09.19.12 — Shame on Me

 

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

 

Puzzle by Michael Shteyman / Edited by Will Shortz

FOOL ME ONCE / SHAME ON YOU / FOOL ME TWICE / SHAME ON ME constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

 

Other — ADWOMAN, ALTOONA, COASTER, ELECTIVE, EXIGENT, FREEMAN, ITALICS, IWO JIMA, Wassily LEONTIEF, ONE CROP, ON PAPER, ROLAIDS, SAMOVAR, SPOKANE, TAPIOCA, TEEN POP.

 

Mid-size — ACCT NO, ARREARS, CERISE, DONUTS, EARWAX (48A. Cerumen), FAT CAT, Pro FORMA, GO CART, IRAQI, LETS ON, MOIETY, MT ETNA, NAOMI Watts, NASSAU, OILMEN, ORIOLE, ORNATE, QUEST, ROSTOV-on-Don, SPEECH, TERRA, TONIC.

 

Short stuff — ACK, AT IT, BERG, CAB, CALF, CEO, DAT (46A. Single dose?), ENO, ITCH, JOG, LEER, MEAN, MEOW, METS, MNO, MOON (36D. Create an open-ended view?), MOT, NEO, OPT, REEF, RENO, TAN, TEC, TINT,TOP, TRAP, WPA, VEIN.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. ___-on-Don, Russian port of 1+ million; 7. Tycoon, informally; 13. Theoretically; 15. Maryland state symbol; 16. Wassily ___, Russian-American Nobelist in Economics; 18. Like the Kremlin; 19. Comics outburst; 20. Conservative leader?; 21. Divulges; 22. Nouri al-Maliki, for one; 27. Highest-rated; 28. They may be sold by the dozen; 30. Desirous look; 31. “Third Uncle” singer; 32. When repeated, cry after an award is bestowed; 33. Alphabet run; 34. Clay pigeon launcher; 35. End of the saying; 38. Persevering, say; 41. Dictionnaire entry; 42. Shade of red; 47. “Got milk?” cry, perhaps; 49. “For hire” org. of the 1930s; 50. Picker-upper; 52. Watts in a film projector?; 53. Drill instructors?; 55. What may be caught with bare hands?; 57. Treadmill setting; 58. Half; 59. It’s not required; 62. Info on a personal check: Abbr.; 63. Mandela portrayer in “Invictus,” 2009; 64. Long Island county; 65. Certain race entry. — DOWN: 1. Product whose commercials ran for a spell on V?; 2. Undiversified, as a farm; 3. Expo ’74 locale; 4. Go for the bronze?; 5. Go (for); 6. Red Cross hot line?; 7. Start of a four-part saying; 8. Unpaid debt; 9. Window treatment; 10. Ride up and down?; 11. City in the Alleghenies; 12. Justin Bieber’s genre; 14. Ship hazard; 17. Part 3 of the saying; 23. Search; 24. Intense desire; 26. Silver State city; 29. Part 2 of the saying; 34. Latin land; 37. Stand for; 38. Lady pitcher; 39. Pudding thickener; 40. It leans to the right; 43. Setting for Clint Eastwood’s “Flags of Our Fathers”; 44. Russian urn; 45. Urgent; 47. Italian tourist attraction, in brief; 51. Leg part; 54. Team that got a new ballpark in 2009; 56. Ship hazard; 60. Corp. head; 61. Sleuth, informally.