Monday, August 23, 2010
Puzzle by Oliver Hill, edited by Will Shortz
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (17A. By any means necessary), DEAD END JOB (26A. Work that offers no chance for advancement), YIELD CURVE (46A. Line showing the relationship between an interest rate and maturity date) and STOP DROP AND ROLL (57A. Instruction to someone who’s on fire) are the interrelated group of this adept Monday crossword.
Other — ANACONDAS (33D. Snakes that can put you in a tight spot?), BY FORCE (41D. Coercively), SHARPENER (5D. It puts a point on a pencil), WANNABE (9D. Starstruck sort, maybe).
Six — AARONS (42A. Burr and Copland), EL NINO (51A. Pacific weather phenomenon), IDIOMS (23D. Everyday expressions), IGNORE (45D. Pay no mind to), ISHTAR (11D. 1987 flop starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman), ISOPOD (6D. Crustacean with seven pairs of legs), LILACS (47D. Purple flowers), NESTLE (22A. Company that introduced Quik in 1948), ONE RUN (30D. Narrow margin in a baseball game), ORSINO (31A. “Twelfth Night” duke), PRESTO (43D. Part of a magician’s mumbo-jumbo), STELES (12D. Inscribed pillars), SULTAN (44D. Islamic sovereign), TORERO (13D. Bullfighter).
Five — AILED, ADMAN, Author JORGE Luis Borges, MR BIG, NENES, OCEAN, SARAH, SNAGS, TAHOE, TBARS, YES/NO (18D. Like some questions).
Short stuff — AER, AREA, ASH, ASTO, BANK, CHOC, DAD, DOCS, DOT, EONS, ENV, ERA, GATS and GIST, IFS, IMON and INOW, IND, IPAD, IPSO, NERO, NOR, OED, OHO, OLA, OLDS, OLEG, ONED, ORSO, PSIS, RAW, REPO, RIIS, RIN, RRS, RUG, SELA, SKA, SSE, TARA, TSOS, ULAN, UPON, ZOLA and ZOO.
“The problem with the designated driver program, it‘s not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.” — Jeff Foxworthy
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Some ski lifts; 6. “___ pronounce you man and wife”; 10. Basic idea; 14. Funnywoman Silverman; 15. Actress Ward; 16. Regarding; 20. Reggae relative; 21. Seized property, informally; 23. ___ facto; 24. Mom’s partner; 25. ___ Lingus; 30. Approximately; 32. Atlantic or Pacific; 34. Lake on the California/Nevada border; 35. Four Monopoly assets: Abbr.; 38. Argentine tots; 40. Hotshot; 43. Letters after chis; 48. Carpet; 49. Uncertainties; 50. “And while ___ the subject …”; 53. ___ Bator; 54. Place for giraffes and hippos; 60. “Gone With the Wind” plantation; 61. 22-Across flavor, for short; 62. Was sick; 64. Ages and ages; 65. Catches. DOWN: 1. General ___ chicken; 2. Certificate of deposit offered; 3. Region; 4. Uncooked; 7. Emperor who “fiddled”; 8. Suffix with pay; 10. Gansters’ guns; 19. Brit. Word reference; 24. Hospital V.I.P.’s; 26. Speck; 27. Paleozoic, e.g.; 28. Cigarette residue; 29. Author ___ Luis Borges; 35. Muckraker Jacob; 37. Neither here ___ there; 38. Letter holder: Abbr.; 39. NNW’s reverse; 49. Not Dem. Or Rep.; 52. Apple debut of 2010; 53. Atop; 54. Author Emile; 55. Cassini who designed for Jackie; 56. Discontinued G.M. car; 58. “Well, what have we here?!”; 59. ___ Tin Tin.
