10.11.11 — Tumblers




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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Puzzle by Ed Sessa / Edited by Will Shortz

"Tumblers" is the clue for LOCK DEVICES, CIRCUS ACROBATS, WHISKEY GLASSES and JACK AND JILL in this lively Tuesday crossword.


Tumbler Pigeon

Other — ARCHITECTS (29D. Ones making plans), KEY CASE (42D. Jingly pocket item), LICENSE (43D. Requirement to hunt or drive), PREFABS (6D. Quick-to-erect homes), PRUSSIA (24D. Otto von Bismarck’s realm), RABBIT TEST (11D. Old-fashioned pregnancy check), REGALIA (35D. King’s trappings), RIB CAGE (26D. Protective part of a trunk), VERSACE (18D. Big name in Italian fashion), WHERE TO (9D. Cabbie’s query).

Mid-size — CHILLY, CREPE, CURIE, ECHOED, EROICA, FEVER, ILIAC, LAPTOP, MENSA, MOLARS, NAÏVE, OBEYER, OPTED, OUTLAY, RAJAH, SCAMPI, SPARE, TECHS, TYKES, ULCER, Dickens’s URIAH Heep, URKEL (49D. “Family Matters“ dweeb).

Short stuff — ABOU, ACHY, ACT, AIG, ALAS, ALE, ALPE, AVA, BIN, COE and COY, DCC, DHS, EAT, ECCE, ESS, “Would I LIE to you?”, ISLE of Man, JIM, LIMO, LOLL, LUKE, MBAS, MEAL, NEWS, OED, PECK, PREY, RBS, RIM, SLID, SYS, TDS, TIC, TILT, UCLA, VIEW.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Convenience for working travelers; 7. The latest; 11. Tire holder; 14. Dog that merits “Good boy!”; 15. Sore all over; 16. Hoppy brew; 19. Coal brew; 20. Perry of “Beverly Hills 90210”; 21. Flu symptom; 22. Execs’ degs.; 23. /, to a bowler; 25. Beethoven’s Third; 27. Frank’s wife before Mia; 30. N.F.L. ball carriers; 31. Result of pushing too hard?; 37. PC whizzes; 38. Miler Sebastian; 39. Crinkly sole material; 45. Bailed-out insurance co.; 46. Scores for 30-Across; 47. Money spent; 49. Stomach problem; 51. Mice, to owls; 52 Marie with two Nobels; 54. “Woe is me!”; 58. First of three X’s or O’s; 61. “Dig in!”; 63. Garlicky shrimp dish; 64. Nonfielding A.L. players; 65. Rare airline offering, nowadays; 66. Repeated. — DOWN: 1. Lounge around; 23. “___ Ben Adheim”; 3. Hunt-and-___ (TYPING METHOD); 4. Little squirts; 5. U.K. wordsmith’s ref.; 7. Born yesterday, so to speak; 8. “Behold,” to Caesar; 10. The “S” in CBS: Abbr.; 12. Hip-bone related; 13. Good problem solvers, as a group; 22. Wisdom teeth, e.g.; 27. Play a role; 28. Penthouse perk; 33. Unfriendly, as a greeting; 34. Playfully shy; 36. Went flat-out; 47. Made a choice; 50. Big Indian; 53. The Bruins’ sch.; 55. Long wheels; 56. Mont Blanc, par exemple; 57. Lost traction; 59. Huck’s raft mate; 60. 700, to Caesar.

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