09.03.09

PU SMOTTOB

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Puzzle by C. W. Stewart, edited by Will Shortz

PU SMOTTOB (20D. *”Cheers!” … or a hint to answering this puzzle’s five starred clues), REVOC TAES (6D. *Auto accessory), RENNUG RAER (12D. *Crewman on the tail of a bomber), ECIRB YNNAF (28D. *1968 Barbra Streisand starring role) and TSAOR PMUR (35d. *Beef cut) are the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.

Thursday links -- BANGKOK (57A. World capital known locally as Krung Thep Mahanakhon); HELOISE (37A. Popular newspaper columnist who writes for Good Housekeeping); 1A. English poet Coventry PATMORE, who wrote “The Angel in the House”; KOSOVO (19A. Balkan land); OLIVA (5D. Twin Tony whose #6 jersey was retired).

Here’s Fanny!

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