Star Turns

Star Turns

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 / Michael Sharp

ACROSS 1. Cinnamon gum brand 7. Annoying little jerks 13. KC Masterpiece sauce type 16. Disjoin 17. Expired 18. Indication of debt 19. *Actress Meryl's fall from grace? 21. "Cherry _____" (1990 Warrant hit) 22. Also 23. Wiry 24. Part of some snares 26. *Actress Fay, when in New Orleans or on the Chattahoochee? 31. Units of angular measurement 34. "Away! away! for I will fly to thee, / Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards / But on the viewless wings of _____" (Keats, "Ode to a Nightingale") 35. Stick in a goaloriented sport 36. One bit 38. Super, in adspeak 42. With 48- and 55Across, actress Christina Applegate's foundation for fighting breast cancer ... and a hint to this puzzle's starred clues 43. "Keep it down!" 44. Shade tree 46. #6 hit for Rupert Holmes in 1980 47. Play for a sap 48. See 42-Across 51. Marlon's "On the Waterfront" co-star 52. NYC subway overseer 53. 1887 H. Rider Haggard novel 54. Snitch 55. See 42-Across 57. Show, as skin 59. "Suppose..." 61. Film noir headwear 62. It might be grand or petty 64. Cantaloupe cousins

65. *Actress Laura, after turning to a life of crime? 70. Winehouse smash of 2007 71. Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Tootsie" 72. Org. fighting 39-Down 75. Producer of Talking Heads' "Remain in Light" (1980) 76. *Actress Mischa's dance partner? 82. "El _____" (1961 Heston/Loren flick) 83. Where soul-searchers look 84. Formidable fleet 85. Sheep-eating parrot of New Zealand 86. Mother of Calcutta 87. Pinstriped figure

DOWN 1. Drug raid 2. Division word 3. Lamb sandwich 4. Fish eggs 5. 22-Across, in Middle English 6. Step onto the tarmac 7. Leaning 8. Lunatic 9. Photo order option: Abbr. 10. Alfred Jarry's "Ubu _____" (pioneering absurdist drama of the late 19th century) 11. Common ploy in crossword clues 12. Pool members on "Mad Men" 13. Two-legged rifle support 14. County seat of Ada County, Idaho 15. Ruin, as a deal 20. Squares on a calendar 25. Jet black 26. One of three from a genie 27. Jah worshipers 28. Largest New Deal agcy. 29. "_____ Turn" (common road sign) 30. "Oh Yeah" band

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© RPP 11/25/09

31. Legendary comics artist whose adaptation of the Book of Genesis was released in 2009 32. Whitney Houston's record label 33. Place marker, of a sort 36. Sushi tuna 37. Scarlett's "Ghost World" co-star 39. Gangster's group 40. Mexican muralist 41. Some ovens 43. Tennis legend wife of tennis legend Andre 45. "Wake up _____" (opening track on rapper Kanye's album "Late Registration") 49. Primary 50. Opposition vote 56. Jazz singer Anita 58. Mountain under which Zeus trapped the monster Typhon 60. RR stop 61. Driver's target, often 63. Frodo Baggins, for one

64. Brusque 65. Garbage 66. First word in a choosing rhyme 67. '70s sitcom featuring Carlton the doorman 68. Stravinsky and Sikorsky 69. Post-lecture period, briefly 72. Criticism 73. Venerable historian of England 74. "Dies _____" 77. It might be hooked on meth? 78. '80s presidential monogram 79. Billy Blanks' ______ Bo 80. Investment option 81. '60s-'70s presidential monogram