02.17.14 — Say, Say, Say ...

Washington’s Birthday is observed on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States. This date is commonly called Presidents’ Day and many groups honor the legacy of past presidents on this date.

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Monday, February 17, 2014 —
George Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day) 

Puzzle by David Gray / Edited by Will Shortz

SAY SAY SAY (38A. Paul McCartney / Michael Jackson hit … or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 57- and 65-Across), UNCLE BUCK (17A. 1989 John Hughes movie starring John Candy), NO MORE TEARS (24A. “There, there … stop crying”), CHEESE CURLS (57A. Snack that leaves the fingers orange) and WHAT A JOKE (65A. “This is just ridiculous!”) constitute the interrelated group of this fine Monday crossword.

Other — ALL STARS (43D. 39D. Best of the best, sports wise), ANKARA (8D. Turkey’s capital), DAYTONA (47D. Nascar race locale), ET CETERA (9D. And so on), E-TICKET (48D. Printout taken to the airport, maybe), INCISOR (3D. Front tooth), LINKAGE (2D. Connection), NEPHEWS (49D. Huey, Dewey and Louie, to Donald), SWEAR TO (44D. Solemnly affirm).

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02.16.14 — Passing Grades

Cinderella's Fairy Godmother by Edmund Dulac, 1912

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

“Passing Grades” — Puzzle by Yaakov Bendavid

Edited by Will Shortz

Substituting the letter D for the letter F in common phrases to form an uncommon one constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:

DAIRY GODMOTHER (23A. One who turned Cinderella’s pumpkin into pumpkin cheesecake?)
TWO DIVES FOR A TEN 49A. Snorkeling bargain?)
NO DRILLS AIRLINE (77A. Transportation company that skimps on safety?)
SCIENCE DICTION (105A. Stephen Hawking’s computer generated voice?)
DISH AND CHIPS (15D. Two things seen beside James Bond at a casino?)
DARE INCREASE (58D. “Oh yeah? Let’s see you hold your breath for TWO minutes!,” e.g.?)

Other — AGITATING (34D. Starting trouble), BED OF ROSES (7D. Comfortable state), BLONDE ALE (100A. Duvel pub offering), JOB SEARCH (52D. Use for a résumé), LEFT SIDES (19A.Ports), LOVE NEST (35D. Tryst site), MOLESKIN and MOHAIR, MUSCLE CELL (68D. Myocyte), ORANGE OIL (43D. Insect repellent ingredient), OXIDANTS (57A. Rust-causing agents), SPIRALED (89A. Corkscrewed), VARIANTS (32A. Iglu and yoghurt, e.g.).

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02.15.14 — The Saturday Crossword

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Puzzle by Julian Lim / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Position papers?, KAMA SUTRA; 10. Joneses, LONGS; 15. Vanity case?, EGOMANIAC; 16. When Epifania is celebrated, ENERO; 17. Picayune, PENNY ANTE; 18. Not barred, LEGAL; 19. Low prime, in Paris, TROIS; 20. Newfoundland, in Naples and Nogales, TERRA NOVA; 22. Grp. That suspended Honduras from 2009 to ’11, OAS; 24. Messages using Stickies, say, E-NOTES; 25. Certain guy “ISO” someone, SWM; 28. Emmy-nominated show every year from 2006 to ’09, HOUSE MD; 32 Suffix with 18-Across, IST; 33. Just-once link, THIS; 35. Beta testers, e.g., USERS; 36. Steely Dan’s title liar, KATY; 37. One blowing up a lottery machine?, BALL; 38. Prozac alternative, PAXIL; 39.Winnebago relative, OTOE; 40. Odds and ends, LIO; 41. Clan female NIECE; 42. Mexican president Enrique PENA Nieto; 43. Clear, NET; 44. Crane settings, MARSHES; 46. Van follower, often, DER; 47. Japanese guitar band, IBANEZ; 49. Toy type, for short, POM; 51. Flippers, e.g., FORELIMBS; 55. Members of a joint task force?, NARCS; 59. “It’s AN ILL wind …”; 60. Dole, RATION OUT; 62 Green with five Grammys, CEELO; 63. Writer of the graphic novel “Watchmen”, ALAN MOORE; 64. Home to the Villa Hügel, ESSEN; 65. Outdoor contemplation location, ZEN GARDEN.

