Puzzle by Dan Schoenholz, edited by Will Shortz
The word MY appears in a single square in eight spaces of this Wednesday crossword:
MY OH MY (36A. “Golly!”) is at the center across, also supplying MY for AGRONOMY and SMYRNA (5D. Science for farmers; 28D. Ancient city that lent its name to a fig).
SAMMY KAYE is split (1A. With 69-Across, 1930s- ’50s bandleader) sharing its double-letter square with MYSTIC (4D. Old Connecticut whaling town).
BITTER ENEMY (17A. Japan, to the U.S., once) and ARMY MOM (9D. One with yellow ribbons, maybe) are joined,
continuing with MYRON and MYTHS (32A. Ancient Greek sculptor of athletes; 32D. That you should feed a cold and starve a fever, and others),
REMY Martin (cognac brand) and Actor Mike MYERS are coupled,
AMY GRANT shares MY SPACE (48A. “Baby Baby” singer, 1991; 49D. Popular social networking site, and this puzzle’s theme),
TOMMY MOE, another split entry (50D. With 6-Down, 1994 Olympic gold medalist in downhill skiing) and ALL BY MYSELF (64A. 1976 Eric Carmen hit) finish off the pairings.
Other — ADMIRALS (21A. Fleet elite), I DO I DO (20A. 1966 Mary Martin musical), ISOTOPES (58A. Carbon 14 and uranium 235), JOVIAL (53A. Good-humored), MONISMS (25A. Views that reality is a unitary whole), NEOCON (23A. Ex-lib, maybe), OLD SMOKEY (34D. Snowy peak of song), OMEN II (62A. Subtitle of 1978’s “Damien”), THEATRICS (11D. Courtroom antics, e.g.).
Five-letter — AILED, AMANA, ARIDE, ATARI, ATONE, CIRCE (67A. Homeric sorceress), EASED, GONER, HEDGE, IHEAR, INERT, INSTR, LIFES, METOO (3D. Copycat‘s cry), NEATO, NOMSG, RACER, TALON, TRIPE (37A. Hogwash), SABIN (1D. Oral vaccine developer), VESTS.
Short stuff — ANNA, ARES (14A. Bellicose deity), ATEE, BCE (65D. Pre-A.D.), EARL, EDOM, ELIA, ENOS, EPEE, IMOK, MAKO, MATS, MER, NEED, NOG, OLEN, ONIT, RAES, RAU, SANE, THAN, USES, SSS, SALA (59D. Part of una casa), SANE, SLRS, STDS, TREE.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. Brand name in the kitchen; 10. Suit to ___; 15. One who’s “toast”; 16. Comparison word; 19. Sleek, in car talk; 39. Eagle’s claw; 41. Place for une ile; 42. Brickyard 400 entrant; 43. Use weasel words; 44. All there; 46. Makes a cat’s-paw of; 47. Sizzling sound; 51. Sushi-rolling accessories; 63. Shark on some menus; 66. Pulitzer-winning author Robert ___ Butler; 68. Word with family or fruit; 70. Made bearable; 71. Criteria: Abbr. DOWN: 2. Take for ___ (hoodwink); 7. Wintour of fashion; 8. More than desire; 10. Game maker since 1972; 12. Sandwich man?; 13. Fourth book of the Book of Mormon; 18. Esau’s descendants’ land; 22. Brass or woodwind: Abbr.; 26. Chinese menu notation; 27. Start of a rumor report; 30. Tool for a duel; 33. Explorer John and actress Charlotte; 35. Creamy beverage; 38. Former German President Johannes; 52. Thing to do on Yom Kippur; 54. Endows (with); 55. Hard to combine, chemically; 56. Was indisposed; 57. Thomas Hardy’s “___ Little Ironies”; 58. “Don’t worry about me”; 60. London Magazine essayist; 61. Some cameras, for short.
