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03.31.09
Tuesday Tossup
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish, edited by Will Shortz Four anagrams of the letters A, B, E and R constitute the interrelated entries of this pleasant crossword -- BROCCOLI RABE (20A. Bitter-tasting vegetable); RUNNING BEAR (32A. “Young Indian brave” in a 1960 Johnny Preston #1 hit); BARE MINIMUM (41A. Least acceptable amount); REBA MCENTIRE (54A. Country singer with a hit sitcom). Inclusion of BAER, BREA and E-BAR would complete this Tuesday tossup, but enough's enough! The next longest entries include BOREDOM; IMPETUS; OPIATES; PLATES; PENCHANT; RIGATONI; SANDRA; SAROYAN; SASHAYS; STABLER. Five-letter -- AMIGO; ARNAZ; COREA (10D. Jazzman Chick); DREGS; ELIHU; ERICA; HERBS; LIVED; NIXON; OBOES; OCEAN (50D. Great blue expanse); OVALS; RAKES; SCUFF; SEEKS; SPASM (65A. More than a twitch); and 27D. SPERM whale; TATUM; TIARA; TIBER; TORRE; TRIOS (3D. The Dixie Chicks and the Dixie Cups); UTICA. Short stuff -- EIRE, RAIN, AHAB (42D. Melville‘s obsessed whaler), ALA and ALP, AMFM, APIA, ATIT, AVOW, CALI, DEEM, ECO and EOE, EWER, FEZ, FRA and FRAU, GERM, HTTP, IMP, IRAS, KIX, LAS, LORI, MEG, MENS, MOET and MORE, NECK, NEIN, OBIE and ODIE, OHMS, RARE and RUHR, SOLE, TIE, URN, VIA. Incidentally, was that tossup with Max BAER fair?!
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish, edited by Will Shortz Four anagrams of the letters A, B, E and R constitute the interrelated entries of this pleasant crossword -- BROCCOLI RABE (20A. Bitter-tasting vegetable); RUNNING BEAR (32A. “Young Indian brave” in a 1960 Johnny Preston #1 hit); BARE MINIMUM (41A. Least acceptable amount); REBA MCENTIRE (54A. Country singer with a hit sitcom). Inclusion of BAER, BREA and E-BAR would complete this Tuesday tossup, but enough's enough! The next longest entries include BOREDOM; IMPETUS; OPIATES; PLATES; PENCHANT; RIGATONI; SANDRA; SAROYAN; SASHAYS; STABLER. Five-letter -- AMIGO; ARNAZ; COREA (10D. Jazzman Chick); DREGS; ELIHU; ERICA; HERBS; LIVED; NIXON; OBOES; OCEAN (50D. Great blue expanse); OVALS; RAKES; SCUFF; SEEKS; SPASM (65A. More than a twitch); and 27D. SPERM whale; TATUM; TIARA; TIBER; TORRE; TRIOS (3D. The Dixie Chicks and the Dixie Cups); UTICA. Short stuff -- EIRE, RAIN, AHAB (42D. Melville‘s obsessed whaler), ALA and ALP, AMFM, APIA, ATIT, AVOW, CALI, DEEM, ECO and EOE, EWER, FEZ, FRA and FRAU, GERM, HTTP, IMP, IRAS, KIX, LAS, LORI, MEG, MENS, MOET and MORE, NECK, NEIN, OBIE and ODIE, OHMS, RARE and RUHR, SOLE, TIE, URN, VIA. Incidentally, was that tossup with Max BAER fair?! 
