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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Puzzle by Michael Torch, edited by Will Shortz
PAIRAGRAPHS (20A. Two charts?), PAREAPHRASE (58A. Edit?), PEARAMOUNT (11D. A bushel of Boscs?) and PEREAMOURS (29D. French father’s affairs?) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword, and uh… perhaps NO PAR (41A. Like some stock).
Other — BUS STOP (9D. Point on a line?), DEPLETED (51A. Drained), DRAPERS (45D. Fabric dealers, to Brits), HIT HARD (25A. Severely affected), HOP ON POP (27A. Dr. Seuss title), SAMBAED (53A. Danced at Rio’s Carnival, maybe), RIP APART (42D. Shred), WING SPAN (5D. Bird spec).
Mid-size — ACUTE, ALCOA, BIPED, CORER, DOSED, DRAMA, EASES, ERROR, EUROPE (52D. One side of “the pond”), KNEAD, LYMPH, PIPED, PLOWS, SATIN, SEPIA, SPACE, STEREO, UTERO.
Short stuff — ADDA, ADIA, AKIN, ALPH, ANAT, ANNS, APU, ARRS, ASIA and ASIT, BARB and CARB and CARP, DOOM, DUAL, EDEN, ENS and ENDS, EYES, HID, HOCK, HOLD, INKY, ITE, MEIR, NAPE, NNE, NORM, OKAY and OKRA, ONOR, ORAN, ORE, OTOS, PINE, PLO, RIFE, SAND, SEA, SLED, TEE, WANE, WIFI, WOOL.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Cornfield sounds; 5. Scarf material; 9. Any member of the genus Homo; 14. “___ happens …”; 15. Black; 16. In ___ (not yet born); 17. Prevalent; 18. Having two or three kids in a family, nowadays; 19. What to “Come see the softer side of,” in a slogan; 23. ___ v. Wade; 24. Nav. Rank; 25. Severely affected; 32. Gloom’s partner; 33. Shipment to a smeltery; 34. Audited a class, say; 36. Winter highway department needs; 43. With 39-Across, kind of engine; 44. Massage; 46. Retro photo tone; 48. New Orleans-to-Detroit dir.; 49. Some airport data: Abbr.; 51. Drained; 53. Danced at Rio’s Carnival, maybe; 56. Homer Simpson’s Indian friend; 57. Mideast grp.; 64. Sharp; 66. Recipe step starter; 67. Approve; 68. Implement for an apple; 69. Israel’s Golda; 70. “Lonesome” tree; 71. Lets (up); 72. Basic subj. for a surgeon; 73. Goals. — DOWN: 1. Fault-find; 2 Large part of a world atlas; 3. Coffee shop convenience for a laptop; 4. Not mono; 6. ___ about (approximately), 7. Gumbo staple; 8. ___ node; 10. Suffix with suburban; 12. Boo-boo; 13. Gave medicine; 21. Raggedy ___ (dolls); 22. Concealed; 26. Full or half nelson; 27. What a debtor might be in; 28. Algerian port; 30. Western tripe; 31. Spoke (up); 35 Back of the neck; 37. Ebb; 38. Toboggan, e.g.; 40. Cutting remark; 47. Coleridge’s sacred river; 50. Large quantity; 53. Gap; 54. Foil-making giant; 55. Comedy alternative; 59. Fall place; 60. 1998 Sarah McLachlan song; 61. Related; 62. Hourglass fill; 63. Prominent features of a “Cats” poster; 65. Plumbing fitting.
