02.08.09 -- PJ's

Sunday, February 8, 2009

PAJAMA PARTY, Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld, edited by Will Shortz

TITLE (53D. “Pajama Party,” e.g.).

This Sunday’s crossword features nine two-word entries, the first starting with the letter P and the second, J -- 23A. PETROLEUM JELLY, 33A. PARACHUTE JUMP, 52A. PRACTICAL JOKE, 70A. PICKLE JAR, 90A. PETER JENNINGS, 105A. POETIC JUSTICE, 122A. PINEAPPLE JUICE, 42D. PAPA JOHNS, and 49D. PLAIN JANE (Hardly a beauty queen).

Other entries of length include ANAISNIN, ARSONIST, DRONESON, ELECTRIC, ELEMENT, ELILILLY, ENFAMILLE, JAYLENO, LEASERS, MDDEGREE, MONEYMEN, NEARERTO, ONALERT, OOLALA, PENPALS, PSYCHOS, SLURPED, STAREAT, TALLORDER, TRIBECA, TROLLEY, UNSPENT (69D. Like money in the bank).

Mid-size entries -- AFTRA, AMENRA, ASHIER, AWOKE, BANJO, CROON, ELIDE, ELIHU, EMPTY, ESSEN, ESTEE, FARER, FELLOW, GETAT, ICHOR, INEPT, IPODS, JEERS, LATINI, MARITA, MOSES, NAVAL, NITERY, NOLAN, NONAME, OFNOTE, OLMEC, ONSETS, OPART, ORTON, OTERA, PEPYS, PRECIP, PULPS, RACER, RELIC, REMOP, SEIZE, SHARE, SNERT, SOPHIE, SOURS, STEINS, SWAMP, TAMMI, TERRE, TOTEM, TYPOS, VCHIPS, YPRES (26A. W.W. I battle site in Belgium).

Short stuff -- AARP, AJA, ALGA, ANN, AOL, APSE and APPS, BIND, BLUR, DAW, DEWY, DOPE, EADS, EPA and EPI, ELEE and ELS, EZER, HEM, HIHO, HUT, ICI, JOAD and JOCK, JAL and JAM, JAL and JUL, KEY, LIMB, LIT, MAAM, MASK, MOES, NCAA, NEBR, NEW, NIL, OEDS, OKS, OOHS, PIAF, PROP, RNS, ROES, RON, SALA, SCH, SERT, SHA, SIT, SLR and SML, SSRS, SYST, TEAK, UPS, YAYS (130A. Triumphant cries).

Whoopee…

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Across: 1. “La Vie en Rose” singer; 5. Hastings, ___ where Kool-Aid was invented: Abbr.; 9. Powerful D.C. lobby; 13. Geneses; 19. At home, abroad; 21. Homer’s hangout; 22. Chap; 23. ChapStick alternative; 25. Airport where 91-Down flies; 26. W.W. I battle site in Belgium; 27. Sing “The Moon Got in My eyes,” e.g.; 28. Blood of the gods, in Greek myth; 30. Clothes line; 31. Ogle; 33. Bygone Coney Island attraction; 36. Red states?: Abbr.; 38. Cousin of a crow; 39. Price production; 40. Computer programs, for short; 44. Onetime Ritz rival; 46. Initials, perhaps; 48. Printerr’s misteaks?; 52. Trick; 56. Track runner; 58. Oscar-winning role for Meryl Streep; 59. Backers and bankers; 61. ___ Bridge, historic 1874 span across the Mississippi; 62. Org. with an Office of Water; 63. Manhattan area next to Chinatown; 66. One with a burning desire; 68. Start of the third qtr.; 70. Deli receptacle; 73. “Hellboy” star Perlman; 74. Talks monotonously; 77. Mercury, e.g.; 79. Tie-up; 82 Circus cries; 83. Residency requirement, for some; 86. “Hubba hubba!”; 88. Foreign correspondents?; 90. One of the former Big Three in news; 93. German city whose name means “to eat”; 94. Invitation to a visitor; 95. Room in una residencia; 96. Deck material; 97. Maritime; 100. “Barbara ___”; 103. Life partner?; 105. Comeuppance; 110. Some car shoppers; 115. Good times; 116. Cut; 117. Motown singer Terrell; 119. Christopher who directed “The Dark Knight”; 120. Where “amo, amas, amat” is learned; 122. Dole offering; 125. Rain, briefly; 126. Former Israeli president Weizman; 127. Challenge; 128. Bass holders, maybe; 129. Moist; 130. Triumphant cries; 131. Noted Spanish muralist. Down: 1. 1666 London fire chronicler; 2. Klutzy; 3. Broadcast worker’s union; 4. Ending with way or sea; 5. Goose egg; 6. Exciting; 7. Confuse; 8. Wash again, as the floor; 9. Egyptian god of the universe; 10. Co. with a triangular logo; 11. You can dig it; 12. Whack jobs; 13. Significant; 14. Closer by; 15. Canon type, in brief; 16. Grant’s first secretary of state ___ Washburne; 17. Symbol on a pole; 18. Overwhelm; 20. Exodus figure; 24. Fictional Tom; 29. March word; 32. More pallid; 34. Came to; 35. “Headlines” presenter; 37. Doo-wop syllable; 40. Recess at Notre Dame; 41. Set piece; 42. Pizza Hut competitor; 43. Auburn, e.g.: Abbr.; 43. Ancient Mexican people; 47. Significant; 49. Hardly a beauty queen; 50. They start A-B, C, D-E etc.; 51. Part of CBS: Abbr.; 53. “Pajama Party,” e.g.; 54. Musclehead; 55. Ready for action; 56. Land at Orly?; 57. “ER” extras, for short; 60. Word said while tipping one’s hat; 64. Receivers of some downloads; 65. Tie up; 67. “Loot” playwright; 69. Like money in the bank; 71. Robt. ___; 72. Pans in comedy clubs; 74. Info; 75. Some deer; 76. Tee sizes, on signs; 78. Average Joe, e.g.; 80. Aquatic organism; 81. Jim Carrey film, with “The”; 84. Dermal opening?; 85. Intimate; 87. Soused; 89. Who wrote “The only abnormality is the incapacity to love”; 91. Flier to 25-Across, for short; 92. Prozac maker; 94. Didn’t drink daintily; 98. Means of parental control; 99. 1977 double-platinum jazz-rock album; 101. Bistro, informally; 102. College World Series org.; 104. Hand-picked thing; 105. Dime novels and such; 106. Eye-popping canvases; 107. Popular women’s fragrance; 108. Stop working, as an engine, with “up”; 109. Meaningless; 111. Some whiskey drinks; 112. Pass over; 113. Indy entrant; 114. Hagar’s dog; 118. Film-rating org.; 121. Where you are on a Metro map?; 122. Just out; 124. Dallas center?