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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Puzzle by MaryEllen Uthlaut, edited by Will Shortz
Inserting LET into a cut above, looseleaf, ring tones and eavesdrop, resulting in A CUTLET ABOVE (20A. Meat slice on the highest shelf?), LOOSE LEAFLET (27A. Advertising sheet blowing in the wind?), RINGLET TONES (44A. Curly lock tints?) and EAVES DROPLET (52A. Dribble from an icicle?), comprises the interrelated group of this nifty back-to-work Tuesday crossword.
Other — ATONAL (64A. Keyless), ERECTED (5D. Put up), GAMBIT, NOTARY public, PONDER, PRIORI (14A. Kind of reasoning, after “a”), PUPPET SHOW (17A. Entertainment you might have a hand in?), RAIN STORMS (58A. Nor’easters, often), REELED, RITUAL, STRETTO (43D. Feature of a fugue), TULSAN.
Five-letter — AGREE, ALIEN, APRIL, E-BOOK (11D. Something to read on a Kindle), EVADE, GEESE, HIKER, INKED, NERVE, PARED, RATIO, RONDO, SAINT, SHIRE, STEER, TEETH, TOKEN, TREES.
Short stuff — ABET, AHEM, AIL, ALE and ALOE, ANG, ART, DAHL, DAN, DOPA, DRAY, EDEN, ESPN, ETAL, FOE, GENS, HOED, LED, “Striving to better oft we MAR what’s well!”: Shak., MINI, MISS, MORE, NEWT, NIP, NON, OILS, ORU, PIN, POEM, PPP (1D. Very, very soft, in music), RAID, RNA, SAG, SEN, SLY, STYE, Big SUR, Scotland’s Firth of TAY, TEE, TIDE, TOOT, WAGE, WHO, YDS.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Think about; 7. Rock’s Steely ___; 10. Pentagon V.I.P.’s: Abbr.; 15. Ginger ___; 16. Help in wrongdoing; 19. “Encore!”; 22. Class with crayons; 26. Trail user; 32. Like presses ready for printing; 33. It has feet in a line; 34. Droop; 37. Sir Anthony formerly of 10 Downing Street; 38. Made thinner; 40. Carry on; 41. Oui’s opposite; 42. ___ Cooper (car); 43. English county; 47. Grove components; 51. Buttonless shirt; 57. Series finale, in brief; 62. Ocean motion; 63. Be under par; 65. Broke ground?; 66. QB pickups: Abbr. — DOWN: 1. 2. Okla. School; 3. Quick drink; 4. L-___ (Parkinson’s treatment); 6. Mass, e.g.; 7. Author Roald; 8. Lily of Africa; 9. Colorful amphibian; 10. Chess ploy; 11. Something to read on a Kindle; 12. Chutzpah; 13. Manage the helm; 18. Eye sore; 21. Sound before “Your fly is open”; 22. “The X-Files” subject; 23. Sonata movement; 24. Coin at an arcade; 28. When doubled, a breath freshener; 29. When to celebrate Earth Day; 30. Axis, once; 31. Was ahead; 34. Nicholas or Patrick; 35. Share an opinion; 36. Fliers in V’s; 38. Wrestler’s goal; 39. Director Lee; 40. Question of identity; 42. Hit’s opposite; 44. Staggered; 45. Big game hunter?; 46. Resident of Oklahoma’s second-largest city; 47. Canines, e.g.; 48. Two to one or three to one; 49. Skirt; 53. Heavy cart; 54. A.T.F. agents’ activity; 55. Removes a squeak from; 56. Driver’s nonverbal “hello”; 59. Cellular stuff; 61. Like a fox.
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