Time to Re-Tire, 1907 -- Burr Giffen
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Puzzle by Dave Mackey, edited by Will Shortz
Feel sleepy? This crossword puzzle should finish the job with four inter-related entries -- BEDTIMEFORBONZO (17A. Ronald Reagan movie); PAJAMAGAME (30A. Doris Day movie, with “The”); PILLOWTALK (48A. Rock Hudson movie); and IDREAMOFJEANNIE (63A. Barbara Eden TV series).
Counting sheep?
Eight-letter entries: DRESSAGE (6D. Equestrian competition); ZOOLOGIC (10D. Of the animal kingdom); ILLTREAT (39D. “It’s on me!“); and BILLYJOE (41D. Subject of a 1976 film “ode”).
Seven-letter: BEHAVED (19D. Didn’t act up) and SCIORRA (36D. Annabella of “The Sopranos”).
Six-letter: ESTATE (4D. Bequeathed property); UTOPIA (8D. A World without 71-Across); EVIGAN (37A. Greg of “My Two Dads”); AMELIE (43A. 2001 title role for Audrey Tautou); TYCOON (49D. Captain of industry); and MORNIN (50D. Informal greeting at a breakfast shop).
Five-letter: ADDUP, AGORA, ASCAP, CIVIC, ECOLI, ELIAN, ENIAC, IDEAS, INSET, IRATE, IRISH, JABBA, MALES, NOVEL, RAIMI, ROTOS, and TOERR.
Four-letter: AFTS, ARNE, ASST, ATON, AWED, BEDE, BIRD, DAFT, EDNA, ERNS, GABE, GOBI, HEYS, IFFY, IMHO, INFO, LIZA, LOCO, MASC, NOTS, ODDS, OMIT, OMNI, ODDS, OWES, SAGA, SIFT, TIEA, THUS, TREY, and ZOLA.
Three-letter: CAY, CIA, EBB, EWE, ISH, MME, MRI, PER, REA, RKO, SAO, STP, UPA.
Two other thoughts: The crossings of BED & BEDE; MALES & MASC; BONZO & ZOOLOGIC; and the strange possibility of cluing ILLTREAT as a positive or negative. Oh yes, and the Shortzesque double-clues of 7D and 52A -- Bonkers.
One last word: "Zzzzzzz!"
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