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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Puzzle by Jim Hilger, edited by Will Shortz
R AND B IN THE A AND P (17A. Grocery leisure?), R AND D ON THE B AND O (63A. Railroad’s work to produce new products?), Q AND A BY THE B AND B (3D. Interview near an inn?) and R AND B AT THE S AND L (11D. Soul music over a financial institution’s sound system?) are the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.
Other, all five- and six-letter — AARON, ALOFT, EARED, EGRETS (5D. Wetlands fowl), ERROR, FERMI, FIBULA (51D. Bone below the femur), FIRED, GAMBIT, IMPAIR, INDEED, INDIA and INDIE, IDTAG, INANE, IPANA, IVIES, KNELT, LEHAR, NEPAL, NITRO, ORANG, RULED, SAFES, SHAMU, SMOLT, TALES, TOQUE, TRIBAL (24A. Like some lore), UNDER.
Short stuff — ANON, ARTE and ATRI, BASE, DAIS, DEBT, DIA, DOT, EBB, EEL, ELSA, EMIL and EMU, ENDO, ETON, FORE, GPA, GRIN, HEX, IDIE, INA, ISTH, JAN, JUNK, MAYS, MELO, NOHO, ONEL, OOLA (21A. Dancer in Jabba the Hutt’s court, in “Return of the Jedi”), ORAN, OVA, PANE, ROES, ROUE, SHUE, SNOW, TEAM, TORI, TWIX, UNTO.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Brimless hat; 6. Chinese vessel; 10. Prankster’s look; 14. Arboreal critter; 15. Like many limericks: Abbr.; 16. Italian bread; 20. To be sure; 22. Calendario unit; 23. “Guernica,” e.g.; 24. Like some lore; 26. Fall off; 28. Common hotel room features; 32. Some modern donations; 33. Baseball All-Star 1954-73; 35. Word often cried after “Go”; 36. Explosive stuff; 39. Narrow strip of land: Abbr.; 40. Dropping the ball, e.g.; 42. “A Yank at ___,” Mickey Rooney flick; 43. “The Merry Widow” composer; 45. Drama intro?; 46. Elisabeth of “Hamlet 2”; 47. Bird with two sets of eyelids; 48. Item on a chain, maybe; 50. ___ roll (sushi item); 54. What many audiences face; 56. ___ rush; 57. Dr. Schneider of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”; 60. Undermine; 66. Internal: Prefix; 67. “Heads up!”; 68. Many a film festival film; 69. It’s not good when it’s outstanding; 70. Popular chocolate bar; 71. They’re related. DOWN: 1. Singer Amos; 2. Escape route city in “Casablanca”; 4. Hypnotized; 6. Swing bandleader Garber; 7. Billy Graham’s “___ the Hills”; 8. It’s west of New York’s East Village; 9. Showed reverence, in a way; 10. Factor in a scholarship grant, maybe: Abbr.; 12. Neighbor of China; 13. Neighbor of China; 18. Conceive; 19. Sorkin who created “The West Wing”; 25. Penn and others; 26. Viennese-born composer ___ von Reznicek; 27. ___ 10; 29. Physics unit; 30. Ending with dog or long; 31. Young salmon; 34. Big name at SeaWorld; 37. Lothario; 38. First-year Harvard law student; 41. One who works with speakers?; 44. Wore the crown; 49. Queen’s ___; 51. Let go; 52. Silly; 53. Overhead; 55. Bucky Beaver’s toothpaste; 58. Winter fall; 59. Longfellow bell town; 61. “And When ___,” 1969 Blood, Sweat & Tears hit; 62. European deer; 64. Pixel; 65. Bad spelling?