Down — 1. Didn’t spoil, KEPT; 2. Sun or stress, AGER; 3. MSG ingredient?, MONO; 4. Certain DNA test, AMNIO; 5. Follows a physical request?, SAYS AH; 6. UNA vez más (over again: Sp.), 7. Photoshop addition, TINT; 8. Mention on Yelp, say, RATE; 9. Aspire PC maker, ACER; 10. Tycoon Stanford, LELAND; 11. Bridge opening option, briefly, ONE NO; 12. Managed to get through, NEGOTIATED; 13. Where to read a plot summary?, GRAVE STONE; 14. Totally out, SO LAST YEAR; 21. Overnight activity, REM SLEEP; 23. Iconic “Seinfeld” role, SOUP NAZI; 25. Eighth-century Apostle of Germany, ST BONIFACE; 26. Old collar stiffeners, WHALE BONES; 27. Engagement parties, MILITARIES; 29. Company that added four letters to its name in 1997, U S AIR; 30. Sides in a classic battle, SEXES; 31. Longtime Cincinnati Pops conductor Kunzel, ERICH; 34. Payment caution, SLO; 36. One of a silent force?, KOP; 44. Longtime name in banking, MELLON; 45. Its seat is Santa Rosa, SONOMA; 48. Lawyer on “Ally McBeal:, NELLE; 50. No modest abode, MANOR; 52. 2009 Grammy winner for “Make It Mine”, MR AZ; 53. Farm block, BALE; 54. “Mr. Mom” director Dragoti, STAN; 56. Cross, ROOD; 57. Purpose of many a shot, CURE; 58. Old carbine, STEN; 61. End to end, ING.

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02.14.14 — Love Conquers All

Friday, February 14, 2014 — Valentine's Day 

Puzzle by Bruce Haight / Edited by Will Shortz

LOVE CONQUERS ALL crossing POPS THE QUESTION is the main feature of this Valentine's Day Friday crossword:

Across — 1. Bivouac, maybe, ARMY CAMP; 9. Presses, URGES; 14. Classic parental advice to bored children, READ A BOOK; 16. Needle, TAUNT; 17. Line of suits?, PIN STRIPE; 18. 1970s NBC courtroom drama, THE D A; 19. Tacoma-to-Spokane dir., ENE 20. Lupin of fiction, ARSENE; 22. Scheming, SLY; 23. LADY’S finger; 26. Bond phrase, AT PAR; 27. 20-Across, e.g., informally, TEC; 28. Gramps, to Günter, OPA; 30. Wise, HIP; 31. Standard offspring, ESSO; 32. Wordsworth or Coleridge, LAKE POET; 35. String bean’s opposite, FATSO; 36. Phrase from Virgil appropriate for Valentine’s day, LOVE CONQUERS ALL; 38. Favorites, IDOLS; 39. Handy work in a theater?, PUPPETRY; 40. Gifts of flowers, LEIS; 41. Carly RAE Jepsen, singer with the 2012 album “Kiss”; 42. Yamaguchi’s 1992 Olympics rival, ITO; 43. Agent of psychedelic therapy, LSD; 44. Unhinged, NUTSO; 48. Pig leader?, SNOUT; 50. Spanish name suffix, ITA; 51. Dr. Seuss title character, YERTLE; 53. Liquor letters, VSO; 54. PONTE Vedra Beach, Fla.; 58. Entrepreneur who’s well-supplied?, OIL TYCOON; 59. Full length, UNCUT; 60. Going nowhere, LOITERING; 61. Cold forecast, TEENS; 62. “Clever thinking!”, NEAT IDEA.

Down — 1. Adrian of cosmetics, ARPEL; 2. Valuable chess piece, to Juan Carlos, REINA; 3. Like horses, MANED; 4. P.G.A. stat, YDS; 5. Cool CAT; 6. Magical opener, ABRA; 7. Fate personified, in mythology, MOIRA; 8. Delivers a romantic Valentine’s Day surprise, maybe, POPS THE QUESTION; 9. Total, UTTER; 10. Root word?, RAH; 11. TV listings info, GUEST STAR; 12. Forever, ENDLESSLY; 13. Informal goodbye, STAY COOL; 15. “Don’t stop now!”, KEEP IT UP; 21. Quiet break, NAP; 24. Sticks figures?, YOKELS; 25. Building materials?, SPECS; 29. Base letters, APO; 31. Home of Lafayette College, EASTON; 32. It was used to make the first compass, LODESTONE; 33. Dodger’s talent, AVOIDANCE; 34. Policing an area, ON PATROL; 35. Broods, FRETS; 36. Fictional island with a small population, LILLIPUT; 37. Prefix with -graph, EPI; 41. Paris’s RUE La Fayette; 44. Some U.N. votes, NYETS; 45. Skateboarding trick used to leap over obstacles, OLLIE; 47. Like Humpty Dumpty, OVOID; 48. Me.-to-Fla. Route, U S ONE; 49. The Friendly Islands, TONGA; 52. First name in blues, ETTA; 55. Wine container, TUN; 57. “All the same ..”, YET; 58. CRI de guerre.

