11.23.08 -- Picture This

Le Bateau, Henri Matisse, 1953, as displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in 1961

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

PICTURE THIS, Puzzle by David J. Kahn, edited by Will Shortz

LEBATEAU (25A. Title of a work by 23-Across), WATERMEDIA (46D Styles of 25-Across and the like), PAINTING (120A. 25-Across, e.g.), HENRIMATISSE (23A. Leader of the Fauvist movement), FRENCHARTIST (122A. 23-Across, e.g.), UPSIDEDOWN (41D. How 25-Across appeared at a 6-Down in 1961), MOMAEXHIBITION (6D. N.Y.C. cultural event); MFAS (116D. Some 6-Down curators: Abbr.), FORTYSEVENDAYS (55D. How long 25-Across was 41-Down before being noticed and fixed).

Note (Appearing in print): "When this puzzle is done, read the circled letters clockwise starting with the last letter of 66-Across; and read the shaded letters clockwise starting with the second letter of 77-Across"; e.g., a SAILBOAT REFLECTION. The circles, if connected, give a rough visual of Le Bateau itself.

The remaining clues:

Across: 1. Dr. Seuss character with a red hat; 7. Train stop?; 12. Not useless, as clothing; 20. British noble, for short; 21. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Greasy NEALE; 22. Earmarked (for); 26. Publicity; 27. Fictional spread; 28. Hip in the ’60s; 29. Hideout; 30. Agcy. Overseeing reactor safety; 31. It’s deep; 33. Winter protection; 35. Metric weight; 36. Vegetable with yellow pods; 38. Nurse; 39. Intense aversions; 44 Somewhat reduced; 47. Academic area; 50. Debate (with); 51. Whirling; 53. Nabokov novel; 54. Flying grp. Since 1918; 56. OSLO Accords of 1993; 57. Workout target; 58. “On&On” singer Erykah BADU; 61. Special OPS; 63. Say “Final answer,” say; 65. Will be now?; 66. Double-layer breads; 67. First name in spydom; 69. Paris’s RUEDE la Paix; 70. Supplies of greetings; 73. What Ramona wore in a 1966 Chuck Berry song; 76. Year Super Bowl XXXVII was played; 77. Ziegfeld Follies designer; 79. Scuffles; 80. Morning deposit; 81. Individual; 83. Al Kaline, in uniform; 84. Son, at the Sorbonne; 85. It’s cultivated in the Andes; 86. Stone in a 2008 Olympic medal; 87 Rejections; 89. Invoice amount; 91. Carted off; 93. Auspices: Var.; 94. Cushion user?; 98. Brags about; 99 More cool; 102. Canterbury can; 103. Boardinghouse boarders; 105. Florence attraction; 107. Musical for which Ben Vereen won a Tony; 108. Those, to Munoz; 112. See 106-Down; 115. Nobelist Pavlov; 116. Big D player; 117. Visiting the U.S. capital; 119. Sportage maker; 125. Factor in a restaurant rating; 126 Skylit areas; 127. Like the return of swallows to Capistrano; 128. Cupid, e.g.; 129. Fiber-yielding plant; 130. Volleyball position.

Down: 1. Old term of respect; 2. Concert venue; 3. Otter cousins; 4. Home of the Ramon Crater: Abbr.; 5. Scuffling; 7. Brightest star in Scorpius; 8. Tiki bar offering; 9. Devil’s home?; 10. Onetime political columnist Joseph; 11. Sax player’s need; 12. Cleanup hitter, e.g.; 13. Like the earliest Olympic festivals; 14. Animal oddity; 15. Had a big laugh; 16. Long-distance letters; 17. Revolutionary 1930s bomber; 18. Duke of Cornwall’s father-in-law, in Shakespeare; 19. Part of H.E.W.: Abbr.; 24. Show horse; 32. Like the mathematician Euler; 34. Fond du LAC, Wis.; 35. Personal quirk; 37. Horned viper; 38. Reply to irritably; 40. Compound variant; 42. Kipling short story, with “The”; 43. Low-cost accommodations, briefly; 44. Reddish purple; 45. Angrily crusading; 46. Styles of 25-Across and the like; 48. Ancient land near the Dead Sea; 49. Pouch; 52. Spain joined it in 1982; 59. Be bold enough; 60. Web browsers; 62. Unreasonable pricewise; 64. Oozy mixtures; 66. Fraternity letters; 68. Prefix with chemical; 71. Most urgent; 72. Well-oiled; 74. Concert venue; 75. Brings around; 78. Brad and 86-Down, e.g.; 82. San Francisco’s NOB Hill; 86. Touch off; 86. See 78-Down; 88. “The Laughing Man” author; 90. Prospering ones; 92. DAR es Salaam; 95. Make a slip; 96. “Alley OOP”; 97. Current; 100. Worked on a Life sentence?; 101. Coulee; 104. Ho Chi MINH; 106. With 112-Across, Okla military area; 107. First installment; 109. Get around; 110. Bridal path; 111. Butterfly variety; 112. On APAR with (equal to); 113. Celebrity; 114. Andersson of “Wild Strawberries”; 118. Canadian natives; 121. “Ladders to Fire” writer; 123. Long in films; 124. Make lace.

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