08.31.11 — Beach Boys



Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Puzzle by Peter A. Collins / Edited by Will Shortz

The Beach Boys are fondly featured in this last-day-of-August-but-so-yesterday wispy Wednesday crossword comprised of an overly-complicated set of interrelated entries.

  • IN MY / ROOM (10-Across with 64-Across, 1963 Beach Boys hit)
  • CALIFORNIA GIRLS (10-Across, 1965 Beach Boys hit)
  • HELP ME / RHONDA (10-Across, with 49-Across, 1965 Beach Boys hit)
  • LITTLE SAINT NICK (57-Across, 1963 Beach Boys hit)
  • DON’T / WORRY / BABY (7-Down, etc., With 30- and 53-Down, 1964 Beach Boys hit).

Other — ALBANIA, AMORIST, I’M OVER IT (20A. “That doesn‘t bother me anymore“), ICICLED, MANAGERS, PRIVATE, SANCTUM, SLATHERS (9D. Lays on thick).

Mid-size — AKIN TO, ARIAN, BOLERO, BRONTE, EL TORO, FEDORA, LAVISH, MARKER, ORRIN, PLATOS, PLATTE, PROPER, RABAT, RAKER, SODAS, STYNE, TROLL, TWO-ACT, WATER, WORRY.

Short stuff — ABOUT, ADAM, Gulf of ADEN, ALI, ALOU, ARAB, BABY, BOCA, BOHR, CODE, COG, DART, DIAL, DOL, DON’T, ECTO, ELAL, Cómo ESTA!”, GEE, I ATE, IBO, LAPP, LAR, LOCI, MDI, NAY, NOR, ODOR, OHIO, OVI, PINS, POLO, ROOM, SAT, SKEE-Ball, TEC, TKO, TOO, WOE, YES.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Reindeer herder; 5. Sprite, for instance; 14. Lysol target; 156. Fairly tale figure; 15. Do some computer programming; 21. Gumshoe; 27. ___ Retreat (1970s-’80s New York City club); 30. Trouble; 32. Mideast carrier; 33. Fall guy?; 34. 1922 Physics Nobelist; 35. It has feathers and flies; 36. Egg: Prefix; 37. Smitten one; 40. Thrilla in Manila outcome; 41. Wrestling victories; 43. Prefix with -polis; 47. Vote against; 48. Dance accompanied by castanets; 51. Victim in Camus’s “The Stranger,” e.g.; 52. Minor player, so to speak; 53. Rich fabrics; 61. “___ Ben Adhem” (English poem); 62. African capital; 63. “It must’ve been something ___”; 65. “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” composer; 66. Lotion ingredient. — DOWN: 1. Set of points, mathematically; 2 Man with arents; 3. Kind of shirt named for a sport; 4. One following general directions?; 5. Packs away; 6. Sen. Hatch; 8. Thrilla in Manilla winner; 10. Like some eaves in winter; 11. Oslo’s home: Abbr.; 12. Year of Ronsard’s “Odes”; 13. Vote for; 18. Sinatra topper; 19. “You sure got me”; 24. Nebraska river; 25. Surveyor’s stake, typically; 26. Corrida combatant; 276. Polite; 28. Rich; 29. Like; 31. Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; 34. ___ Raton, Fla.; 38. Ball club V.I.P.’s; 39. Like some plays; 42. Refuse; 45. Neighbor of Montenegro; 48. One of three literary sisters; 50. Capital of the U.S.: Abbr.; 51. Suffix with parliament; 54. Zest alternative; 55. Outer: Prefix; 57. Choreographer Lubovitch; 58. Native Nigerian; 59. Overly; 60. Didn’t get used.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

DOL for capital of U.S? Please explain.

DONALD said...

Capital (money), DOL (abbreviation for dollar).