I’m somewhere in here.
Let me get posted before the blackout…
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
Puzzle by Peter Wentz / Edited by Will Shortz
Across —1. Setting for part of “A Tale of Two Cities”,BASTILLE; 9. “Awww!”,TOO BAD; 15. Aces, with “the”,CAT’S MEOW; 16. What a mass of footballers do after a tackle, UNPILE; 17. One getting poked in the eye?, SHOELACE; 18. Smell like,REEK OF; 19. Punches, informally,CLOCKS; 20. Psychologist Alfred BINET; 21. Jaunty,RAKISH; 23. Not taking a loss well, say,SORE; 24. High, in a way,ON POT; 25. Its positions are labeled North, South, East and West,MAH JONGG; 29. Number of Planeten,ACHT; 30. Ones who are counter-productive?,BARTENDERS;32. Funny MargaretCHO; 3. Completely covers,CARPETS;34. Nag (at),EAT; 35. Microwaveable food brand,HOT POCKETS; 37. Centimeter-gram-second unit,DYNE;38. Dead duck, maybe,ROAD KILL; 39. Union V.I.P., MEADE; 40. One might be performed en avant,JETÉ; 41. Grow more and more irksome,FESTER; 42. Country music’s DEANA Carter; 44. Architectural base,PLINTH; 46. Film hero chasing a motorcycle gang,MAD MAX; 47. Put on the line,AIR-DRIED; 50. “Let’s do it!”,I’M GAME;51. Chatted up,CAME ON TO; 52. REESES Puffs; 53. Target of thrown bricks, in early comics,KRAZY KAT.
Down — N.C.A.A. football ranking system,BCS; 2. “Now I see!”,AHA;3. Picture on file,STOCK PHOTO; 4. “The Hippopotamus” writer,T S ELIOT; 5. “Wait, this isn’t making sense”,I’M LOST; 6. Separate through percolation,LEACH;7. Sure thing, LOCK; 8. Milk sources, EWES; 9. Concorde features,TURBO JETS; 10. Rare driving choices,ONE IRONS; 11. Like some flexible mortgages,OPEN END; 12. ExerciseBIKE; 13. Loads, A LOT;14. “DEF Poetry Jam”; 21. Raid target,ROACH; 22. Position in a relay, ANCHOR; 23. Historical community,SHTETL; 25. Rap’s BizMARKIE;26. Last name in women’s skin care,ARPEL; 27. “Pretty obvious, huh?”,GEE YA THINK; 28. Certain coffee order, GRANDE; 30. I.R.S. settlement,BACK TAXES; 31. Take turns?, STEER; 33. Part of a cover,CODE NAME; 36. Some silk threads,PAJAMAS; 37. Trounce, DESTROY; 39. Cuban-born Baseball Hall-of-Famer JoséMÉNDEZ; 42. “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” figure,DAME; 43. Threshold, EDGE; 44. Load,PACK; 45. One who’s incredible,LIAR; 46. Peace abroad, MIR; 48. Listing that can change based on the weather, for short,ETA; 49. Flyspeck,DOT.
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