05.12.09

DIS

The Portals of Dis, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Gustave Dore

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Puzzle by Wayne and P. K. King, edited by Will Shortz

DISARM AND HAMMER (17A. “Beat swords into plowshares”); DISMISS AMERICA (27A. “Ignore the red white and blue”); DISBAR AND GRILL (45A. “Oust from practice, then interrogate”); DISBAND ON THE RUN (61A. “Scatter while fleeing”) are the interrelated entries of this Tuesday crossword.

Links-- ARMANI; DARTED; HERESY; SAMBAS; SARTRE; BERRY (40A. Chuck who sang “Maybellene”); MOOSE (36A. Meat favored by Sarah Palin); OCEAN (64A. Neptune’s realm); ASEA (52D. Where pirates go); AVE (37. With 44-Across, MARIA, a traditional Catholic prayer), or here‘s the Vienna Boys’ Choir.

There‘s DIS and then there‘s DIS, but I’m not going to this DIS!

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