12.09.13 — Chair



Electric Chair ~ Haunted Historians 

————————

Monday, December 9, 2013

Puzzle by Nina Rulon-Miller / Edited by Will Shortz


CHAIR (64A. Head, as a committee … or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across) along with those ends, e.g., ARM, CLUB, HIGH, EASY and DECK constitute the interrelated group of this comfortable Monday crossword:

STRONG-ARM (16A. Coerce)
LION’S CLUB (28A. Civic group with more than 45,000 affiliates)
ULTRA-HIGH (36A. Like some broadcast frequencies)
SPEAKEASY (47A.Illicit Prohibition-era establishment)
UPPER DECK (61A. Where lifeboats are generally stored)


Other — AERATOR (3D. Seltzer-making device), A LITTLE (10D. Somewhat), EXPECTS (45D.Anticipates), NEBULAE (41D. Interstellar clouds), NUTCASE (2D. Crackpot), PICASSO (23D. “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” artist), PLAY OUT (11D. Develop in a particular way), PLEASE (58A. “Pretty” thing to say, with a cherry on top?), Winnie-the-POOH, SPLASHY (40D. Ostentatious), “I tawt I taw a puddy TAT”, TESSERA (44D. Tile piece).


————————




Click on image to enlarge,
or Right click and select “Open Link in New Window".

Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

No comments: