08.09.11 — Soup's On




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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Puzzle by Tony Orbach / Edited by Will Shortz

THE GREAT PUMPKIN (17A. “Peanuts” figure … or some fabulous fall soup?), THE FUNKY CHICKEN (39A. Early 1970s dance or some smelly soup?) and THE FLYING TOMATO (63A. Nickname for snowboarder Shaun White … or some airborne soup?) is the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

Other — FALLS FOR (40D. Becomes smitten by), HYPNOTIC (10D. Like a swinging pendulum, say), I BELIEVE SO (3D. “Yes, if you ask me”), TAKE IT EASY (31D. “Calm down”).

Mid-size — ABYSS, ANGELA, AROSE, ASHOT, BIALY, CANOE, CYCLO, DREAR, EASTLA, FORMAL, HYDRA, LIOTTA, MASAI (43A. Kenyan tribesman), MITTS, MOTTOS, REPAY, STEFFI, STILES, STOLEN, TAINT, TATAR, THEIF, TOLET.

Short stuff — AABA, ACCT, ACE, AJAR, ANTE, ASAS, ATMS, ATV, CONE, DEAN, EGGO, ELIE, ESC and ESCE, FIDO, FONT, GOBI, HEEL, ICKY, ISBN and ISPS, ITCH, JOAD, LAKE, LEA, LSAT, LYRE, MAIA (1A. One of the Pleiades), NAVY, NOGO, NYET, OLES, PEND, RTES, SHAY, SOW and SNOW, STAN, SYNC, TCM, THAT, TOD, TWOD, UIES, UNUM, VASE, YUGO.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.


Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. Q. When is a door not a door? A.: When it’s ___; 9. Pickpocket, e.g.; 14. ID in a library vol.; 15. Dunce cap shape; 16. Three-wheeled Asian cab; 20. “For rent”; 21. Figure in academia; 22. Nein : German :: ___ : Russian; 23. Subway turners; 25. Much-derided 1980s-’90s car; 27. Calif. Setting for “Stand and Deliver”; 30. Words to swear by; 34. Off-road wheels, for short; 36. Rhyme scheme for Frost’s “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”; 38. Onion-flavored roll; 44. Suffix with opal; 45. Key to get out of a jam?; 46. At a chop shop, perhaps; 48. Tennis’s Graf; 51. Exam for an aspiring Esq.; 53. Ray of “GoodFellas”; 56. Ways to the Web: Abbr.; 59. It may be put on a pedestal; 62. Gloomy, in verse; 66. Paddled craft; 67. Canceled; 68. Old camera settings, for short; 69. Many-headed challenge for Hercules; 70. Like flicks seen without special glasses; 71. Instrument played with a plectrum. — DOWN: 1. Baseball gloves; 2. “Give it ___!” (“Try!”); 4. German chancellor Merkel; 5. Score 100% on; 8. “The Grapes of Wrath” family name; 7. The “a” in a.m.; 8. Compensate for loss; 9. Channel for old films; 11. “Eww! Gross!”; 12. “Night” author Wiesel; 13. Helvetica, e.g.; 18. Hwys.; 19. “One” on a penny; 24. Lee of Marvel Comics; 26. Mongolian desert; 28. Okeechobee, e.g.; 20. Chasm; 32. Shouts at a fútbol game; 33. Harmony; 34. $20 dispensers; 35. “What’s ___?”; 37. No. at a brokerage; 40. Becomes smitten by; 41. Sometimes-illegal turns, in slang; 42. Dog command; 47. The Midshipmen; 49. Relative of Rex; 50. Not casual; 52. Corrupt; 54. One of a Turkic people; 55. Got out of bed; 56. Allergic reaction; 57. One-horse carriage; 58. Be in limbo; 60. Author C. P. ___; 61. Frozen waffle brand; 64. Grazing ground; 65. Thomas Mann’s “Der ___ in Venedig”.

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