John James Audubon (American, b. Haiti, 1785-1851). Robert Havell (American, 1793-1878), Engraver after John James Audubon. American Flamingo, 1838. From The Birds of America (plate CCCCXXX1). Hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Puzzle by Raymond C. Young, edited by Will Shortz
PINK THINGS (54A. What 17-Across and 10- and 24-Down all conceal), FLAMING OIL (17A. Scalding castle weapon), QUE SERA SERA (10D. Resigned response to tragedy) and INCARNATION (24D. A pharaoh vis-à-vis Horus, in Egyptian myth) are the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.
Other -- FRANCIS II (3D. The last Holy Roman emperor), INITIALED (8D. Approved, in a way), SWEETENER (32D. It may help close the deal), TALENTED (9D. Having star potential), TELECASTS (31A. Airs), THREEPIO (36D. “Star Wars” droid, informally), THIRD-HAND (38A. Not direct at all, as gossip), TWADDLING (31D. Talking silly).
Mid-size -- ANCIENT (23A. Person of olden times), ELECTS (50A. Chooses), HOT SHOT (40D. Real somebody), INDEXED (25A. Like stocks and reference books), MUTATED (46A. Not normal, as a gene), 21A. En POINTE (on tiptoe), SNIPERS (5D. Some marksmen), T-SHAPED (43A. Like a crucifix).
Five-letter -- DISCS, DUSTY, EDGAR (47D. Mitchell of Apollo 14), HARDG (45D. Head of government?), HEEDS, ITSME, LEGIT, MCKEE, NERDY, ONEAT, ORLON and ORRIN, SEGNI, SOFAS and SOFIA, TATER, TEENY, TERRY, THAIS, TWEED, UNSEX, ZOOID.
Short stuff -- AGRI, AIM, ASIA, ATON, DAT, DEC and DEP, EDU, ENGR, ESSO, ETNA, INE, HEAT, INDO, INGE and INRE, ION, ISH, LAIT, NONE, OGRE, PORE, PUTT, QUIZ, SEMI, SIGN and SEGNI, SWAY, SYS, TAD, UNTO.
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Remaining clues -- ACROSS: 1. Lounging sites in lounges; 6. Chocolat au ___; 10. Pump, in a way; 14. Hatch at a hearing; 15. The Mountain of Fire, to 23-Acrosses; 16. “Come ___ these yellow sands, / And then take hands”: Ariel in “The Tempest”; 19. Gas brand that’s also an Italian pronoun; 20. Former Saturn; 22. Prefinal game; 27. About; 28. Four-bagger; 29. Spinal parts; 35. It’s not Occidental; 36. Coarse-woven cloth; 37. Influence; 40. Follows; 41. Square, maybe; 42. Source of many a bead; 49. A gun, slangily; 52. Follower of harvard or yale; 53. ___-food industry; 56. ___-Aryan; 57. “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” playwright; 58. ___ a time; 59. Foreshadowing; 60. Villain; 61. Bathhouse wear. DOWN: . Queen of Spain’s Juan Carlos I; 2. Acrylic fiber; 4. Marksman’s skill; 6. Kosher; 7. Lots; 11. Emasculate, say; 12. Response to “Who’s there?”; 13. Animal-like; 18. What the “poor dog” had in “Old Mother Hubbard”; 26. Advent mo.; 28. Size two, say; 29. “What’s up wit ___?”; 30. Suffix with freak; 33. Wee bit; 34. M.O.; 39. Passbook abbr.; 42. Not go for a drive?; 43. 1894 opera set in Egypt; 44. 59-Acrosses, in Italian; 46. Lonette of “The Cotton Club” and “Malcolm X”; 48. Common nickname for a cowpoke; 51. Hwy. planner; 55. Suffix with mescal.
