02.12.13 — CAR


 
Flappers seated in automobile, ca. 1920s
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
 
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
 
Puzzle by Dan Schoenholz / Edited by Will Shortz

HOOD, TRUNK, DASH and FENDER found in BOYZ ‘N THE HOOD (20A. 1991 film that earned John Singleton a Best Director nomination), ELEPHANT TRUNK (29A. What a blind man mistakes for a snake, in a fable), FORTY-YARD DASH (44A. Test at a football tryout) and FREDDY FENDER (54A. Singer of the 1975 #1 hit “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”) constitutes the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.
 
Other — EDIFIED (43D. Spiritually uplifted), GRANDDAD (39D. Pop’s pop), HYPHENED (8D. Like Olivia Newton-John’s last name), LAPTOPS (5D. Portable computers).
 
Mid-size — ADAIR (31D. Legendary firefighter Red), AERIE, ALAMO, ARGYLE, CRIBS, DAY SPA, ELBOW, EVADE, HAS AT, HEDGES, LEAST, MAKES, N TEST, OH OH OH, POLAR, RAN ON, RENEW, ROLES, TESTY, Terence TRENT D‘Arby, U HAUL, UTMOST, Peter YARROW.
 
Short stuff — AHOY, AID, ALPE, AMOR, ANN Arbor, “I hate to break up A SET“, ASK, BULB, BUS, COME, CRAG, DEAD, DELE, “Gloria in Excelsis DEO“, DESI, EAT, ENS and ESS, EVE, FAME, FRY, GAD, GEEZ, HEAD, In a HUFF, IAN, William INGE, LOCH Ness, Fleur-de-LYS, NOVA, OGRRE, OLDE, OLE, ONTO, PAR, POMP, RARE, SKEW, SNL, SPRY, TRI, TOO, TYNE, UMPS, UNDO, UTE, VEIN.
 
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Rocky outcrop; 9. Self-mover’s rental; 14. “Bloody”; 15. Ship-to-ship call; 16. Irritable; 17. “Picnic” playwright William; 18. Circumstance’s partner; 19. Earns; 23. NBC fixture since ‘75; 24. In addition; 25. U.S.N. rank; 26. Train alternative; 33. Twisty turn; 35. Shoppe sign word; 36. Begins to pursue vigorously; 39. Wander (about); 40. Part of a shirt that may develop a hole; 41. Callers o strikes and balls; 42. Prefix with cycle or city; 43. Night before; 44. Test at a football tryout; 48. Cook in oil; 49. ___ Arbor, Mich.; 50. Lend a hand; 51. Nosh; 57. Like some bears; 60. Lucy’s husband or son; 61. Shrek, e.g.; 62. San Antonio landmark, with “the”; 63. Mont Blanc, par exemple; 64. Artery’s counterpart; 65. Keep for another three weeks, say as a library book; 66. Like some batteries. — DOWN: 1. Nursery sights; 2. Went long, as a sentence; 3. Sweater or sock pattern; 4. “Man!”; 5. Portable computers; 6. “Call on me! Call on me!”; 7. Accompany, with “with”; 9. Absolute maximum; 10. Focus of a phrenologist; 11. Seek answers; 12. Beehive State native; 21. Mushroom cloud producer, in brief; 22. No longer fooled by; 25 Onion, for one; 27. Cancel; 28. Twist, as facts; 30. Absolute minimum; 32. Actors’ parts; 36. In a ___ (indignant); 37. Roman god of love; 38. Surprisingly agile for one’s age; 40. Dodge; 42. Daly of “Cagney & Lacey”; 43. Spiritually uplifted; 45. Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary; 46. Place for pampering; 47. Yard separators; 52. Nest that may be found on a 1-Across; 53. Singer Terence ___ D’Arby; 54. Stardom; 55. Edit out; 56. Kind of lox; 57. Standard for the course; 58. Bullring “Bravo!”; 59. Office computer linkup, for short.
 

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