Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Puzzle by Michael Callaway Barnhart, edited by Will Shortz KEYWORD and/or KEY WORD (35A. Google search need … or a hint to the ends of 20- and 49-Across and 11- and 28-Down), RUNNING A TAB (20A. Not paying immediately at the bar); LOSE CONTROL (49A. Go ballistic); FIRE ESCAPE (11D. Apartment building feature); and DO NOT ENTER (28D. Road sign warning) are the interrelated entries of this Wednesday crossword.
People in the puzzle -- BEST MAN; CPAS; DIANA; IVO; KING LEAR; PEI; PERON; MGMT; MOSES; MR DEEDS; OKIE; ONEAL; SATIE; SRA; TSAR; and the Hammer-wielding god, THOR.
Other -- UP IN SMOKE (56A. 1978 Cheech & Chong movie) and STONED (5D. Like Cheech & Chong, typically); CUPBOARD; DEBEERS; OVERACTS; SPANKED; TROPICAL.
A few more links -- 21D. AMBER Alert (abduction bulletin); DEPOT; EPONYM (44D. Penn to Pennsylvania); LODGES (6D. 41-Across meeting places) and BPOE (41A. Fraternal letters); PERU, and 37D. Yevtushenko’s “Babi YAR”.
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