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02.13.14 — MAD

Sid Caesar in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, 1963

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Puzzle by Daniel Landman / Edited by Will Shortz

MAD in eight squares constitutes the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword:

AR[MAD]ILLO (1D. Carrier of plates?) with [MAD]ELINE (16A. Title girl in a children’s book)

IT’S A [MAD] [MAD] [MAD] [MAD] WORLD (15D. 1963 movie with the tagline “Everybody who’s ever been funny is in it!”) with AR[MAD]A (27A. Fleet), NO[MAD] (30A. One on the move), LADY [MAD]ONNA (32A. 1968 Beatles hit) and [MAD]RE (37A. Member of the familia)

[MAD]E WAVES (25D. Caused a stir) with [MAD]DEN (25A. Sportscaster who lent his name to a popular video game series)

A[MAD]EUS (45D. Musical middle name) with [MAD]AM (48A. Woman)

AH[MAD] (56D. Arabic name meaning “highly praised”) with SA[M AD]AMS (60A. Corona alternative

Other — AIRNESS (12D. Nickname for Michael Jordan, with “His”, AKIMBO (1A. One way to stand), ALPACAS (7A. Sources of wool), ARIADNE (35D. Titian subject with Bacchus), Italian actress CLAUDIA Cardinale, DRESDEN (19A. City known as “Florence on the Elbe”), ED O’NEILL (53A. “Modern Family” actor), I CAN’T LIE (15A. Statement preceding a blunt truth), SESTETS (59A. Sonnet enders), TAXI FARE (17A. Meter reading), UNTURNED (57A. In situ, as stones).

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02.12.14 — Seppuku

General Akashi Gidayu preparing to carry out Seppuku after losing a battle for his master in 1582. He had just written his death poem, which is also visible in the upper right corner. 
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi around 1890.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Puzzle by Peter A. Collins / Edited by Will Shortz

The arrangement of three sets of black squares in the form of the letter T might or might not be of use to anyone doing this grim Wednesday crossword; however, the three main answers feature phrases of three words each beginning with the letter T:

TURNING THE TRICK (16A. Triumphing)
TRIMMING THE TREE (33A. Traditional pre-Christmas activity)
TELLING THE TRUTH (53A. Testifying accurately)

Other — HARAKIRI (2D. End of Kurosawa’s “Rashomon”?); HIGH NOON (6D. 1952 Gary Cooper classic); LAID OVER (11D. Had a break between flights); LETHAL AGENT (24D. Poison gas, e.g.); MALACHI (49A. Last book of the Old Testament); NEPALI (7A. Katmandu tongue); NIHILIST (7D. Believer that life is meaningless); SHUTTLER (1D. One operating a loom); STRIKE ZONES (23D. They vary according to batters’ heights); TOE TAG (17D. Morgue ID).

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02.11.14 — Laundry

“Glasgow Washes” by Alf Daniel, 1955 

"The photograph shows Daniel's wife Irene in the kitchen of their flat in Partick. She is washing clothing in a tub using a washboard. Behind her, laundry is hanging from a pulley: every tenement flat had a pulley suspended from the kitchen ceiling."

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Puzzle by Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen

Edited by Will Shortz

LAUNDRY LIST (55A. Extensive enumeration … or what’s formed by the  ends of 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across), CALL IT A WASH (17A. Say that neither side benefited), LEAVE HIGH AND DRY (23A. Strand), GO TO PRESS (34A. Start being printed) and RETURN TO THE FOLD (48A. Join a community again) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

Other — BAD EGGS (44D. No-goodniks), DARK AGE (3D. Hardly a period of enlightenment), DATEABLE (9D. Suited to be a suitor), HERESY 63A. Reason for an inquisition), HOARDER (10D. More than a pack rat), IMPALES (1D. Stabs), JAIL and JOINT (31A. Monopoly square between Connecticut Avenue and St. Charles Place; 31D. 31-Across, slangily), OSSIFY (33D. Become inflexible), THE NORTH (35D. Civil War winning side).

