06.08.12 — The Friday Crossword




Philippine Eagle

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Friday, June 8, 2012

Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith / Edited by Will Shortz

Seven 15-letter answers constitute the main feature of this Friday crossword:

TO LITTLE PURPOSE (31A. Almost in vain)
TRACTION ENGINES (36A. Road locomotives)
AIR CONDITIONERS (37A. Runners often seen in windows)
BINOCULAR VISION (3D. Aid in judging distances)
ACADEMY CIRCLES (4D. School rings?)
PHILIPPINE EAGLE (10D. Southeast Asian soarer)
RAISES ONE’S GLASS (11D. Toasts)

Lene Lovich

Other — DINAH SHORE (17A. “Chantez-Chantez” singer, 1957), ERIC THE RED (14A. Icelandic saga subject), LORD NELSON (57A. Tafalgar Square figure), The Five SATINS, SLUICE GATE (54A. Water flow regulator), TUNING (30D. Function of some forks).

Five-letter — ANITA, ANODE, ATE IN, EDNAS, ELIAN, EMIRS, HALAL, HENIE (29D. “Iceland” star, 1942), LARGO, LIENS, MIATA, SLITS, T-TOPS.

Short stuff — ACH, ADES, AHS, ALUM, A TOE and A TON, ATTA, CEOS, CLOD and CLOT, CNN, DIDI, DISC, EEN, ERIN, ESSO and ESTO, EURE, GREG, HALL, ICED, INNS, IRON, ISLA, LENE Lovich, LORI, LSAT, NAIL, NEHI, PETE, PRES, REBA and RED A, RHEE, SANS, SERT, TAPS, TERM, THEO, VIPS.

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


Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “I’m a Survivor” sitcom; 5. “West Side Story” girlfriend; 10. Cabinet maker?: Abbr.; 16. Long way to talk?; 18. It’s 180o from X; 19. Cell division?; 20. Places to put up; 21. It’s taken by some coll. Seniors; 22. Business brass; 24. Some encumbrances; 25. Class Notes subject, informally 27. “___ Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein” (Bach cantata); 30. Memorial Day performance; 38. Big names; 39. Poetic period; 40. Idaho motto opener; 41. Big guns in the Mideast; 43. Norman with a legendary swing; 45. Flying ___; 46. Put away; 50. Kosher’s Islamic equivalent; 53. Digital protection; 56. Dip ___ in; 58. Lacking; 59. Took home courses?; 60. Salinger girl. — DOWN: 1. Hester Prynne’s stigma; 2. Journalist Burnett of 55-Down; 5. Some patient responses; 6. Beverage once sold “in all popular flavors”; 7. Press; 8. Coastal plunger; 9. Some pitcherfuls; 12. First name in 2000 headlines; 13. Venting aids; 15. Director Angelopoulos who won the 1988 Palme d’Or; 23. The Five ___, 1950s million-selling doo-wop group; 24. Slow passage; 25. “___ baby!”; 26. Singer learning a script; 28. Bonehead; 32. 1970s Thunderbird options; 33. Rose family member; 34. Waldorf-Astoria muralist; 35. Tiger Express station brand; 41. ___ Edibles (food shop on “The Facts of Life”); 42. Spyder rival; 44. South Korea’s first president; 46. Luzon, e.g.; 47. Cardiological concern; 48. River at Chartres; 49. Conn of “Grease”; 53. Its diameter is measured in picometers; 52. Singer Lovich; 55. Home of “Your Bottom Line”.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Theo Angelopoulos won the 1998 Palme D'Or not the 1988 -- also shouldn't the correct spelling of Eric the Red be Erik the Red