02.11.13 — CAB



 
 
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Monday, February 11, 2013
 
Puzzle by Gary Cee / Edited by Will Shortz

SHARE A CAB (62A. Split the taxi fare … and what the words do in 18-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across), LUCA BRASI (18A. Personal enforcer in “The Godfather”), RCA BUILDING (24A. Onetime name at New York’s Rockefeller Center), ARTISTIC ABILITY (39A. Skill with a paintbrush, say) and JESSICA BIEL (55A. Actress who married Justin Timberlake in 2012) constitute the interrelated group of this speedy Monday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Use a wire brush on; 6. Event Cinderella attended; 10. Turkish military leader; 14. Sports venue; 15. Certain woodwind; 16. Serious-looking; 17. A little lit; 20. Employ; 21. Even’s opposite; 23. Housetops; 28. Initials at the start of a memo; 30. Home to the N.F.L.’s Saints, informally; 31. The Eagles’ “___ Eyes”; 32. No ___, ands or buts; 33. Meadow; 35. Swindle; 38. Aunt, in Acapulco; 44. Actress Arthur; 45. Country south of Ecuador; 46. ___ alai; 47. Antlered animal; 48. Archipelago part; 50. Trims the lawn; 54. Coat and ___; 58. Descendant; 60. 24-hr. source of money; 61. Luau neckwear; 65. Mix; 67. Foot-long sandwich; 68. Ring up; 69. Like a coincidence that makes you go “Hmm …”; 70. Adam and Eve’s garden; 71. ___ of life (part of 70-Across); 72. Traditional Valentine’s Day gift. — DOWN: 1. Planet with rings; 2. Shortening brand; 3. Nullify, as a law; 4. Young ___ (kids); 5. Louisiana body of water; 6. How to “go where no man has gone before”; 7. ___ Dhabi; 8. ___ cit. (footnote abbr.); 9. Get the hang of; 10. Farming-related: Prefix; 11. Writing on the wall; 12. Tantrum; 13. French friend; 19. Marsh; 22. Open wider, as a pupil; 25. 48-Across east of Java; 26. Talk over; 27. Ancient native of 45-Across; 29. “___, old chap!”; 34. Paranormal power, for short; 36. Utterly hopeless; 37. Actress Farrow; 39. Aid and ___; 40. Got a kick out of; 41. Friendly send-off; 42. Colored eye part; 43. Arm or leg; 49. Legally obligated; 51. Edmonton hockey team; 52. Hot dog, informally; 53. Projector inserts; 55. QB Namath of Montana; 56. Make into law; 57. Deep yellow; 59. Fe, chemically; 62. “That’s all ___ wrote!”; 63. Ford or Lincoln; 64. Taproom order; 68. Sign between Cancer and Virgo.


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