The Three Witches from MacBeth, 1827, Alexandre-Marie Colin
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 — Halloween
Puzzle by Stu Ockman / Edited by Will Shortz
WITCHES’ BREW (64A. “Macbeth” recipe), TOOTH OF WOLF, SLIPS OF YEW, BLIND WORM’S STING and LIZARD’S LEG constitutes the interrelated group of this delightful current event (e.g., Halloween) crossword.
Other — AT RISK, BISHOPIRIC (37D. Seat of a Catholic official), Playwright Bertolt BRECHT, DARWIN, EASE UP, ENFOLD, Eve ENSLER, ESPRIT, LOLITA, LOOSEN, PROBOSCIS (3D. Notable nose), RITUAL, SASHAY, STABLE.
Five-letter — ADOPT, AD REM, ALCOA, APSES, ASTER, AZTEC, BITES, FLOAT, LLAMA, “Goodbye, NORMA Jean …”, OBAMA and OZAWA, OLIVE, RAWLS, TANYA, ZOWIE (7D. “Fantabulous!”).
Short stuff — AAH, “ABOU Ben Adhem“, ADO and ADZ, ALSO, APBS, BETH, DIDO, EATS, ELBA, ERO, ESC, FLY (18D. It may be embarrassing if it’s open), Peter GELB, GTO, HEH, IDEO, ISH, Cousin ITT, Capt. Jean-LUC Picard, NILS, NORA, NRA, NULL, OAR, ODIN, ONE-ARDS, REED, SABU (20A. “Elephant Boy“ boy), SEL, SNAG, SOO and SOR, STOA, SWAT, TAO, TKOS, UGLY, UMS, VEE, YET, Billy ZANE of “Titanic“.
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