08.31.08 -- OT

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld, edited by Will Shortz

Adding OT (Over Time, e.g., Extra Play) to say it ain’t so, all the same, crystal ball, big business, school marm, lo and behold, Bard of Avon, and an act of God, produced today’s interrelated entries of SAYITAINTSOOT (23A. Plea made to a chimney sweep?); ALLOTTHESAME (38A. Distribute equal amounts?); CRYSTALBALLOT (58A. Vote involved in a 15th wedding anniversary?); BIGOTBUSINESS (76A. Narrow-minded affairs?); SCHOOLMARMOT (95A. Teacher’s pet?); LOOTANDBEHOLD (112A. Stop to admire one’s pillaging?); BARDOTOFAVON (17D. Sexiest bell ringer?); ANACTOFGODOT (62D. Part of a Beckett play?).

Other across entries and their clues: 1. Pep rally shout, GOTEAM; 7. Sics on, LETSAT; 13. More than a favorite; SUREBET; 20. Program begun under Kennedy, APOLLO; 21. Digs, ISINTO; 22. Single advancement, ONEBASE; 25. Holding one’s own, NOWORSE; 26. Topic in a golf lesson, STANCE; 27. Pancho’s pal, CISCO; 29. Colonial John ALDEN; 20. Moving, ASTIR; 30. EATSA hole in (corrodes); 35. Graduation deliveries, ORATIONS; 37. Jobs for some underwriters, for short, IPOS; 41. “The Daughter of Time” novelist, 1951, TEY; 42. Friendliness, WARMTH; 44. “BESAME Mucho” (1944 #1 hit); 45. 1968 live folk album, ARLO; 47. Humorist Sedaris, AMY; 48. Sub, HOAGIE; 51. Maximum extent, hilt; 53. Pushover, SOFTY; 59. Recipient of a lettera amorosa, CARO; 60. Missile Command maker; ATARI; 63. Floors, KOS; 64. Sounds from a hot bath, AHS; 65. Subject to loss on a laptop; UNSAVED; 67. Follies, LUNACIES; 68. Genetic letters, RNA; 70. Have no accomplices, ACTALONE; 71. Done, ATANEND; 72. Three times a day, on an Rx, TID; 73. Thurman of “The Avengers”, UMA; 74. Title role for Streisand, YENTL; 75. Mire, MUCK; 80. Kitchen appliance brand, OSTER; 82. When doubled, an old sitcom sign-off; 83. Blasts from the past, briefly, NTESTS; 84. Payroll fig., SSN; 87. N.B.A. star Lamar ODOM; 89. Act as a go-between, LIAISE; 91. Main lines, AORTAE; 93. Peter Pan rival, JIF; 99. Commercial prefix with jet, AERO; 100. One making an impression, ENGRAVER; 102. Poet who wrote “She walks in beauty, like the night”, BYRON; 103. Belong, FITIN; 104. Blacksmith, often, SHOER; 105. Race of Norse deities, AESIR; 108. Picks up, LEARNS; 110. More like a bubble bath, SUDSIER; 117. Hams, EMOTERS; 118. World capital said to have been founded by King Midas, ANKARA; 119. Muse of astronomy, URANIA; 120. “Hmmm…”, LETSSEE; 121. Theater annoyance, BEEPER; 122. Manager, GETSBY.

I’ll leave out the much more interesting downs so that this doesn’t run into OT!

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