A E I O U, Alice and the Caterpillar,
from from the 1951 Disney film "Alice in Wonderland"
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Puzzle by Joel Fagliano / Edited by Will Shortz
Stand-alone A, E, I, O and U at the start of five answers constitutes the interrelated group of this Monday crossword:
A ROOM WITH A VIEW(20A. E. M. Forster novel)
E FOR EFFORT(3D. Grade meaning “Maybe you failed, but at least you tried”)
I WON’T LET YOU DOWN(38A. “Count on me”)
O HOLY NIGHT (31D. Carol with the words “hear the angel voices)
U CAN’T TOUCH THIS(51A. Signature song for MC Hammer)
Other — BAHAIS (47D. Believers in the essential worth of all religions),DROVE MAD (10D. Sent up the wall), HOODOO (22D. Jinx), LAGOON (42A. Enclosed body of water on a tropical island),NEATNIKS (39D. Tidy types).
Mid-size — ADZES, AREAR, AT WAR, AW MAN, DYNES, ELLIOT, GET GO, LOWES, MAFIA, MAIDS, MOTTO, OP ART, PARKS, PELOSI, RAYON, REREAD, SHREK, SLOSH, SOFIA, STASH, UNAPT, WRIST, YUMMY.
Short stuff — AFRO and AGRO, AGHA, AHOY, ANEW, APP, ATF, CAFÉ, CAMO, COAL, DARE, ESPY, ESTE, IDOL, IHOP, IRON, LAME, LEE, MEME and MIMI, MOLD, OH OK, ONE, OSLO, SCI, SHOO, SPAN, SRTA and STAR and STEP and STET and STOP and STOW, TADA, TSO, UNIT, USPS, UTAH, YAMS, ZITI.
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