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02.10.14 — REC Center

Gymnasium of an unidentified school in Scotland 

run by the Edinburgh Merchant Company around 1900.

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Puzzle by Carolyn W. Stewart / Edited by Will Shortz

REC CENTER (62A. Gym locale … or feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across), along with SCORECARD (17A. Item accompanying a pencil in miniature golf), SPARE CASH (24A. Money available for nonessentials), CREATURE COMFORT (38A. Food, warmth or a cozy bed) and SCARECROW (50A. Stuffed figure in a cornfield), constitute the interrelated group of this perfectly pleasant Monday crossword.

Other — ADORABLE (39D. So darned cute), ALASKA and ALEUT (58A. The Last Frontier state; 57A. Native of 58-Across), ASTER and AZALEA (54D. Fall bloomer; 9D. Red or pink bloom), AUTOS and KOREAN (25D. Hyundai and Kia; 4D. Like Hyundais or Kias), KAHUNA (30A. Hawaiian medicine man), LEND A / HAND (33D. With 42-Across, help out)), SCREW (36D. Item in the hardware department with a “+“ or “-“ on its head), SOUS-CHEF (10D. Second-in-command in a kitchen), YABBA (59A. Beginning of a Flintstones cry), ZOOMS (16A. Goes like a racecar).

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02.09.14 — It Was 50 Years Ago Today

The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show February 9, 1964

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Sunday, February 9, 2014

"It Was 50 Years Ago Today", Puzzle by Charles M. Deber

Edited by Will Shortz

PAUL MCCARTNEY, RINGO STARR, JOHN LENNON and GEORGE HARRISON in shaded letters (or circled letters in the electronic version) forming a GUITAR (102D. Instrument depicted by the shaded squares in this grid) constitutes the main feature of this bright Sunday crossword.

Further, the GUITAR is accompanied by BEATLEMANIA (3D. Craze caused by this puzzle’s subjects), ED SULLIVAN (6D. Host for this puzzle’s subjects on 2/9/64), THE FAB FOUR (14D. Nickname for this puzzle’s subjects), SHE LOVES YOU (17D. Song sung by this puzzle’s subjects on 6-Down’s show on 2/9/64), LIVERPOOL (8D. Where this puzzle’s subjects got their start), YESTERDAY (83D. Song sung by this puzzle’s subjects on 6-Down’s show on 9/12/65), SHEA (107D. 1965 and 1966 concert site for this puzzle’s subjects) and TEENAGERS (70A. Much of the audience for 6-Down‘s show on 2/9/64).

Other — AVA and AVE; EARPHONE (67A. Announcer’s aid); EAST and ERST; ECOSPHERE (84D. Earth’s habitable parts); HOOPLA (116A. Big to-do); IMITATORS and OAFS (80D. Apes; 79D. Apes); OMA and OSIS (115D. Medical suffix; 118D. Medical suffix); NUISANCE (63A. Detour, e.g.); ODESSA (56A. “The Battleship Potemkin” locale), VAS and VAST; YEMENI (46A. Dweller on the Red Sea). 

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02.09.14 — In Search of the One — the Acrostic

Eros. Attic red-figure bobbin, c. 470 BC–450 BC.

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February 9, 2014

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this sweet Sunday acrostic draws a quotation from Eros: The Bittersweet by Anne Carson.

Carson is an inspired guide through the tangled and fragmentary corpus of Greek lyric love poetry. She has a whirlwind mind and a gift for pithy expression, though once in a while she slips into a kind of gauzy equivocating that weakens her arguments. Still, this idiosyncratic take on ancient eros has moments of great insight and deserves the attention of classical scholars and non-specialists who are interested in the topic. ~ J. Connor, amazon 

The quotation:  HUMAN BEINGS WERE ORIGINALLY … TWO PEOPLE JOINED TOGETHER AS ONE PERFECT SPHERE … BUT ZEUS CHOPPED EACH OF THEM IN TWO.  AS A RESULT, SAYS ARISTOPHANES, “EACH OF US IS PERPETUALLY HUNTING FOR THE MATCHING HALF OF HIMSELF.”

