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Monday, April 5, 2010
Puzzle by Nancy Solomon, edited by Will Shortz
TOWN AND GOWN (17A. Campus/off-campus community), STARS AND BARS (27A. Confederate flag), GLOOM AND DOOM (46A. Extreme pessimism) and WEAR AND TEAR (61A. Damage from ordinary use) are the interrelated group of this mild-mannered Monday crossword.
Other — BADGER (6D. Nag to death), CAR DEALER (11D. Seller of coupes and sedans), 10D. Disney’s DONALD Duck; EMITTED (45D. Sent out, as rays), FRIED RICE (12D. Chinese side dish), I INSIST (4D. “No use arguing with me”), IN TOO DEEP (33D. Unable to dig oneself out), MIDWAY (48D. Chicago alternative to O’Hare), OREIDA (52A. Tater Tots maker), POOL TABLE (32D. Place to “rack ‘em up”) SHIITE (24A. Majority Muslim in Iran) and YOKO ONO (37A. John Lennon’s lady).
Five-letter — ABATE, ALLIN, ALTAR, ANDES, ARTOO, BEARD, BERET, DELTA, DUELS, EDSEL, FADED, ILIED, LOOIE and LOOPS, LOWPH (3D. Boast of some shampoos), SHOED, SPITS, TOWIN, YIELD.
Short stuff — ABE, ALTA, AMO, APPS, ARAL and ORAL, ARR, ATOR, CFO, DDE, ECO, ELI, ERGO, FAIR, HMO, IGOR, ILE, ION and INON, ITSY, KAN, LIP, MAE, NATE, NEA, NIB, NOT and NOTA, OBOE, OMAN and ORAN, ORBS, OWE, REP, RIB, ROW, SING, SPOT, TUBA.
Have a good week!
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Going for broke, as a poker player; 6. Goatee, for one; 11. Corp.’s head money person; 14. Sarge’s superior; 15. ___-Detoo of “Star Wars”; 16. Flight board abbr.; 19. Bone that’s part of a “cage”; 20. iPhone downloads; 21. Composer Stravinsky; 22. Peru’s peaks; 26. Declaration that may be followed by “So sue me”; 31. Roasting rods; 34. Med. Group; 35. Place for ChapStick; 36. Charged particle; 41. Environmentalist’s prefix; 42. “Believe It or ___!”; 43. Daisy ___ of “Li’l Abner”; 44. Hat for a military specialist; 51. Job for a roadside assistance worker; 55. No longer vivid; 56. ___ bene; 58. Oompah band instrument; 60. Lincoln, the Rail-Splitter; 64. ___ de France; 65. Where a wedding march ends; 66. River mouth feature; 67. Dem.’s foe; 68. Triangular road sign; 69. 1950s Ford flop. DOWN: 1. Resort near Snowbird; 2. Figure skating figures; 5. PBS funder; 7. As a result; 8. Suffix with origin; 9. Part of an airplane seat assignment; 13. Heavenly bodies; 18. Old-time actress Talbot or Naldi; 23. Penpoint; 25. Teeny, informally; 26. Listen ___ (hear via eavesdropping); 28. Protected, as the feet; 29. “I love,” in Latin; 30. Parking space; 31. Perform on “American Idol,” e.g.; 38. Muscat’s land; 39. It’s north of Okla.; 40. Melancholy instrument; 47. Fall behind financially; 50. Algerian port; 53. Face-offs with guns or swords; 54. Lessen; 55. Without a cloud in the sky; 56. ___ the Great of children’s literature; 57. Grueling grilling; 59. Asia’s shrunken ___ Sea; 62. “The Book of ___” (2010 film); 63. Ike’s monogram.
