04.11.13 — Shades

 

 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

 

Puzzle by Jim Hilger / Edited by Will Shortz

WRAPAROUND / SUNGLASSES (18A. With 61-Across, some beachwear … which literally can be found five times in this puzzle) and, as the clue states, SHADES wrapping around the grid (1-, 23-, 37-, 49- and 67-Across) constitutes the main feature of this Thursday crossword.

 

Other — AMARILLO (59A. City with the slogan “Step Into the Real Texas”), DESPAIR (37A. Lose heart), EMILY POST (3D. Adviser on dos and don’ts), ESTABLISH (34D. Form), EULOGIES (20A. Passing remarks?), NATASHA (39A. “War and Peace” heroine), STRASSE (44D. Thüringen thoroughfare), TEASERS (7D. Quick promos).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Sidewalk stand offerings; 5. Pin, say; 11. Pale wood; 14. Ruler of Gallia and Britannia, once; 15. G.M.C. truck; 16. Oven cleaner component; 17. Not yet out of the running; 22. Long-lasting living room illuminator; 23. Squealer’s place; 24. Judge’s repeated cry; 26. Hue; 27. Vote; 29. Mrs. Gorbachev; 31. Went off one’s rocker?; 33. Greek consonants; 34. Alternative to an ellipsis, maybe; 42. Opposite of 31-Across; 43. Digging too deep; 45. A lot; 48. Archie Bunker, e.g.; 48. Self-referential, in modern lingo; 49. James Woods’s voice role in “Hercules”; 52. Like South Korea vis-à-vis North Korea; 54. College degs.; 57. Compacts produced until 2004; 63 Way of thinking; 64. “I really didn’t need to hear all that,” in texts; 65. Pump option; 66. Villa d’___; 67. Suffix with govern; 68. Queen of mystery; 69. Sprat relative. — DOWN: 1. Neighbor of Perseus, in the night sky; 2. Coffee go-with; 4. 1974 Peace Nobelist; 5. Spiraling; 6. Spent; 8. Dada pioneer; 9. Climber’s handhold; 10. Hound; 11. Gene Vincent’s “Be-Bop-___”; 12. Council of clergy; 13. Privacy provider, of a sort; 19. Dept. of Labor division; 21. “A Woman Called ___” (Ingrid Bergman’s final film); 25. Wet; 28. Alley ___; 30. “When ___ good time?”; 31. Radical ‘60s org.; 32. Subject of a 1773 Act of Parliament; 33. Trial print; 34. Form; 35. With 36-Down, jail, slangily; 36. See 35-Down; 38. Suffix with govern; 40. “___ is human …”; 41. Away from the bow; 46. It may come off the shelf; 47. Wagner opera heroine; 48. Insubstantial; 49. Something you might make if you’re behind schedule?; 50. Some reuners; 51. Patron saint of France; 53. Arab sovereign: Var.; 55. Prince Valiant’s love; 56. Scattered; 58. Windmill arm; 60. Saint of a children’s rhyme; 62. Soissons seasoning.