08.12.14 — TV Doctor

George Clooney as Doctor Doug Ross 

on the television series program “ER”

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub / Edited by Will Shortz

I’M NOT A DOCTOR / BUT / I PLAY ONE ON TV (26A. With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues), DEMPSEY (13A. *”Grey’s Anatomy” actor Patrick), SEYMOUR (15A. *Actress Jane who was a “Medicine Woman”), KLUGMAN (68A. *Actor Jack who was “Quincy”) and CLOONEY (69A. *”ER” actor George) constitutes the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

Other — ARIETTA (16A. Short opera piece), INTRUDERS (20D. Crashers, e.g.), NUTELLA (66A. Chocolaty spread since 1964), REGATTA (64A. Offshore race), SNOOPY (36A. Brown beagle?), SONATAS (44D. 32 Beethoven pieces), STASIS (70A. Equilibrium).

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08.11.14 — H-aeiou-LL

Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) ~ Photo by Jack Scheper 

copyright 2009 Floridata.com

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Puzzle by David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon

Edited by Will Shortz

A vowel progression featuring HALL, HELL, HILL, HOLL and HULL is the main feature of this pleasant Monday crossword:

HALLELUJAH (18A. “Thank God Almighty!”)
HELLENISTIC (23A. Of an ancient Greek period)
HILLBILLY (35A. Jed Clampett, e.g.)
HOLLANDAISE (49A. Sauce made with butter, egg yolks and lemon juice)
HULLABALOO (55A. Uproar)

Other — ALL and ELL; BEHEADS (13D. Guillotines); Comedy Central’s “The COLBERT Report”; HERNIA (21D. Result of overstrain, maybe);  MADE IT and ATE IT (12D. Cry after reaching the summit; 59A. Swallowed a loss); LA JOLLA (11D. Home of U.C. San Diego); LEA and LEI, LEWD (44A. Apt rhyme of “crude”); MAIDENS (41D. Cinderella and Rapunzel); PESTLE (4D. Mortar’s partner); SIRI (63A. iPhone assistant who says that “42” is the meaning of life); SPLATS (33A. Food fight sounds).

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08.10.14 — Yestermorrow — the Acrostic

Cat photo by Mudassir 

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

This fine Sunday acrostic draws a quotation from Yestermorrow: Obvious Answers to Impossible Futures by Ray Bradbury.

YESTERMORROW is a collection of essays by Ray Bradbury.  Some of them are reflections upon places in Bradbury’s past while others are musings on dreamed-up future possibilities.  In these writings, Bradbury touches upon everything from art, literature, history, science fiction, architecture and music.  amazon.com

The quotation:  CATS COME AT DAWN TO SIT ON YOUR BED.  THEY MAY NOT NIP YOUR NOSE OR INHALE YOUR BREATH OR MAKE A SOUND.  THEY SIMPLY SIT… UNTIL YOU OPEN ONE EYELID AND SPY THEM… ABOUT TO DROP DEAD FOR NEED OF FEEDING.  SO IT IS WITH IDEAS.

The author’s name and the title of the work:  RAY BRADBURY, "YESTERMORROW"

The defined words:

A. The Pantheon in Rome has one, ROTUNDA
B. Stone worn by ancient Greeks to ward off drunkenness, AMETHYST
C. Player of a stringed instrument named Petunia (2 wds., hyph.), YO-YO MA
D. Prized catch off the Bahamas, BONEFISH
E. Delivery by a bounty hunter, e.g., RENDITION
F. Pain-relieving preparation, ANODYNE
G. Shaken or forsaken, DITCHED
H. Cox’s contest (2 wds.), BOAT RACE
I. Conveyed with no words, tacit, UNSPOKEN
J. Trace of interest in forensics, RESIDUE
K. Practice touted for stress relief, YOGA
L. Marked by change; full of vitality, YEASTY
M. Like Simon Bolivar, to Bolivia, EPONYMOUS
N. Gear for a high-rise window washer (2 wds.), SAFETY BELT
O. Alarm-inducing plunge, TAILSPIN
P. Pleasing effect on the ear, EUPHONY
Q. Wine with a piney flavor, RETSINA
R. Miners’ jackpot (2 wds.), MOTHER LODE
S. Beat in a home run derby, OUTHIT
T. Specimen in California’s Mariposa Grove, REDWOOD
U. Frequent cause for lifeguard rescues, RIPTIDE
V. Execrable, loathsome, ODIOUS
W. Hirsute penny-dreadful villain, WOLFMAN

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08.10.14 — White House Dog

Sunny Obama (born June 11, 2012) is a pet dog of the Obama family.  Sunny is a female Portuguese Water Dog who has been called the younger sister of Bo, who holds the title of First Dog of the United States.