The author’s name and the title of the work:  CARSON, EROS:  THE BITTERSWEET

The defined words:

A. Unexpected diamond delivery?, CHANGEUP
B. Consequential pick of Paris, APHRODITE
C. Concession of a winner, REMATCH
D. Links between various stories, STAIRS
E. Clumsy, klutzy, OAFISH
F. Unlikely to produce lint, NAPLESS
G. Place extra weight on, EMPHASIZE
H. Limit in times of scarcity, RATION
I. Island where H1 runs, OAHU
J. What particular individuals do?, SPECIFY
K. Many a monthly check writer, TENANT
L. Contender showing promise, HOPEFUL
M. Let out a belch, ERUCT
N. Helpful skill in the games Fictionary and Liar’s Dice, BLUFFING
O. “A word to be found only in the dictionary of fools,” per Napoleon, IMPOSSIBLE
P. Switch between options, TOGGLE
Q. Carrier of an afternoon serve (2 wds.), TEA TRAY
R. Singer with the 1969 debut album “Empty Sky” (2 wds.), ELTON JOHN
S. Crew, by another name, ROWING
T. Hot dog (hyph.), SHOW-OFF
U. Pilot’s spot; zone of expertise, WHEELHOUSE
V. Transient, EPHEMERAL
W. Made unreadable by third parties, ENCRYPTED
X. Follower of a lifesaving clue, THESEUS

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The full paragraph of the quotation:  When I desire you a part of me is gone: my want of you partakes of me.  So reasons the lover at the edge of eros.  The presence of want awakens in him nostalgia for wholeness.  His thoughts turn toward questions of personal identity: he must recover and reincorporate what is gone if he is to be a complete person.  The locus classicus for this view of desire is the speech of Aristophanes in Plato’s Symposium.  Here Aristophanes accounts for the nature of human eros by means of a fantastic anthropology.  Human beings were originally round organisms, each composed of two people joined together as one perfect sphere  These rolled about everywhere and were exceedingly happy.  But the spherical creatures few overambitious, thinking to roll right up to Olympus, so Zeus chopped each of them in two.  As a result every must now go through life in search of the one and only other person who can round him out again.  “Sliced in two like a flatfish,” says Aristophanes, “each of us is perpetually hunting for the matching half of himself”.

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02.08.14 — The Saturday Crossword

Carved Ox Bone Bishop Chess Piece, 18th Century 

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Puzzle by Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber

Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Things millions of people have received in history?: Abbr., BAS; . 4A. Snap, FLIP ONE’S LID; 15. Dieter’s beef?, ACH; 16. Foreigner hit in the musical film “Rock of Ages”, JUKE BOX HERO; 17. TRA poco (soon: It.); 18. Western way, OREGON TRAIL; 19. Guy, HOMBRE; 21. Youngest player to qualify for an L.P.G.A. Tour event, WIE; 22. Ain’t fixed?, ISN’T; 23. Ticket number?, SPEED; 24. Lock combinations?, DOS; 25. Jewish community org., YHMA; 26. Running back’s target, HOLE; 27. Five minutes in a campaign itinerary, maybe, PHOTO OP; 29. Physics class subj., ELEC; 30. Chestnut, say, OLD SAW; 31. 2013 Spike Jonze love story, HER; 34. Piece in a fianchetto opening, BISHOP; 35. Squalid, SLEAZY; 38. Yo-yo, AS; 39. Play with someone else’s toy?, DOG SIT; 43. “Check it out!,” in Chihuahua, MIRA; 44. Induces a shudder in, REVOLTS; 45. Hominy makers extract it, BRAN; 46. One attached to a handle, CBER; 48. Decks, KOS; 49. Something a baton carrier might pick up, TEMPO; 50. PARI passu (on equal footing); 51. Head, for short, LAV; 52. This point forward, HERON; 53. Sri Lankan export, ORANGE PEKOE; 56. Day of the week of the great stock market crash, Oct. 29, 1929, TUE; 57. It once had many satellites in its orbit, SOVIET UNION; 58. Prefix with -gram, ANA; 59. Prized cuts, T BONE STEAKS; 60. Nutritional inits., LDL.

