07.01.10 — Over and Under













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Thursday, July 1, 2010 — Canada Day





Puzzle by Clive Probert, edited by Will Shortz




The pairs of EGGS over EASY, LONDON under GROUND, ONE over PAR and ONE under PAR, YOU ARE under ARREST and MIND over BODY are the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword, clued as 1A. With 14-Across, breakfast order?, 16A. With 8-Across, world’s oldest subway system?, 34A. With 42-Across, bogey?, 45A. With 42-Across, birdie?, 69A. With 72-Across, motto of a fitness trainer?, and 70A. With 67-Across, dreaded words from a cop.





Other — ADHERENT (23D. Stalwart supporter), DIVIDE UP (21D. Split), DROP OUTS (28D. Classless group?), ELECTION (30D. Run for it), ROAST LAMB (37D. Traditional Easter entrée), SYBARITES (4D. Lovers of luxury).







Mid-size — DECRIED (25A. Condemned), DEEPLY (29A. With fervor), ÉLYSÉE (5D. Parisian palace), GLOWED (8D. Was radiant), NOISOME (49A. Sickening), ORSINO (50D. “Twelfth Night” duke), OTTAWA (19A. Pontiac, for one), PIUS II (59A. 15th-century pontiff who was the only pope to write an autobiography), RATITE (48D. Many an Australian bird), TROTTER (54A. Entry at a hippodrome), UP RIVER (31A. Away from the mouth).





Five-letter — AT SEA (53D. Not like a landlubber), COATI (33a. Raccoon relative), COPRA (43A. Coconut oil source), CRATE (27D. Jalopy), CRIME (39D. Bookstore section), DUCAT (25D. Coin in “The Merchant of Venice”), EPCOT (38D. Florida tourist attraction), EPOCH (26D. Eocene, e.g.), NAURU (52D. Pacific republic), NO WAY (12D. “Keep dreaming!“), ON TAP (10D. Ready), SPIRO (51D. Dick’s partner), TATER (40D. Spud), UDALL (11D. One of a Western political family).





Short stuff — ADS, ALA, AMIE, DNA, EDY, EEG, ETS, GAR, GRAB, GSA, HAW, HDL, IND, ISR, KURT, LEI, MIO, NAN, PAT and PAY, RON and ROT, SIKH (7D. Turban wearer), SNL, TEA, TOO bad!”, TSK, URU, UZI, YAK, ZOO.



Over or under? HERE.




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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. U.F.O. crew; 15. Romanian “dollars”; 17. Show greed or impatience; 18. Fat-mouth; 20. ___ by Google; 22. “Left!”; 24. Like; 32. Good cholesterol, for short; 47. Winner of the first World Cup: Abbr.; 55. Like some answers; 56. When repeated, it might accompany a finger wag; 58. Longtime TV inits.; 61. Weapon in “The Terminator”; 63. Confidante, say, 68. Actor Moody of “Oliver!”. DOWN: 1. Result of a certain med. Test; 2. Long-nosed fish; 3. Govt. office supplier; 6. What the Mad Hatter pours on the Dormouse to take it up; 9. Balderdash; 13. “CSI” topic, often; 35. Tandoori-baked bread; 57. Mathematician Gödel; 59. Subject of union negotiations; 60. Neighbor of Syr.; 62. Morning ___ (radio format); 64. Puccini’s “O ___ babbino caro”; 65. Neighbor of Ill.; 66. Joseph who co-founded an ice cream company.





06.30.10 — Quartet, et al













All things shall perish from under the sky,


Music alone shall live


Music alone shall live


Music alone shall live, never to die.


— German folk song





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Wednesday, June 30, 2010





Puzzle by Kristian House, edited by Will Shortz




The quartet of CROWN JEWEL (17A. Conk the “You Were Meant for Me” singer?), CLAW HAMMER (62A. Scratch the “2 Legit 2 Quit” rapper), HARBOR SEAL (10D. Protect the “Kiss From a Rose” singer from the cops?) and TICKLE PINK (28D. Amuse the “Get the Party Started” singer)? are the interrelated group of this eminently hummable Wednesday crossword.





Other — AD-LIBBED (21A. Did improv), ELEMENTS (38D. Mendeleev’s tabulation), NOVELLAS (49A. “Billy Budd” and “Of Mice and Men”), PIT STOPS (26A. Truckers’ breaks), SNUBNOSE (9D. Revolver feature, perhaps), TYPECAST (53A. Pigeonholed, in moviedom).





Mid-size — BALERS (47A. Some farm machinery), DALLAS (8D. Miss Ellie’s soap), DEWARS (4D. White Label Scotch maker), HASAGO, INGOTS (14D. Bars at Fort Knox), JOYOUS (18D. Festive), LAVISH (40D. Like an inaugural ball), RELOAD, SCORNS, SOWETO (57A. Site of a 1976 South African uprising), LAWMAN, STACKS (48D. IHOP servings).





Five-letter — ANKLE (42A. House arrestee’s bracelet site), ASSOC, DAMNS (66A. Sends to blazes), IRINA and NORMA, PCLAB, SCOTS, Play by a different SET OF rules, SITAR (44A. Instrument that’s usually played cross-legged), SPITS, STEEL (39A. 1943 penny material), STEIN, SUITS, TOMEI (13A. Marisa of “The Wrestler”).





Short stuff — AMT, AMOS, ANNO, APSE, ARKS, ASIN, CRI, DENT, EERO, EMMA, EMIT, ERIC, EYED, FILA, HORA (2D. Dance done to “Hava Nagila”) and HOYA, Harry James‘s “I HAD the Craziest Dream“, INCA (22A. Quechua speaker), IOWA (6D. Early caucus state), ITCH, KITE (65A. Cousin of an eagle), LICE, MEAD, NAPE, NATO, ORSO, ROYS, SHAM, SLIP, SPED, TADA, TATE, TENT, THE, TIED, URSA (19A. Major in astronomy?), WED, YSER (54D. River through Flanders).




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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. Knotted up; 9. Bedding item; 15. Georgetown athlete; 16. Rab bit punch target; 20. Attempts, with “at”; 23. Rogers and Bean; 25. The “A” of A.D.; 30. Has contempt for; 33. Dernier ___; 34. Goes well with; 36. Org.; 37. Cause of head-scratching, perhaps; 41. Architect Saarinen; 46. Tbsp., e.g.; 51. Radiate; 52. Nike competitor; 61. Speller’s words of clarification; 64. Car door ding; 67. Torah holders; 68. Floored it; 69. Defense grp. Since 1949. DOWN: 1. Trigger finger problem?; 2. Dance done to “Hava Nagila”; 3. Andy’s partner in old radio; 5. Everyday article; 7. Checked out; 11. Cathedral recess; 12. Drink in “Beowulf”; 22. Quechua speaker; 24. Rotisserie parts; 26. Programming class locale, perhaps; 27. “Three Sisters” sister; 29. Oktoberfest memento; 31. Singer of the “Casta diva” aria; 32. Tartan hose wearers; 35. Play by a different ___ rules; 43. Children’s author Carle; 45. Do a musketeer’s job; 50. Wyatt Earp, e.g.; 53. “Look what I did!”; 55. Break one’s resolution, say; 56. ___ Modern (London gallery); 58. Austen classic; 59. Camper’s carry-along; 60. Roughly; 63. Got hitched.