In episode "S.O.S.", Bernard tried to build a large SOS sign with 40-foot letters on the beach, made of black volcanic rocks from a lava flow about 1/2 mile inland. However they didn't even finish the first letter S, as everyone who had started quickly quit leaving Bernard all alone to try to finish it. Bernard finally gave up the idea when Rose told him that she'd rather stay on the Island. — Lostpedia, a reference guide to the entire series of “Lost“
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Puzzle by Michael Sharp aka Rex Parker, edited by Will Shortz
SOS (37A. “Help!” … and a hint to 17-, 27-, 42- and 53-Across), along with four three-letter phrases with initials of SOS, e.g., SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN, SLIP-ON SHOES, SAME OLD SONG and SOUNDS OF SILENCE, constitutes the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword. Déjà vu!
HOG CALLS (38D. Noises from a county fair contest) and POD CASTS (5D. Some i-Tunes downloads) lead off the mid-size group, followed by the seven-letter DECANTS (47A. Pours, as wine), FLIES BY (40D. Passes quickly, IT’S LATE (22A. 1959 top 10 hit for Ricky Nelson), LET ‘EM IN (33D. 1976 hit that begins “Someone’s knockin’ at the door”), ONE MILE (41D. Distance between posts on a highway, maybe), SCHWINN (9D. Bicycle maker since 1895), STOUTLY (6D. With resolve), TAR HEEL (19D. North Carolina athlete).
Six-letter — EAGLET, ESKIMO, EXCITE, GALOPS (1A. Some Strauss compositions), I DO NOT, IN RAGS, LLAMAS, OO LA LA, ORDAIN, OUTDID, REALTY, SHORES, SLALOM, STEADS, TIERRA del Fuego, WRAITH (21A. Specter), aka The Nazgûl.
Five — ACURA, APEAK, Van Gogh’s “Bedroom in ARLES“, HEDGE, O’NEAL, PRODS, REMAP.
Short stuff — ABUT, ADA, AUS, BIER, BOOS, CAM, CUSS, DYES, ERAT, ESO, ESPN, FAD, FREI, GIS, GROT, IBID, IED, LOW, MINH, MUIR, NIL, NMI, NOS, OBI and OIE, OUCH (“That hurt!”), PXS, RFDS, RON, SADR, SASS, SOFA, XOXO, YAM and YOGI.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 7. Lip; 11. Thanksgiving side dish; 14. Defensive statement; 16. It’s a cinch, in Sapporo; 17. Weapon fr Clyde Barrow; 20. Japanese luxury auto; 25. Funeral stand; 26. Zero; 27. Loafers, e.g.; 32. Landed property; 34. Politico Paul; 35. “In principio ___ Verbum” (words from John 1:1); 38. Give a noncommittal answer; 39. Small cave, poetically; 40. Beanie Babies, once; 41. “How fa-a-ancy!”; 42. Tired routine, colloquially; 45. Weapon for Iraqi insurgents: Abbr.; 46. Conservationist on the California commemorative quarter; 47. Pours, as wine; 49. Electrify; 52. Chart again; 58. Stores for 1-Down; 59. Footnote abbr.; 61. Turndowns; 62. They make the highlights in highlights; 63. Igloo dweller. DOWN: 1. Dogfaces; 2. Org. on a toothpaste box; 3. Melancholy; 4. 7’1” 1993 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year; 6. With resolve; 7. Cushioned seat; 8. Neighbor of Ger.; 10. Coasts; 11. ___ Bear; 12. Touch; 13. Ho Chi ___ City; 18. Independent, in Ingolstadt; 22. Like a street urchin, typically; 24. Zig and zag, in skiing; 25. They might follow bad calls; 28. Urges on; 29. Establish by decree; 30. Hatchling in an aerie; 31. Places; 37. Iraq’s ___ City;43. Surpassed; 44. Some works for heroes; 48. Vertically, to a sailor; 49. “Baseball Tonight” airer; 50. Letters in love letters; 51. Onery sort; 52. Country mail rtes.; 54. Confit d’___ (potted goose); 55. It indicates a void in some govt. records; 56. Ending with spy or sky; 57. That: Sp.
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