Monday, April 13, 2009
Puzzle by Natan Last, edited by Will Shortz
Rack, reck, rick, rock, ruck -- RACKETEER (18A. Al Capone, for one); RECKLESS (24A. Not heeding danger); RICKROLLING (37A. Widespread Internet prank involving a bait-and-switch link to a music video); ROCK STAR (54A. Mick Jagger or Bruce Springsteen); RUCKSACKS (60A. Packs for bikers and hikers) -- are the interrelated entries of this Monday crossword.
Other mid-size entries -- ECO CARS (34D. High-m.p.g. vehicles); EXCEL IN (19D. Be great at); GERTRUDE (40D. She says “The lady doth protest too much, methinks” in “Hamlet”); LEAKAGE (43D. Problem with pipes); MR BURNS (1D. Owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant on “The Simpsons”); SCHOLAR (26D. Learned one); STRICTER (3D. Less forgiving); STROBES (44D. Disco lights); YOU'RE IT (2D. Shout in tag).
Six-letter -- AGENDA (11D. Order of business at a meeting); AROUSE (46D. Excite); COBALT (48A. Metal that gave its name to a shade of blue); CORPSE (5D. Body in a whodunit); EXTENT (23A. Breadth); 45D. Joel Chandler HARRIS, creator of Uncle Remus; LOOSEN (49D. Undo, as laces); MORTON (12D. “When it rains, it pours” salt brand); MUSCLE (47D. What a bodybuilder builds); PREENS (10D. Prettifies oneself, as in a mirror); ROSARY (56A. Prayer beads); TECHIE (29A. Computer whiz).
Five -- ARUBA (52A. Caribbean vacation); BAKER (53D. Cake maker); BURMA (17A. Myanmar, once); CONDO (27A. Apartment that’s owned, not leased); HALLS (35A. Corridors); KEVIN (25D. Bandleader Eubanks of “The Tonight Show”); NOELS (42A. Christmas carols); NO OIL (41A. Reason for engine trouble, perhaps); ROTOR (13A. Helicopter blade); SEDGE (67A. Bulrush, e.g.); SETTO (9D. Fight that might include fisticuffs); SNOBS (36D. Hoity-toity sorts); SQUAB (63A. Young pigeon); STEVE (33A. Jobs at Apple).Short stuff -- ABA, BRET, CAST, CHI, DEES, ERGO, HAL and HAM, ILL, IMP, ISLE, KEG, KISS, KOO, MET, MYST, NITE, OBEY, OUI, QED, RAIL, RIB, RKO, SAN, SEC, SEER, SIGN, SPAM, TCU, TOM, URI, WHEE (66A. Cry while careering downhill).
Have a good week!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Best-selling computer game of the 1990s; 5. Players in a play; 9. Unwanted e-mail; 15. “___ your thirst” (former Sprite slogan); 16. Therefore; 20. Mentalist Geller; 21. Little devil; 28. Nick at ___; 32. ___ Antonio, Tex.; 45. ___ and eggs; 51. Writer Harte; 58. Parisian “yes”; 59. Studio that made “Notorious”; 65. 52-Across, e.g.; 68. Fortuneteller; 69. Stop or Do Not Pass; 70. Almost-failing grades. Down: 4. ___ Sawyer; 6. “The ___ Daba Honeymoon”; 7. Fraction of a min.; 8. Little fella; 22. Encountered; 30. “2001” computer; 31. Running a temperature, say; 38. Hootchy-___; 39. “Spare” part of the body; 50. Fort Worth sch.; 55. Smooch; 57. Deviations of a ship’s course; 61. “The Sweetheart of Sigma ___”; 62. What’s tapped at a beer bust; 64. Letters at the end of a proof.
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