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Number-One Friends, Puzzle  by Elizabeth C. Gorski

Edited by Will Shortz

WHITE HOUSE DOG (62A. What the answer to each of the six starred clues starts with), along with the six starred clues and their answers (and a black-square image of a dog in the center of the grid), constitutes the man feature of this delightful Sunday crossword:

HER EXCELLENCY (24A. *What t call a female ambassador [the Johnsons])
BUDDY SYSTEM (116A. *Pairing up for safety [the Clintons])
SPOT REMOVER (3D. *Cleaning supply [the Bushes 43])
REX HARRISON (15D. *”My Fair Lady” co-star [the Reagans])
MILLIE SMALL (67D. *Singer with the 1964 #2 hit “My Boy Lollipop” [the Bushes 41])
SUNNY SIDE UP (70D. *Egg order [the Obamas])

Also, ARF (8A. Lab report?), BOW / WOW (73A. With 75-Across, bark) and Pooper SCOOPER.

Official White House portrait of the Bo, First Dog (May 2009)

Other — CYCLOPS (13D. One with an eye for a storyteller?), EDELWEISS (52D. Last song Rodgers and Hammerstein did together, 1959), EGO TRIP (63D. A big head may be on one), EMBOSS (1D. Give some relief), ERGOMETER (86D. Rowing machine, for one), ESCAPE ROUTE (119A. Freedom trail?), ESTABLISH (51D. Found), LEG WARMER (80D. Dancer’s wear), OBVIATES (56A. Makes unnecessary), ORTS (28A. Table scraps), TEST RIDES (50A. Motorcycle demos, e.g.), TOMATO PASTE (105A. Lasagna ingredient), ZEROES (17D. Two out of 100?).

Bo (left) and Sunny (right) in 2013

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08.09.14 — The Saturday Crossword

Sea Serpent from a map, c. 1620

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Puzzle by Josh Knapp / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Colonel’s charge, once, KFC; 4. Conventioneers: Abbr., DELLS; 8. Washington, once, so they say, SWAMP; 13. Creature that moves by jet propulsion, NAUTILUS; 15. Loses one’s shadow, say, SHAVES; 16. Like John Belushi, ethnically, ALBANIAN; 17. Spelunking supply, PITONS; 18. High level, PLATEAU; 19. Couscous ingredient, PINE NUT; 20. Ones working over the holidays?, SANTAS; 21. Try to stop, DETER; 22. Part of Austin Powers’s attire, ASCOT; 23. Big beat?, GINSBERG; 26. “Mad Men” award, CLIO; 27. One getting stuck in a horror movie, VOODOO DOLL; 29. Powder holder, KEG; 30. French locale of prehistoric cave paintings, LASCAUX; 31. Bellweather sound, BAA; 32. Image on many an old map, SEA SERPENT; 34. ConocoPhillips competitor, HESS; 35. Like top-shelf liquor, PRICIEST; 36. Place to walk to, FIRST; 37. Tired, STALE; 38. “The Divine Comedy” has 100 of them, CANTOS; 39. Ski lodge fixtures, HOT TUBS; 42. Digression, TANGENT; 43. Going in circles, AWHIRL; 44. Lear’s youngest, CORDELIA; 45. British footballer Wayne ROONEY; 46. Inconvenience, IMPOSE ON; 47. Some modern fads, MEMES; 48. Reckon, DEEM; 49. Curtains, END.

Lescaux painting, aurochs, horses, and deer.

