Crossword: 'Cutting corners'

More themeless magic, baby!

By MATT JONES | November 15, 2006

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Across
1 Sights tough to turn away from
12 Statement of disbelief
14 He says "Feel the burn"
16 Somewhat
17 Cincinnati's river
18 Michael's brother
19 Patsy and Edina's Britcom, to fans
21 Rowing machine unit
23 Letters before a colon
24 They come before UV
25 Like Neil Patrick Harris, after 11/2/06
28 Almost all males, to Foghorn Leghorn
30 ___-de-France (brand of Brie)
31 Beck song with the lyric "Soy un perdedor"
33 "Fraggle Rock" construction worker
35 Marvin Gaye classic
39 34-down and 34-down?
40 Dinner partner
41 660
42 Band with the compilation album "And I Feel Fine..."
44 Female enlistee, pre-1978
45 Theater major's deg.
48 Play parts
50 Path of virtuous conduct, to Confucians
52 Gear up
54 ___-tat (snare drum sound)
55 Check for prints
58 Coll. near the Mexican border
59 Blabbed
63 Spread, like fingerpaint
64 "House," in 2006

Down
1 Penny pinching
2 Ganja smoker
3 Get from ___ B
4 "Then ___ longer be in your mind" (Sheryl Crow lyric)
5 He took pairs
6 "Nets to Catch the Wind" poet Elinor
7 Copter parts
8 Second-smallest cont.
9 Org. that named Kenny Chesney their 2006 Entertainer of the Year
10 David's boyfriend on "Six Feet Under"
11 Clean
12 Jack and Jim and Spud
13 Stinging herbs
14 Carson's "Tonight Show" predecessor
15 "Three's Company" spinoff, with "The"
20 Nasal nugget
22 Famous naked horse rider
26 Venue for newsgroups
27 New Year's Day, in Hanoi
29 "Let me point out..."
31 Tyler of "Jersey Girl"
32 Butter in the field
34 Bad rating
35 Trees of Lebanon
36 Format that looks like shouting
37 When the villain vows to catch the hero
38 "I'm amazed!"
43 Surname followed by a year in video games
45 Lighter stuff
46 Fan
47 Killer ___
49 Willamette University locale
51 Top
53 Liverpool lineup
56 Hoax
57 Eva and Felicity's costar
60 On the ___ (fleeing)
61 Suffix meaning "place of business"
62 ___ vivant