01.11.11 — Libation



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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Puzzle by Sharon Delorme, edited by Will Shortz

COCKTAILS (59A. What 17-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across are), RUSTY NAIL (17A. Something found in an old board, maybe), SCREW DRIVER (24A. Tool belt tool), SHRILEY TEMPLE (34A. Little girl in 1935-s “Our Little Girl”) and GRASSHOPPER (51A. Term of endearment for the Karate Kid) are the interrelated group of this tipsy Tuesday crossword.

Other — ABRAHAM, CRUSADES, ENAMELED, IMPASSE, LIBATION (38D. Drink), MAJOR TOM (9D. Astronaut in a 1973 David Bowie hit), MISHMASH (3D. Hodgepodge), RAP SHEET (35D. Record of arrests).

Six-letter — AGHAST, APACHE, ARISTO, CUATRO, DERIVE, ELDERS, GEEZER, HIDEHO, IONIZE, MENSCH, PERKED, RADIAL.

Five — AREEL, ARISE, ARROW, ASIDE, IDARE, IRANI, JARED, LITHO, MIDGE, POOCH, RAISE, SEDGE, STAGE, TO LET.

Short stuff — AAR, ACHE and ACME, ADA, AGE, AMP, APE, ASH, AYE, BAM, BRIM, C AS in cat, EMT, ENDE, ERS and ERST, ESSO, ESTD, EURO, GOES, HAM, MCAN, MESS, MHO, MINI, NOL, OAT, PTS , SHED, SIR, TEA, YESM, WORT, WPM.

I drink therefore I am. ~ W. C. Fields

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Top point; 5. Thom ___ footwear; 9. Barbie the doll’s best friend; 14. A cowboy hat has a wide one; 15. Continental money; 16. Dizzy; 19. ___ Fogle, spokesman for Subway; 20. Fire remnant; 21. Cornerstone abbr.; 22. Charge, to a physicist; 23. Show-off-in a show; 26. Toothpaste tube letters; 27. Measure o conductance; 28. Mare’s morsel; 29. Triage sites, briefly; 30. Big job for housekeeper; 32. It has feathers and flies; 40. Up, as the ante; 41. Prefix with bus; 43. Swiss river to the Rhine; 46. Quart divs.; 47. Gibbon, for one; 50. “Batman” sound effect; 54. Speaker’s place; 55. Cab Calloway’s signature line; 56. Rowboat pair; 57. Kind of party for Glenn Beck?; 58. Most-played part of a 45; 61. Transport in a western; 62. Result of over exercise; 63. Anything ___; 64. Landlord’s sign; 65. Tool building; 66. “The Neverending Story” author Michael. DOWN: 1. Presidential first name that comes from Genesis; 2. Holy wars; 4. One skilled in CPR; 5. Good Joe; 6. Number after tres; 7. Take for ___ (hoodwink); 8. Cambodia’s Lon ___; 10. Farsi speaker; 11. Obtain (from); 12. Old codger; 13. Tribal V.I.P.’s; 18. Polite reply from a ranch hand; 22. “Come on, ___ you!”; 25. St. John’s ___ (herbal remedy); 31. Knight’s title; 32. Reply to a captain; 33. Typist’s speed: Abbr.; 36. Certain print, for short; 37. “Put a tiger in you tank” brand; 39. Like some decorate cookware; 42. Standoff; 43. Horrified; 44. Blue blood, informally; 45. Goodyear offering; 47. Military helicopter; 48. Became attentive, with “up”; 49. Formerly, in olden days; 52. Swamp plant; 53. Doggie; 60. Get on in years.

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