Author: | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
ANDREA:
As mentioned in the constructor comments for Mon 11/2/2009, my neighbor Kent Clayton and I decided to collaborate again after his reveal of BELIEVEITORNOT saved my bacon. Kent was watching football, so we decided to do a sports theme, which might surprise many of those who follow my anti-sports comments on certain blogs. However, I am NOT anti-sports. I am anti the overuse of baseball and the presumption that solvers will know the most obscure MVP of 1953, yet will not know who HELLOKITTY is, or whatever girl-centric topic comes up. And I like to be a thorn in the side of those who overdose on sports clues. I have nothing against sports itself.
This puzzle focused on team names. We decided to combine them and have a nice reveal of FOOTBALLMATCHUP 15 going across the grid. It was a lot of fun to mix and match the team players and coming up with clues. There were many that were so natural, like RAMCHARGER or JETPACKER (though I don't think our Boba Fett clue made it to the final version).
1 I | 2 R | 3 A | 4 Q | 5 M | 6 A | 7 P | 8 L | 9 E | 10 R | 11 I | 12 N | 13 K |
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14 N | A | N | U | 15 I | W | I | L | L | 16 O | M | A | N |
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17 C | H | I | E | 18 F | T | E | X | A | N | 19 A | P | S | E |
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20 M | E | E | T | 21 M | I | 22 S | D | E | A | L |
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23 S | 24 T | A | G | E | 25 G | 26 I | A | N | T | B | I | L | L |
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27 E | A | T | 28 L | 29 A | U | D | 30 O | I | L | |||||
31 R | B | I | 32 S | 33 B | I | O | 34 S | 35 L | O | 36 C | 37 O | 38 S |
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39 F | O | O | T | 40 B | A | L | L | M | 41 A | T | C | H | U | P |
42 S | O | N | A | R | 43 T | I | E | R | 44 K | A | T | E |
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45 G | Y | 46 M | 47 Z | A | C | 48 H | 49 M | I | A |
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50 J | 51 E | 52 T | P | A | C | 53 K | E | R | 54 U | 55 P | P | E | R |
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56 A | R | R | A | N | G | E | 57 P | L | E | A | ||||
58 R | O | A | R | 59 R | A | 60 M | 61 C | H | A | R | G | 62 E | 63 R |
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64 E | D | I | T | 65 A | C | R | I | D | 66 I | N | F | O |
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67 D | E | N | Y | 68 W | H | I | G | S | 69 L | E | G | O |
Across | Down | |
1. Neighbor of Kuwait : IRAQ 5. Sugar source : MAPLE 10. Ice Follies venue : RINK 14. Half of Mork's sign-off : NANU 15. Volunteer's cry : IWILL 16. Arabian Peninsula sultanate : OMAN 17. Governor in Austin? : CHIEFTEXAN 19. Area that may have stained-glass windows : APSE 20. Come together : MEET 21. Card player's boo-boo : MISDEAL 23. All the world's one, to the Bard : STAGE 25. Unwelcome result of a shopping spree? : GIANTBILL 27. Chow down : EAT 28. Give kudos : LAUD 30. "Black gold" : OIL 31. Sluggers' stats : RBIS 33. Life stories, for short : BIOS 35. Nut jobs : LOCOS 39. Bit of Sunday TV scheduling ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across : FOOTBALLMATCHUP 42. Aid in finding sunken ships : SONAR 43. Part of a wedding cake : TIER 44. Jackson or Winslet : KATE 45. Sock hop locale : GYM 47. Galifianakis of "The Hangover" : ZACH 49. Actress Farrow : MIA 50. Airport baggage handler? : JETPACKER 54. Like half of a pair of dentures : UPPER 56. Do the work of a florist or an orchestrator : ARRANGE 57. "S O S," e.g. : PLEA 58. Belly laugh : ROAR 59. Sheep's accuser? : RAMCHARGER 64. Cut and paste, say : EDIT 65. Pungent-smelling : ACRID 66. Lowdown : INFO 67. Say isn't so : DENY 68. Presidents Tyler and Taylor, for two : WHIGS 69. Plastic brick brand : LEGO |
1. Abbr. at the end of a co. name : INC 2. Cheerleader's cry : RAH 3. Walt Disney's specialty : ANIMATION 4. "The Caine Mutiny" captain : QUEEG 5. Oven user's aid : MITT 6. Leave dumbstruck : AWE 7. Snapshots, for short : PIX 8. Cousin of an alpaca : LLAMA 9. Weather-affecting current : ELNINO 10. Place for a "Bridge Out" sign : ROADBLOCK 11. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect : IMPEI 12. Like Fran Drescher's voice : NASAL 13. Mournful peal : KNELL 18. Have a hunch : FEEL 22. Bit of equipment for a circus clown : STILT 23. Feudal drudges : SERFS 24. Verboten : TABOO 25. Burden of the conscience-stricken : GUILT 26. Put on a pedestal : IDOLIZE 29. Attorney's org. : ABA 32. Event that may include blue films : STAGPARTY 34. Dirty campaign tactic : SMEAR 36. Bubbly drink : CHAMPAGNE 37. Protruding navel : OUTIE 38. Gaff, to a fisherman : SPEAR 40. Orator William Jennings ___ : BRYAN 41. Rainbow shape : ARC 46. Dr. Phil's last name : MCGRAW 48. Hip-shaking dance : HULA 50. Actor Leto of "American Psycho" : JARED 51. Chip away at : ERODE 52. Choo-choo : TRAIN 53. Stacy who played Mike Hammer : KEACH 55. Danger : PERIL 57. Degs. for many profs : PHDS 60. CAT scan alternative : MRI 61. A smoker might bum one : CIG 62. Trio after D : EFG 63. Kanga's baby : ROO |
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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