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Puzzle by Ron and Nancy Byron, edited by Will Shortz
MIXED MEDIA (61A. Artwork using both paint and collage, e.g. … and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters), MINUTE MAID (17A. Big name in orange juice), HOPE DIAMOND (25A. Large gem in the Smithsonian), BEDSIDE MANNER (37A. Kindly doctor’s asset) and A DIME A DOZEN (52A. Common) are the interrelated group of this delightful Tuesday crossword.
Other — AARON'S rod (tall-stemmed plant), ALTIMA (10D. Nissan model), AZTECS (50D. Worshipers of Quetzalcoatl), BEARDS, G-SEVEN (43A. Pre-Russia intl. economic coalition), ERNESTO (26D. Che Guevara’s real first name), EVENED UP (40D. Tied, as a score), HANDMADE (3D. Individually crafted), JAILER (21A. Prison “screw“), MILLET (47D. French artist who painted “The Gleaners”), NAPLES, O’DOUL’S (46D. Nonalcoholic bear brand), OLD SOD (32A. Motherland, affectionately), OSAGES, POLISH (57A. Like kielbasa and pierogi), REMAPS, SMILES, TOULON (11D. French port near Marseille), UNBENT.
Five-letter — AMHED (53D. “Arabian Nights“ prince), ARUBA, DACCA, HADJI and IRAQI (9D. Pilgrim to Mecca; 14A. Basra native), NOMAR, NOMSG, PSHAW (1A. “Horsefeathers!”), RANTS, T-NOTE, WITCH.
Short stuff — AAR, ABM, ADO, AQUA, ATUB and TUBA, AXES, BULB, CMI, DADS, DEED, DIX, DOOM, DUAL, ECO, ELEC and ELEE, END, ERMA, ETA, IBE, ILA and IRA, LAG, LONE, LSD, LULL, NEW, NOH, NOLO, NTH, PIM, REPO, RICH, SRI and SRO, SSTS, TERI, WEPT, XED.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 6. High in calories; 10. “… three men in ___”; 15. Witty Bombeck; 16. Situated by itself; 19. Sousaphone, e.g.; 20. Bangladesh’s capital, old-style; 23. Rocket interceptor, for short; 28. Like a Jekyll/Hyde personality; 30. Sign at a sellout; 31. Tirades; 35. ___ contendere; 42 Gives the heave-ho; 45. Chinese menu phrase; 49. Second letter after epsilon; 51. “Jesus ___” (shortest Bible verse); 56. Japanese theater; 58. Govt. security; 60. Pause in the action; 66. Gen. Robert ___; 67. A util.; 68. Resort isle near Venezuela; 69. Fleet fleet, once, in brief; 70. Big name in root beer; 71. More red, as a tomato. — DOWN: 1. Milne’s absent-minded “Mr.”; 2. ___ Lanka; 4. Watery hue; 5. Halloween broom-rider; 6. Changes the boundaries of; 7. Glass or Gershwin; 8. 901, in old Rome; 12. Straight; 13. Goat features; 18. “Green” prefix; 23. Foofaraw; 24. Tulip or lily planting; 27. Tragic end; 29. Timothy Leary’s turn-on; 33. Plains Indians; 34. Twice cinq; 36. Fall behind; 38. Homeowner’s paper; 39. Still in the crate; 41. Defaulter’s loss, informally; 44. To the ___ degree; 45. City near Mt. Vesuvius; 48. Says “Cheese!”; 54. Pull the plug on; 55. Baseball’s Garciaparra; 59. Actress Garr or Hatcher; 62. Dockworkers’ org.; 63. Marked, as a ballot; 64. “May ___ excused?; 65. Berne’s river.
