Lite of the mind (a light-hearted look at all things Chicago)

Cryptic campus crossing:
Breakdown


Puzzle by Kevin Wald, SM’94, PhD’99

Across

1. time = ERA, ERA "to go around" (reversed) = ARE, OH + ARE = O'HARE

6. Wheels = CAR, move = GO

7. dissertations = THESES, "unfinished" THESES = THESE

Down

1. ROCS "smashed" (anagrammed) = ORCS

2. Fireplace = HEARTH, red = R, HEARTH "won't contain" R giving HEATH

3. Time = AGE, note = RE, AGE is "to get" RE giving AG(RE)E

4. REGIS "is involved in" preREGIStration

5. sister = NUN, "talked about" NUN = homophone of NUN = NONE

Across

1. English = E, legal = LICIT, "experts, finally" = last letter of EXPERTS = S

5. AS A SUN "baked" (anagrammed) = NASSAU

9. device that holds = CLAMP; "Remove front of" CLAMP to get LAMP

11. Pain that's briefly felt = PANG, actor Ken = OLIN

13. Lee the cake-maker = SARA, "primarily needs" = first letter of NEEDS = N

14. French king = ROI, "second half of" MERMAN = MAN, ROI "taking in" MAN = RO(MAN)I

15. piece of cloth = SHEET, "topless" ARES = RES, SHEET "worn by" RES = SHEE(RES)T

19. MERV "is in" SoMERVille

21. religious group = SECT, "converted" (anagrammed) UPS = USP, SECT "has" USP to get S(USP)ECT

22. that guy = HE, yours truly = ME

23. First Lady = EVE, Republican = R

26. go downhill fast = SKI, SKI "I hear" = homophone of SKI = SKEE

27. Deer = DOE, power = P, DOE "possessing" P = DO(P)E

28. ART, THEO, "changed" (anagrammed) = TO HEART

30. LIPS "unfortunately" (anagrammed) = LISP

31. "first letters in" PARTICULAR OUTDO HIS LITERATURE = P O H L

32. to take advantage of = USE, "Said" USE = homophone of USE = EWES

33. the Goddess of Discord = ERIS, ERIS "is upset" (reversed) to get SIRE

35. OUTRE-MER is "Part of" spOUT REM ERected

36. "Finally," PLATO = last letter of PLATO = O, O "gets into" IT "with" A to get I(O)T + A

37. "wandering," (anagrammed) CHARTLESS = ST. CHARLES

41. IS FAR "stranger" (anagrammed) = FARSI

44. Write = PEN, PEN "about" (reversed) = NEP, Cassius Clay = ALI

46. "the leader of" THE = first letter of THE = T, cause = REASON

47. Expressed contempt = SPAT and quarrel = SPAT

48. remain = STAY, train = RR, STAY "outside" RR = STA(RR)Y

49. Don't admit = DENY, guitarist Paul = LES, DENY "holding" LES "back" (reversed) = DEN(SEL)Y

Down

1. Lady = L, portraying = AS, small = S

2. The Peruvian = LA ("The" in Spanish), LA "claiming" I'M = L(IM)A

3. EVITA "reedited" (anagrammed) = VITAE

4. "Bisected" SAM'S = SA, iron = FE

6. A lover of Zeus = IO, grand = G, IO "embraces" A + G to get I(AG)O

7. mass = M, SOME "will hold" M to get SOM(M)E

8. SAIL "randomly" (anagrammed) = ISLA

10. Publicity = PR, is, in Madrid = ES, and in Paris = ET

12. "roaming" (anagrammed) PIONEERS = IN REPOSE

16. "One third of" RESIDENTS = RES, jeer = HOOT

17. "Spilled" (anagrammed) THE SALT = STEALTH

18. of those people = THEIR, "Heard" THEIR = homophone of THEIR = THERE

20. Show feelings = EMOTE and tiny piece on the Web (questionably) = E-MOTE

20. Show feelings = EMOTE and a tiny bit on the Web (questionably) = E-MOTE

21. Second = S, amphibian = EFT, S + EFT "eats" MISO to get SE(MISO)FT

24. six = VI, to remain in place = SIT

25. "Translated" (anagrammed) PROSE = ROPES

29. ANTWERP'S "without its two foremost" = ANTWERP'S without its first two letters = TWERPS

34. Cooked less = RARER and with a lower frequency = RARER

38. Fish = COD, large = L, COD "swallows" L to get CLOD

39. Housman, the poet = AE, discussing = ON

40. "a bit of" LIGHT = first letter of LIGHT = L, beer = ALE, "brought back" (reversed) L + ALE = EL AL

42. tomb raider Croft = LARA, "tossed" (reversed) LARA = ARAL

43. Mr. Gershwin's = IRA'S, IRA'S "north" (reversed) = SARI

45. a = A, COP's "last" = last letter of COP = P, erstwhile partner = EX

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