Nosferatu, 1922 ------------------ Sunday, March 1, 2009 GOOD AND BAD, Puzzle by Robert W. Harris, edited by Will Shortz This Sunday crossword is headed by the note, “For the answer to each starred clue, including the first letter is good; dropping it is bad.” The entries (all across) with starred clues -- WRECKLESS DRIVING (23. *Good and bad for a motorist); CLOSING SALE (37. *Good and bad for a marketer); SHAVING A BEARD (52. *Good and bad for a West Point cadet); TRUSTY MACHETE (78. *Good and bad for a jungle guide); BLACK OF NIGHT (90. *Good and bad for a vampire); COVERT OPERATIONS (108. *Good and bad for a spy).
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Remaining clues across: 1970s dance craze; 7. Sweet-talk; 11. Call letters?; 15. Cartoonist who took on Boss Tweed; 19. Involve; 20. Predecessor of George I; 21. Napoleonic army weapon; 22. Bullpen stats; 26. Meridian; 27. Evoking goose bumps, say; 28. Some excuses; 29. Place with “Now Serving” numbers; 30. Hot dog add-on; 31. Insect repellent; 32. Any entry on a Dear Santa list; 33. Part of a frame; 34. Some skirts; 35. Relaxation; 39. Directional word; 40. Arachne had one; 41. Civil War side; 42. Dumbhead; 45. Quarter-inch of snow, e.g.; 48. Feverish conditions; 49. Where lieutenants are trained: Abbr.; 55. Stole for example; 57. Cry before screeching brakes, maybe; 58. 105-Down output; 59. Us outside the U.S.; 61. Aussie lass; 6 “Take ATIP from me”; 63. River through Interlaken; 65. Buck; 67. “Three Places in New England” composer; 68. Tab, at times; 71. Car with a griffin in its logo; 73. On; 75. Gomez’s sweetie; 76. Unoriginal work; 81. Hosp. features; 82. Major ecological community; 84. What’s hot; 86. Mao, e.g.; 86. Kind of drug that inhibits bacteria; 87. Bygone French coins; 88. MS. Readers; 94. Criminal’s worry; 98. Preferably; 99. All nerves; 100. Sprees; 101. ARAB League; 103. No longer in the closet; 104. “No shirt, no shoes, no service,” e.g.; 105. Chihuahua cat; 106. Note taker; 107. Crop; 111. “Take this!”; 112. Not a teetotaler; 113. Legal hearing; 114. Theater features; 115. Runner’s place; 116. Places where free spirits aren’t found?; 117. Boston’s MASS Ave.; 118. Boulevard, e.g. Down: 1. Cut down; 2. Remove from a spindle; 3. Sound choice?; 4. Without words; 5. Go for; 6. Third of July?; 7. Sausage part; 8. Beginning; 9. Some operators in Boolean logic; 10. Today’s thirty something, for short; 11. Parties; 12. Cause of a stain, perhaps; 13. “VENI Creator Spiritus” (Latin hymn); 14. Mastermind game piece; 15. Relatively close; 16. Deep mysteries; 17. Justice Alito; 18. Menace along the Congo; 24. Verve; 25. Local language, say; 30. Book club gathering, e.g.; 32. Minnesota county or its seat; 33. Campaign staple; 34. Corresponds; 36. Places; 37. Test track obstacle; 38. You name it; 40. Free; 42. “Royal Wedding” star, 1951; 43. 2005 Emmy winner for “Boston Legal”; 44. Certain jazz musicians; 46. Train stop between Delhi and Mumbai; 47. Byes; 48. Worships; 49. Douglas’s “Spartacus” co-star; 50. Frozen pizza brand; 51. In a cache; 53. Dodge sports car; 54. Legendary bird; 56. Painter Haring; 60. Chorus member in an ancient Greek play; 64. It may be cocked; 66. Home of “Christina’s World,” for short; 69. Took to task; 70. Measuring tape user; 72. Exaggeratedly masculine; 74. Motorola products; 77. Remove; 79. Sealed; 80. Yield; 83. End run, e.g.; 86. Machinated; 87. Ham and EGGER (average Joe); 89.l One favoring a strong, centralized government; 90. Soup starters; 91. Mountain LAUREL; 92. Getup; 93. Layabouts; 94. Sprinkles, maybe; 95. “M*A*S*H” private Straminsky; 96. Ring of color; 97. Forty-niner, e.g.; 100. Makes sport of; 102. Domineering; 104. Santa ROSA, Calif.; 105. Painter of “The Naked Maja”; 106. Ruckus; 108. Kind of reporter; 109. Singer Waits; 110. It’s below the majors.
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