02.06.13 — O Sole Mio

 
 
 
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
 
Puzzle by Peter A. Collins / Edited by Will Shortz
 
BROKEN PROMISE [57A. Result of not following through (of which there are four examples in this puzzle’s grid)], along with PROMISE spelled out in four sets of broken circles throughout the crossword constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.
 
Other — DESIREE (40A. Fiancée of Napoleon), LARRY BIRD (34D. Last Celtic to wear #33), LECTURERS (11D. Some college staff), O SOLE / MIO (55D. With 12-Down, classic Neapolitan tune), SENIOR PROJECT (20A. Graduation requirement, perhaps).
 
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O Sole Mio
 
What a beautiful thing is a sunny day!
The air is serene after a storm,
The air is so fresh that it already feels like a celebration.
What a beautiful thing is a sunny day!
 
But another sun that's brighter still,
It's my own sun that's upon your face!
The sun, my own sun, it's upon your face!
It's upon your face!
 
When night comes and the sun has gone down,
I almost start feeling melancholy;
I'd stay below your window
When night comes and the sun has gone down.
 
But another sun that's brighter still,
It's my own sun that's upon your face!
The sun, my own sun, it's upon your face!
It's upon your face!
 
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Espousing crime?; 7. Custard need; 10. Michigan college or its town; 14. Baby attire with crotch snaps; 15. Pistol PAC-ers?; 16. Luau handouts; 17. Respiratory woe; 18. 1/sec, in trig; 19. Green sci.; 23. Some “Vette roofs; 24. “The Wiz: director; 25. Org. that negotiates with G.M.; 28. Matures; 30. Athlete Jim whose Native American name was Wa-Tho-Huk; 32. High-pitched cry from an ump?; 36. Scarf down; 37. Signs to heed; 38. Cooked, as Swiss steak; 42. Singer Eydie; 43. ___ Lanka; 44. Anastasia’s father was one; 45. Hullabaloo; 47. Island off the coast of Scotland; 59. Napoleonic marshal Michel; 50. Dance for two; 52. Big shot; 60. Part of 39-Down; 62. “___ had it!”; 63. “Für Elise” key; 64. Sportscaster Albert; 65. Finalized; 66. Model Bündchen; 67. Portend; 68. Shop window posting: Abbr.; 69. Sonnet’s finish. — DOWN: 1. Toot one’s horn; 2. Cartographer’s blowup; 3. “I don’t ___ respect!”; 4. “I saw ___ a-sailing…”; 5. Brunch libation; 6. Classic car datum; 7. Coat, in a way; 8. “I do” sayer; 9. Pilot light, e.g.; 10. Baldwin of “30 Rock”; 13. Nonverbal communication syst.; 21. Seek mercy, say; 22. Guiding beliefs; 26. Sleep problem; 27. “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” river; 29. “I didn’t know that!”; 31. Exclude; 32. Toy you can “put somebody’s eye out” with; 33. Soap-on-___ (bath buy); 35. Bride’s ride; 39. 1954-77 defense grp.; 40. Lose tautness; 41. Austrian “a”; 43. Official seals; 46. Jaunty in appearance; 48. Societal breakdown; 51. “Over my dead body!”; 53. Out of kilter; 54. I.Q. test pioneer; 56. Army Ranger’s topper; 58. All-night bash; 59. Threadbare threads; 60. U.N. figure: Abbr.; 61. Saint, in Rio.

 

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