02.08.13 — Hallelujah!


 
 
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Friday, February 8, 2013
 
Puzzle by Barry C. Silk / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Heavenly measurement, AZIMUTH; 8. Be unable to stand, DESPISE; 15. Primary figure, NOMINEE; 16. Hand sanitizer ingredient; 17. Five-star, TOPLINE; 18. Against all standards of decency, WRONGLY; 19. 1964 album that was #1 for 11 weeks, MEET THE BEATLES; 21. Political blogger EZRA Klein; 22. Sound, HALE; 23. What many an amusement park has, THEME; 24. Projecting corner, COIGN; 26. Johnny Fever’s station, WKRP; 28. Old laborer, ESNE; 29. Hide, HOLE UP; 31. Fielding percentage factor, ERROR; 33. Yogi’s sounds, OMS; 34. London’s KEW Palace; 36. Corral O.K.?, YEP; 37. 3-D picture producer, MRI; 40. It may be seen with a 37-Across, HEART; 42. Capital on the Sava River, ZAGREB; 44. 2002 Literature Nobelist IMRE Kertész; 47. Michael Jordan teammate Steve KERR; 49. Break in concentration, LAPSE; 50. Scratch, MOOLA; 52. What a bottom may be on top of, SEAT; 54. Religious leader with a pet elephant, LEO X; 55. Jack regarded as an object of devotion, ALMIGHTY DOLLAR; 58. Like orthorhombic crystals, BIAXIAL; 59. Not recognizable by, ALIEN TO; 61. Rattle, UNNERVE; 62. Hijack, maybe, REROUTE; 63. What might be treated with vitamin A mega doses, MEASLES; 64. One with a booming voice, STENTOR.
 
Down — 1. Minute marcher?, ANT; 2. Car ad catchphrase, ZOOM ZOOM; 3. Threatens, IMPERILS; 4. Car ad datum, MILEAGE; 5. Soldier’s assignment, UNIT; 6. Like the Mets in every season from 1962 to 1965, TENTH; 7. Act like an ass, HEE-HAW; 8. Bramble with edible purple fruit, DEWBERRY; 9. To be every far away?, ETRE; 10. Sty youngster, SHOAT; 11. Apple product before Tiger, PANTHER; 12. It’s spoken in los Estados Unidos, INGLES; 13. Grave, SOLEMN; 14. The Republican Guard guards it, ELYSEE; 20. ELKE Sommer of Hollywood; 21. Returned waves?, ECHO; 25. Zap, NUKE; 27. W., once, PREZ; 30. Mountain climber’s conquest, PEAK; 32. Australian export, OPAL; 35. Puts a hold on, say, WRESTLES; 37. Mascot since 1916, MR PEANUT; 38. Employ as plan B, RESORT TO; 39. Bearded mountain climber, IBEX; 40. Slinkys, e.g., HELIXES; 41. Loser in war, usually, TREY; 43. Spanish Main crosser, GALLEON; 44. Declaration after “Hallelujah”, I’M A BUM; 45. Illinois home o f the John Deere Pavilion, MOLINE; 46. Curia ROMANA (body assisting the pope); 48. Storm trackers, RADAR; 51. “Image of A GIRL” (1960 hit by the Safaris); 53. Flat sign, TO LET; 56. Experience, HAVE; 57. Old Italian capital, LIRE; 60. Anthem preposition, O’ER.

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