Down — 1. Contents of some lockers, KNAP SACKS; 2. Drop off, FALL ASLEEP; 3. Bolivar, Cohiba or Juan Lopez, CUBAN CIGAR; 4. Patronize, in a way, DINE AT; 5. Mount St. ELIAS (Alaska/Canada border peak); 6. Common dance theme, LUAU; 7. Fig. on some shredded documents, SSN; 8. Case for a bootblack, SHINE BOX; 9. Weak, with “down”, WATERED; 10. Drug dealer on “The Wire”, AVON; 11. Many a flier under a door, MENU; 12. Alternative to an elbow, PSST; 14. Tomahawk for Andrew Jackson, surprisingly, TATTOO; 15. Quickly produces in great quantity, SPITS OUT; 19. One might have a cameo at the end, PENDANT; 31. Bishop’s place, DIOCESE; 23. Biblical quartet, GOSPELS; 24. Arlington House is his memorial, ROBERT E LEE; 25. Monocle, in British slang, GLASS ONION; 27. How Mount Etna erupts, VARIABLY; 28. The Battle of Thermopylae, for the Spartans, LAST STAND; 30. Some gatherings, in halls, LECTURES; 33. Raphael’s “SISTINE Madonna”; 34. Swinging joints, HINGES; 36. Group of lovers, collectively, FANDOM; 38. “CARPE manana” (procrastinator’s jokey motto); 39. “What’s the HARM?”; 40. Shakespearean lament, O WOE; 41. Fashion designer Browne, THOM; 42. A-F or G-K, maybe, TOME; 44. Conqueror of Valencia, with “the”, CID.

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08.08.14 — On the Waterfront

Fish statues adorning the waterfront in Kota Knabalu, 

Eunice Khong   

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Puzzle by Bruce Haight / Edited by Will Shortz

SOMETHING’S FISHY (17. “Hmmmmm …” [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid]) and ON THE WATERFRONT (58. Best Picture of 1954 [see 17-Across], along with the three groups of black squares meant to resemble small fish, constitutes the main feature of this Friday crossword.

Other across — 1. “GANGNAM Style,” first video with a billion YouTube views; 8. Goes for enthusiastically, LEAPS AT; 15. Home to “alabaster cities”, AMERICA; 16. Like Saudi Arabia, OIL RICH; 19. It may contain mercury, ORE; 20. One of its flavors is Mud Pie, EDYS; 21. Starwort, e.g., ASTER; 22. Sounds from some mall temps, HOS; 23. Those south of the border?, ESOS; 25. MISO soup; 26. Medical suffix, OSIS; 28. Bess, ONE-UPS; 30. “NO I am your father” (classic “Star Wars” line); 31. Things that ties never have, LOSERS; 33. Last part, TAIL END; 35. Mythical predator, ROC; 36. Vietnam’s NGO Dinh Diem; 3. Excellent, in slang, ALL THAT; 41. Quintet comprising “Ode to the West Wind”, SONNETS; 45. See 51-Across, LEE; 46. “It was you,” operatically, ERI TU; 48. Dictator’s beginning, IN RE; 49. AT AN angle; 51. With 45-Across, Thor’s co-creator, STAN; 52. Many a base player, CAD; 53. Like 19-Across, MINED; 55. No sophisticate, RUBE; 57. Ovid’s others, ALIA; 61. Hardly the assertive type, DOORMAT; 62. Gander, LOOK-SEE; 63. As part of a series, EN SUITE; 64. A wild card is unlikely to beat one, TOP SEED.

Down — 1. Hybrid on the road?, GASOHOL; 2. Lovingly, on a music score, AMOROSO; 3. Greek goddess of vengeance, NEMESIS; 4. 170 is its max score, GRE; 5. Minute beef, NIT; 6. Really long?, ACHE; 7. First, MAIDEN; 8. Closes a session, LOGS OUT; 9. Rostock bar stock, EIS; 10. “Bravo” preceder, ALFA; 11. Optical separator, PRISM; 12. Like some famous frescoes, SISTINE; 13. Secretary of state before Dulles, ACHESON; 14. Neighbor of the Adam’s apple, THYROID; 18. Where Sotheby’s is BID, NYSE; 24. “NCIS” actor Joe SPANO; 27. Spanish muralist, SERT; 28. They’re clutched during some speeches, OSCARS; 29. Sharp or flat, SIGN; 32. Mies van der ROHE; 34. LONI Anderson of “Nurses”; 37. Dessert preference, ALA MODE; 38. Told, as a secret, LET IN ON; 39. Rough housing, LEANTOS; 40. Test the strength of, in a way, TITRATE; 41. Where snowbirds flock, SUN BELT; 42. Corral, ENCLOSE; 43. Cadet, e.g., TRAINEE; 44. Under, SEDATED; 47. Like a guitar string, TAUT; 50. Indian chief, once, NEHRU; 54. Prefix with john, DEMI; 56. Suffix with switch, EROO; 59. Southeast Asian tmeple, WAT; 60. Metrosexual sort, FOP.

