08.19.07 -- Au

Sunday, August 19, 2007

BURIED TREASURE

Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz

The inter-related entries of IVEBEENAMINERFORA (26A With 113-Across, 1972 song lyric hinting as this puzzle's theme), HEARTOFGOLD (113A See 26-Across), BYNEILYOUNG (64D Like 113-Across) , and SEVENTYNINE (68D Atomic number of the special parts of this puzzle which, when connected, form a 113-Across), along with entries in ten squares for the symbol of gold (Au) , are collectively the main feature of this Sunday crossword puzzle titled BURIED TREASURE.

ACROSS: 1. As yet; 2. Strands in a diner; 15. March of ____; 20. Mme. Tussaud; 21. One who keeps a beat? 22. Opposition; 23. Complete flip-flop; 24. Mind; 25. Just above average; 29. Play group?; 30. ___ Tome; 31. Besmirching; 33. Scene; 34. They’re pitched; 36. Victorians, e.g.; 38. Patron saint of Norway; 39. Outdoor shindigs; 41. “Your mother wears army boots!,: e.g.; 44. Kristin ____, six-time swimming champion at the 1988 Olympics; 45. Classic Atari game; 48. Approaches; 51. Mahler’s “____ Lied von der Erde”; 52. “Typee” sequel; 53. First Shia imam; 56. Latin 101 verb; 57. Marie or Suzanne: Abbr.; 58. Homage to Clio” poet; 59. Some shavers; 61. Pianist Claudio; 63. “Barnaby Jones: star; 65. Set up; 67. Thick; 70. Check words; 71. D.C. pol; 72. Narc employer, for short; 74. “The Baptism of Christ” painter ____ della Francesca; 76. ____ Reader; 77. Child-care provider; 79. Capital city about an hour by plane from Miami; 81. Campaign expense; 82. End of a hammer; 83. Music unlikely to be played at a party; 84. Squeezing (out); 85. Weigh station sight; 86. Prefix with valve; 87. Delilahs; 88. Lifework; 90. White House advisory grp.; 91. Snorkeling locale; 93. Wide of the mark; 95. “The best ____ to come!”’ 97. European air hub; 103. “The Naked Maja” and “The Clothed Maja,” e.g.; 106. It’s often “proud”; 109. Sine of cosine; 110. Two-year periods; 112. Straight; 116. Solidarity symbol; 117. Director Wertmuller; 118. How ballerinas dance; 119. Jalapeno feature; 120. Tennis player Smasshnova; 121. Dairy aisle purchase; 122. Detects, in a way; 123. Slight difficulties; 124. Typical Mad reader........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................DOWN: 1. Laura Bush’s alma mater: Abbr.; 2. Nibble for Trigger; 3. Tropical cave dwellers; 4. Radiator part; 5. Go back (on); 6. Person with binoculars, maybe; 7. Glazier’s stock; 8. Mailing label abbr.; 9. Facilitates; 10. Bill who created the comic strip “Smokey Stover”; 11. Missy ____ with the 2002 hit “Work It”; 12. Some govt. investigators; 13. Indicator of silence; 14. Prefix with state; 15. Some Martha Stewart Living photo displays; 16. Locked up; 17. Deep black garnets; 18. Swift-running bird; 19. Way: Abbr.; 27. Lover boy; 28. Overseas Mrs.; 29. Burrito topping; 32. Reach an understanding of; 33. Mr. ____ of “The Wind in the Willows”; 34 Letters from Greece; 35. Mideast’s House of ____; 37. Peeved; 39. Common symbol in heraldry; 40. German-born Hollywood actor ___ Keir; 42. Org. of which U.S. Grant was once president; 43. Author Janowitz; 46. Even where chaps may be seen; 47. Warning, maybe; 49. “Close”; 50. Landing place;......... 53. Constellation near Scorpius; 54. Extol; 55. Magician’s name suffix; 58. Author who wrote “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other”; 59. Harmless; 60. “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” singer; 62. Independent examinations; 63. All gone, in a way; 64. Like 113-Across; 64. Backside; 66. 1954 Jean Simmons movie; 68. Toronto transports; 70. Kind of platter; 71. Politico Agnew; 73. He played Grant on TV; 75. Like some of Keats’s work; 77. Sound; 78.Thing, in court; 79. Big inits. In Japanese computers; 80. Carpentry tool; 87. Pepper and others: Abbr.; 89. Frenzy; 92. Son of Aphrodite; 94. Like some yogurt; 95 Basketry fiber; 96. Parsley bit; 98. Boo-boo; 99. Microsoft man; 100. Park Avenue, for one; 101. Mountain climbers?; 102. Sign on to a computer; 104. French department in Picardy;.............................105. “Paradise Lost” figure; 107. “We got trouble!”; 108. Painter Magritte; 110. Whse., e.g.; 111. ____ of March; 114 ___ a crossroads; 115. Suffix with pay.......................................................................................................................

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105D SATAN ("Paradise Lost" figure) -- Illustration, Gustave Dore

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