01.25.10 -- Fore!













Monday, January 25, 2010







Puzzle by Holden Baker, edited by Will Shortz





PAR FOR THE COURSE (41A. Exactly what’s expected), BOGEY (15A. [See grid]), EAGLE (69A. [See grid]) and four sets of circled letters, the upshot being what Pat Merrell writing for Wordplay, the official blog of The New York Times limns as --“The result is what looks to be a scorecard for a four-hole golf course. ONE over PAR (or BOGEY) and TWO over PAR are the scores on the front two. On the back two, it’s just the reverse — ONE under PAR and TWO under PAR (or EAGLE). Three strokes up, three down. … PAR FOR THE COURSE.” Well, I’ll take his word for it not knowing anything about golf except that everyone whispers and Tiger Woods is the poster boy. For everything else about golf, go HERE. Myself? Take me out to the BALLPARK (22A. Wrigley Field or Camden Yards)!







Other -- ABATTOIR (5D. Slaughterhouse), AEROMETER (45A. Device that measures gas properties), CODIFIED (42D. Systematized, as laws), EYELET (9D. Shoelace hole), FIESTA (60A. Cinco de Mayo party), LOOMED (48D. Appeared on the horizon), PARABOLA (55A. Geometric curve), PARENT (20A. The “P” in P.T.A.), TARSAL (46A. Ankle-related), TESTED (32A. Took for a trial run), TRASHIEST (37A. In the poorest of taste, as a novel).







Five-letter -- ALETA, ATALE, ATONE, CLEAR, DEERE, DROID (72. Creation that‘s almost human), ESSES, GORED (4D. Like an unfortunate torero), LENAS, MERCI, NACHO, OMANI, OSHEA, PARER, SEPTS, STPAT, TRALA, TERIS, TORTS.







Short stuff -- ADDS, AGOB, AIDA, ALEC, ANKA, ARGO, ASST, CLI, COLO, DATA, DUSK, EFOR, HIED, HOOP, HOSE, HTTP, HUNG (1A. Placed on a wall, as a picture), IOWA, LEE, LOC, MERCI, NEER, OLEO, ONER and ONES, PARD, POUR, RAFT, REEF, SAWS, SEE and SSE, SFCS, SHUE, SINS (53A. “Deadly” septet), SSTS, STP, TOFU, TOT and TROT, TWOD and TWOS, UKES, ULNA.





















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Remaining clues -- ACROSS: 5. “It is ___ told by an idiot …”: Macbeth; 10. Went in haste; 14. Butterlike spread; 16. High-protein food often found in vegetarian cuisine; 17. Lollapalooza; 18. Make up for, as sins; 19. Duos; 24. Facts and figures; 26. Envision; 27. “The racer’s edge”; 30. Boulder’s home: Abbr.; 40. Nozzle connector; 44. Sir ___ Guinness; 49. Classical opera redone by Elton John; 50. 180 degrees from NNW; 51. ___ cit. (in the place cited); 64. “Washingtons”; 65. “Thank you, Henri”; 67. Tex’s sidekick; 68. Luau instruments, for short; 70. Having length and width only, briefly; 71. Vessel in “Cast Away”; 73. Concorde fleet. DOWN: 1. Hula ___; 2. Radius’s neighbor; 3. ___-do-well; 6. Onesie wearer; 7. Lots; 8. Singer Horne and actress Olin; 10. Internet address opener; 11 Early state in presidential campaigns; 12. Get an ___ effort; 13. Dawn’s opposite; 21. Cheese-covered chip; 23. Stan of Marvel Comics; 25. Prince Valiant’s wife; 27. March 17 honoree, for short; 28. Syllables in a gay refrain; 29. Gadget for someone on K.P. duty; 31. Milo of “Ulysses”; 33. Elisabeth of “Leaving Las Vegas”; 34. Legal wrongs; 35. Mountain road features; 36. Plow manufacturer; 38. Certain NCOs; 39. Actresses Garr and Hatcher; 43. Resident on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula; 4. Tirana’s land: Abbr.; 52. Easy to understand; 54. Back-to-school mos.; 55. Preside over the tea ceremony; 56. Paul who wrote “My Way”; 57. Snorkeling site; 58. Kind of prof. or D.A.; 59. Ship in search of the Golden Fleece; 61. Old sayings; 62. Harness race gait; 63. Comments further; 66. 151, in old Rome.








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