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08.07.14 — Is It Just ME ...

Dorothy Lamour 

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Puzzle by Joe DiPietro / Edited by Will Shortz

IS IT JUST ME OR ARE THERE OTHER ANAGRAMS OF EM (A wordplay-related quip) is the main feature of this Thursday crossword.

Other — Golfer ANNIKA Sorenstarn; DUST MITE (4D. Tiny creature that can trigger allergies); HE’S GOT IT (38D. Approving remark after “By Jove …”); KATE SPADE 56A. Bag lady?); KISSER (44A. Trap); Dorothy LAMOUR of old “Road” films; MAN UP (6D. “Stop being such a wuss!”); NO COMMENT (18A. Stonewaller’s response); RUNS A TAB (36D. Doesn’t pay immediately), SAFIRE (45D. Wordsmith who wrote “Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague”), SAN REMO (41A. Italian Rivera resort); TACKIER (31A. Cheaper-looking); TROIKAS (30D. Three-horse carriages), USER NAME (11D. What an anonymous person may lack).

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08.06.14 — Q B

Queen Bee and nurses… before an old queen dies, or departs to start another hive, she lays an egg in a large queen cell.  The nurse bees feed the larva a diet of only royal jelly… In 16 days a new queen emerges.  She seeks out and destroys any rival queens. ~  Bee Basics 

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley / Edited by Will Shortz

Four answers where the letter “B” is substituted with the letter “Q” constitutes the main feature of this Wednesday crossword:

CORN ON THE COQ (19A. French chicken dish garnished with kernels?)
THE FAQ FOUR (26A. Quartet on an online help page?)
JERRY QUILT (47A. What Ben stitched for his business partner?)
QUEEN-SIZED QED (53A. Royal ending to a mathematical proof?)

Other — BASQUE (36D. Like the sport of jai alai), EMINEM (48D. Rapper with the autobiography “The Way I Am”), FLEETER (9D. Swifter), ISADORA (38A. Dancer Duncan), JUJU (1A. Tribal symbol of luck), NONU (60A. Lower-class, in Leeds), TINKLE (32D. Cat collar sound), UNICEF (4D. Trick-or-treater’s cause).

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08.05.14 — Play Ball

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Puzzle by Lynn Lempel / Edited by Will Shortz

Five entries, with an apostrophe to be a proper name and clued via baseball, or without an apostrophe as a common phrase, constitutes the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword:

PETERS OUT (17A. “That makes three strikes for O’Toole!”)
PATS DOWN (26A. “Uh-oh, Sajak has fallen in the field!”)
JACKS UP (40A. “Now we have Nicklaus at bat”)
MARKS OFF (50A. “There goes Zuckerberg, trying for a steal!”)
CARRIES ON (64A. “Fisher made it to first base!”)

Other — BOTTLE FED (3D. Like some motherless calves and goals), BUGABOOS (25D. Persistent problems), JAKARTA (44D. Indonesia’s capital), OPULENT (45D. Splendidly luxurious), SORE LOSER (36D. One moaning and groaning after a defeat), STATUTES (22D. Things passed on the way to the White House?).

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08.04.14 — Have a Seat

Monday, August 4, 2014

Puzzle by Joel Fagliano / Edited by Will Shortz

AIRPLANE SEATS (48A. What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are), CRACKS A WINDOW (20A. Lets some air in, say), MET IN THE MIDDLE (26A. Compromised, as a two parties) and GO DOWN THE AISLE (42A. Get hitched) constitute the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.

Other — CALCUTTA (3D. India’s capital before New Delhi), ENORMITY (4D. Sheer awfulness), EVIL TWIN (34D. Facetious fall guy for one’s wrongdoings, maybe), MISUSAGE (35D. Malapropism), OWN A GUN (39D. Exercise one’s right under the Second Amendment), SNEERS (25A. Becomes an Elvis impersonator?).

