAPE, SLO-MO, SPIRE, TAG UP, TESTY, V-SIGN, WERNER Klemperer, WIDEN, YIELD.
Short stuff — AC/DC, AGS, AIDE, AKIN, ARAL Sea, AWOL, CCC, DOER, EDU, Isle of ELY, EPIC, Quod ERAT faciendum, “… might HIS quietus make”, HOI polloi, HYPO, I DIG, LARA, LAST, LILI, NAME, ODOR, OPIE, ORLE, PEEN, PLIE, RUES, SADE, SAT, STEM, All THAT, TYKE.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 6. Derive (from); 10. Multimillion-selling band from Australia; 14. Sacré-___ (Paris landmark); 15. Syringe; 16. Actress ___ Flynn Boyle; 17. Aetna competitor; 18. Blood-sharing?; 19. Bloodhound’s lead; 23. Level of achievement; 25. These days; 26. Healthful cooking option; 27. “Let’s see that again in ___”; 29. D.O.J. heads; 35. Sighs over, say; 38. Taylor on “The Andy Griffith Show”; 44. E-mail suffix once required to join Facebook; 45. Make grand statements; 46. Klemperer of “Hogan’s Heroes”; 48. Company that introduced coin-slide washers in Laundromats; 51. Gives a thumbs-down; 55. Not just a talker; 56. Taylor of “Say Anything ..”; 57. Click or clack; 60. Heraldic band; 61. “That’s cool, man”; 62. Unbeatable; 63. Singer with the 1986 #1 album “Promise”; 64. It’s not meant to be used on nails; 65. Quick to flip. — DOWN: 1. New Deal work program, for short; 4. Totals; 6. Outline; 7. Preschooler; 8. More awesome than awesome; 9. Late-night talk show feature; 10. Much work ahead; 11. Core members; 12 Mouth watering?; 13. Nickelodeon title girl; Asia’s ___ Sea; 22. Kind of recognition; 23. Chicken pox result, often; 24. Go back before proceeding; 27. Skyline feature; 28. In the cellar; 32. Like a policy allowing unfettered air traffic; 33. Ream; 34. Prefix with -pathy; 36. Unpunished; 41. Twist-tie alternative; 42. Not reporting, maybe; 43. “You can be sure”; 47. Alter, as a program; 48. Windows forerunner; 49. Now, in Nicaragua; 50. Investor’s info; 51. Two-finger salute; 53. Gofer; 54. “Swan Lake” move; 58. Didn’t sell; 59. England’s Isle of ___.
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