XW Info

Saturday, December 29, 2012
by Joe Krozel
Sat 12/29/2012
TRITTSCRAMABA
VIREOCHINANOR
PTOLEMAICSYSTEM
GENERALBEERS
REPULSER
GOSNEEVWS
VANESSAWILLIAMS
ELECTEDOFFICIAL
NARRATIVEPOETRY
ATEENAGERINLOVE
LIECHTENSTEINER
ADIOISSEL
EPEERESTSON
HORSEMANUREEUR
ALESUCCESSCSA
YDSSHOD
© 2012, The New York Times
1.Urban contemporary : TRITT
6."Git!" : SCRAM
11.Sports org. of 1967-76 : ABA
14.Olive-colored bird : VIREO
15.World powerhouse in table tennis : CHINA
16.Word of logic : NOR
17.Bygone theory of astronomy : PTOLEMAICSYSTEM
20.Blanket : GENERAL
21.Round parts : BEERS
22.Hideous one : REPULSER
26.Get-___ (starts) : GOS
29.Obituary word : NEE
30.Bugs : VWS
33."Ugly Betty" actress : VANESSAWILLIAMS
39.Governor, e.g. : ELECTEDOFFICIAL
40."Idylls of the King," stylistically : NARRATIVEPOETRY
41.1959 doo-wop classic : ATEENAGERINLOVE
42.Alpine native : LIECHTENSTEINER
43."Grazie ___!" (Italian for "Thank God!") : ADIO
44.Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dan : ISSEL
45.Thrust item : EPEE
48.Uses for a base : RESTSON
50.Balderdash : HORSEMANURE
54.E.E.C. part: Abbr. : EUR
55.It may be bitter : ALE
56."I did it!" : SUCCESS
57.Grp. in gray : CSA
58.Gridiron distance: Abbr. : YDS
59.Sporting boots, say : SHOD
1.Tube rating : TVPG
2.It may be performed by people in robes : RITE
3.Unyielding : IRON
4.Part of 1-Down : TELE
5."___ is human ..." : TOERR
6.It has thousands of roots : SCALP
7.Half of a classic religious symbol : CHI
8.___-A-Che (rapper) : RIC
9.Response: Abbr. : ANS
10.Wishy-washy reply : MAYBE
11.Deal preceder : ANTE
12.Participant in an 1899 conflict : BOER
13.___ deal : ARMS
18.Risqué West : MAE
19.Ones to whom an organization's messages are sent : SERVICELIST
23.Frayed, perhaps : UNWOVEN
24.Funny Carol and family : LEIFERS
25."Woe is me!" types : SELFPITIERS
26.Land visited by Paul in the New Testament : GALATIA
27.Clarinet need : ONEREED
28.Concealments : SECRECIES
31."I'll be right with you" : WAITONESEC
32.Elided phrase in a Gershwin song : SMARVELOUS
33.Easily corrupted : VENAL
34.One-seat carriages : STANHOPES
35.Assailed : SETAT
36.Verona's river : ADIGE
37.They have their pride : LIONESSES
38.More crafty : SLYER
46.Certain bird herd : EMUS
47.Per : EACH
48.Wished otherwise : RUED
49.Supporter of the Heller decision, 2008: Abbr. : NRA
50.Allergy source : HAY
51.Played out : OLD
52.Abbr. after a telephone no. : RES
53.One with two or three stripes: Abbr. : NCO

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