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08.03.14 — Chee Whiz!

Sunday, August 3, 2014

“Chee Whiz!”, puzzle by Ian Livengood / Edited by Will Shortz

The sound of “chee” is explored in this dull crossword rife with bandage clues throughout:

WOUNDED NIETZSCHE (24A. German philosopher with an injury?)
FILTHY RITCHIE (30A. Guy who’s covered in mud?)
BLACK TAI CHI (51A. African-American martial art?)
THE LONE STARCHY STATE (64A. Only form that carbohydrates take?)
I GUESS SOCHI (80A. Unsure answer to “Where were the 2014 Winter Olympics held?”?)
TABLE FOR TUCCI (97A, Actor Stanley’s dinner reservation?)
ARCHIE RATED MOVIE (107A. Film reviewed by Jughead’s friend?)

Other — BATTLE AXE (114A. Arm that’s swung), CHAI (37A. Spiced tea), CORK (33D. Stop on a wine tour?), ERASED and ERADICATED (59D. Did away with; 2D. Do away with), HOOCH (67D. Moonshine), JOEYS and ROOS (72A. Baby 38-Across; 38A. 72-Across, e.g., informally), LAST WISH (46A. Request upon leaving?), LYRIC POEM (76D. Classical work accompanied by a musical instrument), OBERON (43D. Shakespeare character with a magic aphrodisiac), POSES and SITS (29A. Models, in a way; 39A. Models).

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08.02.14 — The Saturday Crossword

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Puzzle by Kristian House / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Not too wimpy, MAN ENOUGH; 10. Sensational effects, BANGS; 15. Begging, perhaps, ON ONE KNEE; 16. David had him killed, in the Bible, URIAH; 17. Dish with crab meat and Béarnaise, VEAL OSCAR; 18. Associate with, TIE TO; 19. ETHAN Allen in history; 20. Many an event security guard, RENT-A-COP; 22. Say you’ll make it, say, RSVP; 25. They wrap things up, ENDERS; 26. Dangerous blanket, SMOG; 29. Craftsperson, ARTISAN; 32. Like a Big Brother society, ORWELLIAN; 34. Food order from a grill, KEBAB; 38. K’ung Fu-TSE (Confucius); 39. Charge at a state park, USER FEE; 41. Zenith competitor, RCA; 42. Hit the dirt hard?, SCRUB; 44. Subject of the 2010 biography “Storyteller”, ROALD DAHL; 46. “Honest”, TRUST ME; 48. Regarded, EYED; 49. Knowledge: Fr., SAVOIR; 52. The very recent past: Abbr., YEST; 54. Sound reproducible with coconut shells, CLIP CLOP; 57. Left, on un mapa, OESTE; 61. Mall features, ATRIA; 62. Portmanteau bird?, TURDUCKEN; 65. Shakespeare character who asks “To whose hands have you sent the lunatic king?”, REGAN; 66. Left part of a map?, BLUE STATE; 67. Weather map feature, FRONT; 68. Smiley, e.g., SPYMASTER.

Down — 1. Shake a leg, MOVE; 2. Operating without A NET; 3. Webster’s first?, NOAH; 4. Swell, ENLARGE; 5. Electric shades, NEONS; 6. They’re not forbidding, OKS; 7. Perennial N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse, UNC; 8. Stick selection, GEAR; 9. “this is yours”, HERE; 10. Completely bare, BUTT NAKED; 11. She came to Theseus’ aid, ARIADNE; 12. NIECE-in-law; 13. Bayou snapper, briefly, GATOR; 14. Mall features, SHOPS; 21. Punch-Out!! platform, for short, NES; 23. Dance in triple time: Sp., VALS; 24. Snoopy sorts, PRIERS; 26. They’re often fried, SOTS; 27. Joanie’s mom, to Fonzie, MRS C; 28. One in arrears, OWER; 30. Alternative to tea leaves, TAROT; 31. Opprobrium, INFAMY; 33. It helps get the wheels turning, LUBRICANT; 35. Act like a jackass, BRAY; 36. Really long, ACHE; 37. Completely bare, BALD; 40. Part of a C.S.A. signature, E LEE; 43. Perfect, UTOPIAN; 45. Uncovers, DETECTS; 47. It changes when you go to a new site, URL; 49. Bolt (down), SCARF; 50. Let out, say, ALTER; 51. Labor Day arrival, e.g., VIRGO; 53. “Semper Fidelis” composer, SOUSA; 55. Some parlors, for short, OTBS; 56. Trashy, in a way, PULP; 58. It uses sevens through aces, SKAT; 59. First of many body parts in “Alouette”, TETE; 60. Cabinet dept. since 1977, ENER; 63. Chess’s RUY Lopez opening; 64. Frequent winner n a 66-Across: Abbr., DEM.

