Puzzle by Fred Piscop, edited by Will Shortz
“It ain’t hard!” clues SIMPLE AS ABC, PIECE OF CAKE, CHILD’S PLAY, NO PROBLEM-O and DUCK/SOUP in this it’s-summertime-and-the-living-is-easy Monday crossword.
Other — APPROPOS (39D. Pertinent), 47A. Mama Cass ELLIOT, EMBRACES (9D. Hugs tightly), ESCAPED (10D. Made a getaway), OPPOSE (41A. Be against), POLLUTE (5D. Foul the water, e.g.), RAGLAN (22A. Kind of sleeve named after a British baron) , RAPIDLY (25A. Chop-chop), RECESS (29A. School time when kids aren’t studying), ROBERTA (44A. Singer Flack or Peters), SCOTTISH (36D. Like many tartan wearers), STUFFED (40D. Like a taxidermist’s work), ZENITH (26A. Nadir’s opposite).
Five-letter — ABACK, ACRES, ALAMO, ALBEE, ALONE (30A. Without an escort), AURAL, BOOMS, DREAD, EAGLE, OLDER, OSCAR, READS, RELEE, REXES, SCRAP, SEERS, SELES, SLAVE, SHOTS, TEENY, VERSA, VEXED.
Short stuff — ADE, AMP, AXES, BOA, CAR and CAT, CLIO, DEM, DINS, EACH, EAR, EAVE, ECO, ELIA, FLAP, GIS, HOP, HUE, IRE, LACE, LOSE, NIPS, OKLA, PEA and PEI, RAGE, RAMP, ROW, SASH, SELF, SOLO (43D. Without an escort), SRO, WEED, ZANE.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Leftover bit of cloth; 6. “The Zoo Story” playwright Edward; 11. Manx or Siamese; 14. “Remember the ___!” (cry of 1836); 15. Sounds SSTs made; 16. Color shade; 19. Ill temper; 20. Go like a bunny; 21. Wedding dress material; 31. Irritated; 32. Potpie vegetable; 35 Playful bites; 36. Tennis great Monica; 37. Source of linen; 38. Big beagle feature; 39. Farm tracts; 40. Work like a dog; 48. Autobiographer’s subject); 49. Follow the coxswain’s calls; 52. Sidewalk stand quaff; 56. Not Rep. or Ind.; 57. “The Odd Couple” slob; 58. Bird on a U.S. quarter; 59. B’way sellout sign; 60. Attempts at baskets; 61. Live in fear of. DOWN: 1. Pageant entrant’s wear; 2. Advertising award; 3. Multistory parking garage feature; 4. Guitarist’s accessory, for short; 6. Taken ___ (surprised); 7. Get whipped; 8. Drag queen’s wrap; 12. Hearing-related; 13. Pint-size; 18. To ___ his own; 23. U.S.O. show audience members; 24. Rackets; 25. T. ___ (fearsome dinos); 26. Grey who wrote westerns; 27. Charles Lamb alias; 29. C.S.A. general; 31. Vice ___; 33. Roof overhang; 34. Abruptly dismissed; 36. Like many tartan wearers; 37. Pajamas’ rear opening; 42. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect I. M. ___; 44. Uses a Kindle, e.g.; 45. Like a big brother; 46. Tarot card readers, e.g.; 48. Ad-libbing vocal style; 49. Violent 19-Across; 50. State with a panhandle: Abbr.; 51. Whacked plant; 54. ___-friendly; 55. Indy 500 entry.
