Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint on "Mount Rushmore" in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest", 1959
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Puzzle by Alex Boisvert, edited by Will Shortz
SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE (50A. With 60-Across, ink a contract … or a feature of 17-, 25- and 37-Across), LEO, LIBRA and ARIES contained within LITTLE ONES (17A. Tots), CALIBRA
Other — ASHES and EXES (5A. Old flames?; 14A. Old flames), DORITOS (43A. Tortilla chip brand), INDIANAN (11D. Hoosier), OCEANIC (32A. Fictional airline on “Lost”), PULSARS (42A. Stars that exhibit the “lighthouse effect), VINTAGE (33A. Wine label datum), VIRGINIA (38D. Birthplace of eight U.S. presidents).
Mid-size — ALLAH, AROUND, AXILLA (2D. Armpit, anatomically), BIMINI (47D. Bahamas getaway), DALLAS (30A. Home of the Stars), EATIN, ENDEAR (49D. Win over), HENNA, HDTVS, ICE SAW (27D. Winter fisherman’s tool), INVEST (44D. Buy gold, e.g.), IRVIN, L’CHAIM (18D. Toast at a bar mitzvah), e.g., "To Life!", LOANER (48D. Temporary wheels), LOGES, RELOAD and RETELL (1D. Time-consuming task for a musketeer; 3D. Pass along, as gossip), SIERRA (10D. Jagged mountain range), SNAP-ON (31D. Attach with a click), STENO, STOIC, TRUST (34D. Target for Teddy Roosevelt), UNION, WOBBLE (46D. Need leveling, perhaps), YESNO.
Short stuff — ABE (22D. Mt. Rushmore neighbor of Teddy), ADS, AIL and ALI, ALVA, “It’s A NO-brainer“, ARI, ASEA, AXE and AXIS, CAIN, DARN, DIY, ECO, EDGE, ELOI, ENE, EST, INON, ISBN, IVY, JAM, JANE, LIRR, LOG and LOL, MAD, MEAT, OLE and ORE, ONEA, RARE (1A. “Still mooing“), RENO, SILO, SOS, TINT, TOY.
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