Audrey Hepburn as Liza Doolitte and Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins in the 1964 film of My Fair Lady, the musical version of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Puzzle by Howard Baker, edited by Will Shortz
MR ‘IGGINS AND MISS DOOLITTLE ATTEMPT TO SOLVE A CROSSWORD (17A. With 27-, 49- and 63-Across, the story behind 5-, 36-, 39- and 70-Across), ‘OSIER (5A. Professor says “Stocking stocker,” pupil suggests …), ‘EATS (36A. Professor says “Qualifying races,” pupil suggests …), ‘EWER (39A. Professor says “Ax wielder,” pupil suggests …) and ‘ALTER (70A. Professor says “Equine restraint,” pupil suggests …) are the interrelated group of this ‘umorous Wednesday crossword.
Other — ANSWER (13D. Respond to a knock), CARRION (43A. Buzzard’s fare), DAHLIA (48D. Mexico’s national flower), DIATOM (52A. Simple bit of plankton), EDISON (46D. “Speaking machine” developer), EPILOG (11D. Feature of TV’s “The Fugitive”), INCOME (25A. 1040 entry), NICOLE (47D. Paris’s “The Simple Life” co-star), PEEWEE (51D. Tiny), SESAME (12D. Halvah ingredient), SIGNAL (4D. Prepare to turn), TRIES OUT (3D. Goes for a spot on the team), WEE LASS (34A. Bonny young girl), WET SPOTS (40D. Signs of leaks).
Five-letter — AROSE, ARTIS, ASNER, ATWAR, BALSA, DYNES, EAGER, ELIOT, ENDOR, GAUDY, LETIT, MEARA, PEPSI (60A. “Twice as much for a nickel” sloganeer, once), RANDI, ROOMY, SCENE, SEETH, TERRA.
Short stuff — CASE, DUE, ECOL, ESAS, ESE, EST, ESAU, ETTE, GERI, Mata HARI, HOME, “ICH liebe dich“, IDES, ILSA, LAW, NEAL, MESA, MOM, MOPS, OBI, OHMS, OLIO, OPEN, OPTS, “… OR A mouse?“, PARC, REO and ROES, SANG, SARA and SRTA, SCOT, SYR, TROT, URU, VOL.
Poor Professor Higgins! On he plods Against all odds;
Oh, poor Professor Higgins! Nine p.m. Ten p.m.
On through midnight every night.
One a.m. Two a.m. Three...! Quit, Professor Higgins!
Quit, Professor Higgins! Hear our plea
Or payday we Will quit, Professor Higgins!
Ay not I, O not Ow, Pounding pounding in our brain.
Ay not I, O not Ow, Don't say 'Rine,' say 'Rain'...
-The Rain In Spain lyrics by My Fair Lady
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Declines, with “out of”; 10. Badlands formation; 15. Model glider material; 16. Still unfilled; 20. Public commotion; 21. Like much Vegas stage wear; 22. Postgraduate field; 23. Ramirez of “Spamalot”; 33. Neighbor of Arg.; 38. MGM motto ender; 45. Suffix wit Brooklyn; 54. Some reddish deer; 56. Has in view, archaically; 66. Hodgepodge; 67. Like limousines; 68. Un-P.C. suffix, to many; 69. “Hud” Oscar winner; 71. Those, in Toledo. DOWN: 1. Resistance units; 2. Parisian picnic spot; 5. Kobe sash; 6. Turned state’s evidence; 7. “Play it, Sam” speaker; 8. Genesis twin; 9. “Amazing” magician; 10. Soccer or hockey follower; 18. Ex-Spice Girl Halliwell; 19. Force units; 24. Fighting it out; 26. Docket item; 27. Directly; 29. Earth, in sci-fi; 30. “___ ride” (“Don’t change a thing”); 31. Poet whose work inspired “Cats”; 35. Ed of “The Bronx Zoo”; 37. Kilt wearer; 41. Jocular suffix with “best”; 42. Flying Cloud automaker; 44. Came about; 50. Beatlesque dos; 53. Anne of “Archie Bunker’s Place”; 57. Life sci. course; 58. Gait slower than a canter; 59. Pentagonal plate; 61. Madrid Mlle.; 62. Fateful day in the Roman senate; 64. Solid geometry abbr.; 65. Onetime U.A.R. member.
