Labor Day Parade, Union Square, New York, 1882
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Monday, September 3, 2012 — Labor Day
Puzzle by C. W. Stewart / Edited by Will Shortz
QUITE A FEW (59A. Many … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 34-, 40- and 46-Across), e.g., scores, lots, loads, heaps and barrels found in BOX SCORES (17A. Printed results of baseball games), PARKING LOTS (23A. Tailgate party places), WORKLOADS (34A. Sets of tasks, as at an office), JUNK HEAPS (40A. Old jalopies) and BEER BARRELS (46A. Big containers in a tavern) constitutes the interrelated group of this workmanlike Monday crossword.
Woman with a parasol, by Édouard Manet, 1881
Other — ANOINT, DEFEAT, HIBACHI and SUSHI (41D. Japanese grill; 64A. Japanese restaurant staple), LEECH and LICE (50D. Bloodsucker; 63A. Dog pests), PARASOL (9D. Light umbrella), RATTLY (45A. Sounding like a jalopy), SALTED, TEPEE and UTES (38A. Shelter for 37-Across; 37A. Beehive State tribe).
Five-letter — ALOHA, AVAIL, BATCH, BEBOP, BRIAN Williams, Burned to a CRISP, DO-RAG, DWELL, ELFIN, F-STOP, ISAAC Asimov, KIOSK, LUXOR (3D. Pyramid-shaped hotel in Vegas), OGRES, OTHER, PERMS, PHONY, PURSE, RIFLE, ROUTE, SEWED, STOKE, TENET, WEAVE.
Short stuff — ADDS, ADIN, ALI, BALE, DENY, DIBS, “To EACH his own“, ELUL, ELS, “ESAU Wood would saw wood“, ESPY, ETAL, EVIL, FATS, FUJI, GOO, INHD, INS and INV, IST, Spike LEE, MILE, “NOW’S the time”, OHO, OPP, ORTS, QED, RAFT, RIAL, RUE, SLED, SSS, STUN, TAE kwon do, TARO, TENS, TRIP.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Bundle of cotton; 5. Sums; 9. Salon jobs, for short; 14. Jewish month after Av; 16. Be of use; 19. Sharpshooter’s weapon; 20. “Caught you red-handed!”; 21. Iranian money; 22. Like many potato chips and peanuts; 26. Suffix with final; 27. Sticky stuff; 31. Camera setting; 39. Stumble over the corner of a rug, say; 42. One full of baloney; 43. __ and outs; 44. Itemized bill: Abbr.; 45. Regret; 52. Loss; 56. Table scraps; 57. Filmmaker Spike; 58. Sci-fi’s Asimov; 61. Cookie trayful; 62. And others, briefly; 65. Reject, as an accusation; 66. How many TV programs are aired nowadays. — DOWN: 1. Jazz genre; 2. Hawaiian hello; 4. Chicago trains; 5. Bless, in a way; 6. Hip-hopper’s headgear; 7. Reside; 8. Snake sound; 10. Satanic; 11. Castaway’s makeshift vessel; 12. 1/500 of the Indianapolis 500; 13. Iditarod transport; 22. Stir up the fire; 24. Newsstand; 25. Fairy tale monsters; 28. Poi source; 29. Situation after deuce; 30. Catch sight of; 31. Japan’s tallest peak; 32. Use a Taser on; 33. Exchange for a twenty, maybe; 34. Snake (through); 35. Like an antonym: Abbr.; 38. None of the above; 38. Basic belief; 41. Japanese grill; 42. Prize money; 47. Way to go; 48. Newscaster Williams; 49. Pixielike; 51. Used needle and thread; 52. “That’s mine!”; 53. “___ Wood would saw wood” (part of an old tongue twister); 54. Suet and blubber; 66. Proof-ending letters; 69. Boxer called “The Greatest”.
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