I'm Jonesin' for a Crossword Answers to Issue 132's "Shrinkage"
"On an Axis"--from one end to the other. By Matt Jones Across 1 Messy entree 5 ___ Lingus (Irish carrier) 8 Apres-ski drinks 14 Name of a lake and canal 15 Wheat-based Japanese noodles 17 Newspaper publisher William Randolph ___ 18 Cincinnati home of the Musketeers 21 McDonald's magnate Ray 22 Gangster's gun 23 Potting need 24 Technique used by photocopiers 28 Tubular pasta 29 Smog watchers: abbr. 30 It'll be taken in January 2009 31 Mimic 33 Cones' mates, in the retina 35 Alley ___ 37 Bikini, for one 40 Actor who played George Mason on "24"
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44 California town with an accidentally palindromic bakery 45 Squeeze (out) 46 Disneyland memento 48 Prefix meaning "within" 50 Took way too much
53 Spinach or onion, e.g. 54 Attractive 57 Marvel Comics series, as of February 2008 60 Clapton or Cartman 61 Gnarls Barkley lead singer ___-Lo
62 Charlie Chaplin wife O'Neill 63 Official press group of the Chinese government 69 "Try not to cause ___" 70 Like some pregnancies 71 Luke Skywalker's
sister 72 Liam in the upcoming "Lincoln" 73 Super Bowl scores, for short 74 Spend some time in the tub Down 1 Oscar winner Harrison 2 NPR "Science Friday" host Flatow 3 1990s R&B group Bell ___ DeVoe 4 Official timekeeper of the Nagano Winter Olympics 5 Luminescent phenomenon 6 One with a teaching degree 7 Harry and Hermione's friend 8 Wyatt's piggish brother, in "Weird Science" 9 "Love, Reign ___ Me" (the Who song) 10 Dish in its own dish 11 Constellation with a belt 12 Sean of "Lord of
the Rings" 13 Arrange hair 16 Near 19 Therefore 20 "___ Con Dios" 24 Generation ___ 25 Adhesive resin 26 Fly under the ___ 27 Suffix after "xeno" or "germo" 28 Wentz of Fall Out Boy 32 Golfer Se Ri ___ 34 Star-bellied Seuss characters 36 Black tea variety 38 "You can ___ horse to water..." 39 Song snippet 41 Fashion design label headquartered in Manhattan 42 Grab a bite 43 Like Rudolph 47 Operative 49 Teamed beasts 51 Modern-day cash advances 52 Former Communist leader ___ Xiaoping 54 Steve Martin, by birth 55 Get up
56 Subsequently 58 Bump into 59 Scottish Highlanders 61 Columnist Herb who coined the word "beatnik" 64 Card game with four colors 65 Like fresh paint 66 Role for Keanu 67 Govt. group with a Director 68 Have a gabfest
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September 25, 2008