Down — 1. Biblical figure famously painted nude by Rembrandt, BATHSHEBA; 2. Certain temple locale, ACROPOLIS; 3. Not likely to blush, SHAMELESS; 4. Steep-sided inlet, FJORD; 5. It may be on the line, LURE; 6. Nickname on old political buttons, IKE; 7. Watchmaker’s cleaning tool, PEGWOOD; 8. Threesome needed in Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, OBOISTS; 9. Bar NONE; 10. Call routing abbr., EXT; 11. Peewee, SHRIMP; 12. Useful item if you 39-Across, LEASH; 13. “Three Sisters” sister, IRINA; 14. Fool, DOLT; 20. Tree with burs, BEECH; 24. Shipping choice, DHL: 25. Protest vehemently, YOWL; 27. Low-priced American vodka known affectionately (and ironically) as “Russia’s finest”, POPOV; 28. Brewers’ hot spots, OASTS; 31. Music genre of Poison and Guns N’ Roses, HAIR METAL; 32. Poet arrested for treason in 1945, EZRA POUND; 33. Golden Globes nominee who was a Golden Gloves boxer, RYAN O’NEAL; 35. River through Silesia, ODER; 37. Reddish remnant, EMBER; 40. Quit working, GO KAPUT; 41. Austrian neighbor, SLOVENE; 42. “IT’S alive!”; 44. Curb, REIN IN; 46. Health store snack ingredient, CAROB; 47. “Inside the Actors Studio” channel, BRAVO; 49. Nancy Drew never left hers behind, TEENS; 50. Honeycomb maker, POST; 51. “I’m game”, LET’S; 52. Left or right, say, HOOK; 54. “No kiddin’!”, GEE; 55. “The Power to Surprise” sloganeer, KIA.

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02.07.14 — The Friday Crossword

Artist’s rendition of Arctuus

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Puzzle by Ned White / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Drill command to rifle carriers, PRESENT ARMS; 12. Bit of nonsense famously replacing “strangers in the night”), DOO BE DOO BE DOO; 14 1979 Abba single, GIMME GIMME GIMME; 16. Emblem of a pharaoh, ASP; 17. Hooey, ROT; 18 Show with an early episode titled “Crate ‘n Burial”, CSI; 19. Dragon roll ingredient, EEL; 20. Like grade skippers, smart; 22. N.Y.C. based grp. With its own police department, MTA; 24. Potential fire hazard, SHORT; 26. Philatelic collectible, PANE; 27. Littermates compete for them, TEATS; 29. Not had by, ONTO; 30. Sty chore, SLOPPING; 32. Like Lesbos and Lemnos, AEGEAN; 34. Patriotic chant, USA USA USA; 36. Synthetic fiber used in bicycle tires and bulletproof vests, KEVLAR; 39. Fourth-brightest star in the sky, ARCTURUS; 43. Big Green rivals, ELIS; 44. John P. Marquand’s “The Late George APLEY”; 48. Family name in “Look Homeward, Angel”, GANT; 47. Part of a U.S. president’s name that’s Dutch for “Neighbors”, BUREN; 49. Something one might hang in a street, UEY; 50. Davis of the screen, BETTE; 51. Nabokov heroine, ADA; 52. Throughout, in verse, OER; 54. Suffix of saccharine, OSE; 56. Prefix of saccharine, TRI; 57. Is guilty of petitio principli, BEGS THE QUESTION; 61. Got a +2 on, DOUBLE BOGEYED; 62. 500m or 5,000m competitor, say, SPEED SKATER.

Down — 1. Florida food fish, POMPANO; 2. Permanent data storer, ROM; 3. “Your Movie Sucks” author, EBERT; 4. One of Utah’s state symbols, SEGO; 5. Paste holder?, EDIT MENU; 6. Passeport detail, NOM; 7. I helps produce a kitty, TOMCAT; 8. Fivers, ABES; 9. Longtime first name in TV talk, REGIS; 10. Century-starting year, MDI; 11. Nobody’s opposite, SOMEONE; 12. Wretched, DISMAL; 13. Code broken by some singers, OMERTA; 14. Startled reactions, GASPS; 15. John with an Oscar and a Tony, ELTON; 21. Turn off a lot, REPULSE; 23. Solution for toys in the attic?, TAG SALE; 25. Common standard for model railroads, HO GAUGE; 27. Twinkling topper, TIARA; 28. Flip, SAUCY; 31. Spot that may be on the environment, briefly, PSA; 33. Fig. that’s in the neighborhood, EST; 35. Query after a wipeout, ARE YOU OK; 36. Food stuck in preparation, KEBAB; 37. Lost, ELUDED; 38. Witchy women, VIRAGOS; 40. Worse for wear?, RATTIER; 41. Not printed up?, UNTROD; 42. Container for a round, STEIN; 45. Like much baby food, PUREED; 48. “I would NOT BE surprised”; 50. Plague, BESET; 53. Actress Jennifer EHLE of “Pride and Prejudice”; 56. Sonic creator, SEGA; 58. More than nibble, SUP; 59. Snap targets, for short, QBS; 60. Mooring rope, TYE.

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