Quadruple Bypass Monday, March 30, 2009 Puzzle by Andrea Carla Michaels, edited by Will Shortz This back-to-work crossword features four 15-letter interrelated entries -- SINGLE OCCUPANCY (17A. Small hotel room specification); DOUBLE INDEMNITY (27A. 1944 thriller with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck); TRIPLE LAYER CAKE (47A. Baked dessert with lemon filling, maybe); QUADRUPLE BYPASS (62A. Serious heart surgery). Mid-size entries -- ACCEPTS; BIG BABY; DECAY; IDEAL; NINJA I PLEDGE (44D. Start of a daily school recital); REASONS; SPENCER. Five-letter -- AERIE; ARMED; ASTRA; CELIA; CREED; DIG AT; I TINA; LEONA; OTTER; TAE BO; TRANK; UTERI; VERGE; YALIE. Short stuff -- ALS, ANNI, ASIA and ASIS, AJAX and APEX, BOA, CLUE, DAY, EDIE, EMIL, ENCS, ESAI, ETTU, EURO, EXES, GOO, GTE, HARE, IAL, INCH, ISNT, ITTY, JAMB, JEST, KERN, LAOS, LAT, LOCI, MANE, MEOW, MONO, OMAR, QVC, RED, RENO, SAC, SEEP, SELA, SHE, SOS, SSTS, SUER, TACK, TONI, WHIR, XENA. ...and now to on those five days ahead! ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
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