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Cut That Out!

Roman mosaic picturing Theseus and the Minotaur

Monday, January 12, 2008

Puzzle by Lynn Lempel, edited by Will Shortz

CUT THAT OUT (63A. “Stop!” … or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across), QUILT PIECE (18A. Cloth square for a bedcover), COOKIE SHAPE (24A. Figure fashioned from dough), PAPER DOLL OUTFIT (40A. Clothing with tabs), and STORE COUPON (54A. Retailer’s enticement) are the interrelated entries of this pleasant Monday crossword.

Links for the day: SMOKED EEL (14D. Russian fish delicacy); AESOP (71A. “The Lion and the Mouse” storyteller); ANSEL (8A. Photography icon Adams); CRETE (68A. Home of the Minotaur’s labyrinth); MECCA (52D. Muhammad’s birthplace); NSYNC (58D. Boy band that sang “Girlfriend); OLMEC (47A. Early Mexican); TEPEE (44A. Dwelling with a smoke hole); DOME, ETNA, ODIN.

Finally... Cut that out!... “Stop!”

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