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Puzzle by Paula Gamache, edited by Will Shortz
KEEP (57-Down. Hang on to … or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue), COUNT DOWN (17-Across. *Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe), PACE OFF (37A. *Measure with strides), OPEN HOUSE (60D. *New neighbors event), QUIET TIME (11D. *Period of contemplation) and BACKTRACK (33D. *Reverse a position) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword keeper.
Other -- DEBTORS (45D. Ones who owe), ESSENCE (42D. Heart and soul), HAN SOLO (4D. Millennium Falcon pilot in “Star Wars”), HESSIAN (20A. Mercenary in the American Revolution), NEATNIK (56A. Slob’s opposite), 10D. California’s SALINAS Valley, known as “America’s salad bowl”.
Six-letter -- DENTED (24A. Like a post-fender-bender fender), FARRAH (39D. Jill’s portrayer on “Charlie’s Angels”), LET‘S GO (49A. “Come on!”), MID-AIR (5D. Where trapese artists meet), SERBIA (51A. Neighbor of Macedonia and Montenegro), STOP IT (23A. “Enough already!”), TEENSY (48D. Itty-bitty), TIP-TOP (18D. First-rate).
Five -- AD HOC, ADELE, ADOLF (22D. Name widely avoided in Germany), AISLE, ALICE, ARISE, BOCCE, DONNE, ENGEL, ESQUE, EVADE, GATES, I DON’T (6D. Runaway bride‘s response?), INUIT, JOKES, OTOES, REACH, SADIE, SNERT, TABOO, TIDAL, TIERS, TRUST, VAUNT.
Short stuff -- A LOT, ARTY, ASKS, ATNO, ATRA, BACH, BOTH, DART, DICE, ETE, HOLA, HRS, IDEA, IRA, LARS, LOO, LTR, MEN, MINT, NEW, PAR, PBJ, RILE, SCAR, SIGN, SILL, STEP, TANS, TAO, TRE, UNC.
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Remaining clues -- ACROSS: 1.This plus that; 5. Breath freshener; 9. In the style of: Suffix; 14. First razor with a pivoting head; 15. Child of invention?), 16. Boast of; 19. Restaurant owner in an Arlo Guthrie song; 21. ___ Hawkins Day; 27. Common paper size: Abbr.; 28. Concept in Confuciansim; 30. ___ extra cost; 31. Burping in public, e.g.; 34. Place for a hot pie to cool; 35. Billboard; 36. Roth ___; 40. Fellows; 41. Backgammon pair; 43 Pub projectile; 44. An Astaire; 46. Questions; 47. Stat for Babe Ruth: Abbr.; 48. Uno + due; 54. Get in touch with; 58. Factory; 62. Italian bowling game; 63. “___ and the Real Girl” (2007 film); 64. Irritate; 65. Some are practical; 66. Chichi; 67. Interval on a scale. DOWN: 1. “Brandenburg Concertos” composer; 2. Oklahoma Indians; 3. Object of Teddy Roosevelt’s “busting”; 7. Partner of improved; 8. What bronzers simulate; 9. Circumvent; 12. Dad’s bro; 13. Summer in Montreal; 25. Georgia of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”; 26. “Death Be Not Proud” poet; 28. Wedding cake layers; 29. Oodles and oodles; 31. ___ basin; 32. Pop up; 34. Permanent reminder; 38. Like single-purpose committees; 50. Entrances to exclusive communities; 51. “Hägar the Horrible” dog; 52. Arctic native; 53. Airplane seating request; 55. “Hi, José!”; 58. Common sandwich for a brown-bagger; 59. W.C.; 61. 3, 4 or 5, usually, for a golf hole.