Lark, nice lark

Lark, I will pluck you

I will pluck your head

I shall pluck your head

And your head

Lark, nice lark

Lark, I will pluck you

~ "Alouette"

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08.01.14 — The Friday Crossword

Cube of Light, Ai Weiwei

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Puzzle by Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern

Edited by Will Shortz

As uninteresting and quickly dated as some crosswords can be, this Friday puzzle qualifies hands down.

Across — 1. Very harsh, ACIDIC; 7. Cash flow statement?, CHA-CHING; 15. Ultra 93 vendor, SUNOCO; 16. Winner of the inaugural Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent (2012), AL WEIWEI; 17. Two-dimensional, PLANAR; 18. The Hub, BEANTOWN; 19. Meander, WEND; 20. “I say” sayer, BRIT; 21. Ferrari rival, informally, JAG; 22. Wildly cheering, AROAR; 24. Real joker, RIOT; 25. First talking pet in American comics, TIGE; 26. Steel-eyed one?, CARNEGIE;28. Horse whisperer, e.g., TAMER; 29. Moves uncertainly, TODDLES; 30. Boorish member of King Arthur’s Round Table, SIR KAY; 32. Like dungeons, typically, DANK; 33. Footprint, maybe, CLUE; 34. Tough to figure out, KNOTTY; 36. Paraphrase, RESTATE; 40. Coin with a hole in it, KRONE; 41. First substitute on a basketball bench, SIXTH MAN; 42. Van Gogh's "L'Eglise d'Avers-sur-OISE;43. Chop-chop, ASAP; 45. Willy Wonka Candy Company candy, NERDS; 46. Flnt-to-Kalamazoo dir., WSW; 47. “The X-Files” program, for short, SETI; 48. Soft spot, SOFA; 49. Modern storage space, THE CLOUD; 51. Flush, LOADED; 54. How Columbo often worked, ON A HUNCH; 55. Queued up, IN LINE; 56. Be at the end of one’s rope?, WATERSKI; 57. Principal part, MELODY.

Down — 1. Ancient symbol of royalty, ASP; 2. French bottom, CUL; 3. Very succinctly, IN A WORD; 4. “No problem, I’m on it!”, DONE AND DONE; 5. “Been there”, I CAN RELATE; 6. One of a vocal pair, CORD; 7. Hack, CABBIE; 8. Sacred: Prefix, HIERO; 9. Anticipate, AWAIT; 10. 50 CENT; 11. Google unit, HIT; 12. It means “sulfur island” in Japanese, IWO JIMA; 13. Into crystals and energy field, say, NEW-AGEY; 14. Redhead, GINGER; 22. Be part of the picture, ACT; 23. Indian novelist, Raja, RAO; 24. Kind of business, RISKY; 25. Be a patsy, TAKE THE FALL; 27. Hat-tipping sort, GENT; 28. Catchphrase for the paranoid, TRUST NO ONE; 30. Faux money, SCRIP; 31. Holly, ILEX; 34. Deity with more than 16,000 wives, KRISHNA; 35. “Easy-peasy”, NO SWEAT; 37. Rush home?, AM RADIO; 38. Soupcon, tad; 39. Nation’s exterior?, ENS; 40. Submit, KOWTOW; 41. Greeted someone, SAID HI; 43. Time immemorial, AEONS; 44. Fat, STUCK; 47. “Dirtbag,” e.g., SLUR; 48. Remote, SLIM; 50. Revolutionary name, CHE; 52. Kill, END; 53. “The Partridge Family” actress, DEY.

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