Saturday, February 5, 2011
Puzzle by Mark Diehl, edited by Will Shortz
CEMENT SHOES (9D. Things that may be worn by someone sleeping with the fishes) and DREAMSVILLE (24D. Ohio town where “there’s a happiness” in an old Glen Miller song) provide the main contrast in this typically tough Saturday crossword.
An octet of ten-letter entries are more helter skelter — AIR CREWMEN (15A. Some Navy personnel), ALMOST DONE (62A. “I’ll be finished in a minute”), CRISPY TACO (1A. Food that makes a crunch), GLISSANDOS (58A. Dramatic piano effects), SCROLLED UP (4D. Moved to the top, perhaps), SPARE ROOMS (17A. Potential offices), TEA DRESSES (64A. Cocktail attire), WITHSTANDS (30D. Holds off).
Other — EMANATE, HOKEYNESS (31A. Corn-filled state), KEEP STEP, KIA OPTIMA (33D. Korean-made sedan since 2001), LEER AT, MATH QUIZ (53A. Operations are performed in it); MODERN ERA (13D. Nowadays, with “the”), MOOREHEAD (42A. Actress who played Endora on TV’s “Bewitched”), ONE SEASON (32D. Run of TV’s “My So-Called Life”), PRESLEY (5D. A boulevard in Memphis is named for him), SPATULA (49A. Icing tool), SPELLED, STEAMS, THAT’S A LIE (12D. “Not so!”).
The rest of it — ACTS, AMOK, ASCOT, ASIA, ASSES, ATMS, ATV, AUTOS, BEAUS, CASAS, CHOW, COMS, DWAN, ENID, EENY, HASP, HEB, IRATE, KNAP, LEONE, NAPES, NTH, ONSET, PHDS, RIPUP, SEPT, SHAQ, SILEX, SMACK (46. X), SOD, SOPH, SRS and SSR, SWAPS, TIRE, TRAP, TUG AT (48D. Draw a little at a time?), TWO, UPDOS, XED (35D. Struck), UPDOS, YACHT, YER, ZIMA.
Won’t you come with me to Dreamsville, Ohio
There’s no better place to dream
There’s a winding lane that leads you
Down to a stream
When the moon comes up in Dreamsville, Ohio
And it lights the town below
Then you know the sweetest moments you’ll ever know...
You’ll find a kissing rock that stands beside a wishing well
But you must seal every wish with a kiss
Or you’ll break the spell
There’s a happiness in Dreamsville, Ohio
Even money couldn’t buy
All that’s missing down in Dreamsville
Is you and I...
There’s a happiness in Dreamsville
Even money couldn’t buy
All that’s missing down in Dreamsville
Is you and I!
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 11. Means to ease withdrawals; 16. Eats; 18. Cry with a swelled chest; 19. Things sometimes seen on shoulders; 20. Stay current (with); 22. Took the place of; 25. Final; 26. Future alums: Abbr.; 27. Not just check out; 29. Allan who directed “Sands of Iwo Jima”; 34. Mineral in the form of quartz or flint; 36. South-central U.S. city named for a woman in English literature; 37. Common St. Tropez sight; 39. Jade; 40. About half of all dates; 44. New varsity team member, maybe: Abbr.; 45. Provokes; 46. ___ 21, Intl. Day of Peace; 47. 4x4, e.g.; 56. Barb ers shave them; 57. Band whose self-titled 1982 album was #1 for nine weeks; 61. Dot-___; 63. Sack starter. — DOWN: 1. They can be made with adobes; 2. Shred; 3. Provoked; 6. Saw attachment?; 7. Company quota; 8. Confusedly; 10. Earliest stage; 11. Book that begins in Jerusalem; 14. Pulls the switch?; 21. Many academics, for short; 23. Choice word?; 28. Red wear for Speedy Gonzales; 31. N.T. book; 38. Piehole; 41. Nickname for a noted L.S.U. grad; 43. Issue; 50. Common prom coifs; 51. West African currency; 52. Zebra kin; 54. Door fixture; 55. Alcopop brand; 59. The Old ___; 60. Old atlas letters.
