The Letter G formed of Le Soleil, ou la Chute d'Ircare, 1819 by Merry-Joseph Blondel
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Puzzle by Robert A. Doll, edited by Will Shortz
The letter G is “g-g-gone” missing! from GRIDDLE CAKES, giving us a zero G recipe for RIDDLE CAKES (16A. Mystery desserts?) and by token of that omission, five other interrelated entries also morph -- ROWING PAINS (60A. Sculler’s affliction?), REEK WEEK (8D. Period of seven days without bathing?), RAIN ALCOHOL (10D. What the sky might do in an inebriate’s dream?), RAVEN IMAGES (24D. Illustrations for a Poe poem?), and RUNT WORK (40D. Employment in Munchkinland?). The clues are meant to give justification and humor to the resulting truncations.
Mid-size entries include KERNEL (20A. Central part); MEADOW (55A. Place for a lark); ON A PAR (28A. Equal to, with “with”); PROVOKE (39A. Stir up), SNOOTS (48A. High-hats); RED TAPE (4D. Reason for a long delay in getting approval, maybe); SOPRANO (45D. Choir voice).
Five-letter entries form the bulk of this crossword -- ALICE (52D. Sitcom with the catchphrase “Kiss my grits!”); ALTOS (26D. Choir voices); AMBER (49D. Honey-hued); APERS (1A. Parroting sorts); ARETE (36D. Mountain ridge); ASHEN (44A. Visibly frightened); CO-OPT (70A. Take as one’s own); CRACK (66A. First-rate); EGRET (11D. Everglades denizen); GLEAN (31D. Pick up bit by bit); HULAS (43A. Miming dances); INANE (23D. Cockamamie); INDIE (67A. Many an art film); IN-LAW (25A. Acquired relative); INNER (14A. Word before city or child); IPANA (46A. Bucky Beaver’s toothpaste); LEAVE (50D. Take a powder); LEGAL (30A. O.K. to do); LINER (57A. Winter coat feature); MENSA (37D. Group with a meeting of the minds?); MOLAR (33D. Place for a crown); MONET (22D. “Impression Sunrise” painter); MOTEL (33A. Bates’s business, in film); NAVEL (32A. Orange feature); PEALS (12D. Belfry sounds); RODEO (13A. Venue for some clowns); SNARL (6D. Motorist’s headache); 19A. East TIMOR, U.N. member since 2002; TRA LA (51A. Refrain syllables).
Short stuff -- AGE, ALMA, ARR, BAG, CAM, CATS, EDD, EMIR, ENE, EMIR, EPIC, ERSE, EVE, ICON, IDO, INK and LINK, IRA,, MIRA, NIP, ORCS, ORE, OVA, PAD, PLEA, POI, RCA, REP and RES, SANG, SET, SIRE, SKYE, SOLI, TEN, WAY (61D. Modus operandi).-----------------
More groans -- RAVE YARD (Noisy cemetery?); RAY MATTER (Sunburn?); RAZE LAND (Strip mining?); RID LOCK (Hair cut?); ROUND BEEF (Heavy steer?); ROW UP (Paddle against the current?) RUMPY OLD MEN (Overweight elderly gents?) -- ah, gee!-----------------
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Remaining clues -- Across: 6. Stud on a stud farm; 10. Good name, casually; 15. Basis for some discrimination; 22. Oscar winner Sorvino; 27. Musical with the song “Mr. Mistoffelees”; 35. Video shooter, for short; 38. Direction from K.C. to Detroit; 41. ___-Ida (Tater Tots maker); 42. Top end of a scale; 49. Soprano Gluck; 54. “Spare me!,” e.g.); 59. Diamond corner; 65. Time of anticipation; 68. ___ judicata; 69. Hebrides isle. Down: 1. Flight board abbr.; 2. Samoan staple; 3. Byrnes of TV’s “77 Sunset Strip”; 5. Arias, e.g.; 7. Calligrapher’s buy; 9. Gaelic tongue; 17. Mideast V.I.P.; 21. Zenith competitor; 34. In vitro items; 47. Inflate, in a way; 48. Spilled the beans; 53. ___ sausage; 56. Tolkien beasts; 58. “Beowulf,” e.g.; 61. Modus operandi; 62. Courtroom vow; 63. Barely beat; 64. The “all” in “Collect them all!”
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