04.01.13 — Fools

 

Ship of Fools, Hieronymus Bosch

 

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Monday, April 1, 2013 — April Fools’ Day

 

Puzzle by Gary J. Whitehead / Edited by Will Shortz

BOOB, CHEAT, CON, DUPE and DOPE, DUNDERHEAD, KID, LAUGHING STOCK, NINCOMPOOP, SCAM, TRICK, all clued as "Fool," constitute the interrelated group of this friendly April Fools’ Day Monday crossword.

 

Other — EAST ASIA, FORT LEE, INCISOR, IRON MASK (24A. Facial cover in a Dumas novel), NON-ROMAN, ON A LEASH, ONE RATE.

 

Mid-size — ACETIC acid, ALPES, AMEER, ARE SO, ASSES, Grand BAHAMA, Jack BENNY, CEDAR, CENTI, COVERT, DALAI Lama, DECCA, EARLAP, EKING, E-TRADE, LEGATO, MAMBA, NEONS, OBITS, SVELTE, TORCH and TROCHE.

 

Short stuff — ADIN, ALEC, ALVA, ANC, A-ONE, Just A TAD, BAD, CHOU En-lai, COD and NOD, DADA, EMUS, END, ESSO, EVEN, GAD about, GALA, GRIN, GRR, IOU, LET, LOBO, MEN, NEHI, NOP, OLE, OOOH, ORTH, OVA, RIND, SANK, SONO, SPYS, TGIF, Sotto VOCE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 9. Classic record label; 14. Sotto ___ (under one’s breath); 15. Mideast potentate: Var.; 16. The “A” in Thomas A. Edison; 17. Not odd; 20. Permit; 21. Area including China, Korea and Japan; 28. Many an Albrecht Dürer piece of art; 32. Having a fixed fee, as a calling plan; 36. Terminus; 41. New England catch; 42. Tooth next to a canine; 43. Death notices, informally; 46. New Jersey city on the west side of the George Washington Bridge; 50. Like the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabets; 55, Tethered; 58. Watchdogs warning; 62. Grand party; 63. Sound of delight; 64. Comic Jack of old radio and TV; 66. Just ___ (slightly); 67. Donkeys. — DOWN: 1. Gracefully slender; 2. Like C.I.A. operations; 3. ___ acid (vinegar component); 4. Fraternity members, e.g.; 5. 1910s-’20s art movement; 6. Relatives of ostriches;7. Prefix meaning one-hundredth; 8. Shingle wood; 9. “You ___ Beautiful”; 10. Grand __ (vacation island near Florida); 11. “Bravo!” to a torero; 12. Eggs in labs; 13. Misbehaving; 19. Watermelon covering; 21. Barely making, with “out”; 23. China’s ___ En-lai; 25. Actor Guinness; 26. Sent to the ocean floor; 29. Classic soda brand 30. :-) in an e-mail; 33. Nelson Mandela’s org.; 34. End-of-work-week cry; 35. “Happy Motoring” gas brand; 37. Timber wolf; 38. Score after deuce; 39. Caver’s light source, maybe; 40. Straight: Prefix; 44. Throat lozenge; 45. Pic of an unborn child; 47. Smoothly, in music; 48. Winter hat part; 49. Online investor’s site; 51 Venomous African snake; 52. Suisse peaks; 53. Ad lights; 56. Top-of-the-line; 57. 1974 Gould/Sutherland C.I.A. spoof; 59. Auction assent; 60. Note of indebtedness; 61. Queue before Q; 62. ___ about (wander).