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Tuesday, June 2 , 2009 Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer, edited by Will Shortz It’s NBC week thus far at the New York Times crossword desk. Yesterday, The Tonight Show, today, Saturday Night Live. SNL clued as TV staple for over 30 years (and a hint to 17, 21-, 32-, 41-, 54- and 61-Across) refers to six two-word entries starting with S and L (read as S 'n' L), -- S & L being closer to an abbreviation for Savings and Loan, but not today. The six entries with two words starting with S and L -- SKI LODGE (17A. Mountain shelter); SHORE LEAVE (21A. Time off, to a sailor); SNOW LEOPARD (32A. Endangered feline); SOPHIA LOREN (41A. “Arabesque” actress, 1966); SPEED LIMIT (54A. Highway posting); SRI LANKA (61A. Where rupees are spent). Other -- AGENTS; ANDREW; ATATILT, CANADA, GLIDES, IMPALE; INGEMAR (8D. Former heavyweight champion Johansson); MALLARD; MESSRS; MYOPIA, NARNIA; ODDSARE; OUTLAWS; POMPEII; ROMANIA; SHEDDER. Five-letter -- CAIRO; INKEY; (3D. Egypt’s capital); Cartoon skunk Pepé LEPEW; MISSM; NONOS; OPERA; PRIER; SNARL; TAKEN, YEARS. Short stuff -- APR and ARF, AJAR, ANDA, ATE, ATOP, BOY, EARP and EASE, ENDS, FERN, GALE, HUE, IAL, IDEO and IDID, INA, IRAE, JOE , LES, LIVE, LOG, MAR, MIC, MSGS, NATO, NIGH, OBEY, OER and OMAR, PAH, PANE, ROAN and ROPE, SCAM, SERE, SETS, STAB, TAB, TIO and TONI, YETI. If this were The Tonight Show, we'd need a clip from SNL -- either HERE , or (viewer discretion advised) HERE. ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
